Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Songs About Practice

What are we talking about? We're talking about practice. Not a game, not a game, not a game. We're talking about practice. Songs About Practice, in particular. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  DJ Steve Porter ft. Allen Iverson, Jim Mora, Dennis Green, Joe Namath, Mike Gundy, & Terrell Owens  ~  “Press Hop”




2)  Barbra Streisand  ~  “Piano Practicing” / “The Minute Waltz”




3)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Art Of Heartbreak”




4)  Tori Amos ft. Natashya Hawley  ~  “Cactus Practice"





5)  Santana  ~  “Practice What You Preach”




6)  Indigo Girls  ~  “Something Real”




7)  Testament  ~  “Practice What You Preach”




8)  The Swan Princess Cast  ~  “Practice, Practice, Practice”




9)  Chiodos  ~  “We’re Talking About Practice”




10)  Gemma Ray  ~  “How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?”




11)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Practice What I Preach”




12)  Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen  ~  “Practice, Practice, Practice”




13)  Bubba Sparxxx ft. JJ Lawhorn  ~  “Past Is Practice”




14)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her”




15)  Drake  ~  “Practice" 




16)  Emilie Autumn  ~  “Private Practice (Dr. Sharp, Emilie)”




17)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “Cinderella”




18)  Ravi Shankar  ~  “Temple Scene and Dance Practice”




19)  Barry White  ~  “Practice What You Preach”




20)  Cute Is What We Aim For  ~  “Practice Makes Perfect”




21)  Andy Griggs ft. Martina McBride  ~  “Practice Life”




22)  Pearl Jam  ~  “Cropduster”




23)  Larry Hooper  ~  “Practice What You Preach”




24)  Biffy Clyro  ~  “Good Practice Makes Permanent”




25)  Fight For Friday  ~  “Target Practice”




26)  The Moffatts  ~  “Practice Makes Perfect”





BONUS TRACK:  Sparks  ~  “How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?”  (This is the original version of the song in #10. Both were too good to leave one of them out.)


Monday, August 5, 2019

Songs About Tradition

To be honest, I'm not big on tradition. Unless it's the kind of traditions you keep with, say, family at the holidays. But I believe that many traditions, like many conventions, are made to be broken. What's that say about me? I don't even want to think about that right now. Meanwhile, enjoy some great Songs About Tradition!  ~  JH



1)  Fiddler On The Roof Cast ft. Topol  ~  “Tradition”




2)  Collective Soul  ~  “Tradition”




3)  Tanita Tikaram  ~  “Good Tradition”




4)  Southcott  ~  “The October Tradition”




5)  A Sunny Day In Glasgow  ~  “In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition Of Passing)”




6)  The Pretenders  ~  “Tradition Of Love”




7)  Live  ~  “Operation Spirit (The Tyranny Of Tradition)”




8)  Nicole Dollanganger  ~  “American Tradition”




9)  Thousand Below  ~  “Tradition”




10)  Stavesacre  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”




11)  The Saxophones  ~  “New Tradition”




12)  Natalie Hemby  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”



13)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Family Tradition”




14)  The Hush Now  ~  “Traditions”




15)  Idlehands  ~  “Floor Of Tradition”




16)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  “Time Honoured Tradition”




17)  Senses Fail  ~  “Family Tradition”




18)  The Veils  ~  “Vicious Traditions”




19)  Great White  ~  “In The Tradition”




20)  The Belle Game  ~  “Tradition”




21)  Primus  ~  “To Defy The Laws Of Tradition"




22)  Burning Spear  ~  “Tradition”




23)  Naturally 7  ~  “Tradition”




24)  Heavenly Beat  ~  “Tradition”




25)  Soothsayers  ~  “Tradition”


Sunday, August 4, 2019

Songs About Pipes

I never knew there were so many enjoyable Songs About Pipes. But there are. And here they are. Please listen to them. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Nelly Furtado  ~  "Pipe Dreams"




2)  Mike Oldfield  ~  "Sailor's Horn Pipe"




3)  Four Year Strong  ~  "Bada Bing! Wit' A Pipe!"




4)  Joan McCracken  ~  "Pass That Peace Pipe"




5)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Rusted Pipe"




6)  John Prine  ~  "Spanish Pipedream"




7)  Project 86  ~  "Pipe Dream"  (Nice face, dude! LOL!)




8)  The Shadows  ~  "Peace Pipe"




9)  Travis  ~  "Pipe Dreams"




10)  Christina Aguilera ft. XNDA  ~  "Pipe"




11)  Trampled By Turtles  ~  "Pipe Knot"




12)  Turnpike Troubadours  ~  "Pipe Bomb Dream"




13)  Duke Ellington  ~  "Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance Of The Reed-Pipes)"




14)  Babyshambles  ~  "Pipedown"




15)  Murray Head  ~  "Only A Pipe Dream"




16)  Cry Of Love  ~  "Peace Pipe"




17)  Guided By Voices  ~  "The Pipe Dreams Of Instant Prince Whippet"




18)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Pipes Of Peace"




19)  Soul Asylum  ~  "Pipe Dream"




20)  Weezer  ~  "Hash Pipe"




21)  David Allan Coe  ~  "My Father Smoked His Pipe"




22)  MxPx  ~  "Pipe Dreams"




23)  Count Basie  ~  "Peace Pipe"




24)  EELS  ~ "Rusty Pipes"




25)  Asleep At The Wheel  ~  "Pipe Dreams"

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Songs About Queens

Here's a bunch of Songs About Queens for your entertainment. It's part of the continuing series of posts about playing cards that I've been telling you about. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Sofi Tukker  ~  "Baby I'm A Queen"




2)  Sex Pistols  ~  "God Save The Queen"




3)  Pam Tillis  ~  "Cleopatra, Queen Of Denial"




4)  Nirvana  ~  "Hairspray Queen"  (Interesting early look at a seminal rock band. Not as polished, definitely not as radio-friendly, but clearly full of potential.)




5)  Robyn  ~  "Dancehall Queen"




6)  Queen  ~  "Killer Queen"




7)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "Glycerine Queen"




8)  Mountain  ~  "Mississippi Queen"




9)  Tina Turner  ~  "I Might Have Been Queen"



10)  The Doors  ~  "Queen Of The Highway"




11)  Charli XCX  ~  "London Queen"




12)  Morrissey  ~  "The Queen Is Dead"




13)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Queen Of Peace" / "Long And Lost"




14)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Rocket Queen"




15)  Aurora  ~  "Queendom"




16)  Saxon  ~  "Queen Of Hearts"




17)  RaeLynn  ~  "Queens Don't"




18)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  "Queen Of Lower Chelsea"




19)  Jim Croce  ~  "Roller Derby Queen"




20)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Venice Queen"




21)  Juice Newton  ~  "Queen Of Hearts"




22)  Loren Gray  ~  "Queen"




23)  Robert Plant  ~  "The May Queen"




24)  King Princess  ~  "Cheap Queen"




25)  The Dead Weather  ~  "Forever My Queen"