Wednesday, May 19, 2021

"Power" Songs, Vol. 1

Here's a bunch of great songs with the word  "Power" in their titles. Because sometimes power is a good thing, right? Of course, sometimes it is WAY NOT a good thing. A lot depends on who's wielding it. There's more of these coming, by the way. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Billie Eilish ~  "Your Power"




2)  Indigo Girls  ~  "Power Of Two"




3)  Patti Smith  ~  "People Have The Power"




4)  Kat Graham  ~  "Power"




5)  Marina  ~  "Power & Control"




6)  Little Mix ft. Stormzy  ~  "Power"




7)  SNAP!  ~  "The Power"




8)  Madonna  ~  "The Power Of Good-Bye"




9)  Jennifer Rush  ~  "The Power Of Love"




10)  Diana Ross  ~  "Force Behind The Power"




11)  Dusty Springfield  ~  "Love Power"




12)  Eurythmics  ~  "Power To The Meek"




13)  Tonight Alive  ~  "Power Of One"




14)  Laura Branigan ~  "The Power Of Love"  (When you hear this song, you  might be thinking, "Isn't this the same song as #9 above?" And it is, but Branigan belts it out with more soul than Jennifer Rush and maybe even more power than Celine Dion [#25 below], so all three versions are present and accounted for here. For the record, Branigan released her version 3 years after Rush but 6 years before Dion.)




15)  Gabrielle Aplin  ~  "The Power Of Love"  (No, this is not the same song as the other "Power of Love" versions, but it's a fantastic tune in its own right.)




16)  Kari Jobe  ~  "Oh The Power"




17)  Katy Perry  ~  "Power"




18)  SOKO  ~  "You Have A Power On Me"




19)  Cher  ~  "The Power"




20)  Lauren Daigle  ~  "Power To Redeem"




21)  Within Temptation  ~  "The Power Of Love"




22)  Belle and Sebastian  ~  "The Power Of Three"




23)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  "The Power Of Now"




24)  BeyoncĂ© ft. Nija, Busiswa, Yemi Alade, Tierra Whack, Moonchild Sanelly, & DJ Lag  ~  "My Power"




25)  Celine Dion  ~  "The Power Of Love"  (This is the more popular, better-known version of Jennifer Rush's song [#9 above], but Rush recorded it nine years earlier – and to great success worldwide, I might add.)


Tuesday, May 18, 2021

More Songs About Solitude

Because one set of Songs About Solitude is insufficiently therapeutic and/or lonely-causing, here's another. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Mary Chapin Carpenter  ~  "I Have A Need For Solitude"




2)  Evanescence  ~  "Solitude"




3)  Joep Beving  ~  "Solitude"




4)  Priscilla Alcantara  ~  "Solitude / They Don't Care About Us"




5)  The Two Tracks  ~  "Cheers To Solitude"




6)  Joe Zawinul  ~  "In My Solitude"




7)  Dunwich  ~  "Solitude"




8)  Evergrey  ~  "Solitude Within"




9)  HIM  ~  "Ode To Solitude"




10)  Days Of The New  ~  "Solitude"




11)  Keynes Woods  ~  "Solitude"




12)  Shaina Taub  ~  "Our Solitude"




13)  Roxana Amed  ~  "Solitude"




14)  Milla Brune  ~  "Solitude"




15)  The New Pornographers  ~  "Adventures In Solitude"




16)  Tori Kelly  ~  Solitude EP: "Value" / "Don't Take Me Home" / "Time Flies" / "Glad" / "Unbothered"  (How much do I LOVE Tori Kelly? Even after I found out that this video wasn't a performance of a single song, rather a back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back performance of every song on her latest extended play album, I still posted it! Also, none of the songs are called "Solitude," and I STILL don't care!)




17)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Solitude Standing"




18)  I Miss My Death  ~  "Thirteen Autumns Of Solitude"




19)  Jerry Cantrell  ~  "Solitude"




20)  ECCO  ~  "Solitude"




21)  Leyya  ~  "Solitude (I've Never Been Fun)"




22)  Divide  ~  "Solitude"




23)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  "Solitude Sometimes Is"




24)  Jack Savoretti  ~  "Solitude"




25)  LuĂŞ  ~  "Sweet Solitude"


Songs About Solitude

Solitude can be therapeutic, or it can be debilitatingly lonely. It all depends on your perspective. Here's a bunch of Songs About Solitude to help you decide for yourself. If you're still undecided after listening, take heart – there's a follow-up to this post coming shortly. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Tame Impala  ~  "Solitude Is Bliss"




2)  Myslovitz  ~  "Sound Of Solitude"




3)  Joey Jewish  ~  "Beautiful Solitude"




4)  B3  ~  "Solitude (Not Into)"




5)  Candlemass  ~  "Solitude"




6)  Astrid Victoria  ~  "The Queen Of Solitude"




7)  Edwin McCain & Darius Rucker  ~  "Solitude"




8)  Featherweight  ~  "Solitude"




9)  The Lady Of The Tribes  ~  "Solitude"




10)  Faye Wong  ~  "Years Of Solitude"




11)  Sorry, Peach  ~  "Solitude"




12)  Anouk  ~  "Urban Solitude"




13)  Mosaic  ~  "Solitude"




14)  Emma Louise  ~  "Solitude"




15)  Lila IkĂ©  ~  "Solitude"




16)  Black Sabbath  ~  "Solitude"




17)  Helstar  ~  "Black Wings Of Solitude"




18)  Leonard Cohen  ~  "Our Lady Of Solitude"




19)  Kandace Springs  ~  "Solitude"




20)  Richard Hawley  ~  "Lady Solitude"




21)  The Frozen Autumn  ~  "Sidereal Solitude"




22)  Thomas Dybdahl  ~  "Solitude"




23)  Unkervalt  ~  "Solitude II"




24)  Girls  ~  "Solitude"




25)  Fabiola Simac  ~  "Solitude"


Sunday, May 16, 2021

More Songs About Bluffing

I had some good Songs About Bluffing left over after the previous post. And here they are... Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Jodee Lewis  ~  "Buzzard's Bluff"




2)  Crazyups  ~  "Bluff"




3)  Hoshi  ~  "Bluff"




4)  Utah Phillips  ~  "Scott's Creek Bluff"




5)  TEST: The Rock Opera Cast  ~  "The Bluff"




6)  Anny Whyte  ~  "It's A Bluff"




7)  Bonnie Banane  ~  "Bluff"




8)  Screaming For Silence  ~  "Calling Your Bluff"




9)  L. Martin  ~  "Bluff"




10)  Port City Blues Society Players  ~  "Pine Bluff Arkansas Blues"




11)  Aubrey Haynie  ~  "White Bluff"




12)  The Seadogs  ~  "Auckland To The Bluff"




13)  Jupiter Dubois  ~  "Bluff"




14)  Futuro Pelo  ~  "Bluff"




15)  M Theory  ~  "Call Your Bluff"



Songs About Bluffing

Here's a bunch of Songs About Bluffing. Don't believe me? Check 'em out for yourself! And, as always, enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Ciana Pelekai  ~  "Bluff"




2)  Khalid  ~  "Bluffin'"




3)  Kelela  ~  "Bluff"




4)  The Weeks  ~  "Harlots Bluff"




5)  Brent Faiyaz  ~  "Bluffin"




6)  My Favorite Highway  ~  "How To Call A Bluff"




7)  Douwe Bob  ~  "Blind Man's Bluff"




8)  Wiz Khalifa ft. Berner  ~  "Bluffin"




9)  House Of Lords  ~  "Call My Bluff"




10)  Citizen  ~  "Call Your Bluff"




11)  Ludacris  ~  "Call Ya Bluff"




12)  Dreamer Boy ft. Estef  ~  "Bluff"




13)  Pilot Speed  ~  "Bluff"




14)  J. Cole  ~  "Snow On Tha Bluff"




15)  Babaganouj  ~  "Bluff"




16)  Eve Belle  ~  "Bluff"




17)  Little Stella  ~  "Bluff"




18)  Brent George  ~  "Bluff"




19)  FriendlyBear  ~  "Love Bluff"




20)  Detach  ~  "Bluff"




21)  Porter Waggoner & Christy Lynn  ~  "40 Miles From Poplar Bluff"




22)  Elin-Louise Ahlberg  ~  "Bluff"




23)  Sharyn Hope  ~  "Bluff Myself"




24)  Oddplay  ~  "Bluff"




25)  Avenue Of The Giants  ~  "Call Your Bluff"


Friday, May 14, 2021

"Chinese" Songs, Vol. 2

It took me a few days, but as promised, here's another set of "Chinese" Songs, neither sung in Chinese nor performed by Chinese artists. Because...there were too many good ones for just one post, that's why. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Passenger  ~  "Paper Cut, Chinese Burn"




2)  Jessica Mauboy  ~  "Chinese Whispers"




3)  Level 42  ~  "The Chinese Way"




4)  Peggy Lee  ~  "Chinese Love Poems: Going Rowing / Like The Moon / The Musicians"




5)  Travis  ~  "Chinese Blues" / "Eyes Wide Open"




6)  Australian Crawl  ~  "Chinese Eyes"




7)  The Trews  ~  "Chinese Kites" / "Beautiful & Tragic"




8)  John Cale  ~  "Chinese Envoy"




9)  Go West  ~  "Chinese Whispers"




10)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "Chinese CafĂ© / Unchained Melody"




11)  Sales  ~  "Chinese New Year"




12)  A Silent Film  ~  "Chinese Lanterns"




13)  The Howl & The Hum  ~  "Godmanchester Chinese Bridge"




14)  Cass McCombs  ~  "In A Chinese Alley"




15)  Rickie Lee Jones  ~  "Scary Chinese Movie"




16)  Biz Markie  ~  "Chinese Food"




17)  Robert Earl Keen  ~  "10,000 Chinese Walk Into A Bar"




18)  Finch  ~  "Chinese Organ Thieves"




19)  The Temperance Movement  ~  "Chinese Lanterns"




20)  Scott Helman  ~  "Chinese Restaurant"


Monday, May 10, 2021

"Chinese" Songs, Vol. 1

These songs are not sung in Chinese. They are not by Chinese artists. They just have the word "Chinese" in their titles. Nothing more, nothing less. And there's more where these came from, too! Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Lake Malawi  ~  "Chinese Trees"




2)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Chinese Democracy"




3)  Phoebe Bridgers  ~  "Chinese Satellite"




4)  M. Ward  ~  "Chinese Translation"




5)  Alison Gold  ~  "Chinese Food"  (Ladies and gentlemen, one of the stupidest "songs" ever written, and just as poorly performed. From the folks who brought us Rebecca Black's "Friday." So why should we expect any less?)




6)  Coldplay  ~  "Chinese Sleep Chant"




7)  Eric Idle  ~  "I Like Chinese"




8)  Philip Bailey  ~  "Walking On The Chinese Wall"




9)  Eric B. & Rakim  ~  "Chinese Arithmetic"




10)  George Formby  ~  "Chinese Laundry Blues"




11)  Jedi Mind Tricks  ~  "Chinese Water Torture"




12)  Ramones  ~  "Chinese Rock"




13)  Blur  ~  "Chinese Bombs"




14)  R.E.M.  ~  "Seven Chinese Brothers"




15)  MC Jin  ~  "Chinese New Year"




16)  The Pretenders  ~  "Boots Of Chinese Plastic"




17)  Queen  ~  "Chinese Torture"




18)  The Decemberists  ~  "My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist"




19)  Baltimora  ~  "Chinese Restaurant"




20)  Lily Allen  ~  "Chinese"