Songs About Hatchets & Lollipops

On a couple of isolated occasions in the past, I have posted songs featuring two different – and completely unrelated – words in their titles. The first was Ninjas & Yo-Yo's, the second was Lobsters & Comic Books. Since those were so well-received, and because I recently had inspiration for other completely unrelated posts, there's this collection of Songs About Hatchets & Lollipops. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Archive  ~  “Hatchet”

2)  The Chordettes  ~  “Lollipop”

3)  Father John Misty  ~  “This Is Sally Hatchet”

4)  BigBang & 2NE1  ~  “Lollipop”  (I have no idea what they’re singing about, but it’s awfully catchy!)

5)  Adam Torres  ~  “Hatchet”

6)  Aasha Marie ft. Point Ash & CW Allen  ~  “Lollipop”

7)  Relient K  ~  “Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet”

8)  Margaret  ~  “Lollipop”

9)  Yo La Tengo  ~  “Pass The Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind”

10)  Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass  ~  “Lollipops And Roses”

11)  Movements  ~  “Hatchet”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Lollipop”

13)  Deke Dickerson  ~  “Hatchet Man”

14)  Lesley Gore  ~  “Sunshine, Lollipops, And Rainbows”

15)  Swim Good  ~  “Hatchet”

16)  Alvvays  ~  “Lollipop (Ode To Jim)”

17)  federation X  ~  “The Hatchet Man”

18)  Aqua  ~  “Lollipop (Candyman)”

19)  Perry Como  ~  “A Hatchet, A Hammer, A Bucket Of Nails”

20)  Shirley Temple  ~  “On The Good Ship Lollipop”

21)  As We Ascend  ~  “Hatchet”

22)  Bryan Loren  ~  “Lollipop Luv”

23)  The King Street Giants  ~  “One Hatchet, One Pitchfork”

24)  Seya  ~  “Lollipop”  (I’m not as fluent in Spanish as I used to be, but I think she’s saying she wants a lollipop. Repeatedly.)

25)  Low  ~  “Hatchet”

26)  The Lollipops  ~  “Lollipop Lips”

27)  Oh Captain!  ~  “Hatchet”

28)  The Wizard Of Oz Cast  ~  “We Represent The Lollipop Guild”

29)  The Safety Fire  ~  “Red Hatchet”

30)  Lil Wayne  ~  “Lollipop”  (This is the instrumental version, by the way. You didn’t think I was going to post the actual song here, did you? ‘Cuz it’s garbage. But hey, this has a nice beat and you can dance to it, so here it is.)

Songs About Lizards

What do Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Phish, Jimmy Buffett, and Bruce Springsteen have in common? Right: They're all highly accomplished musicians with long and successful careers in the music industry. What else do they have in common? Right: They all recorded Songs About Lizards. And that's just five of the artists who did. There's plenty other good ones to enjoy here – so git to gittin'!  ~  JH

1)  Pulled Apart By Horses  ~  “Lizard Baby”

2)  à l'aube fluorescente  ~  “Lizard”

3)  ZZ Top  ~  “Lizard Life”

4)  Antlers  ~  “Lizard Man The Holy Rider”

5)  The Mopeds  ~  “Lizard”

6)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Chicken Lips And Lizard Hips”

7)  Robyn Hitchcock ft. Yo La Tengo  ~  “The Lizard”

8)  The August  ~  “Lizard King”

9)  Mott The Hoople  ~  “Lounge Lizard”

10)  Phish  ~  “The Lizards”

11)  Atomic Shadows  ~  “Lizard’s Chord”

12)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Off To See The Lizard”

13)  Van Der Graaf Generator  ~  “Lizard Play”

14)  Laura Doggett  ~  “Lizard Lady”

15)  Opiuo  ~  “Ginger Lizard”

16)  Aerosmith  ~  “Lizard Love”

17)  John June Year  ~  “Lounge Lizard”

18)  Saigon Kick  ~  “The Lizard”

19)  Magenta  ~  “The Lizard King”

20)  Vacuum  ~  “Lizard”

21)  Mermaidens  ~  “Lizard”

22)  Simpl3jack  ~  “Lizard Wash”

23)  London Elektricity  ~  “Telefunken Lizard Filter”

24)  Miss Kenichi  ~  “Lizard”

25)  American Dinosaur  ~  “Lizard Queen”

"Gloom" & "Doom" Songs

Here's a lovely little collection of "Gloom" & "Doom" Songs to brighten up this otherwise uneventful Friday. Don't read TOO much into the theme – just enjoy! Well, as much as one CAN enjoy "Gloom" & "Doom" Songs. But I digress...  ~  JH

1)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Doom And Gloom”

2)  Clutch  ~  “The Profits Of Doom”

3)  Pat Benatar  ~  “7 Rooms Of Gloom”

4)  Melvins  ~  “We Are Doomed”

5)  The Like  ~  “June Gloom”

6)  Garbage  ~  “Even Though Our Love Is Doomed”

7)  Kashmir  ~  “Gloom”

8)  The Tiger Lillies  ~  “Crack Of Doom”

9)  Björk  ~  “Gloomy Sunday”

10)  My Personal Murderer  ~  “Singing For A Doomed Youth”

11)  Quinn Sullivan  ~  “Mr. Gloom”

12)  Cadaveria  ~  “Carnival Of Doom”

13)  Low Leaf  ~  “June Gloom”

14)  The Diamonds  ~  “She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)”

15)  eleanor  ~  “In Gloom…”  (The song’s rather pretty. No clue what she’s singing about. I don’t speak Japanese!)

16)  Yo La Tengo  ~  “Automatic Doom”

17)  Creeper  ~  “Gloom”

18)  The Good, The Bad, And The Queen  ~  “Kingdom Of Doom”

19)  Hee Haw Cast  ~  “Gloom, Despair, And Agony On Me”

20)  Sepultura  ~  “Troops Of Doom”

Songs For The Seasons: Autumn

Oddly enough, I've previously done a "Songs For The Seasons" post about every other season of the year except my favorite one. Until now. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Autumn Leaves”

2)  The Kinks  ~  “Autumn Almanac”

3)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Grand Theft Autumn / Where Is Your Boy?”

4)  Joanna Newsom  ~  “Autumn”

5)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Autumn Leaves”

6)  The Vines  ~  “Autumn Shade II”

7)  Zakk Wylde  ~  “Autumn Changes”

8)  Beth Orton  ~  “Last Leaves Of Autumn”

9)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  “Autumnsong”

10)  Yo La Tengo  ~  “Autumn Sweater”

11)  Drive-By Truckers  ~  “First Air Of Autumn”

12)  Ruby Gill  ~  “Autumn”

13)  John Coltrane & Stan Getz  ~  “Autumn In New York”

14)  Matthew Mole  ~  “Autumn”

15)  Pelican  ~  “Autumn Into Supper”

16)  The Chapin Sisters  ~  “Autumn”

17)  Tall Heights  ~  “Back To Autumn”

18)  The Dandy Warhols  ~  “Autumn Carnival”

19)  Paolo Nutini  ~  “Autumn”

20)  Susan Boyle  ~  “Autumn Leaves”

21)  Bombay Bicycle Club  ~  “Autumn”

22)  Jeff Wayne ft. Gary Barlow  ~  “Forever Autumn”

23)  Emilíana Torrini  ~  “Autumn Sun”

24)  Milo Greene  ~  “Autumn Tree”

25)  Lior  ~  “Autumn Flow”