Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Electric Light Orchestra’s “Mr. As the decade progressed, however, rock ‘n’ roll began to see more and more influences seep in. It’s kind of hard to believe, but rock was nearly two decades old by the time the 70s rolled around, which meant that things had come a long way from “Rocket 88.” The elements that made it great, however, remained much the same: Electric guitars and a love of the blues underpinned so much of what Eric Clapton, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, and many others had to say. Google that too.Build your 70s music collection on vinyl with classic titles and under–the–radar favorites. P.P.S.-Halloween stuff starts next week, kids. These songs should pretty much all be easily found on YouTube or the music provider of your choice, if you are unfamiliar with them. The Golden Age Of Rock ‘n’ Roll-Mott The Hoople.Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay-Danny & The Juniors.It’s Only Rock N’ Roll-The Rolling Stones.Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo-Rick Derringer.Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution-Ac/DC.I Love Rock N’ Roll-Joan Jett And The Blackhearts.It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me-Billy Joel.Rock And Roll Never Forgets-Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band.ROCK AND ROLL SONGS ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL WITH THE WORDS ROCK AND ROLL RIGHT THERE IN THE TITLE So until next week, have fun, and turn it up to eleven. This playlist is far from definitive, but it’s a good place to start. My personal version would be a bit more obscure than the one I am showing here, (it would have Motorhead on it for a start) but I wanted this to be a list that gives people a jumping off point to start thinking about your own list. Many of your favorites won’t be here-many of mine aren’t either. SONGS WITH THE WORDS ROCK AND ROLL IN THE TITLE FULLThis is mostly to make it into more of a challenge than doing one mega-list.įull disclosure, I have gone through a few different versions of this playlist, this one is full of (mostly) classic rock songs, many of which are overplayed, but that’s okay. And that’s before we get into punk, new wave, and heavy metal! No stylistic limits-as with the music itself.ģ.) I limited the list to 15 songs-one song per artist. I’ve always leaned toward hard rock, but I have an appreciation for pretty much any style of rock you can imagine from oldies to prog rock, pop rock, power pop, country rock, folk rock, rockabilly, and everything in between. Just plain “rock”, “rockin'” or “rocking” are not allowed.Ģ.) All decades and rock subgenres are acceptable. I did make a few ground rules for my list.ġ.) The song titles must all include the words “rock and roll”, though “rock n’ roll” or “rock & roll” are acceptable variants. If you are of a similar mind, why not try it too? Drop me a reply if you’d like-it would be fun to see all the different versions people come up with. Anyway, it sounded fun, so I sat down and got to work. In fact, there are at least a few bands that could fill up a playlist just on their own (AC/DC and KISS come screaming into mind). I could probably do several, come to think of it, or one extremely loooong one. This is one of those times.Īnyway, the above quote is one that I thought was kind of funny, but as soon as I heard it I thought that it would be possible to make a pretty cool playlist based around that idea. While this is not a music based blog, it’s going to come up now and again. “I like rock and roll songs about rock and roll, with the words rock and roll right there in the title.”-Eddie SpaghettiĪnyone who knows me well knows that I am a music geek.
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