Working Hard For You

JUST FOR FUN

I thought I would take a small break form talk of health care or the economy just for one week.  As a matter of full discloser, I am a big music fan and music has been an important part of my life from my early teenage years.  I grew up in the era of the Beatles, et al, and my roots start there.  While I appreciate all music, in reality I favor rock-n-roll. 

A couple of months ago an XM radio channel (Classic Vinyl- XM46) came out with their top one hundred songs of the 60’s and 70’s.  It is a very good list, but I felt there were some omissions and I didn’t agree with the order.  I set out to create my own but stopped at fifty mostly because of time constraints.  I am now offering both lists to you for your consideration knowing full well yours will be different.  There will be no grades as this is just for fun, but I would be interested in your opinion on where I have gone wrong.

Two other notes need to be made on the front end.  First Jethro Tull’s album “Thick As A Brick” (which is all one song) is my all time favorite and sits in a class by itself.  Secondly my favorite ballad is Cat Steven’s “Morning Has Broken” and it is also not on the list.

I have enjoyed playing with this and remembering the music of my youth.  I hope it sparks some memories for you.

What I will be printing here is XM’s top 50 and then mine. 

XM

1.     The Who- Won’t Get Fooled Again

2.     The Eagles- Hotel California

3.     Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven

4.     The Rolling Stones- Satisfaction

5.     The Beatles- A Day in the Life

6.     Pink Floyd- Time

7.     Derek and the Dominos- Layla

8.     Lynyrd Skynyrd- Free Bird

9.     Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run

10.  CS&N- Suite- Judy Blue Eyes

11. The Doors- Light My Fire

12.  Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody

13. The Beatles- While My Guitar Gently Weeps

14. Led Zeppelin- Rock and Roll

15.  The Rolling Stones- Sympathy for the Devil

16.  The Who- Baba O’Riley

17.  Deep Purple- Woman from Tokyo

18.  Neil Young- Down by the River

19. Pink Floyd- Money

20.   Jimi Henrix- Hey Joe

21.  Creedence Clearwater Revival- Bad Moon Rising

22.  The Beatles- Revolution

23.  The Allman Brothers Band- Jessica

24.   Led Zeppelin- Kashmir

25.  Fleetwood Mac- Go Your Own Way

26. The Eagles- Life in the Fast Lane

27. The rolling Stones- Brown Sugar

28.  Lynyrd Skynyrd- Gimme Three Steps

29. Aerosmith- Dream on

30.  The Who- Pinball Wizard

31.  The Doors- LA Woman

32.  Eric Clapton- After Midnight

33.  The Beatles- SGT. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

34. The Moody Blues- Nights in White Satin

35.  Led Zeppelin- Black Dog

36.   Jimi Hendrix- Purple Haze

37.  Creedence Clearwater Revival- Proud Mary

38.  Aerosmith- Walk This Way

39.  The rolling Stones- Can’t You Hear Me Knocking

40.  Neil Young- Cinnamon Girl

41. CSN&Y- Woodstock

42. Cream- Sunshine of Your Love

43.  The Doors- Love Her Madly

44.  The Beatles- Hey Jude

45.   Pink Floyd- Us & Them/Any Color/ Brain Damage/Eclipse

46.   Fleetwood Mac- Rhiannon

47.  Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl

48.    The Doobie Brothers- Black Water

49.   Led Zeppelin- Good Times Bad Times

50.    Jimi Hendrix- Foxey Lady

My top 50

1.     The Who- Won’t Get Fooled Again

2.     Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody

3.     The Beatles- A Day in the Life

4.     The Rolling Stones- Sympathy for the Devil

5.     Jefferson Airplane- White Rabbit

6.     Eagles- Hotel California

7.     Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon (the whole thing)

8.     Animals- House of the Rising Sun

9.     The Doors- LA Woman

10.  Led Zeppelin- Rock and Roll

11.  Allman Brothers- Jessica

12.   Fleetwood Mac- Go Your Own Way

13.   Simon & Garfunkel- Sound of Silence

14.    Rod Stewart- Maggie Mae

15.   Yes- Round-a-bout

16.    Kinks- Lola

17.    Stevie Wonder- Living for the City

18.    The Who- Baba O’Riley

19.    Neil Young- After The Gold Rush

20.    Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven

21.    Eagles- Already Gone

22.    Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run

23.    Derek and the Dominos- Layla

24.     Beach Boys- Good Vibrations

25.     Billy Joel- Piano Man

26.     Elton John- Candle in the Wind

27.     Elvis Presley- Suspicious Minds

28.     ELP- Lucky Man

29.     The Byrds- Mr. Tamborine Man

30.     Grateful Dead- Attics of My Mind

31.     Moody Blues- Question

32.     Meatloaf- Paradise by the Dashboard Light

33.    Chambers Brothers- Time has Come Today

34.    Head East- Never Been Any Reason

35.    Young bloods- Get Together

36.     Beatles- Nowhere Man

37.     Thunderclap Newman- Something in the Air

38.      Rolling Stones- You Can’t Always Get What You Want

39.     CSN&Y- Helplessly Hoping

40.      Beach boys- Sloop John B

41.      Billy Joel- Captain Jack

42.      Pink Floyd- Mother

43.      Deep Purple- Woman from Tokyo

44.      Led Zeppelin- Kashmir

45.      CS&N- Suite: Judy Blue eyes

46.      Doors- Light My Fire

47.      Aerosmith- Dream On

48.      Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl

49.       Dobbie Brothers- Listen to the Music

50.       Rolling Stones- Dandelion

51.      Beatles- Obla Di Obla Da

I know I have left some very important songs out and I am open to suggestions.

Sincerely,

Senator Jeff Kruse

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