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Friday, February 3, 2023

Songs About Gypsies, Vol. 1

 The sheer number of different songs about gypsies is astounding! That most of these "Gypsy" songs are actually good is even more astonishing! Needless to say, this is going to be a multi-parter. I don't even know how many installments yet. Let's just say "several." Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Morgan Wade  ~  "Other Side"  (This is the song that inspired this series, and it doesn't even have the word "gypsy" in the title. Go figure!)



2)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  "Gypsy"



3)  Santana  ~  "Gypsy Queen"



4)  Shakira  ~  "Gypsy"



5)  Dio  ~  "Gypsy"



6)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  "The Gypsy"



7)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  "Gypsy"



8)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "Gypsy Eyes"



9)  The Waterboys  ~  "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy"



10)  Black Sabbath  ~  "Gypsy"



11)  Cinderella  ~  "Gypsy Road"



12)  Aerosmith  ~  "Gypsy Boots"



13)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Gypsy Biker"



14)  Ben Kweller  ~  "Gypsy Rose"



15)  Dolly Parton  ~  "Gypsy, Joe, and Me"



16)  Luscious Jackson  ~  "Gypsy"



17)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Gypsy"



18)  Jan & Dean  ~  "The Gypsy Cried"



19)  Terri Clark  ~  "Gypsy Boots"



20)  Iya Terra  ~  "Gypsy Girl"



21)  Toto  ~  "Gypsy Train"



22)  Chris Norman  ~  "Gypsy Queen"



23)  Van Morrison  ~  "Gypsy in My Soul"



24)  Renaissance  ~  "Ocean Gypsy"



25)  George Strait  ~  "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me"


Monday, April 26, 2021

Songs About Isolation, Vol. 2

Here's another set of Songs About Isolation, since that last one was so uplifting! (Kinda not, actually.) Regardless, I hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Sertraline  ~  "Isolation"




2)  Gary Numan  ~  "Love Isolation"




3)  Distant Neighbors  ~  "Isolation"




4)  Matthew Sweet  ~  "Isolation"




5)  Freak of Nature  ~  "Isolation"




6)  Toto  ~  "Isolation"




7)  Osada Vida  ~  "King Of Isolation"




8)  Warren Zevon  ~  "Splendid Isolation"




9)  Sticka  ~  "Isolation"




10)  Lera Lynn  ~  "Isolation"




11)  Rita Morar  ~  "Blossoms In Isolation"




12)  Three  ~  "Isolation"




13)  Arson Whales  ~  "New Isolation"




14)  Blaklight  ~  "Isolation"




15)  The New Highway Hymnal  ~  "Isolation"




16)  Flying Island  ~  "Isolation"




17)  John Snow  ~  "Isolation"




18)  Prospect Lane  ~  "Isolation"




19)  Ross Hollow  ~  "Isolation"




20)  No Man Eyes  ~  "Isolation"



Friday, July 26, 2019

Songs About Muses

What inspires you? While you ponder over that very existential question, here's a lovely collection of Songs About Muses to enjoy! You're welcome!  ~  JH



1)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  "My Muse"




2)  Prince  ~  "Black Muse"




3)  Haviland  ~  "Muse"




4)  Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott  ~  "I Am Not A Muse"




5)  The Wood Brothers  ~  "The Muse"




6)  Dani and Lizzy  ~  "Muse"




7)  Metric  ~  "Sick Muse"




8)  Belle and Sebastian  ~  "The Everlasting Muse"




9)  Laura Marling  ~  "The Muse"




10)  Dead Can Dance  ~  "Summoning Of The Muse"




11)  Van Morrison  ~  "Northern Muse"




12)  Eliza Gilkyson  ~  "Her Melancholy Muse"




13)  Austra  ~  "Annie (Oh Muse, You)"




14)  Elton John  ~  "The Muse"




15)  Abandoned Pools  ~  "Suburban Muse"




16)  Toto  ~  "The Muse"




17)  Over The Rhine  ~  "Betting On The Muse"




18)  G. Love & Special Sauce ft. Citizen Cope  ~  "Muse"




19)  Of Montreal  ~  "An Ode To The Nocturnal Muse"




20)  Jo Blankenburg  ~  "The Muse's Dance"




21)  Zac Brown Band  ~  "The Muse"


Wednesday, April 10, 2019

The “Look” & “Feel” Of Songs, Vol. 1

In my 6+ years of music blogging, I have posted Songs About Feelings, The Feels, and Feeling It. But since the subject of "feelings" is utterly ubiquitous in music, here's a new variation of previously unposted "Feel" Songs, this time paired with "Look" Songs as well. Because, I mean, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Look What You Made Me Do”




2)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Feel”




3)  Metronomy  ~  “The Look”




4)  Chicago  ~  “Feel”




5)  Roxette  ~  “The Look”




6)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Feel”




7)  Poison  ~  “Look What The Cat Dragged In”




8)  Selah Sue  ~  “Feel”




9)  Galantis  ~  “Mama Look At Me Now”




10)  Hillsong Worship  ~  “I Feel Like I’m Falling”




11)  ABC  ~  “The Look Of Love”




12)  Tonight Alive  ~  “How Does It Feel?”




13)  Jason Aldean  ~  “Tonight Looks Good On You”




14)  Calvin Harris  ~   “Feel So Close”




15)  Whitney Houston  ~  “I Look To You”




16)  Toto  ~  “How Does It Feel?”




17)  Lady Gaga  ~  “Look What I Found”




18)  Naughty By Nature  ~  “Feel Me Flow”




19)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “You Look Good”




20)  Rhye  ~  “Feel Your Weight”




21)  Larkin Poe  ~  “Look Away”




22)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “Feel That Fire”




23)  Paramore  ~  “Looking Up”




24)  The Weeknd  ~  “Can’t Feel My Face”




25)  Sade  ~  “Keep Looking”


Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Songs About Remembering & Forgetting

Back to the basics with this universal theme. Songs About Remembering & Forgetting. And...GO!  ~  JH



1)  Blake Shelton  ~  “Came Here To Forget”




2)  Pink Floyd  ~  “Remember A Day”




3)  Shakira ft. Rihanna  ~  “Can’t Remember To Forget You”




4)  Cat Stevens ft. Elkie Brooks  ~  “(Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard”




5)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Don’t Forget Me”




6)  Hayley Kiyoko  ~  “A Belle To Remember”




7)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Don’t Forget About Us”




8)  Iron Maiden  ~  “Remember Tomorrow”




9)  Lucie Silvas  ~  “Forget Me Not”




10)  Toto  ~  “I Will Remember”




11)  Lacuna Coil  ~  “I Forgive (But I Won’t Forget Your Name)”




12)  Dianne Reeves  ~  “I Remember Sky”




13)  Diamond Rio  ~  “Mama, Don’t Forget To Pray For Me”




14)  The Shangri-Las  ~  “Remember (Walking In The Sand)”




15)  Pixie Lott ft. Stylo G  ~  “Won’t Forget You”




16)  Gladys Knight  ~  “Try To Remember / The Way We Were (Medley)”




17)  Milli Vanilli  ~  “Baby, Don’t Forget My Number”




18)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Remember Me With Love”




19)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  “Forget About Me”




20)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “…On The Radio (Remember The Days)”




21)  Metric  ~  “Forget Why”




22)  Hoobastank  ~  “Remember Me”




23)  Jeff Buckley  ~  “Forget Her”




24)  Amy Grant  ~  “I Will Remember You”




25)  Lena Katina  ~  “Never Forget”


Thursday, October 18, 2018

Songs About “Great Expectations”

A couple of weeks ago I started a series of posts featuring songs with the names of famous novels or characters or well-known phrases from literature. The first post featured Songs About "Lolita," then I promptly neglected to do any further literature-themed posts. Well, now is as good a time as any to resume the series. So...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  KISS  ~  “Great Expectations”




2)  Judy Collins  ~  “Great Expectations”




3)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Great Expectations”




4)  Cat Power  ~  “Great Expectations”




5)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Great Expectations”




6)  Elbow  ~  “Great Expectations”




7)  Jay Aston  ~  “Great Expectations”




8)  Toto  ~  “Great Expectations”




9)  Wonder  ~  “Great Expectations”




10)  Miles Davis  ~  “Great Expectations”  (Sit back and get comfortable if you hit “play” on this one. The song – suite? – is a whopping 27 minutes long!)




11)  The Strypes  ~  “Great Expectations”




12)  The Modern Electric  ~  “Great Expectations”




13)  Talia Stewart  ~  “Great Expectations”




14)  Eric Carmen  ~  “Great Expectations”




15)  Wild Combination  ~  “Great Expectations”




16)  Birdt  ~  “Great Expectations”




17)  Considering Lily  ~  “Great Expectations”




18)  My Sad Captains  ~  “Great Expectations”




19)  Number Exchange  ~  “Great Expectations”




20)  Greg Friel  ~  “Great Expectations”