More Songs About The Trees

Because you can never have too many Songs About The Trees (or maybe you can), here's a second and final set. So what are you waiting for? By all means...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Oh Land  ~  "Family Tree"

2)  Pearl Jam  ~  "In My Tree"

3)  Mother Mother  ~  "Monkey Tree"

4)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "The Dreaming Tree"

5)  Judy Garland & Margaret O'Brien  ~  "Under The Bamboo Tree"

6)  Plain White T's  ~  "The Giving Tree"

7)  Eva Cassidy  ~  "Tall Trees In Georgia"

8)  Trevor Hall  ~  "The Lime Tree"

9)  Moby ft. Julie Mintz  ~  "The Sorrow Tree"

10)  Foals  ~  "Birch Tree"

11)  Amy Montgomery  ~  "Tree Song (Branch Out & Nourish My Veins)"

12)  U2  ~  "One Tree Hill"

13)  L.E.J.  ~  "Hanging Tree"  (Yeah, I know there was another version – the original, no less! – of this one in the first post. But this rendition is so much more nuanced, so artsy-fartsy, and just so darn good I couldn't help but include it here as well.)

14)  Lacey Sturm  ~  "Mercy Tree"

15)  Pam Tillis  ~  "Shake The Sugar Tree"

16)  Peter Gabriel & Youssou N'Dour  ~  "Shaking The Tree"

17)  Shirley Bassey  ~  "The Living Tree"

18)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "Mango Tree"

19)  Alela Diane  ~  "The Alder Trees"

20)  Erykah Badu  ~  "Appletree"

21)  Beth Orton  ~  "Poison Tree"

22)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  "Cinnamon Tree"

23)  Basia  ~  "An Olive Tree"

24)  Della Mae  ~  "Pine Tree"

25)  Aurora  ~  "Apple Tree"

Songs About Excuses

People are constantly making excuses for something, aren't we? Yes, I said "we." Because I'm guilty, too. In honor of that fact, or rather, despite it, here's a bunch of Songs About Excuses to which I'm sure we can all relate. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Meghan Trainor  ~  “No Excuses”

2)  Chris Brown  ~  “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)”

3)  Alanis Morissette  ~  “Excuses”

4)  The fin.  ~  “Without Excuse”

5)  No Doubt  ~  “Excuse Me Mr.”

6)  Alice In Chains  ~  “No Excuses”

7)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “Excuse Me”

8)  Atlum Schema  ~  “My Own Excuses”

9)  Bonnie Owens  ~  “Excuse Me For Living”

10)  Needtobreathe  ~  “No Excuses”

11)  Jessie J ft. Becky G  ~  “Excuse My Rude”

12)  Broken Back  ~  “Excuses”

13)  Jack Greene & Jeannie Seely  ~  “Love Is No Excuse”

14)  Rixton  ~  “Beautiful Excuses”

15)  Hamster ft. X. Ari  ~  “Excuse Me”

16)  John Butler Trio  ~  “Good Excuse”

17)  Caro Emerald  ~  “Excuse My French"

18)  Ben Harper  ~  “Excuse Me Mister”

19)  Funky Step & The Sey Sisters  ~  “No Excuses”

20)  Sting & Edin Karamazov  ~  “Can She Excuse My Wrongs?”

21)  Sky Paradox  ~  “No Excuses”

22)  Milow  ~  “Excuse To Try”

23)  AOA  ~  “Excuse Me”

24)  Nothing But Thieves  ~  “Excuse Me”

25)  Daydream Vacation  ~  “Clever’s Not My Best Excuse”

26)  BESTie  ~  “Excuse Me”

"Old Fashioned" Songs, Vol. 2

Here's a second and final set of "Old Fashioned" Songs. Hey, it's not even Throwback Thursday! What's up with that? Who cares! Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Old-Fashioned Love”

2)  Ethel Merman  ~  “Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please”

3)  Commodores  ~  “Old Fashion Love”

4)  Sasha & The Starlight  ~  “I’m Old-Fashioned”

5)  Jaydee Bixby  ~  “Old-Fashioned Girl”

6)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Give Me A Little Old-Fashioned Love”

7)  Anaïs Mitchell  ~  “Old-Fashioned Hat”

8)  The Bama Band  ~  “Real Old-Fashioned Broken Heart”

9)  The Strokes ft. Regina Spektor  ~  “Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men”

10)  Niamh Lynn  ~  “Sing Me An Old-Fashioned Song”

11)  Little River Band  ~  “Sweet Old-Fashioned Man”

12)  Babyface  ~  “A Bit Old-Fashioned”

13)  Emmylou Harris ft. Kate & Anna McGarrigle  ~  “Like An Old-Fashioned Waltz”

14)  Chris De Burgh  ~  “Old-Fashioned People”

15)  Shirley Bassey ft. Charles Aznavour  ~  “Dance In The Old-Fashioned Way / Yesterday, When I Was Young”

16)  Jason Reeves  ~  “Old-Fashioned Letters”

17)  Craig Morgan  ~  “Sweet Old-Fashioned Goodness”

18)  Matt and Kim  ~  “Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare”

19)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “That’s Old-Fashioned (The Way Love Should Be)”

20)  Bradley Walker  ~  “Call Me Old-Fashioned”

Remote Control Songs, Vol. 1: “Stop” & “Play"

Here begins a new 3-part series featuring songs with words commonly found on a TV, VCR, DVD, or BluRay remote control in their titles. First up, "Stop" and "Play" Songs. Next time, "Fast Forward" and "Pause" Songs. And because, apparently, it's such a common theme in popular songwriting, "Rewind" Songs will get their very own post. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Krizz Kaliko  ~  “Stop The World”

2)  Wild Cherry  ~  “Play That Funky Music”

3)  OneRepublic  ~  “Stop And Stare”

4)  Neil Diamond & Shirley Bassey  ~  “Play Me”

5)  Fatback Band  ~  “(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop”

6)  iamamiwhoami  ~  “Play”

7)  The Glitch Mob  ~  “We Can Make The World Stop”

8)  Shannon  ~  “Let The Music Play”

9)  The Smiths  ~  “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before”

10)  Björk  ~  “Play Dead”

11)  Radiohead  ~  “Stop Whispering”

12)  Kansas  ~  “Play The Game Tonight”

13)  Luther Vandross  ~  “Stop To Love”

14)  Miriam Bryant  ~  “Push Play”

15)  Don Henley ft. Dolly Parton  ~  “When I Stop Dreaming”

16)  Backstreet Boys  ~  “Quit Playing Games With My Heart”

17)  Eels  ~  “Last Stop: This Town”

18)  Paramore  ~  “Playing God”

19)  New Edition, Whitney Houston, LaToya Jackson, Herb Alpert, Toni Basil, Andraé Crouch, Nancy Reagan, et al.  ~  “Stop The Madness”

20)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “Play”