July 4th 2020: 76 candidates for the 17 best NOISY Rock Songs!

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Ok, beginning the 76 candidates for the 17 best of all noisy Rock tunes. The Brits were out last night, heard in skirmishes in the distance. This’ll be # 76 this year:
IRON BUTTERFLY – IN A GADDA DA VIDA – 1968 (ORIGINAL FULL VERSION) CD SO… youtu.be/UIVe-rZBcm4 via @YouTube
Amendments: 11 gets us to ’87, 14 to ’90:
Additions 2022: Cream, “White Room;” Roxy, “Both Ends Burning;” Neil Young, “Cinnamon Girl;” Creedence, “Bayou;” …Iggy, “Louie Louie,”…nah! Patty Smith, “Because the Night;” Talking Heads, “The Great Curve;” Moody Blues, “Question.” Zeppelin, “Good Times, Bad Times.”

Ok, we’ll give the Bowie version #74 David Bowie – See Emily Play youtu.be/yjg5_0ztQI4 via

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See Emily Play is a song written by Syd Barret and performed here by David Bowie. It is from the album Pin Ups in 1973. Lyrics: Emily tries but misunderstand…
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#73 White Stripes – Blue Orchid https://youtu.be/QKntY8WkNYQ via @YouTube

We’ll keep Blue Orchid at #73- a great Rock tune, especially if the meaning begins to show through: The White Orchid is the lapel worn at weddings.

#72 Over the Hills and Far Away
# 71 The Byrds Eight Miles High:

Classic Version, #71: The story is that this is about when the American answer to the British invasion landed in London. The Byrds- Eight Miles High (HQ) youtu.be/J74ttSR8lEg via

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Our High School WAS literally on Eight Mile, imagine that. I taught there as a sub, and the saying is still true:
The Byrds – Eight Miles High – 9/23/1970 – Fillmore East (Official) https://youtu.be/2ymkBEhdHBE via @YouTube

This is about when the American reverberation of the British invasion landed in London by airplane. Putin beware.

# 70 Amboy Dukes– Journey To The Center Of The Mind https://youtu.be/Beh1ipK3hN0 via @YouTube

#70 in the classic countdown of the philosophic DJ Dr. MMac. Detroit’s own Ted, before he became a….

This is Crazy Ted BEFORE he took up hunting! Dude did not learn that from a journey to the center of mind! Oh well, he never said we’d MAKE it !

Beyond thought and “what” is of course interesting, because the Lord too is said to be beyond being or logos. He calls it the center, too, as of a circle. He warns of the danger of becoming trapped in the products of the imagination: Jung speaks of getting “possessed” by an “archetype-” the sources of the products of the imagination in the knowledge that is within the soul. We integrate the contents, by understanding, or else these disintegrate us. Hence the danger of psychedelic drugs especially for those who do too much, are not friends with themselves, and do not have the patience to sleep off a bad trip. One wonders if Ted did not get possessed, as by an Artemis the huntress archetype! Apologies from Michigan!

#69: The Bob Seger System – White Wall  via 

Now we’re warming up, getting in some Detroit Rock. Were looking for deep poetry, or we’d do more Pop Seger: The Bob Seger System – White Wall youtu.be/1CNDIl0mbd8 via

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This whole album is a classic, with most of my favorite Bob on it.

#68: Creed – Beautiful  via  Self indulgence: (Not as famous as it should be). Platonic contemplaters of the beautiful should get it.

We’re doing the 76 candidates for the 17 best Rock songs, to forget the Corvid for a while and for the liberty of the Fourth: Now 244 years, and nearly 300 million people- give or take a few hundred thousand, depending on whether we wear masks and be more cautious.

It seemed to us that very few continued the Classic Rock strain at this level among the “newer” stars, that is, after the Eighties. “Arms Wide Open” is of course another.

#67:

Definitely of the stature of a possible top 17: Creed- Higher https://youtu.be/sHcYaS3m1c4 via @YouTube

#66:

Hensley is in music what a white wizard would be in the human world: Traveler in Time. (2017 Remastered) youtu.be/qh5o7uH88cM via

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Why think Gaetz was threatening Cohen?
Bob Dylan “…Songs, to me, were more important than just entertainment. They were my preceptor and guide into some altered consciousness of reality, some different republic, some liberated republic. Grail Marcus,…
Grail Marcus, the music historian, would some thirty years later call it “the invisible republic.” Chronicles I, pp. 34-35

#65: Uriah Heep – Wizard  via 

#64: Uriah Heep – Stealin  via 
At # 64, some penance blues:
Uriah Heep – Stealin https://youtu.be/j73OsXo19vI via @YouTube

Ignore Amazon, though, and buy from Barnes and Noble. Bozo puts YOU in HIS shopping Cart! Uugh, what America has become! Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads by Greil Marcus amazon.com/dp/158648382X/ via

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#63: When the Levee Breaks Zeppelin

#62: Fantasy will set you free: Steppenwolf – Magic Carpet Ride 1968 HQ  via 

Caption: George III when he/she read Jefferson: (Or was it when he learned his favorite petticoat was not back yet from the cleaners?)

   ‘Least ‘e remembered t’ poof ‘is f’n whig! Dudes were cross-dressin back then! French fashions.

HEY GEORGE!: Reenacting the Boston Massacre  via 
Crispus Attucks | Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks Boston Massacre  via 

#61: Fortunate Son (Live At Cobo Hall 1986)- Bob Seger (Vinyl Restoration)  via 

That we had to draw the line on Communism expanding does not mean we had to draw it there at that time. But the North Vietnamese have not had good years under the tyranny if it was unavoidable. In Mi Lai, one sees that justice is in the end most for advantage.of arms, eh?
#60 The Bob Seger System – 2 + 2 = ?  via  To be played with Creedence cover:

#59: The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again (Live at Kilburn 1977)  via 

Mesmerizing Townshend, with lots of new notes!
Bet we get fooled again, though- Big Time!
#58: At # 58, the tragedy of the father:
Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath (Live)  via 
#57: Deep Purple – Highway Star  via 

Lets have 57 again live. I don’t think we quite heard him: Car. Girl. Head. Liberty. Deep Purple – Highway Star 1972 Video HQ youtu.be/UAKCR7kQMTQ via

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Classic Rock Deep Purple – Highway Star 1972 (Single, Album Machine Head) Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar Jon Lord – Keyboards, Organ Ian Paice – Drums Ian Gillan…
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#56: Cream – Strange Brew  via 
A personal favorite:
#55: Humble Pie- 30 Days In The Hole  via 
  “Gimmie my release, Come on…”

Twitter DJ is a strange occupation. It of course does not work in a certain way, but we get some Tweet-ees in Europe, eh? Right, no one likes the 76 candidates for the 17 greatest rock tunes of all time!

#54: Robin Trower – The Fool and Me.  via 

#53: Robin Trower – Bridge Of Sighs – 07 – Lady Love  via 

We’ll give this one #52 1/2 if it doesn’t have a number yet! Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music – Both Ends Burning youtu.be/LFeqtXMKZ4U via

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A Roxy Track To Blow Your Socks Off! 1975.. :p
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#52 Lou Reed – Sweet Jane from Rock n Roll Animal  via 

 #51:

Layla (40th Anniversary Version / 2010 Remastered) youtu.be/TngViNw2pOo via

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Layla (40th Anniversary Version / 2010 Remastered)
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Layla (40th Anniversary Version / 2010 Remastered) · Derek & The Dominos Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs ℗ 2…
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Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page-Layla  via 

#50: Blind Faith – Presence of the Lord  via 

Oops, that’s a religion hymn, and a bit too mellow. Move up # 52 1/2!

#49: Sunshine Of Your Love  via 

#48: Cream – White Room – Lyrics  via 

#47: Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild (Easy Rider) (1969)  via 

#46: Cream – Tales of Brave Ulysses  via  Ya, we’ll have to redo the order by next Fourth!

Guest Lyricist- some roadie!

This one was written by some roadie. Prob’ly some St. John’s college reject #46 Cream – Tales of Brave Ulysses https://youtu.be/J2CCfxiQ5QY via @YouTube

 #45: Higher!
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Cinnamon Girl (2009 Remaster) https://youtu.be/jREf47BPe5w via @YouTube

Soon the noise bombs, then the fireworks come out to cover the skirmishes in the edges of town, if there are any Redcoats about…

#45 Who Who Are You

#44 The Who – Magic Bus – Live At Leeds HQ  via 

#43 The Who ~ Shakin’ All Over  via 
#42: Who’s nod a mod? The Who – I Can’t Explain (Live)  via  This is where it began, in a way:

#41: The Who – I Can See For Miles  via 

#40: The Who ~ Summertime Blues  via 

#39: The Who ~ Substitute  via 
#38: Jethro Tull – My God  via 

#37: Time of the Season – The Zombies (Lyrics on the screen)  via 

#36: Stevie Wonder Superstition  via  Written for Jeff Beck, like white guys could recover the ability to dance!
Interlude:  Janis Joplin- Summertime
Summertime, time, time, Child, the living’s easy. Fish are jumping out And the cotton, Lord, Cotton’s high, Lord, so high. Your daddy’s rich And your ma is s…
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#34 Remember the book “Go ask Alice? Jefferson Airplane -White Rabbit- youtu.be/WANNqr-vcx0 via

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http://mx.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3FAD6DF689FC6C23 Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit” Live on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
#33: Janis Joplin – Piece Of My Heart https://youtu.be/7uG2gYE5KOs via @YouTube
#32: Jefferson Airplane – Somebody To Love, American Bandstand, 1967  via 
#31: Neil Young – Southern Man  via 
The Declaration of Independence (as read by Max McLean)  via 
The whole Declaration is to be read on the Fourth, as it was in Lincoln’s day and at the Constitutional Convention. + it has a list of examples of tyranny, + ethics of war. The Second Sentence of the Declaration  via 
#30: Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child https://youtu.be/ibJ3VMt6yfU via @YouTube
#29: Day Of The Eagle – Robin Trower.  via 
#28: Heart Crazy On You  via  “I was a willow last night in my dreams…”
Interlude: Some Contemporary Tunes:

 Counting Crows – Mr. Jones (Official Video)  via 

One of the great friendship songs, like Stevie’s “Gypsy:”

Counting Crows – Round Here (Official Video)  via 

Profound lyrics, “for a rock band!) Rock is a crecendo of ascending eros.

#26: Dream On – Aerosmith  via 

Hey, this one might get a number some day: 3 Doors Down – kryptonite (lyrics)  via 

#25: Led Zeppelin – The Rover (Physical Graffiti)  via 

#24: Led Zeppelin – Ramble On (Official Audio) youtu.be/EAmIuTI4wRg via

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You’re listening to the remastered version of Led Zeppelin’s iconic song “Ramble On” from “Led Zeppelin II”. “Ramble On” is co-written by Jimmy Page and Robe…
For in the darkest depths of Mordor I met a girl so fair But Gollum and the evil Lord Crept up and slipped away with her.
#23: Queen – Killer Queen (Lyrics)  via 
#22: Led Zeppelin – How Many More Times  via 

#21: Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion (Official Music Video)  via 

#20: Led Zeppelin – Rock and Roll HQ youtu.be/4bv_ALKkTjQ via

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‘Been a long time since I’v walked in the moonlight Making vows that just can’t work right.:

# 19: Ziggy Stardust (2012 Remaster) youtu.be/7KEn0uOEILs via
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Side 2 is THE rock tragedy.

Provided to YouTube by Parlophone UK Ziggy Stardust (2012 Remaster) · David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars ℗ 1972, 2012 …
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#18: Jethro Tull – Cross-Eyed Mary  via via 

#17: David Bowie – Panic In Detroit youtu.be/Rf0fmqWS-kI via
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Bowie met a 60’s violent revolutionary. His answer is “I wished someone would phone.” Human connectedness in the modern world is the cause of twentieth century totalitarianism in each case. He wished someone would phone.

Artist: David Bowie Song: Panic In Detroit Album: Aladdin Sane Lyrics Ah oooh He looked a lot like Che Guevara, drove a diesel van Kept his gun in quiet secl…
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#16: Four Sticks / Misty Mountain : Mott the Hoople – All the Young Dudes  via 
#15: The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965) HD/widescreen ♫  via 

#14: The Who : The Real Me  via 

Jimmy the Mod goes to the doctor, then the mother, then the preacher in an attempt to cure his teen age Quadrophrenia. Given that the preacher showed him “to the Golden Gate,” one sees what Plant means about the evangelicals in Stairway. Not that Jimmy needs a robed exorcist! The plea of Jimmy is surely not comprehensible to our science of psychiatry, which is why music is better at the healing of the soul than our over-paid “doctors.” They killed Nick Drake, for Chrissakes!

#13: Alice Cooper – School’s Out [Lyrics] [HD]  via 

The profundity of the song: going with “18,” meant to be a high school graduation anthem, taken from a gangster movie where the Phrase “School’s out” means “now things get real.”

#12: Uriah Heep – Easy Livin’  via 

Love is of course the activity of the image of God in man, and the principle of lyric poetry. Hence a song about falling in love can also be about the breakthrough that is salvation: We thought “Christian” rock bands should ALL play this (but they don’t like wizards?)

#11: Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV – Stairway To Heaven  via 
Ok, we’ll list it for the Zeppelin part. The meaning is not what most think. Listen, and tell what it means in a couple sentences:
It is the appearance of the light and Christ offered by the Lady, but it is human convention, and so illusion, “as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our souls.” “But if you listen very hard…”the piper”:
Page does not, but Plant, who wrote this, knows.

#10: Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run  via 

Someday, girl, I don’t know when
We’re gonna get to that place we really wanna go/
And we’ll walk in the sun…but till then.
An everlasting kiss.

#00 is Hendrix doing Dylan’s All along the Watchtower. This is because the exhilaration of Rock is not Bacchic but apocalyptic. I can explain it to ya, but Ja, I cannot understand it for ya. (Of course, I can’t even understand it for myself!). But I have it way down there at # 30!?

#9: Eric Burden and the Animals – House of the Rising Sun  via 

The Animals – House of the Rising Sun (1964) HQ/Widescreen ♫ 56 YEARS AGO! youtu.be/4-43lLKaqBQ via

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Rock blues with Amperage in 1964! Note too it is penance blues.

#8: Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video)  via 

“So, you think you can love me and leave me to die?”

Well, that is what tragic love is, and most is tragic. It is because of our guilt, our part as human in the murder of Cain, and an expiation. See the trial? Simon says the same: “Somewhere They Can’t Find Me.”
#7: The White Stripes – ‘Seven Nation Army‘  via 
Bleeding words right before the Lord:
Simon says the same.

 #6 Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (with lyrics)  via 

‘Nuff said. A walk on part in The Wall” for the lead role in a cage. Like Achilleus’ choice, too.

#5: David Bowie – Moonage Daydream (Live) (Great quality)  via 

#4: Led Zeppelin- Dazed and Confused  via 

The essential White blues. You thought the hipsters were about “free love?” Try following this guy while lied to.

The live version of this song is it, while the studio, in the context of the album, is even better. A lovesong, too.

#3: The Who – Love Reign Over Me  via 

Jimmy has found the unity of the four parts and his “Quadrophrenia.”
Those who try to write Christian rock are not inspired. Those inspired need not “try.”
#2 Jethro Tull – Aqualung  via 
“You poor old sot,
You see its only me.”
And as he dies, the line is: “And the flowers bloom like madness in the Spring.” The Aqualung grabs his rasping last breaths with deep-sea-diver sounds.,..
making sounds like a diving bell, and the flowers bloom as butterflies.

#1: Kashmir – Led Zeppelin  via 

“Oh Father of the four winds, fill my sails…”

#00: The Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower (Audio)  via 

And the wind, begin to howl.
“…Let us not talk falsely, now.”

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