"Strange," "Queer," & "Odd" Songs

Did you ever see or hear something that didn't sound quite right that caused you to furrow your brow in confusion? Yeah, these songs, too. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Strange Fruit"

2)  Garbage  ~  “Queer"

3)  Boy Willows  ~  “So Odd"

4)  Anna Calvi & David Byrne  ~  “Strange Weather”

5)  Stanley Holloway  ~  “My Word! You Do Look Queer!”  (It's important to note here that the word "queer" both does and doesn't mean what it traditionally did, which is, something or someone that's atypical or different in some way.)

6)  Hey Violet  ~  “O.D.D.”

7)  John Grant  ~  “Is He Strange”

8)  Count Basie  ~  “Queer Street”

9)  Mariah Carey ft. Westlife  ~  “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”

10)  The Black Keys   ~ “Strange Times”

11)  STRFKR  ~  “Queer Bot”

12)  Molly Hatchet  ~  “Beatin’ The Odds”

13)  Mickey & Sylvia  ~  “Love Is Strange”

14)  Cait and the Critters  ~  “Queer”

15)  Demon Hunter  ~  “Slight The Odds”

16)  Lynsey De Paul  ~  “Strange Changes”

17)  Thee Oh Sees  ~  “Camera (Queer Sound)”

18)  Julia Nunes  ~  “Odd”

19)  Wishbone Ash  ~  “Strange Affair”

20)  Thompson Twins  ~  “Queer”

21)  Daniele Liverani  ~  “Odd Valley”

22)  Bic Runga  ~  “Suddenly Strange”

23)  Fletcher Henderson  ~  “Queer Notions”

24)  Harry Chapin  ~  “Odd Job Man”

25)  Cream  ~  “Strange Brew”

26)  Lazy Eye  ~  “Queer”

27)  Weezer  ~  “Odd Couple”

28)  Aqualung  ~  “Strange And Beautiful”

29)  Alison Rayner Quintet  ~  “Queer Bird”

30)  Carmen Justice  ~  “Against The Odds”

“Have” & “Hold” Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins another 4-part series, this one featuring songs with "Have" & "Hold" in their titles. Inspired by the classic marriage vows, I suppose. As you can probably imagine, songs with these words in the titles are legion. So I limited myself to only those where "Have" or "Hold" was the first word in the title. And it's STILL a 4-parter! The good thing about having lots of songs to choose from is that the songs that make the cut are generally higher in quality than when I do a smaller post of songs with a rather obscure word in the title. In other words, there're probably going to be a lot of songs you'll like. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Creedence Clearwater Revival  ~  “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?”

2)  Thompson Twins  ~  “Hold Me Now”

3)  Eryn Allen Kane  ~  “Have Mercy”

4)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Hold Me”

5)  A Day To Remember  ~  “Have Faith In Me”

6)  Argent  ~  “Hold Your Head Up”

7)   Brandy  ~  “Have You Ever”

8)  James Bay  ~  “Hold Back The River”

9)  Benjamin Booker  ~  “Have You Seen My Son?”

10)  Paul Anka  ~  “Hold Me Till The Morning Comes”

11)  Leo Sayer  ~  “Have You Ever Been In Love?”

12)  Janine And The Mixtape  ~  “Hold Me”

13)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?”

14)  Red  ~  “Hold Me Now”

15)  Marit Larsen  ~  “Have You Ever”

16)  Duran Duran  ~  “Hold Back The Rain”

17)  Freddie Jackson  ~  “Have You Ever Loved Somebody?”

18)  Derek Ryan ft. Sharon Shannon  ~  “Hold On To Your Hat”

19)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Have I Told You Lately”

20)  Jess Glynne  ~  “Hold My Hand”

21)  The Honeycombs  ~  “Have I The Right?”

22)  Michael Jackson ft. Akon  ~  “Hold My Hand”

23)  Bethel Music ft. Brian Johnson  ~  “Have It All”

24)  Steam Powered Giraffe  ~  “Hold Me”

25)  The Chi-Lites  ~  “Have You Seen Her?”