Classic, Rock & Roll songs

[epbrown]

What gets me is AC/DC - there stuff is so similar I can never tell when it was made. My first album purchase: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. More of an 80s/90s music person aside from that, especially punk rock. Mostly I listen to classical nowadays, though the last thing I bought was the soundtrack to "Waking Life" by Tosca Tango Orchestra. I like it when musicians play with sound - favorite group when I was younger was The Art Of Noise.

Emanuel

[vash]

AC DC has been my latest fav. lovin it. but i dont know why.

[Rot 911]

One that I love no matter how many times I hear it: Thin Lizzy: "The Boys Are Back in Town"

[Mule]

My personal favorite:

They Ain’t Makin’ Jews LiKe Jesus Anymore
(Kinky Friedman)
Well, a redneck nerd in a bowling shirt was a-guzzlin’ Lone Star beer
Talking religion and-uh politics for all the world to hear.
“They oughta send you back to Russia, boy, or New York City one
You just want to doodle a Christian girl and you killed God’s only son.”

I said, “Has it occurred to you, you nerd, that that’s not very nice,
We Jews believe it was Santa Claus that killed Jesus Christ.”
“You know, you don’t look Jewish,” he said, “near as I could figger
I had you lamped for a slightly anemic, well-dressed country nigger.“

No, they ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore,
They don’t turn the other cheek the way they done before.
He started in to shoutin’ and a-spittin’ on the floor,
“Lord, they ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore.”

He says, “I ain’t a racist but Aristitle Onassis is one Greek we don’t need
And them niggers, Jews and Sigma Nus, all they ever do is breed.
And wops ‘n micks ‘n slopes ‘n spics ‘n spooks are on my list
And there’s one little hebe from the heart of Texas — is there anyone I missed ? ”

Well, I hits him with everything I had right square between the eyes.
I says, “I’m gonna gitcha, you son of a ***** ya, for spoutin’ that pack of lies.
If there’s one thing I can’t abide, it’s an ethnocentric racist;
Now you take back that thing you said ‘bout Aristitle Onassis.”

No, they ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore,
We don’t turn the other cheek the way we done before.
You could hear that honky holler as he hit that hardwood floor
“Lord, they sho’ ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore!”
All right!

No, they ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore,
We don’t turn the other cheek the way they done before.
You hear that honky holler as he hit that hardwood floor
Lord, they ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore.

Everybody!
They ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore,
They ain’t makin’ carpenters who know what nails are for.
Well, the whole damn place was singin’ as I strolled right out the door
“Lord, they ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore!”

No, we ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore,
We don’t turn the other cheek the way they done before.
Well, the whole damn place was singin’ as I strolled right out the door
“Lord, they ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore!”

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Theres been a lot of ******* Rock and Roll done for the money, glamor and sex..it's can be called Show Business Rock. Then there are times when the real deal on the edge of chaos talent takes the center of the stage....

The Doors....The End...with the famous line.."Mother I want to fk U."

Now it doesn't get more real than that....

Maybe I'll talk about the edge a little more at another time...
Here I'll just stick to the Rolling Stones...awhile back I had an argument with CurtisAA about the Stones...I contend that after Altmont they became a Show Business Band...they came right up against the reality of the edge at Altmont and that was murder...

The Stones had just performed Sympathy for the Devil and were into Under My Thumb when it happened.. a black man pulled a gun and was beaten to death by the Hells Angels....The Stones didn't perform Sympathy for 5 years after that. I love that crazy little Samba..

Another fav of mine of the Stones is Gimme Shelter....it was written by Keith at a time when he started to chip at Heroin, Brian Jones was passed out most of the time and Mick Jagger was fooling around with Keith's girl friend Anita Pallenburg on the set of Performance.... Mary Clayton the backup vocalist had a miscarriage after recording the song...it just sums up how I have felt most of my life...

Monkey Man..."All my friends are Junkies" .....Stray Cat Blues..."Your just 13 years old..why don't you come up stairs"...Jumpin Jack Flash..."I was drowned and washed up and left for dead." Memo from Turner..."Your a lashing, smashing hunk of man, whose sweat shines sweet and strong." and then there is Cock Sucker Blues.."I'm a lonesome school boy, heard about London town so I decided to check it out.."

[azasadny]

Hocus Pocus by Focus
Anything by Led Zeppelin
Lynrd Skynrd
Green Grass and High Tides by The Outlaws
Mississippi Queen by Mountain

[rcm]

Wow, Mississippi Queen...spent two hours with Felix Papalardi driving him down to Boston. So amazing as I grew up rockin' on that music. He went on to the cape where his wife shot him for not leaving any blow around for her while he was gone.

She wrote a good part of thier songs by the way.

[George 911-V8]

I vote for the Charlie Daniels Band IT AINT NO DAM RAG IT'S A FLAG


G

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Whatever happened to Leslie West?

[nostatic]

Hocus Pocus...good one. Another Stones tune I'm partial to is "Live With Me." The first line is "I've got nasty habits, I take tea at 3", and during my many years in the band Nasty Habits, we'd open every show with that tune.

Other classics (not inclusive, and not all my "favorites"):

Do It Again - Steely Dan
and too many others to mention

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Dream On
Toy in the Attic

School's Out - Alice Cooper
No More Mr. Nice Guy

Whipping Post - Allman Brothers
Dreams

Let It Ride - Bachman Turner Overdrive
Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Takin' Care of Business

Bad Company - Bad Company
Feel Like Makin' Love

Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Burnin

Night Moves - Bob Seeger
Hollywood Nights

25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
Make Me Smile

Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
White Room
Crossroads
Badge

Layla - Eric Clapton (and D&theD)
Cocaine
Let it Rain

Takin' it to the Streets - Doobie Brothers
Chinagrove
Listen to the Music

Already Gone - Eagles
Hotel California
Victim of Love

Evil Woman - ELO

Slow Ride - Foghat
Fool for the City

Solisbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
Red Rain
In Your Eyes

My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
What is Life

Temptation Eyes - Grass Roots
Midnight Confessions

American Woman - Guess Who
No Time

Magic Man - Heart
Barracuda

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Somebody to Love

Fire - Jimi
Purple Haze
All Along the Watchtower
Wind Cried Mary
Hey Joe
VooDoo Chile (slight return)
and almost everything else

Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh (and James Gang)
Turn to Stone
Walk Away
Funk #49

Zeppelin - too many to list

Hurry Sundown - Outlaws
There Goes Another Love Song
Green Grass and High Tides

Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton

Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet Home Alabama
That Smell

Ridin' the Storm Out - REO Speedwagon

Day of the Eagle - Robin Trower
Too Rolling Stoned
Bridge of Sighs
Little Bit of Sympathy

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Higher Ground
Living for the City
Superstition
I Was Made to Love Her

Miss America - Styx
Blue Collar Man

Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf

Bang a Gong - T Rex

One - Three Dog Night
Joy to the World

Life is a Highway - Tom Cochrane

What is Hip? - Tower of Power
Sould Vaccination

Keeping Time - Trapeeze
Way Back to the Bone

Right Now - Van Halen
Runnin' with the Devil
many others

walk Don't Run - The Ventures
Sleepwalk

Why Can't We Be Friends - War
Cisco Kid

Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon

Eminence Front - The Who
Bargain
Baba O'Riley
My Wife
Behind Blue Eyes
Won't Get Fooled again

Tush - ZZ Top
Jesus Just Left Chicago
La Grange

[rcm]

Tabs, Leslie lives NYC and last I knew he was giving "rock guitar lessons"
Thier drummer Corky Lange is on Imus in the morning once in while and was promoting a new album about 1.5 ago.

[JavaBrewer]

Wow, 2nd page at the bottom before any mention of Van Halen. Thanks Todd I'm going to their concert next week in Chula Vista. Another band not yet mentioned is GnR, ripping, and I really liked The Motels too. Mostly country now

[techweenie]

Nosatic: great list, but Guess Who and Grass Roots?

Yikes.

[nostatic]

I need to start another thread on "borderline guilty pleasures" and "one/two hit wonders." No Time is a great tune, and American Woman is a classic. You could question the Grass Roots a bit (along with Ozark Mtn. Daredevils), but Temptation Eyes is a great fairly early example of a "produced" rock song.

[Bob's Flat-Six]

Jimi's, "Little Wing" a guitar classic. Stevie Ray Vaughn does it Very well too.

For individual Super talents, I think Hendrix might be at the top of my list.

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The Live at the Paramount version of American Woman by the Guess Who...

Theme from an Imaginary Western...Mountain.

Hendrix was the best Guitarist..nobody even comes close...if you doubt me ask EC. aka God ....

[turbocarrera]

Hendrix is but a vessel.. he's my desert island pick
Pink Floyd.. UmmaGumma, Meddle, DSotM, Animals, WYWH, The Wall.. just awesome
Every Zep album is a classic from start to finish.. with very few exceptions..
Jethro Tull.. I love celtic, bluesy stuff (see Zep)
Rush.. Exit Stage Left.. just freaky good.. I've listened to it hundreds of times
Sabbath.. Symptom of the Universe? just too heavy..
Frank Zappa.. soooo many great albums.. start with Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation
10 Years after.. Alvin Lee was the man "No Soloution! World Pollution!"..
Mountain.. Leslie West would sing, then stop.. move the mic off to the side, and just riff.. very cool band
The Who.. some of the most enduring anthems ever.. great songs
Beatles.. not the early stuff.. my mom likes that.. but the last few albums are just amazing.. John Lennons solo stuff is just beautiful
Yardbirds.. Clapton, Beck, Page.. what else do you need?
Clapton.. whethere it's D&tD's or John Mayall, or Cream or Blind Faith.. he always plays great
Jeff Beck.. the best phrasing a guitar has ever produced.. Blow by Blow, Wired, Beckola, Truth, Live with Jan Hammer.. wow
Miles Davis.. not rock.. so what.. took me a while to wrap my head around it but when I did.. it was like I had heard music for the first time..
Albert King.. where the hell did he get that stuff from? he didn't.. we all got it from him
SRV.. see Albert King.. the thing about Stevie was that he never thought for a minute about what he played.. it just flowed


This is stupid I could be here for weeks...

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Ironically Stevie came the closest to hendrix why U ask because it just flowed.....

[Bob's Flat-Six]

No question the "Might be at the top" of my list was because I didn't think about it for 15 sec's.

I wore out a vinal copy of, Band of Gypsy's live at the Filmore.

It's no wonder why God called him in early.

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Who Knows....

The Isle of Wight version of Machingun...