There are a bunch of great classic rock songs that never seem to get enough airplay on classic rock stations. I mean how many times can one listen to "Hotel California" or "Stairway to Heaven"?
We Just Disagree got me through some hard relationship times. However when my 2nd wife left me it was this song that is probably the reason I survived at all. I must have listened to it hundreds of times, sobbing most of the times. There's a live version of it somewhere online with all of the Eagles sitting side by side on stools doing this. Incredible!
This one, plus "Ramblin' Man" (above) and "Up on Cripple Creek" all are songs that remind me of the first 20 years or so of my adult life. Lots and lots of pot, lots of jobs (including the Air Force), two wives, four sons, a bunch of "relationships" of various kinds in-between, some where I lived with them and some where they lived me. Some that didn't last more then a few nights and some that lasted a few months. Marriages lasted about 8 years altogether. Moving from one apartment to another or house or trailer or crashing on a friend's couch. I must have moved 30 or more times then and 50 or more in my whole life. Good times, bad times and a whole lot of partying . Sometimes lonely as hell and others where I just wanted to be by myself or hanging with party buddies. Waking up in my freezing cold car and not being able to remember how I got there or waking up in a bed and not quite sure who the woman beside me was. I love my wife, but I miss those days more then I can say. In my heart I'm still a free bird and can't wait to get back at it.
I have GOT to get another DVD of Yellow Brick Road, because there is a scratch on Roy Rogers and it skips! It (the album) came out while I was in Basic Training in 1973 and my first copy was on 8-Track that I could play in my boombox. Then when I arrived at my first duty station (Grand Forks AFB) I went out and bought a new Pioneer stereo system for my room in the barracks, which cost me almost $600 in 1974 dollars (almost 2 months pay!)! Incredible turntable with the strobe light and reflectors on the side so you could tune the speed to perfect. The first new albums I bought the same day to play first were Yellow Brick Road and The Dark Side of the Moon!
Of course at a party in my first apartment about a year later a friend of mine (a civilian!) was drunk and sat on the turntable and receiver! I nearly cried. He did pay for most of a new system, but still!
We have a radio station here on the Puget Sound, KZOK 102.5 fm, they have programs like "Breakfast with the Beatles" or Lunch with Led" all about classic rock. Nothin but classic rock.
I don't listen to the radio any more, because I get tired of the same old/same old... I make my own CDs and listen to them! They're ALL my favorites...
Type the name of any song into youtube, add it to a playlist. I have about 80 songs on my playlist that i play every saturday morning while I clean and relax. plus some Friday nights, youtube and a big glass of wine ends my week of dealing with tiny toddlers. I can find all the videos want of Kris Kristofferson and my favorite 70s band, Dr Hook.
You can take any You Tube video, 15 minutes long or less, and turn it into an mp3. Load the mp3's onto a device or your computers media player and you have your own classic rock station whenever you want ! No charge.
all you do is copy the url of the video. It is what shows in your address bar when you are on a page with a video selected and ready to play , and it looks like this
copy that and paste into the box on the you tube converter page that is just above the words "convert video". After you do that click "convert video" and it will do that and then ask you if you want to download the mp3. Click download and you will have your mp3 downloaded to whatever you have normally selected as your download location. That is all there is to it and it's pretty fast.
This one is cheating, because it's not really a classic rock song...yet. It's Marilyn Manson from the soundtrack to the movie "John Wick" (if you haven't seen it, buy a copy, rent a copy or even steal one and watch it!!!!) and when I listen to it I hear Jim Morrison and The Doors coming out of my speakers. Instant Classic Rock.
Everyone has some favorite ones that never get enough airplay! Post yours!
I can't think of one CCR song that I don't love!
Last words of Nights in White Satin (almost never played);
Breath deep, the gathering gloom
Watch light fade, from every room
Red is grey and yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion.
The Hollies-- "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"
Santana-- "Black Magic Woman"
Eric Clapton-- "Tears in Heaven"
John Lennon-- "Imagine"
Just for starters.
Great start!
We Just Disagree got me through some hard relationship times. However when my 2nd wife left me it was this song that is probably the reason I survived at all. I must have listened to it hundreds of times, sobbing most of the times. There's a live version of it somewhere online with all of the Eagles sitting side by side on stools doing this. Incredible!
Great picks! You NEVER hear these on classic rock stations! The stereo on Hole in my Shoe sounds fantastic! Even on my little laptop.
You Can't Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones)
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan)
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (The Beatles)
Honorable mention: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (George Harrison - The Beatles)
Four more, then I'll leave ya alone...
Georgia Satellites-- "Keep your hands to yourself"
Lynyrd Skynyrd-- "Simple Man"
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs-- "Little Red Riding Hood"
Simon & Garfunkel-- "Mrs. Robinson" (I could have put sounds of silence here, but the two are equal in my book and neither are played enough)
None of those four are heard enough. You have to have a satellite stereo system and listen to the "Deep Tracks" stations to get the good stuff.
A couple unforgettable ones from an incredible band that you almost never hear. And some of the greatest guitar playing you'll ever hear...anywhere.
This one, plus "Ramblin' Man" (above) and "Up on Cripple Creek" all are songs that remind me of the first 20 years or so of my adult life. Lots and lots of pot, lots of jobs (including the Air Force), two wives, four sons, a bunch of "relationships" of various kinds in-between, some where I lived with them and some where they lived me. Some that didn't last more then a few nights and some that lasted a few months. Marriages lasted about 8 years altogether. Moving from one apartment to another or house or trailer or crashing on a friend's couch. I must have moved 30 or more times then and 50 or more in my whole life. Good times, bad times and a whole lot of partying . Sometimes lonely as hell and others where I just wanted to be by myself or hanging with party buddies. Waking up in my freezing cold car and not being able to remember how I got there or waking up in a bed and not quite sure who the woman beside me was. I love my wife, but I miss those days more then I can say. In my heart I'm still a free bird and can't wait to get back at it.
Just heard this one the other day when walking by a co-workers stereo:
Heaven!
I have GOT to get another DVD of Yellow Brick Road, because there is a scratch on Roy Rogers and it skips! It (the album) came out while I was in Basic Training in 1973 and my first copy was on 8-Track that I could play in my boombox. Then when I arrived at my first duty station (Grand Forks AFB) I went out and bought a new Pioneer stereo system for my room in the barracks, which cost me almost $600 in 1974 dollars (almost 2 months pay!)! Incredible turntable with the strobe light and reflectors on the side so you could tune the speed to perfect. The first new albums I bought the same day to play first were Yellow Brick Road and The Dark Side of the Moon!
Of course at a party in my first apartment about a year later a friend of mine (a civilian!) was drunk and sat on the turntable and receiver! I nearly cried. He did pay for most of a new system, but still!
We have a radio station here on the Puget Sound, KZOK 102.5 fm, they have programs like "Breakfast with the Beatles" or Lunch with Led" all about classic rock. Nothin but classic rock.
And what they don't play, I smoke my own.
I don't listen to the radio any more, because I get tired of the same old/same old... I make my own CDs and listen to them! They're ALL my favorites...
Great songs here!!!
Type the name of any song into youtube, add it to a playlist. I have about 80 songs on my playlist that i play every saturday morning while I clean and relax. plus some Friday nights, youtube and a big glass of wine ends my week of dealing with tiny toddlers. I can find all the videos want of Kris Kristofferson and my favorite 70s band, Dr Hook.
Grand Funk...I'm your captain
Bob Seger...Turn the page
Fleetwood Mac.. Any song
Many more..
Love classic rock!!!!
You can take any You Tube video, 15 minutes long or less, and turn it into an mp3. Load the mp3's onto a device or your computers media player and you have your own classic rock station whenever you want ! No charge.
Awesome! Must learn how to do that!
all you do is copy the url of the video. It is what shows in your address bar when you are on a page with a video selected and ready to play , and it looks like this
copy that and paste into the box on the you tube converter page that is just above the words "convert video". After you do that click "convert video" and it will do that and then ask you if you want to download the mp3. Click download and you will have your mp3 downloaded to whatever you have normally selected as your download location. That is all there is to it and it's pretty fast.
the video itself showed up on this page instead of just the url, but the url is what you want.
I have never found any with a virus but you might want to scan the mp3 file before you open it just to be on the safe side.
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This one is cheating, because it's not really a classic rock song...yet. It's Marilyn Manson from the soundtrack to the movie "John Wick" (if you haven't seen it, buy a copy, rent a copy or even steal one and watch it!!!!) and when I listen to it I hear Jim Morrison and The Doors coming out of my speakers. Instant Classic Rock.