"Lazy" Songs

Feeling a little slothful today? A bit shiftless? A tad lackadaisical? Perhaps a bit indolent? Maybe even a little lethargic? If so, these "Lazy" songs are perfect for you! If not, good on ya for bringing your "A" game. But you can still...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Lazy Eye”

2)  Deep Purple  ~  “Lazy”

3)  Megan Nicole  ~  “The Lazy Song”  (A fun, notably sanitized version of Bruno Mars’ hit song.)

4)  Pokey LaFarge  ~  “Devil Ain’t Lazy”

5)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer”

6)  Barbra Streisand  ~  “Lazy Afternoon”

7)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Lazy Days”

8)  Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong  ~  “Basin Street Blues / Lazy Bones”

9)  Liz Phair  ~  “Lazy Dreamer”

10)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “Lazy Eye”

11)  Grateful Dead  ~  “Lazy River Road”

12)  Throwing Muses  ~  “Lazy Eye”

13)  Heartless Bastards  ~  “Lazy”

14)  Louis Armstrong  ~  “Up A Lazy River”

15)  Nellie McKay  ~  “Long And Lazy River”

16)  Rebelution  ~  “Lazy Afternoon”

17)  Small Faces  ~  “Lazy Sunday”

18)  Belle and Sebastian  ~  “Lazy Line Painter Jane”

19)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Lazy Projector”

20)  The Moody Blues  ~  “Lazy Day”

21)  Keep Shelly In Athens  ~  “Lazy Noon”

22)  Guster  ~  “Lazy Love”

23)  BR549  ~  “Too Lazy To Work, Too Nervous To Steal”

24)  Dr. Dog  ~  “The Way The Lazy Do”

25)  Grateful Dead  ~  “Lazy Lightnin’ / Supplication”

BONUS TRACK:  The Mills Brothers  ~  “Up A Lazy River”  (This is the same song as #14 above, but this version was too good not to include here.)

“Catch” & “Throw” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's part 3 of 4 in my baseball-related songs series. These are "Catch" and "Throw" Songs. Next up, more of the same. Get your glove ready...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Passenger  ~  “Catch In The Dark”  (This dude's voice just takes me to another place. I'm not sure where it is, but it's a happy place. In other words, I'm jealous.)

2)  Bee Gees  ~  “Don’t Throw It All Away”

3)  Avicii ft. Matisyahu & Wyclef Jean  ~  “Can’t Catch Me”

4)  Hall & Oates  ~  “Throw The Roses Away”

5)  The Cure  ~  “Catch”

6)  Manafest  ~  “Throw It Away”

7)  Art Department  ~  “Catch You By Surprise”

8)  Patty Griffin  ~  “Love Throw A Line”

9)  Matt Simons  ~  “Catch & Release”

10)  The Magic Numbers  ~  “Throwing My Heart Away”

11)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’”

12)  Candlebox  ~  “A Stone’s Throw Away”

13)  John Anderson  ~  “Would You Catch A Falling Star”

14)  The Proclaimers  ~  “Throw The ‘R’ Away”  (I don't believe I've ever heard a song entirely about someone's difficult-to-understand accent. Until now.)

15)  Nellie McKay  ~  “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying”  (Not the same song as the Louis Jordan one above.)

16)  Kina Grannis  ~  “Throw It Away”

17)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “Catch And Release”

18)  Default  ~  “Throw It All Away”

19)  Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Never Catch Me”

20)  Robert Earl Keen  ~  “Love’s A Word I Never Throw Around”

“Ending” Songs, Vol. 2

Now we've finally reached the "Ending." This has been a fun six-part series for me. Hope you have enjoyed it, too!  ~  JH

1)  MIKA  ~  “Happy Ending”

2)  BarlowGirl  ~  “Beautiful Ending”

3)  Ben Lee  ~  “Love Me Like The World Is Ending”

4)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  “A Movie Script Ending”

5)  Avril Lavigne  ~  “My Happy Ending”

6)  Admiral Radley  ~  “Ending Of Me”

7)  The Eternal  ~  “Means For An Ending”

8)  Joe Jackson & Elaine Caswell  ~  “Happy Ending”

9)  Matt and Kim  ~  “World Is Ending”

10)  Sevenview  ~  “Storybook Ending”

11)  Marksman Lloyd  ~  “Rewrite The Ending”

12)  CHVRCHES  ~  “Never Ending Circles”

13)  Too Close To Touch  ~  “Nerve Endings”

14)  David Wilcox  ~  “Start With The Ending”

15)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)”

"Bait" & "Switch" Songs

Here's a few songs with either the word "Bait" or "Switch" (or both) in their titles. Why? Because I couldn't think of any "opposites" words I hadn't used at the time. Anyway, there are some good songs here. So, it's still worth a listen, even if the reason for it doesn't make any sense. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Justin Moore  ~  "Bait A Hook"

2)  The Shins  ~  "Bait And Switch"

3)  Electric Guest  ~  "The Bait"

4)  Kali Mur  ~  "Angora Bait"

5)  AC/DC  ~  "Flick Of The Switch"

6)  The Raconteurs  ~  "The Switch And The Spur"

7)  Calvero  ~  "The Gift, The Bait"

8)  John Pisano & Anthony Wilson  ~  "Good Bait"

9)  Megan & Liz  ~  "Switch Hearts"

10)  Silversun Pickups  ~  "Panic Switch"

11)  Wishbone Ash  ~  "Jail Bait"

12)  Dolores O'Riordan  ~  "Switch Off The Moment"

13)  Siouxsie And The Banshees  ~  "Switch"

14)  Def Leppard  ~  "Switch 625"

15)  Golden Earring  ~  "The Switch"

"Release" Songs

Here's that other collection of songs I was telling you about. The one with all those songs with the word "Release" in the titles. The follow-up to all those songs with "Catch" in the titles, remember? Well, okay then, enjoy them!  ~  JH

1)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Release"

2)  Agnes  ~  "Release Me"

3)  Bob Dylan ft. Norah Jones  ~  "I Shall Be Released"

4)   Surrender Reality  ~  "Release Me"

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5)  Nomad Clientele  ~  "Release"

6)  Ashtray Electric & Gazelle  ~  "Release"

7)  Jack's Mannequin  ~  "Release Me"

8)  Vickie Winans  ~  "Release It"

9)  Leftfield  ~  "Release The Pressure"

10)  Kaya Jones  ~  "Release The Energy"

11)  Red  ~  "Release The Panic"

12)  Oh Laura  ~  "Release Me"

13)  Engelbert Humperdinck  ~  "Release Me"

14)  Wilson Phillips  ~  "Release Me"

15)  Silversun Pickups  ~  "Catch And Release"