Friday, September 30, 2016

Songs About Chickens

When I come up with an idea for a post, I have no idea until I get into it how many songs I'll find to fit the theme. In this case, I had to turn a bunch of them away. Who knew there were so many Songs About Chickens? But I digress. I hope you cluck and enjoy these!  ~  JH



1)  Oli Chang  ~  “Chicken Techno”




2)  Zac Brown Band  ~  “Chicken Fried”




3)  Brushy One String  ~  “Chicken In The Corn”




4)  The Fools  ~  “Psycho Chicken”




5)  Cibo Matto  ~  “Know Your Chicken”




6)  Colt Ford  ~  “Chicken And Biscuits”




7)  The James Hunter Six  ~  “Chicken Switch”




8)  The Mischiefs  ~  “Chicken Does The Robot Dance”




9)  GENR8R  ~  “Honey Chicken”




10)  Sesame Street  ~  “I Am Chicken”




11)  Cowboy Troy ft. Big & Rich  ~  “I Play Chicken With The Train”




12)  7 a.m.  ~  “Chicken”




13)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens”




14)  Spitting Image  ~  “The Chicken Song”




15)  Bigg Country  ~  “Fishin’ For Chicken”




16)  Robert Cray  ~  “Chicken In The Kitchen”




17)  Beth Hart  ~  “One-Eyed Chicken”




18)  John Anderson  ~  “Chicken Truck”




19)  Rufus Thomas  ~  “Do The Funky Chicken”




20)  Little Feat ft. Emmylou Harris & Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Dixie Chicken”




21)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Chicken In Black”




22)  Amos Milburn  ~  “Chicken Shack Boogie”




23)  George Jones  ~  “Have You Seen My Chicken?”




24)  Mary Duff  ~  “Chicken Every Sunday”




25)  Ozark Mountain Daredevils  ~  “Chicken Train”


Thursday, September 29, 2016

“Adult” Songs

It's not what you think. Parental discretion is not advised. This is just a small collection of songs with the word "Adult" in their titles. I don't know why. Just enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Sonic Youth  ~  “Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style”  (I can’t even begin to guess what this title, much less the song itself, means. Makes my head hurt just trying.)




2)  Cat Bear Tree  ~  “Adult”




3)  Chiddy Bang  ~  “Opposite Of Adults”




4)  Lauren Christy  ~  “Adult Afraid Of The Light”




5)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Adult Education”




6)  Ceremony  ~  “Adult”




7)  Into It. Over It.  ~  “Adult Contempt”




8)  X  ~  “Adult Books”




9)  Alvvays  ~  “Adult Diversion”




10)  Stereolab  ~  “We’re Not Adult Orientated”




11)  Rosematter  ~  “Being Brave Usually Means Having Your Adult Teeth Knocked Right Out”  (Great song title! Haha!)




12)  The Village Sound  ~  “Such Adults”  (His voice is odd, but his songwriting skill is obvious.)




13)  The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart  ~  “Young Adult Friction”




14)  Buck Bowen ft. Peter Boghossian  ~  “The Adult Table”  (Certain presidential candidates could stand to take this guy’s advice. Just sayin’…)




15)  Hank Green  ~  “Adult Female”


Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Songs About Rockets

My son likes rocket ships, as many boys his age do (or did…I was one of them once). So there’s this collection of songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Rocket”




2)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Rocket”




3)  Snow Patrol  ~  “If There’s A Rocket, Tie Me To It”




4)  The Hoosiers  ~  “Rocket Star”




5)  Elton John  ~  “Rocket Man”




6)  Doc Walker  ~  “Rocket Girl”




7)  Sonic Youth  ~  “Silver Rocket”




8)  San Cisco  ~  “Rocket Ship”




9)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Rocket Queen”




10)  Shane Harper  ~  “Rocketship”




11)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Rocket Love”




12)  Kate Bush  ~  “Rocket’s Tail”




13)  The Kinks  ~  “Supersonic Rocket Ship”




14)  Little Feat  ~  “Rocket In My Pocket”




15)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “455 Rocket”




16)  Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3  ~  “Adventure Rocketship”




17)  Simple Minds  ~  “Rockets”




18)  Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra  ~  “Rocket To The Moon”




19)  Herbie Hancock  ~  “Rockit”  (Rocket. Rockit. Close enough.)




20)  The Pack A.D.  ~  “Rocket”




21)  Deftones  ~  “Rocket Skates”




22)  The Jets  ~  “Rocket 2 U”




23)  Yellowcard  ~  “Rocket”




24)  Moonlight Howlers  ~  “Rocket To The Moon”




25)  The Infamous Stringdusters  ~  “Rockets”



Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Songs About Pumping

Here's a small collection of songs with some form of the word "Pump" in their titles. Herein you'll be invited to pump up the jam, the volume, the space suit, and your kicks, to name a few. You'll also have the opportunity to pump blood, your fist, your stereo, and your heart. So what are you waiting for? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Technotronic  ~  “Pump Up The Jam”




2)  Foster The People  ~  “Pumped Up Kicks”




3)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Pump It




4)  Supergrass  ~  “Pumping On Your Stereo”




5)  NONONO  ~  “Pumpin Blood”




6)  Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five  ~  “Pump Me Up”




7)  The B-52’s  ~  “Pump”




8)  M/A/R/R/S  ~  “Pump Up The Volume”




9)  Jeff Beck  ~  “The Pump”




10)  The Subways  ~  “My Heart Is Pumping To A Brand New Beat”




11)  Patti Smith  ~  “Pumping My Heart”




12)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “Pump It Up”




13)  Galactic Cowboys  ~  “Pump Up The Space Suit”




14)  Billy Idol  ~  “Pumping On Steel”




15)  Kool Moe Dee  ~  “Pump Your Fist”


Monday, September 26, 2016

"Debate" Songs


Here's a bunch of songs by artists you've mostly never heard of, but that still manage to be pretty darn good. Oh yeah, and they all have the word "Debate" somewhere in their titles. Wonder why that is. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  “Debate Exposes Doubt”




2)  Anti-Flag  ~  “The Debate Is Over (If You Want It)”




3)  MaMuse  ~  “The Great Debate”



4)  Howard Shore  ~  “The Great Debate”




5)  Nektar  ~  “The Debate”




6)  Figurines  ~  “Debate Because It’s Over”




7)  Down The Line  ~  “Squeeze”




8)  Iba Mahr  ~  “Babylon Debating”




9)  Rain Over St. Ambrose  ~  “Debate”




10)  Jonas Tamas  ~  “Debate”




11)  George Simonovich  ~  “Kitchen Debate”




12)  Fops  ~  “Debate Class”




13)  The Isotopes  ~  “Math Debate”




14)  Jason Seed Elixir Ensemble  ~  “The Debate”




15)  Silvanus  ~  “The Debate”




16)  Olive Street  ~  “The Debate”




17)  The Random Theory  ~  “The Debate”




18)  Rebekah Rhys  ~  “My Greatest Debate”




19)  Hal Hixson  ~  “The Great Debate”




20)  Christopher Hays  ~  “Subtle Debate”