We will return to baseball this weekend, but a random side project diverted me from the sports board games I normally use as my break from work. Here are the 68 groups I define as GREAT based on having at least four songs I consider so awesome that I have cranked them with headphones.
Singer/Group | Yrs | My Favorite | 2nd "Turn it up!" | 3rd "Turn it up!" | 4th "Turn it up!" |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
50 Cent | 21st | In Da Club | 21 Questions | Outta Control | Window Shopper |
AC/DC | 80s | You Shook Me All Night Long | It's a Long Way to the Top if you Wanna Rock 'n Roll | Highway to Hell | Back in Black |
Aerosmith | 70s | Sweet Emotion | Walk this Way (with Run-DMC) | Dream On | Livin' on the Edge |
Alanis Morissette | 90s | Hand In My Pocket | Ironic | You Oughta Know | You Learn |
Allman Brothers Band | 60s | Ramblin Man | Whipping Post | One Way Out | Midnight Rider |
Aretha Franklin | 60s | Respect | (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman | Think (best in Blues Brothers) | Chain of Fools (best with John Travolta Dancing) |
Avett Brothers | 10s | Murder in the City | I And Love and You | Ain't No Man | Live and Die |
B-52's, The | 70s | Private Idaho | Rock Lobster | Love Shack | Roam |
Beatles, The | 60s | I Want to Hold Your Hand | She Loves You | I Want to Hold Your Hand | Let It Be |
Beck | 21st | Loser | Girl | Where Its At | Lost Cause |
Beyoncé | 21st | Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) | Irreplaceable | Love on Top | Crazy in Love (Beyonce & Jay-Z) |
Billy Joel | 70s | You May Be Right | It's Still Rock 'n Roll to Me | Scenes From an Italian Restaurant | Big Shot |
Blondie | 70s | One Way or Another | Heart of Glass | Call Me | The Tide is High |
Bob Seger | 70s | Old Time Rock & Roll | Night Moves | Travelin Man | You'll Accompany Me |
Bonnie Raitt | 70s | Something to Talk About | I Cant Make You Love Me | Runaway | Sweet Home Chicago |
Britney Spears | 21st | ...Baby One More Time | Toxic | Sometimes | Oops! I did it again |
Bruce Springsteen | 70s | Rosalita | Born to Run | Thunder Road | Born in the USA |
Cake | 90s | Girl with a Short Skirt | Going the Distance | Will Survive | Never There |
Cars, The | 70s | Good Times Roll | Just What I Needed | Since You're gone | Shake It Up |
Cheap Trick | 70s | I Want you to want me | Surrender | Ain't That a Shame | Dream Police |
Chuck Berry | 50s | Johnny B. Goode | Maybelline | Promised Land | You Can Never Tell |
Clash, The | 80s | London Calling | Should I Stay or Should I Go Now | Rock the Casbah | I Fought the Law |
Creedence Clearwater Revival | 60s | Proud Mary | Fortunate Son | Bad Moon Rising | Down on the Corner |
David Bowie | 70s | Changes | Pressure | Space Oddity | Young Americans |
DC Talk | 90s | Jesus Freak | Between You and Me | My Friend (So Long) | In the Light |
Dolly Parton | 70s | Magic Man | 9 to 5 | Jolene | World on Fire |
Doors, The | 60s | LA Woman | Light My Fire | Break on Through | People are Strange |
Eagles, Don Henley, Joe Walsh | 70s | Lifes Been Good | Hotel California | Boys of Summer | Seven Bridges Road |
Earth, Wind, and Fire | 70s | Serpentine Fire | September | Boogie Wonderland | Let's Groove |
Elton John | 70s | Rocket Man | Tiny Dancer | Your Song | Bennie and the Jets |
Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks | 70s | Go Your Own Way | Dreams | Gypsy | Landslide |
Garth Brooks | 90s | Friends in Low Places | The Beaches of Cheyenne | Workin' for a Livin' | Callin Baton Rouge |
Grateful Dead, The | 70s | Friend of the Devil | Truckin' | Sugar Magnolia | Casey Jones |
Green Day | 21st | Basket Case (Do you have the time to listen to me whine!) | Wake Me Up When September Ends | Holiday | Boulevard of Broken Dreams |
James Brown | 60s | Get Up | Papas Got a Brand New Bag | I Got You (I Feel Good) | Living in America |
Janis Joplin | 60s | Me and Bobby McGee | Piece of My Heart | Mercedes Benz (because its too funny, and she doesn't need instruments) | Maybe |
Jimi Hendrix | 60s | Crosstown Traffic | Light My Fire | Foxey Lady | Purple Haze |
Joan Jett | 80s | I Love Rock 'n Roll | Bad Reputation | Crimson and Clover | Love Hurts |
Johnny Cash | 50s | Ring of Fire | I Walk the Line | I won't back down (Before Tom Petty did it) | Folsom Prison Blues |
Kanye West | 00s | Jesus Walks | All of the Lights | Stronger | Gold Digger |
Killers, The | 00s | Mr. Brightside | Somebody Told Me | When You Were young | Read My Mind |
Kinks, The | 60s | Paranoia | All Day and All of the Night | You Really Got Me | Lola |
Lady Gaga | 21st | Poker Face | Bad Romance | Shallow (from Star is Born) | Hold My Hand (Top Gun) |
Led Zeppelin | 70s | When the Levee Breaks | Whole Lotta Love | Kashmir | Ramble On |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | 70s | Gimme 3 Steps | Free Bird | Sweet Home Alabama | Travellin' Man |
Marvin Gaye | 70s | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Whats Going On | Got To Give It Up | Lets Get It On |
Melissa Etheridge | 80s | Come to My Window | I'm the only one | I want to come over | Piece of My Heart (Tribute to Janis) |
Nirvana | 90s | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Come as You Are | Lithium | In Bloom |
Pat Benatar | 80s | Heartbreaker | Hit Me with Your Best Shot | Love is a Battlefield | I Need a Lover |
Police, The | 80s | Roxane | Don't Stand So Close to Me | Message in a Bottle | Every Little Thing She Does |
Pretenders | 70s | Middle of the road | Brass in Pocket | Back on the chain Gang | My City Was Gone |
Prince | 80s | 1999 | Purple Rain | Raspberry Beret | Little Red Corvette |
Queen | 70s | Bohemian Rhapsody | Under Pressure | We Will Rock You | Crazy Little Thing Called Love |
R.E.M. | 90s | End of the World as We Know It | Losing My Religion | The One I Love | Radio Free Europe |
Rage Against the Machine - though they hate political people like me :-) | 90s | Killing in the Name | Bulls on Parade | Renegades of Funk | Testify (they attacked both parties LOL) |
Ramones | 70s | Blitzkrieg Bop | Sheena Is a Punk Rocker | Rock 'n Roll High School | Something to Believe IN |
Red Hot Chili Peppers | 90s | Under the Bridge | Californication | Can't Stop | Other Side |
Rolling Stones, The | 60s | Shattered | Start Me Up | Jumpin Jack Flash | (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction |
Rush | 80s | Tom Sawyer | Limelight | Subdivisions | Fly by Night |
Stevie Wonder | 70s | Sir Duke | Superstition | Signed, Sealed, Delivered Im Yours | I wish |
Supremes, The (Diana Ross) | 60s | Stop! In the Name of Love | Im Coming Out | Baby Love | You Can't Hurry Love |
Talking Heads | 80s | Burning Down the House | Once in a Lifetime | Psycho Killer | Take me to the River |
Tina Turner | 80s | Proud Mary | Whats Love Got to Do With It | River Deep, Mountain High | The Best |
Tom Petty | 70s | I won't back down | American Girl | Free Fallin" | Don't Come Around Here No More |
U2 | 21st | Beautiful Day | With or Without You | I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For | Bloody Sunday |
Van Halen | 80s | You Really Got Me | Jump | Panama | California Girls |
Weezer | 90s | Beverly Hills | Buddy Holly | Say It Ain't So | Take on Me |
Who, The | 70s | Real Me | Who Are You | My Generation | Wont Get Fooled Again |
Anyone who knows me knows that thought led to a spreadsheet and dump of all the greatest bands and songs. Well, it turns out there are actually 60 additional bands which I listed below alphabetically along with the decade in which they primarily performed, and my favorite four songs from each band starting with my favorite - but the other three not necessarily in order.
I am more Classic Rock but also Kanye, and a couple of country etc. I listed the bands alphabetically, and did not put "the" in front of words, so the list starts with AC/DC and ends with (The) Who, meaning my favorite band is listed last.
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