Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Songs About Not Worrying, Vol. 2

More of the same, and why not? Don't worry – listen to these songs instead. Oh, yeah, and...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Tori Kelly  ~  “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing”  (This is the same song as the one by Stevie Wonder in the previous post. But both versions were too good to exclude one of them.)




2)  The Beach Boys  ~  “Don’t Worry, Baby”




3)  Ella Eyre  ~  “Worry About Me”




4)  Jason Mraz  ~  “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)”




5)  Tedeschi Trucks Band  ~  “Do I Look Worried?”




6)  John Mayer  ~  “The Age Of Worry”




7)  En Vogue  ~  “You Don’t Have To Worry”




8)  Talking Heads  ~  “Don’t Worry About The Government”




9)  New Edition ft. Missy Elliott  ~  “You Don’t Have To Worry (Remix)”




10)  Set It Off  ~  “Why Worry”




11)  Frances  ~  “Don’t Worry About Me”




12)  Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin  ~  “Don’t You Worry, Child”




13)  Playing For Change Band  ~  “Don’t Worry”




14)  All-American Rejects  ~  “Why Worry”




15)  Kim Appleby  ~  “Don’t Worry”




16)  Grand Funk Railroad  ~  “Please Don’t Worry”




17)  Shawn Colvin  ~  “That Don’t Worry Me Now”




18)  R. City  ~  “Don’t You Worry”




19)  The Winans  ~  “Ain’t No Need To Worry”




20)  Marty Robbins  ~  “Don’t Worry”


Monday, May 1, 2017

Songs About Not Worrying, Vol. 1

So, apparently...there's no need to worry? That's what these songs will tell you, at least. One more set of these to come next time. Meanwhile, enjoy!  ~  JH



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




2)  St. Vincent  ~  “What, Me Worry?”




3)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing”




4)  Lucy Rose  ~  “Don’t You Worry”




5)  Dire Straits  ~  “Why Worry”




6)  Johnny Cash ft. The Statler Brothers  ~  “No Need To Worry”




7)  Gotye  ~  “Don’t Worry, We’ll Be Watching You”




8)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “You Don’t Have To Worry”




9)  Eddie Money  ~  “Don’t Worry”




10)  Jo Dee Messina  ~  “It’s Too Late To Worry”




11)  Lukas Graham  ~  “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me”




12)  Bess Rogers  ~  “I Don’t Worry”




13)  Van Morrison  ~  “Don’t Worry About A Thing” / “Moondance” 




14)  Crystal Lewis  ~  “Don’t Worry”




15)  FOXOS  ~  “Don’t You Worry”




16)  Janie Fricke  ~  “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me, Baby”




17)  Langhorne Slim  ~  “Worries”




18)  Britt Nicole  ~  “Don’t Worry Now”




19)  Jack Garratt  ~  “Worry”




20)  Alexis Keegan  ~  “Worry No More”


Friday, April 28, 2017

“Bought” & “Sold” Songs, Vol. 2

Might as well go ahead and post these now. A few more "Bought" & "Sold" Songs for your enjoyment. That's it, just a two-parter this time around.  ~  JH



1)  David Bowie  ~  “The Man Who Sold The World”  (You might be wondering: Why did David Bowie cover a Nirvana song? And didn't you already post that version of it in Vol. 1? Answers: Bowie wrote the song, and Nirvana covered it. And both versions are awesome. So...yeah.)




2)  Bubbles Brown  ~  “Bought & Sold”




3)  Naive Thieves  ~  “Sold Short”




4)  The Rag Dolls  ~  “Bought And Sold”




5)  Grifters & Shills  ~  “Bought & Sold”




6)  Kim Young Ones  ~  “I Bought It”




7)  John Michael Montgomery  ~  “Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)”




8)  Nancy Harmon  ~  “The Blood-Bought Church”




9)  Nick Santino and the Northern Wind  ~  “Sold My Soul”




10)  Dierks Bentley  ~  “I Bought The Shoes”




11)  The Alarm  ~  “Sold Me Down The River”




12)  10cc  ~  “I Bought A Flat Guitar Tutor”




13)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Sold My Mind To The Kremlin”




14)  Cosmic Bloom  ~  “Bought”




15)  Dallas Crane  ~  “Sold Me”




16)  The Raconteurs  ~  “Store Bought Bones”




17)  Eskimo Joe  ~  “Who Sold Her Out”




18)  Ty Segall  ~  “I Bought My Eyes”




19)  Van Morrison  ~  “They Sold Me Out”  (Bonus track for all you diehard Morrison fans… “Celtic New Year” is sung right after the “Sold” song here.)




20)  Robert Sims  ~  “I Bought Me A Cat”




21)  Bette Midler  ~  “I Sold My Heart To The Junkman”




22)  WolfGang  ~  “Bought And Sold”




23)  Two Wolves  ~  “Sold Soul”




24)  Nickelback  ~  “Money Bought”




25)  Boy George  ~  “Sold”




26)  Faron Young  ~  “I Bought The Shoes On Your Feet”




27)  Ruby Flipper  ~  “Sold My Rock ’N’ Roll”




28)  Natalia Zukerman  ~  “Bought And Sold”




29)  The Grizzled Mighty  ~  “Sold”




30)  Phankl  ~  “I Bought A Ticket”


"Bought" & "Sold" Songs, Vol. 1

This, because...well, let's just say "because." Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Dinosaur Jr.  ~  “Never Bought It”




2)  Laura Wilde  ~  “Sold My Soul”




3)  Sparks  ~  “I Bought The Mississippi River”




4)  Capital Cities  ~  “I Sold My Bed, But Not My Stereo”




5)  Samantha Fish  ~  “My Baby Bought A Ticket”




6)  Nirvana  ~  “The Man Who Sold The World”




7)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Bought And Sold”




8)  Hawk Nelson  ~  “Sold Out”




9)  Brand New  ~  “Bought A Bride”




10)  Black Label Society  ~  “Sold My Soul”




11)  Mercury Heart  ~  “The Devil You Bought”




12)  Damien Jurado  ~  “Static To Be Sold”




13)  Craig Campbell  ~  “I Bought It”




14)  Apsley  ~  “Sold”




15)  Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Helen O’Connell & Bob Eberly  ~  “I Bought A Wooden Whistle”




16)  Kinky Friedman  ~  “Sold American”




17)  Honey Creek  ~  “Heaven Can’t Be Bought”




18)  TAB The Band  ~  “Bought And Sold”




19)  Adam Bomb  ~  “Bought The Farm”




20)  Doria Roberts  ~  “Nothing Sold, Nothing Bought”




21)  Evan Chapman & Sean McFarland  ~  “You Broke It, You Bought It”




22)  Belleruche  ~  “Bought & Sold”




23)  Jimmy Swaggart  ~  “He Bought My Soul”




24)  Daphne Nichols  ~  “Bought And Sold”



25)  The Kinks  ~  “She’s Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina”




26)  Stone Cold Fox  ~  “Sold”




27)  Neko Case  ~  “Bought And Sold”




28)  Prince  ~  “The Greatest Romance Ever Sold”




29)  Farewell Milwaukee  ~  “You Bought A Ticket Out”




30)  Joe Henry  ~  “Sold”