Songs About Cupid

In honor of Valentine's Day, here's a bunch of Songs About Cupid for you to enjoy.  ~  JH

1)  112  ~  “Cupid”

2)  The Big Moon  ~  “Cupid”

3)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Cupid De Locke”

4)  Elliott Smith  ~  “Cupid’s Trick”

5)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Cupid’s Got A Shotgun”

6)  Placebo  ~  “Bulletproof Cupid”

7)  Squeeze  ~  “Cupid’s Toy”

8)  Boyz II Men  ~  “Cupid”

9)  Connie Francis  ~  “Stupid Cupid / Lipstick On Your Collar”  (Someone’s had a LOT of plastic surgery! Notice how little she seems to be able to either change her facial expression or move her mouth. Wow!)

10)  King’s X  ~  “Cupid”

11)  Boyeur  ~  “Cupid”

12)  Jasmine Hill  ~  “Cupid’s Screw Up”

13)  Cupid  ~  “Cupid Shuffle”

14)  The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  ~  “Cupid’s Got A Gun”

15)  Amy LaVere & Will Sexton  ~  “Cupid’s Arrow”

16)  Daniel Powter  ~  “Cupid”

17)  Poppy Jo  ~  “Stupid Cupid”

18)  Stereos  ~  “Hey Cupid”

19)  Gym Class Heroes ft. Patrick Stump  ~  “Cupid’s Chokehold”

20)  Gotthard  ~  “Cupid’s Arrow”

21)  Meghan Trainor  ~  “Cupid”

22)  Mischief  ~  “Stupid Cupid”

23)  Lloyd  ~  “Cupid”

24)  Otis Redding  ~  “Don’t Mess With Cupid”

25)  Extreme  ~  “Cupid’s Dead”

BONUS TRACK:  Sam Cooke  ~  “Cupid”  (Yes, this is the same song as the Boyz II Men one above. But Cooke’s is the most famous version, and even though there’s no proper video or live performance of it that I could find, I’d be remiss if I didn’t also post his classic rendition of the song.)

“Snap,” “Crackle,” & “Pop” Songs, Vol. 1

My latest harebrained idea for a music post. Songs with the words "Snap,' "Crackle," and/or "Pop" in their titles. There will be a Vol. 2, but that's it. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Snap Out Of It”

2)  Paul Westerberg  ~  “Crackle & Drag”

3)   Lady Gaga  ~  “ARTPOP”

4)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Snap”

5)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Cracklin’ Rosie”

6)  Hugh Grant & Scott Porter  ~  “Pop! Goes My Heart”

7)  Icona Pop  ~  “Clap Snap”

8)  Max Roach Quintet  ~  “Crackle Hut”

9)   The Sugarcubes  ~  “Blue-Eyed Pop”

10)  Bridgit Mendler  ~  “Snap My Fingers”

11)  Photograph  ~  “The Crackle Of The Radio”

12)  Radiohead  ~  “Pop Is Dead”

13)  Herbie Hancock Trio  ~  “One Finger Snap”  (This song is in excess of 14 minutes in length. Just so you know.)

14)  Mudlow  ~  “Crackling”

15)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Pop Singer”

16)  The Spill Canvas  ~  “Aim Snap Fall”

17)  OP8 ft. Lisa Germano  ~  “Cracklin’ Water”

18)  Duran Duran  ~  “Pop Trash Movie”

19)  Thi’sl  ~  “Snap Off”

20)  Not Drowning, Waving  ~  “Cold And The Crackle”

Songs With Alliterative Titles – From A to Z

Every now and then (read: EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE!), my inner "word nerd" makes a cameo appearance, and as a result a post like this one happens. Don't ask why. Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Ava Adore”

2)  Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar  ~  “Bad Blood”

3)  Harry Chapin  ~  “Cat’s In The Cradle”

4)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Dirty Diana”

5)  Judas Priest  ~  “Electric Eye”

6)  Tom Petty  ~  “Free Fallin’”

7)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “Got To Give It Up”

8)  Whitney Houston ft. Faith Evans & Kelly Price  ~  “Heartbreak Hotel”

9)  My Morning Jacket  ~  “In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)”

10)  The Brian Setzer Orchestra  ~  “Jump Jive An’ Wail”

11)  Culture Club  ~  “Karma Chameleon”  (“K”… “Ch”… Close enough!) 

12)  Zara Larsson  ~  “Lush Life”

13)  Usher  ~  “Moving Mountains”

14)  Ne-Yo  ~  “Never Knew I Needed”  

15)  Patti Labelle ft. Michael McDonald  ~  “On My Own”

16)  Stone Temple Pilots  ~  “Pretty Penny”

17)  Carla Bruni  ~  “Quelqu'un m'a dit”  (Please don’t ask me to pronounce this title.)

18)  Rihanna  ~  “Russian Roulette”

19)  A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera  ~  “Say Something”

20)  Sam Hunt  ~  “Take Your Time”

21)  Alvvays  ~  “Underneath Us”  (Not the best song in the bunch, but it’s the best I could come up with for a “U” song.)

22)  Coldplay  ~  “Viva La Vida”

23)  Run-D.M.C. ft. Aerosmith  ~  “Walk This Way”

24)  MØ  ~  “XXX 88”  (Okay, maybe this title’s a bit of a stretch, but I’ll challenge you to come up with a better “X” song. Because I can’t.)

25)  The Coasters  ~  “Yakety Yak”

26)  The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ft. The Count  ~  “Zig Zag Dance”

"Beginning" Songs, Vol. 1

Life in general is full of beginnings and endings. We live most of our lives in the middle. In honor of that, or in spite of it, here begins a six-part miniseries featuring songs about the "Beginning," "Middle," and the "Ending." To begin, "Beginning" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Seal  ~  “The Beginning”

2)  Guster  ~  “Beginning Of The End”

3)  The Futureheads  ~  “The Beginning Of The Twist”

4)  Richard Marx & Donna Lewis  ~  “At The Beginning”

5)  Django Django  ~  “Beginning To Fade”

6)  The Decemberists  ~  “A Beginning Song”

7)  Snow Patrol  ~  “It’s Beginning To Get To Me”

8)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “I’m Beginning To See The Light / Ordinary Fool”

9)  Emerson, Lake, & Palmer  ~  “From The Beginning”

10)  One OK Rock  ~  “The Beginning”

11)  Emery  ~  “The Beginning”

12)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “In The Beginning”

13)  Don McLean  ~  “Genesis (In The Beginning)”

14)  Europe  ~  “Just The Beginning”

15)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “The End Is The Beginning Is The End”

16)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “New Beginning”

17)  Jason Becker  ~  “The End Of The Beginning”

18)  Cloverton  ~  “The End Is The Beginning”

19)  Steve Howe & Patrick Moraz  ~  “Beginnings”

20)  Elephant Revival  ~  “Remembering A Beginning”

"Above" Songs

Here's the follow-up to yesterday's post, which is another "Opposites" two-parter. Those were "Below" songs, and these are "Above" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Death From Above”

2)  Bear’s Den  ~  “Above The Clouds Of Pompeii”

3)  Norah Jones  ~  “Above Ground”

4)  Theory Of A Deadman  ~  “Head Above Water”

5)  Angus Stone  ~  “Clouds Above”

6)  Rae Morris  ~  “From Above”

7)  Mad Season  ~  “I’m Above”

8)  Mike Oldfield  ~  “Far Above The Clouds”

9)  Doro Pesch  ~  “Above The Ashes”

10)  Buck Owens & Don Rich  ~  “Above & Beyond”

11)  Paul Weller  ~  “Above The Clouds”

12)  Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’”

13)  For All Seasons  ~  “High Above It All”

14)  Jeff Tweedy  ~  “Down From Above”

15)  George Jones  ~  “The Window Up Above”