Showing posts with label Sparks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sparks. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

“Amateur” & “Professional” Songs

We're back to doing "Opposites" posts again? Yep. So...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Nada Surf  ~  “Amateur”



2)  Tori Amos  ~  “Professional Widow”




3)  Hallelujah The Hills  ~  “Amateurs”




4)  Newton Faulkner  ~  “He Was A Professional”




5)  Aimee Mann  ~  “Amateur”




6)  Van Morrison  ~  “Professional Jealousy”




7)  The DDP Project  ~  “Amateur”




8)  Looptroop Rockers  ~  “Professional Dreamers”




9)  Sparks  ~  “Amateur Hour”




10)  The Looters  ~  “Join The Professionals”




11)  The Eyes In The Heat  ~  “Amateur”




12)  Emika  ~  “Professional Loving”




13)  Molotov  ~  “Amateur (Rock Me Amadeus)”




14)  The Ropes  ~  “Professional Outsiders”




15)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Amateur Hour”




16)  The ACBs  ~  “Be Professional”




17)  Slim Whitman  ~  “An Amateur In Love”




18)  The Weeknd  ~  “Professional / What You Need”




19)  Joris Roelofs ft. Matt Penman & Ted Poor  ~  “Amateur Dentist”




20)  Muppet Treasure Island Cast  ~  “Professional Pirate”


Tuesday, November 24, 2015

"Crap" Songs

In honor of the fact that both yesterday and today, I have felt like total crap, here's a mercifully short collection of songs with the word "Crap" in their titles. Despite what you might think, these are all pretty good songs. Enjoy?  ~  JH


1)  Neil Young  ~  “Piece Of Crap”




2)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me”




3)  Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, & Robert Merrill  ~  “The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York)”




4)  Sparks  ~  “I Can’t Believe That You Would Fall For All The Crap In This Song”




5)  Irma  ~  “Watching Crap On TV”




6)  Custard ft. Daryl Somers  ~  “Music Is Crap”




7)  The Wiyos  ~  “Dying Crap Shooter’s Blues”




8)  Daily Thompson  ~  “Spit Out The Crap”




9)  Bubba Hernandez y Los Super Vatos  ~  “Crappy Boyfriend”


Tuesday, November 10, 2015

"Drunk" Songs

And we're back to those pesky "Opposites" music posts again. These are "Drunk" songs. (Think of the word more metaphorically than literally.) Next time, there will be "Sober" songs. (Again, metaphorically.) Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Drunk”




2)  Twin Atlantic  ~  “Yes, I Was Drunk”




3)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Drunk”




4)  A Thousand Horses  ~  “(This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial”




5)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Don’t Drive Drunk”




6)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Drunk With The Thought Of You”




7)  Brett Eldredge  ~  “Drunk On Your Love”




8)  Tom Waits  ~  “Drunk On The Moon”




9)  Courtney Cole  ~  “Drunk”




10)  Flogging Molly  ~  “Punch Drunk Grinning Soul”




11)  Sparks  ~  “Pretending To Be Drunk”




12)  Basia  ~  “Drunk On Love”




13)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk”




14)  Gregory Page  ~  “Love Made Me Drunk”




15)  One More Girl  ~  “Drunk Heart”