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”

Songs About Houston

Unless you've been living under a rock or you just hate baseball, you probably already know that the Houston Astros are playing in the World Series this year. In fact, as I write this, they are one game away from either winning their first or losing their second World Series. I may be a little late to the game on this (pun not intended), but here's a bunch of Songs About Houston to honor the team's accomplishments thus far. Don't worry, Dodgers fans, your post is coming up next. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dean Martin  ~  “Houston”

2)  Rodney Crowell  ~  “East Houston Blues”

3)  Iggy Pop  ~  “Houston Is Hot Tonight”

4)  George Hamilton IV  ~  “Fort Worth, Dallas, Or Houston”

5)  Houndmouth  ~  “Houston Train”

6)  Don Gibson  ~  “If You Ever Get To Houston (Look Me Down)”

7)  ZZ Top  ~  “Heaven, Hell, Or Houston”  (The camera work on this one is awful, but the sound quality is great!)

8)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Houston Solution”

9)  Weldon “Juke Boy” Bonner  ~  “Struggle Here In Houston”

10)  R.E.M.  ~  “Houston”

11)  The Black Crowes  ~  “Houston Don’t Dream About Me”

12)  David Ball  ~  “Houston Again”

13)  Butthole Surfers  ~  “Dracula From Houston”  (If you can get past their ridiculously inappropriate band name, this is a really enjoyable song.)

14)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Houston (I’m Comin’ To See You)”

15)  Coldplay  ~  “Houston”

16)  Steve Earle  ~  “Home To Houston”

17)  Deer Tick  ~  “Houston, TX”

18)  Lightnin’ Hopkins  ~  “Rainy Day In Houston”

19)  Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band  ~  “Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer To You)”

20)  Bobby Bare  ~  “I Can Almost See Houston From Here”

“Fearless” Songs

Here's a nice collection of songs about being "Fearless." Which is a good thing to be sometimes, and a terrible thing at other times. I'll let you decide which is which among these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Fearless”

2)  For Today  ~  “Fearless”

3)  Olivia Holt  ~  “Fearless”

4)  ZZ Top  ~  “Fearless Boogie”

5)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Fearless”

6)  Screwtape  ~  “Fearless”

7)  Jasmine Murray  ~  “Fearless”

8)  The Banyans  ~  “Fearless”

9)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Fearless Love”

10)  Building 429  ~  “Fearless”

11)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Fearless”

12)  Wes Carr  ~  “Fearless”

13)  Kat Perkins  ~  “Fearless”

14)  The Neville Brothers  ~  “Fearless”

15)  Manafest ft. Alicia Simila  ~  “Fearless”

16)  The Bravery  ~  “Fearless”

17)  Steve Earle & Shawn Colvin  ~  “Fearless Heart”

18)  VOTA  ~  “Fearless”

19)  Gromee ft. May-Britt Scheffer  ~  “Fearless”

20)  Umphrey’s McGee  ~  “Fearless”

21)  Mia Fieldes  ~  “Fearless”

22)  Jochen Miller ft. Chris Hordijk  ~  “Fearless”

23)  Daechelle  ~  “Fearless”

24)  HR King ft. Bukkcity  ~  “Fearless”

25)  Tiffany Desrosiers  ~  “Fearless”

“Cheap” Songs

These songs won't cost you much. In fact, you can listen to them for free. Right now if you want to. What are you waiting for? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sia  ~  “Cheap Thrills”

2)  ZZ Top  ~  “Cheap Sunglasses”

3)  Joan Jett  ~  “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”

4)  Blitzen Trapper  ~  “Might Find It Cheap”

5)  Cowboy Junkies  ~  “‘Cause Cheap Is How I Feel”

6)  Alabama  ~  “The Cheap Seats”

7)  Terra  ~  “Talk Is Cheap”

8)  Tommy Tutone  ~  “Cheap Date”

9)  Kelleigh Bannen  ~  “Cheap Sunglasses”

10)  Flo & Eddie  ~  “Cheap”

11)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “No Cheap Thrill”

12)  NQ Arbuckle  ~  “Cheap Town”

13)  Martina McBride  ~  “Cheap Whiskey”

14)  Eagles Of Death Metal  ~  “Cheap Thrills”

15)  Southern Culture On The Skids  ~  “Cheap Motels”

16)  Chet Faker  ~  “Talk Is Cheap”

17)  Don’t Feed The Robot  ~  “Cheap Cologne”

18)  Mamas Gun  ~  “Cheap Hotel”

19)  The Kills  ~  “Cheap And Cheerful”

20)  Seasick Steve  ~  “Cheap”

21)  Thea Gilmore  ~  “Cheap Tricks”

22)  Superdrag  ~  “Cheap Poltergeists”

23)  Kovacs  ~  “Wolf In Cheap Clothes”

24)  The Social Club  ~  “Cheap Pop”

25)  Divine  ~  “Born To Be Cheap”

"Nasty" Songs

There's a lot of nastiness (of all sorts) going on in the world today. So here's a bunch of "Nasty" Songs to accompany the chaos. The songs themselves aren't really "Nasty," per se – in fact, a good number of them are instrumentals – but that word does appear somewhere in the title of each. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  ZZ Top  ~  “Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings”

2)  Cosmosquad  ~  “Fat, Mean, & Nasty”

3)  Axel Rudi Pell  ~  “Nasty Reputation”

4)  Holychild  ~  “Nasty Girls”

5)  Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five  ~  “It’s Nasty”

6)  Jacques Johnson Sr. & Jacques Johnson Jr.  ~  “Nasty”

7)  Janet Jackson  ~  “Nasty”

8)  Doug Trammell  ~  “Nasty”

9)  The Damned  ~  “Nasty”

10)  Vincent Ingala  ~  “Nasty”

11)  Johnny Cash ft. Oscar The Grouch  ~  “Nasty Dan”

12)  Alador  ~  “Nasty Blues”

13)  Moser Woods  ~  “Nasty Pans”

14)  Pixie Lott  ~  “Nasty”

15)  Orgone  ~  “Nasty Hats”

16)  Rattled Roosters  ~  “Nasty Jack”

17)  The Cardigans  ~  “Nasty Sunny Beam”

18)  Leon  ~  “Nasty Groove”

19)  Toke Squealy  ~  “Nasty Weather”  (Best artist name of the post goes to...Toke Squealy. This was a nail-biter. Rattled Roosters was also a strong contender.)

20)  Humble Pie  ~  “Hot ’N’ Nasty”

21)  David Bennett Thomas  ~  “Nasty Roche”

22)  Isaiah Stewart  ~  “Nasty Moves”

23)  Brad Kelsey  ~  “Nasty Weather”

24)  Ugly Elephant  ~  “Whole Lotta Nasty”

25)  Rusty Wright Blues  ~  “Nasty Reputation”