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1000 SONGS 1000 From Rock Classics to One-Hit Wonders, the Music That Lights Your Fire 1000 Songs That Rock Your World is the ultimate visual guide to the best rock music ever produced. From Abba to ZZ Top, it’s not simply the ideal playlist, it’s a one-stop catalog of a half-century of 1000 SONGS Rock ’n’ Roll. Showcasing songs by nearly 500 artists in all rock genres, that 1000 Songs That Rock Your World goes behind the scenes to uncover the fascinating story of the creation, signifi cance, and popularity of these dynamic hits. FEATURING THAT Buddy Holly • More than 500 eye-popping color photos of The Beatles concert action shots, album covers, posters, Elvis tickets, guitars, Jimi Hendrix and more. ROCK The Beach Boys The Rolling Stones • Indexed by ranking, Lou Reed artist, and year for RocKRocK The Grateful Dead easy reference. YOUR WORLD The Who The Allman Brothers YOUR WORLD Simon & Garfunkel Bob Dylan Queen Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin Neil Young Bruce Springsteen Green Day —and Hundreds More! US $19.99 Z9973 (CAN $22.99) ISBN-13: 978-1-4402-1422-6 ISBN-10: 1-4402-1422-0 51999 THOMPSON UPC EAN FnL1 04 0120 01 JUYrVyBQdWJsaWNhdGlvbnMsIEluYyAo 02 SW9sYSBkaXZpc2lvbikPR3JlZ29yeSBL 03 cnVlZ2VyAEzQJGsEMTAuNAI4MAExBVVQ Qy1BDDA3NDk2MjAxMjcxNQA= 0 74962 01271 5 9 FnL1 04 0124 01 JUYrVyBQdWJsaWNhdGlvbnMsIEluYyAo 02 SW9sYSBkaXZpc2lvbikPR3JlZ29yeSBL 03 cnVlZ2VyAE1IBUAEMTAuNAI4MAExBkVB Ti0xMw05NzgxNDQwMjE0MjI2AA== 781440 214226 DAVE THOMPSON 1000songs_approvedFULL.indd 1 2/4/11 3:18:23 PM 1000 SONGS that YOURRocKRocK WORLD DAVE THOMPSON Z9973_p001-019 frontmatter.indd 1 2/2/11 12:19:01 PM ̹ʹͲͳͳ All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a critical article or review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper, or electronically transmitted on radio, television, or the Internet. ǡ Ϊǡ Ǥ ͲͲȈ ǡ ͷͶͻͻͲǦͲͲͲͳ ͳͷǦͶͶͷǦʹʹͳͶȈͺͺͺǦͶͷǦʹͺ͵ ǤǤ ǦͳǦͺͲͲǦʹͷͺǦͲͻʹͻ ǤǤ ǤǤ Ǥ ǣ Ǧͳ͵ǣͻͺǦͳǦͶͶͲʹǦͳͶʹʹǦ ǦͳͲǣͳǦͶͶͲʹǦͳͶʹʹǦͲ Ǥ Z9973_p001-019 frontmatter.indd 2 2/4/11 11:41:17 AM CONTENTS 6 |INTRODUCTION 8 |ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 10 |1,000 SONGS BY RANKING 20 |The First Five—The Greatest Songs You’ll Ever Hear 23 |Money… That’s What I Want 26 |All I Want for Christmas Is an Electric Guitar (But I Got a Box of Hankies Instead) 29 |Alan Merrill’s Top Five 30 |God Is a Concept 34 |Mixed Up Confusion—Girls Will Be Boys, Boys Will Be Girls 36 |Fly Me to the Moon 41 |The Witching Hour 43 |Get on Your Bikes and Ride! 45 |Dressed for Success 47 |Glad to See You Go—Great Break-Up Songs 51 |Death Is Not the End 56 |Kinda Sexy, Kinda Scary…. 60 |I Fought the Law, and Other Odes of Law and Order 62 |Words You Won’t Find in the Dictionary 65 |Street Fighting Man 70 |The Human Jukebox—The Joan Jett Hit List 73 |The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind 75 |John Fiddler’s Top Five 76 |Ask a Stupid Question 78 |Big Apple Ballads 80 |Baby, You Can Drive My Car 86 |Stating the Bleeding Obvious 87 |All Shook Up—Songs That Just Can’t Keep Still 88 |Steve Ashley’s Top Five 89 |Gloomy Sunday Is the One Day That I Love… 91 |All Around the World 95 |Martin Gordon’s Top Five 96 |Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Fire 98 |What’s in a Name? The Boys 100 |The British Invasion 103 |Fly Like an Eagle—Bird Song and Songs About Birds 104 |Nik Turner’s Top Five 106 |Celluloid Heroes 111 |The Look of Love (Part One) 113 |Fame and Fortune (Andy, Where’s My Fifteen Minutes?) Z9973_p001-019 frontmatter.indd 3 2/2/11 12:19:02 PM 116 |Queen for a Day 117 |Who Me, Bitter? Bitterness, Betrayal and Getting Your Own Back 120 |The Power of Positive Thinking 123 |Rock the Boat 126 |Giant Steps Are What You Take… 128 |I Can Sing a Rainbow—The United Colors of Song 131 |What’s That Smell? It’s Hot Wax, of Course 133 |It’s All Greek to Me—Songs of Fable and Mythology 137 |A Page Out of History 139 |Rain, Rain, Go Away (Or Not, as the Case May Be) 141 |Sex.... And Drugs… And Rock and Roll 142 | Sex… 144 | And Drugs.... 147 | And Rock and Roll.... 149 |One More for the Road—Songs of Drink and Drunkenness 150 |War… What Is It Good For? Well, There Has to Be Something, Else We Wouldn’t Fight So Many 153 |Shut Up, Can’t You See I’m Arguing with You—The Protest Singer Shouts 155 |Eight Days a Week 156 |Danny Adler’s Top Five 157 |Let’s Get Together Again—Songs of Reunion 158 |While My Guitar… Six Strings Unleashed 160 |Making Waves—Rocking the Radio 162 |California Uber Alles 163 |Saving the Planet, One Song at a Time 164 |Earthquakes, Floods, Bodies in the Mud…. 166 |Ivan Kral’s Top Five 167 |Leaving on a Jet Plane 169 |No Words—Instrumental Classics 171 |Thank Christ for the Bomb 172 |All Aboard! Rockin’ the Rails 174 |School’s Out Forever!!!! 176 |Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used to Be 178 |When I Paint My Masterpiece 180 |In Praise of Older Women (And Men) 181 |Andrew Loog Oldham’s Top Five 182 |Murder Most Foul 187 |On the Beach—Sun, Sand, Sea, and Song 188 |Miki Berenyi’s Top Five 189 |Buddy, Can You Spare the Time? 191 |Remembering Buddy Holly 191 |The Music 192 |The Memories 194 |The Tributes Z9973_p001-019 frontmatter.indd 4 2/2/11 12:19:04 PM 195 |Fire Escape in the Sky—The Art of Jacques Brel 196 |Songs of Old London Town 198 |The Bestiary of Beat—Rock Goes to the Zoo 201 |Parlez Vous Francais (And Other Foreign Tongues) 204 |The Look of Love (Part Two)—Falling in Love Again… and Again… and Again 208 |Why Don’t You Write Me (or Call or Visit or E-Mail or Anything)? 213 |All the Fun of the Fair 216 |Boz Boorer’s Top Four 217 |Are You Still Here? More Great Break-Up Songs 220 |Rock Me at the Ballpark, Baby 224 |Rich Man, Poor Man 226 |We’re an American Band—And Other States of Being 231 |To Everything There Is a Season—A Rock’n’Roll Almanac 233 |It’s a Dirty Job, But Someone’s Got to Do It. Hard Labor and Other Laments… 235 |Getting Emotional—Tears in Your Beer and Sundry Sad Remains 239 |Do Rock Stars Dream of Electric Guitars?—Songs When You’re Sleeping 241 |Utopia—A Nice Place to Visit, But Would You Really Want to Live There? 243 |Whither Shall I Wander? 249 |Sitting in the Midday Sun—Songs for a Sunny Afternoon 251 |Is There Anybody Out There? In Space, No One Can Hear You Solo 253 |Crime and Punishment 256 |Ladies of the Night—Dollars on Dames in the Darkness 261 |What’s in a Name? The Girls 266 |No Matter Who You Vote For, the Government Always Gets In 268 |I Hate Myself and I Want to Die 270 |Teenage Wasteland 273 |Produced (And Other Things) By Andrew Loog Oldham 274 |Ghosties and Ghoulies and Long Legged Beasties (And Things That Rock Out in the Night) 276 |I Got Dem Ol’ “Songs About the Blues” Blues Again Momma 277 |I’m Getting Married in the Morning 278 |Madness and Other Passing Fancies 280 |Trouble on the Dancefl oor 284 |Been Down So Long That the Gutter Looks Like Up—Songs of Depression and Uselessness 286 |Deal Me Another One—Or, She’s Got the Jack 288 |David Bowie—Pin Ups 291 |Read All About It—Rock Goes to the Library 293 |Living on the Edge—Making the Best of a Lousy Address 296 |The Look of Love (Part Three)—Or, Why Can’t You People Sing About Something Else For a Change? 299 |And Finally… Where Do We Go From Here? Or, The Energizer Bunny with an Electric Guitar 300 |PHOTO CREDITS 301 |INDEX BY ARTIST 310 |INDEX BY YEAR Z9973_p001-019 frontmatter.indd 5 2/2/11 12:19:05 PM INTRODUCTION Reaching the Thousand ͳǡͲͲͲ ǯǯϐǦϐǤǯ ǯǯǡ ǡǯ Ȅ ǯDz ǡdzͳͻͷͷ ǤǦʹͲͲǡ ǡǡǡϐ Ǥ ǡtheϐ Ǥ ǡDz dz Ǥ Ǥ ǡǡͻͻͻǤ Ǥǡǡ Dzdzǥǡǡ ǡ Ǥ ǥǦ ǡʹǡǡǡ ǤȄ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǤͶͲ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǧ Ǧǡ ǡ belongsǤ ǡȄǡǡ Ȅǡϐ ϐ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǧ ǯ Dz dz Ȅ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡǯǤ Ǥ ǡǡƬǡ ǡǡǡ ǡǥ ǡϐǥǤ ϐǡ ǯ ǡ 6 • INTRODUCTION Z9973_p001-019 frontmatter.indd 6 2/2/11 12:19:06 PM ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǯǯ ǡ ǡǡǦ ǣ ǯDz dz ȋȌǡǯDz dzȋȌǡ ǡǡǤ ǡǦ ǡǯǤ ǢǯǦ ǡ Ǥǯ ǡǡ Ǥ ǡǯǤ ǥ ǯǡ ǡ ǣ ǯDz ǡdz ǯ ǯDzǡdz ǯ DzǡdzǯǯDzdz Ȅǡǫ ǯǯǫ ϐ ȋ Ǧ ȌǢ ǯ Ǣ Ǧǡ ǡͳͻͲǤ Ǥǡϐ ǯǯǡ ǯǤǡǡǡ ǯ ǡDzdzͳͻȋRevolverǡAftermath, Blonde On BlondeȌǡǤ ǯǦ ǡǤ ǡǡǤ ϐ ǡǤ ǡͳǡͲͲͲǦ Ǥaboutǡ ǡǡǡ Ǥ INTRODUCTION • 7 Z9973_p001-019 frontmatter.indd 7 2/2/11 12:19:09 PM 8 Z9973_p001-019 frontmatter.indd 8 2/2/11 12:19:11 PM ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ǡ Ϊ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǯ ȄǦ Ǥ ϐȄ ǡǡ Ǥ Ǧ ǡDz dz ϐ Ǥǡǡ Ǣǡ ǥǡ ǡ ϐ Ǥ ǡǥǡǯ ǡǯǫ 9 Z9973_p001-019 frontmatter.indd 9 2/4/11 9:42:24 AM 110TOP000 BY RANKING 10 • TOP 1000 SONGS Z9973_p001-019 frontmatter.indd 10 2/2/11 12:19:12 PM 001 Bus Stop Hollies (20) 040 Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival (165) 079 She’s Gone Hall & Oates (47) 002 Season of the Witch Donovan (21) 041 I’m Eighteen Alice Cooper (270) 080 Refugees Van Der Graaf Generator (293) 003 Jungleland Bruce Springsteen (21) 042 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix Experience (65) 081 Tupelo Honey Van Morrison (226) 004 Won’t Get Fooled Again Who (22) 043 American Pie Don McLean (194) 082 Roadrunner Modern Lovers (71) 005 Rock and Roll Gary Glitter (22) 044 Celluloid Heroes Kinks (108) 083 Reason to Believe Rod Stewart (120) 006 Desolation Row Bob Dylan (266) 045 Bored Teenagers Adverts (270) 084 Diamonds and Rust Joan Baez (204) 007 While My Guitar Gently Weeps Beatles (158) 046 See Emily Play Pink Floyd (288) 085 You Really Got Me Kinks (100) 008 Year of the Cat Al Stewart (142) 047 All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople (270) 086 I’m Waiting for the Man Velvet Underground (144) 009 Famous Blue Raincoat Leonard Cohen (128) 048 Baba O’Riley Who (270) 087 Cowgirl in the Sand Neil Young (159) 010 Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones (293) 049 Low Spark of High