Friday, July 5, 2019

Songs About Appetite

What are you hungry for, literally or figuratively or otherwise? These Songs About Appetite may give you some ideas, if you need a little inspiration. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  N.W.A.  ~  "Appetite For Destruction"




2)  Prefab Sprout  ~  "Appetite"




3)  Camera2  ~  "Appetite"




4)  Fine Fine Titans  ~  "Appetite"




5)  Tarrus Riley  ~  "Devil's Appetite"




6)  The Staves & yMusic  ~  "Appetite"




7)  Melanie  ~  "Bon Appetit"



8)  Meadowlark  ~  "Appetite"




9)  Ella Hardy  ~  "Appetite"




10)  Mount Eerie  ~  "Appetite"




11)  Huxlee  ~  "Appetite"




12)  Animal Liberation Orchestra  ~  "Big Appetite"




13)  Katharine McPhee  ~  "Appetite"




14)  Chin Chin  ~  "Appetite"





15)  Kajagoogoo  ~  "Your Appetite"




16)  Steve Hackett  ~  "Vampire With A Healthy Appetite"




17)  Split Enz  ~  "Working Up An Appetite"




18)  James Iha  ~  "Appetite"




19)  Natalia  ~  "Appetite For Love"




20)  The Gracious Few  ~  "Appetite"



Thursday, July 4, 2019

Songs About Genies

I'll bet you thought there was only ONE good song about genies. But you would be wrong. 'Cuz I found 22 of 'em! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Christina Aguilera  ~  "Genie In A Bottle"




2)  Marillion  ~  "Genie"




3)  Ani DiFranco  ~  "Genie"




4)  Don Henley  ~  "The Genie"




5)  The Claypool Lennon Delirium  ~  "Cricket And The Genie"




6)  Hayley Westenra  ~  "Through These Eyes"




7)  David Bowie  ~  "The Jean Genie"




8)  Rockwell  ~  "Genie Of Love"




9)  Jason Eady  ~  "No Genie In This Bottle"




10)  Tavares  ~  "Abra-Ca-Dabra Love You Too"




11)  Shaquille O'Neal & Francis Capra  ~  "We Genie"




12)  The Shadows  ~  "Genie With The Light Brown Lamp"




13)  Al Stewart  ~  "Genie On A Tabletop"




14)  Golden Child  ~  "Genie"




15)  Andy Partridge  ~  "Genie In A Bottle"




16)  Roger Waters  ~  "Three Wishes"




17)  B.B. & Q. Band  ~  "Genie"




18)  Busy P ft. Mayer Hawthorne  ~  "Genie"




19)  The Flower Kings  ~  "Genie In A Bottle"




20)  Sharon Little  ~  "Genie In My Dreams"





21)  George Strait  ~  "Two More Wishes"




22)  Girls' Generation  ~  "Genie"

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

"Capital" Songs

Whether it's referring to uppercase letters, the seat of government, a type of punishment, or one's finances, the word "Capital" can have a lot of different meanings. And many of those meanings are explored in these songs. This is quite an eclectic bunch of tunes. I'm sure you will...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Hailee Steinfeld & BloodPop®  ~  "Capital Letters"




2)  Lois  ~  "Capital 'A'"




3)  Tower Of Power  ~  "Soul With A Capital 'S'"




4)  Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott  ~  "Capital Love"




5)  Patti Smith  ~  "Capital Letter"




6)  Gang Of Four  ~  "Capital (It Fails Us Now)"




7)  Graham Parker  ~  "The Snake Oil Capital Of The World"




8)  Oceana  ~  "Barracuda Capital Of The World"




9)  Taking Back Sunday  ~  "Capital M-E"




10)  Smoking Popes  ~  "Capital Cristine"




11)  Mogwai  ~  "Ratts Of The Capital"




12)  Joe Diffie  ~  "I'm In Love With A Capital 'U'"




13)  Ned's Atomic Dustbin  ~  "Capital Letters"




14)  IQ  ~  "Capital Letters"




15)  The Clash  ~  "Capital Radio"


Monday, July 1, 2019

Songs About Twinkling

Did you think that "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" was the only song about twinkling? Well, I sure did! But man, was I wrong! There's lots of great Songs About Twinkling, and I've gathered them all here in one post. You are SO welcome!  ~  JH



1)  The Sweeplings  ~  "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"




2)  Merle Haggard  ~  "Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Star"




3)  Tori Amos  ~  "Twinkle"




4)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Me"  (Well, it's July. Not too early to start listening to Christmas-themed songs, is it? Really? Even if it's Stevie Wonder?)




5)  Roy Orbison  ~  "Twinkle Toes"




6)  Lovelyz  ~  "Twinkle"




7)  Raven Black  ~  "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Scars"




8)  ABBA  ~  "From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel"




9)  Peter Nic  ~  "Twinkle"




10)  Jennifer Knight  ~  "Twinkle And Shine"




11)  Cosmic Village  ~  "Twinkle"




12)  Hayley Westenra  ~  "Twinkle, Twinkle"




13)  Girl's Day  ~  "Twinkle Twinkle"




14)  Black Wolf Catch  ~  "Twinkletoes"




15)  Talain Rayne  ~  "Twinkle Lightly"




16)  Kettel  ~  "Twinkle, Twinkle, That Is You"




17)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  "Twinkle, Twinkle (I'm Not A Star)"




18)  Shreya Ghoshal & Rana Mazumder  ~  "Twinkle, Twinkle"




19)  Twinkle Time  ~  "Twinklematics"




20)  Girls' Generation  ~  "Twinkle"


Songs About Mojo

Merriam-Webster defines the word "mojo" as "a magic spell, hex, or charm" – or more broadly, "a magical power." In popular culture, it has taken on a variety of meanings, up to and including an individual's power to attract another person by seemingly invisible means. Here's a bunch of Songs About Mojo. I'll let you define it for yourself based on these examples. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Muddy Waters  ~  "Got My Mojo Working"




2)  Wilson Pickett  ~  "Mojo Mama"




3)  Johnny Winter  ~  "Mojo Boogie"




4)  Mindi Abair  ~  "Mojo"




5)  Jeff Buckley  ~  "Mojo Pin"




6)  Little Buster & The Soul Brothers  ~  "Mojo Hand"




7)  Lem Motlow  ~  "Mojo Man"




8)  Satchmo  ~  "Mojo"




9)  Barry Melton & The Joyfest House Band  ~  "Mojo Navigator"




10)  Quicksilver Messenger Service  ~  "Mojo"




11)  The Cadillac Three  ~  "Tennessee Mojo"




12)  Spyro Gyra  ~  "Soho Mojo"




13)  Mark Selby & Band  ~  "Don't You Throw That Mojo On Me"




14)  Sad Daddy  ~  "Don't Be Messin' With My Mojo"




15)  Cellus Hamilton  ~  "Mojo"




16)  Wooster  ~  "Mojo Rider"




17)  Claire Laffut  ~  "Mojo"




18)  Buffy Sainte-Marie  ~  "Love Charms (Mojo Bijoux)"




19)  The Neville Brothers  ~  "Mojo Hannah"




20)  Mose Allison  ~  "Mojo Woman"




21)  Dizzy Gillespie ft. Jon Faddis, Arturo Sandoval, Slide Hampton, & Johnny Griffin  ~  "Fiesta Mojo"




22)  Glenn Hughes  ~  "Switch The Mojo"




23)  Southern Culture On The Skids  ~  "Mojo Box"




24)  Paul Revere & The Raiders  ~  "Mojo Workout"




25)  Parov Stelar  ~  "The Mojo Radio Gang"