Driving Songs
1. Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen
2. Layla – Derek & The Dominoes (not that wimpy acoustic Clapton stuff)
3. The entire Beach Boys catalog
4.

Worst Song
1. Just about 99.5% of everything on MTV in the last 15 years
2. The entire Madonna catalog
3. This list could be waaaay too long

Most Influential Moments
1. Elvis
2. The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
3. Woodstock
4. The murder of John Lennon
5. Newsweek and Time simultaneously running covers of Springsteen
6. The birth of MTV showing that rock n roll, when done correctly, could traverse mediums and become more than just a sound or live experience. Rock n roll could become visual art.

The Alphabet Song would be risque if Eartha Kitt sang it. Good call.

Jimbo

Best Kids: “Theme from Fraggle Rock”

Most Embarrasing to Admit That You Like: “Incense & Peppermint” – Strawberry Alarm Clock

Best Instrumental: (Tie) “Whipped Cream” – Tijuana Brass
“Classical Gas” – Mason Williams
“Canon in D-minor” – The kid that you linked to – seriously good.

Best TV Theme Song: “Peter Gunn” – Henry Mancini

Best Single-Instrument Complete Piece: “Fugue in G-Minor” composed by J.S. Bach, played by E. Power Biggs (You’ll have to dig around for that one, but E. Power wailin’ away on the mighty Wurlitzer is something to behold!)

Most Guaranteed-to-annoy-the-neighbors: “Alamein Dead” by the Scots Greys (bagpipe music – I love it, it’ll raise the hair on the back of your neck, and REALLY piss off the neighbors at 1AM. Unfortunately, if you Google “Alamein Dead” what you get is … semi-disgusting.)

Guaranteed to Bring Tears: “Amazing Grace” – solo un-accompanied voice by Judy Collins (album: “Colors of The Day”)

Jim, I hope I wrecked your day with some of these references…. WARD

Sorry, I hadn’t noticed. However, having read your post, my instincts were right on. I knew every one of them and disagreed with damned near none. Nice going.

Jimbo
P.S. Mustang Sally – Wison Pickett

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