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OK,OK I know this is a silly post but I am sick as hell and bored as hell and anything that requires I-Tunes I am down with it.
1. Put your music player on shuffle. 2. Press forward for each question. 3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.
1. How does the world see me?
"Rock n Roll Nurse"- Von Bondies
(I wish it didn't say nurse)
2. Will I have a happy life?
"Drowning Sorrows" -Hollywood Brats
(Today I feel like it)
3. What do my friends really think of me?
"Don't say it's a lie"- Thee Mighty Caesars
(I try to be truthful to my friends)
4. Do people secretly lust after me?
"Science Fiction Double Feature"- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
(I have no idea, maybe girls who like Rocky Horror?)
5. How can I make myself happy?
"Ready,Steady,Go"- Don't Cares
(I actually think I should be a bit more spontaneous really)
6. What should I do with my life?
"My Heroes have always been Cowboys"- Willie Nelson
(Holy Crap...a Cowboy?)
7. Will I ever have children?
"Just a little bit more- Jeff Dahl
(Three's enough thank you)
8. What is some good advice for me?
"Hey,Bo Diddley"- Bo Diddley
(????)
9. How will I be remembered?
"Bad Moon Rising"- Creedence Clearwater Revival
(Really?)
10. What is my signature dancing song?
"Wheat Kings"-Tragically Hip
(sounds like a boring dance)
11. What do I think my current theme song is?
"Fire & Brimstone" Nomads
(Huh? I surely hope not!)
12. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
"Fire Water Burn" Bloodhound Gang
(Is this a theme?)
13. What song will play at my funeral?
"Debauchery"- Dogs d'amour
(C'mon! I don't even drink anymore and I never did drugs)
14. What type of men/women do you like?
"Ice Water"- Swingin' Neckbreakers
(I used to meet alot of icy women)
15. What is my day going to be like?
"Eight Days a Week"- Beatles
(it seems like it sometimes)
17. What am I most likely to lose friends for?
"Wipeout"- Surfaris
(I do drive to fast sometimes)
18. What type of men/women like me?
"Summer Lovin"- New Found Glory
(and in the other seasons?)
19. What song reminds people of me?
"Moonlight Sonata"- Beethoven
(I thought I was "Hell and Brimstone"?)
20. What does my best friend think of me?
"Flying Saucers Rock & Roll"- Billie Lee Riley
(thanks for telling about my abduction Ron)
21. Will my life be more successes or failures?
"Cat Man"- Gene Vincent
(not a clue....alot of cats in my future?)
22. What are my friends like?
"Back in the ECC"- Very Ape
(again, no clue...I don't even know what ECC is)
23. What is something that will be very important later in life?
"Oh Love"- Don Wade
(I guess that's important)
24. How will I get revenge on those who hurt me?
"Real Wild Child"- Iggy Pop
(Watch out! Iggy's Coming!)
25. What's one thing I will have soon?
"Rockin Daddy"- Eddie Bond
(wha.. wha what!??)
The latest book I have been reading "Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll" really got me thinking about the roots of Rock music. I know there have been numerous books on the subject about the "first Rock n Roll song" but it is all based on individual opinion's. I did a term paper in college on this subject but I have amended some of it. Listed here are some seminal songs that I believe were critical in the formation of Rock & Roll as we know it today. In my opinion, I believe the first Rock & Roll single to be "Rocket 88" by Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm (but credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats)
I present my list and would like some feedback about songs or artists that you think are influential to Rock music today. I have only covered songs from 1938 to 1959 so there will be no Louis Armstrong, Woody Guthrie, Beatles or Bob Dylan.
1: 1938- Pete Johnson and Big Joe Turner "Roll em' Pete"
2: 1946- Arthur Crudup "That's all Right"
3: 1947- Wild Bill Moore "We're gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll"
4: 1947- T-Bone Walker "Call it Stormy Monday"
5: 1948- Leadbelly "Midnight Special"
6: 1949- Muddy Waters "Rollin' Stone"
7: 1949- Jimmy Preston "Rock the Joint"
8: 1949- Fats Domino "The Fat Man"
9: 1950- Wynonie Harris "Good Rockin' Tonight"
10: 1950- Billy Lee Riley "Red Hot"
11: 1951- B.B. King "Three O'Clock Blues"
12: 1951- Cecil Gant "We're Gonna Rock"
13: 1951- Howlin' Wolf "How Many more Years"
14: 1951- Jackie Brenston "Rocket 88"
15: 1952- Lloyd Price "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
16: 1953- Little Junior "Feelin' Good"
17: 1953- Joe Hill Louis "Hydramatic Woman"
18: 1954- Big Joe Turner "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
19: 1955- Bill Haley "Rock around the clock"
20: 1955- Chuck Berry "Maybeline"
21: 1955- Johnny Cash "Folsom Prison Blues"
22: 1955- Little Richard "Long Tall Sally"
23: 1955- Ray Charles "I got a Woman"
24: 1955- Smiley Lewis "I Hear you Knockin"
25: 1955- Elvis Presley "Baby, lets play house"
26: 1956- Roy Orbison "GO, GO, GO"
27: 1956- Carl Perkins "Blued Suede Shoes"
28: 1956- Gene Vincent "Who slapped John?"
29: 1957- Bo Diddley "Bo Diddley"
30: 1957- Jerry Lee Lewis "Whole Lotta Shakin' going on"
31: 1957- Johnny Burnette Trio "Train kept a rollin'"
32: 1958- John Lee Hooker "Boom Boom"
33: 1958- Buddy Holly "Oh Boy"
34: 1959- Eddie Cochran "C'mon Everybody"
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No Delta blues cats like Charlie Patton,Robert Johnson,etc. Likin' what you got here though.
Cody B, Yeah, I was going to add some pre-1938 musicians like the ones you mentioned but that would have made my list much too long. But they are without a doubt important to the formation of Rock and Roll.
Thanks
A few days ago someone sent me this mp3. It is a punk cover of "Purple Rain" I don't have a clue who sings this, it was tagged as Me First and the Gimmee Gimmees' but that is incorrect. I tried to see if any of the punk bands that do alot of cover songs might have done it (NOFX, MXPX, Goldfinger, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Lagwagon) but I don't think they did. It's really not even that great of a cover song but it's bugging the Hell out of me. Does anyone recognize this band? Maybe if I offer a prize?
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Nope..never heard of this. I checked plyrics.com, too. Are you sure this is the name of the song? Try listen to some lyrics of it and then google them with the word 'lyrics' next to them. It does for me in many situations.
Good luck
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a rockin daddy, lookout now!