OK, all you STAR WARS fans – and I know there're tons of you out there...here's a little something-something for ya! May The Fourth be with you...and enjoy! ~ JH
1) Galactic Empire ~ “The Imperial March” (Fantastic rendition of the classic theme song.)
2) Bad Lip Reading ~ “Bushes Of Love”
3) Jamiroquai ~ “Use The Force”
4) “Weird Al” Yankovic ~ “The Saga Begins”
5) Emily G. ~ “The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All The Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones” (Original song is by The Mountain Goats, but I couldn't find a good vid of their version.)
6) Bill Murray ~ “Star Wars”
7) Nerf Herder ~ “I’m The Droid You’re Looking For” (A Star Wars-inspired song by a band whose name was inspired by an insult from a Star Wars film. Appropriate!)
8) Christmas In The Stars Cast ~ “What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb)?” (I know it’s not even remotely Christmastime, but how could I possibly exclude this iconic song from this set?)
9) Bad Lip Reading ~ “Seagulls! (Stop It Now)”
10) Taj Motel Trio ~ “Vader”
11) Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, & Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cast ~ “Star Wars Medley”
12) Jon Cozart ~ “Star Wars In 99 Seconds”
13) Ryan Tellez & Bryan Fisher ~ “If The Star Wars ‘Cantina Song’ Had Lyrics”
14) Hot Waffles ~ “George Lucas Raped Our Childhood” (The lyrics explain the title.)
15) Anchorhead ~ “Shredisode IV (Part 2)”
16) Bad Lip Reading ~ “Not The Future”
17) Sodom ~ “Jabba The Hut”
18) Royish Good Looks ~ “It’s A Trap!”
19) “Weird Al” Yankovic ~ “Yoda”
20) Zammuto ~ “F U C-3PO” (For what it’s worth, the title of this song has nothing to do with the lyrics of the song, and no Star Wars characters or harsh expletives are even mentioned in it.)
21) Bad Lip Reading ~ “It’s Not A Moon”
22) Dionysos ~ “Song For Jedi”
23) The Presidents Of The United States Of America ~ “Death Star”
Here's a bunch of Songs About Popcorn. Because I felt like it, that's why. Let's get it poppin'....and enjoy! ~ JH
1) The Roots ~ “Pass The Popcorn”
2) M&H Band ~ “Popcorn”
3) Solillaquists Of Sound ~ “Popcorn”
4) Cliffie Stone & His Orchestra ft. Bob Roubian ~ “The Popcorn Song”
5) Joey Rumble ~ “Popcorn”
6) James Brown ~ “Mother Popcorn”
7) The Mighty Imperials ft. Joseph Henry ~ “Joseph’s Popcorn”
8) Alix Olson ~ “Popcorn And Laughter” (I don't usually feature spoken-word recordings on this blog, but this one was good and fit the theme. So there ya go...)
9) Luiz Henrique & Walter Wanderley ~ “Popcorn”
10) New Edition ~ “Popcorn Love”
11) Eddie Platt And His Orchestra ~ “Popcorn”
12) The Wiggles ft. James Redfern ~ “Hot Poppin’ Popcorn”
13) The Supremes ~ “Buttered Popcorn”
14) The Searchers ~ “Popcorn Double Feature”
15) Eldridge Holmes ~ “Pop, Popcorn Children”
16) Everline ~ “Popcorn Movies”
17) Brainstorm ~ “Popcorn”
18) Parry Gripp ~ “Hamster On A Piano (Eating Popcorn)”
19) Otis Spann ~ “Popcorn Man”
20) Howdy Doody & The Fontane Sisters ~ “The Popcorn Song”
BONUS TRACK: Alanis Morissette ~ "Front Row" (No, the word “popcorn” doesn’t appear anywhere in the title of this song, but it does figure prominently into the chorus, and is repeated several times throughout the tune. Besides, I like it – and her.)
Here's part 2 of 3 in a miniseries of posts featuring songs with the famously misnamed "3 R's" (Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic). In the first of the "3 R's" which does not actually start with an "R," we have a set of songs with the word "Write" or "Writing" (or some other derivative) in their titles. Ready... set... enjoy! ~ JH
1) The Hollies ~ “Write On”
2) John Legend & The Roots ~ “I Can’t Write Left-Handed”
3) Elvis Costello & The Attractions ~ “Everyday I Write The Book”
4) Francesca Battistelli ~ “Write Your Story”
5) Earth, Wind, & Fire ~ “I’ll Write A Song For You”
6) George Strait ~ “Write This Down”
7) Barry Manilow ~ “I Write The Songs”
8) Kina Grannis ~ “Write It In The Sky”
9) Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit ~ “The Last Song I Will Write”
10) Newton Faulkner ~ “Write It On Your Skin”
11) Ron Pope ~ “Writing Letters”
12) Helen Reddy ~ “Think I’ll Write A Song”
13) Hugh Grant ~ “Don’t Write Me Off”
14) Sam Smith ~ “Writing’s On The Wall”
15) Harry Connick, Jr. ~ “I Could Write A Book”
16) Belle and Sebastian ~ “Write About Love”
17) OK Go ~ “The Writing’s On The Wall”
18) The Low Anthem ~ “To The Ghosts Who Write History Books”
19) Father John Misty ~ “I’m Writing A Novel”
20) Bonnie Raitt ~ “Write Me A Few Of Your Lines / Kokomo Blues / Walkin’ Blues”
If you enjoyed my last Songs For Halloween post, you'll dig this one, too. If you haven't had time to check out Volumes 1 (a repost from 2 years ago) or 2, feel free to do so now. I'll wait... Okay, good. There's one final volume in this series forthcoming. Wait with bated breath...just don't turn blue in so doing. ~ JH
1) Michael Jackson ~ “Thriller”
2) Glen Campbell ~ “Ghost On The Canvas”
3) The Animal In Me ~ “I Created A Monster”
4) Shontelle ~ “Perfect Nightmare”
5) The Orwells ~ “Halloween All Year”
6) Butterfly Boucher ~ “Scary Fragile”
7) Levitika ~ “Zombie Barbie”
8) Shinedown ~ “Through The Ghost”
9) Mayday Parade ~ “Ghosts”
10) Stevie Nicks ~ “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)”
11) Death Cab For Cutie ~ “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive”
12) Ladytron ~ “Ghosts”
13) Metallica ~ “Some Kind Of Monster”
14) Higher Self ft. Lauren Mason ~ “Ghosts”
15) Charlene Soraia ~ “Ghost”
16) Elvis Costello & The Roots ft. La Marisoul ~ “Spooky Girlfriend”
17) Belinda Carlisle ~ “Big Scary Animal”
18) Conquer Divide ~ “Nightmares”
19) Wednesday 13 ~ “I Walked With A Zombie”
20) The Rattles ~ “The Witch”
21) Broken Bells ~ “The Ghost Inside”
22) The Raveonettes ~ “Attack Of The Ghost Riders”
