"Fun" & "Games" Songs, Vol. 2

Oh, hi! There you are again. I was looking all over for you. You were hoping for some more "Fun" and "Games" Songs? Well, you're in luck! Here they are. And there's more where these came from. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Hi-Five  ~  "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)"

2)  Madness ~  "House Of Fun"

3)  Brand New  ~  "I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light"

4)  Sly & The Family Stone  ~  "Hot Fun In The Summertime"

5)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Hunter Of Invisible Game"

6)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  "You Make Loving Fun"

7)  John Lennon  ~  "Mind Games"

8)  Joe Cocker  ~  "Fun Time"

9)  Queen  ~  "Play The Game"

10)  Morrissey  ~  "Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice"

11)  Backstreet Boys  ~  "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"

12)  Easton Corbin  ~  "Lovin' You Is Fun"

13)  Bright Eyes  ~  "Shell Games"

14)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  "Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"  (I have no idea what the rather crass title of this song has to do with the actual lyrics of the song.)

15)  O.A.R. ft. Asher Roth  ~  "Crazy Game Of Poker"

16)  The Go-Go's  ~  "Fun With Ropes"

17)  Kelly Rowland  ~  "The Game"

18)  Megan Nicole  ~  "Fun"

19)  JoLivi  ~  "Games"

20)  Pitbull ft. Chris Brown  ~  "Fun"

21)  Jamie Grace  ~  "Games"

22)  Sharam ft. Anousheh Khalili  ~  "Fun"

23)  Lana Del Rey  ~  "Video Games"

24)  Eagle-Eye Cherry  ~  "Are You Still Having Fun?"

25)  Parra for Cuva ft. Anna Naklab  ~  "Wicked Games"

"Fun" & "Games" Songs, Vol. 1

Are you ready for some "Fun" and "Games"? Well, I sure am. This is the first in a three-part series of songs featuring one or both of these words in their titles. And there are some really, really good ones here. Check 'em out! And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  "Die Fun"

2)  Peter Gabriel  ~  "Games Without Frontiers"

3)  Paramore  ~  "Ain't It Fun"

4)  Cassie Steele  ~  "Games"

5)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  "She Looks Like Fun"

6)  Ryan Adams & The Cardinals  ~  "Games"

7)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"

8)  Emiliana Torrini  ~  "Animal Games"

9)  The Allman Brothers Band  ~  "Good Clean Fun"

10)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  "War Games"

11)  Mara Connor  ~  "No Fun"

12)  Ray Charles & Andy Williams  ~  "Games People Play"

13)  P!nk  ~  "Funhouse"

14)  The Cardigans  ~  "My Favourite Game"

15)  Rend Co. Kids  ~  "Fun"

16)  Desiree  ~  "The Game"

17)  Barenaked Ladies  ~  "Fun And Games"

18)  Claire  ~  "Games"

19)  Wang Chung  ~  "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"

20)  Dan Fogelberg  ~  "Beggar's Game"

21)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  "Fun"

22)  The Gamebenders  ~  "Game Of Love"

23)  Blondie  ~  "Fun"

24)  Daryl Hall & Patrick Stump  ~  "Guessing Games"  (If you want to skip all the pre-song stuff, jump ahead to about the 3:30 mark and you'll be all set.)

25)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Fun, Fun, Fun"

More Songs About The Trees

Because you can never have too many Songs About The Trees (or maybe you can), here's a second and final set. So what are you waiting for? By all means...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Oh Land  ~  "Family Tree"

2)  Pearl Jam  ~  "In My Tree"

3)  Mother Mother  ~  "Monkey Tree"

4)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "The Dreaming Tree"

5)  Judy Garland & Margaret O'Brien  ~  "Under The Bamboo Tree"

6)  Plain White T's  ~  "The Giving Tree"

7)  Eva Cassidy  ~  "Tall Trees In Georgia"

8)  Trevor Hall  ~  "The Lime Tree"

9)  Moby ft. Julie Mintz  ~  "The Sorrow Tree"

10)  Foals  ~  "Birch Tree"

11)  Amy Montgomery  ~  "Tree Song (Branch Out & Nourish My Veins)"

12)  U2  ~  "One Tree Hill"

13)  L.E.J.  ~  "Hanging Tree"  (Yeah, I know there was another version – the original, no less! – of this one in the first post. But this rendition is so much more nuanced, so artsy-fartsy, and just so darn good I couldn't help but include it here as well.)

14)  Lacey Sturm  ~  "Mercy Tree"

15)  Pam Tillis  ~  "Shake The Sugar Tree"

16)  Peter Gabriel & Youssou N'Dour  ~  "Shaking The Tree"

17)  Shirley Bassey  ~  "The Living Tree"

18)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "Mango Tree"

19)  Alela Diane  ~  "The Alder Trees"

20)  Erykah Badu  ~  "Appletree"

21)  Beth Orton  ~  "Poison Tree"

22)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  "Cinnamon Tree"

23)  Basia  ~  "An Olive Tree"

24)  Della Mae  ~  "Pine Tree"

25)  Aurora  ~  "Apple Tree"

Songs About The Trees

A few weeks ago, I posted a couple of sets of Songs About The Forest. At the time, I hinted that there may be a follow-up post (or two) featuring Songs About The Trees. And, by cracky, here they are. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Radiohead  ~  "Fake Plastic Trees"

2)  Carly Simon  ~  "Boys In The Trees"

3)  twenty one pilots  ~  "Trees"

4)  MARINA  ~  "Orange Trees"

5)  Clint Eastwood  ~  "I Talk To The Trees"

6)  The Staves  ~  "Winter Trees"

7)  Stereophonics  ~  "A Thousand Trees"

8)  Ellen Froese  ~  "The Trees They Do Grow High"

9)  Cold Chisel  ~  "Flame Trees"

10)  Belly  ~  "Feed The Tree"

11)  I'm With Her  ~  "Ryland (Under The Apple Tree)"

12)  Wild Child  ~  "Living Tree"

13)  Rush  ~  "The Trees"

14)  Tony Orlando & Dawn  ~  "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree"

15)  Jewel  ~  "Family Tree"

16)  Priscilla Ahn  ~  "In A Tree"

17)  Paul Weller  ~  "Trees"

18)  KT Tunstall  ~  "Black Horse And The Cherry Tree"

19)  Calexico  ~  "Two Silver Trees"

20)  Rusted Root  ~  "Tree"

21)  Hootie & The Blowfish  ~  "Not Even The Trees"

22)  The Lone Bellow  ~  "Tree To Grow"

23)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  "Trees"

24)  Russian Red  ~  "The Sun, The Trees"

25)  Jennifer Lawrence  ~  "The Hanging Tree"