Wednesday, September 25, 2019

More Songs About The Trees

Because you can never have too many Songs About The Trees (or maybe you can), here's a second and final set. So what are you waiting for? By all means...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Oh Land  ~  "Family Tree"




2)  Pearl Jam  ~  "In My Tree"




3)  Mother Mother  ~  "Monkey Tree"




4)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "The Dreaming Tree"




5)  Judy Garland & Margaret O'Brien  ~  "Under The Bamboo Tree"




6)  Plain White T's  ~  "The Giving Tree"




7)  Eva Cassidy  ~  "Tall Trees In Georgia"




8)  Trevor Hall  ~  "The Lime Tree"




9)  Moby ft. Julie Mintz  ~  "The Sorrow Tree"




10)  Foals  ~  "Birch Tree"




11)  Amy Montgomery  ~  "Tree Song (Branch Out & Nourish My Veins)"




12)  U2  ~  "One Tree Hill"




13)  L.E.J.  ~  "Hanging Tree"  (Yeah, I know there was another version – the original, no less! – of this one in the first post. But this rendition is so much more nuanced, so artsy-fartsy, and just so darn good I couldn't help but include it here as well.)




14)  Lacey Sturm  ~  "Mercy Tree"




15)  Pam Tillis  ~  "Shake The Sugar Tree"




16)  Peter Gabriel & Youssou N'Dour  ~  "Shaking The Tree"




17)  Shirley Bassey  ~  "The Living Tree"




18)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "Mango Tree"




19)  Alela Diane  ~  "The Alder Trees"




20)  Erykah Badu  ~  "Appletree"




21)  Beth Orton  ~  "Poison Tree"




22)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  "Cinnamon Tree"




23)  Basia  ~  "An Olive Tree"




24)  Della Mae  ~  "Pine Tree"




25)  Aurora  ~  "Apple Tree"

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Songs About The Trees

A few weeks ago, I posted a couple of sets of Songs About The Forest. At the time, I hinted that there may be a follow-up post (or two) featuring Songs About The Trees. And, by cracky, here they are. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Radiohead  ~  "Fake Plastic Trees"




2)  Carly Simon  ~  "Boys In The Trees"




3)  twenty one pilots  ~  "Trees"




4)  MARINA  ~  "Orange Trees"




5)  Clint Eastwood  ~  "I Talk To The Trees"




6)  The Staves  ~  "Winter Trees"




7)  Stereophonics  ~  "A Thousand Trees"




8)  Ellen Froese  ~  "The Trees They Do Grow High"




9)  Cold Chisel  ~  "Flame Trees"




10)  Belly  ~  "Feed The Tree"




11)  I'm With Her  ~  "Ryland (Under The Apple Tree)"




12)  Wild Child  ~  "Living Tree"




13)  Rush  ~  "The Trees"




14)  Tony Orlando & Dawn  ~  "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree"




15)  Jewel  ~  "Family Tree"




16)  Priscilla Ahn  ~  "In A Tree"




17)  Paul Weller  ~  "Trees"




18)  KT Tunstall  ~  "Black Horse And The Cherry Tree"




19)  Calexico  ~  "Two Silver Trees"




20)  Rusted Root  ~  "Tree"




21)  Hootie & The Blowfish  ~  "Not Even The Trees"




22)  The Lone Bellow  ~  "Tree To Grow"




23)  Manchester Orchestra  ~  "Trees"




24)  Russian Red  ~  "The Sun, The Trees"




25)  Jennifer Lawrence  ~  "The Hanging Tree"

Monday, September 23, 2019

"Chunky" Songs


This might be one of the quirkier collections of songs I've posted in a while. Yes indeed, these are songs with the word "Chunky" in their titles. Because, well, why the heck not? Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Deadeye Dick  ~  "Chunky"




2)  Ronnie Foster  ~  "Chunky"




3)  New Orleans Hustlers Brass Band  ~  "Chunky"




4)  Bruno Mars  ~  "Chunky"




5)  9th Wonder  ~  "ChunkySoul!!!"




6)  will.i.am  ~  "Big And Chunky"




7)  Format:B  ~  "Chunky"




8)  Peter Green  ~  "Funky Chunky"




9)  Here Come The Mummies  ~  "Chunky"




10)  Iwrestledabearonce  ~  "Thunder Chunky"




11)  Dr. Ketchup  ~  "Chunky"




12)  Heavytones  ~  "Chunky Monkey"




13)  Great Cynics  ~  "Want You Around (Chunky)"




14)  Friendly Fire  ~  "Chunky Riddim"






15)  MC DeRoK  ~  "Chunky Funk In Da Trunk"




16)  Johnny Cash  ~  "Old Chunk Of Coal"  (So the word in the title is technically "Chunk" and not "Chunky." But is anyone really going to fuss about my including a Johnny Cash song here? Nah, I didn't think so.)




17)  Heavy D  & The Boyz  ~  "Chunky But Funky"




18)  New Academics  ~  "Chunky"




19)  Phlake  ~  "Chunks"  (Yep, I know. Also not a "Chunky" song. Don't care. I like this song.)




20)  The Crossfires  ~  "Chunky"




21)  Slow Rollin' Lows  ~  "Chunky Troubles"




22)  Silent & Listen  ~  "Chunky"