Guitar solo!!11!
Yes, it’s true: this Friday December 19 @ 4 will be the last Big Rock Friday of this year, and potentially the last rock-only Friday for a while as I try out other genres and concepts. If you have any requests, let me know in comments; or if I know you in meatspace, shout them out loud.
This one was inspired by some of the many “You know what you should play? The Troggs/Boston/Dokken/Warrant &c. &c.” comments I’ve gotten after class.
Queen, “Forever”
Jimi, “May This Be Love”
Stones, “Gimme Shelter” [That moment where her voice breaks a little bit and you can hear somebody in the band whoop in the background: that's a great moment]
Guns’n'Roses, “Sweet Child Of Mine”
It's only Big Rock Friday, but he likes it.
KISS, “Shout It Out Loud”
Deep Purple, “Smoke On The Water” ["Sloooow motion Wallllter, THE FIRE ENGINE GUY"]
Big Wreck, “That Song”
Beatles, “Come Together”
Journey, “Send Her My Love”
Temple of the Dog, “Say Hello To Heaven”
Jimi, “Born Under A Bad Sign”
Beatles, “Across the Universe”
Beatles, “Sun King”
Hall & Oates, “Sara Smile”
Queen, “Who Wants to Live Forever”
Will we ever run out of ROCK? NEVAR!!!!1!1oneone!!
I’m leading up to a “Best of BRF ’08” before New Years’, and then we’ll move into some other genres in ’09.
Led Zeppelin, “Stairway To Heaven” [I LOL'd]
KISS, “Rock’n'Roll All Night”
Harsh, dude
Def Leppard, “Pour Some Sugar On Me”
White Stripes, “Seven Nation Army”
Heart, “Barracuda”
Def Leppard, “Love Bites”
Rolling Stones, “Ruby Tuesday”
Extreme, “More Than Words”
Procol Harum, “White Shade of Pale” [Live]
Supertramp, “Crime of the Century”
Rolling Stones, “Wild Horses”
Beatles, “Good Night”
Doop-de-doop, having a burrito, gettin’ ready for Big Rock Friday…
I think this one is my favourite so far. I’m bringing it back because I like it so much.
Hendrix, “And The Gods Made Love”
Not necessarily stoned, but, uh...beautiful
Hendrix, “Have You Ever Been [To Electric Ladyland]”
Hendrix, “Are You Experienced?”
Kiss, “God Gave Rock’n'Roll To You II”
BTO, “Takin’ Care Of Business” [CanCon]
Bon Jovi, “Wanted Dead Or Alive” [Yes, you're reading that right]
Van Halen, “Little Dreamer”
Beatles, “I’ve Got A Feeling”
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, “Little Wing”
Beck, “Ramshackle” [Kinda random but it seemed to work]
Sabbath, “Planet Caravan”
Floyd, “Us and Them”
Beatles, “Across the Universe”
Beatles, “Julia”
What I remember the most clearly from this Big Rock Friday was how intensely SWEATY the afternoon became. Listen to these tunes and go deep….
Apache at the Cake Shop (h/t NewmRadio)
Floyd, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”
Zeppelin, “Black Dog”
Sabbath, “Iron Man” [abs!]
Zeppelin, “Kashmir”
Journey, “Don’t Stop Believing” [!!!!]
ZZ Top, “Cheap Sunglasses”
Creedence, “As Long as I Can See The Light”
Zeppelin, “No Quarter”
ZZ Top, “Made Into A Movie” [This is a GREAT song btw.]
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, “Little Wing”
Sabbath, “Planet Caravan”
Floyd, “Wish You Were Here”
Buffalo Springfield, “For What It’s Worth”
10 Years After, “I’d Love To Change The World”
Sabbath, “Supernaut” [M's been getting involved in the Big Rock Friday playlist preparation and this was his contribution. It worked well for Surya B, what with all of the Utkatasanas and Vira Is and opportunities for Rock Mudra and headbanging]
AC/DC, “Back In Black”
Kansas, “Carry On My Wayward Son” [I can't believe they pay me to do this job]
Sabbath, “Sweet Leaf” [*COUGHkoffkoff*]
Skynyrd, “Saturday Night Special”
Heart, “Little Queen” [This one was so random I'm kind of ashamed of myself and proud of myself all at the same time. My God, she is an amazing singer]
Aerosmith, “Angel” [LOL I had this on cassingle]
Kiss, “Beth” [Big ups to Great Bob Scott, wherever you might be. Good use of the oboe, if you know what I mean]
Hendrix, “1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)” [13 minutes of good solid backbending weirdness]
Sabbath, “Solitude”
Sabbath, “Orchid”
Sabbath, “Fluff” [I had no idea they were so....jazzy. “Fluff” is freaking gorgeous. Check it out if you haven't in the past]
Beatles, “Blackbird”.
Our class was about creativity and music; with Shantala setting up next door and my intention to basically let loose sonic hell on these poor people it really did feel like Fame or band camp; I haven’t felt that way since I was in music school, with PAs and instrument cases and people doing warmup stretches in Lycra gear all over the place. There are so many forms for this huge energy, from Shantala’s lush chants to these crazy songs. I wanted to apologize and be unapologetic simultaneously.
The RAWK that started it all….
All right, boys, bend over and touch the floor for Uttanasana
Led Zeppelin, “When The Levee Breaks”
Creedence, “Fortunate Son”
Van Halen, “Runnin’ With the Devil”
Creedence, “Run Through The Jungle” [I seem to have some sort of “running” theme going here; not on purpose]
The Guess Who, “No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature” [CanCon]
Jimi Hendrix, “Voodoo Chile Blues”
Ben Harper, “She’s Only Happy In The Sun” [I love this song but it didn't actually work, here]
Sabbath, “Changes”
Zeppelin, “Since I’ve Been Loving You” [for backbends]
Pink Floyd, “Us and Them [Live]”
Fleetwood Mac, “Landslide [Acoustic]”
How great is this. Thanks to Sara from Rock'n'Roll yoga...link below
Stones, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
The Who, “Won’t Get Fooled Again” [I wonder if I can time Simhasana to align with the greatest rock'n'roll "YEAH" of all time?]
Jimi, “Purple Haze” [long overdue in the Big Rock Friday annals]
Priestess, “Time Will Cut You Down”
Janis Joplin, “Piece Of My Heart”
Poison, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” [I know, I know]
Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Long As I Can See the Light”
Skynyrd, “Tuesday’s Gone” [as requested]
Jimi, “May This Be Love”
Beatles, “Dear Prudence”
Beatles, “Mother Nature’s Son”
John Hartford, “I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow [Instrumental]”
Neil Young, “Helpless”
I’ll be posting the earlier Big Rock Friday playlists for your edification and amusement. Oh, and hey, look what I found!!