Thursday, August 18, 2016

“Gold,” “Silver,” & “Bronze” Songs

In case you were wondering (and I realize that you probably weren't) whether I was completely ignoring the fact that there's currently an Olympics going on, and if you were curious (and I know you weren't) as to whether or not I'd somehow integrate an Olympics theme into my music blogging, here are your answers. I wasn't ignoring the Olympics – in fact, I've shortened many a night's sleep of late watching the broadcasts. And I did come up with somewhat of an Olympic-themed post. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Gold”




2)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Silver Wings”




3)  Joey Cape  ~  “Going For The Bronze”




4)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Girl With The Heart Of Gold”




5)  Lee DeWyze  ~  “Silver Lining”




6)  Future Chaser  ~  “Bronze”




7)   Metallica  ~  “The Ecstasy Of Gold”




8)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Silver Lining”




9)  Ron Spielman  ~  “Bronze Age”




10)  Passenger  ~  “Fool’s Gold”




11)  Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones  ~  “Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine”




12)  The Red Hot Rhythm Rustlers  ~  “The Bronze Buckaroo”




13)  Glee Cast  ~  “Gold Digger”




14)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Silver Springs”  (Another Fleetwood Mac that would have been a nice addition to this post – if I hadn't decided to include only one song per artist – is this.)




15)  Keiko Matsui  ~  “Bronze Casting”




16)  Kimbra  ~  “Plain Gold Ring”




17)  Dio  ~  “Man On The Silver Mountain”




18)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “A Bronze Head”




19)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Where The Blue Of The Night (Meets The Gold Of The Day)”




20)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Silver Train”




21)  Ribozyme  ~  “Bronze”




22)  Halsey  ~  “Empty Gold”




23)  Tony Bennett ft. Bill Charlap  ~  “Look For The Silver Lining”




24)  Bloody Aztec  ~  “Bronze”




25)  Lianne La Havas  ~  “Green & Gold”




26)  First Aid Kit  ~  “My Silver Lining”




27)   Ace Reporter  ~  “Bronze”




28)  Neil Young  ~  “Silver & Gold”




29)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Silver Lining”




30)  The Americans  ~  “Bronze Star”


Wednesday, August 17, 2016

“Obvious” Songs

It should be self-evident what this post consists of, but in case you're not firing on all cylinders so far today (as I usually am not before 10:00 AM), I'll elaborate. Here's a bunch of songs with the word "Obvious" (or one of its derivatives) somewhere in their titles. So obviously you will...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Obvious Song”




2)  blink-182  ~  “Obvious”




3)  Emma-Lee  ~  “Isn’t It Obvious?”




4)  Westlife  ~  “Obvious”




5)  Robyn Hitchcock  ~  “It Is Obvious”




6)  Elephant Revival  ~  “The Obvious”




7)  Paul Simon  ~  “Obvious Child”




8)  Vampire Weekend  ~  “Obvious Bicycle”




9)  Josie Charlwood  ~  “Obvious”




10)  McFly  ~  “Obviously”




11)  White Cliff  ~  “Obvious”




12)  Hey Monday  ~  “Obvious”




13)  Emin  ~  “Obvious”




14)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “It Must Be Obvious”




15)  Charlee  ~  “Obvious”




16)  idiotlights  ~  “Obvious”




17)  Maman  ~  “Obvious Story”




18)  Butterfly Vendetta  ~  “Obvious”




19)  Isaiah The Mosaic  ~  “The Obvious”




20)  Max  ~  “Obvious”




21)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Obvious”




22)  Rolling Thunder Revival  ~  “Obviously Five Believers”  (Bob Dylan cover)




23)  Betsie Larkin & Lange  ~  “Obvious”




24)  Howie Day  ~  “Isn’t It Obvious?”




25)  Exit Glaciers  ~  “Obvious”


Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Songs “About” Something

These aren't "Something" songs. But they are something. They are songs about, for lack of a better word, "About." Meaning, of course, that they all contain the word "About" in their titles. At the beginning of their titles, actually. (To narrow down the options to a reasonable number.) But enough ado about nothing. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Nirvana  ~  “About A Girl”




2)  Alela Diane  ~  “About Farewell”




3)  Miranda Cosgrove  ~  “About You Now”




4)  Josef Hedinger  ~  “About Being Alone”




5)  O.A.R.  ~  “About Mr. Brown”




6)  P.M. Dawn  ~  “About Nothing (For The Love Of Destiny)”




7)  Timothy Seth Avett as Darling  ~  “About Love”




8)  Dirty Projectors  ~  “About To Die”




9)  Dream Theater  ~  “About To Crash”




10)  Easton Corbin  ~  “About To Get Real”




11)  The National  ~  “About Today”




12)  Malcolm McLaren  ~  “About Her”




13)  Al Jolson  ~  “About A Quarter To Nine”




14)  Negative  ~  “About My Sorrow”




15)  Patti Smith  ~  “About A Boy”




16)  San Cisco  ~  “About You”




17)  Little Mix  ~  “About The Boy”




18)  Tom Rosenthal  ~  “About The Weather”




19)  Gov’t Mule  ~  “About To Rage”




20)  The Academy Is…  ~  “About A Girl”


Monday, August 15, 2016

Beans & Franks Songs

This may seem like a fairly straightforward, albeit odd, subject for a blog post, but it's actually a bit more nuanced than at first it seems. Herein lies a collection of songs with the word "Bean" (or "Beans") and/or "Frank" (or "Frankie") somewhere in the name of the artists OR the titles of the songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Bean  ~  “Cops And Robbers”




2)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “For Once In My Life”




3)  Sunflower Bean  ~  “Easier Said”




4)  Frank Ocean  ~  “Swim Good”




5)  Weezer  ~  “Pork And Beans”




6)  Frankie Valli  ~  “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”




7)  Shoshana Bean  ~  “Cold Turkey”




8)  Cake  ~  “Frank Sinatra”




9)  Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band  ~  “Big-Eyed Beans From Venus”




10)  Frank Turner  ~  “Recovery”




11)  Joanna Newsom  ~  “Sprout And The Bean”




12)  Frank Black  ~  “Headache”




13)  Sashi and the Wild Beans  ~  “True To Yourself”




14)  Frankie Avalon  ~  “Venus”




15)  Khalil Fong  ~  “Red Bean”  (I don’t know what he’s singing about, but it sure sounds nice.)




16)  Frank Zappa  ~  “Muffin Man”




17)  Carla Bean  ~  “Magic Box”




18)  Frank Stallone  ~  “Far From Over”




19)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Look At Them Beans”




20)  Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush  ~  “I’m A King Bee”




21)  Celtic Woman  ~  “Bean Phaidin”




22)  Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers  ~  “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”  (Shall we call this “research,” then?)




23)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Day In, Day Out / Boston Beans”




24)  To Be Frank  ~  “Somebody Like You”




25)  Beanie Sigel ft. Melissa Jay  ~  “Feel It In The Air”


Friday, August 12, 2016

Whistling Songs, Vol. 4

Now we've come to the end of this miniseries. This set of songs is less of the ooh-ooh-I've-been-waiting-to-hear-that-one variety, and more of the I-like-that-song-but-I-never-realized-it-had-whistling-in-it or I've-never-heard-that-song-but-that's-some-darn-fine-whistling type. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Mike & The Mechanics  ~  “Over My Shoulder”




2)  Leonard Cohen  ~  “One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong”




3)  De La Soul  ~  “Eye Know”




4)  Nelly Furtado  ~  “All Good Things (Come To An End)”




5)  Roger Miller  ~  “Whistle Stop”




6)  Focus  ~  “Hocus Pocus”




7)  Commodores  ~  “Brick House”




8)  Madonna  ~  “Gambler”




9)  Annibale E I Cantori Moderni  ~  “Trinity (Titoli)”




10)  Fallulah  ~  “Work Song”




11)  Gigi D’Agostino  ~  “The Riddle”




12)  Berlin  ~  “Like Flames”




13)  Robbie Williams  ~  “Go Gentle”




14)  Bruce Johnston  ~  “Disney Girls”




15)  Björk  ~  “Isobel”




16)  Roger Whittaker  ~  “Finnish Whistler”




17)  Bernard Herrmann  ~  “Twisted Nerve”




18)  Wilco  ~  “Dawned On Me”




19)  Meg Myers  ~  “Go”




20)  Daedelus  ~  “Bright Stars”




21)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Workin’ On A Dream”




22)  Guy Mitchell  ~  “Singing The Blues”




23)  Reubens Accomplice  ~  “Field Science”




24)  The Walkmen  ~  “On The Water”




25)  Ace Of Base  ~  “All That She Wants”