Wizards in Winter, Trans-Siberian Orchestra Bat Country, Avenged Sevenfold Have You Ever/Staring At The Sun, Offspring Can’t Stop, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Almost anything by Blue Man Group
Almost anything by Alice Cooper
My dad’s song of choice for showing off his home theater sound system years ago was Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins. I have to admit that’s a good one.
“Stay As You Are,” Span
“Dance To The Underground,” Radio 4
“Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before,” The Smiths
“Footsteps In The Dark,” Isley Brothers
“Dead Souls,” Joy Division
“Space Invader,” Pretenders
“Crossover,” EPMD
“At This Great Distance,” Level 42
“The House Is A Rockin’,” Stevie Ray Vaughan
“Things We Do For Love,” 10cc
“I Got You,” Split Enz
“Too Nice To Talk To,” The (English) Beat
“On My Radio,” Selecter
“Liar,” Rollins Band
“Bones,” Radiohead
“Seattle,” Public Image Limited
“Can’t Truss It,” Public Enemy
“It’s Alright For You,” The Police
“Monkey Gone To Heaven,” Pixies
“Man In The Box,” Alice In Chains
“Acquiesce,” Oasis
“All The Way,” New Order
“Florida,” Modest Mouse
“Drums of Heaven,” Midnight Oil
“Cult of Personality,” Living Colour
“Tour De France,” Kraftwerk
“Funeral Pyre,” The Jam
“Respectable Street,” XTC
“Friend, You’ve Got To Fall,” Husker Du
“Everlong,” Foo Fighters
“Girls On Film,” Duran Duran
“Give It Back,” Dickies
“Rock The Casbah,” The Clash
“Girls and Boys,” Blur
“Galaxie,” Blind Melon
“King of New Orleans,” Better Than Ezra
At the risk of coming off a compleat basement-dwelling dweebazoid, I am going to nominate a record from that uncharted musical purgatory in between Romanticism and rock, namely White Heat by the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra.
Boston - Peace of Mind
Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
Guns N’ Roses - Sweet Child O’ Mine
KISS - Strutter
Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
All should ideally be played while cruising along a Texas highway, windows down, singing along at the top of your lungs when the bluebonnets are in bloom.
Thin Lizzy - Vagabond Of The Western World
Thin Lizzy - Remembering
Chicago - Dialogue (Parts 1 & 2)
Boston - Foreplay / Long Time
The Beatles - I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
Sly & The Family Stone - I Want To Take You Higher
King Crimson - Indiscipline
Spirit - Mr. Skin
Er… what? Vanessa Carlton? Not that I’m aware of. It’s actually a lot like the original Stones version, but with a chick singing it instead of the guy from Freejack. As much as I like the original, I just love this version more.
