Songs About Costumes & Masks

It's Halloween. Time to don your favorite costume and/or mask and beg strangers for candy. Unless you're an adult, in which case you do pretty much the same thing...if you're me. If you're not me...well, that's your loss. Anyway, here's a bunch of Songs About Costumes and Masks that I hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Two Door Cinema Club  ~  “Costume Party”

2)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Behind The Mask”

3)  Shakira  ~  “Costume Makes The Clown”

4)  The Nits  ~  “Mask”

5)  Raleigh  ~  “Costume Party”

6)  Rodney Crowell ~   “Past Like A Mask”

7)  Finger Eleven  ~  “Costume For A Gutterball”

8)  Lou Reed  ~  “The Blue Mask”

9)  Ceumar  ~  “Maldito Costume”

10)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Behind The Mask”

11)  Streamline  ~  “The Costume"

12)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Mask”  (Does this guy even OWN a shirt? I've never seen him wearing one.)

13)  Kahailia  ~  “Costume”

14)  Eisley  ~  “Oxygen Mask”

15)  Steve Vai  ~  “Brandos Costumes (Gentle Ways)”

16)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Behind The Mask”

17)  Paula Fernandes  ~  “Costumes”

18)  Billy Bragg  ~  “The Man In The Iron Mask”

19)  Head Like A Kite  ~  “She’s Wearing That Costume”

20)  Robyn Hitchcock  ~  “Cynthia Mask”

21)  The Mollies  ~  “Costume”

22)  Alice Cooper  ~  “He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask)”

23)  Chantal Kreviazuk  ~  “All Tomorrow’s Parties”  (No, the word “costume” doesn’t appear anywhere in the title, but it does appear prominently throughout the song, and does so in direct correlation with the actual title.)

24)  Diana Ross  ~  “Drop The Mask”

25)  Yellow Magic Orchestra  ~  “Behind The Mask”

Songs With "Expect" In The Title

Another one of these posts where the title keywords rhyme with the title keywords of the previous posts. This is part five; there will be one final entry in the series. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lobo  ~  "Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend"

2)  Halestorm  ~  "What Were You Expecting?"

3)  Jeff, Sheri, & Morgan Easter  ~  "Expecting Good Things"

4)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  "How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?"

5)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  "Great Expectations"

6)  Archers Of Loaf  ~  "What Did You Expect?"

7)  Jamie Lawson  ~  "Wasn't Expecting That"

8)  William McDowell ~  "Expecting"

9)  Girl's Day  ~  "Expectation"

10)  Soulsavers  ~  "No Expectations"

11)  Buffalo Springfield  ~  "Expecting To Fly"

12)  Yellow Magic Orchestra  ~  "Expecting Rivers"

13)  Casual ft. Del The Funky Homosapien  ~  "Respect Game Or Expect Flames"

14)  Tame Impala  ~  "Expectation"

15)  Nazareth  ~  "Expect No Mercy"

Songs By "Magic"-al Artists

My son is going to a magic show at the library today with his daycare. In honor of that (and also because I really wanted to post the first song in this list), here's a small collection of songs by bands with the word "Magic" in their names. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  MAGIC!  ~  "Rude"  (This song is all over the radio right now, and for good reason. It's quite infectious!)

2)  Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band  ~  "Sure 'Nuff 'N' Yes I Do"

3)  Blue Magic  ~  "Sideshow"

4)  Ministry Of Magic  ~  "This Town"  (You'd have to be oblivious not to catch the multiple Harry Potter references in this song, as well as in the band's name. Apparently, this falls under the category of "Wizard Rock," a sub-genre of rock-n-roll consisting entirely of songs about the Harry Potter universe. Brilliant!)

5)  Young Magic  ~  "Sparkly"

6)  Here We Go Magic  ~  "How Do I Know?"

7)  Yellow Magic Orchestra  ~  "Firecracker"

8)  Computer Magic  ~  "The End Of Time"

9)  Monkey Majik  ~  "Together"  (This is a unique band, Comprised of two Canadian guys and two Japanese guys. The two Canadian lead singers sing two-thirds of the lyrics in Japanese and the rest in English. The strange thing is, it works quite well. They sound awesome! Go figure..)

10)  Magic Wands  ~  "Space"

11)  The Magic Numbers  ~  "Love Me Like You"  (The members of this band are not traditionally beautiful, and they aren't skinny little waifs or svelte model types. They just play music really well. And they have more than half a million views on YouTube! Maybe there's hope for the music industry after all!)

12)  Magic Sam  ~  "All Your Love" / "Lookin' Good"  (Here's two classic blues numbers for the price of one. Don't say I never gave you anything!)

13)  Magic Dirt  ~  "All My Crushes"

14)  Magic Dick ft. Tommy Castro & The Painkillers  ~  "Whammer Jammer"  (Despite his laughably inappropriate name, this guy can play the mess out of a harmonica!)

15)  Magic Bullets  ~  "Yesterday's Seen Better Days"