Thursday, August 11, 2016

Whistling Songs, Vol. 3

I'm sure by now a few of you are getting frustrated with this series. After all, you've seen/heard 50 songs and still no Andy Griffith Show theme song, you're losing "Patience" with the absence of THAT song, and you're wondering how Good, Bad, and Ugly this series is going to get before THAT song is included. Well, wait no more! Those songs – and plenty more – are all right here! And there's still one more installment to go after this one. So never fear – your favorite song is here! Or soon will be. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “Daydream”




2)  Earle Hagen  ~  “The Fishin’ Hole”  (Better known as The Andy Griffith Show theme song.)




3)  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Home”




4)  Ximena SariƱana  ~  “Different”




5)  Rufus Thomas  ~  “Walking The Dog”




6)  Teenage Fanclub  ~  “Mellow Doubt”




7)  Paul McCartney  ~  “C’mon People”




8)  Elvis Presley & Lisa Marie Presley  ~  “I Love You Because”




9)  The Fratellis  ~  “Whistle For The Choir”




10)  Alt-J  ~  “Warm Foothills”




11)  XTC  ~  “Generals And Majors”




12)  Roxette  ~  “Joyride”




13)  Warren G ft. Nate Dogg  ~  “Regulate”




14)  J. Geils Band  ~  “Centerfold”




15)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Patience”




16)  Adriana Caselotti  ~  “Whistle While You Work”




17)  The Tremeloes  ~  “Here Comes My Baby”




18)  Gilbert O’Sullivan  ~  “Clair”




19)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Fatal Shore”




20)  Tori Amos  ~  “Cornflake Girl”




21)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Games Without Frontiers”




22)  Enrico Morricone  ~  “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly”




23)  Happy Mondays  ~  “Step On”




24)  Club 8  ~  “Whatever You Want”




25)  Beck  ~  “No Complaints”

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Whistling Songs, Vol. 2

Didn't hear your favorite "Whistling Song" in the first post? Chances are, it's in this one. Or the next one. Or the next one. But you'll have to check 'em all out to find out for sure. Some good stuff here – don't miss it! Oh, yeah...and enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Billy Joel  ~  “The Stranger”




2)  Bobby McFerrin  ~  “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”




3)  Foster The People  ~  “Pumped Up Kicks”




4)  Selena Gomez  ~  “Kill ‘Em With Kindness”




5)  Scorpions  ~  “Wind Of Change”




6)  Owl City ft. Aloe Blacc  ~  “Verge”




7)  The Small Faces  ~  “Lazy Sunday”




8)  The Seekers  ~  “Georgy Girl”




9)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “The Kids Aren’t Alright”




10)  Elbow  ~  “Lippy Kids”




11)  Devotchka  ~  “Enemy Guns”




12)  Katy Tiz  ~  “Whistle (While You Work It)”




13)  Johnnie Ray  ~  “Just Walkin’ In The Rain”




14)  Paper Lace  ~  “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero”




15)  The Black Keys  ~  “Tighten Up”




16)  NoNoNo  ~  “Pumpin Blood”




17)  Bob Sinclar  ~  “Love Generation”




18)  OneRepublic  ~  “Good Life”




19)  Noah and the Whale  ~  “5 Years Time”




20)  Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera  ~  “Moves Like Jagger”




21)  McFly  ~  “Love Is Easy”




22)  Pixies  ~  “La La Love You”




23)  Roy Orbison  ~  “Here Comes The Rain, Baby”




24)  Amanda Marshall  ~  “If I Didn’t Have You”




25)  Jackson Browne  ~  “Lawyers In Love”


Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Whistling Songs, Vol. 1

Today begins a four-part series of songs with whistling (of the human variety, not the musical instrument) in them. Some of these are well-known as whistling songs, while others are popular songs that just happen to have some momentary whistling in them (in some cases, you may have never even noticed it). Thanks, Tim W., for suggesting this topic. This should be fun! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Otis Redding  ~  “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”




2)  Paul Simon  ~  “Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard”




3)  Broken Bells  ~  “The Angel And The Fool”




4)  The Bangles  ~  “Walk Like An Egyptian”




5)  Peter Bjorn And John  ~  “Young Folks”




6)  The Bridge On The River Kwai Cast  ~  “Colonel Bogey March”




7)  Bobby Day  ~  “Rockin Robin”




8)  Maria McKee  ~  “If Love Is A Red Dress (Hang Me In Rags)”




9)  Fitz And The Tantrums  ~  “The Walker”




10)  Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.  ~  “Simple Girl”




11)  Perry Como  ~  “Magic Moments”




12)  Mallu MagalhĆ£es  ~  “Make It Easy”




13)  John Lennon  ~  “Jealous Guy”




14)  Brother Bones And His Shadows  ~  “Sweet Georgia Brown”  (Better known as the Harlem Globetrotters theme song.)




15)  Phish  ~  “Guyute”




16)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Made Of Glass”




17)  Kyu Sakamoto  ~  “Sukiyaki”




18)  Bobby Bloom  ~  “Montego Bay”




19)  Lost Frequencies ft. Sandro Cavazza  ~  “Beautiful Life”




20)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Love Is A Battlefield”




21)  Jack Johnson  ~  “I Got You”




22)  Status Quo  ~  “Rock ’N’ Roll”




23)  Rock Mafia  ~  “The Big Bang”




24)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Lovely Head”




25)  Father John Misty  ~  “The Suburbs”

Monday, August 8, 2016

"Disaster" Songs

Here we have a set of songs which are utterly disastrous! No, not really. But they all do have the word "Disaster" in their titles. For whatever that's worth. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  311  ~  “Beautiful Disaster”




2)  JoJo ~  “Disaster”




3)  Jon McLaughlin  ~  “Beautiful Disaster”




4)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “A Disaster”




5)  Taking Back Sunday  ~  “Your Own Disaster”




6)  Cowboy Junkies  ~  “A Common Disaster”




7)  KRS-One  ~  “Disaster Kit”  (This public service announcement was brought to you by KRS-One, hip-hop artist.)




8)  The Arrows  ~  “Disaster Queen”




9)  Molly Hatchet  ~  “Flirtin’ With Disaster”




10)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Good Disaster”




11)  U2  ~  “Springhill Mining Disaster”




12)  Toy Soldier  ~  “Natural Disaster”




13)  Gnarls Barkley  ~  “Run (I’m A Natural Disaster)”




14)  Kopecky Family Band  ~  “Disaster”




15)  Plain White T’s  ~  “Natural Disaster”




16)  Whitehorse  ~  “Sweet Disaster”




17)  Bee Gees  ~  “New York Mining Disaster 1941”




18)  Kady Z  ~  “Beautiful Disaster”




19)  T. Hardy Morris  ~  “Disaster Proof”




20)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “Beautiful Disaster”




21)  It Bites  ~  “Great Disasters”




22)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Miniature Disasters”




23)  Papa San  ~  “Disaster”




24)  Storyline  ~  “Beautiful Disaster”




25)  Steep Canyon Rangers  ~  “Natural Disaster”


Saturday, August 6, 2016

“Reunion” Songs

So, my 20-year high school reunion is today. Yeah, I'm that old. In light of that, here's a collection of songs with the word "Reunion" in their titles. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Collective Soul  ~  “Reunion”




2)  Mary Chapin Carpenter ft. Aiofe O’Donovan  ~  “Transcendental Reunion”




3)  DeGarmo & Key  ~  “Family Reunion”




4)  M83  ~  “Reunion”




5)  Erasure  ~  “Reunion”




6)  Joan Baez  ~  “Reunion Hill”




7)  Funeral For A Friend  ~  “Into Oblivion (Reunion)”




8)  Gaither Homecoming ft. James Blackwood, Jimmy Blackwood, & Terry Blackwood  ~  “That Glad Reunion Day”




9)  The xx  ~  “Reunion”




10)  Richie Kotzen  ~  “Mother Head’s Family Reunion”




11)  Stars  ~  “Reunion”




12)  Molly Hatchet  ~  “Bloody Reunion”




13)  Phil Keaggy  ~  “Reunion Of Friends”




14)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Reunion”




15)  The Hollies  ~  “Reunion Of The Heart”