# Rock songs by the day/month **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417 "2017-06-08T03:03:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/1 "2017-06-08T03:03:54Z")
Born on the 21st of May. _Great King Rat-Queen_ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/2 "2017-06-08T03:28:31Z")
It was the 3rd of June… . _Ode to Billie Joe_ It was the 3rd of September… . _Papa Was a Rolling Stone_ ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/3 "2017-06-08T03:45:12Z")
Saturday in the park…I think it was the 4th of July. _Chicago_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/4 "2017-06-08T03:50:31Z")
Everyone would gather on the 24th of May, sitting in the sand to watch the fireworks display. - Rush, _Lakeside Park_ ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/5 "2017-06-08T03:55:57Z")
Early morning, April 4th, shot rang out in the Memphis sky. – “Pride (In the Name of Love)”, U2. (Although Martin Luther King, Jr. was actually shot in late afternoon…) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/6 "2017-06-08T04:47:18Z")
Any number of rock songs about “Christmas”. Do they count, or would it have to be specifically “December 25th”? (And the same for other holidays) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/7 "2017-06-08T05:15:39Z")
This came up only yesterday: “It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June” - _Convoy_ by C. W. McCall. Technically, not rock, I know, but this song was everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![bizzylizzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bizzylizzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzylizzy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/8 "2017-06-08T10:14:42Z")
January by Pilot: January, sick and tired, you’ve been hanging on me / You make me sad with your eyes / You’re telling me lies And here is a re-masterd vid - [January - Pilot (remastered HQ audio) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnQZ5AHUk2U) ---
**Author:** ![marineris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@marineris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marineris)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/9 "2017-06-08T11:24:13Z")
Two songs from Al Stewart - Night of the 4th of May and The Last Day of June 1934. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/10 "2017-06-08T13:37:27Z")
But guess we’ll cry come first of May - Bee Gees No the first of December was covered with snow - James Taylor (Sweet Baby James ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/11 "2017-06-08T13:47:49Z")
Do you remember / The 21st night of September? – “[September](https://twitter.com/electrolemon/status/778789555751178240?lang=en)”, Earth, Wind & Fire In the morning in the winter shade / On the 1st of March on the holiday – “[Casimir Pulaski Day](https://youtu.be/9EzeW5KoPUI)”, Sufjan Stevens ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/12 "2017-06-08T13:57:29Z")
Does this count?: “I Spent My Last $10 on Birth Control and Beer”: “It was June, of 1983…” ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/13 "2017-06-08T13:58:09Z")
[QUOTE=Mark Sandman] If I am guilty so are you, it was March 4th, 1982 [/QUOTE] _Radar_ by **Morphine**. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/14 "2017-06-08T14:01:25Z")
By the way, we’ve [done this before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=680619)… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/15 "2017-06-08T14:22:50Z")
“I can remember the fourth of July… .” _Born on the Bayou_ _Yankee Doodle Dandy_ is not a rock song but uses July 4th. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/16 "2017-06-08T14:45:58Z")
Petula Clarke [The Thirty First of June](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEXd1roLCKE) Earth, Wind & Fire (and others) - [The 12th of Never](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r58GQYFZeLE). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/17 "2017-06-08T14:52:33Z")
“Remember the fifth of November” from John Lennon’s “Remember.” (Yes, I know he’s quoting from the children’s rhyme, but it’s part of the song). ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/18 "2017-06-08T15:05:05Z")
_Oh, what a night Late December, back in '63 What a very special time for me As I remember, what a night_ Oh What a Night. Four Seasons and others. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/19 "2017-06-08T15:14:01Z")
It’s the first of May, first of May, outdoor fucking starts today… –Jonathan Coulton ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417/20 "2017-06-08T15:14:44Z")
Does it count if it’s just a month without a specific day named? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-by-the-day-month/788417.md?page=2)