Tuesday, January 31, 2023

My Favorite Rock And Pop Songs (With Hyperlinked YouTube Videos)

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Caribou,

I just discovered the following unpublished blog post in my 2013 archive.

Have no idea how many of these links are still current.

This list was created before I started singing with "19 Miles From Davis" and it would be interesting to see how that experience might chance my preferences. 

Surely many new songs would be added - and at least some would get bumped.

Shooter Jennings' "4th Of July" would be one addition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_tS3NcdFT0

Love

Dman

PS Currently I would prioritize this version of "Bells of Rhymney." http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.mx/2017/10/the-bells-of-rhymney-by-chris-hillman.html

Dear Danny,

Here are more candidates for your Spotify rock-and-roll list.

I'm sure there are a few you've already included.

Love

Dman

PS See if you can figure out how to email me your existing play list. Thanks!

I wish there were a YouTube post of "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits," but Dylan anthologies don't stay on the web long before they're disabled. In 'popular music," there's pre-Dylan and post-Dylan. As a post-Dylan guy, I think he's The Seminal Influence. Here's a pretty good Top 50 List. http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Rashomon/top_50_songs_by_bob_dylan/ In addition to Rolling Stone and Tambourine Man, I'm partial to Desolation Row, Hurricane, Visions of Johanna, Lay Lady Lay, Gotta Serve Somebody, Slow Train Coming, Just Like a Woman, Positively 4th Street, All Along the Watch Tower, Mozambique and Knocking on Heaven's Door. 

"Knocking On Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm9coqlk8fY

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With Te Memphis Blues Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kh6K_-a0c4


Mark Knopfler's cover of Knocking on Heaven's Door - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgAoe1o2134  (Check out Knopfler's guitar work on Postcard From Paraguay - 2007 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXXemzIo1ao)

And here's Dylan's new interactive "Rolling Stone" video issued on the 48th anniversary of the song's debut. http://www.complex.com/music/2013/11/bob-dylan-like-a-rolling-stone-video

Elsewhere...





The Who's Greatest Hits (Full Album) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeCAiValucE

Squeeze Box covered by Taj Majal and Keb'Do": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRz2D9cbFNQ

A little known Pete Townsend song I really like is Sheraton Gibson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUASUTR8Nv0

Another Townsend favorite which he recorded solo -- as well as with The Who -- is "Pure and Easy."
Townsend's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXfUk-jF6UE (As I recall, Townsend plays all instruments on this recording.)


The Heart of the Matter, Don Henley - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xezg3z5IE8I


Seth Avett covering "Operator": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hJwW3f1P-g


One Less Day (From Dying Young): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaSoq9FELF8

Baby Blue (Badfinger) - This is the song played at the very end of Breaking Bad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beM28FLdAzk

"I'm So Tired" by The Beatles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ_OMbWJ46g



"Hallelujah" composed by Leonard Cohen, performed here by Jeff Buckley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIF4_Sm-rgQ  ///  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4


"All I Have To Do Is Dream" by The Everly Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbU3zdAgiX8


"This Is Dedicated To The One I Love": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUr5_QVPCAI











"Broadway Is Dark Tonight": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbwzPzJ6wCU





"Bulletproof Angel": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWI0aD4OqLM (From the Goo Goo Dolls album, "Magnetic" which can be heard in its entirety at 







Stuck In The Middle With You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln7Vn_WKkWU


Summertime sung by Ella Fitzgerald: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2bigf337aU


 
If I Could Turn Back Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n3A_-HRFfc 
(This video is at least lascivious/lubricious, if not pornographic. But what a tour de force!)





The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrriKcwvlY


I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to-RVV_3anw

Who's Gonna Build Your Wall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZkAoosVLkA




Smooth by Santana and Rob Thomas (A great video as well as a fine song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Whgn_iE5uc





"The Waiting" covered live by The Killers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRltzfJyqak




Can't Find My Way Home (Studio Version) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN1J5sMv28Q

Can't Find My Way Home (Live) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT-SFgkVlno

"Walk of Life" Mark Knopfler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd9TlGDZGkI










Teach Your Children Well - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztVaqZajq-I

Below are three tracks from CSNY's two-disk "live" album "Four Way Street" which I listened to A LOT while studying at the University of Cincinnati in 1970-71:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT_H-Cz3v8Y


American Pie (with lyrics) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U


If You're Going To San Francisco -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ_WG3d3GL8

"Bells of Rhymney" by The Byrds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOHYq2KNlHY

"Bells of Rhymney" - Chris Hillman's late life re-make (the last song Tom Petty produced): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbD1MPuUUvI

Chimes of Freedom - written by Bob Dylan, covered by The Byrds. I encourage you to read the lyrics while watching - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2nKFmXlY38

My Back Pages - another Dylan cover. Be sure to read the lyrics which are on the same YouTube page as the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FUGzwUTN80


So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCBo3lWXDqw






All Along The Watchtower (A Jimi Hendrix cover of a Bob Dylan song) 

It Feels Like Home To Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am7EI5tdaX4


House of the Rising Sun (This video starts with a sardonic excerpt from a Kennedy speech and continues with footage of the Vietnam War) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpWEv9Q0XQ4 


In My Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zicw_dVwhfM (This video starts with a clip of The Royal Liver Building on the shore of the Mersey River in downtown Liverpool. While studying at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in '76 and '77, I lived about a mile inland from this spot. I even remember the address of my digs - #6 Pembroke. A big brick home containing the Pakistani owner's dental office and several "bed sitters.")


Have You Ever Seen The Rain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu2pVPWGYMQ 

"Rain" is such a great (and overlooked) song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK5G8fPmWeA

Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ISAntOom0

Where the Streets Have No Names (You've got to give this song 90 seconds to get cookin')  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FsrPEUt2Dg 



Every Step You Take (This song has dubious, "paranoid" and arguably misogynist lyrics, but the riff is great): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH_YbBHVF4g

Fortress Around Your Heart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma62k_N4PhI



More Than A Feeling (I'm pretty sure you've already got this on your Spotify list but you might want to see it with the lyrics): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm_-sW4Vktw


"Overkill" by Colin Hay performing on Scrubs TV show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGmcuj44DQ

"Overkill" by Men At Work (Studio Version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY7S6EgSlCI

***

Boo: Here is a list of hyperlinked songs I sent to Maria as suggestions for possible inclusion on a CD I'd like to produce with her. I have decided not to remove songs from Maria's list which duplicate songs in your "dedicated" email above.

Dear Maria,

The other night, Dan played your recent studio session with Ben, not telling me beforehand the name of the vocalist. 

Your performance of "Grace Like Rain" is brilliant!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1BsnrPHcV4

When you get back from New Zealand, I would really like to "produce" a record with you.

In addition to recording your "music theater favorites," I am beginning to compile a list of songs for your consideration. 

















(Original studio version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWlLPJG9Cvg


Will You Love Me Tomorrow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2khQJGdnFE


Say It With Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNNmO1YITyQ (I don't think this song will work for your voice but I think you'll like it anyhow.)


I'm In A Hurry And Don't Know Why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHVV7QCOmDU (This song is probably not suited to your voice and style but I'd love to seeyou cut loose on it.)











Child of the Wind (I sang this at Grampa's 80th birthday party): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp6czLE8Ucg Lyrics: http://www.cockburnproject.net/





If a Tree Falls in The Forest: 
Original Studio Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErS9HCh8GfE  




I Am Ready For The Storm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNAzkEioI_s  


Do you know Creedence Clearwater Revival? 

My Trinidadian sweetheart, Jenny Baboolal, used to say, "They have a simple groove mahn. But deep." 

CCR: Up Around The Bend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34P18at0Q7s  

CCR: Who'll Stop The Rain.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPan-rEQJA  

CCR: Have You Ever Seen The Rain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu2pVPWGYMQ 


Roberta Flack: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOFrGbuUqnQ

The Youngbloods. Get Together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4fWN6VvgKQ


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    Love

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