Thursday, September 10, 2015

"Ridiculous," "Bizarre," & "Unbelievable" Songs


Here's a wee collection of songs with the words "Ridiculous," "Bizarre," or "Unbelievable" in their titles. What can I say? I'm feeling autobiographical today. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Raheem DeVaughn  ~  "Ridiculous"




2)  The Cranberries  ~  "Ridiculous Thoughts"




3)  Redfoo  ~  "Let's Get Ridiculous"




4)  New York Dolls  ~  "This Is Ridiculous"




5)  Elvis Costello  ~  "Harpies Bizarre"




6)  OMC  ~  "How Bizarre"




7)  Frente!  ~  "Bizarre Love Triangle"




8)  Owl City ft. Hanson  ~  "Unbelievable"




9)  Craig David  ~  "Unbelievable"




10)  EMF  ~  "Unbelievable"


Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Songs About Owls


Whooo doesn't love owls? (Well, maybe mice.) So whooo wouldn't love hearing some songs about owls? (Well, maybe music-loving mice.) Here's an even dozen of them. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  TV On The Radio  ~  "Stork & Owl"




2)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  "The Owl And The Tanager"




3)  Nightwish  ~  "The Crow, The Owl, And The Dove"




4)  Gerry Rafferty  ~  "Night Owl"




5)  Katie Costello  ~  "Old Owl"




6)  The Little Willies  ~  "Foul Owl On The Prowl"  (Yes, that IS Norah Jones in the band.)




7)  Little River Band  ~  "The Night Owls"




8)  Slapshock  ~  "Night Owls"




9)  Foxes  ~  "Night Owls, Early Birds"




10)  Lovedrug  ~  "We Were Owls"




11)  I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness  ~  "The Owl"




12)  Cattanooga Cats  ~  "Hoot Hoot Owl"


Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Songs About Licking


There's nothing untoward here, at least not overtly, so please get your mind out of the gutter. This is just a small grouping of songs with the word "Lick" (or some form of it) in their titles. Some are fairly nonsensical, while others are good but somewhat cryptic. Kind of like this post itself…fairly nonsensical and somewhat cryptic. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Ron Pope  ~  "Lick My Wounds"




2)  Katharine McPhee  ~  "Lick My Lips"




3)  Andy Shauf  ~  "Lick Your Wounds"




4)  Zola Jesus  ~  "Lick The Palm Of The Burning Handshake"




5)  Sonic Youth  ~  "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style"




6)  Cover Drive  ~  "Lick Ya Down"




7)  Parry Gripp  ~  "There's A Cat Licking Your Birthday Cake"




8)  Digit All Love  ~  "Lick Your Enemy Right"




9)  The Black Crowes  ~  "Lickin'"




10)  Coppé  ~  "I Lick My Brain In Silence"




11)  KISS  ~  "Lick It Up"




12)  Diana Ross  ~  "I Ain't Been Licked"




13)  Alain Caron & Les Téteux  ~  "Brass Lick"




14)  Kaskade & Skrillex  ~  "Lick It"




15)  ZZ Top  ~  "Salt Lick"


Friday, September 4, 2015

Songs About Music, Vol. 2

So, here's more of the same awesome stuff featured in my last post. It's more songs with the word "Music" in their titles. You likely will have heard of several of them. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  "Dr. Music"




2)  Gloria Estefan & *NSYNC  ~  "Music Of My Heart"




3)  Barry White  ~  "Let The Music Play"




4)  Dolly Parton & Alison Krauss  ~  "Sweet Music Man"




5)  Cass Elliot  ~  "Make Your Own Kind Of Music"




6)  Alicia Keys  ~  "Sweet Music"




7)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Swamp Music"




8)  Jordin Sparks  ~  "S.O.S. (Let The Music Play)"




9)  Lionel Richie  ~  "Don't Stop The Music"




10)  Hooverphonic  ~  "No More Sweet Music"




11)  REO Speedwagon  ~  "Music Man"




12)  Leela James  ~  "Music"




13)  Village People  ~  "Can't Stop The Music"




14)  ABBA  ~  "Thank You For The Music"




15)  Grateful Dead  ~  "The Music Never Stopped"




16)  Regina Spektor  ~  "Music Box"




17)  Alabama  ~  "Mountain Music"




18)  Il Divo & Barbra Streisand  ~  "The Music Of The Night"




19)  Johnny Rivers  ~  "Slow Dancin' (Swayin' To The Music)"




20)  Julie Andrews  ~  "The Sound Of Music"




21)  Arthur Conley  ~  "Sweet Soul Music"




22)  Loretta Lynn  ~  "I Can't Hear The Music"




23)  Boney M.  ~  "Let It All Be Music"




24)  Point Of Grace  ~  "How You Live (Turn Up The Music)"




25)  Grand Funk Railroad  ~  "Footstompin' Music"


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"