“Bought” & “Sold” Songs, Vol. 2

Might as well go ahead and post these now. A few more "Bought" & "Sold" Songs for your enjoyment. That's it, just a two-parter this time around.  ~  JH

1)  David Bowie  ~  “The Man Who Sold The World”  (You might be wondering: Why did David Bowie cover a Nirvana song? And didn't you already post that version of it in Vol. 1? Answers: Bowie wrote the song, and Nirvana covered it. And both versions are awesome. So...yeah.)

2)  Bubbles Brown  ~  “Bought & Sold”

3)  Naive Thieves  ~  “Sold Short”

4)  The Rag Dolls  ~  “Bought And Sold”

5)  Grifters & Shills  ~  “Bought & Sold”

6)  Kim Young Ones  ~  “I Bought It”

7)  John Michael Montgomery  ~  “Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)”

8)  Nancy Harmon  ~  “The Blood-Bought Church”

9)  Nick Santino and the Northern Wind  ~  “Sold My Soul”

10)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “I Bought The Shoes”

11)  The Alarm  ~  “Sold Me Down The River”

12)  10cc  ~  “I Bought A Flat Guitar Tutor”

13)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Sold My Mind To The Kremlin”

14)  Cosmic Bloom  ~  “Bought”

15)  Dallas Crane  ~  “Sold Me”

16)  The Raconteurs  ~  “Store Bought Bones”

17)  Eskimo Joe  ~  “Who Sold Her Out”

18)  Ty Segall  ~  “I Bought My Eyes”

19)  Van Morrison  ~  “They Sold Me Out”  (Bonus track for all you diehard Morrison fans… “Celtic New Year” is sung right after the “Sold” song here.)

20)  Robert Sims  ~  “I Bought Me A Cat”

21)  Bette Midler  ~  “I Sold My Heart To The Junkman”

22)  WolfGang  ~  “Bought And Sold”

23)  Two Wolves  ~  “Sold Soul”

24)  Nickelback  ~  “Money Bought”

25)  Boy George  ~  “Sold”

26)  Faron Young  ~  “I Bought The Shoes On Your Feet”

27)  Ruby Flipper  ~  “Sold My Rock ’N’ Roll”

28)  Natalia Zukerman  ~  “Bought And Sold”

29)  The Grizzled Mighty  ~  “Sold”

30)  Phankl  ~  “I Bought A Ticket”

"Bought" & "Sold" Songs, Vol. 1

This, because...well, let's just say "because." Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Never Bought It”

2)  Laura Wilde  ~  “Sold My Soul”

3)  Sparks  ~  “I Bought The Mississippi River”

4)  Capital Cities  ~  “I Sold My Bed, But Not My Stereo”

5)  Samantha Fish  ~  “My Baby Bought A Ticket”

6)  Nirvana  ~  “The Man Who Sold The World”

7)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Bought And Sold”

8)  Hawk Nelson  ~  “Sold Out”

9)  Brand New  ~  “Bought A Bride”

10)  Black Label Society  ~  “Sold My Soul”

11)  Mercury Heart  ~  “The Devil You Bought”

12)  Damien Jurado  ~  “Static To Be Sold”

13)  Craig Campbell  ~  “I Bought It”

14)  Apsley  ~  “Sold”

15)  Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Helen O’Connell & Bob Eberly  ~  “I Bought A Wooden Whistle”

16)  Kinky Friedman  ~  “Sold American”

17)  Honey Creek  ~  “Heaven Can’t Be Bought”

18)  TAB The Band  ~  “Bought And Sold”

19)  Adam Bomb  ~  “Bought The Farm”

20)  Doria Roberts  ~  “Nothing Sold, Nothing Bought”

21)  Evan Chapman & Sean McFarland  ~  “You Broke It, You Bought It”

22)  Belleruche  ~  “Bought & Sold”

23)  Jimmy Swaggart  ~  “He Bought My Soul”

24)  Daphne Nichols  ~  “Bought And Sold”

25)  The Kinks  ~  “She’s Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina”

26)  Stone Cold Fox  ~  “Sold”

27)  Neko Case  ~  “Bought And Sold”

28)  Prince  ~  “The Greatest Romance Ever Sold”

29)  Farewell Milwaukee  ~  “You Bought A Ticket Out”

30)  Joe Henry  ~  “Sold”

“Lousy” Songs

Here's a bunch of "Lousy" Songs for your listening...umm...pleasure? Actually, they're all pretty good, considering. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Knack   ~  “Another Lousy Day In Paradise”

2)  Amy LaVere  ~  “Lousy Pretender”

3)  Never Shout Never  ~  “Lousy Truth”

4)  Naomi Hooley  ~  “Lousy Lover”

5)  Alaska  ~  “Lousy Night”

6)  Shivaree  ~  “Daring Lousy Guy”

7)  Walter Etc.  ~  “Every Lousy Paradise”

8)  Destrends  ~  “Lousy Lover”

9)  Queens Of Everything  ~  “Lousy Saturday”

10)  The Wailing Walls  ~  “Lousy Excuse”

11)  We Are Scientists  ~  “Lousy Reputation”

12)  Alex Khaskin  ~  “Lousy Thief”

13)  Happy Camper ft. Helge Slikker  ~  “All These Lousy Conversations”

14)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Lousy Haircut”

15)  Redline Addiction  ~  “He’s Not A Bad Friend, Just A Lousy Lover”

16)  Picture  ~  “Lousy Lady”

17)  Cheap Girls  ~  “Lousy”

18)  Julia Kahn  ~  “Cupid Is A Lousy Shot”

19)  Wolf Parade  ~  “Lousy Pictures”

20)  The Murder Of My Sweet  ~  “Kind Of Lousy”

“Mysterious” Songs

I like to keep you guessing. And so do these songs. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  U2  ~  “Mysterious Ways”

2)  Nina  ~  “Love Moves In Mysterious Ways”

3)  Wire  ~  “I Feel Mysterious Today”

4)  Eva & The Heartmaker  ~  “Mysterious Ways”

5)  Jeff Lorber Fusion  ~  “Mysterious Traveller”

6)  Set It Off  ~  “Miss Mysterious”

7)  The Crash Kings  ~  “Ms. Mysterious”

8)  Amy Grant  ~  “God Moves In A Mysterious Way”

9)  2 Unlimited  ~  “Mysterious”

10)  Bryan Adams  ~  “Mysterious Ways”

11)  The Sword  ~  “Seriously Mysterious”

12)  Sarah Brightman  ~  “Mysterious Days”

13)  Tribal Seeds  ~  “Beautiful Mysterious”

14)  Ezra Furman and the Harpoons  ~  “Mysterious Power”

15)   Sash! ft. Tina Cousins  ~  “Mysterious Times”

16)  Marc Cohn  ~  “Girl Of Mysterious Sorrow”

17)  Talisman  ~  “Mysterious”

18)  Scorpions  ~  “Mysterious”

19)  Vanessa Amorosi  ~  “Mr. Mysterious”

20)  Hank Snow  ~  “The Mysterious Lady From St. Martinique”

21)  Hellovenus  ~  “Mysterious”

22)  Peter Andre  ~  “Mysterious Girl”

23)  ELOY  ~  “Mysterious Monolith”

24)  The Coco’nuts  ~  “Mysterious Lady”

25)  Burnin’ The Rules  ~  “Mysterious Girls”

Songs About Potatoes

In case you ever wondered if there were enough good Songs About Potatoes to fill a blog post, wonder no more. This one's worth the price of admission (FREE!) for the Weird Al song alone. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Couch Potato”

2)  James Taylor  ~  “Sweet Potato Pie”

3)  Melanie Martinez  ~  “Mrs. Potato Head”

4)  Shawn Amos  ~  “Diggin’ My Potatoes”

5)  All Rights Reserved Band  ~  “Couch Potato”

6)  LaToya Jackson  ~  “Hot Potato”

7)  The Wiggles  ~  “Hot Potato”  (I hate myself for even posting this song. I truly expected better from myself than this. *sigh*)

8)  Cracker  ~  “Sweet Potato”

9)  The New Main Street Singers  ~  “Potato’s In The Paddy Wagon”

10)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Potato Girl”

11)  LiveWire  ~  “Tater Fed”

12)  Molly Reeves & The World’s Finest Apples  ~  “All That Meat And No Potatoes”

13)  Al Jarreau  ~  “Sweet Potato Pie”

14)  Paul Gilbert  ~  “Potato Head”

15)  Glenn Miller Orchestra  ~  “Sweet Potato Piper”

16)  Shinyribs  ~  “Sweet Potato”

17)  Wynton Marsalis  ~  “Potato Head Blues”

18)  Skunk Anansie  ~  “Charlie Big Potato”

19)  Little Jimmy Dickens  ~  “Take An Old Cold Tater And Wait”

20)  The Ross Sisters  ~  “Solid Potato Salad”