Help a Listener Out
Jul 12
Listener Susan Gehr is working on making a playlist for her and her five-year-old Logan based on this cool-looking book, The ABCs of Rock. (Each letter has a rock artist. Jeff Bogle gave it some love here.) But she’s stuck on a few artists:
- AC/DC
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Sonic Youth
- Led Zeppelin
- Velvet Underground
- X
I had some ideas for Zeppelin and Velvet Underground. Suggestions for the rest?
Wow, this is like opening a time capsule.
I used to borrow X cassettes from my older brother:
The Hungry Wolf
Supercharged
My Goodness “My goodness always stops when the trouble starts.” (How true for toddlers)
Love Shack (read lyrics, mild profanity)
I would love to see her final playlist.
I will post the playlist when it’s done, or when I hit a wall with the few last stragglers.
As someone told me, “Ozzy is a regular Raffi, no?” That image gave a good laught!
I typed out my list and realized I don’t have ideas for Nirvana or ZZ Top.
Thanks for all the suggestions Bill and adrienne.
–Susan
For Sonic Youth I’d try “Kool Thing”, “Little Trouble Girl” or their cover of the carpenter’s “superstar”. Velvet underground suggestions above are great, and I would add “who loves the sun” to that list. Nirvana is a no brainer: “sliver”. (Caspar babypants even does a cover.)
I’ve put up a note on Facebook with my draft list. I made the note public, so hopefully anyone who has been following this project can access it.
I just saw M_Smucker’s suggestions, thank you so much! Logan and I will check them out soon and add to our list.
I was very happy to have found a ZZ Top song – TV Dinners.
http://www.facebook.com/notes/susan-gehr/a-playlist-to-accompany-the-book-the-abcs-of-rock/190024401057294