“Gold,” “Silver,” & “Bronze” Songs

In case you were wondering (and I realize that you probably weren't) whether I was completely ignoring the fact that there's currently an Olympics going on, and if you were curious (and I know you weren't) as to whether or not I'd somehow integrate an Olympics theme into my music blogging, here are your answers. I wasn't ignoring the Olympics – in fact, I've shortened many a night's sleep of late watching the broadcasts. And I did come up with somewhat of an Olympic-themed post. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Gold”

2)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Silver Wings”

3)  Joey Cape  ~  “Going For The Bronze”

4)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Girl With The Heart Of Gold”

5)  Lee DeWyze  ~  “Silver Lining”

6)  Future Chaser  ~  “Bronze”

7)   Metallica  ~  “The Ecstasy Of Gold”

8)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Silver Lining”

9)  Ron Spielman  ~  “Bronze Age”

10)  Passenger  ~  “Fool’s Gold”

11)  Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones  ~  “Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine”

12)  The Red Hot Rhythm Rustlers  ~  “The Bronze Buckaroo”

13)  Glee Cast  ~  “Gold Digger”

14)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Silver Springs”  (Another Fleetwood Mac that would have been a nice addition to this post – if I hadn't decided to include only one song per artist – is this.)

15)  Keiko Matsui  ~  “Bronze Casting”

16)  Kimbra  ~  “Plain Gold Ring”

17)  Dio  ~  “Man On The Silver Mountain”

18)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “A Bronze Head”

19)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Where The Blue Of The Night (Meets The Gold Of The Day)”

20)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Silver Train”

21)  Ribozyme  ~  “Bronze”

22)  Halsey  ~  “Empty Gold”

23)  Tony Bennett ft. Bill Charlap  ~  “Look For The Silver Lining”

24)  Bloody Aztec  ~  “Bronze”

25)  Lianne La Havas  ~  “Green & Gold”

26)  First Aid Kit  ~  “My Silver Lining”

27)   Ace Reporter  ~  “Bronze”

28)  Neil Young  ~  “Silver & Gold”

29)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Silver Lining”

30)  The Americans  ~  “Bronze Star”

“Obvious” Songs

It should be self-evident what this post consists of, but in case you're not firing on all cylinders so far today (as I usually am not before 10:00 AM), I'll elaborate. Here's a bunch of songs with the word "Obvious" (or one of its derivatives) somewhere in their titles. So obviously you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Obvious Song”

2)  blink-182  ~  “Obvious”

3)  Emma-Lee  ~  “Isn’t It Obvious?”

4)  Westlife  ~  “Obvious”

5)  Robyn Hitchcock  ~  “It Is Obvious”

6)  Elephant Revival  ~  “The Obvious”

7)  Paul Simon  ~  “Obvious Child”

8)  Vampire Weekend  ~  “Obvious Bicycle”

9)  Josie Charlwood  ~  “Obvious”

10)  McFly  ~  “Obviously”

11)  White Cliff  ~  “Obvious”

12)  Hey Monday  ~  “Obvious”

13)  Emin  ~  “Obvious”

14)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “It Must Be Obvious”

15)  Charlee  ~  “Obvious”

16)  idiotlights  ~  “Obvious”

17)  Maman  ~  “Obvious Story”

18)  Butterfly Vendetta  ~  “Obvious”

19)  Isaiah The Mosaic  ~  “The Obvious”

20)  Max  ~  “Obvious”

21)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Obvious”

22)  Rolling Thunder Revival  ~  “Obviously Five Believers”  (Bob Dylan cover)

23)  Betsie Larkin & Lange  ~  “Obvious”

24)  Howie Day  ~  “Isn’t It Obvious?”

25)  Exit Glaciers  ~  “Obvious”

Songs “About” Something

These aren't "Something" songs. But they are something. They are songs about, for lack of a better word, "About." Meaning, of course, that they all contain the word "About" in their titles. At the beginning of their titles, actually. (To narrow down the options to a reasonable number.) But enough ado about nothing. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Nirvana  ~  “About A Girl”

2)  Alela Diane  ~  “About Farewell”

3)  Miranda Cosgrove  ~  “About You Now”

4)  Josef Hedinger  ~  “About Being Alone”

5)  O.A.R.  ~  “About Mr. Brown”

6)  P.M. Dawn  ~  “About Nothing (For The Love Of Destiny)”

7)  Timothy Seth Avett as Darling  ~  “About Love”

8)  Dirty Projectors  ~  “About To Die”

9)  Dream Theater  ~  “About To Crash”

10)  Easton Corbin  ~  “About To Get Real”

11)  The National  ~  “About Today”

12)  Malcolm McLaren  ~  “About Her”

13)  Al Jolson  ~  “About A Quarter To Nine”

14)  Negative  ~  “About My Sorrow”

15)  Patti Smith  ~  “About A Boy”

16)  San Cisco  ~  “About You”

17)  Little Mix  ~  “About The Boy”

18)  Tom Rosenthal  ~  “About The Weather”

19)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “About To Rage”

20)  The Academy Is…  ~  “About A Girl”

Beans & Franks Songs

This may seem like a fairly straightforward, albeit odd, subject for a blog post, but it's actually a bit more nuanced than at first it seems. Herein lies a collection of songs with the word "Bean" (or "Beans") and/or "Frank" (or "Frankie") somewhere in the name of the artists OR the titles of the songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bean  ~  “Cops And Robbers”

2)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “For Once In My Life”

3)  Sunflower Bean  ~  “Easier Said”

4)  Frank Ocean  ~  “Swim Good”

5)  Weezer  ~  “Pork And Beans”

6)  Frankie Valli  ~  “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”

7)  Shoshana Bean  ~  “Cold Turkey”

8)  Cake  ~  “Frank Sinatra”

9)  Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band  ~  “Big-Eyed Beans From Venus”

10)  Frank Turner  ~  “Recovery”

11)  Joanna Newsom  ~  “Sprout And The Bean”

12)  Frank Black  ~  “Headache”

13)  Sashi and the Wild Beans  ~  “True To Yourself”

14)  Frankie Avalon  ~  “Venus”

15)  Khalil Fong  ~  “Red Bean”  (I don’t know what he’s singing about, but it sure sounds nice.)

16)  Frank Zappa  ~  “Muffin Man”

17)  Carla Bean  ~  “Magic Box”

18)  Frank Stallone  ~  “Far From Over”

19)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Look At Them Beans”

20)  Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush  ~  “I’m A King Bee”

21)  Celtic Woman  ~  “Bean Phaidin”

22)  Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers  ~  “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”  (Shall we call this “research,” then?)

23)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Day In, Day Out / Boston Beans”

24)  To Be Frank  ~  “Somebody Like You”

25)  Beanie Sigel ft. Melissa Jay  ~  “Feel It In The Air”

Whistling Songs, Vol. 4

Now we've come to the end of this miniseries. This set of songs is less of the ooh-ooh-I've-been-waiting-to-hear-that-one variety, and more of the I-like-that-song-but-I-never-realized-it-had-whistling-in-it or I've-never-heard-that-song-but-that's-some-darn-fine-whistling type. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  “Over My Shoulder”

2)  Leonard Cohen  ~  “One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong”

3)  De La Soul  ~  “Eye Know”

4)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “All Good Things (Come To An End)”

5)  Roger Miller  ~  “Whistle Stop”

6)  Focus  ~  “Hocus Pocus”

7)  Commodores  ~  “Brick House”

8)  Madonna  ~  “Gambler”

9)  Annibale E I Cantori Moderni  ~  “Trinity (Titoli)”

10)  Fallulah  ~  “Work Song”

11)  Gigi D’Agostino  ~  “The Riddle”

12)  Berlin  ~  “Like Flames”

13)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Go Gentle”

14)  Bruce Johnston  ~  “Disney Girls”

15)  Björk  ~  “Isobel”

16)  Roger Whittaker  ~  “Finnish Whistler”

17)  Bernard Herrmann  ~  “Twisted Nerve”

18)  Wilco  ~  “Dawned On Me”

19)  Meg Myers  ~  “Go”

20)  Daedelus  ~  “Bright Stars”

21)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Workin’ On A Dream”

22)  Guy Mitchell  ~  “Singing The Blues”

23)  Reubens Accomplice  ~  “Field Science”

24)  The Walkmen  ~  “On The Water”

25)  Ace Of Base  ~  “All That She Wants”