The Galaxy Playlist

August 2/3, 2009

Tunes from the streets of..... California....

Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).

For more information on any of the rock, pop and Jazz music featured on this program, I frequently utilize AllMusic , an excellent free database holding a huge plethora of information about music and the artists that make it.

Composer Performer Title Genre Label Notes
Killswitch Engage

The Forgotten

Metal, "Metalcore"
Roadrunner, 2009
New music!!!!!
Reckoning
A Light In A Darkened World
Take Me Away
Save Me
The Return
Buck Owens (-w- Dwight Yoakim)
Streets of Bakersfield
Country, Classic, Honkytonk
Capitol, 1989
 
Buck Owens
Love's Gonna Live Here
Capitol, 1963
John Russell, Von Morrison
Buck Owens
Act Naturally
Buck Owens/Harlan Howard
I've Got A Tiger By The Tail
Capitol, 1964
Buck Owens
Together Again
My Heart Skips A Beat
The Beach Boys

California Girls

Rock, pop, surf
Capitol, 1965
 
I Get Around
Capitol, 1964
Surfin' USA
Capitol, 1963
In My Room
Be True To Your School
God Only Knows
Capitol, 1966
Shut Down
Capitol, 1963
Fun Fun Fun
Capitol, 1964
Good Vibrations
Capitol, 1967
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Taste The Pain
Rock, Alternative
EMI, 1989
 
Subterranian Homesick Blues
EMI, 1987
A Bob Dylan tune
Skinny Skinny Man
 
Backwoods
 
Higher Ground (Daddy-o Mix)
EMI, 1989
A remix of their cover of a Stevie Wonder song
Neil Sedaka
The Carpenters
Solitaire
Pop, Singer-songwriter, '70s
A&M, 1975
 
Leon Russell
A Song For You
A&M, 1970
check out that Hammond organ, barely discernable in the background, right at the beginning
P Udel, G. Geld
Hurting Each Other
A&M, 1972
 
Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett
Superstar
A&M, 1971
B. Bramlett was with Delaney and Bonnie, whose band comprised the heart of Derek and the Dominoes (along with Clapton and Allman, of course)..... I could hear this song in a metal rendition....
Richard Carpenter
Top of the World
A&M, 1972
 
Paul Williams
Rainy Days and Mondays
A&M, 1970
 
Rage Against The Machine
Born As Ghosts
Rock, rap, metal, funk
Sony, 1999
 
People Of The Sun
Sony, 1996
 
Born Of A Broken Man
Sony, 1999
 
Wind Below
Sony, 1996
 
Roll Right
 
Etta James
At Last
R&B, Classic
Arco, 1960
All from the same session, with an orchestra conducted by Riley Hampton
A Sunday Kind of Love
Trust In Me
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
Motown, 1971
Whoops! I was mistaken - I thought this was from after Motown's relocation to LA. Great music, though, and with a strong California feel, I think.
Pete Seeger
The Byrds
Turn Turn Turn
Rock, Folk
Columbia, 1965
The A and B side of the Turn Turn Turn single.
Gene Clark
She Don't Care About Time
Pete Seeger, Idris Davies
The Bells Of Rhymney
 
Roger McGuinn
Mr. Spaceman
Columbia, 1966
Bo Diddley
The Doors
Who Do You Love
Rock, Psychedelic
Elektra, 1996
live recording, possibly done in Philadelphia
The Doors
Medley: Alabama Song, Backdoor Man, Love Hides, Five to One
Build Me A Woman
Crosby, Stills, Nash &Young
Carry On
Rock, Classic
Atlantic, 1970
 
On The Way Home
Atlantic, 1992
Recorded live, probably about '71 or '72
Teach Your Children
Ratt
Round and Round
Metal, "hair"
Atlantic, 1984
 
Back For More
Dokken
Alone Again
Elektra, 1984
 
Van Halen
Runnin' With The Devil
Metal, Hard Rock
Warner Bros., 1978
 
Why Can't This Be Love
Warner Bros., 1986

 

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