Wax and Tracks

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Songs With Awesome Lyric Videos, Vol. 2

If you liked yesterday's collection of Awesome Lyric Videos, you're sure to love these as well. If you didn't care for those so much, give these a try. They may grow on you. Plug in, kick back...and enjoy! ~ JH

1) Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley ~ “Chained To The Rhythm”

2) Avicii ft. Dan Tyminski ~ “Hey Brother”

3) Jason Mraz ~ “93 Million Miles”

4) Taylor Swift ~ “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

5) Green Day ~ “Revolution Radio”

6) Sam Smith ~ “Money On My Mind”

7) Christina Perri ~ “The Lonely”

8) Michael Bublé ~ “I Believe In You”

9) Ed Sheeran ~ “Shape Of You”

10) Nichole Nordeman ~ “Slow Down”

11) OneRepublic ~ “Burning Bridges”

12) Elvis Costello & The Roots ~ “Walk Us Uptown”

13) David Guetta ft. Emeli Sandé ~ “What I Did For Love”

14) Justin Bieber ~ “What Do You Mean?”

15) Muse ~ “Reapers”

16) Sia ~ “Chandelier”

17) John Legend ~ “Love Me Now”

18) Shawn Mendes ~ “Life Of The Party”

19) Gabrielle Aplin ~ “Salvation”

20) U2 ~ “Ordinary Love”

21) Casting Crowns ~ “Oh My Soul”

22) Gwen Stefani ~ “Misery”

23) R. City ft. Adam Levine ~ “Locked Away”

24) Thirty Seconds To Mars ~ “City Of Angels”

25) Christina Aguilera ~ “Change”

Monday, April 3, 2017

Songs With Awesome Lyric Videos, Vol. 1

A short time ago, a "lyric video" was just what it sounds like. A video displaying to the lyrics of a song with the song playing in the background. Then artists started taking "artistic liberties" with the idea and made the lyric video into an art form in its own right. What follows are some of the best examples of this alternative, yet equally entertaining format of music video –– the lyric video. And there are more where these came from. Two sets more, in fact. Enjoy! ~ JH

1) Jason Mraz ~ “I Won’t Give Up”

2) Sia ft. Sean Paul ~ “Cheap Thrills”

3) Justin Bieber ~ “Sorry”

4) Katy Perry ~ “Roar”

5) Avicii ft. Robbie Williams ~ “The Days”

6) Ellie Goulding ~ “Something In The Way You Move”

7) Coldplay ~ “Miracles”

8) The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey ~ “Closer”

9) Green Day ~ “Troubled Times”

10) David Guetta ft. Skylar Grey ~ “Shot Me Down”

11) Zach Williams ~ “Chain Breaker”

12) Colbie Caillat ~ “Try”

13) Lukas Graham ~ “7 Years”

14) Alessia Cara ~ “Here”

15) twenty one pilots ~ “Cancer”

16) Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea ~ “Problem”

17) Zac Brown Band ~ “My Old Man”

18) Hailee Steinfeld & Grey ft. Zedd ~ “Starving”

19) R.E.M. ~ “Fall On Me”

20) Norah Jones ~ “Flipside”

21) Foals ~ “A Knife In The Ocean”

22) Plumb ~ “Lord, I’m Ready Now”

23) Luke Bryan ~ “Kick The Dust Up”

24) Alan Walker ft. Noonie Bao ~ “Alone”

25) Nickelback ~ “Feed The Machine”

Friday, March 31, 2017

"Lazy" Songs

Feeling a little slothful today? A bit shiftless? A tad lackadaisical? Perhaps a bit indolent? Maybe even a little lethargic? If so, these "Lazy" songs are perfect for you! If not, good on ya for bringing your "A" game. But you can still...enjoy! ~ JH

1) Goo Goo Dolls ~ “Lazy Eye”

2) Deep Purple ~ “Lazy”

3) Megan Nicole ~ “The Lazy Song” (A fun, notably sanitized version of Bruno Mars’ hit song.)

4) Pokey LaFarge ~ “Devil Ain’t Lazy”

5) Nat King Cole ~ “Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer”

6) Barbra Streisand ~ “Lazy Afternoon”

7) Robbie Williams ~ “Lazy Days”

8) Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong ~ “Basin Street Blues / Lazy Bones”

9) Liz Phair ~ “Lazy Dreamer”

10) Silversun Pickups ~ “Lazy Eye”

11) Grateful Dead ~ “Lazy River Road”

12) Throwing Muses ~ “Lazy Eye”

13) Heartless Bastards ~ “Lazy”

14) Louis Armstrong ~ “Up A Lazy River”

15) Nellie McKay ~ “Long And Lazy River”

16) Rebelution ~ “Lazy Afternoon”

17) Small Faces ~ “Lazy Sunday”

18) Belle and Sebastian ~ “Lazy Line Painter Jane”

19) Andrew Bird ~ “Lazy Projector”

20) The Moody Blues ~ “Lazy Day”

21) Keep Shelly In Athens ~ “Lazy Noon”

22) Guster ~ “Lazy Love”

23) BR549 ~ “Too Lazy To Work, Too Nervous To Steal”

24) Dr. Dog ~ “The Way The Lazy Do”

25) Grateful Dead ~ “Lazy Lightnin’ / Supplication”

BONUS TRACK: The Mills Brothers ~ “Up A Lazy River” (This is the same song as #14 above, but this version was too good not to include here.)

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Things These Artists Have “Got,” Vol. 4

One last round of Things These Artists Have "Got," and we're through. Herein, you'll find artists who have got the world on a string, ants in their pants, a lovely bunch of coconuts, a tiger by the tail, and the shaft – just to name a few. Ready, set, enjoy! ~ JH

1) Chance The Rapper ~ “All We Got”