"Strange" Songs

Just when you think I've exhausted every possible combination of "Opposites" to make music posts out of, I come up with another one. Here's a collection of songs with "Strange" in their titles. Next time, "Normal" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Doors  ~  "People Are Strange"

2)  Reba McEntire  ~  "Strange"

3)  Animal Kingdom  ~  "Strange Attractor"

4)  The Black Keys  ~  "Strange Times"

5)  Cameo  ~  "She's Strange"

6)  Matthew Good Band  ~  "Strange Days"

7)  Iron Maiden  ~  "Stranger In A Strange Land"

8)  The Feeling  ~  "Strange"

9)  Pete Yorn  ~  "Strange Condition"

10)  Paul Federici  ~  "Strange Disease"

11)  Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa  ~  "Strange Fruit"

12)  School Of Fish  ~  "3 Strange Days"

13)  The Airborne Toxic Event  ~  "Strange Girl"

14)  Monkey To Millionaire ft. Marsha Suryawinata  ~  "Strange Is The Song In Our Conversation"

15)  Tori Amos  ~  "Strange Little Girl"

16)  Homeboy Sandman  ~  "Strange Planet"

17)  The Zolas  ~  "Strange Girl"

18)  R.E.M.  ~  "Strange Currencies"

19)  Michael Learns To Rock  ~  "Strange Foreign Beauty"

20)  Pete Roe  ~  "A Strange Kind Of Mystery In The Air"

21)  Copeland  ~  "Strange And Unprepared"

22)  Verite  ~  "Strange Enough"

23)  Everything But The Girl  ~  "Love Is Strange"

24)  The Gallery  ~  "Life Is Strange"

25)  Catatonia  ~  "Strange Glue"

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"