Monday, June 19, 2017

Songs About Bows & Arrows, Vol. 1

Here's the first in a two-parter featuring songs with either the word "Bow" (or "Bows") or "Arrow" (or "Arrows") in their titles. Because...I dunno why, actually. Just enjoy some good tunes!  ~  JH



1)  Rihanna  ~  “Take A Bow”




2)  Sonic Youth  ~  “Poison Arrow”




3)  Breaking Benjamin  ~  “I Will Not Bow”




4)  Pixie Lott  ~  “Broken Arrow”




5)  Lenny LeBlanc  ~  “We All Bow Down”




6)  Josh Garrels  ~  “The Arrow”




7)  Madonna  ~  “Take A Bow”




8)  Boy & Bear  ~  “Arrow Flight”




9)  Sigur Rós  ~  “E-Bow”




10)  Queensryche  ~  “Arrow Of Time”



11)  Fearless Vampire Killers  ~  “Bow Ties On Dead Guys”




12)  Indica  ~  “Straight And Arrow”




13)  Joanna Newsom  ~  “Ribbon Bows”




14)  Paul McCartney & Wings  ~  “Arrow Through Me”




15)  Was (Not Was)  ~  “Walk The Dinosaur / Bow Wow Wow Wow”  (Two for the price of one. You're welcome.)




16)  Lena Meyer-Landrut  ~  “Mr. Arrow Key”




17)  Natalie MacMaster ft. Bruce Guthro  ~  “Fiddle And Bow”




18)  VersaEmerge  ~  “Fire (Aim Your Arrows High)”




19)  Adrian Belew  ~  “Of Bow And Drum”




20)  Mike Oldfield ft. Barry Palmer  ~  “Poison Arrows”




21)  Anna Ternheim  ~  “Bow Your Head”




22)  Van Der Graaf Generator  ~  “Arrow”




23)  Third Day  ~  “Never Bow Down”




24)  ABC  ~  “Poison Arrow”




25)  Kasabian  ~  “Bow”

Friday, June 16, 2017

“Clever” Songs

Like your music a bit on the "Clever" side? Look no further. These tunes are 100% "Clever," through and through. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Angels & Airwaves  ~  “Clever Love”




2)  Kat Frankie  ~  “Born Clever”




3)  Ian Dury & The Blockheads  ~  “Clever Trevor”




4)  We Are Carnivores  ~  “Pretty Clever”




5)  Beverley Knight  ~  “Whatever’s Clever”




6)  The Cave Singers  ~  “Clever Creatures”




7)  The Carousels  ~  “So Clever”




8)  Dreamhouse  ~  “Clever”




9)  Thornley  ~  “Clever”




10)  Art Brut  ~  “Clever, Clever Jazz”




11)  Nova Borgers  ~  “Never Be Clever”




12)  Hawksley Workman  ~  “Clever Not Beautiful”




13)  Jill Sobule  ~  “Clever”




14)  The Rockats  ~  “Never So Clever”




15)  Whale Tooth  ~  “Clever” 




16)  Nathan Beaver  ~  “Clever”




17)  Pentimento  ~  “Clever Reason”




18)  Thea Gilmore  ~  “Not So Clever Now”




19)  Alex Clare  ~  “Hands Are Clever”




20)  The Moon And You  ~  “Clever Worms”




21)  Qwirk  ~  “Clever Penelope”




22)  The Ragamuffins  ~  “Acting Clever”




23)  Isis Vasconcellos  ~  “Clever Meals”  (The video title is a bit misleading. This is Vasconcellos’ cover of a song by Tegan and Sara.)




24)  Wasthead  ~  “Clever”




25)  Eliza Gilkyson  ~  “Clever Disguise”


Thursday, June 15, 2017

Songs With "Attitude"

The post's title pretty much speaks for itself, right? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Patti LaBelle  ~  “New Attitude”




2)  Deep Purple  ~  “Bad Attitude”




3)  Alien Ant Farm  ~  “Attitude”




4)  Fireflight  ~  “Attitude”




5)  Tower Of Power  ~  “Attitude Dance”




6)  Chris Farren  ~  “Holy Attitude”




7)  Laura Branigan  ~  “Bad Attitude”




8)  38 Special  ~  “Trooper With An Attitude”




9)  The Tiger Lillies  ~  “Wrong Attitude”




10)  Lisa Germano  ~  “Bad Attitude”




11)  Joe Diffie  ~  “Honky Tonk Attitude”




12)  Steve Vai  ~  “The Attitude Song”




13)  Hardknox  ~  “Attitude”




14)  Suede  ~  “Attitude”




15)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  “Attitude”




16)  Trashmonkeys  ~  “Attitudes In Stereo”




17)  Wynonna  ~  “Attitude”




18)  Timbuk 3  ~  “Hairstyles And Attitudes”




19)  Galneryus  ~  “Attitude To Life”  (I don’t understand a word he’s singing, but both the vocals and music are breathtakingly beautiful!)




20)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes”




21)  Darwin Deez  ~  “Kill Your Attitude”




22)  Troop  ~  “That’s My Attitude”




23)  Oolluu  ~  “Attitude”  (I’ve never heard of this band, but they’re fantastic!)




24)  Meat Loaf  ~  “Bad Attitude”




25)  Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour  ~  “Early Morning Attitude”




Wednesday, June 14, 2017

"Embarrass"-ing Songs

These songs are SOOO "Embarrassing"!!! Well, sort of. Their song titles are, at least. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Sky Ferreira  ~  “Everything Is Embarrassing”




2)  Sage Francis ft. Eyedea & Slug  ~  “Embarrassed”



3)  Half-Handed Cloud  ~  “You Wouldn’t Embarrass Me, Would You?”




4)  Lightnin’ Hopkins  ~  “Don’t Embarrass Me, Baby”




5)  Toy  ~  “Hopelessly Embarrassed”




6)  Doug & The Slugs  ~  “(Just A Little Bit) Embarrassed”




7)  Michael Hermiston  ~  “An Embarrassment Of Riches”




8)  alice.  ~  “You Embarrass Me”




9)  Hello Bear  ~  “We Held Hands Once, But Then She Got Embarrassed”




10)  Ben Smith  ~  “I’ve Embarrassed The Piano Again”




11)  Foals  ~  “Public Embarrassment Blues”




12)  Songs To Wear Pants To  ~  “You Love Her So Much It’s Embarrassing”




13)  Madness  ~  “Embarrassment”




14)  The Port Huron Statement  ~  “When The Dust Has Settled On This Embarrassing Affair”




15)  Becky Schlegel  ~  “You’re So Embarrassing”


Tuesday, June 13, 2017

"Horrible" Songs

These songs are “Horrible”! Actually, they’re pretty good, for the most part. But, if their titles can be trusted, they are indeed about a variety of “Horrible” things. It seems inappropriate to say this, but…enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Frente!  ~  “Horrible”




2)  Kurt Travis  ~  “Everything Is Horrible”




3)  The Magnetic Fields  ~  “The Horrible Party”




4)  The Trainwrecks  ~  “Horrible, Terrible, Wonderful”




5)  Ayria  ~  “Horrible Dream”




6)  Set It Off  ~  “Horrible Kids”




7)  Adia Victoria  ~  “Horrible Weather”



8)  OAG  ~  “Horrible Adorable”




9)  Josh Ritter  ~  “Horrible Qualities”




10)  Heed The Thunder  ~  “Horrible Condition”




11)  Darwin  ~  “Horrible Cocoon”




12)  Combineharvester  ~  “Horrible Things”




13)  Barbara Nesbitt  ~  “Horrible Moon”




14)  The Rusties Blues Band  ~  “Horrible, Crazy Love”




15)  Vandettes  ~  “Horrible”




16)  Mansara  ~  “Horrible Bonheur”




17)  Doorbells  ~  “Horrible Youth”




18)  Dave Davison  ~  “The Ongoing Horrible”




19)  The Haymarket Squares  ~  “Horrible Inventions”




20)  Xander Smith  ~  “Horrible”