Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Songs About Tea

Yesterday I did a post featuring Songs About Coffee. Shortly after posting it, I got a call from Tea demanding equal time, its claim backed up by the fact that its popularity as a preferred beverage is worldwide, whereas coffee tends to be popular in only certain regions of the world. So there's this... Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Nirvana  ~  “Pennyroyal Tea”




2)  Sister Hazel  ~  “Strange Cup Of Tea”




3)  Angel Taylor  ~  “Chai Tea Latte”




4)  Jon McLaughlin  ~  “Imaginary Tea”




5)  Liberace  ~  “Tea For Two”




6)  Lucy Spraggan  ~  “Tea & Toast”




7)  The Verve Pipe  ~  “Cup Of Tea”




8)  Buckshot LeFonque  ~  “Some Cow Fonque (More Tea, Vicar?)”




9)  Maty Soul  ~  “Herbal Tea”




10)  The Proclaimers  ~  “Lulu Selling Tea”




11)  The Police  ~  “Tea In The Sahara”




12)  Oh Pep!  ~  “Tea, Milk, & Honey”




13)  Jim Noir  ~  “Tea”




14)  The Lancashire Hotpots  ~  “Chippy Tea”




15)  Shelby Lynne & Tony Joe White  ~  “Iced Tea”




16)  Paul McCartney  ~  “English Tea”




17)  The Sensational Alex Harvey Band  ~  “Boston Tea Party”




18)  Katzenjammer  ~  “Tea With Cinnamon”




19)  The Who  ~  “Tea & Theatre”




20)  Seagull  ~  “Tea”




21)  Chelsea Tavares  ~  “Tea Party”




22)  Robert Plant & Jimmy Page  ~  “Tea For One”




23)  Angus Gill ~  “Tea And Biscuits”




24)  Eva Livina  ~  “Lemon Flavoured Tea”




25)  Chadwick Stokes  ~  “Pine Needle Tea”


Monday, April 25, 2016

Songs About Coffee

Start your day off with the beverage of choice for countless sleepyheads and non-morning-people. And while you're sipping away, enjoy this collection of Songs About Coffee.  ~  JH



1)  Blur  ~  “Coffee And TV”




2)  Sylvan Esso  ~  “Coffee”





3)  Landon Pigg  ~  “Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop”




4)  Yuna  ~  “Coffee”




5)  All Saints  ~  “Black Coffee”




6)  Squeeze  ~  “Black Coffee In Bed”




7)  Copeland  ~  “Coffee”




8)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  “Another Cup Of Coffee”




9)  Garbage  ~  “Cup Of Coffee”




10)  All Time Low  ~  “Coffee Shop Soundtrack”




11)  Ryan Calhoun  ~  “Coffee”




12)  Humble Pie  ~  “Black Coffee”




13)  The Cranberries  ~  “Wake Up And Smell The Coffee”




14)  Kim Hoorweg  ~  “Black Coffee”




15)  Eric Burdon  ~  “One More Cup Of Coffee”




16)  Caught A Ghost  ~  “No Sugar in My Coffee” 





17)  Kate Bush  ~  “Coffee Homeground”




18)  Jesper Munk  ~  “Morning Coffee”




19)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Cold Coffee”




20)  Ailbhe Reddy  ~  “Coffee”




21)  Prince  ~  “Starfish & Coffee”  (BLOGGER'S NOTE: All the songs in this post, including this one, were selected prior to Prince's death a few days ago. Its inclusion herein is merely fortuitous. While the entire video is fun to see and hear, the actual song starts in earnest around the 4:50 mark.)




22)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “(Coffee’s For Closers)”




23)   Osibisa  ~  “The Coffee Song”




24)  Marlene Dietrich  ~  “You’re The Cream In My Coffee”




25)  Lacy J. Dalton  ~  “Black Coffee”


Friday, April 22, 2016

Songs About Gentlemen

And now it's time for the "Gentlemen." Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “That Green Gentleman”




2)  Family Force 5  ~  “Kountry Gentleman”




3)  Short Stack  ~  “Ladies And Gentlemen”




4)  Annie Lennox  ~  “God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen”




5)  Ralph Tresvant ft. New Edition  ~  “Stone Cold Gentleman”




6)  Fish  ~  “A Gentleman’s Excuse Me”




7)  Drink Up Buttercup  ~  “Gods And Gentlemen”




8)  Saliva  ~  “Ladies And Gentlemen”




9)  The Afghan Whigs  ~  “Gentlemen”




10)  Japan  ~  “Gentlemen Take Polaroids”




11)  Spiritualized  ~  “Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space”




12)  We Lost The Sea  ~  “A Gallant Gentleman”




13)  City And Colour  ~  “Ladies And Gentlemen”




14)  Bing Crosby  ~  “That Sly Old Gentleman”




15)  The White Stripes  ~  “I’m Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman”




16)  Anne-Marie  ~  “Gentleman”




17)  Milla Jovovich  ~  “Gentleman Who Fell”




18)  Christy Moore  ~  “St. Patrick Was A Gentleman”




19)  James Dean Bradfield  ~  “An English Gentleman”




20)  Eels  ~  “Gentleman’s Choice”




21)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “Ladies And Gentlemen, Pt. 1”




22)  Brown Paper Bag  ~  “Gentleman Of The Footpath”




23)  Jessie Brune  ~  “Gentleman Dog”




24)  Matty B  ~  “Gentleman"




25)  Kim Logan  ~  “Gentleman”


Thursday, April 21, 2016

Songs About Ladies

Ladies and gentlemen, we here at Wax & Tracks ("we" meaning me and my dead bird) are proud to present a collection of songs about "Ladies" and "Gentlemen." Of course, it goes without saying..."Ladies" first! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Waylon Jennings  ~  “Ladies Love Outlaws”




2)  Andy Grammer  ~  “Ladies”




3)  Queen Latifah ft. Monie Love  ~  “Ladies First”




4)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “All The Lovely Ladies”




5)  The Isley Brothers  ~  “Who’s That Lady?”




6)  Les Miserables Cast  ~  “Lovely Ladies”




7)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Ladies’ Night”




8)  The Temptations  ~  “Treat Her Like A Lady”




9)  BeyoncĂ©  ~  “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”




10)  Def Leppard  ~  “Lady Strange”




11)  Lionel Richie  ~  “Three Times A Lady”




12)  Lena Horne  ~  “The Lady Is A Tramp”




13)  The Whispers  ~  “Lady”




14)  Freddie Jackson  ~  “You Are My Lady”




15)  LaBelle  ~  “Lady Marmalade”




16)  Chris De Burgh  ~  “Lady In Red”




17)  Styx  ~  “Lady”




18)  Patti LuPone  ~  “The Ladies Who Lunch”




19)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Luck Be A Lady”




20)  Joss Stone  ~  “Lady”





21)  Kenny Rogers ft. The Commodores  ~  “Lady”




22)  Stevie Nicks  ~  “Lady”




23)  Jeff Beck Band ft. Billy Gibbons  ~  “Foxy Lady”




24)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Hey, Lucky Lady”




25)  Little River Band  ~  “Lady”