"Jack" & "Jill" Songs

Here's a collection of songs by artists/bands with either the name "Jack" or "Jill" (and sometimes both) in their names. Because, I don't know why, that's why! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Jack Johnson  ~  “Upside Down”

2)  Jill Andrews ft. Seth Avett  ~  “I’m So In Love With You”

3)  Jack Savoretti  ~  “Catapult”

4)  Jill Scott  ~  “A Long Walk”

5)  Jack White  ~  “Lazaretto”

6)  Jill & Lauren  ~  “Get Up!”

7)  Jack & Jack  ~  “Hurt People”

8)  Jill Sobule  ~  “I Kissed A Girl”  (Thirteen years before Katy Perry released her first hit song, Jill Sobule was making waves with a song bearing the same title and exploring the same subject matter.)

9)  Jack Bruce ft. Gary Moore  ~  “Life On Earth”

10)  Jill Phillips  ~  “If You Were Here”

11)  Jack Ü ft. Kiesza  ~  “Take Ü There”  (For those who didn’t know – and I was one of those – Jack Ü is a collaboration between popular DJs Skrillex and Diplo.)

12)  Jill Vidal ft. San E  ~  “I Can See”

13)  Jack Garratt  ~  “Breathe Life”

14)  Jill and Julia  ~  “Wildfire”

15)  Jack’s Mannequin  ~  “Dark Blue”

16)  Jill Hennessy  ~  “I Do”

17)  Just Jack  ~  “The Day I Died”

18)  Jack Off Jill  ~  “My Cat”  (I looked it up, and this song is, surprisingly, actually about a cat.)

19)  Captain Jack  ~  “Dream A Dream”

20)  Jill Johnson  ~  “Cowboy Up”

21)  Jill Jack & The American Songbook Band  ~  “Lover Man / All Of Me”

22)  Thomas Jack ft. Nico & Vinz  ~  “Rivers”

"Scary" Songs

How many music blogs do you know of where you can find songs by Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Björk, Skrillex, Belinda Carlisle, Will Smith, Steam Powered Giraffe, and Witches In Bikinis all in the same post? Yeah…I didn’t think so. Sounds pretty “Scary” to me, too! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  David Bowie  ~  “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)”

2)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Big Scary Animal”

3)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Is It Scary?”

4)  Jessica Mauboy  ~  “Scariest Part”

5)  Dokken  ~  “Mr. Scary”

6)  Skye Sweetnam  ~  “Scary Love”

7)  McFly  ~  “Silence Is A Scary Sound”

8)  Leila Adu  ~  “Scary Love Monster”

9)  Colors And Carousels  ~  “Scary”

10)  Björk  ~  “Scary”

11)  Will Smith  ~  “Scary Story”

12)  George Lynch  ~  “Son Of Scary”

13)  Witches In Bikinis  ~  “A Scary Kind Of Love”

14)  Villagers  ~  “Hot Scary Summer”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “Scary Films”

16)  Andrew Gold  ~  “Spooky, Scary Skeletons”

17)  Butterfly Boucher  ~  “Scary Fragile”

18)  Skrillex  ~  “Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites”

19)  Peter Lara  ~  “Scary Love”

20)  Steam Powered Giraffe  ~  “Scary World”

21)  Grace Jones  ~  “Scary But Fun”

22)  The Lobbyists  ~  “Scary Night”

23)  The 1975  ~  “Scary Monsters”

24)  Lindbergh Palace  ~  “Scary”

25)  Romain Virgo  ~  “Scary Movie”

Songs About Licking

There's nothing untoward here, at least not overtly, so please get your mind out of the gutter. This is just a small grouping of songs with the word "Lick" (or some form of it) in their titles. Some are fairly nonsensical, while others are good but somewhat cryptic. Kind of like this post itself…fairly nonsensical and somewhat cryptic. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Ron Pope  ~  "Lick My Wounds"

2)  Katharine McPhee  ~  "Lick My Lips"

3)  Andy Shauf  ~  "Lick Your Wounds"

4)  Zola Jesus  ~  "Lick The Palm Of The Burning Handshake"

5)  Sonic Youth  ~  "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style"

6)  Cover Drive  ~  "Lick Ya Down"

7)  Parry Gripp  ~  "There's A Cat Licking Your Birthday Cake"

8)  Digit All Love  ~  "Lick Your Enemy Right"

9)  The Black Crowes  ~  "Lickin'"

10)  Coppé  ~  "I Lick My Brain In Silence"

11)  KISS  ~  "Lick It Up"

12)  Diana Ross  ~  "I Ain't Been Licked"

13)  Alain Caron & Les Téteux  ~  "Brass Lick"

14)  Kaskade & Skrillex  ~  "Lick It"

15)  ZZ Top  ~  "Salt Lick"

Songs For The New Year

Well, well, well...Starting and maintaining a dedicated music blog has been fun so far. I think I'll keep it up. Here's a collection of "New Year" songs for...well, the new year. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  ABBA  ~  "Happy New Year"

2)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "The New Year"

3)  The Breeders  ~  "New Year"

4)  Van Morrison  ~  "Celtic New Year"

5)  Sugababes  ~  "New Year"

6)  U2  ~  "New Year's Day"

7)  Asa  ~  "New Year"

8)  Hurts  ~  "All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day"

9)  First Aid Kit  ~  "New Year's Eve"

10)  A Great Big World  ~  "This Is The New Year"

11)  Camera Obscura  ~  "New Year's Resolution"

12)  The Walkmen  ~  "In The New Year"

13)  Diana Krall  ~  "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"

14)  Barry Manilow  ~  "It's Just Another New Year's Eve"

15)  Carole King  ~  "New Year's Day"

16)  Cliff Richard  ~  "This New Year"

17)  Deacon Blue  ~  "Queen Of The New Year"

18)  Chris Rice  ~  "New Year Song"

19)  Skrillex  ~  "First Of The Year"

20)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem)"