Tuesday, February 24, 2015

It's About Time! Vol. 4: Days


And we're back to the time-related posts again. This time, songs with the word "Days" in their titles. What else can I say? Enjoy 'em!  ~  JH



1)  Jamiroquai  ~  "Seven Days In Sunny June"




2)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Dog Days Are Over"




3)  The Drums  ~  "Days"




4)  The Offspring  ~  "Days Go By"




5)  The Maine  ~  "Some Days"




6)  Avicii ft. Robbie Williams  ~  "The Days"




7)  Sugarland  ~  "These Are The Days"




8)  Phantogram  ~  "Black Out Days"




9)  MGMT  ~  "Alien Days"




10)  Sting  ~  "Seven Days"




11)  Taylor Henderson  ~  "Brighter Days"




12)  Queen  ~  "These Are The Days Of Our Lives"




13)  Outlandish  ~  "Better Days"




14)  John Mayer  ~  "Shadow Days"




15)  David Bowie  ~  "Days"




16)  Amos Lee  ~  "Better Days"




17)  Ray LaMontagne  ~  "Three More Days"




18)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  "Counting Down The Days"




19)  Jackson Browne  ~  "These Days"




20)  A Fine Frenzy  ~   "Last Of Days"


Saturday, February 21, 2015

Songs By Oscar-Winning Actors And Actresses (Who Aren't Known For Their Singing)

This is one of the oddest, yet most fun song compilations I've put together in awhile. In honor of this weekend's Academy Awards ceremony, here's a bunch of songs by Oscar-winning actors and actresses whom you wouldn't typically think of as singers. And yes, these are all the thespians' actual vocals you hear. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Bette Davis  ~  "I've Written A Letter To Daddy"




2)  Joan Crawford  ~  "How Long Will It Last?"




3)  Clark Gable  ~  "Puttin' On The Ritz"




4)  Elizabeth Taylor  ~  "Send In The Clowns"




5)  Maggie Smith (with Carol Burnett)  ~  [Unknown Song Title]




6)  James Stewart (with Dean Martin)  ~  "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"  (skip to 4:55 for the song if you don't want to hear Stewart and Martin bantering back and forth – but why wouldn't you?)




7)  Diane Keaton  ~  "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To"




8)  Sally Field  ~  "You're Moving Out Today"




9)  Jack Nicholson  ~  "La Vie En Rose"




10)  Jodie Foster  ~  "Getting Some Feeling"




11)  Jennifer Lawrence  ~  "The Hanging Tree"




12)  Christopher Walken (with John Travolta)  ~  "(You're) Timeless To Me"




13)  Kathy Bates  ~  "Little Girls"




14)  Tilda Swinton  ~  "From A Distance"




15)  Kevin Spacey  ~  "Beyond The Sea"




16)  Emma Thompson  ~  "Worst Pies In London"




17)  Kim Basinger  ~  "Let's Do It"




18)  Helen Mirren  ~  "Good Ship Lollipop"




19)  Kate Winslet  ~  "What If"




20)  Christian Bale  ~  "Santa Fe"




21)   Shelley Winters  ~  "Lie To Me"




22)  Goldie Hawn  ~  "Nobody Does It Like Me"




23)  Vanessa Redgrave  ~  "J'attendrai"




24)  Geena Davis  ~  "The Ground You Walk On"




25)  Morgan Freeman  ~  "Shoo Shoo Sunshine"




BONUS TRACK:  Dame Judi Dench (with Brendan O'Hea)  ~  "Sixteen Going On Seventeen"  (OK, this one is just hilarious! A SO-NOT-16-year-old Dame Judi hamming it up with a much younger man. She's awesome!)



Friday, February 20, 2015

Songs About Elephants

After all the crazy stuff I've posted in the past, do you even need to ask why I'm doing a post of songs about elephants. Nope? I didn't think so. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Beirut  ~  "Elephant Gun"




2)  Ten Walls  ~  "Walking With Elephants"




3)  Tame Impala  ~  "Elephant"




4)  Ladytron  ~  "White Elephant"




5)  Bindi Irwin  ~  "Elephant Of India"




6)  Warpaint  ~  "Elephants"




7)  Them Crooked Vultures  ~  "Elephants"




8)  Mads Langer  ~  "Elephant"




9)  Moonbeam & Akshai ft. Avis Vox  ~  "Elephant Ride"




10)  Heath Deloach  ~  "An Elephant's Lament"




11)  Blaudzun  ~  "Elephants"




12)  Face Of God  ~  "Elephant"




13)  Damien Rice  ~  "Elephant"




14)  Ishani  ~  "Pelican Elephant"




15)  Boardroom Heroes  ~  "Elephant"




16)  Ingeborg Selnes  ~  "Elephant"




17)  Bird To Beast  ~  "Elephant"




18)  Jimmy Nevis  ~  "Elephant Shoes"




19)  Abandin All Hope  ~  "Elephant"




20)  That Noble Fury  ~  "My Elephant"




BONUS TRACK:  Henry Mancini  ~  "Baby Elephant Walk"  (For my pal, Don, who pointed out the fact that I'd forgotten this instrumental gem.)


Thursday, February 19, 2015

"35" Songs


Today, my wife is 35 weeks pregnant with our daughter. Surprisingly enough, here's 35 songs to commemorate that fact, all of which contain the number "35" (or "Thirty-Five") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Green River Ordinance  ~  "Where The West Wind Blows"




2)  Van Morrison  ~  "Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket"




3)  Ben Folds  ~  "Kylie From Connecticut"




4)  Johnny Cash  ~  "The Ballad Of John Henry's Hammer"




5)  Peter, Paul, and Mary with Petula Clark  ~  "It's Raining"




6)  Sia  ~  "Playground"




7)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "It Was A Very Good Year"




8)  The Kinks  ~  "All Aboard"

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9)  John Mellencamp  ~  "Cherry Bomb"




10)  Bee Gees  ~  "Marley Purt Drive"




11)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Country Boy"




12)  Joan Baez  ~  "Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose)"




13)  Damian Marley  ~  "In 2 Deep"




14)  Elvis Presley  ~  "The Love Machine"




15)  Kate Miller-Heidke  ~  "Nightflight"




16)  Justin Moore  ~  "Backwoods"




17)  KISS  ~  "Hooligan"




18)  Craig Morgan  ~  "That's What I Love About Sunday"




19)  Tori Amos  ~  "Curtain Call"




20)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  "This Is The Stuff"




21)   Tracy Lawrence  ~  "Other Side Of 35"




22)  The Black Angels  ~  "Entrance Song"




23)  Adam And The Ants  ~  "Ants Invasion"




24)  Motion City Soundtrack  ~  "Timelines"




25)  Sparks  ~  "Occupation"



26)  Jamie T  ~  "Sheila"




27)  Mason Jennings  ~  "Southern Cross"




28)  Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti  ~  "Mature Themes"




29)  Will Hoge  ~  "Too Old To Die Young"





30)  Jordan Knight  ~  "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man"




31)   Smokie  ~  "Petesey's Song"




32)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  "Old Hippie"

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33)  King Crimson  ~  "Lament"




34)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  "Nerve"




35)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  "Old Dan's Records"



Wednesday, February 18, 2015

"Triple" Songs


Third and final installment in my latest, somewhat-pointless series. Here's a collection of songs with the word "Triple" in their titles. There's only ten of them. That's all I could find. But it's enough. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Beastie Boys  ~  "Triple Trouble"




2)  Just Jack  ~  "Triple Tone Eyes"




3)  Yo La Tengo  ~  "Periodically Double Or Triple"




4)  Down To Earth Approach  ~  "Triple Black"




5)  Rick Tippe  ~  "Triple Threat"




6)  CKY  ~  "Tripled Manic State"




7)  Here Come The Mummies  ~  "Single Double Triple"




8)  Stereolab  ~  "Feel And Triple"




9)  Umphrey's McGee  ~  "Triple Wide"




10)  Dimie Cat  ~  "AAA (Triple A)"