Songs About Balloons

I was overdue for a music post featuring songs about extremely mundane things. Today, I decided to tackle the tune-friendly subject of Balloons. Turns out there were quite a few good ones to choose from. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lily Allen  ~  “Air Balloon”  (Quirky, fun, and never boring. I love Lily Allen's music!)

2)  Never Shout Never  ~  “Red Balloon”

3)  Charli XCX  ~  “Red Balloon”

4)  Foals  ~  “Balloons”  (Artsy fartsy stuff up in here...)

5)  The Kills  ~  “Black Balloon”

6)  The National Parks  ~  “Red Balloon”

7)  Rosi Golan  ~  “Lead Balloon”

8)  Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals  ~  “Pink Balloon”

9)  The Civil Wars  ~  “Girl With The Red Balloon”

10)  Jimmy Nevis ft. Kwesta  ~  “Balloon”

11)  Joanna Newsom  ~  “Bridges And Balloons”  (Simply lovely!)

12)  Sick Puppies  ~  “White Balloons”

13)  Nena  ~  “99 Red Balloons”  (Hands down, the quintessential song about balloons.)

14)  Ween  ~  “Blue Balloon”

15)  Katie Melua  ~  “Red Balloons”  (Katie's another one of my favorite singers.)

16)  Midlake  ~  “Balloon Maker”

17)  Ane Brun  ~  “Balloon Ranger”

18)  Boards Of Canada  ~  “Everything You Do Is A Balloon”  (Well, that's certainly an intriguing song title...)

19)  Kristina Cornell  ~  “Little Red Balloon”  (Keep your Kleenexes nearby.)

20)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Black Balloon”  (Probably the 2nd most well-known song about balloons.)

21)  Maja Keuc  ~  “You’re A Tree And I’m A Balloon”  (I'm still trying to make sense of these metaphors...)

22)  The Fifth Dimension  ~  “Up, Up, And Away”  (Hey, I never said the word "Balloon" had to be in the title. But this song might as well be called "My Beautiful Balloon," so there ya go...)

23)   Not Profane ft. Tiffany Alvord  ~  “Our Balloons”

24)  Rick Nelson  ~  “Red Balloon”

25)  Coshiva  ~  “Big Balloon”

BONUS TRACK:  Owl City  ~  “99 Red Balloons / Chicago / Plant Life”  (Yes, the "99 Balloons" song here is the same as the original by Nena [above], but this medley was so beautiful I chose to include both.)

Songs With Years In Their Titles, Vol. 1: 1901-1979

This is the first of a two-part miniseries featuring songs with years in their titles. Not the word "years," mind you, but actual historical years (e.g., 1941, '69, 1979, etc.). There's some good stuff here, so...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Birdy  ~  "1901"

2)  The Tallest Man On Earth  ~  "1904"

3)  The Who  ~  "1921"

4)  Randy Newman  ~  "Louisiana 1927"

5)  Styx  ~  "A.D. 1928 / Rockin' The Paradise"

6)  Dream Theater  ~  "Scene Two: I. Overture 1928"

7)  Queen  ~  "'39"

8)  Bee Gees  ~  "New York Mining Disaster 1941"

9)  Harry Nilsson  ~  "1941"

10)  Reckless Kelly  ~  "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"

11)  Milo Greene  ~  "1957"

12)  Morrissey  ~  "Munich Air Disaster 1958"

13)  John Anderson & Tracy Lawrence  ~  "1959"

14)  Gregory Porter  ~  "1960 What?"

15)  The Four Seasons  ~  "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)"

16)  New Order  ~  "1963"

17)  Zella Day  ~  "1965"

18)  John Mayer  ~  "Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967"

19)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Summer Of '69"

20)  James Blunt  ~  "1973"

21)  The Connells  ~  "'74-'75"

22)  Ween  ~  "Freedom Of '76"

23)  The Alarm  ~  "Spirit Of '76"

24)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "1979"

25)  Death From Above 1979  ~  "Trainwreck 1979"

Songs About Lips

Since you already know how random I am capable of being, is there any point in your even asking or my even explaining how and why I came up with this "theme"? No? I didn't think so. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Go-Go's  ~  "Our Lips Are Sealed"

2)  Nightwish  ~  "While Your Lips Are Still Red"

3)  Meghan Trainor  ~  "Lips Are Movin"

4)  Hinder  ~  "Lips Of An Angel"

5)  NEXX  ~  "Synchronize Lips"

6)  Echo & The Bunnymen  ~  "Lips Like Sugar"

7)  OK Go  ~  "C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips"

8)  Garbage  ~  "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)"

9)  Elton John  ~  "Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance)"  (The man is dressed up like Donald Duck. Oh. My. Word!)

10)  Regina Spektor  ~  "Blue Lips"

11)  Gord Bamford  ~  "When Your Lips Are So Close"

12)  We Are Twin  ~  "Cold Stone Lips"

13)  Tim McGraw  ~  "Felt Good On My Lips"

14)  Blondie  ~  "Cautious Lip"

15)  Relient K  ~  "Chap Stick, Chapped Lips, And Things Like Chemistry"

16)  Ween  ~  "Mutilated Lips"

17)  St. Vincent  ~  "Your Lips Are Red"

18)  Ferras   ~  "Take My Lips"

19)  Kimbra  ~  "Simply On My Lips"

20)  Nirvana  ~  "Molly's Lips"

Songs About Fingers

Sometimes you get a crazy idea, and even though it's crazy you decide to run with it anyway. Usually, those ideas fall flat and result in bland, uninteresting posts. But in this case, it actually turned out quite nicely...because apparently, there have been a great number of quality songs with the word "Finger" or "Fingers" in their titles. Here's but a sampling of them. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Police  ~  "Wrapped Around Your Finger"

2)  Laura Marling  ~  "Cross Your Fingers / Crawled Out Of The Sea"

3)  AC/DC  ~  "I Put The Finger On You"

4)  Above & Beyond ft. Alex Vargas  ~  "Sticky Fingers"

5)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands"

6)  Ween  ~  "I Can't Put My Finger On It"

7)  Beady Eye  ~  "Flick Of The Finger"

8)  Allison Weiss  ~  "Fingers Crossed"

9)  Charley Pride  ~  "Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger?"

10)  Neil Young  ~  "Powderfinger"

11)  Donna Summer  ~  "Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)"

12)  Yeasayer  ~  "Fingers Never Bleed"

13)  honeyhoney  ~  "Turn That Finger Around"

14)  Crowded House  ~  "Fingers Of Love"

15)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger?"

16)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Crazy Fingers"

17)  ABBA  ~  "Slipping Through My Fingers"

18)  Chet Atkins  ~  "Dizzy Fingers"

19)  St. Vincent  ~  "Severed Crossed Fingers"

20)  Dean Martin  ~  "The Tip Of My Fingers"

21)  The Bar-Kays  ~  "Soul Finger"

22)  donkeyboy  ~  "Triggerfinger"

23)  Erasure  ~  "Fingers And Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)"

24)  Cocteau Twins  ~  "Carolyn's Fingers"

25)  Elvis Costello  ~  "Six-Fingered Man"