tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post5565613889582591210..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Weekend Listomania's Greatest Hits: Special The Right Tool for the Job! EditionNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-78169544661641106762015-04-08T07:13:03.955-04:002015-04-08T07:13:03.955-04:00Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods - Bill Kirchen
Craz...Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods - Bill Kirchen <br />Crazy Country Hop - Johnny Otis<br />Gypsy - Van Morrison<br />Guitars and Women - Rick Derringer<br />Gold Top - Supersuckers<br />Getting In Tune - The Who<br />Guitar Shop - Jeff Beck<br />Desire - U2<br />Steel Guitar Rag - John Fahey<br />Pawnshop Guitars - Gilby Clarke<br />God's Good Sunshine - Mother Truckers<br />Emma Jean's Guitar - Chely Wright <br />Guitarzan - Ray Stevens<br />Deadwood and Wire - Buddy Whittington<br />Call Me Up In Dreamland - Van Morrison<br />Sister Luck - Black Crowes<br />Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack/Lori Lieberman<br />Rosebud - Ryan Adams<br />Lucille - B.B. King<br />Girls With Guitars - Wynonna Judd <br />Cracklin' Rose - Neil Diamond<br />Anyone Can Play Guitar - Radiohead<br />There's Only One Way to Rock - Sammy Hagar <br />Master of Disaster - John Hiatt <br />Cherry - Amy Winehouse<br />Rainy Night In Georgia - Tony Joe White/Brook Benton<br />Mygeetah - My Morning Jacket<br />Cool Guitar - Jimmy Thackery<br />King Creole - Elvis Presley<br />Beat Up Old Guitar - Shemekia Copeland<br />I've Got a Rock 'N' Roll Heart - Eric Clapton<br />Ghost In This Guitar - The Ranch featuring Keith Urban<br />When a Guitar Plays the Blues - Roy Buchanan/Albert Collins<br />All American Boy - Bobby Bare<br />Fender Champ - Buddy Whittington<br /><br />Wurst: with an umlaut<br /><br />Love and Death and an American Guitar - Jim Steinman<br /><br />Vickie Rock - I got blisters on my fingers! <br /><br />Once there was a time I'd rob my mama for a good meal and a smoke. Once there was a time I'd sell my brother for a dollar when I was broke. But I'd never sell my guitar and my strings were always sharp. 'Cause if I don't have a guitar I'll be strumming on some angels harp. And if I don't get to heaven and I go down there below, better be a guitar when I get there or I'll refuse to go. Once there was a time I was hungry and I'd find my food in some bin. But I'd never sell my guitar 'cause that would, darling, that would be a sin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-59998055205270625112015-04-07T16:56:44.165-04:002015-04-07T16:56:44.165-04:00The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll - Mott the...The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll - Mott the Hoople<br />So You Want To Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star - The Byrds<br />Honky Tonk Heroes - Billy Joe Shaver/Waylon Jennings<br />Dance To the Music - Sly & the Family Stone<br />London Homesick Blues - Gary P. Nunn & the Lost Gonzo Band<br />One of the Boys - Mott the Hoople<br />Torn and Frayed - The Rolling Stones<br />My Old Man - Jerry Jeff Walker<br />The Southern Thing - Drive-by Truckers<br />Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn<br />Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain<br />They Call Me Guitar Hurricane - Stevie Ray Vaughan<br />The Load Out/Stay - Jackson Browne<br />Stoney - Jerry Jeff Walker<br />Mandolin Rain - Bruce Hornsby<br />Six Strings Away - Waylon Jennings<br />Rock Me Roll Me - Gary P. Nunn & the Lost Gonzo Band<br />Ride Me Down Easy - Billy Joe Shaver<br />Honaloochie Boogie - Mott the Hoople<br />To Live Is To Fly - Blaze Foley/Townes Van Zandt/Merle Haggard<br /><br />Vickie Rock - Shake the dust off of your wings - the tears out of your eyes. When it's breakfast in bed, never eat and run. Sing those love songs in the shower. Drown in warm narcotic pleasure. Ravish in the glorious rain. Please me. Pretty please me. It's so easy. Pretty please me. Pretty please me right. Pretty please me with sugar on top. Cuz I know what I want. And I want it right now, while electric guitars are playin' way up loud.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-57939622727093948962015-04-06T08:36:49.668-04:002015-04-06T08:36:49.668-04:00Bongo Rock - Preston EppsBongo Rock - Preston EppsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-47310184017900431502015-04-05T21:48:57.568-04:002015-04-05T21:48:57.568-04:00Jonathan Richman: Fender Stratocaster
Arrows: Bong...Jonathan Richman: Fender Stratocaster<br />Arrows: Bongo Party<br />Roy Wood: When Gran'ma Plays the Banjo<br />New Order: Bizarre Love TriangleAlzonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-52870489103434589622015-04-05T14:51:13.297-04:002015-04-05T14:51:13.297-04:00Heavy Duty - Spinal Tap
Vickie Rock
Heavy Duty - Spinal Tap<br /><br />Vickie Rock<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-81909742717418486662015-04-05T14:01:26.367-04:002015-04-05T14:01:26.367-04:00Don't know that one, but I'll check it out...Don't know that one, but I'll check it out on your tip...steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-90102755643748264582015-04-05T10:48:16.685-04:002015-04-05T10:48:16.685-04:00@John F
She Bangs The Drum by The Stone Roses is ...@John F<br /><br />She Bangs The Drum by The Stone Roses is a great, great song AND a buzzy masterpiece in line with the best of the early Byrds, Blue Ash, Big Star, The Records and others.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063639986915628650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9700573273638439452015-04-05T02:43:45.581-04:002015-04-05T02:43:45.581-04:00glad to see that "Jail Guitar Doors" mad...glad to see that "Jail Guitar Doors" made it to the list; "Sax & Violins" is an overlooked gem; and love "All the Way from Memphis"<br /><br />my suggestions<br />Hoodoo Gurus - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKkw92OEIiw" rel="nofollow"> "Mars Needs Guitars!"</a>, off of <i>Mars Needs Guitars!</i>. Not the best tune, but a great album.<br />The Stone Roses - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcpbGeyPUD8" rel="nofollow"> "She Bangs the Drums"</a>, off of <i>The Stone Roses</i>. A reminder of the pre-Nirvana 90's; probably my favorite on this album.<br />Fountains of Wayne - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13WGVXy_jbc" rel="nofollow"> "Hat and Feet"</a>, off of <i>Utopia Parkway</i>. ("like a falling piano, from out of the window")<br />Liz Phair - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtRvMAxZPJg" rel="nofollow"> "Jealousy"</a>, off of <i>Whip-Smart</i>. ("he's got a 37 year-old guitar")<br />Neko Case - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK-5ziRZHT4" rel="nofollow"> "Ragtime"</a>, off of <i>The Worse Things Get…</i>. ("the piano's playin' 'Summertime'")<br />Prince - <a href="" rel="nofollow"> "Housequake"</a>, off of <i>Sign O' The Times</i>. ("the kick drum is the fault")<br />They Might Be Giants - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cdcemzTjDc" rel="nofollow">"Violin"</a> - a truly silly song from <i>No!</i>.<br />Sleater-Kinney - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMxbSi7bvcA" rel="nofollow">"Words and Guitar"</a> - from <i>Dig Me Out</i>.John Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640694304430187948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-68584286260857761802015-04-05T00:35:45.382-04:002015-04-05T00:35:45.382-04:00Glaring Omission:
Jail Guitar Doors - The Clash
...Glaring Omission:<br /><br />Jail Guitar Doors - The Clash<br /><br />also<br /><br />Eddy Vortex - Steve Gibbons Band<br />Tupelo, Mississippi Flash - Jerry Reed (Steve Gibbons too)<br />Distant Drums - Roy Orbison; Jim Reeves<br /><br />Most disappointing:<br /><br />Guitar and Pen - The Who (Entwistle's disco bass bits suck and that's not all)<br /><br />Most annoying:<br /><br />Rock Brigade - Def Leppard<br />The Marshall Plan - Blue Oyster Cult<br />Juke Box Hero - Foreigner<br />Money For Nothing - Dire Straits<br /><br />Vickie Rock - Lord it's tough when you're living with the dream of a Drummer ManAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-4288883680976360322015-04-04T22:36:35.210-04:002015-04-04T22:36:35.210-04:00Tilt Billings and the Student Prince - Leo KottkeTilt Billings and the Student Prince - Leo KottkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9961870123951547432015-04-04T21:57:51.849-04:002015-04-04T21:57:51.849-04:00Tom Waits lives on the corner of Bedlam and Squalo...Tom Waits lives on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor. Who knew we were neighbors?Dannynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-7138865332648991462015-04-04T14:16:24.731-04:002015-04-04T14:16:24.731-04:00Keep Playin' That Rock 'N' Roll - Edga...Keep Playin' That Rock 'N' Roll - Edgar Winter's White Trash<br /><br />Headin' for Pioneertown, Vickie Rock - After Midnight it's all gonna be peaches and cream, baby, we're gonna shake your tambourineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-6322282522905891182015-04-04T13:39:43.333-04:002015-04-04T13:39:43.333-04:00addenda never-end-a
The Guitar - Guy Clark
Strawb...addenda never-end-a<br /><br />The Guitar - Guy Clark<br />Strawberry Flats - Little Feat<br />Crying Steel Guitar Waltz - Marty Robbins<br />Free Form Guitar - Chicago Transit Authority<br />Jemima Surrender - The Band<br />Tripe Face Boogie - Little Feat<br />Dixie Chicken - Little Feat<br />Tennessee Flat Top Box - Johnny Cash/Rosanne Cash<br />Midnight Lightning - Jimi Hendrix<br />Penthouse Pauper - Creedence<br />Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence<br />Roll Um Easy - Little Feat (play the concertina, be a temptress, and baby I'm defenseless)<br /><br />Vickie Rock - gotta hoist your flag and I'll beat your drumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-76981848703609415582015-04-04T11:06:32.987-04:002015-04-04T11:06:32.987-04:00Here are more numbers with musical instruments in ...Here are more numbers with musical instruments in the song titles.<br /><br />Leave My Guitar Alone (2015) Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds on CHASING YESTERDAY<br />Guitar Interple (2015) R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner on MAKE IT BE (a great album)<br />Red Guitars And Silver Tambourines (2014) The Cleaners From Venus on EXTRA WAGES (a great album)<br />Lonely Eighty Eight (Piano Charm) (2014) Jill Sobule on DOTTIE’S CHARMSS<br />Teardrop Guitar (2013) Crocodiles on CRIMES OF PASSION<br /><br />True Shred Guitar (2013) Sleigh Bells on REIGN OF TERROR<br />So Many Electric Guitars (2012) Young Fresh Fellows on TIEMPO DE LUJO<br />Guitar Hero (2011) Johnny Hallyday on JAMAIS SEUL<br />Red’s Piano (2011) NRBQ on KEEP THIS LOVE GOIN’<br />Piano Lessons (2010) A Sunny Day in Glasgow on NITETIME RAINBOWS<br /><br />Playing Her Guitar (2008) Parthenon Huxley on DELUXE<br />Pink Piano (2007) The Hong Kong on SLOW MOTION GETS AROUND<br />Luther Played Guitar (2001) Stan Ridgway on BLACK DIAMOND (a great album)<br />Play For The Piano (2001) The Dismemberment Plan on CHANGE<br />Gratuitous Sax (1994) Sparks on GRATUITOUS SAX AND SENSELESS VIOLINS <br />Senseless Violins (1994) Sparks as above<br /><br />Love Saxophone (1994) The Zimmermans on CUT (Jonathan Spottiswoode vocal)<br />Guitar Man (1990) The Jesus And Mary Chain on Various Artists: THE LAST TEMPTATION OF ELVIS<br />Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet (1989) Mekons on ROCK ‘N’ ROLL (a great album)<br />Girl With A Guitar (1986) Game Theory on BIG SHOT CHRONICLES<br />Grande Piano (1971) Stackridge on STACKRIDGE (the band’s first)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063639986915628650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-7975536874319705992015-04-04T06:07:00.585-04:002015-04-04T06:07:00.585-04:00Ronnie & Neil - Drive-by Truckers
Be My Lover ...Ronnie & Neil - Drive-by Truckers<br />Be My Lover - Alice Cooper<br />Hey Hey What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin<br />Hell's Bells - AC/DC<br />The Living Bubba - Drive-by Truckers<br />Doing That Scrapyard Thing - Cream<br />Blinded By the Light - The Butt<br />They Call It Rock & Roll - Delaney & Bonnie<br />Superstar (Groupie) - Delaney & Bonnie; Carpenters; Rita Coolidge<br />Down On the Corner - Creedence<br />Ashgrove - Dave Alvin<br />Champagne Jam; Georgia Rhythm - Atlanta Rhythm Section<br />Wind Chimes - Beach Boys<br />Guitar Blues - Eddie Cochran<br /><br />And my enduring love/hate relationship with the Dead continues<br /><br />Ripple - Grateful Dead<br />Mountains of the Moon - Grateful Dead<br />The Music Never Stopped - Grateful Dead<br />Stella Blue - Grateful Dead<br />China Cat Sunflower - Grateful Dead<br />China Doll - Grateful Dead<br /><br />Great songs warts and all<br /><br />Vickie Rock - ever changing Woman and spiritual ally enjoying the high octane ride with sweet Mescalito in an abalone dreamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-81793093639198987152015-04-03T21:28:46.044-04:002015-04-03T21:28:46.044-04:00Ballad of Curtis Lowe - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Thunder Roa...Ballad of Curtis Lowe - Lynyrd Skynyrd<br />Thunder Road, Rosalita - The Butt<br /><br />Vickie Rock - thought of these on the drive downAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-54512345414182190232015-04-03T20:01:49.838-04:002015-04-03T20:01:49.838-04:00This Old Guitar - Neil Young
Vickie Rock - forgot...This Old Guitar - Neil Young<br /><br />Vickie Rock - forgot my shoesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-5652749849493967332015-04-03T19:55:50.636-04:002015-04-03T19:55:50.636-04:00And no list would be complete without the mighty Z...And no list would be complete without the mighty Zep<br /><br />Going To California - Led Zeppelin<br />Four Sticks - Led Zeppelin<br />In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin<br /><br />Vickie Rock - cleaning the peyote for tonight, guess I'll do my eyes in the carAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-34282320800530619682015-04-03T19:31:57.805-04:002015-04-03T19:31:57.805-04:00Those Were the Days - Cream
Margaritaville - Jimmy...Those Were the Days - Cream<br />Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett<br />Bad Company - Bad Company<br />Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits<br />Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (Keith Richards)<br />Guitars, Cadillacs - Dwight Yoakam<br />Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar - Frank Zappa<br />Parker's Band - Steely Dan<br />Takin' Care of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive<br />2112 - Rush<br />Cities On Flame With Rock & Roll - Blue Oyster Cult<br /><br />Vickie Rock - off to Solana Beach to get my Karl Denson groove onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-35848128749316638222015-04-03T17:51:44.722-04:002015-04-03T17:51:44.722-04:00Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll - Tom Pe...Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll - Tom Petty<br />Guitar Town - Steve Earle<br />Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Experience (and the resulting Patti Smith Elegie)<br />Loving Cup - Rolling Stones<br />Shooting Star - Bad Company<br />Guitar - Cake<br />Jaded Strumpet - Steppenwolf<br />Just What the Doctor Ordered - Ted Nugent<br />California Man - The Move (Cheap Trick)<br />N.S.U. - Cream<br />Me & Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson (Janis Joplin; Grateful Dead)<br />Hey Harmonica Man - Stevie Wonder<br /><br />Vickie Rock Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-35471148629552356262015-04-03T15:39:00.138-04:002015-04-03T15:39:00.138-04:00Paul Simon's "Lincoln Duncan" with t...Paul Simon's "Lincoln Duncan" with the line "I was playing my guitar/Underneath the stars/Just thanking the Lord for my fingers."<br /><br />Steely Dan - Deacon Blues "Learn to work the saxophone"<br /><br />petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-80154826651003654502015-04-03T14:42:13.552-04:002015-04-03T14:42:13.552-04:00Little Guitars -- Van HalenLittle Guitars -- Van HalenShrinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908213967283171538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-79497623810605361302015-04-03T13:49:56.699-04:002015-04-03T13:49:56.699-04:00Oh, and finally,
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
V...Oh, and finally,<br /><br />Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry<br /><br />Vickie Rock - gotta rustle up some breakfastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-43190132608171507802015-04-03T13:43:35.371-04:002015-04-03T13:43:35.371-04:00Starfucker - Rolling Stones
Me & My Guitar - F...Starfucker - Rolling Stones<br />Me & My Guitar - Freddie King<br />All the Way From Memphis - Mott the Hoople<br /><br />Vickie RockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-15633504919875498102015-04-03T13:25:58.774-04:002015-04-03T13:25:58.774-04:00Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
Vickie RockLet It Bleed - Rolling Stones<br /><br />Vickie RockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com