Thursday, May 6, 2021

Songs About Silhouettes

I decided I'd post a set of Songs About Silhouettes. But, as per usual, I got carried away and made this thing a three-parter. Here's the first. The second will follow shortly. The third will follow whenever I'm done with it. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Grace Carter  ~  "Silhouette"




2)  Aurora  ~  "Silhouettes"




3)  Colony House  ~  "Silhouettes"




4)  The King's Parade  ~  "Silhouette"




5)  Tom Odell  ~  "Silhouette"




6)  Flora Cash  ~  "Silhouettes"




7)  Kenny G  ~  "Silhouette"




8)  Moddi  ~  "Silhouette"




9)  Julia Holter  ~  "Silhouette"




10)  Cilia  ~  "Silhouettes In Slow Motion"




11)  Active Child ft. Ellie Goulding  ~  "Silhouette"  (This isn't an official music video – but for a student project, boy, is it ever impressive!)




12)  Shooting Suns  ~  "Silhouette"




13)  Sleeping At Last  ~  "Silhouettes"




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15)  Smile Empty Soul  ~  "Silhouettes"




16)  Moss Kena  ~  "Silhouette"




17)  Thrice  ~  "Silhouette"




18)  Fiction Reform  ~  "Small Silhouette"




19)  Deacon Blue  ~  "Silhouette"




20)  Sister Shotgun  ~  "Silhouette"




21)  Katherine Jenkins  ~  "Your Silhouette"




22)  Windsor Airlift  ~  "Silhouette Harbor"




23)  Bonnie Tyler  ~  "Silhouette In Red"




24)  ALT  ~  "Silhouettes & Summer Frowns" 




25)  The Postal Service  ~  "We Will Become Silhouettes"


Wednesday, May 5, 2021

More Songs About Jellyfish

As promised, here's another set of Songs About Jellyfish. In case you just said "thank you" upon reading that first sentence, I say to you that "you're certainly welcome." In case you sarcastically said "thanks a lot" to that first sentence, I say to you that "you're certainly welcome to your opinion." Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  The String Cheese Incident  ~  "Jellyfish"




2)  Vashti Bunyan  ~  "Jellyfish"




3)  PAWS  ~  "Jellyfish"




4)  Furthermore  ~  "Fluorescent Jellyfish"




5)  White Admiral  ~  "Jellyfish"




6)  Leatherface  ~  "Box Jellyfish"




7)  Maia Lekow  ~  "Jellyfish"




8)  Iguana Death Cult  ~  "Jellyfish"




9)  Blaine The Mono  ~  "Jellyfish"




10)  Taskforce ft. Chester P  ~  "Jelly Fish Kiss"




11)  American Darling Valve  ~  "Jellyfish"




12)  The Dead Milkmen  ~  "Jellyfish Heaven"




13)  Seid  ~  "Jellyfish"




14)  The Scaffold ~  "3 Blind Jellyfish"




15)  The Vuniyerse  ~  "Jellyfish"




16)  The Sprites  ~  "Jellyfish Genes"




17)  Starheadbody  ~  "Urban Jellyfish"




18)  Sting  ~  "Jellyfish Lake"




19)  Wooden Giraffes  ~  "Jellyfish"




20)  Aunt Cynthia's Cabin  ~  "Which One Is The Jellyfish?"


Songs About Jellyfish

When I had the brilliant idea to post Songs About Jellyfish, I had no idea it'd end up being a two-parter. But it is. Here's the first part. You'll get more when I get to them. Maybe sooner, maybe later. In the meantime, maybe enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Gorillaz ft. Gruff Rhys & De La Soul  ~  "Superfast Jellyfish"




2)  Linkin Park  ~  "PB N' Jellyfish"




3)  Best Ex  ~  "Jellyfish"




4)  Alpine  ~  "Jellyfish"




5)  Gina  ~  "JellyFish"




6)  MC Lars  ~  "Venomous Box Jellyfish"




7)  Galapaghost  ~  "Jellyfish"




8)  Local Natives  ~  "Jellyfish"




9)  Azure  ~  "The Jellyfish"




10)  Guided By Voices  ~  "Jellyfish Reflector"




11)  Roseanne Barr  ~  "Peanut Butter And Jellyfish"




12)  Fishboy  ~  "That's A...Jellyfish"




13)  Nulberry  ~  "Jellyfish Last Forever"




14)  The Simpsons Cast  ~  "Jellyfish"




15)  War Party  ~  "Jellyfish"




16)  The Heligoats  ~  "Snakes, Jellyfish, Sandcastles"




17)  Jolly Damper ft. Paula Valls  ~  "Jellyfish Rebirth"




18)  Tropical Doom  ~  "Jellyfish Death"




19)  Jo Blankenburg  ~  "Jellyfish In The Sky"




20)  Ocean Alley  ~  "Jellyfish"



Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Songs About Beavers

This post is dedicated to those dedicated dam-builders, our friends the beavers. Thank you for your service, ya weirdos! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Primus  ~  "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver"




2)  The BossHoss  ~  "Eager Beaver"




3)  Sluetown Strutters  ~  "Beaver Slide Rag"




4)  Kinky Friedman  ~  "Somethin's Wrong With The Beaver"




5)  Stan Kenton & His Orchestra  ~  "Eager Beaver"




6)  Merle Haggard & Leona Williams  ~  "The Bull & The Beaver"




7)  Charlie Bissette  ~  "The Angry Beavers Theme Song"




8)  Sparks  ~  "Beaver O'Lindy"




9)  Manhack  ~  "Beaver Ruin"




10)  Johnny Burnette  ~  "Eager Beaver Baby"  (Clearly, this guy was an Elvis knockoff. Not a bad one, mind you, but clearly a clone of The King.)




11)  The Arrogant Worms  ~  "We Are The Beaver"




12)  Songs: Ohia  ~  "Little Beaver"




13)  How Long Jug Band  ~  "Beaver Slide Rag"  (Yes, this is the same song as the one in the 3rd song in this set. But this version has a whole different vibe, and both were great renditions, so here it is.)




14)  Little Symphony  ~  "Beaver Pond"  (Well, this sure is soothing!)




15)  Andre Moghimi  ~  "The Beaver"




16)  Bear McCreary  ~  "The Butcher And The Beaver"




17)  Wooden Legs  ~  "Big Beaver"




18)  Daniel Pemberton  ~  "Bruce And The Beaver"




19)  The Charlestones  ~  "Eager Beaver"




20)  Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys  ~  "Big Beaver"




21)  Cledus T. Judd  ~  "More Beaver"




22)  Bajka  ~  "The Beaver's Lesson"


"Teenage" Songs

Do you know how many good songs with the word "Teenage" in their titles there are? Neither do I. But I found a bunch of the best ones and gathered them here for you. Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Katy Perry  ~  "Teenage Dream"




2)  Letting Up Despite Great Faults  ~  "Teenage Tide"




3)  Tate McRae  ~  "Teenage Mind"




4)  Pussycat  ~  "Teenage Queenie"




5)  Veronica Falls  ~  "Teenage"




6)  Wheatus  ~  "Teenage Dirtbag"




7)  Alicia Keys  ~  "Teenage Love Affair"




8)  Chuck Lorre  ~  "Theme from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"




9)  Martina McBride  ~  "Teenage Daughters"




10)  Sonic Youth  ~  "Teenage Riot"




11)  Slick Rick  ~  "Teenage Love"




12)  Cherry Glazerr  ~  "Teenage Girl"




13)  The Vaccines  ~  "Teenage Icon"




14)  Johnny Cash  ~  "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen"




15)  The Undertones  ~ "Teenage Kicks"




16)  Sweet  ~  "Teenage Rampage"




17)  One Direction  ~  "One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)"




18)  Neko Case  ~  "That Teenage Feeling"




19)  Palaye Royale  ~  "Teenage Heartbreak Queen"




20)  T. Rex  ~  "Teenage Dream"




21)  Adrian Lux  ~  "Teenage Crime"




22)  Daz Sampson  ~  "Teenage Life"




23)  Ramones  ~  "Teenage Lobotomy"




24)  David Bowie  ~  "Teenage Wildlife"




25)  Guided By Voices  ~  "Teenage FBI"




26)  St. Vincent  ~  "Teenage Talk"




27)  Ffion Atkinson  ~  "Teenage Spaceship"




BONUS TRACKS:  Every single song in this set (thus far) has had an accompanying music video or live footage. This is RARE! That being said, there were a half-dozen good songs that didn't have videos but were too good to be left out for that reason alone. So here they are...


The Cramps  ~  "I Was A Teenage Werewolf"




Rilo Kiley  ~  "Teenage Lovesong"




Yuna  ~  "Teenage Heartbreak"




The Wonder Years  ~  "Teenage Parents"




blink-182  ~  "Teenage Satellites"




Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  "I Was A Teenage Hand Model"


Monday, May 3, 2021

"Dreary" Songs

Where I live, it's overcast and dreary today. Thus, this collection of undeniably "Dreary" Songs. Here's hoping it's sunny and cheery wherever you are. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Nadine Shah  ~  "Dreary Town"




2)  Elmore James  ~  "Dark And Dreary"




3)  HAMPAAT  ~  "Dreary Town"




4)  The Gothic Archies  ~  "Dreary, Dreary"




5)  Thee Oh Sees  ~  "Dreary Nonsense"




6)  Paddy Flynn Is Dead  ~  "Dreary Eyes"




7)  World's Worst Poet  ~  "Dreary Roads"




8)  Absurd Minds  ~  "Dreary"




9)  Lulu  ~  "Dreary Days And Nights"




10)  Jim Ringer  ~  "Dreary Black Hills"




11)  The Clinkers  ~  "The Cowboy's Life Is A Dreary, Dreary Life"




12)  Seveo  ~  "Dreary"




13)  Lo Noom  ~  "Dreary"




14)  El Cuero  ~  "Dreary Sundays"




15)  Leah Senior  ~  "Dreary Day"




16)  The Brandon Draper Group  ~  "Dreary"




17)  Big Black Delta  ~  "Dreary Moon"




18)  Jeff Edwards Band  ~  "Dark And Dreary"




19)  Forest Of Tongue  ~  "Dreary Dreaming"


Songs About Pelicans

What could be more random than a bunch of Songs About Pelicans? I'm sure I'll think of something even weirder – just give me time. Meanwhile, enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Phairo  ~  "Pelican"




2)  The Maccabees  ~  "Pelican"




3)  Slater Smith & The Weather Machine  ~  "The Pelican Song"




4)  John-Robert  ~  "Pelican"




5)  Getaway Dogs  ~  "Pelican Song"




6)  Ghostown  ~  "Pelican"




7)  Far From Alaska  ~  "Pelican"




8)  Cosmo Sheldrake  ~  "Pelicans We"




9)  Caribou  ~  "Pelican Narrows"




10)  The Gulls  ~  "The Pelican"




11)  Patrick Wolf  ~  "Pelicans"




12)  Menomena  ~  "The Pelican"




13)  Phaser  ~  "Pelican Bay"  (Because we all need a little bit of Greek hip-hop in our lives. Amirite?)




14)  Sudan Archives  ~  "Pelicans In The Summer"




15)  Mental As Anything  ~  "Pelican"




16)  Kailee Spark  ~  "Pelican Bay"




17)  Karliene  ~  "Fly Little Pelican"




18)  Holly Miranda  ~  "Pelican Rapids"




19)  Birds Of Chicago  ~  "Pelicans"




20)  Youth Lagoon  ~  "Pelican Man"