I need some tunes! Any suggestions for an old rocker? I have a

X-mas gift I need to use-iTune card, do have an ipod, but how do you mesh them? I am clueless.
And is there a tune you absolutely love?
Thanks!

I don't know exactly what you mean by "rocker", so maybe that's a bad suggestion (he was the founder of pink floyd and had great solo albums in a 60's psychedelic sort of way). I'm no help with the technology though - I'm still a bit skeptical about using my computer as a cd player. Or you can buy my band's album from a few years ago (bunnyhug, "like kissing an ashtray"), though I'd imagine an old rocker wouldn't like early naughties synth-pop.

some floyd fans love syd barrett, and others hate his stuff - just depends what elements of the band you dig.

You'll be asked to create an account for the iTunes store.

I haven't bought anything from iTunes yet; I've just downloaded CD's to iTunes, and then loaded them onto my iPod, so.....

And, how old a rocker are you? Not sure what I should suggest.

'nano', and now I can upgrade. And I'm close to 52 years old. So pretty old, but I'll bet I downloaded most everything when I thought it was legal. Thanks! I want to hear Joni Mitchell's 'Shine', but I need suggestions.
I HAVE to go to bed! But perhaps we'll both find some answers. :hug:

I'm 51, and don't think I am.

Anyway, for me, I love the Motown sound; and pretty much anything from the 60's in that time period.

Also love a lot of the 70's stuff (and -- believe it or not -- the 80's stuff.)

My iPod currently contains Cyndi Lauper, Santana, Jimmy Buffett, Dwight Yoakum, U2, Queen, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Police, and a Southern Rock compilation,

If nothing else, I'm somewhat eclectic.

She has good instincts on how to produce songs.

I saw her in concert a few years ago, and she was awesome!

I will be 69 next week and do not feel old.

think about some CSNY, if you don't have it already. How about Bob Seger?

Cold Shot is definitely on my list of favorites. Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love is another along with Life Without You (I told my husband he better expect to hear it at his funeral.) I know a lot of folks don't care for the stuff that came out after he died, but I still think Boot Hill is an awesome cut.

I do loves me some SRV!


Laura

Life By the Drop :)

I am thinking of getting another copy of Elton John's Yellow Brick Road. I haven't had that album for decades and would like to give it another listen.
My play list consists of bands from the Grateful Dead, Zep, Nirvana, Cosby Stills Nash/Young, among others.

Or Mink DeVille....

:thumbsup:

I was hooked on Thorogood from the first time I heard him — his cover of "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer." But I think I like best his covers of "It Wasn't Me" and "Cocaine Blues," both pure-D rockabilly.

Same with the Stray Cats. Saw them for the first time on the old ABC show "Fridays" and went absolutely nuts.

Hell, I even like psychobilly. :D

More poseurs than re-enactors, so to speak....

"So I called up my friend Johnny Walker, and his buddies Blackie and Red, and we drank alone...."

In those days, Setzer's pompadour was quite overstated, almost as if he were making fun of the style. I never got Phantom's gimmick of stand-up drumming with just a snare, a bass and a crash cymbal, either. (Interestingly, Wikipedia sez Phantom — whose real name is James McDonnell — studied jazz drumming with Mousie Alexander, who was with Benny Goodman.)

But they had the sound down, and it really appealed to me — maybe because I'm from those years between authentic rockabilly and retro bands like the Stray Cats and the Cramps. I may have heard the real thing when I was very young and was then deprived of it as it went out of style.

(These were also part of me when I was young. My cousin was in a band in 1962 that covered them. He was the pianist.)

Can't fuck with the Reverend Horton Heat.

One of his early CDs (More Million $ellers) is kind of gimmicky, imo, but I really like Number One Hit Record! and one of his more recent ones, The Melody, which has rockabilly and country sounding-tracks, including covers of Buddy Holly's "Tell Me How" and Willie Nelson's "I Never Cared for You." He's a great guitar player, too.

Deke's Discography (with samples!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISmgOrhELXs

:toast: :beer: :silly:

One good turn deserves another....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysXMAOgEIq4&feature=related

or a solo artist?

Rather wicked in tone, and with sufficient taste to cover the occasional Lou Reed song. From the mid eighties, and do not seem to have lasted, which often happens to bands I like particularly....

I wore that song out as a teenager
Willy DeVille is also responsible for one of my all time favorite quotes: "Man, I'm no punk. A punk is someone who gets cornholed in prison. That's not me"
Perhaps crude, but true

Cadillac Walk is my favorite....

The fellow who wrote it, Moon Martin, was no slouch either, though his album was poorly produced. Nowhere near enough bass....

???

rap or most country, but most everything else I do like.

Who could forget about a town that rocks as hard as Boston?

The band Boston, yes, the others, no. :hide:

The Standells had their big hits back in the Sixties.

Details about the other bands I mentioned are available upon request, as if you really care.

of "Boston, Mass." by the Del Fuegos.

Bluesy, rough rock at its finest.

But Dirty Water is a great Boston song.

:toast:

Coming Up Close by 'til Tuesday.


Frankly, if you can find anything by Aimee Mann and 'til Tuesday, you should have it. She is probably the most underrated female song writer of our time.

but the former lead singer of letters from cleo is aimee Mann with an edge. i have a cd with a couple of tunes done by her. btw, if anyone gets the chance, the hot stove/ cool nights (i think that was the name, peter gammons put it together)

to redeem a card, you just click on the iTunes store icon till you see the front page for the store. on the right side of the screen you'll see a list under "Quick Links." Click on "Redeem." You'll then see a screen that asks you to type the number on the back of the card (scrape off that metallic-like stuff.) Then it will ask you if you want to redeem the card and you say yes and it credits your account.

edit to add- first you have to set up your acct with a password, etc.

If you click on a song you can hear a snippet before you buy it. if you want to do individual songs, you click on the "buy" icon (same with an album, but in that case you click on the album cover in the section above the list of songs.)

once you've redeemed the card, when you go back you click on "music" or "movies" or whatever and you can search for items, or you can click on cd covers to see and/or buy it.

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as far as music- in addition to SRV or george T and the destroyers, you might like Susan Tedeschi's cd "Just Won't Burn." She had a radio song that played a lot on that one but the whole cd is good.

Jimi Hendrix would be my choice. Something with Voodoo Child on it. -I have Kiss the Sky and Blues and recommend both. don't know if they have them both on iTunes.

Buddy Guy's "Sweet Tea" is a favorite blues cd for me.

Elvis Costello - Armed Forces. His newer-ish stuff that I love is "When I was Cruel" (a GREAT cd, imo) and Delivery Man. He does duets with Lucinda Wiliams and Emmy Lou Harris on that one.

oh, if you don't have Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, from Williams, I would also suggest that. It's alternative country - she won a grammy for that one.

don't know if you like Tom Waits' voice, but his Mule Variations is excellent, imo. Or The Breeders "Last Splash" but they may be too weird for your tastes. Don't know.

retro old- Wanda Jackson (queen of rockabilly) is the woman who sang "Fujiyama Mama" Or Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog was written for her. If you want some rockabilly, Wayne Hancock isn't old but he's rockabilly. One of his songs woke up the astronauts one time.

btw, you might want to go to YouTube to hear some of the people listed here.

Bob Dylan, of course.

If they have "Etta James Rocks the House" I would say to definitely get that one. Live, 1963. greatgreatgreat.

Oh, Ray Charles' I Got a Woman is another cd that can't help but make you smile and sing along - at least for me.

Derek and the Dominos Layla is a classic.

Beck's Odelay is also a newer classic.

Howlin' Wolf is great.

Leonard Cohen "I'm Your Man." just because it has "Everybody Knows" and that song from a Lorca poem.

Neil Young - lots of different options. When he was with Crazy Horse he did mostly rock.

another classic- Van Morrison's Astral Weeks.

Talking Heads Life During Wartime. -- or they have a greatest hits double cd...

anyway, I could go on, but those are some suggestions from me.

good luck and have fun!

I need to use this card before it expires.

Neil Young - Like a Hurricane, Cinnamon Girl etc.

find them on iTunes.

Listen to the snippets to hear if they match your interests:

"Bluebird"....Buffalo Springfield
"Needle in the Camel's Eye"....Brian Eno
"Sunglasses After Dark".....The Cramps

Have fun....
Tikki

maybe you are wondering if anyone makes music like "that" anymore. these guys do...http://www.archive.org/details/sci2005-03-26.flac16

Paul Simon, "Paul Simon" or "Graceland"
The Doors, "The Doors"
The Police, "Outlandos d'Amour"

look into The Killers. I love "When we were young"

* if you like Elvis Costello, get Joe Jackson's Look Sharp Album. Songs I like are "Fools in Love" "One More Time" "Sunday Papers" or "Got The Time" although the whole album is great - high energy. Think Steely Dan does the Clash with Elvis Costello. Also, the track "Friday" from I'm the Man is great too.

* If you like old rock/rockabilly, check out Joe Strummer's (from the Clash) old band, The 101ers. Favorite song is "Keys to Your Heart"

* If you like Queen and Bowie, check out some Roxy Music from the 70's. Favorite songs "Love is the Drug" "2HB" "Virginia Plain" and "Mother of Pearl" but there are a lot of greats.

* If you like latin music at all and the Talking Heads, check out something from David Byrne's solo career. "You and Eye" is a great song, as is "Miss America" "Rose Tattoo" and "Twisting in the Wind" (all from different albums)

* Since you mentioned the 80's, check out The The's "Soul Mining" album. Not a real rocker, but a good album. "This is the Day" and "Soul Mining" are great cuts.

If you want something a bit heavier, I suggest Generation X (their big hits were "Dancing With Myself" and "Kiss Me Deadly") or The Buzzcocks. Both fun pop punk from the 70's (when it was good).

Or if you want more mellow, check out Todd Snider or John Prine - both good songwriters in the "funny good old boy" vein but without being bad country music.

I was going to suggest "King Rocker"....by Generation X.

Tikki

as well as "New Order" off the reissue from a couple years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kImF9E2LNGE

gotta be one of my favorite songs, although the studio version is far better. Great band, practically unknown in the mainstream.

I can't believe no one has suggested this already ...

Bake

Allman Brothers, "Whipping Post" or anything by Allmans
Leon Russell, "Stranger In A Strange Land"
Leon Russell, "Of Thee I Sing"
SRV, "Life By The Drop," "Crossfire," "Pride and Joy" or anything else by SRV
Hendrix, ANYTHING
Derek and the Dominos, "Layla," "Bell Bottom Blues"
Clapton, "Crossroads," or anything by the Great Man.

Bake

check out Modest Mouse...they actually played rock music before these last 2 albums!

check out Modest Mouse...they actually played rock music before these last 2 albums!

Also, I like "Bohemian Like You" by the Dandy Warhols. Has a Stones-like riff goin' on.

:woohoo:

Edit to add the "Aqualung" album by Jethro Tull...

:woohoo: :woohoo:

Edit to add "Sweet Jane" by Lou Reed... the long intro is great...

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

I like Death Cab for Cutie. My favorite song from them, unfortunately, is from a Believer music sampler.

I really like M. Ward. He's got a unique voice, imo. -Andrew Bird -mysterious production of eggs or weather systems are my two favorites from him.

Neko Case, maybe? my favorite is Blacklisted. She also sings with The New Pornagraphers and they're more rock. Sam Phillips' A Boot and a Shoe is good. She reminds me of Harry Nilsson.

--I mention those b/c you said you wanted the new Joni Mitchell. Oh, and a great cd is the Cowboy Junkies' Trinity Sessions. the other one from them I like alot is Lay It Down. Also not so new but good if you don't have is Yo La Tengo's I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One. Their new one is something like I Hate you and I'm gonna kick your Ass.

Beck's Guero is also good. I like Cat Power. again, I don't know how much these qualify as "rock" as in SRV, etc. but they're good.

Elliott Smith...The Decembrists...The Shins, maybe? They've only made two cds. Oh, The White Stripes are stripped down and good.

Newish rockabilly from Rosie Flores. Wanda Jackson is her idol. She plays the shite out of a guitar.

that everyone should have - Iggy Pop's Rude and Nude - a greatest hits collection.

Tom Waits

Frank Zappa

(Early) Jackson Browne

Springsteen

and there is always....Dylan

Oh my goodness...what was I thinking...Neil Young


edit: added Neil

100 Days, 100 Nights - Sharon Jones and the DapKings.

Good rockin' soul music!!

Jethro Tull: "Too old to rock n roll, too young to die"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hdXH_tfa4Uc

Touch, the Outsiders (from Holland)
Save Me, Aretha Franklin
Kingdom of Love, The Soft Boys
Help You Ann, The Lyres
Killing Floor, Howling Wolf
Lover's Rock, Johnny Horton
What Goes On, Velvet Underground
Zig Zag Wanderer, Captain Beefheart

You want more recent tunes?

Cha Cha Twist, The Detroit Cobras
Autumn Sweater, Yo La Tengo
Sideshow by the Seashore, Luna
Patti Smith's version of Smells Like Teen Spirit
Cannonball, The Breeders
Date with a Night, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs