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Over the past couple of years I've scribbled down the artist and name of some songs I've greatly enjoyed. Even though the list is significant, it is selective and diverse (with a center of classic rock - because that's where music became popular entertainment - but informed by blues, metal, electronic, reggae, easy listening, country, UK rock, pop, rap, progressive shredding, and others - in no particular order). What's important is that there is something excellent about each song (instrumentation, timing, lyrical skill, unique sound, etc.) or it is truly feel-good. Props to RadioIO History and the Atlantic Sound Factory, where I've honed my taste. If you've ever wondered what songs to put on your IPod or other music player - don't anymore - regardless of your age. I'll stand behind the following list. Print it out or forward it to your friends. |
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10,000 Maniacs – Peace Train 2 Pac – I Get Around 311 – Amber Ace Frehley – Rock Soldiers AD DC – Kicked in the Teeth Adam Ant – Antmusic Albert King – I Get Evil Albert King – I’ll Play the Blues for You Ali – Wiggle Wiggle Ali & Murphy Lee – Boughetto Amy Winehouse – Cupid Andrew Gold – Lonely Boy Andrew WK – She is Beautiful Angels and Airwaves – The Adventure Annie Lenox – Cold ARP – Drummer Boy Artie White – High Stepping Mama Ash – Lost in You Asia – My Own Time Asia – Time Again B-52’s – Channel Z Bad Company – Electric Land Band – King Harvest (has surely come) Bangles – Hero Takes a Fall BB King – The Thrill is Gone Beenie Man – Pride and Joy Bettye Lavette – Right Next Door Big Al Carson – Dig my Dipper Take your Drunken Ass Home Big Bill Morganfield – Boogie Child Big Country – In a Big Country Billy Idol – Eyes Without a Face Billy Joel – Captain Jack Billy Joel – The Downeaster “Alexa” Bjork – Human Behavior Black Label Society – Stillborn Black Uhuru – Prophecy Blind Boy Fuller – Rag Mama Rag Blue Man Group – I feel Love Blue October – Into the Ocean Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t fear the Reaper Blues Masters – Let’s Straighten it Out Blues Traveler – Dropping Some NYC Blues Traveler – Mulling it Over Bo Diddly - Down Again Bo Diddly – I’ve Had it Hard Bob Dylan – One More Weekend Bob Dylan – Tangled Up in Blue Bob Marley – Could you be Loved Bob Marley – Is this Love Bob Marley – Lively up Yourself Bob Welch – Outskirts Bonnie Raitt – Runaway Bonnie Raitt – You’ve Been in Love Too Long Bread – The Guitar Man Brian Setzer - Don’t Trust a Woman Brian Setzer – Drink Whiskey and Shut Up Bruce Springsteen – I’m Going Down Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love BTO – Blue Collar BTO – Welcome Home Buckwheat Zydeco – Trouble Buddy Guy – I Smell a Rat Bunny Wailer – Here in Jamaica Burning Spear – Rocking Time Capital Punishment – Still not a Player Chambers Brothers – Uptown Charlie Mussel White – Trail of Tears Chicago – Dialogue Chicane – No Ordinary Morning Chick Willis – Stoop Down Baby Chris Issak – Baby Did a Bad Thing Chris Rea – Texas Chuck Berry – You Never Can Tell Chumbawamba – Add Me Chumbawamba – If it is to be it is up to Me Chumbawamba – When I’m Bad Circular – Pinpoint Clarence Gatemouth Brown – One More Mile Clash – Magnificent Seven Clash – This Radio Clash Coco Montoyo – Trip, Stumble and Fall Collin Hay – Overkill Commander Cody – Smoke Smoke Smoke Concrete Blonde – Joey Cottonbelly – Tempest Dub Crash Test Dummies – How Does a Duck Know Cream – I’m So Glad Credence Clearwater Revival – Tomorrow Never Comes Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over Cure – Fascination Street Danko Jones – Lover Call (Radio Edit) Danzig – Dirty Black Summer Dave Matthews Band – Two Step David Bowie – Under Pressure David Gilmour – Raise my Rent Deborah Coleman – Don’t lie to Me Deep Purple – Junkyard Blues Deep Purple – Nobody’s Home Def Leppard – Hysteria Derek & the Dominoes – Why Does Love Got to be so Sad Dire Straits – Single Handed Sailor DJ Jazzy Jeff – Brand New Funk Don Carlos – Aqua Donovan – Mellow Yellow Donovan – Season of the Witch Doobie Brothers – Black Water Doors – The Soft Parade Doors – The Wasp Dub Station – Mama E.G. Knight – South Bound Echo and the Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar Eddie Clearwater – Back Down to Earth Eddie Grant – Electric Avenue Electric Light Orchestra – Four Little Diamonds Elton John – High Flying Bird Elton John – Sacrifice Elton John – This Train Don’t Stop Elvis Costello – The Only Flame in Town Elvis Presley – A Little Less Conversation Emerson Lake & Palmer – Fanfare for the Common Man Eric Burdon and War – Magic Mountain Eric Clapton – I Shot the Sheriff Eric Clapton – I’m Tore Down Eric Clapton – Pretending Eric Clapton – Reconsider Baby Eric Clapton and Traci Chapman – Give me One Reason Eric Johnson – Dazed and Confused Ernest Ranglin – In Search of the Lost Riddem Etta James – Blowin in the Wind Etta James – Come to Mama Etta James – Lovin Arms Fiona Apple – Sleep to Dream Firefall – No Way Out Focus – Hamburger Concerto Four Seasons – Who Loves You Frank Zappa – Dirty Love Frank Zappa – My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Momma Freddie McGregor – Anything for You Frente – Dangerous Gary Hoey – Low Rider Guitar Grand Funk Railroad – We’re an American Band The Commodores - Night Shift Greatful Dead – Viola Lee Blues Guess Who – Bus Rider Guess Who – No Sugar Tonight Hank William Jr. – Hank Why Do you Drink Happy Mondays – Step On Heart – Sing Child Hollies – Long Cool Woman (in a black dress) Howard Tate – 8 Days on the Road Iggy Pop – Candy Indigenous – Shame Shame Shame Information Society – What’s on your Mind Inner Circle – Tell Me INXS – Shine like it Does Iron Maiden – Can I Play with Madness Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing J Giel Band – Give It to Me Jackson 5 – I Want You Back Jackson Browne – Stay Jackson Browne – The Load Out James Brown – Get on the Good Foot James Brown – The Payback Jason Raz – I won’t worry my life away. Jay Z – All Round the World JB Hutto – Pretty Baby Jeff Beck – Blow by Blow Jeff Beck – People Get Ready Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart – People Get Ready Jefferson Airplane – Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now Jefferson Airplane – Plastic Fantastic Lover Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers Jefferson Starship – Black Widow Jigga – Party People Jim Croce – Bad Jim Croce – You Don’t Mess Around with Jim Jimmy Buffet – Banana Wind Instrumental Jimmy Cliff – The Harder they Come Jimmy Cliff – Treated the Youths Right (extended mix) Jimmy Dawkins – Everybody’s Jumping Jimmy Hendrix – Bold as Love Jimmy Nelson – Think Again Jimmy Thanckery – Putting Up the Fires Jimmy Vaughan – In the Middle of the Night Joe Bonamassa – If Heartaches were Nickels Joe Cocker – You Can Leave Your Hat On Joe Satriani – One Big Rush Joe Satriani – The Mystical Potatohead Groove John Lee Hooker – I’m in the Mood John Lee Hooker (with Santana) – The Healer John Mellencamp – Hand to Hold on to Johnny Cash – Cocaine Blues Johnny Clyde Copeland – Black Cat Bone Johnny Lang – Red House Johnny Lang – Stray Cat Blues Johnny Lang – The Way it makes you Feel Johnny Rivers – Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Jonny Lang – Rack em up Joss Stone – Sonic Journey – La Doda Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengence Julian Lennon – OK for You Juvenile - Bling Bling Kenny Neal – Blues ain’t nothing but a Good Man Feeling Bad Kevin Lyttle/Mr Easy – Drive Me Crazy Killers – Somebody Told Me Kiss – Calling Dr. Love Led Zepplin – The Crunge Lemurs – Berlin Lemurs – Berline Lenny Kravitz – Rock & Roll is Dead Lenny Kravitz – Use Me Up Leon Redbone – My Walking Stick Little Milton – That what love will Make You Do Loggins & Messina – Changes Loggins & Messina – Pathway to Glory Loudon Wainwright Iii – Talking New Bob Dylan Lucky Peterson – When My Blood Runs Cold Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Earth Manfred Manns Earth Band – Stranded in Iowa Mark Knopfler – Telegraph Road Maroon 5 – Sweetest Goodbye Meme Shannon – Why I Sing the Blues Men at Work – Overkill Men Without Hats – Messiahs Die Young Michael Burks – One More Chance Michelle Willison – Barking Up the Wrong Tree Michelle Willison – Wake Up Call Mike Bloomfield; Al Kooper – Mary Ann Millie Small – My Boy Lollipop Mr Mister – Kyrie Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy Natalie Cole – Sophisticated Lady Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle North Mississippi Allstars – Shimmy She Wobble II Ocean – Put Your Hand in the Hand Omar & the Howlers – Snake Oil Doctor Pantera – Ends at Heresy Pat Benetar – I believe There Comes a Time Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Screaming Paul Gilbert – Alligator Farm Paul Gilbert- Amy is Amazing Paul McCartney & Wings – Silly Love Songs Paul Simon – Kodachrome Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls Pete Townsend – Face Dances Petula Clark – Downtown Pink Floyd – Biding My Time Pink Floyd – Goodbye Blue Sky Pink Floyd – Poles Apart Pink Floyd – Sorrow Pleymo – Frakasse Smala Poco – Crazy Love Police – Voices Inside My Head Porcupine Tree – Halo Pretenders – Middle of the Road Pretenders – My City was Gone Primal Scream – Star Procol Harum – Simple Sister Queen – Radio GaGa Queen – You Don’t Fool Me Ray Charles – I Got a Woman Ray Coniff Singers – Zippity Do Dah REM – The Lion Sleeps Tonight Rickie Lee Jones – Danny’s All-star Joint Robbie Peterson – Somewhere Down the Crazy River Robert John – The Lion Sleeps Tonight Robert Plant – Big Log Robert Plant – Shine it all Around Robert Plant – Ship of Fools Robert Randolph – Why Should I Feel Lonely Robert Randolph & the Family Band – Good Times Robin Trower – Day of the Eagle Robin Trower – Lady Love Robin Trower – Little Bit of Sympathy Robin Trower – The Fool and Me Roger Hodgson – Along Came Mary Roger Waters – Late Home Tonight Rolling Stone – Time is on my Side Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones – Honkey Tonk Women Rolling Stones – Shattered Rory Gallagher – Hands Off Rory Gallagher – Walk on Hot Coals Rose Royce – Oh Boy I love you so Roy Buchanan – Fly Night Bird Roy Orbinson – Oh Russ Ballard – Voices Sandy Brown – I’m Tired / Where Am I Sanford Townsend Band – Smoke from a Distant Fire Scorpions – Crazy World Scorpions – Don’t believe Her Scorpions – Money & Fame Shadows Fall – Stepping Outside the Circle Shawn Colvin – Crazy Shawn Mullins – Everywhere I Go Shawn Pittman – Hell or High Water Shriekback – Shark Wack Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Waters Simon & Garfunkel – Keep the Customer Satisfied Simple Minds – Alive & Kicking Slayer – South of Heaven Slick Rick – Unify Sly and the Family Stone – You can Make It if you Try Smashing Pumpkins – Zero Smokin Joe Kubek – Cryin Shame Solange with Murphy Lee – Scooby Doo Sonny Lancreth – Juke Box Mama Spin Doctors – Refrigerator Car Starship – We Built This City on Rock n Roll Start Again - July for Kings Stephen Stills – Change Partners Stephen Stills – Ole Man Trouble Steppenwolf – Sookie, Sookie Steve Miller – Mary Lou Steve Miller Band – All your Love (I Miss Loving) Steve Vai – I’m The Hell Out of Here Steve Winwood – Valerie Steven Stills – Tree Top Flyer Stevie Ray Vaughn – Little Wing Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble – Couldn’t Stand the Weather Stone Roses – This is the One Stratovarius – The Kiss of Judas Stratus – Uplink Stray Cats – Rumble in Brighton Supertramp – Bloody Well Right Supertramp – Take the Long Way Home System of a Down – Prison Song T Pain – I’m Sprung Tab Benoit – Feels Like Rain Tanya Stephens – It’s a Pity T-Bone Walker – Why Me Baby (Keep on Bothering) Tears for Fears – Break It Down Again The 13th Sign – Bring Out Your Head The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot The Band – Rag Mama Rag The Black Crows – Popa Chubby The Cure – Pictures of You The Guess Who – No Sugar Tonight The Higher Intelligence Agency – Bring out your Head The Killers – Human The Pretenders – Tattooed Love Boys The Specials – Ghost Town The Who – Eminence Front They May be Giants – Istanbul (not Constantinople) They Must Be Giants – Don’t Lets Start Thin Lizzy – Bad Reputation Thin Lizzy – Dedication Thin Lizzy – Still in Love With You (live) Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me Tom Petty – Saving Grace Tommy Bolin – Homeward Strut Tool – The Pot Toto – Rosanna Tracy Chapman – Give me One Reason Traffic – You can all Join In. Tragically Hip – At the Hundreth Meridian Tragically Hip – The Bear Twista – Tattoo U2 – Mysterious Ways U2 – The Fly Van Halen – The Dream Is Over Victor Wooten – Classic Thump Wall of Voodoo – Mexican Radio Walter Washington – You Got Me Worried WC Clark – Blues Willie King – Crawlin Blues Wishbone Ash – Jail Bait Wishbone Ash – The King Will Come XTC – General and Majors XTC – Making Plans for Nigel Yellowman - Zungguzunggu Yes – Siberian Kahtu ZZ Top – Sure Got Cold After the Rain |
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