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Friday, June 25, 2021

Songs About Chumps

Merriam-Webster defines a "chump" as a stupid or foolish person who is easily tricked. "Chump change," a phrase which appears multiple times here, is defined as a relatively small or insignificant amount of money. That's basically what these songs are all about. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Green Day  ~  "Chump"





2)  Quincy Jones  ~  "Chump Change"




3)  Frank Zappa  ~  "Suicide Chump"




4)  Holiday Ghosts  ~  "Chumps"




5)  The Murph  ~  "Chump"




6)  Butterglory  ~  "Chump Or Champ?"




7)  Radioinactive  ~  "Chump"




8)  Spirit Of The Beehive  ~  "Chump"




9)  Blackbutton  ~  "Chump"




10)  Albert King  ~  "Chump Change"




11)  Big Business  ~  "Chump Chance"




12)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Chump Change"




13)  Scott Ainslie  ~  "Chump Man Blues"




14)  Jawbox  ~  "Chump"




15)  Reefeater  ~  "Chump"




16)  Sammy Hagar & The Circle  ~  "Full Circle Jam (Chump Change)"




17)  Tetsuians  ~  "Chump Change"




18)  Hercules Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  ~  "All Time Chump"




19)  East Of Youth  ~  "Chump"




20)  Ricky Nelson  ~  "Chump Change Romeo"




21)  Klaus  ~  "Chump"




22)  Gang Starr  ~  "Execution Of A Chump"




23)  The Missouri River Cultural Conservancy  ~  "Chump Change"




24)  Little Charlie & The Nightcats  ~  "Dump That Chump"




25)  Pitchshifter  ~  "Chump Change"


Tuesday, May 18, 2021

More Songs About Solitude

Because one set of Songs About Solitude is insufficiently therapeutic and/or lonely-causing, here's another. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  "I Have A Need For Solitude"




2)  Evanescence  ~  "Solitude"




3)  Joep Beving  ~  "Solitude"




4)  Priscilla Alcantara  ~  "Solitude / They Don't Care About Us"




5)  The Two Tracks  ~  "Cheers To Solitude"




6)  Joe Zawinul  ~  "In My Solitude"




7)  Dunwich  ~  "Solitude"




8)  Evergrey  ~  "Solitude Within"




9)  HIM  ~  "Ode To Solitude"




10)  Days Of The New  ~  "Solitude"




11)  Keynes Woods  ~  "Solitude"




12)  Shaina Taub  ~  "Our Solitude"




13)  Roxana Amed  ~  "Solitude"




14)  Milla Brune  ~  "Solitude"




15)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Adventures In Solitude"




16)  Tori Kelly  ~  Solitude EP: "Value" / "Don't Take Me Home" / "Time Flies" / "Glad" / "Unbothered"  (How much do I LOVE Tori Kelly? Even after I found out that this video wasn't a performance of a single song, rather a back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back performance of every song on her latest extended play album, I still posted it! Also, none of the songs are called "Solitude," and I STILL don't care!)




17)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Solitude Standing"




18)  I Miss My Death  ~  "Thirteen Autumns Of Solitude"




19)  Jerry Cantrell  ~  "Solitude"




20)  ECCO  ~  "Solitude"




21)  Leyya  ~  "Solitude (I've Never Been Fun)"




22)  Divide  ~  "Solitude"




23)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  "Solitude Sometimes Is"




24)  Jack Savoretti  ~  "Solitude"




25)  Luê  ~  "Sweet Solitude"


Saturday, August 10, 2019

Songs About Attraction

The title pretty much speaks for itself, doesn't it? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Five Star  ~  "Physical Attraction"




2)  Chris de Burgh  ~  "Tourist Attraction"




3)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "Main Attraction"




4)  Kelly Hannon  ~  "Law Of Attraction"




5)  Nicci Canada  ~  "Attraction"




6)  The Cure  ~  "Strange Attraction"




7)  Diana  ~  "Strange Attraction"




8)  Darren Hayes  ~  "Love And Attraction"




9)  Carol Mae Whittick  ~  "Attraction"




10)  Quiet Riot  ~  "Main Attraction"




11)  Paula Abdul ft. The Wild Pair  ~  "Opposites Attract"




12)  Juris  ~  "Opposites Attract"




13)  The New Pornographers  ~  "High Ticket Attractions"




14)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Coming Attractions"




15)  Anjulie  ~  "Fatal Attraction"




16)  Matt Corby  ~  "Empires Attraction"




17)  Natalia Lesz  ~  "Power Of Attraction"




18)  Joe Brooks  ~  "Rules Of Attraction"




19)  Bleona  ~  "Opposites Attract"




20)  Freedom Fry  ~  "Strange Attraction"




21)  Stephanie Mabey  ~  "The Main Attraction"




22)  EVRYWHR  ~  "Fatal Attraction"




23)  Bananarama  ~  "Rules Of Attraction"




24)  Breantonia  ~  "Attraction"




25)  Paula Abdul  ~  "State Of Attraction"  (Yes, two Paula Abdul songs in one post! And honestly, what's wrong with that?)