Thursday, April 30, 2015

Songs About Breakfast


Here's the first installment in a brand-new, pointless-yet-mercifully-short miniseries featuring songs with the words "Breakfast," "Lunch," "Dinner," and "Supper" in their titles. First up, "Breakfast" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Deep Blue Something  ~  "Breakfast At Tiffany's"




2)  Prince  ~  "Breakfast Can Wait"




3)  Melissa Steel ft. Popcaan  ~  "Kisses For Breakfast"




4)  Cold Chisel  ~  "Breakfast At Sweethearts"




5)  Newsboys  ~  "Breakfast"




6)  Elizaveta  ~  "Breakfast With Chopin"




7)  Emmerson Nogueira  ~  "Breakfast In America"




8)  Julie London  ~  "Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast"




9)  Los Microwaves  ~  "Is There Life After Breakfast?"  (Wow, this one sucks!)




10)  Brenda K. Starr  ~  "Breakfast In Bed"




11)  Madness  ~  "Bed And Breakfast Man"




12)  Shirley Bassey  ~  "Breakfast In Bed"




13)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  "Nails For Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks"




14)  K's Choice  ~  "Breakfast"




15)  Jack In The Box  ~  "French Fries For Breakfast"




16)  Kelis  ~  "Breakfast"




17)  Cloud Cult  ~  "Breakfast With My Shadow"




18)  Roger Hodgson  ~  "Breakfast In America"




19)  Blues Traveler  ~  "What's For Breakfast"




20)  Chris Rice  ~  "Breakfast Table"


Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Songs About Explosives, Vol. 2

Didn't get enough songs about bombs, fireworks, T.N.T., or dynamite last time around? Well, here's more of the same...just in different songs. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Public Enemy  ~  "Louder Than A Bomb"




2)  Spoon  ~  "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb"




3)  Katy Perry  ~  "Firework"




4)  Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors  ~  "Fire And Dynamite"




5)  The Killers  ~  "Miss Atomic Bomb"




6)  Enigma  ~  "T.N.T. For The Brain"




7)  Roxette  ~  "Fireworks"




8)  The Presidents Of The United States of America  ~  "Tiger Bomb"




9)  Aloe Blacc  ~  "Ticking Bomb"




10)  Kelis  ~  "4th Of July (Fireworks)"




11)  Demi Lovato  ~  "Got Dynamite"




12)  Joan Jett And The Blackhearts  ~  "Cherry Bomb"




13)  John Mellencamp  ~  "Cherry Bomb"




14)  Sky Ferreira  ~  "Dynamite State"




15)  Siouxsie & The Banshees  ~  "Fireworks"




16)  Dawn Richard  ~  "Bombs"




17)  Alexia Rodriguez  ~  "Ticking Bombs"




18)  Karise Eden  ~  "Dynamite"




19)  Whitney McClain  ~  "Bombs Away"




20)  Eels  ~  "Bombs Away"




BONUS TRACK:  Sheppard  ~  "Geronimo"  (While the name of an explosive device does not appear in its title, there are several times throughout this song when one of the singers croons, "Bombs away! Bombs away!" Besides that, it's a good song, and I can't figure out any other way to include it in a post, so there ya go...)


Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Songs About Explosives, Vol. 1


You want bombs? We got 'em! Hand grenades? Right here! Landmines, T.N.T., dynamite, and napalm? No problem! Step right up and enjoy this collection of songs about explosives! And since there were so many good ones to choose from, there will be a Volume 2! BOOM!!!!  ~  JH



1)  Bruno Mars  ~  "Grenade"




2)  St. Vincent  ~  "Landmines"




3)  Taio Cruz  ~  "Dynamite"




4)  Rancid  ~  "Time Bomb"




5)  AC/DC  ~  "T.N.T."




6)  The Almost  ~  "Hand Grenade"




7)  Billy Talent  ~  "Diamond On A Landmine"




8)  Deacon Blue  ~  "Bigger Than Dynamite"




9)  Oasis  ~  "Love Like A Bomb"




10)  Bedroom Eyes  ~  "Hand-In-Hand Grenade"




11)  Allyson Ezell  ~  "Landmine"




12)   Brenda Lee  ~  "Dynamite"




13)  Third Day  ~  "Hit Me Like A Bomb"




14)  All Time Low  ~  "Time-Bomb"




15)  Tenth Electric  ~  "Grenade"




16)  Jermaine Jackson  ~  "Dynamite"




17)  Kylie Minogue  ~  "Cherry Bomb"




18)  R.E.M.  ~  "The Wake-Up Bomb"




19)  The Gap Band  ~  "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"




20)  AIR  ~  "Napalm Love"


Monday, April 27, 2015

"Crooked" Songs

Here's the follow-up to that "Straight" songs post from the other day. In case you care to check it out. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  "Crooked Teeth"




2)  OTEP  ~  "Crooked Spoons"




3)  Soundgarden  ~  "By Crooked Steps"




4)  Tenille  ~  "Pictures On A Crooked Wall"




5)  Therapy?  ~  "Crooked Timber"




6)  The Dixie Bee Liners  ~  "Down On The Crooked Road"




7)  The Acorn ~  "Crooked Legs"




8)  Annie Bosko  ~  "Crooked Halo"




9)  J. Cole  ~  "Crooked Smile"




10)  Wussy  ~  "Crooked"




11)  Gas Huffer  ~  "Crooked Bird"




12)   Helen Boulding  ~  "Crooked Tooth"




13)  Derek Webb  ~  "Crooked Deep Down"




14)  Black Prairie  ~  "Crooked Little Heart"




15)  Darrell Scott  ~  "A Crooked Road"




16)  Megan Landry  ~  "Crooked Lullaby"




17)  Radical Face  ~  "The Crooked Kind"




18)  Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands  ~  "The Crooked Miles"




19)  The Vatican Cellars  ~  "The Same Crooked Worm"




20)  Dana Falconberry  ~  "Crooked River"


Friday, April 24, 2015

"Straight" Songs


Yes, indeedy! Another "Opposites" music post, up in here, up in here! Here we have a collection of songs with the word "Straight" in their titles. And thank you for asking, but no, the follow-up post will not be "Gay" songs. It will be "Crooked" ones.  Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Tonic  ~  "Head On Straight"




2)  Silverchair  ~  "Straight Lines"




3)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Straight Lines"




4)  David Sanborn  ~  "Straight To The Heart"




5)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Straight From The Heart"




6)  Dawn Landes  ~  "Straight Lines"




7)  Toto  ~  "Straight For The Heart"




8)  John Hiatt  ~  "Straight Outta Time"




9)  Crystal Gayle  ~  "Straight To The Heart"




10)  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers  ~  "Straight Into Darkness"




11)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Straight Time"




12)  Heart  ~  "Straight On"




13)  Mikeschair  ~  "Straight To Your Heart"




14)  Richard Marx  ~  "Straight From My Heart"




15)  Paula Abdul  ~  "Straight Up"




16)  Bad English  ~  "Straight To Your Heart"




17)  The Mamas And The Papas  ~  "Straight Shooter"




18)  Warren Zevon  ~  "Run Straight Down"




19)  Indica  ~  "Straight And Arrow"




20)  The Allman Brothers Band  ~  "Straight From The Heart"