BaeQUIZ: 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