"38" Songs

And the countdown is ON! Today, my wife is 38 weeks pregnant with our daughter. So here's a collection of songs with the number "38" somewhere in their lyrics. I opted for quality over quantity this time around, which explains the presence of a "mere" 19 songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Saturday Night Special"

2)  Needtobreathe  ~  "Valley Of Tomorrow"

3)  Vienna Teng  ~  "Radio"

4)  Johnny Cash  ~  "Wreck Of The Old '97"

5)  The Black Crowes  ~  "Downtown Money Waster"

6)  The Cranberries  ~  "I Just Shot John Lennon"

7)  Counting Crows  ~  "Goodnight L.A."  (This is a strange concert video. It's beautifully and professionally shot in black-and-white, but there's not a single shot of the band's iconic lead singer! Still a great performance though!)

8)  Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris  ~  "Donkey Town"

9)  Alice Cooper  ~  "Grim Facts"

10)  Travis Tritt  ~  "Honky Tonk History"

11)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  "Red Dragon Tattoo"

12)  Maggie Rose  ~  "Looking Back Now"

13)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Incident On 57th Street"

14)  Lyle Lovett  ~  "Cowboy Man"

15)  Journey  ~  "Dead Or Alive"

16)  Warren Zevon  ~  "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"

17)  Hot Tuna  ~  "99 Year Blues"

18)  Martina McBride  ~  "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"

19)  Trisha Yearwood  ~  "Too Bad You're No Good"

"Normal" Songs

As promised, here's the follow-up to my previous post. It's a collection of songs with "Normal" in their titles. And some of these are anything but! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing"

2)  Don Tetto  ~  "Una Noche Normal"

3)  Screaming Females  ~  "Normal"

4)  No Relax  ~  "Persona Normal"

5)  Arcade Fire  ~  "Normal Person"

6)  Grupo Revelação  ~  "Além Do Normal"

7)  Lower Than Atlantis  ~  "Normally Strange"

8)  Espinazo Paz  ~  "Un Hombre Normal"

9)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  "We Are The Normal"

10)  Ximena Sariñana  ~  "Normal"

11)  Perfume Genius  ~  "Normal Song"  (I would suggest listening to this video and not actually watching it. This guy's facial expressions are almost painful to watch.)

12)  Donkeyboy  ~  "Crazy Something Normal"

13)  Victor & Leo  ~  "Nada Es Normal"

14)  Paper Wolves  ~  "Normal After All"

15)  Barely Blind  ~  "Panic Attacks Are Normal"

16)  Peterpan  ~  "Diatas Normal"

17)  Chiodos  ~  "I Am Everything That's Normal"

18)  July For Kings  ~  "Normal Life"

19)  Porcupine Tree  ~  "Normal"

20)  The Gorgeous Colors  ~  "It's OK To Be Normal"

"Strange" Songs

Just when you think I've exhausted every possible combination of "Opposites" to make music posts out of, I come up with another one. Here's a collection of songs with "Strange" in their titles. Next time, "Normal" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Doors  ~  "People Are Strange"

2)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Strange"

3)  Animal Kingdom  ~  "Strange Attractor"

4)  The Black Keys  ~  "Strange Times"

5)  Cameo  ~  "She's Strange"

6)  Matthew Good Band  ~  "Strange Days"

7)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Stranger In A Strange Land"

8)  The Feeling  ~  "Strange"

9)  Pete Yorn  ~  "Strange Condition"

10)  Paul Federici  ~  "Strange Disease"

11)  Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa  ~  "Strange Fruit"

12)  School Of Fish  ~  "3 Strange Days"

13)  The Airborne Toxic Event  ~  "Strange Girl"

14)  Monkey To Millionaire ft. Marsha Suryawinata  ~  "Strange Is The Song In Our Conversation"

15)  Tori Amos  ~  "Strange Little Girl"

16)  Homeboy Sandman  ~  "Strange Planet"

17)  The Zolas  ~  "Strange Girl"

18)  R.E.M.  ~  "Strange Currencies"

19)  Michael Learns To Rock  ~  "Strange Foreign Beauty"

20)  Pete Roe  ~  "A Strange Kind Of Mystery In The Air"

21)  Copeland  ~  "Strange And Unprepared"

22)  Verite  ~  "Strange Enough"

23)  Everything But The Girl  ~  "Love Is Strange"

24)  The Gallery  ~  "Life Is Strange"

25)  Catatonia  ~  "Strange Glue"

Songs About Diners, Drive-Ins, And Dives

Being a longtime fan of what I consider a nice filler show on the Food Network, I decided to make a post featuring a collection of songs with either the word, "Diner," "Drive-In," or "Dive" in their titles. Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Tom's Diner"

2)  Catherine Britt  ~  "Drive-In Movie"

3)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  "Dive In"

4)  Larry Raspberry & The Highsteppers  ~  "Dixie Diner"

5)  The Moxies  ~  "Main Street Drive-In"

6)  Nirvana  ~  "Dive"  (Pay no attention to the man in the dress...)

7)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  "We're Getting A Divorce, You Keep The Diner"

8)  Ellis Paul  ~  "Drive-In Movie"

9)  dc Talk  ~  "Dive"

10)  The Les Claypool Frog Brigade  ~  "D's Diner"

11)  David Bowie  ~  "Drive-In Saturday"

12)  St. Lucia  ~  "Before The Dive"

13)  Benabar  ~  "Le Diner"

14)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Drive In Drive Out"

15)  Waxahatchee  ~  "Swan Dive"

16)  Widespread Panic  ~  "Diner"

17)  Dead Vampires  ~  "Dead End Drive-In"

18)  Sister Hazel  ~  "Swan Dive"

19)  Martin Sexton  ~  "Diner"

20)  Jim Henry  ~  "Drive-In Movie Picture Show"

21)  Niké Jemiyo  ~  "Dive"

22)  Eddie Cochran  ~  "Drive-In Show"

23)  Hidden Hospitals  ~  "Swan Dive"

24)  Travis Tritt  ~  "Put Some Drive In Your Country"  (Admittedly, this is a stretch to qualify as a "drive in" song – but it's a really good tune, so who cares?)

25)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Dive"

Songs About Your Mama

"Yo' Mama" jokes used to be all the rage way back when, though they tend to fall a little flat these days. However – as this collection of songs will attest – "Your Mama" songs never go out of style. As you will see here, your mama does not excel at dancing, won't like your boyfriend/girlfriend, is capable of being both shocked and rocked, and is in serious danger of being murdered by Frank Zappa's guitar. Sophisticated stuff here. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Scissor Sisters  ~  "Take Your Mama"

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

3)  Maggie Rose  ~  "I Ain't Your Mama"

4)  Frank Zappa  ~  "My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama"

5)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "What's Your Mama's Name"

6)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "Your Mama Won't Like Me"

7)  a-ha  ~  "Between Your Mama And Yourself"

8)  Debbie Gibson  ~  "Shock Your Mama"

9)  Ten Years After  ~  "Rock Your Mama"

10)  Little Texas  ~  "Your Mama Won't Let Me"

11)  Norah Jones  ~  "Tell Yer Mama"

12)  Amber Dotson  ~  "I Ain't Your Mama"

13)  Spin Doctors  ~  "Yo' Mama's A Pajama"

14)  Vanessa Amorosi  ~  "Kiss Your Mama"

15)  The Vespers  ~  "Tell Your Mama"

Planetary Songs, Vol. 5: "Pluto"…Poor Little Guy

Because I don't have the heart to leave Pluto out of this series, here's 10 songs about everyone's favorite dwarf planet. Poor little guy!  ~  JH

1)  Emeli Sandé ft. Aaron Sokell, Becky Thomas, Ladonna Marie, and Sharlene Hector ~  "Pluto"

2)  The B-52's  ~  "Hallucinating Pluto"

3)  DJ Clock ft. Beatenberg  ~  "Pluto (Remember You)"

4)  Vance Gilbert  ~  "Goodbye, Pluto"

5)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  "To Pluto's Moon"

6)  Grace  ~  "Pluto"

7)  Andrew Cisneros  ~  "Pluto"

8)  Björk  ~  "Pluto"

9)  Clare And The Reasons  ~  "Pluto"

10)  The Yes Yes Yalls  ~  "Earth To Pluto"