Thursday, February 26, 2015

"36" Songs

Today, my wife is 36 weeks pregnant with our daughter. So here's a collection of songs (only 20 this time) with the number "36" (or "Thirty-Six") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "#36"




2)  Placebo  ~  "36 Degrees"




3)  Mustasch  ~  "6:36"




4)  Third Day  ~  "Your Love, Oh Lord (Psalm 36)"




5)  Eric Church  ~  "A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young"




6)  John Grant  ~  "Pale Green Ghosts"




7)  Carrie Underwood  ~  "Change"




8)  M.I.A.  ~  "Attention"




9)  The Darkness  ~  "The Best Of Me"



10)  Barbra Streisand  ~  "I'm The Greatest Star"




11)  Trace Adkins  ~  "You're Gonna Miss This"




12)  David Gray  ~  "Knowhere"



13)  The Charlie Daniels Band  ~  "Jitterbug"




14)  Jamiroquai  ~  "Rock Dust Light Star"




15)  You, Me, And Everyone We Know  ~  "A Little Bit More"




16)  John Lennon  ~  "Cold Turkey"




17)  Van Morrison  ~  "Cleaning Windows"




18)  Kid Rock  ~  "Roll On"




19)  2raumwohnung  ~  "36 Grad"




20)  10cc  ~  "Good Morning, Judge"


Songs About Unicorns

To all the unicorn lovers in the audience, this one's for you! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Unicorns  ~  "I Was Born (A Unicorn)"




2)  Passenger  ~  "The Last Unicorn"




3)  Lady Gaga  ~  "Highway Unicorn (Road To Love)"




4)  Rhett & Link  ~  "Unicorn Rap"




5)  Stuck Lucky  ~  "Unicorn Family Picnic"




6)  Imagination Movers  ~  "I've Never Seen A Unicorn"




7)  The Irish Rovers  ~  "The Unicorn"




8)  America  ~  "The Last Unicorn"




9)  Gamma Ray  ~  "Heart Of The Unicorn"




10)  Andrew Huang  ~  "Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing On Rainbows"  (This guy is creepy!)




11)  Parry Gripp  ~  "Space Unicorn"




12)  Wolfmother  ~  "White Unicorn"




13)  Egg Brain  ~  "Dead Unicorn"




14)  Dizzi  ~  "Dance Of The Unicorn"




15)  Basement Jaxx  ~  "Unicorn"




16)  Five Iron Frenzy  ~  "Battle Dancing Unicorns With Glitter"




17)  Apoptygma Berzerk  ~  "Unicorn"




18)  Gloryhammer  ~  "The Land Of Unicorns"




19)  Rocketships  ~  "Unicorn"




20)  Athens Reich & Isis  ~  "Noah's Unicorn"


Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Songs About Ketchup And Mustard…And One About Mayonnaise

I hope you enjoy this brief collection of songs about your favorite condiments every bit as much as I enjoyed compiling it. Which is to say, at least a little bit.  ~  JH



1)  Las Ketchup  ~  "The Ketchup Song (Asereje)"




2)  Damion Suomi  ~  "Mustard Seed"




3)  Tomatow Sue and the Posse  ~  "Ketchup On Everything"




4)  Cheap Yellow Mustard  ~  "Cheap Yellow Mustard"  (Yes, you read that correctly. The band name and song title are the same.)




5)  Stompin' Joe Connors  ~  "The Ketchup Song"




6)  The Beatles  ~  "Mean Mr. Mustard"




7)  Jenni Rivera  ~  "La Papa Sin Catsup"  (Catsup, ketchup, what's the difference, really?)




8)  Latin Playboys  ~  "Mustard"




9)  Catey Shaw  ~  "Ketchup"




10)  Bill Carlisle  ~  "Too Old To Cut The Mustard"




11)  Silage  ~  "Ketchup Is Mustard"




12)  10cc  ~  "Margo Wants The Mustard"




13)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "Mayonaise"  (their deliberate misspelling, not mine)


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!)