Why music? 

Springsteen 2008 

the Artist List 

• Bob Dylan (Like A Rolling Stone, Mr Tambourine Man, Stuck Inside The Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Positively 4th Street)
• Bruce Springsteen (Thunder Road, The Rising, Hungry Heart, The River, Born To Run)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd (Sweet Home Alabama, Free Bird, Tuesday's Gone, Saturday Night Special)
• Elvis (Follow That Dream, Suspicious Minds, Milk Cow Blues)
• Chuck Berry (Maybellene, Route 66, You Never Can Tell)
• Bon Jovi (You Give Love A Bad Name, These Days, Living On A Prayer, Who Says You Can't Go Home)
• Tom Petty & The Hearbreakers (American Girl, Learning To Fly, Refugee, Don't Do Me Like That, Into The Great Wide Open)
• Dean Martin (Gentle On My Mind). Well, OK, I don't listen to his songs that much, I just adore the "Dean Martin Show".
• Kris Kristofferson (Silver-Tongued Devil, For The Good Times, Help Me Make It Through The Night)
• Johnny Cash (Home Of The Blues, Cocaine Blues, San Quentin, Custer)
• Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill Theme, You're Not Here, Waiting For You, Ordinary Vanity)
• Boston (More Than A Feeling, Peace Of Mind)
• Nine Inch Nails (Zero-Sum, The Warning, A Warm Place, Starf-ckers Inc.)
• Rolling Stones (Rip This Joint, Miss You, Rocks Off, Gimme Shelter, Let It Loose, Shine A Light)
• The Doors (The End, Break On Through, Light My Fire)
• Roy Orbison (California Blue, You Got It, I Drove All Night, She's A Mystery To Me)
• Dire Straits (Walk Of Life, Brothers In Arms, Money For Nothing, Tunnel Of Love, Twisting By The Pool, Telegraph Road, Your Latest Trick, Wild West End)
• Black Crowes (Could I've Been So Blind, Twice As Hard)
• Billy Idol (Speed, Eyes Without A Face, Cradle Of Love, Dancing With Myself)
• Ghostface Killah (Wu-Banga 101, Apollo Kids, Shakey Dog, Kilo, Blue Armor)
• The Field (A Paw In My Face, Everday, The Deal)
• Clipse (Momma I'm Sorry, Wamp Wamp, Hello New World, Keys Open Doors, Chinese New Year, Nightmares, Pu--y Remix)
• Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch (Black Rain, Evolution, Dreamers Of The Dream)
• Fela Kuti (Roforofo Fight, Water Get No Enemy, Coffin For Head Of State)
• Eagles (Desperado, Take It Easy, Already Gone, Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise)
• Neil Young (Round And Round, Cowgirl In The Sand)
• Billy Joel (Vienna, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Piano Man, She's Always A Woman)

Why music? (continued) 

Springsteen 

Hungry Heart 

The Facts: 

• This was Springsteen's first top 10 hit.
• When Springsteen met Joey Ramone in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Ramone asked Bruce to write a song for his band, The Ramones. Springsteen wrote "Hungry Heart" that night but decided to keep it on the advice of his producer and manager, Jon Landau.
• This was used in the Tom Cruise movie Risky Business. It was the first time a Springsteen song was used in a film.
• In the 1981 Rolling Stone reader's poll, this was voted best single. Springsteen also won for Best Artist, Album, and Male Singer.
• Bruce has the audience sing the first verse and chorus when he performs this live.
• Shortly before he was murdered in New York City, John Lennon praised Springsteen and this song in particular.

The Byrds 

Mr. Tambourine Man 

The Facts: 

• Bob Dylan wrote this, and the song was originally released on his fifth album Bringing It All Back Home on March 22, 1965. It is the only song Dylan ever wrote that went to #1.
• The Byrds' version is based on Bob Dylan's demo of the song. They took some lyrics out and added a 12-string guitar lead.
• This was the Byrds' first single.
• This song changed the face of Rock music. It launched the Byrds, convinced Dylan to "go electric;" and started the folk-rock movement.
• This was the first of many Bob Dylan songs recorded by the Byrds. Others include: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, The Times They Are a-Changin', It's All Over Now Baby Blue and Chimes of Freedom.
• This was the first influential Folk-Rock song. All of the characteristics of that genre are present, including chorus harmonies, a rock rhythm section and lots of thought-provoking lyrics.
• This was discussed in the 1995 movie, Dangerous Minds. In the movie, they talked about the underlying drug references this song might entail... Example: "Mr. Tambourine Man" = Drug Dealer; "Play a song for me" = give me a joint. The basis for this theory was that music was heavily censored at that time, so musicians would share their feelings about drugs and unallowed subject material through coded songs.

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Dire Straits 

Walk Of Life 

The Facts: 

• Mark Knopfler wrote this song to celebrate the street buskers of London, hence the references to "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and "What'd I Say," two standards that might be part of a singer's repertoire in the mid-'80s.
• The song wasn't going to be on the album at all, but producer Neil Dorfsman was out-voted by the band and than the track got on the album. The song is one of the most up-lifting tracks Mark Knopfler had ever written. Knopfler later changed the lyrics sometimes one later concerts such as the Mandela gig in '87 where Clapton is in the band as a stand in.
• "Walk of Life" was the song played during the Space Shuttle Discovery crew wake-up call on STS-114 Flight Day 7.

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Cinderella 

Shelter Me 

The Facts: 

• This song is about how everyone has their own vices, no matter how small they are; and that people shouldn't look down on others just because their vices are different.

Laid Back 

Sunshine Reggae 

The Facts: 

• The biggest Laid Back's hit.
• Available as a remix by Funkstar De Luxe.

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The Prodigy 

Spitfire 

The Facts: 

• Remix version available by Future Funk Squad

Eddie Money 

Take Me Home Tonight 

The Facts: 

• There are no facts yet regarding this track.

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Toots & The Maytals 

Pressure Drop 

The Facts: 

• Pressure Drop introduced many Americans to reggae music when it was released in 1970.
• This song appears on the soundtrack of The Harder They Come. The movie is about the adventures of a reggae musician trying to get his songs played on the radio and the hardships associated with the music industry. He apparently ends up selling marijuana and killing a policeman. The movie is in English, but very hard to understand due to the heavy Jamaican accents the actors use.

Sunset Strippers 

Falling Stars 

The Facts: 

• There are no facts yet regarding this track.

the South Park gang =D 

What Would Brian Boitano Do 

The Facts: 

• Wanna know what Boitano thinks of this song?
  
  Considering South Park's reputation for off-color humor, the 1988 Olympic gold medalist says: "I was worried when I first heard about it, but the song is flattering, not insulting."
  
  In fact, Brian, 43, now sells What Would Brian Boitano Do? T-shirts to raise funds for his inner-city youth ice skating program.

TOP10 : Feel Good Pt.1 

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My Lenses 

The Lens For A Bad Day Pt.1

Feeling the blues? Well it's time ROCK! Check out these feel good videos I've arranged for you. Jack the volume up and let loose. Peace. btw - there's plenty more good music from where this came from. See if you can find it =D

TOP10 : Power Rock

Turn up the volume and smash on the gas - these rock tracks are gonna drive you insane!

Top 10 : Springsteen

Tired of that pop crap on the radio? Looking for some tunes to brighten up you day? The Boss is back, kid. Best Bruce Springsteen songs right here for your listening pleasure. Selected personal favorites as well as universally acclaimed chart toppi...

TOP10 : Never Heard

Step on in, fellow music lovers. This evening I present you 10 never before heard (oh, gimme a break, you didn't know all of these, did you? Thought so.) amazing tracks for your listening pleasure. You know Purple Haze, don't you? But you never knew...

The Lens For A Bad Day Pt.2

About time to let go, if you ask me. The next 10 awesome feel good tunes, just like promised. My favorite - Life Is A Highway. Peace.

More of My Lenses: 

TOP10 : Rock N'Roll

Feelin' a bit 1950s or 60s like? Well you got yourself to the right place then! Plenty of rock n'roll tunes for you to enjoy. These ain't stricly Buddy Holly rock n'roll, but these tunes'll get you shakin' in a blink of an eye. A couple of so called s...

This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.

You have a kind of sick desperation in your laugh.

TOP10 : The 80s

The flashy 80s. Ah, the era of bad hair and amazing music. Face it, today's music ain't got a fraction of what the 80s music had, and everybody who knows how to appreciate catchy pop rock tunes will find everything they need here. You know 'em. You l...

TOP10 : Slow

You came to the right place. This here's a fine collection of slow tracks for those evenings when you want to turn off the phone and the TV and just take it easy. Selected sounds from Brian Ferry, U2, Nine Inch Nails, Louis Armstrong and other artist...

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