Wax and Tracks

Friday, September 2, 2016

“Older” Songs

And now that we've dispensed with the "Younger" songs, it's time to proceed to the "Older" ones. For some reason, I like most of these even better than yesterday's set. Maybe it's because I am starting to be able to relate more. Enjoy! ~ JH

1) Jimmy Buffett ~ “Growing Older But Not Up”

2) Skillet ~ “The Older I Get”

3) George Michael ~ “Older”

4) Grant-Lee Phillips ~ “Older Now”

5) Julie Roberts ~ “Wake Up Older”

6) Matthew Sweet ~ “Get Older”

7) Damien Rice ~ “Older Chests”

8) Band Of Horses ~ “Older”

9) Green River Ordinance ~ “Getting Older”

10) Birdy ~ “Older”

11) They Might Be Giants ~ “Older”

12) Bon Jovi ~ “Just Older”

13) Big Bill Broonzy ~ “Getting Older Every Day”

14) Twenty One Pilots ~ “A Few Older Ones”

15) Laura Imbruglia ~ “Why’d You Have To Kiss Me So Hard? / Older Man”

16) Ronnie McDowell ~ “Older Women”

17) Hank Thompson ~ “The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music”

18) Wild Party ~ “When I Get Older”

19) Patty Smyth ~ “Everyone Gets Older”

20) The Flying Burrito Brothers ~ “Older Guys”

Thursday, September 1, 2016

“Younger” Songs

Here's the first half of a two-part "Opposites" series. These are "Younger" songs. Tomorrow, "Older" songs. Nothing else to say. Just enjoy! ~ JH

1) MercyMe ~ “Dear Younger Me”

2) Eels ~ “In My Younger Days”

3) Seinabo Sey ~ “Younger”

4) John Sebastian ~ “Younger Girl”

5) Michou ~ “Growing Younger”

6) Don Williams ~ “Back In My Younger Days”

7) Letting Up Despite Great Faults ~ “Our Younger Noise”

8) Liz Lawrence ~ “When I Was Younger”

9) SOJA ~ “When We Were Younger”

10) The Collection ~ “The Younger One”

11) Novelette ~ “Younger Hands”

12) Mandy Patinkin ~ “Younger Than Springtime”

13) Brendan James ~ “Younger Days”

14) Julie Bergan ~ “Younger”

15) Joe Cocker ~ “Younger”

16) The Careful Ones ~ “When We Were Younger”

17) Alphabeat ~ “Younger Than Yesterday”

18) Idlewild ~ “Younger Than America”

19) Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals ~ “Younger Than Today”

20) Taking Back Sunday ~ “We Were Younger Then”

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

“Guest” & “Host” Songs

I expected this post to include a lot more well-known songs than it actually does, but I was surprised to find that most of the "Guest" and "Host" titled songs out there – while thoroughly engaging in their own right – are by largely unknown artists. But the Beauty And The Beast song is here, so really what else do you need to know? Click, listen, and enjoy! ~ JH

1) Beauty And The Beast Cast ~ “Be Our Guest”

2) Taylor Henderson ~ “Host Of Angels”

3) Marillion ~ “The Uninvited Guest”

4) Timber Timbre ~ “Demon Host”

5) Tristan Prettyman ~ “Guest Check” (I don't know about "Pretty man," but SHE sure has a pretty voice!)

6) The Crocketts ~ “Host”

7) The Mountain Goats ~ “House Guest”

8) I’m The Hug ~ “Perfect Host”

9) Admiral Fallow ~ “Guest Of The Government”

10) Buckethead ~ “Ghost Host” (Yes, he wears a KFC-style chicken bucket on his head when he plays. Go figure! But he's an excellent guitarist, so who cares?)

11) Leonard Cohen ~ “The Guests” (This gravel-voiced guy is one of the best lyricists/songwriters of all time. If you haven't heard of him, you should work on that right now.)

12) Porter ~ “Host Of A Ghost”

13) Ásgeir ~ “Summer Guest”

14) Palm Reader ~ “Noble Host”

15) King Diamond ~ “The Invisible Guests”

16) Ráv Thomas ~ “Like A Gameshow Host”

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Songs About Sneezing

What if I told you I could fill an entire post with songs devoted to the fine art of sneezing? Some about the actual act of sneezing, and some simply with the word "Sneezing" (or one of its forms) in the title? And what if I told you that these songs not only existed, but were all – surprisingly – enjoyable? Would you believe me? Find out for yourself! ~ JH

1) Tori Amos ~ “Caught A Lite Sneeze”

2) Ben Lee ~ “Trying To Sneeze”

3) Crash Test Dummies ~ “Aching To Sneeze”

4) Tonéx ~ “Sneeze”

5) VeggieTales ~ “Sneeze If You Need To”

6) argonaut&wasp ~ “The Sneeze”

7) Todd Congelliere ~ “Sneeze”

8) Stu Gardner / NGFOOT ~ “Sneeze”

9) Stone City Band ~ “South American Sneeze”

10) Ou ~ “Destiny Sneezed”

11) Emmett Elvin ~ “Jupiter Sneezed”

12) Rolf Fabian ~ “Atishoo! Sneezed Hank W”

13) Frank Wakefield ~ “The Old Cat Sneezed”

14) Dump Chip ~ “Sneezing”

15) Laura More ~ “Sneezing”

16) Focus ~ “Sneezing Bull”

17) Myo Awig ~ “Sneezing Young”

18) Mixxbowl ~ “Sneezing Pigs”

19) Meredith Willson And His Orchestra ~ “Sneezing Violins”

20) David Rivera ~ “Flowers Sneezing”

21) Screamin’ Jay Hawkins ~ “Shut Your Mouth When You Sneeze”

22) Sesame Street ~ “The Sneeze Song”

23) Chris Ronald ~ “The Sneeze”

24) Ciorras ~ “The Expensive Sneeze”

25) Cocteau Twins ~ “Five Ten Fiftyfold” (No, it doesn’t have any form of the word “Sneeze” in its title, but as much as the phrase is repeated throughout the song its title might as well be “Wheezing And Sneezing.”)

Monday, August 29, 2016

"Enjoy"-able Songs

I'm always imploring you, Dear Listener, to enjoy these posts. Well, this is one that you may, quite literally, enjoy, as it consists entirely of songs with the word "Enjoy" in their titles. Some are fairly well-known songs by well-known artists, others are much lesser-known songs by virtually unknown artists, and the rest fall somewhere in between. All have the distinct potential to be "enjoy"-able. So, what are you waiting for? Enjoy! ~ JH

1) The Jacksons ~ “Enjoy Yourself”