El Burro Volador

There are two things I would like to accomplish with this post.  First, I’d like to preview what’s coming up in the next few days, post-wise, and then I’d like to throw a couple more hours onto the “underplayed songs that rock” playlist.

First things first: tomorrow is Rebekah’s birthday, so she will be the subject of a special birthday post here at El Burro Volador.  Saturday we will explore an exciting new theory concerning some of Clementine’s more bizarre behavior, and Sunday, well, Sunday will either be a recap of Saturday’s marathon gaming session or a resumption of the “A Day in the Life” narrative, which left off with Clemmy and I speeding to Doggie Arena.

Now, let’s get down to rock ‘n’ roll.  The five songs I posted as a comment to the earlier post are included here.  Also, credit for a couple of these songs goes to the prophet Ezekiel, but I’m beginning to wonder if he’s my entire audience for this thing.  Ah, well, no matter; I’m having fun doing it, and I might even be capable of cranking out an entire 24-hour playlist by myself eventually.  Here comes hours 4 and 5, once again in no particular order:

“Rock Me Right” – Susan Tedeschi  Could be the anthem of this playlist.

“Nutbush City Limits” – Ike & Tina Turner Hard-rockin’ soul tune.

“Lady in Black” – Uriah Heep   Is this unusually hard prog rock or just really melodic metal?  Only Charles Dickens knows for sure.

“Hoochie Coochie Man” – Steppenwolf   Growlin’ blues-rock

“The Road to Hell” – Chris Rea   I swear this guy is a clone of Mark Knopfler, one of my all-time rock heroes.

“Are You Ready?” – Pacific Gas & Electric   These folks make gospel rock in a way that most christian artists would sell their souls to be able to copy.

“Cover of the Rolling Stone” – Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show   You can have a lot of fun with rock and roll.

“Night” – Bruce Springsteen   You know what we need on this list?  Some Bruce Springsteen!

“Because the Night” – Patti Smith Group  This does not count against my Springsteen cap.

“Let the Good Times Roll” – Shirley and Lee   Another oldie from the days when the sax ruled rock and roll.

“I’m Waiting for the Man” – Velvet Underground I just noticed we don’t have that many songs about drug use on the list.

“Personality Crisis” – New York Dolls   In New York even dolls know how to rock hard…

“Far, Far Away” – Slade   Tuneful, but it still rocks a bit.

“Hammer to Fall” – Queen   I often think Queen is overrated, but this one is awfully good.

“Blitzkrieg Bop” – Ramones   Another punk mainstay that is left on the shelf by most classic rock stations.

“Roadrunner” – Modern Lovers   This song just motors along.

“Bullet the Blue Sky” – U2   I’ve always loved this one, if for no other reason than the lyrics get stranger and yet more compelling as it goes along.

“I Wanna Be Sedated” – Ramones   And you need to be sedated, Ramones, because you are just barreling along so fast...

“I Love You Much Too Much” – Santana   Nothing like a long guitar odyssey to slow things back down.

“Big Love” – Fleetwood Mac   Sometimes I forget that Lindsey Buckingham had such chops as a guitarist.

“Stop” – Jane’s Addiction   This is another one of those frenetic songs that just feel like they have to crash any minute.

“Smokestack Lightning” – The Yardbirds   I’m kind of stuck on blues rock lately, and this is one of the best.

“Had to Cry Today” – Blind Faith   What can I say, I’m a Clapton groupie.

“Kitty’s Back” – Bruce Springsteen   Long and jazzy,  but with some bluesy, wailing guitar parts and a superb rock band in full swing – this is probably what Steely Dan would be like if they could rock.

“I Ain’t Superstitious” – Jeff Beck Group   This track is the coolest Rod Stewart ever was in his whole life.

“Heartbreaker” – Led Zeppelin   Digging a little deeper into Zeppelin.  Hell, did these guys do any bad songs?

“Serious Juju” – Sammy Hagar   Cut this one a little slack, it’s not easy to rock hard when singing about the environment.

“Hellbound Train” – Savoy Brown   And let’s go out on a doom-laden 9-minute blues rock epic, just in case any casual listeners are left.

Note: I cut my estimate to 14 songs an hour, because I realize my average track length has to be above 4 minutes, even with a couple Ramones songs on there