Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Songs About Cake

What could be better than a bunch of Songs About Cake? Answer: Not much. Hope you will enjoy this sweet confection of tunes!  ~  JH



1)  Sting  ~  “Soul Cake”




2)  DNCE  ~  “Cake By The Ocean”




3)  Haley Reinhart & Casey Abrams  ~  “My Cake”




4)  Average White Band  ~  “Cut The Cake”




5)  Wynton Marsalis  ~  “Cake Walking Babies From Home”




6)  Melanie Martinez  ~  “Cake”




7)   David Gray  ~  “Cake”




8)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Strawberry Cake”




9)  Alexz Johnson  ~  “Let ‘Em Eat Cake”




10)  Steve Morse Band  ~  “Ice Cakes”




11)  Tower Of Power  ~  “Squib Cakes”




12)  Eileen Barton  ~  “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I'd've Baked a Cake”




13)  The Break  ~  “Wedding Cake Island”




14)  El Ten Eleven  ~  “Hot Cakes”




15)  Sam Tsui, Alex G, Kurt Schneider, & Alyson Stoner  ~  “Epic Patty Cake Song (I’ll Think Of You)”




16)  Crowded House  ~  “Chocolate Cake”




17)  Fol Chen  ~  “No Wedding Cake”




18)  Red Velvet  ~  “Ice Cream Cake”




19)  Deer Tick  ~  “Cake And Eggs”




20)  Aarzemnieki  ~  “Cake To Bake”  (This is a profoundly odd song. But also quite fun, as it turns out.)

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

“Fabulous” Songs

After the unpleasant subject of yesterday's post, I figured I'd do a 180° turn today and present a collection of "Fabulous" songs for your listening pleasure. Most of these are songs with the word "Fabulous" in their titles, but there are a couple of songs by artists with the word "Fabulous" somewhere in their name. Because why not, right? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Jaheim ft. Tha Rayne  ~  “Fabulous”




2)  Eagles  ~  “Busy Being Fabulous”




3)  Ezekiel Jay Band  ~  “I Feel Fabulous”




4)  Blackalicious  ~  “The Fabulous Ones”




5)  Anna Vissi  ~  “Fabulous”




6)  Sammy Davis, Jr.  ~  “Fabulous Places”




7)  Bad Company  ~  “Joe Fabulous”




8)  Bobby Dukoff  ~  “What A Fabulous Night”




9)  Fabolous ft. Jeremih  ~  “My Time”  (Fab-O-lous...Fab-U-lous. Meh. Close enough.)




10)  Sarah Vaughan  ~  “Fabulous Character”




11)  Paul McCartney  ~  “Fabulous”




12)  Phineas and Ferb Cast  ~  “Fabulous”




13)  Fall Of Transition  ~  “Fabulous Liar”




14)  Electric Six  ~  “Fabulous People”




15)  Fabulous Girls ft. Cymphonique  ~  “Something”




16)  Happyhead  ~  “Fabulous”




17)  Tape Five  ~  “Fabulous Swing Kid”




18)  4th Avenue Jones  ~  “Fabulous Dramatics”




19)  Jilann ONeill  ~  “Fabulous Ways”




20)  The Fabulous Thunderbirds  ~  “Tuff Enuff”


Monday, September 12, 2016

Songs About Decapitation (Figuratively Speaking…Well, Mostly)

Since starting my music blogging a few years ago, I've had my fair share of bad ideas for posts. This is – surprisingly – NOT one of them! No need to cringe; these are not nearly as gruesome as they might seem. So...enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  INXS  ~  “Don’t Lose Your Head”




2)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Till My Head Falls Off”




3)  Yeah Yeah Yeahs  ~  “Heads Will Roll”




4)  Kurt Vile  ~  “Lost My Head There”




5)  Jon Bellion ft. Travis Mendes  ~  “Guillotine”




6)  Icon For Hire  ~  “Off With Her Head”




7)   Jack Ingram  ~  “My Heart And The Headless”




8)  The Bangles  ~  “Tear Off Your Own Head (It’s A Doll Revolution)”




9)  Augustines  ~  “Nothing To Lose But Your Head”




10)  The Durango Riot  ~  “Ready Are The Headless”




11)  Scary Cherry and the Bang Bangs  ~  “Cut Off Your Head”




12)  Urbandub  ~  “Guillotine”




13)  DOCKS  ~  “Where’s My Head?”




14)  Floda  ~  “Decapitate Me”




15)  The 88  ~  “Head Cut Off”




16)  Judas Priest  ~  “Some Heads Are Gonna Roll”




17)  YADi  ~  “Guillotine”




18)  Basement Jaxx  ~  “Where’s Your Head At?”




19)  Tearist  ~  “Headless”




20)  Marion Raven  ~  “Heads Will Roll”


Friday, September 9, 2016

“Country” Songs, Vol. 2: Country Songs

Last but certainly not least, we come to the country "Country" songs. In case it isn't obvious, these are songs in the country-music genre with the word "Country" somewhere in their titles. Country-music fans, I mostly stuck with the old-school stuff in this one, which is what I personally prefer. There are a few "new country" songs here, but, in my book at least, those passed the "sniff test" as worthy of admittance. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  John Denver  ~  “Take Me Home, Country Roads”




2)  Keith Urban & John Fogerty  ~  “Walkin’ In The Country”




3)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Young Country”




4)  Craig  Morgan  ~  “Country Side Of Heaven”




5)  Loretta Lynn  ~  “You’re Lookin’ At Country”




6)  Mo Pitney  ~  “Country”




7)   Alan Jackson  ~  “Gone Country”




8)  John Anderson  ~  “Country ’Til I Die”




9)  Jimmy Dickens  ~  “Country Boy”




10)  Gwyneth Paltrow  ~  “Country Strong”




11)  Cal Smith  ~  “Country Bumpkin”




12)  Randy Travis & George Jones  ~  “A Few Ole Country Boys”




13)  Neil Young  ~  “Are You Ready For The Country?”




14)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Sweet Country Girl”




15)  Maddie & Tae  ~  “Girl In A Country Song”




16)  Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Country Boy”




17)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Let There Be Country”




18)  Ryan Bingham  ~  “Country Roads”




19)  Travis Tritt  ~  “Country Ain’t Country”




20)  Barbara Mandrell  ~  “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool”




21)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  “Old Country”




22)  Marty Stuart  ~  “Country Boy Rock And Roll”




23)  Shania Twain  ~  “Rock This Country!”




24)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Our Country”




25)  Alabama  ~  “Born Country”


Thursday, September 8, 2016

“Country” Songs, Vol. 1: Non-Country Songs

This is part 3 of a 4-part series featuring songs with the words "City" and "Country" in their titles. In researching for this series, I found a disproportionately high number of country songs with "Country" in their titles. I also found quite a few non-country "Country" songs. These are those. The last post in this series, which you'll see tomorrow, consists solely of country-music songs with the word "Country" in their titles. For those of you who enjoy that style of music, I think you'll find much to be pleased with. For those of you who don't particularly enjoy country, today's post is for you. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Love Is A Country”




2)  James Taylor  ~  “Country Road”




3)  Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis  ~  “A Day In The Country”




4)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “God’s Country”




5)  Eddie Vedder  ~  “Girl From The North Country”




6)  Cracker  ~  “California Country Boy”




7)   Elton John  ~  “Country Comfort”




8)  Laura Nyro  ~  “Save The Country”




9)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Country Mile”




10)  Cliff Richard & The Shadows  ~  “In The Country”




11)  Seether  ~  “Country Song”




12)  Bow Wow Wow  ~  “Go Wild In The Country”




13)  Canned Heat  ~  “Going Up The Country”




14)  Robert Plant  ~  “Black Country Woman”




15)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Country Darkness”




16)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “My Country, ’Tis Of Thee”




17)  Bob Dylan  ~  “North Country Blues”




18)  Big Country  ~  “In A Big Country”




19)  Violent Femmes  ~  “Country Death Song”




20)  Cassandra Wilson  ~  “Another Country”




21)  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Country Calling”




22)  Blur  ~  “Country House”




23)  Camera Obscura  ~  “Let’s Get Out Of This Country”




24)  U2  ~  “In God’s Country”




25)  Norah Jones  ~  “My Dear Country”