Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Songs About Dragons

Apologies if you liked it, but the wussiness of my last post (Songs With Butterflies) left a bad taste in my mouth. A collection of Songs About Dragons? Now, that's more like it! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Bruce Dickinson  ~  “Tears Of The Dragon”




2)  Mickey Rooney & Helen Reddy  ~  “I Saw A Dragon”




3)  Trivium  ~  “Becoming The Dragon”




4)  Tori Amos  ~  “Dragon”




5)  Josh Ritter  ~  “Peter Killed The Dragon”




6)  K’s Choice  ~  “Killing Dragons”




7)  Peter, Paul, & Mary  ~  “Puff, The Magic Dragon”




8)  Miriam Bryant  ~  “Dragon”




9)  Jefferson Starship  ~  “Dance With The Dragon”




10)  Epica  ~  “Chasing The Dragon”




11)  Queen  ~  “Dragon Attack”




12)  Alyson Stoner  ~  “Dragon (That’s What You Wanted)”




13)  Los Colognes  ~  “Golden Dragon Hut”




14)  Lindsey Stirling  ~  “Dragon Age”




15)  MC Lars  ~  “Dragon Blood”




16)  Symfobia  ~  “Dragon”




17)  Covet  ~  “Sea Dragon”




18)  Fallulah  ~  “Dragon”




19)  Floricienta  ~  “Un Enorme Dragón”




20)  Magnum  ~  “Dragons Are Real”


Songs About Butterflies

After coming up with the idea for this post, I second-guessed myself a bit. I mean, butterflies, come on...how wussy can you get? So, this is (unofficially, at least) a two-parter. First up, Songs About Butterflies. Then later – as un-wussy a subject as I could possibly conceive – Songs About Dragons. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  a-ha  ~  “Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)”




2)  Weezer  ~  “Butterfly”




3)  Mariah Carey  ~  “Butterfly”




4)  HIM  ~  “Wings Of A Butterfly”




5)  Crazy Town  ~  “Butterfly”




6)  Corinne Bailey Rae  ~  “Butterfly”




7)  Noel Gallagher & Paul Weller  ~  “The Butterfly Collector”




8)  Miley Cyrus & Billy Ray Cyrus  ~  “Butterfly, Fly Away”




9)  Shinedown  ~  “The Crow & The Butterfly”




10)  Heart  ~  “Dog & Butterfly”




11)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”




12)  John Denver  ~  “Catch Another Butterfly”




13)  Joan Osborne  ~  “Baby Is A Butterfly”




14)  Bob Carlisle  ~  “Butterfly Kisses”




15)  Procol Harum  ~  “Butterfly Boy”




16)  Deniece Williams  ~  “Black Butterfly”




17)  Iron Butterfly  ~  “Butterfly Bleu”




18)  Chaka Khan  ~  “Papillon (a.k.a. Hot Butterfly)”




19)  Muse  ~  “Butterflies And Hurricanes”




20)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “Sometimes Like Butterflies”




21)  Screaming Trees  ~  “Butterfly”




22)  Mads Langer  ~  “Drunken Butterfly”




23)  Tori Amos  ~  “Sleeps With Butterflies”




24)  The Hollies  ~  “Butterfly”




25)  K’s Choice  ~  “Butterflies Instead”


Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Songs About Curiosity

Oh, I know you're curious. So you might as well...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Hayley Kiyoko  ~  “Curious




2)  Holly Brook  ~  “Curious”




3)  The Coral  ~  “A Warning To The Curious”




4)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  “Curiosity”




5)  Fear Before The March Of Flames  ~  “The Waiting Makes Me Curious”




6)  Emily Arrow  ~  “Curious Garden”




7)  Jason Mraz  ~  “Mr. Curiosity”




8)  Kid Carter  ~  “Curious”




9)  Amy Grant  ~  “Curious Thing”




10)  Five Mile Town  ~  “Curious Creature”




11)  The Jets  ~  “Curiosity”




12)  Spacehog  ~  “Love Is A Curious Thing”




13)  Emilie Gassin  ~  “Curiosity Killed The Cat”




14)  Outsides  ~  “Just Curious”




15)  Havington  ~  “Curiosity”




16)  Stinky Tofu  ~  “Furious Curiosity”




17)  Homzy/Kesler Duo  ~  “Curiosity”




18)  Kid Creole And The Coconuts  ~  “My Male Curiosity”




19)  Rabbit Rabbit  ~  “The Curious One”




20)  Little River Band  ~  “Curiosity Killed The Cat

Monday, June 20, 2016

Songs About Wiping

Whether it's eyes, tears, hands, stains, sadness, noise, smiles, makeup, sweat, tracks, full-of-doubt looks, or what have you – there's plenty of wiping to go around in these songs. Enjoy?!?!  ~  JH



1)  Maroon 5  ~  “Wipe Your Eyes”




2)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “Possession”




3)  The Fat Boys ft. The Beach Boys  ~  “Wipeout”




4)  Evanescence  ~  “My Immortal”




5)  The Ventures  ~  “Wipe Out”




6)  KT Tunstall  ~  “Heal Over”




7)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “Stand”




8)  Lights  ~  “Cactus In The Valley”




9)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  “Redeemed”




10)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Signal To Noise”




11)  Adele  ~  “Right As Rain”




12)  Big Head Todd & The Monsters  ~  “Wipeout Turn”




13)  Paloma Faith  ~  “Black & Blue”




14)  The Offspring  ~  “Can’t Repeat”




15)  Anouk  ~  “Don’t Wipe Us Out”




16)  Flame ft. DecembeRadio  ~  “Let Go”




17)  Meredith Andrews  ~  “You’re Not Alone”




18)  Starsailor  ~  “Tie Up My Hands”




19)  Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams  ~  “Lose Yourself To Dance”




20)  Blondie  ~  “Wipe Off My Sweat”




21)  George Thorogood And The Destroyers  ~  “Tail Dragger”




22)  Dick Van Dyke & Janet Leigh  ~  “Put On A Happy Face”


Friday, June 17, 2016

“If” & “When” Songs, Vol. 2

The last of the "If" songs...and the "When" ones as well, for that matter. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Prince  ~  “When You Were Mine”




2)  Ella Eyre  ~  “If I Go"





3)  Nat King Cole  ~  “When I Fall In Love”





4)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “If You Love Me, Let Me Go”





5)  Green Day  ~  “When I Come Around”





6)  The Script  ~  “If You Could See Me Now”





7)  Bruno Mars  ~  “When I Was Your Man”





8)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “If I Never Sing Another Song”





9)  Paramore  ~  “When It Rains”





10)   Ginny Owens  ~  “If You Want Me To”





11)  Passenger  ~  “When We Were Young”





12)  Alicia Keys  ~  “If I Ain’t Got You”





13)  Babyface  ~  “When Can I See You”





14)  Reba McEntire ft. Brooks & Dunn  ~  “If You See Him, If You See Her”





15)  Mary J. Blige  ~  “When You’re Gone”





16)  Casting Crowns  ~  “If We Are The Body”





17)  Shania Twain  ~  “When”





18)  Tonic  ~  “If You Could Only See”





19)  Dean Martin  ~  “When You’re Smiling”





20)  Shai  ~  “If I Ever Fall In Love”





21)  Leo Sayer  ~  “When I Need You”





22)  Keith Urban & John Mayer  ~  “If Ever I Could Love”





23)  The Cranberries  ~  “When You’re Gone”





24)  John Legend  ~  “If You’re Out There”





25)  Journey  ~  “When You Love A Woman”