“In” & “Out” Songs, Vol. 4

You didn't think I'd forgotten about this series, did you? Of course not! And there's one more post to go after this one. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  La Roux  ~  “In For The Kill”

2)  Courtney Barnett  ~  “Out Of The Woodwork”

3)  The Smiths  ~  “Girlfriend In A Coma”

4)  Anna Calvi  ~  “Blackout”

5)  Mary Gauthier  ~  “Drag Queens In Limousines”

6)  David Bowie  ~  “Blackout”

7)  Blondie  ~  “In The Flesh”

8)  Judas Priest  ~  “Out In The Cold”

9)  The Breeders  ~  “Wait In The Car”

10)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Get Out The Map”

11)  OTEP  ~  “In Cold Blood”

12)  Neon Hitch  ~  “Out Of This World”

13)  Village People  ~  “In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star)”

14)  Erasure  ~  “All This Time Still Falling Out Of Love”

15)  Elton John  ~  “The Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes”

16)  St. Vincent  ~  “Actor Out Of Work”

17)  Joshua Kadison  ~  “Beautiful In My Eyes”

18)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “G.N.O. (Girls’ Night Out)”

19)  Adam Lambert  ~  “Kickin’ In”

20)  Kesha  ~  “Out Alive”

21)  David Bowie & Mick Jagger  ~  "Dancing In The Street”

22)  Hurray For The Riff Raff  ~  “Look Out Mama”

23)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “I Have Friends In Holy Spaces”

24)  RuPaul  ~  “Workout”

25)  Freddie Mercury  ~  “In My Defence”

26)  The Feeling & Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Leave Me Out Of It”

27)  Neon Trees  ~  “Text Me In The Morning”

28)  Jenny Owen Youngs  ~  “Keys Out, Lights On”

29)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “I Want To Be In Love”

30)  Chely Wright  ~  “She Went Out For Cigarettes”

Songs About Aces

This is the first installment in a multi-part series featuring songs with the names of playing cards in their titles. Because I'm full of ideas, and occasionally some of them are good, that's why. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  George Strait  ~  "Ace In The Hole"

2)  Alexandra Stan  ~  "Holding Aces"

3)  Saint Motel  ~  "Ace In The Hole"

4)  Aretha Franklin  ~  "You Got All The Aces"

5)  Paul Simon  ~  "The Late Great Johnny Ace"

6)  Lita Ford  ~  "Aces & Eights"

7)  Suzy Bogguss  ~  "Aces"

8)  Everclear  ~  "Aces"

9)  Ladytron  ~  "Ace Of Hz"

10)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Ace Of Hearts"

11)  Ween  ~  "Stroker Ace"

12)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  "Ace"

13)  Struggle Jennings & Brianna Harness ft. Jessi Colter & Jenni Eddy Jennings  ~  "Ace In The Hole"

14)  Empire Cast ft. Serayah  ~  "Aces High"

15)  The Devil Makes Three  ~  "Aces And Twos"

16)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Aces High"

17)  MxPx  ~  "Aces Up"

18)  Bailey Tomkinson  ~  "Hey Ace"

19)  Zella Day  ~  "Ace Of Hearts"

20)  Grinspoon  ~  "Just Ace"

21)  Sugababes  ~  "Ace Reject"

22)  Chris Rea  ~  "Ace Of Hearts"

23)  Carole Bayer Sager  ~  "Aces"

24)  Paul Simon  ~  "Ace In The Hole"  (Rare is the occasion when Paul Simon appears twice in one of my posts. But this is one of those occasions.)

25)  John Hiatt  ~  "Aces Up Your Sleeve"

"Grey" Songs

Here we have a lovely collection of songs about the color "Grey" (or "Gray," depending on whom you ask). Why, you might ask? Aside from the fact that it's one of my most favorite colors, there also happen to be quite a few good songs with that color in their titles. And I wanted them all in one place for safekeeping. Good enough reason? Great! Now enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan  ~  "Grey Room"

2)  Katzenjammer  ~  "Lady Grey"

3)  Marion Raven  ~  "Colors Turn To Grey"

4)  Nickel Creek  ~  "Green And Grey"

5)  Ani DiFranco  ~  "Grey"

6)  Bee Gees  ~  "The Battle Of The Blue And The Grey"  (I didn't know these guys started performing when they were still kids! Neither did I know that footage of their earliest history still existed.)

7)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Grey Street"

8)  Gary Moore  ~  "Long Grey Mare"

9)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Song In Red And Grey"

10)  Elton John  ~  "Grey Seal"

11)  Delilah  ~  "Shades Of Grey"

12)  AFI  ~  "Girl's Not Grey"

13)  Jesca Hoop  ~  "Storms Make Grey The Sea"

14)  EXES  ~  "Grey"

15)  Jewel  ~  "Grey Matter"

16)  Southern Culture On The Skids  ~  "Grey Skies"

17)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "Two Grey Rooms"

18)  Oingo Boingo  ~  "Grey Matter"

19)  Live  ~  "The Beauty Of Gray"

20)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "Grey Gardens"

21)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Touch Of Grey"

22)  Justin Nozuka  ~  "Gray"

23)  Billy Joel  ~  "Shades Of Grey"

24)  Bruce Hornsby  ~  "Fields Of Gray"

25)  BarlowGirl  ~  "Grey"

“In” & “Out” Songs, Vol. 3

If you've liked the "In" & "Out" Songs series so far, there's plenty more to like here. If you haven't liked the other posts in this series, then maybe you'll like these. Either way, I hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  St. Vincent  ~  “Chloe In The Afternoon”

2)  David Bowie  ~  “Day-In, Day-Out”

3)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “Nine In The Afternoon”

4)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “Fade Out”

5)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “Requiem In Denim And Leopardskin”

6)  Sinead O’Connor  ~  “Out Of The Depths”

7)  Erasure  ~  “In My Arms”

8)  Elton John  ~  “Oscar Wilde Gets Out”

9)  Tanita Tikaram  ~  “Twist In My Sobriety”

10)  Conchita Wurst  ~  “Out Of Body Experience”

11)  The Smiths  ~  “Vicar In A Tutu”

12)  Vicci Martinez  ~  “Out Of Control”

13)  MIKA  ~  “Stuck In The Middle”

14)  Frankie Goes To Hollywood  ~  “Is There Anybody Out There?”

15)  Lzzy Hale ~  “Rose In December”

16)  Lou Reed  ~  “Turn Out The Light”

17)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Party In The U.S.A.”

18)  RuPaul  ~  “Coming Out Of Hiding”

19)  The Sounds  ~  “Living In America”

20)  Sleater-Kinney  ~  “Dig Me Out”

21)  David Bowie  ~  “Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)”

22)  Julien Baker  ~  “Turn Out The Lights”

23)  R.E.M.  ~  “Let Me In”

24)  Girlpool  ~  “All Blacked Out”

25)  k.d. lang & The Reclines  ~  “In Care Of The Blues”

26)  The B-52’s  ~  “Party Out Of Bounds”

27)  Amanda Palmer  ~  “Runs In The Family”

28)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “All Cried Out”

29)  Jenny Owen Youngs  ~  “Hot In Herre”

30)  Goldfrapp  ~  “Time Out From The World”