Thursday, September 3, 2015

Songs About Music, Vol. 1

I'm not trying to read your mind or anything, but you may be wondering right now what I mean by "Songs About Music." Well, basically, this is a collection of songs with the word "Music" in their titles. Turns out there are tons of these, so I had to break it up into two separate posts in order to include all the good ones. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Joss Stone  ~  "Music"




2)  Blur  ~  "Music Is My Radar"




3)  Diana Vickers  ~  "Music To Make Boys Cry"




4)  James Morrison  ~  "Slave To The Music"




5)  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  ~  "Let's Face The Music And Dance"




6)  The Verve  ~  "This Is Music"




7)  Shannon  ~  "Let The Music Play"




8)  The Who  ~  "Music Must Change"




9)  The Kiki Dee Band  ~  "I've Got The Music In Me"




10)  Aerosmith  ~  "Let The Music Do The Talking"




11)  Jennifer Hudson  ~  "Bring Back The Music"




12)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  "Listen To The Music"




13)  Rihanna  ~  "Don't Stop The Music"




14)  Beck  ~  "Elevator Music"




15)  Britney Spears ft. Madonna  ~ " Me Against The Music"




16)  Randy Travis  ~  "A Horse Called Music"




17)  Kate Bush  ~  "Eat The Music"




18)  The O'Jays  ~  "I Love Music"




19)  Joan Jett  ~  "Good Music"




20)  Brad Paisley  ~  "This Is Country Music"




21)  Michelle Branch  ~  "Loud Music"




22)  George Strait & Alan Jackson  ~  "Murder On Music Row"




23)  The Pipettes  ~  "Stop The Music"




24)  Eddie Rabbitt  ~  "Rocky Mountain Music"




25)  Amanda Palmer  ~  "Strength Through Music"


Wednesday, September 2, 2015

"Familiar" Songs

Here's a small collection of songs with the word "Familiar" in their titles. Because I felt like it, that's why. While I'm not altogether "familiar" with most of the songs here, I do know and like the work of about half the artists here. And they're definitely worth a listen. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Halestorm  ~  "Familiar Taste Of Poison"




2)  Moloko  ~  "Familiar Feeling"




3)  CKY  ~  "Familiar Realm"




4)  The Cinematic Orchestra  ~  "Familiar Ground"




5)  Asaf Avidan  ~  "Subconscious Overly-Familiar Blues"




6)  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Princes Familiar"




7)  Dean Martin  ~  "You Look So Familiar"




8)  Idlehour  ~  "My Familiar"




9)  Glen Campbell  ~  "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling"




10)  We Arms  ~  "Familiar Songs"




11)  Breaks Co-op  ~  "Sounds Familiar"




12)  Greek National Road  ~  "So Familiar"




13)  Rosabella  ~  "So Familiar"




14)  My Father's Son  ~  "Familiar Friend"




15)  Milow  ~  "More Familiar"


Monday, August 31, 2015

Songs About Chicks & Dudes


This is a one-off post – a marginally clever idea I had and decided to pursue. Songs with the words "Chicks" (or "Chick") and "Dudes" (or "Dude") in their titles. Because, really...why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  David Guetta ft. Rihanna  ~  "Who's That Chick?"




2)  Aerosmith  ~  "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)"




3)  We Are Scientists  ~  "Chick Lit"




4)  Kat Dahlia  ~  "Just Another Dude"




5)  Sammy Kaye  ~  "Chickery Chick"




6)  Sonic Youth  ~  "Dude Ranch Nurse"




7)  MxPx  ~  "Chick Magnet"




8)  Quincy Jones  ~  "The Dude"




9)  All Saints  ~  "Chick Fit"




10)  Mott The Hoople  ~  "All The Young Dudes"




11)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  "How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Side)"  (Skip to 3:24 for the song, if you don't want to hear all the pre-banter.)




12)  Mary's Danish  ~  "Can I Have A Smoke, Dude?"




13)  Lovey James  ~  "Don't Be Such A Chick"




14)  Spoon  ~  "I Could See The Dude"




15)  Charlotte Church  ~  "Crazy Chick"




16)  Chords  ~  "The Dude"




17)  Daddy Dewdrop  ~  "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)"




18)  Jessica Pratt  ~  "Moon Dude"




19)  Mariah Carey  ~  "I'm That Chick"




20)  Less Than Jake ft. Kel Mitchell  ~  "We're All Dudes"




21)  Cro  ~  "Bad Chick"




22)  Kula Shaker  ~  "Hey Dude"




23)  Chris Cagle  ~  "Chicks Dig It"




24)  LOTEK  ~  "Rudest Dude"




25)  Rollin Wang  ~  "Chick Chick"  (This is truly one of the weirdest music videos I've ever watched…and I've watched a lot of 'em!)


Friday, August 28, 2015

Songs About Dancing, Vol. 4


Last but not least, the fourth and final installment in my latest pointless series featuring Songs About Dancing. I'll be you think I've run out of good ones by this point, and these are just the dregs. Wrong, wrong, wrong! In fact, five of my favorite dancing-related songs are included within (but I won't tell you which ones they are). Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Genesis  ~  "I Can't Dance"




2)  Skylar Grey  ~  "Dance Without You"




3)  The Prodigy  ~  "No Good (Start The Dance)"




4)  Loreena McKennitt  ~  "The Mummers' Dance"




5)  Passion ft. Chris Tomlin  ~  "God's Great Dance Floor"  (I'm including this here because it's a catchy tune and lots of people like it, BUT…this guy nails how I really feel about the song.)




6)  Sly & The Family Stone  ~  "Dance To The Music"




7)  Bryan Ferry  ~  "Don't Stop The Dance"




8)  Anne Murray  ~  "Could I Have This Dance?"




9)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Dance Tonight"




10)  Chic  ~  "Everybody Dance"




11)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  "Mary Jane's Last Dance"




12)  Janelle Monáe  ~  "Dance Apocalyptic"




13)  Digital Underground  ~  "The Humpty Dance"




14)  C + C Music Factory  ~  "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"




15)  Wang Chung  ~  "Dance Hall Days"




16)  Donna Summer  ~  "Last Dance"




17)  Phil Collins  ~  "Dance Into The Light"




18)  Steffany Frizzell-Gretzinger  ~  "We Dance"




19)  Poison  ~  "Your Mama Don't Dance"




20)  The Bird And The Bee  ~  "Polite Dance Song"




21)  Orleans  ~  "Dance With Me"




22)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  "Neutron Dance"




23)  Midnight Star  ~  "No Parking On The Dance Floor"




24)  Madeleine Peyroux  ~  "Dance Me To The End Of Love"




25)  Andy Gibb  ~  "Shadow Dancing"


Thursday, August 27, 2015

Songs About Dancing, Vol. 3


Hang with me, folks (or dance with me – whatevs). This is the next-to-the-last entry in this series. Without further ado, here's another bunch of Songs About Dancing that you should certainly enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Creed  ~  "Don't Stop Dancing"




2)  Martha & The Vandellas  ~  "Dancing In The Street"




3)  10 Years  ~  "Dancing With The Dead"




4)  Willie Nelson & U2  ~  "Slow Dancing"




5)  Robyn  ~  "Dancing On My Own"




6)  Lionel Richie  ~  "Dancing On The Ceiling"




7)  Neil Young & Crazy Horse  ~  "She's Always Dancing"




8)  DEV  ~  "Dancing Shoes"




9)  Love And Theft  ~  "Dancing In Circles"




10)  Lady Sovereign  ~  "I Got You Dancing"




11)  Twin Shadow  ~  "When We're Dancing"




12)  Becky G  ~  "Can't Stop Dancin'"




13)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Ballroom Dancing"




14)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  "I Hope You Dance"




15)  Bee Gees  ~  "You Should Be Dancing"




16)  ABBA  ~  "Dancing Queen"




17)  Olly Murs  ~  "Dance With Me Tonight"




18)  Snap!  ~  "Rhythm Is A Dancer"




19)  Michael BublĂ©  ~  "Save The Last Dance For Me"




20)  Whitney Houston  ~  "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"




21)  Lee Brice  ~  "I Don't Dance"




22)  Cascada  ~  "Evacuate The Dancefloor"




23)  Josh Turner  ~  "Why Don't We Just Dance"




24)  Irene Cara  ~  "Flashdance…What A Feeling"




25)  Tina Turner  ~  "Private Dancer"