Music Board: Classic rock recommendations (rule followed)

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So, this is weird for sure, but fun. My little cousin, who is 8, has recently gotten WAY into (of all things) Boston and Van Halen. Very different, but he likes both. He has some "best of" CDs that he listens to over and over. For Christmas, I want to burn him a CD or maybe two (yes, he consumes music via CD like a luddite) with other classic rock songs that he might like.

I was thinking of two general categories:

  • A song each from 10 other bands that are pretty common to hear out in the wild... some Journey and Styx and Foreigner and stuff that are radio mainstays that he'll probably recognize. I can handle that, but if you had any suggestions on what you consider absolute standards, I'd be happy for the input.
  • The second thing is where I need help, as classic rock isn't an area of expertise for me by any stretch. Anybody have suggestions for 10 or so deeper cuts that are worth exposing a young rock fan to?

Any suggestions, oh wise and always helpful GB?

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How old will define "classic" because I've heard songs from the 90s on "classic" stations
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Zep
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***** Control - prince
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Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
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Wade Winston Wilson said:

How old will define "classic" because I've heard songs from the 90s on "classic" stations
1970s is what I'm really after.

Some ideas for the mainstream stuff:

Styx - Renegade
REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You
Journey - Don't Stop Believin (duh, greatest ever)
Foreigner - Juke Box Hero
Lynard Skynard - Ballad of Curtis Lowe
America - Ventura Highway
Asia - Heat of the Moment
Heart - Barracuda (I love this one but not sure it fits)
Kansas - Carry on my Wayward Son
Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
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"Beth" and "Detroit Rock City" by KISS

Hey Jude and other songs by The Beatles
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get him some Cheap Trick
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Refugee - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
I Like To Rock - April Wine
Bad Motor Scooter - Montrose
Bad Company - Bad Company
Slow Ride - Foghat
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All Zeppelin
Zeppelin not only had great songs they had great albums

Jimi - Are You Experienced?, the album




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MonkeyKnifeFighter said:

Urgent needs:

Accept - Balls to the Wall Check
Bob Seger - Against the Wind or Night Moves
The Cure - Love Song. Meh but still an iconic song
The Darkness - Get Your Hands Off of My Woman check
Extreme - More Than Words check
Focus - Hocus Pocus
George Michael - Careless Whisper check
Heart - Barracuda check
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart or Listen Like Thieves
Jimi Hendrix - Red House (only the Delane Lea Studios version though... the one that starts off with "In other words we're cooking, is that what you're trying to say" before launching off).
Kansas - wayward Son check
Led Zeppelin - Going to California
Mamas & The Papas - Monday Monday KIDDING, don't you effing dare with any of that monday morning thread BS - give em California Dreaming instead
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog or Bad Bad Boy
O-Zone - Dragostea Din meh
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer check
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now check
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter or Sympathy For The Devil
Scorpions - Winds of Change nope, Rock Me like a Hurricane
Toto - Africa hell no
UB40 - Red Red Wine check
Van Halen - Unchained and Panama
The Who - I'm Free check
Yello - Oh Yeah check
ZZ Top - La Grange


FIfY and Add in The following:

GnR - Sweet Child O Mine
Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
Bon Jovi - Runaway
Aerosmith- Love In an Elevator
Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll
Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield
The Bangles - Manic Monday

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Chicago - Twenty-five or six to four
Doobie Brothers- Long Train Runnin'
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AliasMan02 said:

Wade Winston Wilson said:

How old will define "classic" because I've heard songs from the 90s on "classic" stations
1970s is what I'm really after.

Some ideas for the mainstream stuff:

Styx - Renegade
REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You
Journey - Don't Stop Believin (duh, greatest ever)
Foreigner - Juke Box Hero
Lynard Skynard - Ballad of Curtis Lowe
America - Ventura Highway
Asia - Heat of the Moment
Heart - Barracuda (I love this one but not sure it fits)
Kansas - Carry on my Wayward Son
Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
And yet, you listed a bunch of 80s songs...
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Couple of other suggestions:
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care of Business
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light
Eric Clapton - Cocaine
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Blackfoot - Train, Train
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Ram Jam - Black Betty
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Good stuff here.
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Deep Purple - Space Truckin'
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Expanding his repertoire
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Thin Lizzy-Whiskey in the Jar
Judas Priest-Living After Midnight
Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man
Van Halen-Unchained
Kiss-Strutter 74'
Cheap Trick-Surrender
Head East-Never Been Any Reason
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Definitely include Thin Lizzy. Bands from the 80s through now were bigly influenced.
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Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
ZZ Top - Waitin on the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago
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Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer, You Give Love A Bad Name
Eagles - Hotel California, Life In The Fast Lane
Doobie Brothers - China Grove, Listen To The Music
Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla
Bob Seger - Night Moves, Old Time Rock and Roll
Huey Lewis - The Heart Of Rock & Roll
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
Edgar Winter - Free Ride
Skynyrd - just pick one
CCR - Green River, Proud Mary
The Who - Pinball Wizard
Santana - Black Magic Woman, Evil Ways
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superunknown said:

Definitely include Thin Lizzy. Bands from the 80s through now were bigly influenced.
Amen, one of the most underappreciated bands. Cowboy Song is a personal favorite of mine.

Zep has too many great tune to even list. Basically all of II was incredible. Just so many tunes.
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Blackfoot - Highway Song
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster
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Rush!
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Jersey Girl said:

Rush!
Just about to post this. Fly by night, Working man, Passage to Bangkok, Sprit of the Radio, Closer to the Heart. Too many to list.
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Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Humble Pie - 30 Days in the Hole
The Who - Baba O'Reilly; Won't Get Fooled
Again
Clapton- Layla
Rolling Stones - Rocks Off; Heartbreaker; Brown Sugar; Honky Tonk Women; Tumbling Dice
Deep Purple - Lazy; Highway Star
Foghat - Fool for the City
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Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody is a must.
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Go get him the "Dazed and Confused" soundtrack and save yourself some time.
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Budgie "Breadfan"
April Wine "Roller"
Legs Diamond "Stage Fright"
Zebra "Tell me What you Want"
Joe Walsh "Turn to Stone"
Aerosmith "Chip Away"
The Kinks "Living on a Thin Line"
Led Zeppelin "The Rover"
Pink Floyd "Fearless"
The Hollies "Long Cool Woman"



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On what planet is O-Zone classic rock?

Also, Extreme?
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