“Beloved” Songs

Everybody wants to be loved. But these songs want to be "Beloved." At least, their titles would lead you to think so. Some top-notch tunes to be listened to here. So get at 'em! And...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kiesza  ~  “Dearly Beloved”

2)  Jordan Feliz  ~  “Beloved”

3)  Maureen O’Hara  ~  “And This Is My Beloved”

4)  Eels  ~  “My Beloved Monster”

5)  Bethel Music ft. Kalley Heiligenthal & William Matthews  ~  “My Beloved”

6)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Beloved Infidel”

7)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  “Beloved”

8)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Nearly Beloved”

9)  Garbage  ~  “Beloved Freak”

10)  Passion ft. Crowder  ~  “My Beloved”

11)  Natalie Merchant  ~  “Beloved Wife”

12)  Brigades  ~  “Dearly Beloved”

13)  Emily Jane White  ~  “My Beloved”

14)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Beloved”

15)  Minnie Driver  ~  “My Beloved”

16)  Alex Clare  ~  “Relax My Beloved”

17)  Kari Jobe  ~  “My Beloved”

18)  Anathema  ~  “The Beloved”

19)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Lover Beloved”

20)  Darlene Zschech ft. Pati Telea  ~  “Beloved (When I Survey)”

21)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “John My Beloved”

22)  Ixchel Prisma  ~  “Beloved”

23)  Say Lou Lou  ~  “Beloved”

24)  Collective Soul  ~  “Tremble For My Beloved”

25)  Jo Burgess  ~  “Beloved”

Songs About The Month Of July, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of songs about the month of July. If you like 'em, good news, there's more of 'em tomorrow! If you don't like 'em, bad news, there's more of 'em tomorrow! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  311  ~  “Sunset In July”

2)  Laura Veirs  ~  “July Flame”

3)  Uriah Heep  ~  “July Morning”

4)  Kris Wu  ~  “July”

5)  Soundgarden  ~  “4th Of July”

6)  The Bombpops  ~  “CA In July”

7)  Sally Shapiro  ~  “Love In July”

8)  Little Hurricane  ~  “Fourth Of July”

9)  Jason Michael Carroll  ~  “Love Like July”

10)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Miss Fourth Of July”

11)  Ocean Colour Scene  ~  “July”

12)  Wild Pink  ~  “4th Of July / Great Apes”

13)  The Decemberists  ~  “July, July!”

14)  Katatonia  ~  “July”

15)  Aimee Mann  ~  “4th Of July”

16)  Ernie Halter  ~  “In July”

17)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Fourth Of July”

18)  Charlie Worsham  ~  “Mississippi In July”

19)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Fourth Of July”

20)  Sarah Brightman  ~  “Winter In July”

Weird Songs About Santa Claus

As if my ongoing series of Weird Christmas Songs weren't enough, here's a set of oddball tunes specifically about That Jolly Old Elf. If you like 'em, there's more where these came from! If you don't like 'em, don't click on the follow-up post. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Yogscast  ~  “Does Santa Claus (Visit Zombie Pig-Men Kids In The Nether In Minecraft At Christmas Time)?”

2)  De La Soul  ~  “Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa”

3)  Aurelio Voltaire  ~  “Santa Claus Is Satan”

4)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Get Behind Me, Santa!”

5)  Brad Paisley  ~  “Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy”

6)  Fitz and the Tantrums  ~  “Santa Stole My Lady”

7)  B2K  ~  “Santa Hooked Me Up”

8)  Alan Jackson & The Chipmunks  ~  “Santa’s Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck”

9)  Relient K  ~  “Santa Claus Is Thumbing To Town”

10)  Nerf Herder  ~  “Santa Has A Mullet”

11)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney”

12)  Mott The Hoople  ~  “Death May Be Your Santa Claus”

13)  Captain Beefheart  ~  “There Ain’t So Santa Claus On The Evening Stage”

14)  Louis Prima  ~  “What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin’)”

Even More Weird Christmas Songs

Three Christmases ago, I posted a collection of Weird Christmas Songs. Last year around this time, I followed that up with More Weird Christmas Songs. And the hits just don't stop coming! Here's another set of oddities you're sure to enjoy, or cringe at, or both!  ~  JH

1)  Straight No Chaser ft. Kristen Bell  ~  “Text Me Merry Christmas”

2)  LCD Soundsystem  ~  “Christmas Will Break Your Heart”

3)  Grumpy Cat, Colonel Meow, Oskar the Blind Cat, Nala Cat, & Hamilton the Hipster Cat  ~  “Hard To Be A Cat At Christmas”

4)  National Lampoon  ~  “Kung Fu Christmas”

5)  Captain Dan & The Scurvy Crew  ~  “A Pirate Christmas”

6)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Christmas Conga”

7)  Eels  ~  “Christmas Is Going To The Dogs”

8)  Listener & Dust  ~  “It’s Christmas Time Again, So Come On Home To The FIRE”

9)  The Original Five  ~  “Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)”

10)  The Magnetic Fields  ~  “Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree”

11)  The Futureheads  ~  “Christmas Was Better In The ‘80s”

12)  LilDeuceDeuce  ~  “Christmas Is Cancelled”

13)  The Flaming Lips  ~  “Christmas At The Zoo”

14)  SpongeBob SquarePants  ~  “Don’t Be A Jerk (It’s Christmas)”

15)  The Goons  ~  “I’m Walking Backwards For Christmas”

16)  Okkervil River  ~  “Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas”

17)  Morning Parade  ~  “Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!)”

18)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “That Was The Worst Christmas Ever”

19)  Dora Bryan  ~  “All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle”

20)  Set It Off  ~  “This Christmas (I’ll Burn It To The Ground)”

21)  Slow Club  ~  “It’s Christmas, And You’re Boring Me”

22)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “I Won’t Decorate Your Christmas Tree”

23)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan”

24)  Elton John  ~  “Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who’d Be A Turkey At Christmas?)”

25)  Cheetah Girls  ~  “Cheetah-licious Christmas”

BONUS TRACK:  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Barcarola (You Must Be A Christmas Tree)”  (It felt wrong somehow to include two Sufjan Stevens songs in the post proper [especially considering that song # 17 was also written by him], but here’s another weird one from The Weird One. Great song, though, actually.)

“Chicago” “Cubs” Songs

In honor of tonight's sure-to-be-exciting Game 7 World Series tiebreaker, here's a lively collection of songs with either the word "Chicago" or "Cubs" (sometimes "Cub") in their titles. Don't worry, Indians fans, your post is coming up next. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, John Mayer, Hubert Sumlin, & Jimmie Vaughan  ~  “Sweet Home Chicago”

2)  Lily & Madeleine  ~  “Chicago”

3)  Tom Waits  ~  “Chicago”  (This song would have been SO much better if Tom had never started singing! I’m pretty sure he gargles with razorblades on the regular.)

4)  The Mountain Goats  ~  “Cubs In Five”

5)  Merle Haggard  ~  “The Sidewalks Of Chicago”

6)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Chicago”

7)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “My Kind Of Town (Chicago Is)”

8)  Steve Goodman  ~  “Go, Cubs, Go!”

9)  Jason Isbell  ~  “Chicago Promenade”

10)  Ethan Leinwand  ~  “East Chicago Blues”

11)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  “Born In Chicago”

12)  Thundercat  ~  “Lone Wolf And Cub”

13)  Former Belle  ~  “I Woke Up In Chicago”

14)  Bee Gees  ~  “Living In Chicago”

15)  Count Basie ft. Joe Williams  ~  “Going To Chicago”

16)  The Wooden Birds  ~  “Folly Cub”

17)  Paper Lace  ~  “The Night Chicago Died”

18)  Buddy Guy  ~  “Meet Me In Chicago”

19)  Arek Religa  ~  “Chicago Guitar Knight”

20)  Mew  ~  “Fox Cub”

21)  Screaming Orphans  ~  “City Of Chicago”

22)  Spoon  ~  “Chicago At Night”

23)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Little Joe From Chicago”

24)  Steve Goodman  ~  “A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request”

25)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “Chicago”