Songs About Diners, Drive-Ins, And Dives

Being a longtime fan of what I consider a nice filler show on the Food Network, I decided to make a post featuring a collection of songs with either the word, "Diner," "Drive-In," or "Dive" in their titles. Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Tom's Diner"

2)  Catherine Britt  ~  "Drive-In Movie"

3)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  "Dive In"

4)  Larry Raspberry & The Highsteppers  ~  "Dixie Diner"

5)  The Moxies  ~  "Main Street Drive-In"

6)  Nirvana  ~  "Dive"  (Pay no attention to the man in the dress...)

7)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  "We're Getting A Divorce, You Keep The Diner"

8)  Ellis Paul  ~  "Drive-In Movie"

9)  dc Talk  ~  "Dive"

10)  The Les Claypool Frog Brigade  ~  "D's Diner"

11)  David Bowie  ~  "Drive-In Saturday"

12)  St. Lucia  ~  "Before The Dive"

13)  Benabar  ~  "Le Diner"

14)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Drive In Drive Out"

15)  Waxahatchee  ~  "Swan Dive"

16)  Widespread Panic  ~  "Diner"

17)  Dead Vampires  ~  "Dead End Drive-In"

18)  Sister Hazel  ~  "Swan Dive"

19)  Martin Sexton  ~  "Diner"

20)  Jim Henry  ~  "Drive-In Movie Picture Show"

21)  Niké Jemiyo  ~  "Dive"

22)  Eddie Cochran  ~  "Drive-In Show"

23)  Hidden Hospitals  ~  "Swan Dive"

24)  Travis Tritt  ~  "Put Some Drive In Your Country"  (Admittedly, this is a stretch to qualify as a "drive in" song – but it's a really good tune, so who cares?)

25)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Dive"

Songs About Your Mama

"Yo' Mama" jokes used to be all the rage way back when, though they tend to fall a little flat these days. However – as this collection of songs will attest – "Your Mama" songs never go out of style. As you will see here, your mama does not excel at dancing, won't like your boyfriend/girlfriend, is capable of being both shocked and rocked, and is in serious danger of being murdered by Frank Zappa's guitar. Sophisticated stuff here. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Scissor Sisters  ~  "Take Your Mama"

2)  Poison  ~  "Your Mama Don't Dance"

3)  Maggie Rose  ~  "I Ain't Your Mama"

4)  Frank Zappa  ~  "My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama"

5)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "What's Your Mama's Name"

6)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "Your Mama Won't Like Me"

7)  a-ha  ~  "Between Your Mama And Yourself"

8)  Debbie Gibson  ~  "Shock Your Mama"

9)  Ten Years After  ~  "Rock Your Mama"

10)  Little Texas  ~  "Your Mama Won't Let Me"

11)  Norah Jones  ~  "Tell Yer Mama"

12)  Amber Dotson  ~  "I Ain't Your Mama"

13)  Spin Doctors  ~  "Yo' Mama's A Pajama"

14)  Vanessa Amorosi  ~  "Kiss Your Mama"

15)  The Vespers  ~  "Tell Your Mama"

Planetary Songs, Vol. 5: "Pluto"…Poor Little Guy

Because I don't have the heart to leave Pluto out of this series, here's 10 songs about everyone's favorite dwarf planet. Poor little guy!  ~  JH

1)  Emeli Sandé ft. Aaron Sokell, Becky Thomas, Ladonna Marie, and Sharlene Hector ~  "Pluto"

2)  The B-52's  ~  "Hallucinating Pluto"

3)  DJ Clock ft. Beatenberg  ~  "Pluto (Remember You)"

4)  Vance Gilbert  ~  "Goodbye, Pluto"

5)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  "To Pluto's Moon"

6)  Grace  ~  "Pluto"

7)  Andrew Cisneros  ~  "Pluto"

8)  Björk  ~  "Pluto"

9)  Clare And The Reasons  ~  "Pluto"

10)  The Yes Yes Yalls  ~  "Earth To Pluto"

"37" Songs

As of today, my wife is 37 weeks pregnant with our daughter. So here's an unnecessarily large collection of 37 songs with the number "37" (or "Thirty-Seven") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  AFI  ~  "Rabbits Are Roadkill On Rt. 37"

2)  Drowning Pool  ~  "37 Stitches"

3)  Florida Georgia Line ft. Luke Bryan  ~  "This Is How We Roll"

4)  A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "Bonita Applebum"

5)  Bridgit Mendler  ~  "Ready Or Not"

6)  Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers  ~  "Guitar Town"

7)  Army Of Freshmen  ~  "Juliet"

8)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  "Pensacola"

9)  The Velvet Underground & Nico  ~  "Femme Fatale"

10)  Ricky Nelson  ~  "Ain't Nothin' But Love"

11)  Architecture In Helsinki  ~  "B4 3D"

12)  Harry Chapin  ~  "Sniper"

13)  Rory Gallagher  ~  "Cruise On Out"

14)  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  ~  "We Real Cool"

15)  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  ~  "Home Again In My Heart"

16)  Rival Sons  ~  "Good Things"

17)  Fefe Dobson  ~  "Can't Breathe"

18)  Rodney Atkins  ~  "He's Mine"

19)  Creedence Clearwater Revival  ~  "Travelin' Band"

20)  Liz Phair  ~  "Jealousy"

21)  King Kobra  ~  "Tough Guys"

22)  The Guess Who  ~  "Glamour Boy"

23)  Reggie And The Full Effect  ~  "37"

24)  Komputer  ~  "Valentina"

25)  Turin Brakes  ~  "Underdog (Save Me)"

26)  The Low Anthem  ~  "Boeing 737"

27)  Heaven 17  ~  Come Live With Me"

28)  Squeeze  ~  "853-5937"

29)  Alisa Vox  ~  "37"

30)  Marianne Faithfull  ~  "The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan"

31)  Novel Nature  ~  "1937"

32)  August Burns Red  ~  "Thirty And Seven"

33)  DMA's  ~  "Feels Like 37"

34)  Icicle Works  ~  "What She Did To My Mind"

35)  Lizzy Borden  ~  "Red Rum"

36)  Sebastian Ciceri  ~  "Scorpio ThirtySeven"

37)  Nina Hagen  ~  "1985 Ekstasy Drive"

Planetary Songs, Vol. 4: "Uranus" & "Neptune"

Here's the fourth installment in my latest series of posts featuring songs with the names of the planets in their titles. And let me just tell you...it was really, really difficult to find 10 songs that weren't scatological or sexual in nature with the word "Uranus" in the title. (For obvious reasons.) I think I was mostly successful, though one of the songs may be borderline risque, at least from a visual standpoint. Oh yeah, and there's 10 songs about Neptune in here, too. You may think this is the last post in the series, but count me among the naysayers who still thinks Pluto is worthy of a spot amongst the planets, as it always was when I was growing up – so Pluto will get its own post tomorrow. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Argent  ~  "Cast Your Spell, Uranus"

2)  The Bad Sectors  ~  "Uranus Flowers"

3)  Vengaboys ft. Perez Hilton  ~  "Rocket To Uranus"

4)  London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hickox  ~  Gustav Holst's "The Planets, Op. 32: Uranus, The Magician"

5)  PV Nova  ~  "It Feels Like Uranus"

6)  Klaus Doldinger's Passport  ~  "Uranus"

7)  Kitaro  ~  "Uranus Wave"

8)  Ian Stephen  ~  "Jazz Club On Uranus"

9)  Leonis  ~  "Terminus Uranus"

10)  La Belle Bleue  ~  "Les Faubourgs d'Uranus"

11)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "Valleys Of Neptune"

12)  Sammy  ~  "Neptune Ave."

13)  Cracker  ~  "Brides Of Neptune"

14)  Metropol  ~  "Neptune"

15)  Sleeping At Last  ~  "Neptune"

16)  Luna Green  ~  "Neptune"

17)  Death In Vegas  ~  "Neptune City"

18)  Nicole Atkins & The Sea  ~  "Neptune City"

19)  S.J. Tucker  ~  "Neptune"

20)  Taimane  ~  "Neptune's Storm"