What I’m Listening To

Yep, I’m bored and can’t really think of what to post, but since I like posting crap that no one else could be interested in, here’s a list of songs I have been listening to lately. As usual they are quite ancient.

1. Move Over – Janis Joplin
2. Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix
3. Crimson And Clover – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
4. Destroyer – The Kinks
5. Heartbreaker – Led Zeppelin
6. Enter Sandman – Metallica
7. Down By The River – Neil Young
8. Come As You Are – Nirvana
9. From Little Things Big Things Grow – Paul Kelly
10. Razor’s Edge – Goanna
11. Please Send Me Someone To Love – Percy Mayfield
12. Nothin’ But A Good Time – Poison
13. Smokin’ Gun – Robert Cray
14. Gimme Shelter – Rolling Stones
15. I Can Feel The Fire – Ron Wood
16. I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
17. I’m A King Bee – Slim Harpo
18. John The Revelator – Son House
19. Edge Of Seventeen – Stevie Nicks
20. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) – The Temptations
21. Here I Go Again – Whitesnake
22. Over Under Sideways Down – The Yardbirds
23. Owner Of A Lonely Heart – Yes
24. Redemption Song – Bob Marley & the Wailers
25. Never Let Me Go – The Black Sorrows

That’s a pretty eclectic mix if I may say so myself.

Triple M’s Ultimate 500 Rock Songs 2010

The bogans have voted. AC/DC took out the top 5 positions of Triple M’s Ultimate 500 Rock Songs countdown. They had eight songs in the top 31. Now don’t get me wrong, I like AC/DC and all that, I even have quite a few of their cds lying around the house, yet I also like some variety. Now I know that whenever I tune into Triple M they will definitely be playing an AC/DC song. Do we really want to hear T.N.T eight times a day seven days a week? (Also Thunderstruck at #1 WTF!!!)

Some of the other choices in this countdown were quite… odd… to say the very least. Guns ‘N’ Roses insipid cover of Knocking On Heavens Door at #53 and the highest Stones song being It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll (But I like It) at #61 show just how odd the voting was. I could do a list of my own top 500, but that would end up being really tedious for me. Here’s just a list of the songs I’ve been most listening to lately. (Where did they come on the list?)

1. Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
2. Shake Your Moneymaker – Fleetwood Mac
3. The Seeker – The Who
4. Happy – The Rolling Stones
5. Comin’ Home – Delaney & Bonney & Friends
6. Mama Kin – Aerosmith
7. Lola – The Kinks
8. SWLABR – Cream
9. Hush – Deep Purple
10. Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin
11. Three Button Hand Me Down- The Faces
12. I Want To Take You Higher – Sly & The Family Stone
13. Rocks Off – The Rolling Stones
14. Evil Ways – Santana
15. Days Like This – Van Morrison
16. Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
17. Behind Blue Eyes – The Who
18. Dream On – Aerosmith
19. Hard To Handle – The Black Crowes
20. Superstition – Beck, Bogert & Appice

What I have been listening to lately

What I have been listening to lately…

I know that everyone in the whole wide world is interested in what songs I listen to on my iPod on the way to work. Well, here they are…

1. Big Ten Inch Record – Aerosmith
2. Mama Kin – Aerosmith
3. Shake Your Moneymaker – Fleetwood Mac
4. Three Button Hand Me Down – The Faces
5. Stay With Me – The Faces
6. Long Live Rock – The Who
7. Born Under A Bad Sign – Albert King
8. Comin’ Home – Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
9. Happy – The Rolling Stones
10. Smokey Joe’s Café – The Robins
11. John The Revelator – Son House
12. How High The Moon – Les Paul & Mary Ford
13. Right Place, Wrong Time – Dr John
14. Clean Up Your Own Backyard – Elvis Presley
15. Burning Love – Elvis Presley
16. I’d Rather Go Blind – Chicken Shack
17. Give Me Back My Wig – Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers
18. Ain’t Superstitious – The Jeff Beck Group
19. Hey Joe – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
20. Please Send Me Someone To Love – Percy Mayfield

There is a point that I want to make about things music. Firstly I read a letter in the newspaper complaining about the lack of Elvis Presley songs on the radio. This letter writer actually spoke to someone from Gold 104 who told them that their station only plays rock and roll music. Huh! I always thought that Elvis was the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll. Gold 104 cannot use the argument that they only play modern music as they are known as ‘the good time oldies’ station and play lots of Beatles, Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac. I do know that they don’t play too many songs from before 1970, but Elvis still had a lot of good songs from after his 1968 comeback that would be a good fit on their playlist, as songs such as Burning Love and Suspicious Minds are two of the greatest rock songs ever recorded.

What I have been listening to this week!

I haven’t done this for a while but here are the 15 or so songs that I have been listening to most on my iPod. While I don’t claim that the songs that I listen to are the greatest ever made, they are sure a darn lot better than anything that is played on commercial FM radio here in Melbourne, especially Fox FM and NOVA.

 You’ll probably recognise the names of most of these groups but perhaps not the songs listed.

1. Give The People What They Want – The Kinks
2. Happy – The Rolling Stones
3. Dolly Dagger – Jimi Hendrix
4. Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
5. Comin’ Home – Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
6. Piece Of Crap – Neil Young
7. Three Button Hand Me Down – The Faces
8. Redemption Song – Bob Marley
9. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – The Temptations
10. Hush – Deep Purple
11. Motherless Children – Eric Clapton
12. Love The One You’re With – Stephen Stills
13. The Seeker – The Who
14. Long Live Rock – The Who
15. Hurt – Johnny Cash

 I know that most of these songs are ancient and most people will think I’m an old fart for listening to them, but remember that I grew up in the 80s, a time when most music was horrible. A bit like today, really, where awful crap by totally derivative singers as Lady Ga-Ga can reach the top of the charts. The only thing original about Lady Ga-Ga is that she started a rumour about her having a penis, I don’t think that Madonna ever did that!

 Speaking of music, the other day I was watching MAX on Foxtel when they played Janis Joplin’s Mercedes Benz. This originally was a song that Janis sang acapalla to show the strength of her incredible voice. Unfortunately some producer or DJ has discovered this song and decided to remix it with synthesizers and drum machine beats, ala Elvis’s A Little Less Conversation a few years ago. Yes, it is as horrible as it sounds and poor Janis must be turning over in her grave at the way her song has been ruined. Then again last year some talentless DJ thought they’d be creative by merging The Doors’ Riders On The Storm with Blondie’s Rapture. Arrrrggghhhh!

What I have been listening to lately!

I know that everyone wants to know what I have been listening to lately. In fact, thanks to blogging, Facebook and Twitter, everyone wants to know everything about everyone… Or is it that everyone wants everyone else to know everything about themselves?! Mmm! Anyway, everyone else is writing about every single mundane part of their insignificant lives, so why cant I? Anyway, here are twenty five songs that have been on high rotation on my iPod!

1. Love The One You’re With – Stephen Stills

2. Have You Ever Loved A Woman – Freddie King

3. (The Welfare) Turns Its Back On You – Freddie King

4. Sitting, Waiting, Wishing – Jack Johnson

5. Good Excuse – John Butler Trio

6. Better Than – John Butler Trio

7. Smokin’ Gun – Robert Cray

8. Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones

9. Shine A Light – The Rolling Stones

10. Happy – The Rolling Stones

11. Paint It, Black – The Rolling Stones

12. Up Above My Head, I Hear Music In The Air – Sister Rosetta Tharpe

13. I’m A King Bee – Slim Harpo

14. Fishin’ Blues – Taj Mahal

15. Gloria – Van Morrison & John Lee Hooker

16. Days Like This – Van Morrison

17. Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison

18. Gone Daddy Gone – Violent Femmes

19. Stroll On – The Yardbirds

20. My Love Ain’t The Kind – Thomas Ribeiro

21. Shake Your Moneymaker – Fleetwood Mac

22. The Chain – Fleetwood Mac

23. Stay With Me – The Faces

24. The Seeker – The Who

25. Give Me Back My Wig – Hound Dog Taylor

What I have been listening to over the last fortnight!

I know that everyone in the entire hangs onto my every word when I discuss the music that I have been listening to on my iPod. I forgot to put a post about this last week, so to make up for it I will write a list of the songs I have been listening to over the last two weeks.

1. Holiday Road – Lindsey Buckingham
2. Black Magic Woman – Santana
3. Permanent Vacation – Aerosmith
4. Give Me Back My Wig – Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers
5. Cold Shot – Stevie Ray Vaughan
6. Khe Sahn – Cold Chisel
7. Wand Dang Doodle – Koko Taylor
8. The White Room – Cream
9. Shake Your Moneymaker – Fleetwood Mac
10. Ain’t That A Lot Of Love – Taj Mahal
11. Mannish Boy – Muddy Waters
12. Give Me One Reason – Tracy Chapman
13. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
14. Faster – George Harrison
15. Have You Ever Loved A Woman – Freddie King
16. The Thrill Is Gone – B.B. King
17. I Ain’t Drunk – Albert Collins
18. Jeff’s Blues – The Yardbirds
19. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
20. Heart Of Gold – Neil Young

What I Have Been Listening To This Week

Again I thought that it would be fun to list the songs that have been played on high rotation on my iPod. I try to have an eclectic taste in music that extends to several genres, although more often than not I just like guitar driven rock and roll.

1. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) – AC/DC
2. Permanent Vacation – Aerosmith
3. Whipping Post – The Allman Brothers Band
4. Rockin’ The Suburbs – Ben Folds
5. Redemption Song – Bob Marley
6. Now You’re Gone – Buddy Guy
7. Please – Chris Isaak
8. SWLABR – Cream
9. Pump It Up – Elvis Costello
10. Oh Well – Fleetwood Mac
11. Give Me Back My Wig – Hound Dog Taylor And The Houserockers
12. Piece Of My Heart – Janis Joplin
13. Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
14. Good Excuse – John Butler Trio
15. The Old Man Down The Road – John Fogerty
16. Chill Out – John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana
17. Cortez The Killer – Neil Young
18. They’re Red Hot – Robert Johnson
19. Stray Cat Blues – Rolling Stones
20. The Seeker – The Who

Chill Out – John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana

What I’ve Been Listening To This Week

Because the music I listen to is so much better than the music that you are listening to, I decided I would share just some of the most frequent songs that play on my iPod. As you can see there are a lot of guitar heavy songs. Not every one of these songs is great, but I like them, which is all that’s important.

1. Viva La Vida – Coldplay
2. Hush – Deep Purple
3. Pump It Up – Elvis Costello
4. Riding With The King – Eric Clapton and B.B. King
5. One Way Ticket – The Darkness
6. Three Button Hand Me Down – The Faces
7. Shake Your Moneymaker – Fleetwood Mac
8. I’m Tore Down – Freddie King
9. We Got The Beat – The Go-Gos
10. Red House – Jimi Hendrix
11. Good Excuse – John Butler Trio
12. Boogie With Stu – Led Zeppelin
13. Cult Of Personality – Living Color
14. Smokin’ Gun – Robert Cray
15. Happy – The Rolling Stones
16. The House Is Rockin’ – Stevie Ray Vaughan
17. Statesboro Blues – Taj Mahal
18. Blue Orchid – The White Stripes
19. The Seeker – The Who
20. Joker And The Thief – Wolfmother

The Faces – Three Button Hand Me Down

My 10 Favourite Rolling Stones Songs

With my new computer on the way one thing that I have to do that I loath, is to reload all of my music onto it. I have to do this to keep my iPod up to date. Whilst I don’t mind having to load up all of my many cds, there is a ton of stuff that I downloaded to my old computer that I have now lost. (The lesson is always make a back up copy of all your MP3 and photo files)

Anyway, in getting ready to do this onerous task, I thought I would list some songs that will eventually make it back onto my iPod.

One group that will definately make it back onto my iPod is The Rolling Stones. I had over 200 of their songs on my iPod previously, including a downloaded copy of the unreleased and banned final Decca single that they made in 1969. (Because it was banned, it is quite easy to find online!) Here are my 10 favourite Stones’ songs.

1. Sympathy For The devil
2. 2000 Light Years From Home
3. Happy
4. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
5. Shine A Light
6. Brown Sugar
7. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
8. Little Red Rooster
9. Honky Tonk Women
10. Paint It, Black