Tuesday, May 22, 2018

"Right" & "Left" Songs, Vol. 1

I haven't done any "opposites" posts in about a month. So why not compile a coupla sets of "Right" and "Left" Songs! Don't let the theme fool you – these songs aren't political in nature. They're just good songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Maxine Nightingale  ~  “Right Back Where We Started From”



2)  Mat Kearney  ~  “Nothing Left To Lose”




3)  Melanie Fiona   ~  “Give It To Me Right”



4)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Nothing Left To Say / Rocks”




5)  HAIM  ~  “Right Now”



6)  Flume & Chet Faker  ~  “Left Alone”




7)  Macy Gray  ~  “She Ain’t Right For You”




8)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid”



9)  The Script  ~  “It’s Not Right For You”




10)  Mickey Guyton  ~  “Better Than You Left Me”




11)  Graham Nash & David Crosby  ~  “Right Between The Eyes”



12)  Natalie Imbruglia  ~  “Left Of The Middle”




13)  Hawk Nelson ft. MDSN  ~  “Right Here With You”




14)  The Pretty Reckless  ~  “Nothing Left To Lose”




15)  Bubba Sparxxx ft. Rodney Atkins  ~  “Right”




16)  RaeLynn  ~  “If You Left It Up To Me”




17)  Eurythmics  ~  “Right By Your Side”




18)  Weezer  ~  “The World Has Turned And Left Me Here”




19)  Sarah Reeves  ~  “Right Where You Want Me”




20)  The Alan Parsons Project  ~  “Nothing Left To Lose”




21)  Ariana Grande ft. Childish Gambino  ~  “Break Your Heart Right Back”




22)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Left On Laura, Left On Lisa”




23)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  “Book Of Right-On”




24)  The Drums  ~  "There Is Nothing Left"




25)  Grace Gaustad  ~  “Right Now”


Monday, May 21, 2018

"Copycat" Songs

Here's a small collection of Songs About Copycats. 'Cuz there's always that one person who tries to be just like everybody else...probably because they don't like themselves the way they are. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Billie Eilish  ~  “Copycat”




2)  Copycat  ~  “Copycat”  (This song was probably taken from their self-titled "Copycat" album. Talk about your copycats...)




3)  Orange Caramel  ~  “My Copycat”




4)  Brad Paisley  ~  “Copycat”




5)  Healthy Junkies  ~  “Copycat”  (This band's name sounds quite oxymoronic to me.)




6)  You Bred Raptors?  ~  “Copycat”




7)  Emma Longard  ~  “Copycat”




8)  Cut Out  ~  “Copycat”  (This guy's vocals are nothing to write home about, but the music’s good.)




9)  The Cranberries  ~  “Copycat”




10)  The New Division  ~  “Copycat”




11)  The Coathangers  ~  “Copycat”




12)  Matthew Fisher Band  ~  “Copycat”




13)  Melissa James  ~  “Copycat (Girlfriend)”



14)  Deconbrio  ~  “Copycat”




15)  Sarah Göthling  ~  “Copycat”


Friday, May 18, 2018

"Now Or Never" Songs

You hear it all the time. "It's now or never." It's a phrase used to denote that you must do something immediately, even if you're apprehensive about it, because you may never have another chance. There's a sense of urgency in the phrase. And apparently, it makes good fodder for songwriters. Because all kinds of artists in a variety of genres and from various parts of the world have written songs with the phrase "Now Or Never" in their titles. Here are some of the best of those. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Halsey  ~  “Now Or Never”




2)  Elvis Presley  ~  “It’s Now Or Never”




3)  Sllash  ~  “Now Or Never”




4)  Splendid  ~  “Now Or Never”




5)  Orianthi  ~  “Now Or Never”




6)  We Are Scientists  ~  “Now Or Never”




7)  Blair St. Clair  ~  “Now Or Never”




8)  Ian Walsh  ~  “Now Or Never”




9)  Bananarama  ~  “Now Or Never”




10)  Jorge Fernandez  ~  “Now Or Never”




11)  Lisa Ekdahl  ~  “Now Or Never”




12)  Josh Groban  ~  “Now Or Never”




13)  Emilia de Poret  ~  “Now Or Never”




14)  Jason Koiter  ~  “Now Or Never”




15)  Tritonal ft. Phoebe Ryan  ~  “Now Or Never”




16)  Midnight Oil  ~  “Now Or Never Land”




17)  Ventus Band  ~  “It’s Now Or Never”




18)  Outasight  ~  “Now Or Never”




19)  AiWiNK  ~  “Now Or Never”




20)  Nick Mellow  ~  “Now Or Never”




21)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Now Or Never”




22)  CNBLUE  ~  “Now Or Never”




23)  Jodie Connor ft. Wiley  ~  “Now Or Never”




24)  Zebrahead  ~  “Now Or Never”




25)  Marie Chain  ~  “Now Or Never”


Thursday, May 17, 2018

Songs About Lizards

What do Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Phish, Jimmy Buffett, and Bruce Springsteen have in common? Right: They're all highly accomplished musicians with long and successful careers in the music industry. What else do they have in common? Right: They all recorded Songs About Lizards. And that's just five of the artists who did. There's plenty other good ones to enjoy here – so git to gittin'!  ~  JH



1)  Pulled Apart By Horses  ~  “Lizard Baby”




2)  Ã  l'aube fluorescente  ~  “Lizard”




3)  ZZ Top  ~  “Lizard Life”




4)  Antlers  ~  “Lizard Man The Holy Rider”




5)  The Mopeds  ~  “Lizard”




6)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “Chicken Lips And Lizard Hips”




7)  Robyn Hitchcock ft. Yo La Tengo  ~  “The Lizard”




8)  The August  ~  “Lizard King”




9)  Mott The Hoople  ~  “Lounge Lizard”




10)  Phish  ~  “The Lizards”




11)  Atomic Shadows  ~  “Lizard’s Chord”




12)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Off To See The Lizard”




13)  Van Der Graaf Generator  ~  “Lizard Play”




14)  Laura Doggett  ~  “Lizard Lady”




15)  Opiuo  ~  “Ginger Lizard”




16)  Aerosmith  ~  “Lizard Love”




17)  John June Year  ~  “Lounge Lizard”




18)  Saigon Kick  ~  “The Lizard”




19)  Magenta  ~  “The Lizard King”




20)  Vacuum  ~  “Lizard”




21)  Mermaidens  ~  “Lizard”




22)  Simpl3jack  ~  “Lizard Wash”




23)  London Elektricity  ~  “Telefunken Lizard Filter”




24)  Miss Kenichi  ~  “Lizard”




25)  American Dinosaur  ~  “Lizard Queen”


Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Songs About Escaping

A series of popular television commercials not so long ago included the tagline "Wanna Get Away?" And sometimes we do want to "escape," don't we? Far, far away from the troubles of everyday life. That's what these songs are about, for the most part. Four of them are actually songs about fire escapes, for whatever reason. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Rupert Holmes  ~  “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”




2)  Eisley  ~  “The Escaping Song”




3)  Fastball  ~  “Fire Escape”




4)  Yuna  ~  “Escape”




5)  John Carpenter  ~  “Escape From New York”




6)  Ilse DeLange  ~  “The Great Escape”




7)  Enrique Iglesias  ~  “Escape”




8)  Gwen Stefani ft. Akon  ~  “The Sweet Escape”




9)  KONGOS  ~  “Escape”




10)  Matthew Mayfield  ~  “Fire Escape”




11)  Grace VanderWaal  ~  “Escape My Mind”




12)  Whodini  ~  “Escape (I Need A Break)”




13)  Eva Simons & Sidney Samson  ~  “Escape From Love”




14)  The Weekenders  ~  “Escape”




15)  TINI  ~  “Great Escape”




16)  Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness  ~  “Fire Escape”




17)  Alesso ft. Sirena  ~  “Sweet Escape”




18)  We Are Scientists  ~  “The Great Escape”




19)  Tashwin  ~  “Love Escape”




20)  Journey  ~  “Escape”




21)  Love, Robot  ~  “Fire Escape”



22)  Metallica  ~  “Escape”




23)  Relient K  ~  “Be My Escape”




24)  Megan Nicole  ~  “Escape”




25)  The Rifles  ~  “The Great Escape”