Songs About Mouths

Here begins a miniseries of posts featuring songs about different parts of the mouth. These are actually Songs About Mouths, but in the coming days and/or weeks you can also expect to see songs about lips, tongues, throats, and etc. Because I don't know why, that's why! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Merril Bainbridge  ~  “Mouth”

2)  Whodini  ~  “Big Mouth”

3)  Mike + The Mechanics  ~  “Word Of Mouth”

4)  Bat For Lashes  ~  “Bat’s Mouth”

5)  The Early November  ~  “Narrow Mouth”

6)  St. Vincent  ~  “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood”

7)  Bush  ~  “Mouth”

8)  Björk  ~  “Sun In My Mouth”

9)  Showbread  ~  “Mouth Like A Magazine”

10)  Ra Ra Riot  ~  “Run My Mouth”

11)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Mouth To Mouth”

12)  Norma Jean  ~  “Sword In Mouth, Fire Eyes”

13)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Moon In Your Mouth”

14)  Meat Loaf  ~  “You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)”

15)  Kate Nash  ~  “Mouthwash”

16)  Jet  ~  “Put Your Money Where Your  Mouth Is”

17)  Kate Havnevik  ~  “Mouth 2 Mouth”

18)  Emery  ~  “Butcher’s Mouth”

19)  Joan Baez  ~  “Hand To Mouth”

20)  Iron & Wine  ~  “Flightless Bird, American Mouth”

21)  The Veronicas  ~  “Mouth Shout”

22)  Megadeth  ~  “Ashes In Your Mouth”

23)  Mother Mother  ~  “Mouth Of The Devil”

24)  Ben Howard  ~  “Rivers In Your Mouth”

25)  Björk  ~  “Mouth’s Cradle”  (You probably CAN have too many Björk songs in one post. But two is not too many. For me, at least.)

“Birthday” Songs

Happy Birthday to me! To celebrate, here’s a bunch of songs about birthdays that I’m sure to enjoy. You’re welcome to check them out, too.  ~  JH

1)  Katy Perry  ~  “Birthday”

2)  Cracker  ~  “Happy Birthday To Me”

3)  Marilyn Monroe  ~  “Happy Birthday, Mr. President”

4)  Moby  ~  “Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)”

5)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Just Another Birthday”

6)  Jens Lekman  ~  “Happy Birthday, Dear Friend Lisa”

7)  The Ting Tings  ~  “Happy Birthday”

8)  Stevie Wonder & Friends  ~  “Happy Birthday”

9)  Altered Images  ~  “Happy Birthday”

10)  Uriah Heep  ~  “The Magician’s Birthday”

11)  Maisie Peters  ~  “Happy Birthday”

12)  The Twilight Sad  ~  “Birthday Present”

13)  St. Vincent  ~  “Happy Birthday, Johnny”

14)  Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five  ~  “The Birthday Party”

15)  The Bird And The Bee  ~  “Birthday”

16)  Paul McCartney  ~  “Birthday”

17)  Sophie Hunger  ~  “Birthday”

18)  Beach Fossils  ~  “Birthday”

19)  Melanie  ~  “Birthday Of The Sun”

20)  The Click Five  ~  “Happy Birthday”

21)  Emily Kinney  ~  “Birthday Cake”

22)  Cloud Control  ~  “Happy Birthday”

23)  Miss Li  ~  “Happy Birthday”

24)  Flipsyde ft. Piper  ~  “Happy Birthday”

25)  Sierra Hull & Courtney Hartman  ~  “It’s Your Birthday”

“Nice” & “Slow” Songs, Vol. 2

Last but not least in the "Nice" & "Slow department, there's this set of songs. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Niall Horan  ~  “Slow Hands”

2)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “How Nice A Woman Can Be”

3)  Elvis Costello  ~  “A Slow Drag With Josephine”

4)  Ambrosia  ~  “Nice, Nice, Very Nice”

5)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Slow Down, Sister”

6)  Silversun Pickups  ~  “It’s Nice To Know You Work Alone”

7)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “Slow”

8)  Iggy Pop ft. Izia  ~  “Nice To Be Dead”

9)  San Cisco  ~  “SloMo”

10)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice”

11)  St. Vincent  ~  “Slow Disco”

12)  Sleeper  ~  “Nice Guy Eddie”

13)  Grouplove  ~  “Slow”

14)  Green Day  ~  “Nice Guys Finish Last”

15)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Slow”

16)  Diana Krall  ~  “So Nice”

17)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Slow Dancin’”

18)  Chester See  ~  “Nice Guys”

19)  Band Of Horses  ~  “Slow, Cruel Hands Of Time”

20)  The Stranglers  ~  “Nice In Nice”

21)  The Weepies  ~  “Slow Pony Home”

22)  Peggy Lee & Frank Sinatra  ~  “Nice Work If You Can Get It”

23)  Lera Lynn  ~  “Slow Motion Countdown”

24)  Incubus  ~  “Nice To Know You”

25)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “Slow Happy Boys”

“Optimistic” Songs

Are things looking up? They always are if you're an optimist! I'm not, but some people are. For those who are, these are positively for you! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Blues Traveler  ~  “Optimistic Thought”

2)  Emma Pollock  ~  “The Optimist”

3)  Elvis Costello  ~  “The Fall Of The World’s Own Optimist”

4)  Natalie Cole  ~  “Optimistic Voices”

5)  Paul Dempsey  ~  “The Great Optimist”

6)  Elsa & Emilie  ~  “Endless Optimism”

7)  City and Colour  ~  “Grand Optimist”

8)  Article 9  ~  “The Optimist”

9)  Alesana  ~  “Fatal Optimist”

10)  South Pacific Cast ft. Mitzi Gaynor  ~  “Cockeyed Optimist”

11)  Wanderwild  ~  “Optimist”

12)  David Byrne & St. Vincent  ~  “Optimist”

13)  Zoe Keating  ~  “Optimist”

14)  Rob McGuinness  ~  “The Optimist”

15)  Paramore  ~  “For A Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic”

16)  Buju Banton  ~  “Optimistic Soul”

17)  The Electric Swing Circus  ~  “The Penniless Optimist”

18)  Radiohead  ~  “Optimistic”

19)  Sounds Of Blackness  ~  “Optimistic”

20)  FM Static  ~  “Boy Moves To A New Town With Optimistic Outlook”

Songs About Not Worrying, Vol. 1

So, apparently...there's no need to worry? That's what these songs will tell you, at least. One more set of these to come next time. Meanwhile, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bobby McFerrin  ~  “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”

2)  St. Vincent  ~  “What, Me Worry?”

3)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing”

4)  Lucy Rose  ~  “Don’t You Worry”

5)  Dire Straits  ~  “Why Worry”

6)  Johnny Cash ft. The Statler Brothers  ~  “No Need To Worry”

7)  Gotye  ~  “Don’t Worry, We’ll Be Watching You”

8)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “You Don’t Have To Worry”

9)  Eddie Money  ~  “Don’t Worry”

10)  Jo Dee Messina  ~  “It’s Too Late To Worry”

11)  Lukas Graham  ~  “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me”

12)  Bess Rogers  ~  “I Don’t Worry”

13)  Van Morrison  ~  “Don’t Worry About A Thing” / “Moondance” 

14)  Crystal Lewis  ~  “Don’t Worry”

15)  FOXOS  ~  “Don’t You Worry”

16)  Janie Fricke  ~  “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me, Baby”

17)  Langhorne Slim  ~  “Worries”

18)  Britt Nicole  ~  “Don’t Worry Now”

19)  Jack Garratt  ~  “Worry”

20)  Alexis Keegan  ~  “Worry No More”