Wednesday, December 6, 2017

“Lights,” “Camera,” & “Action” Songs, Vol. 3

Well, this has been fun, but all good things must come to an end. One more round of "Lights," "Camera," & "Action" Songs and we fade to black. But don't worry, there's always more music posts where these came from (i.e., my scatter-brained mind). Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Meat Loaf  ~  “Piece Of The Action”




2)  Reba McEntire  ~  “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia”




3)  Rise Against  ~  “Voices Off Camera”




4)  Utopia  ~  “Love In Action”




5)  Imagination  ~  “Music And Lights”




6)  Wilco  ~  “Kamera”




7)  Joan As Police Woman  ~  “The Action Man”




8)  Jessie James Decker  ~  “Lights Down Low”




9)  Editors  ~  “Camera”




10)  Above & Beyond ft. Alex Vargas  ~  “Blue Sky Action”




11)  Charlie Cunningham  ~  “Lights Off”




12)  Rhonda  ~  “Camera”




13)  Franz Ferdinand  ~  “Right Action”




14)  Elton John  ~  “Turn The Lights Out When You Leave”




15)  The Fixx  ~  “Cameras In Paris”




16)  Kitty, Daisy, & Lewis  ~  “No Action”




17)  Yellowcard  ~  “Lights And Sounds”




18)  Local Natives  ~  “Camera Talk”




19)  Fireflight  ~  “Action”




20)  Boyce Avenue  ~  “When The Lights Die”




21)  Billy Corgan  ~  “The Camera Eye”




22)  Foreigner  ~  “Reaction To Action”




23)  Genevieve  ~  “Lights On”




24)  Spoon  ~  “I Turn My Camera On”




25)  The Get Up Kids  ~  “Action & Action”


Tuesday, December 5, 2017

“Lights,” “Camera,” & “Action” Songs, Vol. 2

More "Lights," "Camera," & "Action" Songs coming your way in 3...2...1... shoot! Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Neil Young  ~  “Distant Camera”




2)  The Flamin’ Groovies  ~  “Shake Some Action”




3)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Neon Lights”




4)  Elton John  ~  “The Camera Never Lies”




5)  Powerman 5000  ~  “Action”




6)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “Bright Lights”




7)  Yuna  ~  “Lights And Camera”




8)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions  ~  “No Action”




9)  Wade Bowen  ~  “Turn On The Lights”




10)  The Bird And The Bee  ~  “I Hate Camera”




11)  Queen  ~  “Action This Day”





12)  Meiko  ~  “Leave The Lights On”




13)  Michael Franks  ~  “The Camera Never Lies”




14)  Erasure  ~  “Heavenly Action”




15)  U2  ~  “City Of Blinding Lights”  (For some reason, the song cuts off abruptly three-and-a-half minutes into it. Still good, though.)




16)  Nina Gordon  ~  “Number One Camera”




17)  Def Leppard  ~  “Action”




18)  Blanche  ~  “City Lights”




19)  The Tragically Hip  ~  “Pigeon Camera”




20)  Toby Keith  ~  “A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action”




21)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Leave Before The Lights Come On”




22)  Matt and Kim  ~  “Cameras”  (NOTE: This video is not for the faint of heart, as the band members – a man and a woman, no less – are depicted beating the living crap out of each other. For no good reason, at that.)




23)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Action/Adventure”




24)  NF  ~  “Green Lights”




25)  Lyric  ~  “Camera Shy”


Monday, December 4, 2017

“Lights,” “Camera,” & “Action” Songs, Vol. 1

I don't know why I keep coming up with ideas for music posts, but I do. And I enjoy doing so. When I thought up this one, I knew there'd be lots of songs to choose from, and there were. The first in what will be a three-part series, this is... "Lights," "Camera," and "Action"!!!  ~  JH



1)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Lights”




2)  Rush  ~  “The Camera Eye”




3)  Tauren Wells  ~  “Love Is Action”




4)  Selena Gomez & The Scene  ~  “Hit The Lights”




5)  R.E.M.  ~  “Camera”




6)  Howard Jones  ~  “Dream Into Action”




7)  Journey  ~  “Lights”




8)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Love Is A Camera”




9)  Mark Lanegan  ~  “No Easy Action”




10)  Sløtface  ~  “Bright Lights”




11)  The Buggles  ~  “I Am A Camera”




12)  Pillar  ~  “Call To Action”




13)  MAX ft. gnash  ~  “Lights Down Low”




14)  Jason Chen  ~  “Smile For The Camera”




15)  Millennium  ~  “Welcome To The Action”




16)  TobyMac ft. Hollyn  ~  “Lights Shine Bright”




17)  Dead Dance  ~  “Camera Song”




18)  Jimmy Eat World  ~  “Action Needs An Audience”





19)  Baillie And The Boys  ~  “The Lights Of Home”




20)  Young The Giant  ~  “Camera”




21)  Kim Mitchell  ~  “Kids In Action”




22)  Gary Clark, Jr.  ~  “Bright Lights”




23)  Bucks Fizz  ~  “My Camera Never Lies”




24)  The Who ft. Eddie Vedder  ~  “Let’s See Action”




25)  Sia  ~  “Dim The Lights”


Thursday, November 30, 2017

“Blank” Songs

Whether it's blank spaces, blank pages, blank tapes, blank babies (wait, what?), blank expressions, fill in the blanks, or something else entirely, it's probably represented in this collection of...you guessed it..."Blank" Songs. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Blank Space”




2)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “White Blank Page”




3)  Cherri Bomb  ~  “Drawing A Blank”




4)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Blank Page”




5)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Blank Page”




6)  From Indian Lakes  ~  “Blank Tapes”




7)  Epica  ~  “Blank Infinity”




8)  Failure  ~  “Blank”




9)  Le Prince Miiaou  ~  “Fill The Blank With Your Own Emptiness”




10)  The Presidents Of The United States Of America  ~  “Blank Baby”




11)  Loosie  ~  “Blank”




12)  Tim McGraw  ~  “Blank Sheet Of Paper”




13)  Dirty Projectors  ~  “Offspring Are Blank”




14)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Point Blank”




15)  Stove  ~  “Blank”




16)  Richard Hell and the Voidoids  ~  “Blank Generation”




17)  Zola Jesus  ~  “Go (Blank Sea)”




18)  Car Seat Headrest  ~  “Fill In The Blank”




19)  Lily Allen  ~  “Blank Expression”




20)  Dylan Joel  ~  “Blank”




21)  His Merry Men  ~  “Blank Book”




22)  Seafret  ~  “Blank You Out”




23)  Luthea Salom  ~  “Blank Piece Of Paper”




24)  Sonata Arctica  ~  “Blank File”




25)  Stories In Colours  ~  “Blank Page”