Songs About Tradition

To be honest, I'm not big on tradition. Unless it's the kind of traditions you keep with, say, family at the holidays. But I believe that many traditions, like many conventions, are made to be broken. What's that say about me? I don't even want to think about that right now. Meanwhile, enjoy some great Songs About Tradition!  ~  JH

1)  Fiddler On The Roof Cast ft. Topol  ~  “Tradition”

2)  Collective Soul  ~  “Tradition”

3)  Tanita Tikaram  ~  “Good Tradition”

4)  Southcott  ~  “The October Tradition”

5)  A Sunny Day In Glasgow  ~  “In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition Of Passing)”

6)  The Pretenders  ~  “Tradition Of Love”

7)  Live  ~  “Operation Spirit (The Tyranny Of Tradition)”

8)  Nicole Dollanganger  ~  “American Tradition”

9)  Thousand Below  ~  “Tradition”

10)  Stavesacre  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”

11)  The Saxophones  ~  “New Tradition”

12)  Natalie Hemby  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”

13)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Family Tradition”

14)  The Hush Now  ~  “Traditions”

15)  Idlehands  ~  “Floor Of Tradition”

16)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  “Time Honoured Tradition”

17)  Senses Fail  ~  “Family Tradition”

18)  The Veils  ~  “Vicious Traditions”

19)  Great White  ~  “In The Tradition”

20)  The Belle Game  ~  “Tradition”

21)  Primus  ~  “To Defy The Laws Of Tradition"

22)  Burning Spear  ~  “Tradition”

23)  Naturally 7  ~  “Tradition”

24)  Heavenly Beat  ~  “Tradition”

25)  Soothsayers  ~  “Tradition”

Songs About Pipes

I never knew there were so many enjoyable Songs About Pipes. But there are. And here they are. Please listen to them. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Nelly Furtado  ~  "Pipe Dreams"

2)  Mike Oldfield  ~  "Sailor's Horn Pipe"

3)  Four Year Strong  ~  "Bada Bing! Wit' A Pipe!"

4)  Joan McCracken  ~  "Pass That Peace Pipe"

5)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Rusted Pipe"

6)  John Prine  ~  "Spanish Pipedream"

7)  Project 86  ~  "Pipe Dream"  (Nice face, dude! LOL!)

8)  The Shadows  ~  "Peace Pipe"

9)  Travis  ~  "Pipe Dreams"

10)  Christina Aguilera ft. XNDA  ~  "Pipe"

11)  Trampled By Turtles  ~  "Pipe Knot"

12)  Turnpike Troubadours  ~  "Pipe Bomb Dream"

13)  Duke Ellington  ~  "Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance Of The Reed-Pipes)"

14)  Babyshambles  ~  "Pipedown"

15)  Murray Head  ~  "Only A Pipe Dream"

16)  Cry Of Love  ~  "Peace Pipe"

17)  Guided By Voices  ~  "The Pipe Dreams Of Instant Prince Whippet"

18)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Pipes Of Peace"

19)  Soul Asylum  ~  "Pipe Dream"

20)  Weezer  ~  "Hash Pipe"

21)  David Allan Coe  ~  "My Father Smoked His Pipe"

22)  MxPx  ~  "Pipe Dreams"

23)  Count Basie  ~  "Peace Pipe"

24)  EELS  ~ "Rusty Pipes"

25)  Asleep At The Wheel  ~  "Pipe Dreams"

Songs About Queens

Here's a bunch of Songs About Queens for your entertainment. It's part of the continuing series of posts about playing cards that I've been telling you about. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sofi Tukker  ~  "Baby I'm A Queen"

2)  Sex Pistols  ~  "God Save The Queen"

3)  Pam Tillis  ~  "Cleopatra, Queen Of Denial"

4)  Nirvana  ~  "Hairspray Queen"  (Interesting early look at a seminal rock band. Not as polished, definitely not as radio-friendly, but clearly full of potential.)

5)  Robyn  ~  "Dancehall Queen"

6)  Queen  ~  "Killer Queen"

7)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "Glycerine Queen"

8)  Mountain  ~  "Mississippi Queen"

9)  Tina Turner  ~  "I Might Have Been Queen"

10)  The Doors  ~  "Queen Of The Highway"

11)  Charli XCX  ~  "London Queen"

12)  Morrissey  ~  "The Queen Is Dead"

13)  Florence + The Machine  ~  "Queen Of Peace" / "Long And Lost"

14)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Rocket Queen"

15)  Aurora  ~  "Queendom"

16)  Saxon  ~  "Queen Of Hearts"

17)  RaeLynn  ~  "Queens Don't"

18)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  "Queen Of Lower Chelsea"

19)  Jim Croce  ~  "Roller Derby Queen"

20)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Venice Queen"

21)  Juice Newton  ~  "Queen Of Hearts"

22)  Loren Gray  ~  "Queen"

23)  Robert Plant  ~  "The May Queen"

24)  King Princess  ~  "Cheap Queen"

25)  The Dead Weather  ~  "Forever My Queen"

Even More Songs About Cake

Because cake is cake is cake and I love it, I may never stop posting Songs About Cake collections. (This is the third so far.) But this is all for now. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, eat some more cake. Because it's delicious, that's why! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Safar  ~  "Cake"

2)  Vince Neil  ~  "Can't Have Your Cake"

3)  The Chamanas  ~  "Wedding Cake"

4)  Biffy Clyro  ~  "Kittens, Cakes, And Cuddles"

5)  Uma Chine  ~  "A Cake Spell"

6)  Flo Rida & 99 Percent  ~  "Cake"

7)  Rhythmussportgruppe  ~  "Spicy Funk Cake"

8)  Connie Francis  ~  "The Wedding Cake"

9)  Ivy Lab  ~  "Cake"

10)  Crash Test Dummies  ~  "Here On Earth (I'll Have My Cake)"

11)  J-Music Ensemble  ~  "Layer Cake"

12)  Damien Jurado  ~  "Wedding Cake"

13)  Theo Girard  ~  "The 6th Part Of The Cake"

14)  Dead Or Alive  ~  "Cake And Eat It"

15)  Lyrics Born  ~  "Chocolate Cake"  (Sheesh, this guy is his own hype man! But he's barely worth the hype. What crowd is he trying to ramp up exactly? He's performing live in a studio. This is just weird...)

16)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Piece Of Cake"

17)  Bret Roberts  ~  "Sweet Cake"

18)  Los Straitjackets  ~  "I Want Cake"

19)  Survey Says!  ~  "Cake Eater"

20)  Quincy Jones  ~  "Baby Cakes"

21)  Punchline  ~  "The Fake, The Snake, & The Birthday Cake"

22)  Teena Marie  ~  "I'm Gonna Have My Cake (And Eat It Too)"

23)  Delta Delta  ~  "Grandpa Built A Castle Cake"

24)  Idina Menzel  ~  "Cake"

25)  Jay Rox  ~  "Cake"

BONUS TRACK:  Richard Harris  ~  "MacArthur Park"  (After the first follow-up post, a friend pointed out to me that this song merits inclusion here, and by golly, she was right! This is a classic!)