MUS 109 MIDTERM SONGS

song by ray charles (1961) with the chacona figure 

hit the road jack 

song by tennessee ernie ford (1955) with the chacona figure

sixteen tons

song by claudio monteverdi (1638) with the chacona figure

lamenta della ninfa

song by richard hell and the voidoids (1977) with the chacona figure

blank generation

the first rock and roll song by ike turner (1951)

rocket 88

song that proposed rock music was replacing classical music by chuck berry (1956)

roll over beethoven

who first covered hound dog (1953)?

big mama thornton

who later covered hound dog with more popularity (1956)

elvis presley

sean kingston song (2007) that was made by jerry leiber and mike stoller

beautiful girls

ben e. king song (1961) that was made by jerry leiber and mike stoller

stand by me

chicano rock song by the pachuco boogie boys (1948)

pachuco boogie

chicano rock song by chick rios and the champs (1958)

tequila

the beach boys song (1966) that uses wall of sound

wouldn’t it be nice

bruce springsteen song (1975) that is a prime example of wall of sound

born to run

a song by the who that is part of the british invasion and uses call and reponse

my generation

a song by the shirelles (1961) that uses sexual innuendos about a sleepover

will you love me tomorrow?

folk revival song by bob dylan

visions of johanna

popular song by the supremes, structured like a fugue (1966)

i hear a symphony

popular song by the supremes (1966)

my world is empty without you 

a song covered by the supremes

a lover’s concerto

popular song by james brown

it’s a man’s man’s man’s world

song by the rolling stones that uses the sitar

paint it black

a controversial version of the star spangled banner

jimi hendrix live at woodstock version 1969

the first psychedelic rock song by jimi hendrix (1967)

purple haze 

the beatles song in which the title is suggest of LSD

lucy in the sky with diamonds

psychedelic rock song by the rolling stones

she’s a rainbow

popular velvet underground song

im waiting for the man

feminist song by aretha franklin (1967)

respect

feminist song by helen reddy (1971)

i am woman

working-class white feminism song by loretta lynn (1971)

one’s on the way

protest song by black sabbath (1970)

war pigs

song that likens women to a dog by the rolling stones (1966)

under my thumb

very sexist song with an offensive album cover by spinal tap

smell the glove

song by the beatles that represents the turmoil of the time

revolution 9 

song by yoko ono (1980) that was was john lennon’s last song

walking on thin ice 

song by elton john (1972) that was about his queerness

rocket man

song by lou reed (1972) about queerness

walk on the wild side

song by the kinks (1970) with gender ambiguity 

lola

song by johnny cash (1969) about confronting his father about his name

a boy named sue

song by grace jones expressing her love to a man in bob marley’s band

my jamaican guy

song by led zepellin in which the title is pronounced as jamaica

“d’yer maker”

popular prog rock song by yes (1972)

close to the edge