Thursday, October 13, 2016

Songs About Squeezing

Maybe you could use a good squeeze today. Maybe you just like the word "Squeeze." Or maybe you simply love good music. Whichever it is, this post has got you covered! Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Soul To Squeeze”




2)  Stevie Ray Vaughan  ~  “Hug You, Squeeze You”




3)  N.E.R.D.  ~  “Squeeze Me”




4)  Jane Monheit  ~  “Just Squeeze Me”




5)  Morrissey  ~  “Something Is Squeezing My Skull”




6)  Andy Frasco & The U.N.  ~  “Main Squeeze”




7)  Maxwell Mud  ~  “Squeeze”




8)  Fifth Harmony  ~  “Squeeze”




9)  Phil Kennemore  ~  “Squeeze”




10)  38 Special  ~  “The Squeeze”




11)  Ralph Covert and the Acoustic Army  ~  “Squeezing The Puzzle Together”




12)  Cocteau Twins  ~  “Squeeze-Wax”




13)  Richie Kotzen  ~  “Squeeze Play”




14)  Delbert McClinton  ~  “Squeeze Me In”




15)  Mother Ton  ~  “Squeeze”




16)  Forest Sun  ~  “Big Big Squeeze"




17)  The Who  ~  “Squeeze Box”




18)  Kraak & Smaak  ~  “Squeeze Me”




19)  New Birth ft. Leslie Wilson  ~  “Squeezing Too Much Living”




20)  Ayla Brown  ~  “Squeeze”




21)  Fats Waller  ~  “Squeeze Me”




22)  The Blue Grooves  ~  “You’re My Main Squeeze”




23)  Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps  ~  “Put The Squeeze On Me”




24)  David Goldman ft. Kristin Hoffmann  ~  “Put Your Squeeze On Me”




25)  The Reversals  ~  “Squeeze”


Wednesday, October 12, 2016

“Pathetic” Songs

These songs are pathetic! Actually, they aren't. They're quite nice. However, the word "Pathetic" does appear in the title of each of them. For whatever that's worth. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Amber Pacific  ~  “Poetically Pathetic”




2)  Joanna Wang  ~  “I’m Pathetic Enough”




3)  Erik Hassle  ~  “Pathetic”




4)  Koen De Bruyne  ~  “Pathetic Dreams”




5)  Hardcore Superstar  ~  “Pathetic Way Of Life”




6)  Tamara Laurel  ~  “Pathetic”




7)  Spookbox  ~  “Pathetic Song”




8)  Today Forever  ~  “The New Pathetic”




9)  Sun Kil Moon  ~  “I Know It’s Pathetic, But That Was The Greatest Night Of My Life”




10)  Meta  ~  “Pathetic”




11)  Alesana  ~  “Pathetic, Ordinary”




12)  -phy  ~  “Pathetic Frenetic”




13)  Bell Monks  ~  “Pathetic And Muddled”




14)  La Grande Illusion  ~  “So Pathetic”




15)  Black Juju  ~  “A Pathetic Lie”




16)  Procedure Club  ~  “Sweet And Pathetic”




17)  Amalgam  ~  “Pathetic Me”




18)  Niya  ~  “Pathetic Optimist”




19)  RNRM  ~  “Pathetic Wave”




20)  Shal Sagan  ~  “Pathetic”




21)  Candid Kid  ~  “Pathetic”




22)  Jill Koch  ~  “Pathetic Little Mind”




23)  The Smoking Popes  ~  “Pretty Pathetic”




24)  Courtney Yovich  ~  “Pathetic”




25)  JP Glovasa  ~  “Pathetic”


Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Songs About Popcorn

Here's a bunch of Songs About Popcorn. Because I felt like it, that's why. Let's get it poppin'....and enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  The Roots  ~  “Pass The Popcorn”




2)  M&H Band  ~  “Popcorn”




3)  Solillaquists Of Sound  ~  “Popcorn”




4)  Cliffie Stone & His Orchestra ft. Bob Roubian  ~  “The Popcorn Song”




5)  Joey Rumble  ~  “Popcorn”




6)  James Brown  ~  “Mother Popcorn”




7)  The Mighty Imperials ft. Joseph Henry  ~  “Joseph’s Popcorn”




8)  Alix Olson  ~  “Popcorn And Laughter”  (I don't usually feature spoken-word recordings on this blog, but this one was good and fit the theme. So there ya go...)




9)  Luiz Henrique & Walter Wanderley  ~  “Popcorn”




10)  New Edition  ~  “Popcorn Love”




11)  Eddie Platt And His Orchestra  ~  “Popcorn”




12)  The Wiggles ft. James Redfern  ~  “Hot Poppin’ Popcorn”




13)  The Supremes  ~  “Buttered Popcorn”




14)  The Searchers  ~  “Popcorn Double Feature”




15)  Eldridge Holmes  ~  “Pop, Popcorn Children”




16)  Everline  ~  “Popcorn Movies”




17)  Brainstorm  ~  “Popcorn”




18)  Parry Gripp  ~  “Hamster On A Piano (Eating Popcorn)”




19)  Otis Spann  ~   “Popcorn Man”




20)  Howdy Doody & The Fontane Sisters  ~  “The Popcorn Song”




BONUS TRACK:  Alanis Morissette  ~  "Front Row"  (No, the word “popcorn” doesn’t appear anywhere in the title of this song, but it does figure prominently into the chorus, and is repeated several times throughout the tune. Besides, I like it – and her.)


Monday, October 10, 2016

Songs About Nerds, Geeks, Dorks, & Freaks

If I told you these songs were autobiographical, it wouldn’t be too far from the truth. The only untruth there is that I didn’t write them. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “White & Nerdy”




2)  Rocket Me Nowhere  ~  “If A Nerd And A Cupcake Had A Baby”




3)  KJ-52 ft. Pigeon John  ~  “Revenge Of The Nerds”  (With hidden bonus track: “Mullet Pride.” You’re welcome. And I’m sorry.)




4)  Busted  ~  “Nerdy”




5)  Jimmy Wong & Meghan Camarena  ~  “Nerdy Love Song”




6)  The Rubinoos  ~  “Revenge Of The Nerds”




7)  Green Day  ~  “Geek Stink Breath”




8)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Geek U.S.A.”




9)  Sugarplum Fairies  ~  “Geek”




10)  I Fight Dragons  ~  “The Geeks Will Inherit The Earth”




11)  Jason Mraz  ~  “Geek In The Pink”




12)  Bettie Serveert  ~  “Geek”




13)  The National  ~  “Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks”




14)  Nerina Pallot  ~  “Geek Love”




15)  Procol Harum  ~  “Long Gone Geek”




16)  The Faint  ~  “The Geeks Were Right”




17)  PepperJill & Jack  ~  “Dork For You”




18)  Macey Erin  ~  “Dork Love”




19)  Reel Big Fish  ~  “Scotts A Dork”




20)  Whodini  ~  “Freaks Come Out At Night”




21)  The Hawk In Paris  ~  “Freaks”




22)  Seals & Crofts  ~  “Freaks Fret”




23)  Elton John  ~  “Freaks In Love”




24)  Smile Empty Soul  ~  “The Freaks Are Coming”




25)  Kansas  ~  “Freaks Of Nature”


Friday, October 7, 2016

Songs About Balls & Strikes, Vol. 2

Here's the second and final installment of Songs About Balls & Strikes. Play ball...and enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Aerosmith  ~  “Lightning Strikes”




2)  The White Stripes  ~  “Ball And Biscuit”




3)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Clown Strike”




4)  Big Brother and the Holding Company  ~  “Ball And Chain”




5)  Warren Zevon  ~  “Johnny Strikes Up The Band”




6)  Queen  ~  “Dreamer’s Ball”




7)  John Barrowman  ~  “Strike Up The Band”




8)  Anthony Hamilton  ~  “Ball And Chain”




9)  Primal Fear  ~  “Strike”




10)  Lifehouse  ~  “Wrecking Ball”




11)  Rosanne Cash ft. Eliza Gilkyson  ~  “Rosie Strike Back”




12)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  “Welcome To The Ball”




13)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Lightning Strikes”




14)  Keane  ~  “Crystal Ball”




15)  We As Human  ~  “Strike Back”




16)  Dave Matthews  ~  “Beach Ball”




17)  Chic  ~  “Strike Up The Band”




18)  Styx  ~  “Crystal Ball”




19)  A Silent Film  ~  “Lightning Strike”




20)  Shooter Jennings  ~  “Belle Of The Ball”




21)  Michael Schenker Group  ~  “Fatal Strike”




22)  Rick James  ~  “Jefferson Ball”




23)  Todd Rundgren  ~  “Strike”




24)  XTC  ~  “Ball And Chain”




25)  Black Box  ~  “Strike It Up”