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Up on Cripple Creek (The Band)
Spike Jones

Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple)
Zappa

I Dig Rock and Roll Music (Peter, Paul & Mary)
Mamas & Papas, Beatles, Donavan

From Hank to Hendrix (N. Young)

Faron Young (Prefab Sprout)

Hey 19(Steely Dan)
Aretha

Bob Wills is still the King (Waylon)

Drunken Angel (Lucinda)
Doesn’t say a name but you know who

Blaze’s Blues(Townes Van Zandt)
Same as above

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Introducing this song in concerts, Williams has explained that she wrote it about her friend Blaze Foley, a songwriter who was shot and killed in a bar over a senseless argument. Townes Van Zandt, who was also a friend of Foley's, wrote a song about him called "Blaze's Blues."
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"(Let's All) Turn On"

Shake some action, psychotic reaction
No satisfaction, sky pilot, sky Saxon
That's what I like
That's what I like
Blitzkrieg bop to the jailhouse rock
Stop, stop at the hop, do the bluejean bop
That's what I like
That's what I like

Better get off my cloud 'cause two's a crowd
Better get off the phone, there's nobody at home
I'm gonna work it on out, I'm gonna twist and shout
I'm gonna ride a white swan and get it on
Let's all turn on

Born to lose those summertime blues
In blue suede shoes, le Hoodoo Gurus
That's what I like
That's what I like
Waiting for my man, baby, can the can
I wanna hold your hand, remember Sam the sham?
That's what I like
That's what I like

Better get off my cloud 'cause two's a crowd
Better get off the phone, there's nobody at home
I'm gonna work it on out, I'm gonna twist and shout
I'm gonna ride a white swan and get it on
Let's all turn on

When you walk in the room, sunny afternoon
A-wop-bop a-loo-bop, a-lop-bam-boom
That's what I like
That's what I like
Sugar, sugar, talk, talk, money, honey, boardwalk
Who wears short shorts? (we wear short shorts)
That's what I like
That's what I like
That's what I like

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56 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

 

 


About the dude from wall of voodoo the singer apparently dated

 

I like both bands and never knew that angle behind the song.  Loved Bloodletting in general.

 

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Eagles-Hotel California (Steely Dan), as payback for Steely Dan-Everything You Did (Eagles)
Grand Funk Railroad-An American Band (Freddie King)
ELO - Shagri-la (Beatles, and "Hey Jude")
Billy Joe Shaver-Tramp on Your Street (Hank Williams)
Chuck Berry-Roll Over Beethoven
A couple more about John Lennon:  Paul McCartney-Here Today, Elton John-Empty Garden
John Lennon-How Do You Sleep (Paul McCartney)
Bruce Springsteen-Thunder Road (Roy Orbison)
Steely Dan-FM (Elvis)
REM-Man on the Moon (Mott the Hoople, Elvis)
Commodores-Nightshift (Marvin Gaye)
The Who-The Seeker (Dylan, Beatles)
A couple of "list songs": Tex Ritter-Hillbilly Heaven; George Jones-Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes
Neil Young-My My, Hey Hey (Johnny Rotten)

as in the one song above, Barclay James Harvest-Titles (the lyrics are all Beatles song titles/lyrics), actually a pretty cool song, I really dig it (this video cannot be more 70's, with that All the Young Dudes opening...)

 

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