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• piano sheet music backup

• the 50's were the decade when modern music was born thanks to the rise of the electric guitar and improved records for distributing quality recorded music more widely giving birth to rock music from its roots in country and western, and blues in particular, and it built upon and supported a significant cultural shift amongst young adults but it was still a decade of smooth crooners like Frank Sinatra and had some wonderful jazz to polish it off.
• it was also the era when passenger flights became more common, especially for the new 50's rock and roll stars - sadly Ritchie Valens aged 17, Buddy Holly aged 22, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson aged 28, as well as the pilot were to die in the same plane crash in 1959. Otis Redding was also to die in a plane crash on December 10, 1967.

• Chuck Berry - the forefather of rock'n'roll - Rock And Roll Music, Johnny B Goode¹⁾, Maybellene, Sweet Little Sixteen, Roll Over Beethoven²⁾
• Ritchie Valens - La Bamba³⁾, Come on Let's Go⁴⁾
• Little Richard - Long tall Sally, Tutti Frutti, Good golly Miss Molly
• Chubby Checker - The twist
• The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
• Bill Haley and the Comets - Rock around the clock
• Joe Turner - Shake rattle and roll
• Carl Perkins - Blue suede shoes⁵⁾
• Lewis - Great balls of fire
• Bobby Day - Rockin Robin
• Elvis Presley - Heartbreak hotel, Jailhouse rock, Return to sender
• Eddie Cochran - C’mon Everybody
• Dale Hawkins - Susie Q
• Wanda Jackson - Let’s Have A Party⁶⁾
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On⁷⁾

• Johnny Cash - I walk the line, Ring of fire
• Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel, Suspicious minds, Always on my mind
• Eddie Cochran - Summertime blues
• Buddy Holly and the Crickets - It doesn't matter anymore, Peggy Sue, That'll be the day
• Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love, All I have to do is dream
• Hank Williams - I'm so lonesome I could cry
• Tammy Wynette - Stand by your man
• Willie Nelson - Always on my mind
• Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz

• Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera
• Domenico Modugno - Volare
• Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
• Bobby Darin - Dream Lover, Splish Splash
• Paul Anka - Diana (doo-wop) ⁸⁾
• Everly Brothers - Wake up little Susie
• Roy Orbison - Ooby Dooby
• The Shirelles - I Met Him On A Sunday
• Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knocking
• Johnny Preston - Running Bear
• Burt Bacharach composed hundreds of easy listening songs (including fifty-two US Top 40 hits) for Marty Robbins, Perry Como, Gene Pitney, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones and B. J. Thomas, and in the 1960's mainly for Dionne Warwick

• The Platters - The Great Pretender⁹⁾, Only you (doo wop)¹⁰⁾
• Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill¹¹⁾, I Wanna Walk You Home, Ain't it a shame

• Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Kind of blue¹²⁾
• Art Blakey - Moanin¹³⁾
• Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Porgy and Bess
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook

• by now rock and pop music had become well embedded albeit still frowned upon by the christian elders of the community, but rock music truly burst open to a far more complex and heavier genre as the decade progressed as bands experimented with the new analog synthesizers (and often LSD) while the crooners of the 50's fell out of popularity
• illicit drugs, especially LSD became a feature of many rock bands - unfortunately, quite a few of the 60's rock stars would die young from drug overdoses (Brian Jones of Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Morrison of The Doors, and Janis Joplin all died at aged 27yrs, while Marianne Faithful almost died being in a coma for 6 days in 1969) or developed psychoses (Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd), and these deaths, along with other factors would severely adversely impact the free love culture of the hippy movement of the late 60's.
• by the mid 1960's the advent of stereo vinyl record technology, and later, stereo FM radio in the early 1970s, encouraged artists to explore with the stereo separation of sound channels while families would start investing in expensive stereo “high fidelity” HiFi systems - previously all consumer music was the same in both ears
• by the late 1960s, the portable cassette player allowed music to be taken with you for the first time without resorting to radio, and it allowed easier recording of music and voice than large tape to tape systems which had preceded it, but the audio quality was poor until the early 1970's when Dolby B noise reduction was introduced along with better chromium based tapes

• many of my favs from this decade were part of the “psychedelic rock” era which started c1964 and then progressed into heavier rock and prog rock by the early 1970s
• Beatles early albums and singles
  • Eleanor Rigby¹⁴⁾, Strawberry fields forever¹⁵⁾
• Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album
  • With a Little Help from My Friends, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, A Day in the Life¹⁶⁾
• Beatles - The White Album
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps¹⁷⁾, Back in the U.S.S.R.¹⁸⁾, Revolution 1¹⁹⁾, Revolution 9²⁰⁾, (Hey Jude not on album but as a single)
• Beatles - Abbey Road album
  • Come Together²¹⁾, Something²²⁾, Oh! Darling²³⁾, Octopus's Garden²⁴⁾, I Want You (She's So Heavy)²⁵⁾, Here Comes the Sun²⁶⁾, Because²⁷⁾
• Credence Clearwater Revival (US) - Proud Mary²⁸⁾, Have you ever seen the rain²⁹⁾, Bad Moon Rising³⁰⁾, I Put A Spell On You³¹⁾, Heard it through the grapevine³²⁾
• The Doors (US): - Touch me³³⁾, Riders of the storm³⁴⁾, Light My Fire³⁵⁾, The End³⁶⁾, Love Her Madly³⁷⁾
  • the alluring voice of Jimmy Morrison who died aged 27yrs
• early Pink Floyd (UK): (perhaps listen to 1970s Pink Floyd first as these could do your head in and requires patience, headphones, volume and dedicated time - this is not sugar coated pop music!)
  • early LSD inspired Syd Barrett psychedelic rock exhibiting flight of ideas (apparently helps to be stoned when listening to it) Astronomy Dominé³⁸⁾, The gnome³⁹⁾, See Emily play⁴⁰⁾ more pop style, Arnold Layne⁴¹⁾ about a guy who steals knickers from clothes lines, Jugband blues⁴²⁾, Flaming⁴³⁾, Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk ⁴⁴⁾, The scarecrow⁴⁵⁾, Bike⁴⁶⁾
  • without Syd Barrett as he has now become psychotic, early experimentations of found sound and the assistance of the new analog synths, with more prog rock styling played in Pompeii and a couple of more “normal” ballads
    • Echoes⁴⁷⁾⁴⁸⁾ must watch the Pompeii version not just listen to it, you need to become immersed in the experience - how can 4 guys create and play this amazing music live back in 1971!
    • A Saucerful of Secrets⁴⁹⁾, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun⁵⁰⁾, If⁵¹⁾, Fat Old Sun⁵²⁾,One of These Days⁵³⁾,
    • Atom Heart Mother⁵⁴⁾ brilliant avant garde experimental music to do your head in - not for everyone but very different! see a 2016 Japanese cover version⁵⁵⁾, a 24 minute Japanese rock symphonic version⁵⁶⁾, or a 46 minute classical symphonic version⁵⁷⁾
• Procol Harum (UK) - A Whiter Shade of Pale ⁵⁸⁾, original: ⁵⁹⁾ - a great song with somewhat confusing Dali-like surrealistic emotive lyrics but which can be explained by a guy in unrequited love in a brief relationship but which she is breaking off. Apparently the author had never read The Miller's Tale by Chaucer which seems to be referenced but is not.
• The Beach Boys (US) - California Girls⁶⁰⁾, Good Vibrations⁶¹⁾, Surfin' U.S.A.⁶²⁾, Little Deuce Coupe⁶³⁾, Fun, Fun, Fun⁶⁴⁾, I Get Around⁶⁵⁾, Barbara Ann⁶⁶⁾, Wouldn't It Be Nice⁶⁷⁾
• Wilson Pickett (US) - Mustang Sally⁶⁸⁾
• The Who (UK) - Pinball wizard⁶⁹⁾

• The Everly Brothers (US) - Love Hurts⁷⁰⁾, Ebony eyes⁷¹⁾ a plane crash tear jerker
• The Rolling Stones (UK) - You Can't Always Get What You Want⁷²⁾, Time Is on My Side⁷³⁾, It's All Over Now⁷⁴⁾, Heart of Stone⁷⁵⁾, As Tears Go By⁷⁶⁾, Lady Jane⁷⁷⁾
• The Seekers (Aussie) - Georgy Girl⁷⁸⁾, Morning Town Ride⁷⁹⁾, The carnival is over⁸⁰⁾, A World of Our Own⁸¹⁾, California Dreaming⁸²⁾, Red Rubber Ball⁸³⁾, The Last Thing on My Mind⁸⁴⁾ - Melbournian country pop style band
• The Animals (UK) - The House of the Rising Sun⁸⁵⁾, We have got to get out of this place⁸⁶⁾
• Roy Orbison (US) - Only the Lonely⁸⁷⁾, Ooby Dooby⁸⁸⁾, Running Scared⁸⁹⁾, In Dreams⁹⁰⁾, Blue Bayou⁹¹⁾, Oh, Pretty Woman⁹²⁾
• Elvis Presley (US) - Wooden heart⁹³⁾
• The Hollywood Argyles (US) - Alley Oop⁹⁴⁾
• Bob Dylan (US) - Blowin' in the Wind⁹⁵⁾, A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall⁹⁶⁾, The Times They Are a-Changin'⁹⁷⁾, Mr. Tambourine Man⁹⁸⁾, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue⁹⁹⁾, Lay Lady Lay¹⁰⁰⁾
• Janis Joplin (US) - Come On Take Another Piece Of My Heart¹⁰¹⁾, Ball and chain¹⁰²⁾ - another singer who died aged 27yrs
• The Byrds (US) - Mr Tambourine Man¹⁰³⁾
• Otis Redding (US) - (Sittin' On) The Dock of The Bay¹⁰⁴⁾, I Can See Clearly Now The Rain Is Gone
• Ralph McTell (UK) - Streets of London¹⁰⁵⁾
• Righteous Brothers (US) - Unchained Melody¹⁰⁶⁾
• Scott McKenzie (US) - San Francisco¹⁰⁷⁾ a tribute to the hippy, free love and gay scene of San Fran in the late 1960s
• The Easybeats (Aussie) - She's so fine¹⁰⁸⁾, Friday on my mind¹⁰⁹⁾
• The Flying Circus (Can) - La La¹¹⁰⁾
• The Monkees (US) - Daydream believer¹¹¹⁾
• The Turtles (US) - Happy Together¹¹²⁾
• The Moody Blues (UK) - Nights in white satin¹¹³⁾
• The Supremes (US) - You Just Keep Me Hanging On¹¹⁴⁾
• The Ronettes (US) - Be my baby now¹¹⁵⁾
• The Shirelles (US) - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?¹¹⁶⁾
• The Shangri-Las (US) - Leader of the Pack¹¹⁷⁾
• Jefferson Airplane (US) - at Woodstock: Somebody To Love¹¹⁸⁾, White rabbit¹¹⁹⁾,¹²⁰⁾ - the iconic LSD / Alice in Wonderland song
• Mary Hopkin (Welsh) - Those Were The Days¹²¹⁾
• Marianne Faithfull (UK) - As Tears Go By¹²²⁾, Sister Morphine¹²³⁾ - heroin addict in hospital waiting for her next hit
• Crosby, Stills & Nash (US) - Suite Judy Blue Eyes¹²⁴⁾
• The Zombies (UK) - She's Not There¹²⁵⁾, Summertime¹²⁶⁾
• The Kinks (UK) - You really got me¹²⁷⁾
• Led Zeppelin (UK) - Whole Lotta Love¹²⁸⁾ Dazed and confused¹²⁹⁾, Thank you¹³⁰⁾, What Is and What Should Never Be¹³¹⁾
• Steppenwolf (Can) - Born to be wild¹³²⁾
• Cream (UK) - White room¹³³⁾, Sunshine Of Your Love¹³⁴⁾
• Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys (folk US) - A different drum - Linda's 1st hit which showcased her incredible vocal talent, and although folksy, she made it into a feminist break up song - Linda was to be instrumental in bringing together the Eagles
• The Small Faces (UK) - Itchycoo Park
• The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine
• The Shadows (US) - Apache¹³⁵⁾ - instrumental - presumably inspired Ennio Morricone and his spaghetti western movie themes
• Bert Kaempfert composer and had his horn dominant orchestra - A swinging safari¹³⁶⁾ a catchy instrumental heavily influenced by South African kwela style music; composed many others such as Strangers in the night and Wooden heart
• Engelbert Humperdinck - another crooner of the 1960s along with Frank Sinatra, etc (not my style but they were important to many in the 60s)

• the 70's was the peak of rock music - prog rock, country rock, pop rock, glam rock, heavy metal, punk, new wave and disco
• while some of 1970s Pink Floyd is chill out music, like many other 70s rock bands, much is heavy rock - immersive loud music demanding your full attention - its not sugar coated pop music to put on in the background!
• the advent of stereo FM meant that one could record stereo radio in stereo onto portable cassette tape players if one could not afford to buy vinyl records or recorded cassette tapes
• MTV became very popular, although initially, TVs were only mono and home video recorders were only mono - this would change in the 1980s with both being stereo

• Pink Floyd (UK) Dark Side of the Moon album ¹³⁷⁾
  • a unique and ground breaking music album which arose after several years experimenting with new sonic techniques and analog devices
  • for some of their sounds they had to physically tape together many segments of recorded tape
  • their concerts were also ground breaking in their visuals
  • official Pink Floyd Youtube site with lots of videos: https://www.youtube.com/@pinkfloyd/videos
  • Time^138)139), Breathe (In the Air)¹⁴⁰⁾ Moby cover¹⁴¹⁾, Us and Them¹⁴²⁾, Brain Damage¹⁴³⁾, Money¹⁴⁴⁾, On the run^145)146) - cool analog synth instrumental
  • The Great Gig In the Sky the band asked a session singer, Clare Torey, to sing without words according to their chosen backing music to portray grief of death of a loved one - it is a powerful, emotive unique “song” worth listening to her original version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PMnJ_Luk_o as well as later version by Sam Brown and co https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZ6hmHj2MA
• Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here album
  • a great chill out album
  • Wish you were here ¹⁴⁷⁾ (Moby cover of this song) ¹⁴⁸⁾
  • Shine on you Crazy Diamond ¹⁴⁹⁾ - a very long prog rock lament and tribute to the band's former leader, Syd Barrett, who developed a chronic psychotic illness after using LSD
  • Welcome to the machine¹⁵⁰⁾
• Pink Floyd The Wall album
  • Roger Waters decided to create this album after an unpleasant altercation with a “fan” whilst performing on stage and his feeling of needing to create a wall between himself and the rest of the world - perhaps something we all can relate to when we do our best in our jobs and yet the public seem to feel they can still abuse us on a regular basis
  • this album mainly deals with the many psychological and emotive struggles of growing up which many of us can empathize
  • a movie was made of these songs but it is very emotive and powerful and not for the faint-hearted with many images of the horrors of war
  • it needs to be played reasonably loud with headphones
  • In the flesh - an introductory piece and the impacts of the loss of his father who was killed in WWII when he was still a young boy
  • Mother Sinead O'Conner / Roger Waters version Berlin 1990 ¹⁵¹⁾ - the impacts of a domineering over-protective mother
  • Another brick in the wall - the adverse impacts of an abusive education system which constantly stifles individualism and creativity in its goal of conformity to an ideal - became the most played on radio, but is my least favourite on the album
  • Young Lust Bryan Adams / Roger Waters version Berlin 1990: ¹⁵²⁾
  • a very emotive and sometimes confronting middle section of songs dealing with relationship issues, lust, depression, anger
  • Goodbye Cruel World the completion of his building of his wall and his isolation from the world
  • The thin ice ¹⁵³⁾
  • Hey you ¹⁵⁴⁾, Is there anybody out there¹⁵⁵⁾, Nobody home¹⁵⁶⁾ - the struggles of loneliness when you have created a barrier around you
  • Comfortably Numb ¹⁵⁷⁾ - includes one of the greatest guitar solos - for those who need to chill out camping; Covers: Fleesh version¹⁵⁸⁾, Miley Cyrus version¹⁵⁹⁾,
  • the last part of the album is a satire on neo-nazism and is a warning of how easy the far right can dominate people excerpts from the movie starring Bob Geldof¹⁶⁰⁾ , Run Like Hell¹⁶¹⁾
  • finally, a judge orders him to tear down the wall in The Trial and Outside the Wall is about those who try to help you
• Beatles (UK) - Let it Be album - their last album as a band
  • Let it be, Across the Universe, The Long and Winding Road, Get Back
• Queen (UK) - A Night At The Opera album
  • Bohemian Rhapsody¹⁶²⁾
    • perhaps the most famous rock song - a rhapsody of 6 parts: A cappella introduction, 2. Ballad. 3. Guitar solo, 4. Opera section, 5. Rock section, 6. Outro
    • Bohemian as it ties with Goethe's story of Faust selling his soul to the devil (the man he shot is his previous life) and brings in many other references
  • Love of My Life¹⁶³⁾, I'm in Love with My Car¹⁶⁴⁾, You're My Best Friend¹⁶⁵⁾, Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon¹⁶⁶⁾
• Queen - A Day At The Races album
  • Tie Your Mother Down¹⁶⁷⁾, You Take My Breath Away¹⁶⁸⁾, Somebody to Love¹⁶⁹⁾, Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy¹⁷⁰⁾
• Queen - News of the world album
  • We Will Rock You¹⁷¹⁾, We Are the Champions¹⁷²⁾, All Dead, All Dead¹⁷³⁾ Brian's tribute to his beloved cat, It's Late¹⁷⁴⁾, My Melancholy Blues¹⁷⁵⁾
• Queen - Jazz album - Fat Bottomed Girls¹⁷⁶⁾, Don't Stop Me Now¹⁷⁷⁾
• Wings (UK) - Band on the Run¹⁷⁸⁾, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey¹⁷⁹⁾, My Love¹⁸⁰⁾, With a Little Luck¹⁸¹⁾, Maybe I’m Amazed¹⁸²⁾
• John Lennon (UK) - Imagine¹⁸³⁾, Jealous Guy¹⁸⁴⁾, Watching the Wheels¹⁸⁵⁾
• Blondie (new wave US) - Dreaming¹⁸⁶⁾, Heart of Glass¹⁸⁷⁾, Union City Blues¹⁸⁸⁾, Rapture¹⁸⁹⁾, Picture this ¹⁹⁰⁾, Hanging on the telephone¹⁹¹⁾, Shayla¹⁹²⁾, In the flesh¹⁹³⁾, (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear¹⁹⁴⁾
• Eagles (US) - Hotel California album
  • Hotel California¹⁹⁵⁾, Wasted Time¹⁹⁶⁾, Pretty Maids all in a row¹⁹⁷⁾
• Eagles - Take it Easy¹⁹⁸⁾, Tequila Sunrise¹⁹⁹⁾, Best of my love²⁰⁰⁾, One of these nights²⁰¹⁾, Sad cafe²⁰²⁾, Lying eyes²⁰³⁾
• Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams album Blue Bayou²⁰⁴⁾, Desperado²⁰⁵⁾, I never will marry²⁰⁶⁾, Tumblin' dice²⁰⁷⁾, Tracks of my tears²⁰⁸⁾
• Fleetwood Mac (UK-US) - Rumours album - Dreams²⁰⁹⁾, Sara²¹⁰⁾, Go your own way, Rhiannon²¹¹⁾, Sweet Little Lies, Gypsy²¹²⁾, Don't stop²¹³⁾, Tusk²¹⁴⁾
• Abba (Swedish) - Abba Gold album
  • Mamma Mia²¹⁵⁾, SOS²¹⁶⁾, Dancing Queen²¹⁷⁾, Knowing me, knowing you²¹⁸⁾, Chiquitita²¹⁹⁾, Take a chance on me²²⁰⁾, Money, money, money²²¹⁾, Does your mother know²²²⁾, Super Trouper²²³⁾, Waterloo²²⁴⁾, Voulez vous²²⁵⁾, etc
• Meatloaf (US) - Bat Out Of Hell album - coming of age issues from a male perspective and the dangers of unbridled testosterone in young men
  • 416-week run on the UK album charts; Eventually every track on the album became a hit single and the album became a phenomenon, selling an estimated 47 million copies worldwide. It was also the most profitable release in history, beating even Michael Jackson's Thriller, which cost ten times as much to make. It has sold more copies than any album by The Beatles or Led Zeppelin.
  • Bat out of hell²²⁶⁾, You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)²²⁷⁾, Heaven Can Wait, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad²²⁸⁾, Paradise by the Dashboard Light²²⁹⁾, For crying out loud²³⁰⁾, I'm gonna love her for both of us²³¹⁾
• Led Zeppelin (UK) - Stairway to Heaven²³²⁾ one of the greatest rock guitar solos made, Black Dog²³³⁾, Kashmir²³⁴⁾, Immigrant song²³⁵⁾, Rock and Roll²³⁶⁾
• Electric Light Orchestra (UK) - Discovery album
  • Don't bring me down²³⁷⁾, Confusion²³⁸⁾, Last Train to London²³⁹⁾, Rockaria²⁴⁰⁾, Shine a Little Love²⁴¹⁾, Need her love²⁴²⁾
  • Evil woman²⁴³⁾, Can't get it out of my head²⁴⁴⁾, Living thing²⁴⁵⁾, Mr Blue Sky²⁴⁶⁾
• Dire Straits (UK) - Sultans of swing²⁴⁷⁾,
• AC/DC (heavy metal Aussie - you need to play it LOUD with a subwoofer vest on and enjoy the amazing guitar riffs to boot) - You shook me all night long²⁴⁸⁾, Dirty deeds done dirt cheap²⁴⁹⁾, For those about to rock²⁵⁰⁾, Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution²⁵¹⁾, Thunderstruck²⁵²⁾, TNT²⁵³⁾, Highway to hell²⁵⁴⁾, Hell's bells²⁵⁵⁾, Let there be rock²⁵⁶⁾, Jailbreak²⁵⁷⁾
• Jackson Brown (US) - The Load Out - Stay²⁵⁸⁾
• Stevie Nicks (US) - You Can Go Your Own Way²⁵⁹⁾
• Bonnie Tyler (Welsh) - It's A Heartache²⁶⁰⁾
• Suzi Quattro (US) - Stumblin in²⁶¹⁾, 1977: Make Me Smile (Come up and See Me)²⁶²⁾, The Wild One²⁶³⁾, If You Can't Give Me Love²⁶⁴⁾, She's in Love with You, 48 Crash²⁶⁵⁾, Can the Can²⁶⁶⁾, Devilgate Drive²⁶⁷⁾, Rock hard²⁶⁸⁾
• Nazareth (Scot)- Love Hurts²⁶⁹⁾
• Van Morrison (Irish) - Brown Eyed Girl^270)271)
• Billy Joel (US) - She's always a women to me²⁷²⁾, Honesty²⁷³⁾, It's still rock and roll to me²⁷⁴⁾, Piano man²⁷⁵⁾
• ZZ Top (US) - Legs²⁷⁶⁾, Gimme all your lovin'²⁷⁷⁾, Sharp dressed man²⁷⁸⁾
• Shocking Blue (Dutch) - Venus²⁷⁹⁾
• Blue Brothers movie soundtrack - Gimme Some Lovin'²⁸⁰⁾, Shake a Tail Feather²⁸¹⁾, Theme from Rawhide²⁸²⁾
• Rocky Horror Show movie album soundtrack - Time Warp²⁸³⁾ (iconic dance track)
• Grease movie album soundtrack - Grease²⁸⁴⁾, Summer Nights²⁸⁵⁾, Hopelessly devoted to you²⁸⁶⁾,You're the One That I Want²⁸⁷⁾, Sandy²⁸⁸⁾, Greased Lightnin'²⁸⁹⁾

• Simon and Garfunkle (US) - Bridge Over Troubled Water²⁹⁰⁾ album - Sounds of Silence²⁹¹⁾
• Smokie (UK) - Living next door to Alice²⁹²⁾, Belinda, Lay back in the arms of someone²⁹³⁾, Don't play your rock n roll to me²⁹⁴⁾, Needles and pins²⁹⁵⁾
• Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (UK) - 1975: Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)²⁹⁶⁾
• Roy Orbison (US) - Penny Arcade²⁹⁷⁾
• Neil Diamond (US) - Sweet Caroline²⁹⁸⁾, Cracklin' Rosie²⁹⁹⁾
• Air Supply (Aussie) - All Out Of Love³⁰⁰⁾, Lost in Love³⁰¹⁾
• Elton John (UK) - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road³⁰²⁾, Candle in the wind³⁰³⁾, Crocodile Rock³⁰⁴⁾, Don't go breaking my heart³⁰⁵⁾
• Supertramp (UK) - The Logical Song³⁰⁶⁾, Breakfast in America³⁰⁷⁾, Long way home³⁰⁸⁾
• Kate Bush (UK) - Babushka³⁰⁹⁾, Wuthering Heights³¹⁰⁾
• Rod Stewart (UK) - Maggie Mae³¹¹⁾, Hot legs³¹²⁾, Da ya think I'm sexy³¹³⁾
• Neil Young (US) - Cinnamon Girl³¹⁴⁾, Helpless³¹⁵⁾, Old man³¹⁶⁾, Heart of gold³¹⁷⁾
• Crosby, Stills and Nash (US) Teach your Children³¹⁸⁾
• The Kinks (UK) - Lola³¹⁹⁾
• Nico and The Velvet Underground (US) - Femme fatale³²⁰⁾, Sunday moring³²¹⁾, I'll Be Your Mirror³²²⁾, Sweet Jane ³²³⁾
• 10cc (UK) - I’m Not in Love³²⁴⁾
• Lou Reed (US) - Walk on the Wild Side³²⁵⁾
• Dolly Parton (US) - Jolene³²⁶⁾
• Emmylou Harris (US) - Tulsa Queen³²⁷⁾
• David Bowie (UK) - Heroes³²⁸⁾, Space Oddity³²⁹⁾, Life on Mars³³⁰⁾, Ziggy stardust³³¹⁾, Starman³³²⁾, Changes³³³⁾
• Donna Summer (US) - disco queen - Hot stuff³³⁴⁾, I Feel Love³³⁵⁾, MacArthur Park ³³⁶⁾
• Yusuf / Cat Stevens (UK) - Cats in the cradle³³⁷⁾, Where do the children play³³⁸⁾, Sad Lisa³³⁹⁾, Father and son³⁴⁰⁾, Lady D'Arbanville ³⁴¹⁾
• Don McLean (US) - American Pie³⁴²⁾, Vincent³⁴³⁾
• The Rolling Stones (UK) - I can't get no satisfaction³⁴⁴⁾, Angie³⁴⁵⁾, Brown sugar³⁴⁶⁾
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band (UK) - Blinded by the Light³⁴⁷⁾
• Bee Gees (Uk-Aussie) - disco - Tragedy³⁴⁸⁾, Stayin’ Alive³⁴⁹⁾, Night fever³⁵⁰⁾, How Deep Is Your Love³⁵¹⁾, Jive talkin'³⁵²⁾
• Eric Clapton and Derek and the Dominos (UK) - Eric was infatuated with his friend George Harrison's wife and wrote this song: Layla³⁵³⁾
• Deep Purple (UK) – Smoke on the Water³⁵⁴⁾, Child in time³⁵⁵⁾
• The Sweet (UK) – The Ballroom Blitz³⁵⁶⁾, Fox on the run³⁵⁷⁾
• Daddy Cool (Aussie) - Eagle Rock³⁵⁸⁾, Come back again³⁵⁹⁾
• Umberto Tozzi (Italy) - Gloria³⁶⁰⁾
• Hot Chocolate (UK soul) - You Sexy Thing³⁶¹⁾
• Dragon (NZ) - April Sun in Cuba³⁶²⁾, Are You Old Enough?³⁶³⁾
• Split Enz (NZ new wave) - I Got You³⁶⁴⁾, I hope I never³⁶⁵⁾
• The Runaways (US) - Cherry Bomb³⁶⁶⁾, School Days³⁶⁷⁾
• Terry Jacks (Can) - Seasons In The Sun³⁶⁸⁾
• The Boomtown Rats (Bob Geldof) (UK) - I don't like Mondays³⁶⁹⁾
• The Knack (US) - My Sharona³⁷⁰⁾
• The Romantics (US) - What I Like About You³⁷¹⁾
• T.Rex (UK) - Children Of The Revolution³⁷²⁾, Bang a gong Get it on^373)374)
• Alvin Stardust (UK) - My Coo Ca Choo ³⁷⁵⁾
• Iggy Pop (US) - The Passenger³⁷⁶⁾
• Ram Jam (US) - Black Betty³⁷⁷⁾
• The Buggles (UK) - Video Killed The Radio Star³⁷⁸⁾
• The Village People (US disco) - Y.M.C.A³⁷⁹⁾
• Squeeze (UK) - Cool For Cats³⁸⁰⁾
• Promises (Can) - Baby it's you³⁸¹⁾
• Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street³⁸²⁾
• Cheap Trick (US) - Dream Police³⁸³⁾
• Status Quo (UK) - head banging music - Whatever You Want³⁸⁴⁾, Down, down³⁸⁵⁾, Rockin all over the world³⁸⁶⁾, The wanderer³⁸⁷⁾
• Black Sabbath (UK) - Paranoid³⁸⁸⁾
• Thin Lizzy (Irish) - The boys are back in town³⁸⁹⁾, Whiskey in the Jar ³⁹⁰⁾
• Skyhooks (Aussie) - Horror movie³⁹¹⁾, Ego is not a dirty word³⁹²⁾, Living in the 70s
• prog rock bands of the 70s which I never really got into - Yes (UK), Genesis (UK), etc
• for the ladies - they seemed to have loved Carole King's album Tapestry³⁹³⁾ (US)

• the arrival of digital synthesizer technologies such as the Yamaha DX7 and digital drum machines profoundly changed the sound of rock and pop music in the 80s - perhaps not always for the better
• the Sony Walkman became popular as a way to carry your music with you whilst walking or chilling out at the beach - albeit only via cassette tapes or FM radio
• by the late 1980's, analog vinyl records and cassette tapes would give way to more durable digital CDs while stereo MTV and stereo video recorders allowed inexpensive home recording of popular music videos, while also making the music video an important marketing strategy for artists

• Dire Straits (UK) - Romeo and Juliet³⁹⁴⁾, Tunnel of love³⁹⁵⁾, Expresso Love
• Bruce Springsteen (US) - Born to Run, Thunder Road
• Bryan Adams (US) - Summer of 69³⁹⁶⁾
• Blondie (US new wave) - Atomic³⁹⁷⁾, Call Me ³⁹⁸⁾ extended version: ³⁹⁹⁾, Island Of Lost Souls⁴⁰⁰⁾
• Robert Palmer (UK) - Simply Irresistible⁴⁰¹⁾, Addicted to Love⁴⁰²⁾
• Irene Cara (US) - Flashdance (What a Feeling) - Flashdance movie
• Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes (US) - (I've Had the) Time of My Life - Dirty Dancing movie
• Patrick Swayze (US) - She's Like the Wind - Dirty Dancing movie
• The Bangles (US) - Manic Monday, Eternal Flame
• ELO (UK) - Time album The Way Life's Meant to Be, Hold On Tight⁴⁰³⁾, Twilight
• Don Henley (US) - Boys of Summer⁴⁰⁴⁾
• Fleetwood Mac (US) - Gypsy
• Queen (UK) - I want it All, Radio Ga Ga, Its a Hard LIfe, Who wants to live forever, I Want to Break Free, Another one bites the dust⁴⁰⁵⁾
• Queen And David Bowie (UK) - Under Pressure
• Bonnie Tyler (Welsh) - Total Eclipse of the Heart, Holding out for a hero, Have you ever seen the rain
• Soft Cell (UK) - Tainted Love
• Joe Cocker (UK) - You can leave your hat on - 9 1/2 weeks movie
• Kylie Minogue (Aussie) - Locomotion ⁴⁰⁶⁾
• Divinyls (Aussie) - Pleasure and Pain, Boys in Town, Only Lonely⁴⁰⁷⁾
• Alannah Myles (US) - Black Velvet⁴⁰⁸⁾
• Cheap Trick (US) - Don't Be Cruel⁴⁰⁹⁾
• Travelling Wilberrys (UK-US) - Handle with care ⁴¹⁰⁾, End of the line⁴¹¹⁾
• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (US) - I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll⁴¹²⁾, Crimson And Clover ⁴¹³⁾, Dirty Deeds ⁴¹⁴⁾, Have you ever seen the rain⁴¹⁵⁾, Love hurts⁴¹⁶⁾

• Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down⁴¹⁷⁾ Fleesh version⁴¹⁸⁾
• Australian Crawl (Aussie) - Reckless⁴¹⁹⁾, The boys light up⁴²⁰⁾, Downhearted⁴²¹⁾, Beautiful people⁴²²⁾
• Goanna (Aussie) - Solid rock⁴²³⁾
• Dire Straits (UK):
  • Love over gold album: Telegraph road⁴²⁴⁾, Industrial disease, Love over gold, It never rains
  • Brothers in arms album: So far away, Money for nothing⁴²⁵⁾, Walk of life
• Kim Carnes (US) - Bette Davis Eyes⁴²⁶⁾
• Roxette (Swedish) - It must have been love⁴²⁷⁾, Dangerous⁴²⁸⁾, Listen to Your Heart⁴²⁹⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Aussie) - The Mercy Seat
• Pink Floyd (UK) - Learning to Fly⁴³⁰⁾, Sorrow⁴³¹⁾
• Cold Chisel (Aussie) - Khe Sanh⁴³²⁾, Choir girl⁴³³⁾, Working class man⁴³⁴⁾, When the war is over⁴³⁵⁾, Forever now⁴³⁶⁾
• Dragon (NZ) - Rain⁴³⁷⁾
• Madonna?
• Men At Work (Aussie) - Down Under⁴³⁸⁾
• AC/DC (Aussie) - Back in Black album
• Eurythmics (UK) - Sweet Dreams⁴³⁹⁾
• Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty (US) - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around⁴⁴⁰⁾
• Martha And The Muffins (Can) - Echo Beach ⁴⁴¹⁾
• Katrina & The Waves (UK-US) - Walking On Sunshine⁴⁴²⁾
• Cyndi Lauper (US) - Girls Just Want To Have Fun⁴⁴³⁾
• The Police (UK) - Every Breath You Take⁴⁴⁴⁾, Roxanne⁴⁴⁵⁾
• Guns N’ Roses (US) - Sweet Child O’ Mine⁴⁴⁶⁾, Welcome to the jungle⁴⁴⁷⁾
• Bon Jovi (US) - Livin’ On A Prayer⁴⁴⁸⁾
• Michael Jackson (US) - Thriller⁴⁴⁹⁾, Billie Jean⁴⁵⁰⁾
• Heart (US) - Alone⁴⁵¹⁾
• Roxy Music (UK) - More than This
• The Cars (US) - Drive⁴⁵²⁾, Shake It Up⁴⁵³⁾, You Might Think⁴⁵⁴⁾
• The Jacksons (US) - Can You Feel It
• Elton John (UK) - I Guess that's Why they Call it the Blues
• Simple Minds (Scot) - Don't You Forget About Me
• Ultravox (UK) - Vienna
• Tears for Fears (UK) - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
• 10CC (UK) - I'm not in love
• A-Ha (Norw) - Take on Me⁴⁵⁵⁾
• The Human League (UK) - Don't You Want Me
• ABBA (Swed) - The Winner Takes it All
• Foreigner (UK-US) - I Want to Know What Love Is
• Toto (US) - Africa⁴⁵⁶⁾
• Nena (German) - 99 Luftballons
• INXS (Aussie) - Never Tear Us Apart⁴⁵⁷⁾
• Dexys Midnight Runners (UK) - Come On Eileen⁴⁵⁸⁾
• The Proclaimers (Scot) - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)⁴⁵⁹⁾
• Laura Branigan (US) - Gloria⁴⁶⁰⁾
• Billy Idol (UK) - White Wedding
• Bananarama (UK) - Venus⁴⁶¹⁾
• Samantha Fox (UK) - Touch me⁴⁶²⁾
• Pat Benatar (US) - Love Is A Battlefield ⁴⁶³⁾
• Cher (US) - If I Could Turn Back Time
• Toni Basil (US new wave bubblegum glam pop) - Mickey⁴⁶⁴⁾
• Alice Cooper (US) - Poison⁴⁶⁵⁾
• The B-52s (US) - Love shack⁴⁶⁶⁾, Roam⁴⁶⁷⁾
• Sade (Nigerian-UK) - Smooth Operator
• Duran Duran (UK) - Hungry Like the Wolf⁴⁶⁸⁾, Girls on film⁴⁶⁹⁾
• Dave Stewart (UK) - Lily was here (instrumental)
• Dolly Parton (US) - 9 to 5
• Belinda Carlisle (US) - Leave A Light On⁴⁷⁰⁾
• Bobby McFerrin (US) - Don't Worry, Be Happy
• Culture Club (UK) - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
• Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters
• Icehouse (Aussie) - Great Southern Land⁴⁷¹⁾, Electric blue⁴⁷²⁾
• Berlin - Take My Breath Away⁴⁷³⁾ from Topgun movie
• Juice Newton (US) - Angel of the morning⁴⁷⁴⁾, Queen Of Hearts⁴⁷⁵⁾
• Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On⁴⁷⁶⁾
• Pet Shop Boys - Go West
• REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
• Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy⁴⁷⁷⁾
• George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone⁴⁷⁸⁾
• Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child ⁴⁷⁹⁾
• The Cure - Friday I'm In Love⁴⁸⁰⁾, Lullaby⁴⁸¹⁾, Just Like Heaven⁴⁸²⁾
• Choir Boys - Run to paradise⁴⁸³⁾
• Femme Fatale - Falling In & Out Of Love⁴⁸⁴⁾
• Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly⁴⁸⁵⁾, Falling in and out of Love⁴⁸⁶⁾, Shot of Poison⁴⁸⁷⁾
• Steve Earle - Copperhead Road⁴⁸⁸⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - Truth, Bitter Truth⁴⁸⁹⁾, So sad⁴⁹⁰⁾ - regrets of her lost youth wasted on heroin addiction

• the decade of DVDs, personal computers with Windows, sound cards and music, MP3 digitalized songs and MP3 players such as Apple's iPod, introduction of the internet and internet sharing of music via Napster and other mechanisms.
• in 1990, the Milli Vanilli saga where the vocalist pair were exposed as only miming and not actually being the singers (Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus as the lip-syncing performers, with the two actual main studio singers being Brad Howell and John Davis), rocked the pop music world and essentially ended their career ⁴⁹¹⁾ - now a lot of singers mime in live concerts, although they do it to their own auto-tuned vocal tracks not other singers, and it seems to be OK with their fans

• Sinead O'Connor (Irish) - Nothing Compares 2 U ⁴⁹²⁾, Sacrifice⁴⁹³⁾
• Elton John (UK) - Two Rooms album of various artists covering his songs
• Radiohead (UK art rock) - Creep⁴⁹⁴⁾, No Surprises⁴⁹⁵⁾ (the importance of not having a CO alarm when you have a wood stove in your tent and you don't want to be surprised by the alarm) , Fake Plastic Trees⁴⁹⁶⁾, Lucky⁴⁹⁷⁾, Last flowers to the hospital⁴⁹⁸⁾
• The Cranberries (Irish) - Zombie⁴⁹⁹⁾ - the traumas of northern Ireland and the IRA warfare, Dreams⁵⁰⁰⁾, Linger⁵⁰¹⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Aussie) - The Ship Song⁵⁰²⁾, Do You Love Me?⁵⁰³⁾, Nobody's Baby Now⁵⁰⁴⁾, Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore⁵⁰⁵⁾, Into My Arms⁵⁰⁶⁾, Henry Lee⁵⁰⁷⁾, The Weeping Song⁵⁰⁸⁾
• Queen (UK) - Made in Heaven album - created while Freddie Mercury was dying of AIDS - his last album
  • I was born to love you⁵⁰⁹⁾, A Winters tale⁵¹⁰⁾, It's a beautiful day⁵¹¹⁾, Too much love will kill you⁵¹²⁾
• Guns n Roses (US) - November Rain⁵¹³⁾
• R.E.M. (US) - Everybody Hurts⁵¹⁴⁾ live⁵¹⁵⁾, Shiny happy people⁵¹⁶⁾
• Transvision Vamp (UK pop) - Baby I don't care⁵¹⁷⁾, Revolution Baby ⁵¹⁸⁾, I want your love ⁵¹⁹⁾, Song To The Stars⁵²⁰⁾, Landslide of Love⁵²¹⁾
• Scorpions (German) - Winds of Change⁵²²⁾
• Sheryl Crow (US) - If It Makes You Happy⁵²³⁾, All I Wanna Do ⁵²⁴⁾, Soak Up The Sun⁵²⁵⁾, Strong enough⁵²⁶⁾
• Alannah Myles (Canada) - Black Velvet⁵²⁷⁾
• No Doubt (US) - Don't Speak⁵²⁸⁾
• Natalie Imbruglia (Aussie) - Torn⁵²⁹⁾
• George Michael (UK) - Freedom 90⁵³⁰⁾
• Divinyls (Aussie) - I Touch Myself⁵³¹⁾
• Annie Lennox (Scottish) - Why⁵³²⁾

• Meatloaf (US) - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)⁵³³⁾
• Bryan Adams (Canada) - Everything I do..⁵³⁴⁾ Bryan Adams & Mel C - When You're Gone⁵³⁵⁾
• Bon Jovi (US hard rock) - It's my life, Livin' on a prayer, Bed of roses, Blaze of glory
• Midnight Oil (Aussie) - Blue sky mine⁵³⁶⁾, King of the mountain⁵³⁷⁾
• Guns n Roses (US hard rock) - Don't cry⁵³⁸⁾
• R.E.M. (US) - Losing my religion⁵³⁹⁾, Man on the moon⁵⁴⁰⁾
• Aerosmith (US rock) - I don't want to miss a thing⁵⁴¹⁾
• Metallica (US heavy metal) - Nothing else matters⁵⁴²⁾, The unforgiven⁵⁴³⁾
• Shania Twain (US) - That Don't Impress Me Much⁵⁴⁴⁾, You're Still the One⁵⁴⁵⁾, Man! I Feel Like a Woman!⁵⁴⁶⁾, Come On Over⁵⁴⁷⁾
• Alanis Morissette (Canada) - Ironic⁵⁴⁸⁾, Hand in My Pocket⁵⁴⁹⁾, Thank U⁵⁵⁰⁾
• Eric Clapton (UK) - Tears in Heaven⁵⁵¹⁾ written after his 4 year old son died after falling from the 53rd-floor window of a New York City apartment
• Concrete Blonde (US) - Joey⁵⁵²⁾
• LeAnn Rimes (US) - How Do I Live⁵⁵³⁾
• Tal Bachman (Canada) - Shes So High⁵⁵⁴⁾
• Roxette (Sweden) - Joyride⁵⁵⁵⁾
• The Offspring (US) - Pretty fly (for a white guy)⁵⁵⁶⁾
• The Verve (UK) - Bitter Sweet Symphony⁵⁵⁷⁾
• Unique II (Austria) - Break My Stride⁵⁵⁸⁾
• Garbage (US) - Stupid Girl⁵⁵⁹⁾
• Wilson Phillips (US) - Hold On⁵⁶⁰⁾
• Robbie Williams (UK) - Feel⁵⁶¹⁾, Better man⁵⁶²⁾
• Pink Floyd (UK) - Coming Back to Life⁵⁶³⁾, High hopes⁵⁶⁴⁾
• Portishead (UK alt/indie) - Roads ⁵⁶⁵⁾
• Melissa Etheridge (US) - I Want To Come Over⁵⁶⁶⁾
• Bachelor Girl (Aussie pop) - Buses and Trains⁵⁶⁷⁾
• Matchbox 20 (US rock) - Push⁵⁶⁸⁾
• Hunters & Collectors (Aussie) - Holy grail⁵⁶⁹⁾, Do you see what i see⁵⁷⁰⁾
• grunge:
  • Hole (US Courtney Love and Melissa Auf Der Maur) - Softer Softest⁵⁷¹⁾, Celebrity skin⁵⁷²⁾
  • Soundgarden (US) - Black Hole Sun⁵⁷³⁾
  • Nirvana (US) - Smells like teen spirit
  • Pearl Jam (US rock)
• Green Day (US post-punk) - Time of your life⁵⁷⁴⁾
• Extreme (US prog metal) - More than words⁵⁷⁵⁾
• Vonda Shepard (US pop) - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)⁵⁷⁶⁾, Searchin' My Soul⁵⁷⁷⁾, Neighborhood⁵⁷⁸⁾ - songs from the TV series Ally McBeal
• Crash Test Dummies (Canada alt rock) - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm⁵⁷⁹⁾
• Marianne Faithfull (UK) - Don't forget me⁵⁸⁰⁾
• Alison Krauss (US bluegrass) - When You Say Nothing At All⁵⁸¹⁾
• Trisha Yearwood (US country) - She's In Love With The Boy⁵⁸²⁾, Walkaway Joe⁵⁸³⁾
• Meredith Brooks (US pop) - Bitch⁵⁸⁴⁾
• Bonnie Raitt (US R&B/soul/blues/folk) - I Can't Make You Love Me⁵⁸⁵⁾
• Yothu Yindi (Aussie indigenous) - Treaty ⁵⁸⁶⁾, Djapana⁵⁸⁷⁾

• Spice Girls
• Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song
• Berlin - Take My Breath Away
• Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance
• Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - Time To Say Goodbye
• Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt - Don't know much
• Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Titanic movie)
• Aqua - Doctor Jones
• Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy breaky heart
• Lou Bega - Mambo No 5
• Venga Boys - The Venga Bus Is Coming, We Like to Party, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!
• Steps - 5,6,7,8
• Ricky Martin - Livin' la Vida Loca, La Bomba
• Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos
• Chumbawamba - Tubthumping⁵⁸⁸⁾
• Hanson - Mmmbop
• Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit⁵⁸⁹⁾
• Jeff Buckley - Hallelulah
• Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart
• Tina Arena - Chains
• Mariah Carey - Hero
• Extreme - More than Words
• Madonna - Express yourself, Vogue, Beautiful stranger, Cherish
• Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
• Elton John - Sacrifice
• Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
• Christina Aguilera - Genie in a bottle
• Ace of Base (swedish) - All that she wants (is another baby)⁵⁹⁰⁾, The sign⁵⁹¹⁾
• Moloko - Sing It Back ⁵⁹²⁾

• the introduction of smartphones and internet-based streaming of music changes how music is marketed and accessed
• the introduction of post-processed auto-tuning of vocal tracks becomes widespread

• Johnny Cash Hurt⁵⁹³⁾
• Radiohead Everything in Its Right Place⁵⁹⁴⁾
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds As I Sat Sadly by Her Side⁵⁹⁵⁾
• P!nk, Get The Party Started⁵⁹⁶⁾, Just like a pill⁵⁹⁷⁾
• Coldplay, Yellow⁵⁹⁸⁾, Clocks⁵⁹⁹⁾, Viva La Vida⁶⁰⁰⁾
• Wheatus Teenage dirtbag⁶⁰¹⁾
• Avril Lavigne Sk8er boi⁶⁰²⁾, Complicated⁶⁰³⁾
• Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris: - Why worry⁶⁰⁴⁾, Romeo and Juliet, So far away⁶⁰⁵⁾, If This Is Goodbye⁶⁰⁶⁾
• Muse Submassive black hole⁶⁰⁷⁾

• Killing Heidi (Aussie) - Weir⁶⁰⁸⁾, Mascara⁶⁰⁹⁾
• Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams ⁶¹⁰⁾
• Linkin Park Numb⁶¹¹⁾
• Britney Spears Toxic⁶¹²⁾, Baby one more time⁶¹³⁾, Oops! I did it again⁶¹⁴⁾, Piece of me⁶¹⁵⁾
• Alicia Keys, Fallin⁶¹⁶⁾
• Jet Are You Gonna Be My Girl⁶¹⁷⁾
• Christina Aguilera Beautiful⁶¹⁸⁾
• Kylie Minogue, Spinning around⁶¹⁹⁾, Can’t Get You Out of My Head⁶²⁰⁾
• James Blunt You're Beautiful⁶²¹⁾
• Shakira Whenever, wherever⁶²²⁾
• Train: Drops of Jupiter⁶²³⁾
• Nelly Furtado: I'm Like a Bird⁶²⁴⁾
• Eiffel 65: Blue (Da Ba Dee)⁶²⁵⁾
• Moloko - The Time Is Now⁶²⁶⁾, Sing it back⁶²⁷⁾
• The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia⁶²⁸⁾ from Coyote Ugly
• Blink 182 Adam's Song⁶²⁹⁾
• Powderfinger My kinda scene⁶³⁰⁾, These days⁶³¹⁾
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Zephyr Song⁶³²⁾
• Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All⁶³³⁾
• Vanessa Amorosi Shine⁶³⁴⁾
• Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor⁶³⁵⁾
• The Androids - Do it With Madonna⁶³⁶⁾
• Sixpence None The Richer - There She Goes⁶³⁷⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - Sad Lisa⁶³⁸⁾, Beware of Darkness⁶³⁹⁾, Before the Poison⁶⁴⁰⁾
• Bonnie Raitt & Norah Jones - Tennessee Waltz⁶⁴¹⁾
• Lucie Silvas - Nothing Else Matters⁶⁴²⁾ Metallica cover
• Taylor Swift - You belong with me ⁶⁴³⁾ - one of the songs that started it all for TS showing that you can be your quirky and nerdy self and still be loved by the person of your dreams

• the death of authenticity - nearly all recorded and live music is now auto-tuned live or in post-production (whether the artist has requested it or not), removing the human pitch errors, variable nuances which are in fact what helps make music emotive and human - indeed many concerts have the singer miming to recorded audio further removing authenticity - see https://www.youtube.com/@wingsofpegasus for analyses of famous singers
• streaming audio services such as Spotify now dominate the distribution of music - many people have unfortunately thrown out their old CDs and DVDs and their players - so they are being taught to become accustomed to the new world of virtual serfdom subscribers who must pay rent for almost everything to the new technocrat feudal overlords instead of paying once and owning something - they better be saving their superannuation up! And yes I am still upset that my family took all my CDs and DVDs to the Salvation Army to de-clutter the house ala Marie Kondo - luckily I converted most to MP3s first!

• Disturbed Sound of Silence cover of Simon and Garfunkle's 1960s song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
• First Aid Kit, Emmylou⁶⁴⁴⁾
• Lana Del Rey Summertime Madness⁶⁴⁵⁾, Young and Beautiful⁶⁴⁶⁾, Video Games⁶⁴⁷⁾
• Cigarettes after Sex
  • Apocalypse set to Lost in Translation movie⁶⁴⁸⁾
  • many other songs with similar moody Eric Satie x Radiohead vibe / ambience ⁶⁴⁹⁾ and live performance ⁶⁵⁰⁾
• Mazzy Star - Fade Into You ⁶⁵¹⁾
• Norah Jones Black hole sun⁶⁵²⁾
• Ugly Kid Joe - Cats In The Cradle⁶⁵³⁾
• Marianne Faithfull - In My Own Particular Way⁶⁵⁴⁾, The Gypsy Faerie Queen with Nick Cave⁶⁵⁵⁾, Falling Back⁶⁵⁶⁾
• The Cave Dwellers - White Rabbit⁶⁵⁷⁾ - cover of the iconic 60's LSD song
• Amy Macdonald - This is the Life⁶⁵⁸⁾
• Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper - Shallow (from A Star Is Born)⁶⁵⁹⁾

• Adele
• Sia
• Billy Eilish - Ocean eyes⁶⁶⁰⁾, Everything I wanted ⁶⁶¹⁾
• Ella Hooper (Aussie from Killing Heidi) - Pleasure and Pain⁶⁶²⁾
• Miley Cyrus
• Gotye & Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know
• Tal Wilkenfeld (Aussie) - Under The Sun⁶⁶³⁾
• Anna Kendrick - Cups (Pitch Perfect’s When I’m Gone⁶⁶⁴⁾
• Cyn - I’ll Still Have Me ⁶⁶⁵⁾
• Taylor Swift Bad Blood ⁶⁶⁶⁾ - listed only for the interesting video production which went viral - not that keen on the song itself
• Florida Georgia Line Cruise ⁶⁶⁷⁾, H.O.L.Y⁶⁶⁸⁾ - male southern US country
• The Chicks - Wide Open Spaces ⁶⁶⁹⁾, Cowboy Take Me Away⁶⁷⁰⁾ - female southern US country
• Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me⁶⁷¹⁾, Kerosene⁶⁷²⁾, White Liar⁶⁷³⁾, Somethin' Bad⁶⁷⁴⁾ - female southern US country
• Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman⁶⁷⁵⁾, Here for The Party ⁶⁷⁶⁾ - female southern US country rock
• Bebe Rexha - I'm Gonna Show You Crazy⁶⁷⁷⁾
• KONGOS - Come with Me Now⁶⁷⁸⁾

• digital technologies and their modification of the original analog sound is sparking a niche market return to analog vinyl records which started around 2000 but which is gaining pace - although the vinyl records are very expensive
• unfortunately, “tiktokification of music” is the reason behind many “popular” songs “sounding the same”, where artists are encouraged to make songs with very catchy choruses or sections that can be used in a short video. It ends up creating very similar songs, usually auto-tuned, with cheaply made backing tracks lacking artistic flare, that focus on the chorus and the quotable lyric with all vibe and no emote and are essentially designed like click bait without substance as there is no need for the substance on TikTok. Interestingly many of these popular songs are using 1980's synth sounds and styles.
• AI generated music becomes realistic in 2024

• Chapell Roan
  • if you can forgive her for miming 5 concerts in a row (after all many of her contemporaries including TS also mime their concerts) then she has some great creative works
  • Pink Pony Club⁶⁷⁹⁾, Kaleidoscope⁶⁸⁰⁾, Red Wine Supernova⁶⁸¹⁾, Casual⁶⁸²⁾, Picture You^683)684),Good Luck, Babe!⁶⁸⁵⁾
• The Last Dinner Party
  • cover of Blondie’s Call Me ⁶⁸⁶⁾; Sinner ⁶⁸⁷⁾; Portrait of a Dead Girl ⁶⁸⁸⁾; The Feminine Urge ⁶⁸⁹⁾; On Your Side ⁶⁹⁰⁾;
• Remember Monday Fat Bottomed Girls⁶⁹¹⁾ Queen cover by female group
• Taylor Swift
  • All too well 10 minute 2021 version ⁶⁹²⁾ - there are a few versions of this 2012 song each telling its story differently

• Taylor Swift
  • Blank Space⁶⁹³⁾ a great reminder to stay away from TS - the high is not worth the pain
• Phoebe Bridgers
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Olivia Rodrigo - All I Want⁶⁹⁴⁾, Drivers license⁶⁹⁵⁾, Deja vu⁶⁹⁶⁾
• Miley Cyrus - Heart of glass⁶⁹⁷⁾ Miley's screaming glam version no where near as good as the super cool and cute Blondie's original version - see mash up version ⁶⁹⁸⁾
• Charli XCX - SuperLove⁶⁹⁹⁾, Break The Rules⁷⁰⁰⁾, Boom Clap⁷⁰¹⁾, You (Ha Ha Ha)⁷⁰²⁾, What I Like⁷⁰³⁾
• Pale Waves - Easy⁷⁰⁴⁾
• Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That ⁷⁰⁵⁾ (not auto-tuned)
• not sure if any AI generated songs will make it onto my favs - am not a fan!

• Albinoni Adagio by Hauser ⁷⁰⁶⁾
• Faure - Elegie in Cmin⁷⁰⁷⁾
• Massenet- Thais - Meditation Hauser version⁷⁰⁸⁾
• Samuel Barber - adagio for strings Hauser version ⁷⁰⁹⁾
• Elgar Cello Concerto⁷¹⁰⁾
• Bruch - Kol nidrei ⁷¹¹⁾
• Handel - Ombra mai fu ^{712) 713)}
• Puccini Nessun Dorma ⁷¹⁴⁾ Hauser cello version⁷¹⁵⁾

• Bach - Toccata and Fugue in Dmin - modern pop version by Aussie-UK band Sky in 1980 including John Williams ⁷¹⁶⁾
• Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata, 9th symphony, Violin Romance No 2
• Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata Adagio Cantabile
• Mozart Violin concerto No 3 adagio⁷¹⁷⁾
• Chopin - Nocturne In E Flat Op 9 No 2
• Carl Orff - Carmina burana
• Eric Satie - Gymnopedie No 1
• Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto Emin Op64 2nd Mvt Andante
• Ravel - Bolero

• Ennio Morricone The Good, the Bad and the Ugly movie theme, yes, you should watch this iconic Clint Eastwood spaghetti western⁷¹⁸⁾! Danish orchestra's take on it worth a listen! ⁷¹⁹⁾

• unfortunately you can't listen to these in random order or without ads unless you pay your premium subscription
• NB. Spotify adds crunchy digital artefacts that sound like old lo-res mp3 distortion and tend to sound more compressed, flat and lifeless - (lossless Apple Music does not do this)