Monday, April 04, 2005

LUCAS DAVENPORT'S "Best Songs of the Rock Era"

In no particular order, except that, as any intelligent person knows, any decent road trip will start with ZZ Top.


ZZ Top- Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top- Legs
Wilson Pickett- Mustang Sally
Crash Test Dummies- Superman's Song
David Essex- Rock On
Golden Earring- Radar Love
Blondie- Heart of Glass
Jefferson Airplane- White Rabbit
Jefferson Airplane- Somebody To Love
Derek and the Dominos- Layla
The Doors- Roadhouse blues
The Animals- House of the Rising Sun
Aerosmith- Sweet Emotion
Aerosmith- Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
Bruce Springsteen- Dancing in the Dark
Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen- Thunder Road
The Police- Every Breath You Take
Tom Waits- Heart of Saturday Night
Van Halen- Hot for Teacher
The Who- Won't Get Fooled Again
Gipsy Kings- Hotel California
Tracy Chapman- Give Me One Reason
CCR- Down On The Corner
Eagles- Lyin' Eyes
Eagles- Life in the Fast Lane
Dire Straits- Skateaway (Roller Girl)
Tom Petty/Heartbreakers- Mary Jane's Last Dance
Janis Joplin- Me and Bobby McGee
The Doobie Brothers- Black Water
Joan Jett/Blackhearts- I Love Rock 'n' Roll
John Mellencamp- Jack and Diane
Pink Floyd- Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
Pink Floyd- Money
Billy Joel- Piano Man
Eric Clapton- After Midnight
Eric Clapton- Lay Down Sally
AC/DC- You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
The Hollies -Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)
Bob Dylan- Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan- Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Bob Dylan- Subterranean Homesick Blues
The Rolling Stones- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones- Brown Sugar
The Rolling Stones- Sympathy for the Devil
Sex Pistols- Anarchy in the UK
Grateful Dead- Sugar Magnolia
The Pointer Sisters- Slow Hand
Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Elvis Presley- Jailhouse Rock
David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
Bob Seger- Night Moves
The Everly Brothers- Bye Bye Love
Jimi Hendrix- Purple Haze
The Kinks- Lola
Jackson Browne- Tender is the Night
The Kingsmen- Louie, Louie
George Thorogood/Dest.- Bad to the Bone
Metallica- Turn the Page
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Sweet Home Alabama
Queen- We Will Rock You
Allman Brothers- Ramblin' Man
Led Zeppelin- Rock and Roll
Tina Turner- What's Love Got to Do with It
Steppenwolf- Born to be Wild
U2- With or Without You
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
Foreigner Blue- Morning, Blue Day
Billy Idol- White Wedding
Guns N' Roses- Sweet Child o' Mine
Guns N' Roses- Paradise City
Guns N' Roses- Knockin On Heavn's Door*
Lou Reed- Walk on the Wild Side
Bad Company- Feel Like Makin' Love
Def Leppard- Rock of Ages
Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels- Devil With a Blue Dress On
Aretha Franklin- Respect
John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt- I'm in the Mood
James Brown- I Got You (I Feel Good)
The Righteous Brothers- Unchained Melody
Prince- Little Red Corvette
Chuck Berry- Roll Over Beeyhoven
The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young- Ohio
Buddy Holly- Peggy Sue
Jerry Lee Lewis- Great Balls of Fire
Roy Orbison- Oh, Pretty Woman
Del Shannon- Runaway
Run D.M.C.- Walk This Way
Otis Redding- (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay
Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
Paul Simon- Still Crazy After All These Years
Bo Diddley- Who Do You Love?
Brewer and Shipley- One Toke Over the Line
Ramones- I Wanna Be Sedated
The Clash- Should I Stay or Should I Go
Talking Heads- Burning Down the House
Dmitri Shostakovich- Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz 2

*Yeah, yeah, I know it's on the list twice

(as published by John Sanford, Broken Prey, copyright 2005)

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