“Known” Songs, Vol. 2

Part 2 of 4 in my latest "Opposites" miniseries. These songs, like the last set, are "Known." Next, we are on to the "Unknown." Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “I Feel That I’ve Known You Forever”

2)  Nickel Creek  ~  “I Should’ve Known Better”

3)  Explosions In The Sky  ~  “Last Known Surroundings”

4)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  “I Should Have Known It”

5)  Worship Central  ~  “Let It Be Known”

6)  Hotel Cinema  ~  “All You’ve Ever Known”

7)  The White Stripes  ~  “The Same Boy You’ve Always Known”

8)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  “Should Have Known Better”

9)  Leahy  ~  “A Love Never Known”

10)  Juice Newton  ~  “The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known)”

11)  Tamar Kaprelian  ~  “Should Have Known Better”

12)  Swim Bird Fly  ~  “You Should Have Known”

13)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Had I Known You Better Then”

14)  RES  ~  “I’ve Known The Garden”

15)  Donovan  ~  “Well-Known Has-Been”

“Known” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's the latest round of "Opposites" posts, the first in what will be a 4-part miniseries. These songs are "Known," as will be the next set. After that, the "Unknown." Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Foo Fighters  ~  “I Should Have Known”

2)  JJ Heller  ~  “Fully Known”

3)  DIIV  ~  “How Long Have You Known”

4)  The Beatles  ~  “I Should Have Known Better”

5)  Lee DeWyze  ~  “Who Would Have Known”

6)  Brooke Eden  ~  “If I Would Have Known”

7)  Lily Allen  ~  “Who’d Have Known”

8)  Chester See  ~  “I Should Have Known”

9)  Saint Solitaire  ~  “I Woulda Known”

10)  Sarah Brightman  ~  “Nothing Like You’ve Ever Known”

11)  Yo La Tengo  ~  “I Should Have Known Better”

12)  Spirit Family Reunion  ~  “Sorrow I Have Known”

13)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Unthought Known”

14)  Aimee Mann  ~  “I Should’ve Known”

15)  Jim Diamond  ~  “I Should Have Known Better”

16)  Sigrid Raabe  ~  “Known You Forever”

17)  Soluna Samay  ~  “Should’ve Known Better”

18)  Reba McEntire  ~  “If I Had Only Known”

19)  The Soonest  ~  “Should’ve Known”

20)  Richard Marx  ~  “Should’ve Known Better”

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”

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”

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”