"Hot" & "Cold" Songs

Because I seem to be on an "opposites" kick when it comes to music posts, here's another one. Enjoy? ~  JH

1)  Betty White ft. Luciana  ~  "I'm Still Hot"  (She still is, too...even at 91 years old!)

2)  Meg Myers  ~  "Cold"

3)  1987 Calgary Flames  ~  "Can't Touch A Flame When It's Red Hot"  (For non-sports fans, the Flames are a professional hockey team – and apparently, 25 years ago, they thought they could sing...)

4)  Current Swell  ~  "Too Cold"

5)  Katy Perry ft. Elmo  ~  "Hot N Cold"  (Despite its never actually having aired on Sesame Street, this version is much preferable to Perry's original song.)

6)  Janelle Monae  ~  "Cold War"

7)  Keith Urban  ~  "Long Hot Summer"

8)  Hammock  ~  "Cold Front"  (Don't hold your breath for the lyrics – there aren't any – but what an instrumental!)

9)  The Wiggles ft. Jamie Redfern  ~  "Hot Poppin' Popcorn"  (I can't even believe I'm posting a song by The Wiggles!)

10)  Typical Cats  ~  "Bitter Cold"

11)  Kool & The Gang  ~  "Too Hot"  (I can hear you singing along...just so you know...)

12)  Joshua Hyslop  ~  "Cold Wind"

13)  Buster Poindexter  ~  "Hot Hot Hot"  (What a dreadfully silly song...and dreadfully catchy, too!)

14)  Hank Williams, Sr.  ~  "Cold Cold Heart"  (For all of us old-school country music fans...)

15)  Led Zeppelin  ~  "Hot Dog"  (Not your typical Led Zeppelin song, but not bad...)

16)  Annie Lennox  ~  "Cold"

17)  LaToya Jackson  ~  "Hot Potato"

18)  Paloma Faith  ~  "Stone Cold Sober"

19)  The Sylvers  ~  "Hot Line"

20)  Adele  ~  "Cold Shoulder"  (Seeing as this is Adele's 4th appearance – so far – on my blog, you might have already guessed that I'm a big fan...)

Interesting Quotes By Famous Guys Named Gary

"A long time ago, I became aware that many of us have

a tendency to lump nature into simplistic categories, 

such as what we consider beautiful or ugly, important

or unimportant. As human a thing as that is to do,

I think it often leads us to misunderstand the respective

roles of life forms and their interconnectedness."  

~  Gary Larson, cartoonist

"Choose your friends by their character,
and your socks by their color."  

~  Gary Oldman, actor

"Nothing changes like changes, because
nothing changes but the changes."  

~  Gary Busey, actor

"Thoughtless risks are destructive,
of course, but perhaps even more
wasteful is thoughtless caution which
prompts inaction and promotes
failure to seize opportunity."  

~  Gary Ryan Blair, businessman

"You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars."  

~  Gary Allan, musician

"Regardless of what you're searching for,
you ain't gonna find it until you include God."  

~  Gary Sheffield, baseball player

"Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time.

The trick is to always keep the engine running."

~  Gary Sinise, actor

"The harder you work, the luckier you get."

~  Gary Player, golfer

"The only things standing between
you and the compassionate, wise, and
creative person you want to be are matters
of choice. Your choice. No one can
occupy your generosity except you."

~  Gary Zukav, author

"Love doesn't erase the past,

but it makes the future different."

~  Gary Chapman, author

"If books could have more, give more,
be more, they would still need readers
who bring to them sound and smell
and light and all the rest that can't
be in the books. The book needs you."

~  Gary Paulsen, writer

"There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize."

~  Gary Coleman, actor

Songs By "Big" & "Little" Artists

Because I apparently have an infinite amount of unreasonably strange ideas, what follows is a collection of songs by bands or artists with the words "Big" or "Little" (or both) in their names. I'm sure you've heard of more than a few of these. If not, consider yourself officially exposed. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mr. Big  ~  "To Be With You"

2)  Little Mix  ~  "Wings"

3)  Little Big Town  ~  "Tornado"  (the aforementioned "or both" band)

4)  Little Richard  ~  "Tutti Frutti"

5)  Big Daddy Weave  ~  "Redeemed"

6)  Little Texas  ~  "What Might Have Been"

7)  Big & Rich  ~  "Lost In This Moment"

8)  Little Eva  ~  "The Locomotion"

9)  Reel Big Fish  ~  "Sell Out"

10)  Little River Band  ~  "Reminiscing"

11)  Big Brother And The Holding Company  ~  "Summertime / I Need A Man To Love"  (aka Janis Joplin's band)

12)  Little Boots  ~  "Remedy"

13)  Big Daddy Kane  ~  "Smooth Operator"

14)  Little Anthony & The Imperials  ~  "Tears On My Pillow"

15)  Big Bad Voodoo Daddy  ~  "Mr. Pinstripe Suit"

16)  Little Dragon  ~  "Sunshine"

17)  Big Country  ~  "In A Big Country"  (from the files of the Department of Redundancy Department)

18)  Little Feat  ~  "Dixie Chicken"

19)  Big Head Todd & The Monsters  ~  "Bittersweet"

20)  Little Hurricane  ~  "Haunted Heart"

Songs With Articles Of Clothing In The Titles

Here goes another dumb idea I had recently. Good songs, though, for the most part. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Kings & Conmen  ~  "Tinfoil Hat"

2)  the Summer Januaries  ~  "I Like Your Hat"

3)  FLASH/LIGHTS  ~  "Scarves"

4)  Charlene Kaye ft. Darren Criss (of Glee)  ~  "Dress And Tie"

5)  Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z  ~  "Suit & Tie"

6)  Willow  ~  "Sweater"

7)  The Material  ~  "Life Vest"

8)  Foxes  ~  "White Coats"

9)  Blitzen Trapper  ~  "Girl In A Coat"

10)  Cake  ~  "Short Skirt/Long Jacket"

11)  Jenna Rose ft. Baby Triggy  ~  "My Jeans"  (This song is an exception to the "good songs" rule – it's awful! But it's so awful that it's entertaining!)

12)  Mara Hruby  ~  "The Panties"  (Honestly, I can't figure out where this song gets its title – panties are neither seen nor mentioned at any point during the video)

13)  DEV  ~  "Dancing Shoes"

14)  Dido  ~  "Sand In My Shoes"

15)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Blue Suede Shoes"

16)  George Jones  ~  "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?"  (Indeed, who's going to fill George Jones' shoes? I'm not sure anyone can!)

Interesting Quotes By Notable Rhode Islanders

"Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, 

but it won't keep the wise from trying." 

 ~  Harry Anderson, actor

"Life has all sorts of hills and valleys,

and sometimes you don't end up doing

what you had your heart set out on,

but sometimes that's even better!"

~  Ruth Buzzi, actress

"In society, one doesn't tell the truth,

one tells the exact opposite."

~  Nelson Eddy, musician

"A year or so ago, I went through 

all the people in my life and asked 

myself: Does this person inspire me, 

genuinely love me, and support me 

unconditionally? I wanted nothing

but positive influences in my life."

~  Mena Suvari, actress

"I don't care what you say about me,

as long as you say something about me,

and as long as you spell my name right."

~  George M. Cohan, actor

"Before you can make good music, you just have to

shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say."

~  Kristin Hersh, musician

"Toil without song is like a weary

 journey without an end."

~  H. P. Lovecraft, writer

"I don't know why I started writing.

I don't know why anybody does 

it. Maybe they're bored, or 

failures at something else."

~  Cormac McCarthy, writer

"I can't say that I make anything up.

I think of myself as a collage artist.

I'm cutting and pasting memories 

of my life. And I say, I have to live 

a life in order to tell a life."

~  Spalding Gray, actor

"What a business is this of a portrait 

painter! You bring him a potato and 

expect he will paint you a peach."

~  Gilbert Stuart, artist

"America must raise an empire of permanent

duration, supported upon the grand 

pillars of Truth, Freedom, and Religion, 

encouraged by the smiles of Justice and 

defended by her own patriotic sons."

~  Nathanael Greene, army general

"Sometimes it is necessary to 

re-teach a thing its loveliness."

~  Galway Kinnell, poet