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greg vanderlAAn’s top ten list of favorite songs... click on the  underlined words for more information... QUIZ answers at the bottom of the page!


OK, you've heard the heavy groups, now it's time for morning maniac music... It's a new dawn people...
1. "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane... This is a hard choice because "Volunteers" is a fine song too, but I'll have to give that wascally wabbit her due... It was used in the book "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson... The Lawyer, a full bathtub and an AC electric appliance... were to 'become one' at the end of the song when Grace sings the words: "remember, what the dormouse said, _______ _______ ________."
QUIZ: what DID the dormouse say? We were supposed to remember... (answer at bottom of page).
 
2. "Climb every Mountain" by Rodgers and Hammerstein. sung by the nun in The Sound of Music... Inspirational, and she just NAILED that last note... I read that there are showings of an "audience participation" movie (like Rocky Horror) using the movie "Sound of Music".  People wear lederhosen, nun's habits and sing along with all the songs and make jokes about the dialog... I'd like to go to that!
QUIZ: What's her name?
 
3. "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin... a Tale of Vikings and Valhalla... Plus, it's got a great beat and you can dance to it... and the lyrics... Robert Plant sings "aaaaooooh"... I also like all those OTHER Led Zep songs... "Stairway to Heaven", "Whole Lotta Love", "Kashmir" it's hard to find a Zep song I don't like... A satire is on the internet called Viking Kittens.
QUIZ: what other Led Zep song uses this same exact lyric... "aaaaooooh"
 
4. "Ain't no 'cane in the Brazos, they turned it all into molasses"  written by Leadbelly, sung by Rick Danko, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, John Dawson (NRPS) and Bob Weir in the Festival Express Train movie... A true gem... relaxing on the Trans Canadian Railroad and singing to amuse themselves... I just put this on the list because of the casual, behind the scenes appeal of friends having fun together... the whole film is priceless...
QUIZ: The Festival Express Train went along the Trans Canadian Railway line. This Railroad was immortalized in what song by whom?
 
5. "Pocket Calculator" by KRAFTWERK... THE original techno beat song... imitated thousands of times by new wave bands, rap music artists, hip-hop, trance... rave... SYNTHESIZER DRUM MACHINES... changed the face of music forever.
QUIZ: What does the word KRAFTWERK mean in the German language ?
 
6. "Fixin’ to Die Rag" by Country Joe and the Fish... In my opinion (for what it's worth) this is the best anti-war sing along song... call and response... "Gimme an 'F', etc...
QUIZ: what's that spell?  Two versions... in the studio and live at Woodstock.
 
7. Whatever BEATLE song is playing right now... When they are singing a song on the radio, that song becomes "the best Beatle song ever'... until they play another Beatle song and then THAT one is "the best Beatle song ever". If I was forced to choose... I'd have to say "Yellow Submarine" because I have played it in public and been surrounded by people singing the chorus... Halloween, Chico, CA... 
QUIZ: Has there been a band that has had MORE biography and documentation than The Beatles ? It seems like everyone that ever met them wrote a book, made a movie (Bee-Gees), formed a tribute band (The Monkees, Rain, The Rutles), used their name as a theme for a circus act (Cirque de Soliel) or built a website...
 
8. "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie... Do you remember the missing 18 1/2 minutes of Richard Nixon's Oval Office tapes... well, Arlo says that they were listening to Alice's Restaurant at the White House and Nixon got embarrassed about having a tape recording of them laughing and singing along with the chorus... so he had Rosemary Woods erase that part of the tape... Imagine Nixon, Liddy and Haldeman in three part harmony...
QUIZ: What can't you get at Alice's Restaurant ? What other song... uses the exact same chord progression ?
 
9. "This Land is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie... I've got to put him on the list because... a LOT of other people really learned from him... Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, me... His wife tells a story of a trip she took to China... The school children were taught ONLY ONE American song to perform for her organization. There are many verses that are not in the official version.  Here is a Secret Verse:
"As I went Wakling, I saw a sign,
and on that sign said NO TRESSPASSING
on the other side it said NOTHING AT ALL
this side was made for you and me"
QUIZ: "Bound for Glory" movie...
 
10. "Truckin' " by The Grateful Dead... Winterland, 1974 during the filming of  "The Grateful Dead Movie"... I sure lucked out, they had a camera crew there to film my trip...
QUIZ: How did Spinal Tap pay tribute to the Dead ?

 END OF TOP TEN LIST

11. "Lumberjack Song" by Monty Python and the Flying Circus... Sung at "Concert for George" (Harrison)  ... The entire concert was wonderful... Ravi and Anoushka Shankar... Ringo singing "Photograph" (which took on a brand new meaning)... Paul on ukulele...
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QUIZ: What law enforcement organization sings backup ? (at least, the actors/singers portray them)
11.5 Tommy - The Who (live at the Isle of Wight) - Philharmonic Tommy and of course, the standard Tommy album... "See me, feel me, touch me, heal me"...
11.56789 "Won't Get Fooled Again" from "Who's Next"... not part of the ending of Farenheit 911 because Townshend would not approve. The ending quote by George Bush was a perfect setup for the song... When the 'resident could not speak the words "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on ME". he substituted "Won't get fooled again". 
12. "Rainy Day Woman #12 and #25" by Bob Dylan... Actually, this song has nothing at all to do with rain or women... that's just my opinion (for what it's worth)...
13. "Expecting to Fly" written by Neil Young ("After the Gold Rush") sung by the band Buffalo Springfield.  That band , named for a tractor, included Steven Stills ("For what it's Worth", a very fine anti-war anthem, originally about teenagers rioting on Sunset Strip). They also performed in the Movie "Celebration at Big Sur". This movie was a documentary about a 1970 concert at Esalon Institute featuring: Joan
Baez, Joni Mitchell, CSNY, John Sebastion and the Pacific Ocean.  
14. "If you're going to San Francisco" (be sure to wear some flowers in your hair) sung by Scott Mckenzie, a good friend of John Phillips, who penned the song.  Also sung by Sean Connery in the movie "The Rock"...
15. "Pictures at an Exhibition" Modest Mussorgsky  ... Emerson, Lake and Palmer did a fine job with a MOOG synthesizer and Greg Lake wrote some lyrics... The lyrics sounded very heroic. Not many people have the chutzpa to write lyrics to famous classical music. However, Lake did it very well. And Palmer banged a GONG... inspiring Mark Bolan to form the group T.REX... and sing his hit "Bang a Gong"
16. "The Answer" by the Moody Blues... Ending of the album "A Question of Balance"... AAAAHHHHH.... The album is a beautiful example of the blending of classical music with a rock band.
17. "Volcano" by Jimmy Buffet... prophetic song about Monserret Island... A Caribbean paradise where many rock and roll bands recorded albums... until the eruption... There is a MIDI instrumental version on the internet... perky steel drums...
18. "People are Strange" by The Doors... another group sing along song... it seems like everyone knows the words... I also like "The End" ...live performance... Complete with Oedipus Complex... Freud would have loved it...
19. "1812 Overture" by Tchaikovsky... REAL cannons and REAL church bells...
20. "Scotch and Soda" by The Kingston Trio... another calypso band from Kingston, Jamaica...
21. "Bali-Hai" from the musical South Pacific. The book "Tales from the South Pacific" by James Michener is good to read.
22. "Bye-Bye Life" by Ben Vereen and Roy Scheider from "All That Jazz"... Based on the popular do-wop song "Bye-Bye LOVE" it is sung as a broadway show tune to celebrate Bob Fosse's heart attack. Since the movie was written and directed by Fosse, it is an autobiographical treatment of his life... done as a musical with lots of singing and dancing including a VERY sexy number about Airplanes.
23. "Rum and Coca-Cola" by The Andrews Sisters. This song is supposedly accurate. a WWII veteran friend verified that there really is a Point Cumana on the Island of Trinidad and that the G.I.s did drink rum with friendly island girls.
24. "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Stan Jones... "Ghost Writers in Disguise" by the Capitol Steps... a fine version is in the movie "Blues Brothers 2000".
24.5 "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly (17:05 minute side-long track that shook the entire music industry. The industry's very first "Platinum Album", stayed on the charts for 140 weeks, with 81 weeks in the Top Ten)
25. "In the Court of the Crimson King" by King Crimson... also "21st Century Schizoid Man" on the other side of the record.
25.624. "Space Oddity" by David Bowie... (Ground control to Major Tom) Bowie's tribute to the Apollo space program. 
25.999 "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen... also "We are the champions of the World" They have to be credited for the famous drumbeat... BOOM BOOM CHICK... which is featured in the song "We Will Rock You".
25.999987624 "Witchy Woman" by the Eagles followed by "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning" a traditional song sung by Hot Tuna... a good balance of forces... Go deep into the dark side of the force and then come back with a gospel song... I have performed these two songs often... Witchy Woman has only two chords, Em and B7 so it's easy to remember... 

END OF TOP TWENTY-FIVE LIST

honorable mentions

Open Sesame - Kool and the Gang (Saturday Night Fever) Disco at it's finest... A time when we liked Arabia and had fun with their music and culture...
Disco Inferno - The Trammps (Saturday Night Fever) "Burn Baby Burn" a slogan of the civil rights movement organization the Black Panthers.
Take A Chance on Me - ABBA
Cause I'm a Blond - Julie Brown (Earth Girls Are Easy)
Do you feel like I do? - Peter Frampton
Hypnotized - Fleetwood Mac (a tribute to Carlos Casteneda and the books about the shaman of Mexico)
Girl, you really got me - The Kinks (Sunday Afternoon, Lola)
Oklahoma - Broadway Musical Theme... We went to see this at the Saratoga Drama Group's performance and at the end the entire audience stood up and sang along...
76 Trombones -The Music Man
Cest MOI - Camelot
Route 66 - B. Toup ?
Dancing in the Streets - Martha and the Vandellas
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker... movie soundtrack
Gimme some Lovin - Spencer Davis Group (Steve Winwood)
Have Another Hit of Fresh Air - Quicksilver Messenger Service
Henry - New Riders of the Purple Sage (Panama Red, Last Lonely Eagle)
Hall Of The Mountain King - Grieg
Free Bird - Lynryd Skynyrd
Takin’ Care Of Business - Bachman Turner Overdrive
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Addams Family Theme - Vic Mizzy
Jaws Theme - John Williams
Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss
Thus Spake Zarathustra (200l)- Strauss
Dancin’ Fool - Frank Zappa
Valley Girl - Frank and Moon Unit Zappa
Freak Out! Album - Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention (trivia: first double album EVER)
National Brotherhood Week - Tom Lehrer
Pollution - Tom Lehrer
Little Boxes - Malvina Reynolds
Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway (Blues Brothers Band version)
Theme From Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini
Theme From The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini
--------------- Great Comedy Movie Team --------
Old Joe’s Place - The Folksmen (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and
Harry Shearer)
Listen to the Flower People - Spinal Tap
Stonehenge - Spinal Tap
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Us And Them - Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon album by Pink Floyd
The Wall, Meddle, UMMAGUMMA, atom Heart Mother. albums - Pink Floyd
(after two blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council).
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Purple Haze -
Jimi Hendrix also known as Jimmy James and The Blue Flames.
Are You Experienced? album... a classic... and a good question!
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What Is Hip? - Tower of Power
White Bird - It’s a Beautiful Day

Oye Como Va - Santana
Jingo - Santana (this song is popular with drum circles... that beat is universal... bom bom ba bom bom ba bom bom ba bom rest)

In My Room - Beach Boys
California Girls - Beach Boys
Woodstock - Joni Mitchell (she is the subject of the song "Going to California" by Led Zeppelin)
 

answers to quiz:
1. The dormouse said "feed your head" in the song... In the book by Lewis Carrol "Alice in Wonderland" at the
Mad Hatters Tea Party: `You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, `that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!'  This was part of a conversation about riddles. I have no idea WHY we are supposed to remember this...
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/metastuff/wonder/ch7.html

2. The Mother Abbess was played by Peggy Wood in the movie with Julie Andrews.
 
3. All Led Zeppelin songs contain the lyric "aaaaooooh" somewhere in them... Even the instrumentals... Sorry, trick question...
 
4. Gordon Lightfoot wrote Canadian Railroad Trilogy as theme music for a CBC television show commemorating the l00th anniversary of the railroad...
The 'cain song is about Sugarcane farming in Texas. Prisoners were forced to work harvesting 'cane under slave like conditions. An astonishingly abusive system... The same county in Texas was the birthplace of Tom Delay, the disgraced House of Representatives leader... forced to resign due to being caught taking bribes.
LYRICS to the Leadbelly song...Ain't No More Cane
Ain’ no mo' cane on de Brazis
Oh...
Done groun' it all in molazzis,
Better git yo' overcoat ready,
Well, it's comin' up a norther.
Well, de captain standin' an' lookin' an' cryin',
Well, it's gittin' so col', my row's behin'.
Oh...
Cap'n doncha do me like you did po' Shine,
Drive dat bully till he went stone-blin'.
Oh...
 
5. KRAFTWERK means Electric power plant. The Simpsons Cartoon show had an episode (entitled KRAFTWERK) about a German corporation that wanted to buy the atomic power plant that Homer works at. When I watched the show, I was disappointed to find no techno-pop music... Just jokes about German Power Plants...
6. Gimme an 'F', Gimme an 'I', gimme an 'S', gimme an 'H'... what's that spell? FISH, what's that spell? FISH...of course, they spelled out the word "FISH" on the studio version... "FUCK" at Woodstock...
 
7. No... They still have the biggest fan club... however,  
The Grateful Dead has had a huge quantity of biographies, documentaries, "from the Vault" record releases, wine label artwork by Garcia, neckties with artwork by Garcia and other "cash in on their fame" items. To top it all off... the court TV channel carried the proceedings from the trial contesting Jerry's WILL by most of his wives and a daughter... squabbling over the money... the only thing that has not been done is a Disney animatronics robot playing MIDI recordings of solos called "The amazing Mr. Jerry"... Like the Country Bear Jamboree...
ELVIS PRESLEY has also had a ridiculous amount of documentation and EBAY sales.
 
8.Alice. "You can get everything you want, at Alice's Restaurant, 'cepting Alice". The chord progression used in Alice's Restaurant also fits perfectly the Hot Tuna song "Keep on Truckin' MAMA, truck my blues away"... Maybe ALL blues songs use the same chords... These two sure do... I'm sure that musicians might disagree because they are in a different Key but they ARE very close.
 
9. No quiz. Just enjoy his legacy...
 
l0:  In the Movie Spinal Tap they had many exploding drummers... The Grateful Dead had many keyboard players. Ron McKernan (pigpen), Tom Constanten, Keith and Donna Godchaux, Brent Mydland, Vince Wellnic and Bruce Hornsby...  Ron, Keith and Brendt died young... RIP... Tom excused himself because the Dead were not wierd enough for him... He is still alive and looks great with white hair... Vince Welnic came to the Dead from The Tubes and was the last of The Grateful Dead keyboard players (I see that he too has passed away, 2006)... They still tour as "The Dead" and there are a random assortment of players including Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Krutzman... Bruce Hornsby went back to his own band...
 
11. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. (The Mounties) Slogan: "They all-ways get their man"