Showing posts with label Tom Waits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tom Waits. Show all posts

Friday, July 26, 2019

Songs About Sausage

Here's one that's completely out of left field. Songs About Sausage. Because I've never been completely normal, that's why. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Tom Waits  ~  "Eggs And Sausages"




2)  Adam Ant  ~  "Sausage"




3)  Honebone  ~  "Sausage"




4)  Alestorm  ~  "Flipped With A Sausage"




5)  Widespread Panic  ~  "Thought Sausage"




6)  Alexandre Desplat  ~  "Sausages!"




7)  George Duke  ~  "Burnt Sausage Jam"




8)  Bernard Herrmann  ~  "The Sausage"




9)  Grey  ~  "Sausage"




10)  Elliot Goldenthal  ~  "Truffaldino's Sausage Shop"




11)  Grandad Roberts & His Son Elvis  ~  "Meat Pie Sausage Roll"




12)  Rolfe Kent  ~  "Sausages Don't Pay For Themselves"




13)  Freddie Starr  ~  "The Sausage Song"




14)  Alan Menken  ~  "Magical Sausage"




15)  LadBaby  ~  "We Built This City...On Sausage Rolls"




16)  Four Charms  ~  "Sausage Rock"




17)  Cranky George  ~  "Sausage Moon"




18)  Swing Ninjas  ~  "Sausage Tree"


Friday, February 8, 2019

“Cemetery” Songs

While we’re on a dead people kick (is that what this blog has come to?), why not throw in a batch of “Cemetery” Songs for good measure? They’re not as bad as you think. I’m sure you will…enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Pantera  ~  “Cemetery Gates”




2)  Silverchair  ~  “Cemetery”




3)  Missy Higgins  ~  “Cemetery”




4)  COIN  ~  “Cemetery”




5)  Woods Of Ypres  ~  “I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetery”




6)  Tierra Whack  ~  “Pet Cemetery”




7)  Strung Out  ~  “Cemetery”




8)  Ramones  ~  “Pet Sematary”




9)  Nicole Dollanganger  ~  “Sleepy Towns And Cemeteries”




10)  Coldplay  ~  “Cemeteries Of London”




11)  Umphrey's McGee  ~  “Cemetery Walk”




12)  Ron Sexsmith  ~  “Pretty Little Cemetery”




13)  Bessie Smith  ~  “Cemetery Blues”




14)  Tom Waits  ~  “Cemetery Polka”




15)  Say Anything  ~  “Cemetery”




16)  Isles & Glaciers  ~  “Cemetery Weather”




17)  Tab  ~  “Cemetery Shakedown”




18)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  “Cemetery Guns”




19)  Squirrel Nut Zippers  ~  “St. Louis Cemetery Blues”




20)  Midnight Oil  ~  “Cemetery In My Mind”




21)  My Chemical Romance  ~  “Cemetery Drive”




22)  Charlie Simpson  ~  “Cemetery”




23)  Son Volt  ~  “Cemetery Savior”




24)  mewithoutyou  ~  “Cleo’s Ferry Cemetery”




25)  The Front Bottoms  ~  “Historic Cemetery”


Wednesday, November 15, 2017

“Emotional” Songs

So we've passed the "Physical" Songs, transcended the "Mental" Songs, and now things are about to get "Emotional." The third in a four-part series of posts featuring songs relating to the types/states of one's health (or lack thereof) starts...NOW!  ~  JH



1)  Whitney Houston  ~  “So Emotional”




2)  Flux Pavilion ft. Matthew Koma & Kaleidoscope Orchestra  ~  “Emotional”




3)  Charli XCX  ~  “Emotional”




4)  Falco  ~  “Emotional”




5)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Emotional Highway”




6)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Emotional Rescue”




7)  Vanessa Amorosi  ~  “The Simple Things (Something Emotional)”




8)  Black Uhuru  ~  “Emotional Slaughter”




9)  Terri Clark  ~  “Emotional Girl”




10)  Neil Finn  ~  “Love Is Emotional”




11)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Emotional Tangle”




12)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Emotional Love”




13)  Snoh Aalegra  ~  “Emotional”




14)  Hothouse Flowers  ~  “An Emotional Time”




15)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “So Emotional”




16)  Carl Thomas  ~  “Emotional”




17)  Sierra Swan  ~  “Emotional”




18)  The O’Jays  ~  “Emotionally Yours”




19)  Vivian Green  ~  “Emotional Rollercoaster”




20)  Tom Waits  ~  “Emotional Weather Report”




21)  Randy Newman ft. Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Real Emotional Girl”




22)  Luther Vandross  ~  “Emotional Love”




23)  Diana DeGarmo  ~  “Emotional”




24)  The Lone Bellow  ~  “You Can Be All Kinds Of Emotional”




25)  June The Girl  ~  “Emotional”  (She could be singing about polka-dotted paper clips for all I know, but it sounds so beautiful in French that I don't even care. In all fairness, parts of the song are in English.)


Wednesday, November 2, 2016

“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”


Tuesday, November 10, 2015

"Drunk" Songs

And we're back to those pesky "Opposites" music posts again. These are "Drunk" songs. (Think of the word more metaphorically than literally.) Next time, there will be "Sober" songs. (Again, metaphorically.) Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Drunk”




2)  Twin Atlantic  ~  “Yes, I Was Drunk”




3)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “Drunk”




4)  A Thousand Horses  ~  “(This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial”




5)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Don’t Drive Drunk”




6)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Drunk With The Thought Of You”




7)  Brett Eldredge  ~  “Drunk On Your Love”




8)  Tom Waits  ~  “Drunk On The Moon”




9)  Courtney Cole  ~  “Drunk”




10)  Flogging Molly  ~  “Punch Drunk Grinning Soul”




11)  Sparks  ~  “Pretending To Be Drunk”




12)  Basia  ~  “Drunk On Love”




13)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk”




14)  Gregory Page  ~  “Love Made Me Drunk”




15)  One More Girl  ~  “Drunk Heart”