Beyond that, I would add.

AC/DC "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
T. Rex "Bang a Gong"
Ted Nugent "Stranglehold"
Sweet "Little Willie"

Rush - Working man

Black Sabbath

Iron man and paranoid will give him a flavor for the band.

Some of my favorite deeper tracks...

Rolling Stones - Rocks Off
Bob Seger - Sunburst
Gerry Rafferty - High and Dry
Steely Dan - King of the Road
Allman Brothers - Soulshine
Dire Straits - Single Handed Sailor
Rush - Entre Nous
Cheap Trick - Reach Out
Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song
The Band - It Makes No Difference
Journey - Escape
Chris Rea - The Road to Hell
The Kinks - Do it Again
Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
Eric Clapton - The Core
Paul McCartney - Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five

Grand Funk Railroad- I'm Your Captain
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
Blue Oyster Cult - Burning for you
Chicago - Saturday in the park
Triumph- Magic Power
Heart - Barracuda
Steely Dan - Real'n in the years

Rolling Stones Let it Bleed
Rolling Stones Some Girls
Jethro Tull Aqualung
All of the Led Zeppelin albums
Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick
Who's Next
Quadrophenia
Tommy
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
Tommy Bolin Post Tostee

May be the first time I've seen Uriah Heep (one of my favorites from many years ago) mentioned on TexAgs. Saw them in the Sam Houston Coliseum mid-70s.

Some of the best classic rock albums....

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Deja Vu
Deep Purple: Machine Head
ZZ Top: Tres Hombres
Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic
Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Todd Rundgren: Something/Anything
Rush: 2112
Trapeze: Medusa
Ted Nugent: Ted Nugent
The Cars: The Cars
David Gilmour: David Gilmour
Joe Walsh: Barnstorm
Rainbow: Rising

A lot of really good song in this thread. Heres some songs i didnt see

Aerosmith - Same Old Song and Dance
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Alice Cooper - School's Out
Boston - Peace of Mind
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down
Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time
Free - All Right Now
Journey - Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
Steve Miller - Fly Like an Eagle
Steve Miller Band - Rock 'N Me
The Cars - Just What I Needed
The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated

And some additional songs
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Cheap Trick - Don't be Cruel
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
Don Henley - All She Wants to Do Is Dance
Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
John Cougar - Jack & Diane
Metallica - The Unforgiven
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart

If you really love your cousin, then make sure NOT to give him any ph*cking Eagles music.

BBRex said:

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Beyond that, I would add.

Sweet "Little Willie"

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Little Willie is okay, but Fox on the Run and Ballroom Blitz are the ones that really kick azz.

Also, do your cousin a favor and get him the first four Ramones albums (he will thank you later).

I'm going to give you the kind of stuff you might find in Jim Ladd's Living Room. Stuff you're probably not going to hear on the radio except under specific circumstances. So here's a few songs from the 60s through 90s that he should give a listen to:

• Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
• Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee
• Deep Purple - Highway Star (they did play the hell outta this on 95.5 KLOS)
• Montrose - Space Station #5
• Rainbow - Starstruck (RJD on vocals, Jimmy Bain on bass and of course Ritchie Blackmore)
• Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh (the Australian National Anthem)
• Pink Floyd - Empty Spaces + Young Lust
• Ted Nugent - Stormtroopin'
• Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (RJD on vocals, Vinny Appice on drums)
• Iron Maiden - Hallowed be thy Name (gotta hear the Air Raid Siren)
• Quiet Riot - Slick Black Cadillac (less known than the two big hits)
• Queensryche - NM156
• Megadeth - Hangar 18
• Scorpions - Don't Believe Her (Two lead guitars at its finest)
• Green Day - Basket Case (probably the most pop song on my list)
• Reverend Horton Heat - It's Martini Time
• Hole - Celebrity Skin (certainly the most produced song on my list)

Tom Scholz said:

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Rocky Mountain Way- Joe Walsh

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Surprised you didn't recommend something by Boston

When I used to live in Denver, they played "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh and "Ridin' the Storm Out" by REO Speedwagon all the damn time.

Whatever you do, don't listen to this guy:



Definitely add Stairway to Heaven to the list.

If this kid is from Texas, you need to get him some ZZ Top. Their Greatest Hits album that came out circa 1991/2 is a good overview of their stuff.

An easy and good start might be the dazed and confused soundtrack, which would give him a variety of hits from bands back then and have some pop culture significance...

Then maybe in about 5 to 6 years you accidentally let him watch the movie "without" your knowledge.

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Rush!

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Was scrolling through before I posted that.

Lots of good stuff here: Just trowing out some that haven't been mentioned and might work if he likes Boston and Van Halen. BTW, my 11 yr old loves Eruption by VH

Asia: Heat of the Moment
Def Leppard: Hysteria
Yes: Changes
Allman Brothers: Midnight Rider
Foreigner: Juke Box Hero
38 Special:Caught Up In You

I'm betting he likes guitar based of his selections. Also try some Eric Johnson

or Joe Satriani (Satch Boogie).

Ive really been into ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) lately. I think thats a pretty kid friendly sound.

Builder93 said:

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Asia: Heat of the Moment

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No

superunknown said:

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Builder93 said:

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Asia: Heat of the Moment

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Well reasoned, thoughtful response. I've changed my mind.

Since he's getting into it, here's some well known hits and not many of the deeper tracks:

GnR - Sweet Child O Mine, Welcome to the Jungle, Civil War, Don't Cry, November Rain
Metallica - One, Nothing Else Matters, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man, Freebird, Saturday Night Special, Gimme Back My Bullets, Gimme Three Steps, Tuesday's Gone, Ballad of Curits Loew, That Smell
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin', China Grove
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing, Sultans of Swing, Walk of Life
Elton John - Madman Across the Water, Tiny Dancer, Levon (Bon Jovi has an excellent cover of this one as well)
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle, Jet Airliner, The Joker, Take the Money and Run, True Fine Love
Tom Petty - Into the Great Wide Open, Mary Jane's Last Dance, I need to Know, I Won't Back Down
Eric Clapton - Layla, My Father's Eyes
James Taylor - Mexico, Sweet Baby James, Fire and Rain, Shower the People, Carolina on My Mind, Copperline
KISS - Hard Luck Woman, Roack and Roll All Nite
Eagles - Hotel California, Take it Easy, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Lyin' Eyes, Victim of Love, I Can't Tell You Why
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance, Star of the County Down
Queen - We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Another One Bites the Dust, Fat Bottomed Girls, Bohemian Rhapsody
Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight, Two Tickets to Paradise, Baby Hold On
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams, The Chain, Go Your Own Way...hell, the whole Rumours album.
Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
Billy Joel (will be long) - Piano Man, New York State of Mind, Movin' Out, The Stranger, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Only the Good Die Young, Get it Right the First Time, Honesty, We Didn't Start the Fire

Not sure if you'd consider this Classic Rock, but some other late 80's-early 90's:
Pearl Jam - Jeremy, Black, I Am Mine, Betterman, Dissident, Animal, Daughter
AiC - Down in a Hole, Rooster, Nutshell, Man in the Box
Live - Anything from Throwing Copper

Goose61 said:

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BBRex said:

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Beyond that, I would add.

Sweet "Little Willie"

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Little Willie is okay, but Fox on the Run and Ballroom Blitz are the ones that really kick azz.

Also, do your cousin a favor and get him the first four Ramones albums (he will thank you later).

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Good call on the Ramones. "Fox on the Run" is on the "Dazed and Confused" soundtrack. I was sort of building off that.

The Ballad of Curtis Loews by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Stranglehold by Ted Nugent
Life's been good by Joe Walsh
Angie by Rolling Stones
American girl by Tom Petty
China Grove by The Doobie Brothers
Ventura Highway by America
Wish you were here by Pink Floyd


Also I've been working on a playlist that has a lot of the stuff mentioned in this thread. Feel free to check it out.


https://open.spotify.com/user/1214887223/playlist/3xJhjdBUVpmiO6b7YhZalK?si=a1QBKCFMTMmP0497GObn6Q

311 "love song" >>>>>> the cure "love song"

Didn't see Stepenwolf's Born to be Wild.

As classic as classic gets.

Some good suggestions here that I haven't thought about in years.

I am a little surprised that considering we're in Texas there isn't more love for Stevie Ray. Probably the greatest rock & blues guitarist of the 80's and many would argue one of the best of all time. Pride & Joy, Texas Flood, Lenny, Rude mood, etc. are good to start

I'm also a fan of CCR and surprised they only show up once above.

This got me thinking of what I consider "classic rock". To me, if the band didn't have a hit before I entered HS (1984), they don't make it. Therefore, if a group / artist didn't start before David Lee Roth left VH after "1984" or ZZ put out Eliminator (1983), they may be good but they're not classic rock. I'd be interested to hear what others think qualifies as classic rock.

Doors - LA Woman

Little Feat-"Waiting on Columbus "

tamc91 said:

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Some good suggestions here that I haven't thought about in years.

I am a little surprised that considering we're in Texas there isn't more love for Stevie Ray. Probably the greatest rock & blues guitarist of the 80's and many would argue one of the best of all time. Pride & Joy, Texas Flood, Lenny, Rude mood, etc. are good to start

I'm also a fan of CCR and surprised they only show up once above.

This got me thinking of what I consider "classic rock". To me, if the band didn't have a hit before I entered HS (1984), they don't make it. Therefore, if a group / artist didn't start before David Lee Roth left VH after "1984" or ZZ put out Eliminator (1983), they may be good but they're not classic rock. I'd be interested to hear what others think qualifies as classic rock.

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Well, according to the local classic rock station here in town, Smashing Pumpkins, Sound Garden, and Pearl Jam are now classic rock. They play them all the time now. It's weird and makes me feel old.

Big Star - 13

Jim Croce. Already mentioned, but Boston and Seger my favorites. Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.