HALLOWEEN!: A Rock'n'Soul Music Player

Hear a cauldron-full of evil, spectral, and fantastic tunes from 1956 to Today,
in chronological order!

Rockabilly! Doo Wop! Blues!
Soundtracks! Soul! Garage Rock!
Psychedelic! Funk! Prog!
Punk! New Wave! Goth!
Psychobilly! HipHop! TripHop!
and more!

Featuring:
Gene Vincent, Sceamin' Jay Hawkins, Howlin' Wolf, The Ventures, The Who, The Sonics, The Doors, Black Sabbath, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Parliament, The Damned, The Cramps, The B-52's, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Cure, Captain Beefheart, Misfits, Ramones, TWIN PEAKS, Tom Waits, Portishead, The Kills, Gnarls Barkley, St. Vincent, Radiohead, and hoary hordes more!


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See Also:

• HALLOWEEN!: A Rock'n'Soul Music Player

• DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: A Rock Music Player

• THANKSGIVING!: A Rock'n'Soul Music Player

• HAPPY HOLIDAYS! A Rock'n'Soul Music Player

• BEATLESQUE: Christmas

• HAPPY NEW YEAR! A Rock'n'Soul Music Player


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: A Music Player Checklist

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350 GREAT ALBUMS That Will Change Your Life!

With
M U S I C
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350 Great Albums: 1956-2020
by Tym Stevens
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350 SONGS!*
In chronological order,
one song per album, one album per act.

Rockabilly! Jazz! Blues!
Soundtracks! Soul! Folk!
Garage Rock! Psychedelic! Funk!
Electronic! Rock! Reggae!
Punk! HipHop! New Wave!
Noize! Riot Grrrl! Grunge!
TripHop! World! Electro!

From 1956 through 2020!
A crash course in crucial!

*(The Player is limited to the first 200 songs.
Hear the unlimited Playlist of 300 songs here.)

Shortcuts to List:
⬤ 1950s
⬤ 1960s
⬤ 1970s
⬤ 1980s
⬤ 1990s
⬤ 2000s
⬤ 2010s
⬤ 2020

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1950s!

01) Louis and Bebe Barron, "Forbidden Planet" (soundtrack 1956)

02) Little Richard, "Here's Little Richard" (1957)

03) The Crickets, "The Chirping Crickets" (1957)

04) Ray Charles, "Ray Charles" (1957)

05) Bernard Herrmann, "VERTIGO" (soundtrack 1958)

06) Chuck Berry, "Berry Is On Top" (1959)

07) Henry Mancini, "The Music from PETER GUNN" (soundtrack 1959)

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1960s!

08) Ella Fitzgerald, "Ella In Berlin" (1960)

09) Bobby "Blue" Bland, "Two Steps From The Blues" (1961)

10) James Brown, "Live At The Apollo" (1962)

11) Howlin' Wolf, "Howlin' Wolf" (1962)

12) The Byrds, "Mr. Tambourine Man" (1965)

13) John Coltrane, "A Love Supreme" (1965)

14) Vashti Bunyan, "Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind" (mid-60's)

15) The Mothers of Invention, "Freak Out!" (1966)

16) Wilson Pickett, "The Exciting Wilson Pickett" (1966)

17) Bob Dylan, "Blonde On Blonde" (1966)

18) The Sonics, "Boom" (1966)

19) Ennio Morricone, "THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY" (soundtrack 1966)

20) John Mayall, "The Blues Alone" (1967)

21) John Barry, "YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE" (1967)

22) The Doors, "The Doors" (1967)

23) The Chambers Brothers, "The Time Has Come" (1967)

24) Aretha Franklin, "I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You" (1967)

25) The Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967)

26) The Zombies, "Odessey & Oracle" (1967)

27) The Who, "Sell Out" (1967)

28) Love, "Forever Changes" (1967)

29) Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band, "Safe As Milk" (1967)

30) Bobbie Gentry, "Ode To Billie Joe" (1967)

31) The Beach Boys, "SMiLE" (recorded 1967)

1967 Gift Book For Girls

32) The Stax/Volt Records Revue, "Live In London, Vol. 1" (1967)

33) The Pretty Things, "S.F. Sorrow" (1968)

34) Blood, Sweat, & Tears, "Child Is Father To the Man" (1968)

35) Os Mutantes, "Os Mutants" (1968)

36) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood, "Nancy & Lee" (1968)

37) The United States Of America, "The United States Of America" (1968)

38) Billy Nicholls, "Would You Believe?" (1968)

39) Original Broadway Cast, "HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" (soundtrack 1968)

40) The Monkees, "Head" (1968)

41) Johnny Cash, "Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison" (1968)

Voodoo Child

42) The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Electric Ladyland" (1968)

43) The Kinks, "Are the Preservation Green Society" (1968)

44) Gershon Kingsley, "Music To Moog By" (1969)

45) Dusty Springfield, "Dusty In Memphis" (1969)

46) Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Green River" (1969)

47) Isaac Hayes, "Hot Buttered Soul" (1969)

48) Crosby Stills and Nash, "Crosby Stills and Nash" (1969)

49) Miles Davis, "Bitches Brew" (1969)

50) Chicago, "Chicago Transit Authority" (1969)

51) The Temptations, "Puzzle People" (1969)

52) Piero Piccioni, "Colpo Rovente" (soundtrack 1969)

53) Shocking Blue, "At Home" (1969)

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1970s!

54) Booker T & The MG's, "McLemore Avenue" (1970)

55) George Harrison, "All Things Must Pass" (1970)

56) Redbone, "Potlatch" (1970)

57) Brainticket, "Cottonwoodhill" (1970)

58) The Last Poets, "The Last Poets" (1970)

59) Simon & Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1970)

60) Spirit, "The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" (1970)

61) Kris Kristofferson, "Kristofferson" (1970)

62) Funkadelic, "Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow" (1970)

63) Syd Barrett, "The Madcap Laughs" (1970)

64) Fanny, "Charity Ball" (1971)

65) Donny Hathaway, "Donny Hathaway" (1971)

66) The Move, "Message From The Country" (1971)

67) Cradle, "The History" (recorded early 70's)

68) Billy Preston, "I Wrote A Simple Song" (1971)

69) T.Rex, "Electric Warrior" (1971)

70) Al Green, "Gets Next To You" (1971)

71) The Rolling Stones, "Sticky Fingers" (1971)

72) Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On" (1971)

73) Sly & The Family Stone, "There's A Riot Goin' On" (1971)

74) Hawkwind, "In Search Of Space" (1971)

75) The Staple Singers, "Be Altitude: Respect Yourself" (1971)

76) Harry Nilsson, "Nilsson Schmilsson" (1971)

77) Gil Scott-Heron, "Pieces of a Man" (1971)

78) John Lennon, "Imagine" (1971)

79) Badfinger, "Straight Up" (1971)

80) Carmen Maki & Blues Creation, "Blues Creation" (1971)

81) Various Artists, "The Harder They Come" (soundtrack 1972)

82) Big Star, "#1 Record" (1972)

83) Black Sabbath, "Vol. 4" (1972)

84) Yoko Ono, "Approximately Infinite Universe" (1972)

85) Osanna/ Luis Bacalov, "Preludio Tema Variazioni Canzona/ ("Milano Calibro 9" soundtrack,1972)

86) Curtis Mayfield, "SUPER FLY" (1972)

87) Roxy Music, "For Your Pleasure" (1973)

88) Herbie Hancock, "Sextant" (1973)

89) Suzie Quatro, "Suzie Quatro" (1973)

90) Incredible Bongo Band, "Bongo Rock" (1973)

Iggy Pop

91) Iggy & The Stooges, "Raw Power" (1973)

92) War, "Deliver The Word" (1973)

93) Ringo Starr, "Ringo" (1973)

94) Stevie Wonder, "Innervisions" (1973)

95) Babe Ruth, "First Base" (1973)

96) The Wailers, "Burnin'" (1973)

97) Piero Umiliani, "IL CORPO" (soundtrack 1974)

98) Graham Central Station, "Release Yourself" (1974)

99) Rita Lee, "Atras Do Porto Tem Uma Cidade" (1974)

100) Paul McCartney & Wings, "Band On The Run" (1974)

101) The Meters, "Rejuvenation" (1974)

102) Joni Mitchell, "Court And Spark" (1974)

103) Betty Davis, "They Say I'm Different" (1974)

104) Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here" (1975)

105) Earth Wind & Fire, "That's The Way Of The World" (1975)

106) Led Zeppelin, "Physical Graffiti" (1975)

107) Queen, "A Night At The Opera" (1975)

108) Parliament, "Mothership Connection" (1975)

109) Ramones, "Ramones" (1976)

110) Blondie, "Blondie" (1976)

111) Sex Pistols, "Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols" (1977)

112) Dennis Wilson, "Pacific Ocean Blue" (1977)

113) Eddie Hazel, "Games, Dames, and Guitar Thangs" (1977)

114) Cheap Trick, "In Color" (1977)

I am the DJ/ I am what I play.

115) David Bowie, "Heroes" (1977)

116) The Isley Brothers, "Go For Your Guns" (1977)

117) The Dead Boys, "Young Loud And Snotty" (1977)

118) John Williams, "STAR WARS" (1977)

119) Chrisma, "Chinese Restaurant" (1977)

120) Radio Birdman, "Radios Appear" (1977)

121) The Runaways, "Live In Japan" (1978)

122) Wire, "Chairs Missing" (1978)

123) The Rutles, "The Rutles" (1978)

124) X-Ray Spex, "Germ Free Adolescents" (1978)

125) The Saints, "Eternally Yours" (1978)

126) DMZ, "DMZ" (1978)

127) Kraftwerk, "The Man-Machine" (1978)

128) Devo, "Are We Not Men?" (1978)

129) Pure Hell, "Noise Addiction" (1978)

130) The Cars, "The Cars" (1978)

Parallel Grooves

131) Cherry Vanilla, "Bad Girl" (1978)

131) Iggy Pop, "New Values" (1979)

132) Bootsy's Rubber Band, "This Boot Is Made For Fonk-n" (1979)

133) Chrome, "Half Machine Lip Moves" (1979)

134) Lizzy Mercier Descloux, "Press Color" (1979)

135) The Beat, "The Beat" (1979)

136) The Damned, "Machine Gun Etiquette" (1979)

137) The B-52's, "The B-52's" (1979)

Sound System

138) The Jam, "Sound Affects" (1979)

139) Fleetwood Mac, "Tusk" (1979)

140) The Brides Of Funkenstein, "Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy" (1979)

141) Gang Of Four, "Entertainment!" (1979)

142) Marianne Faithfull, "Broken English" (1979)

143) The Clash, "London Calling" (1979)

144) The Slits, "Cut" (1979)

145) The Undertones, "The Undertones" (1979)

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1980s!

146) Talking Heads, "Remain In Light" (1980)

147) The BusBoys, "Minimum Wage Rock'n'Roll" (1980)

148) Kleenex/Liliput, "LiLiPUT" (early 80's)

149) Zapp, "Zapp" (1980)

150) Killing Joke, "Killing Joke" (1980)

151) Poison Girls, "Chappaquiddick Bridge" (1980)

152) Defunkt, "Defunkt" (1980)

153) Dead Kennedys, "Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables" (1980)

154) Adam And The Ants, "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" (1980)

155) Rodion G.A., "The Lost Tapes" (early 80's)

156) Pretenders, "Pretenders" (1980)

157) Tom Tom Club, "Tom Tom Club" (1981)

158) Grace Jones, "Nightclubbing" (1981)

159) Split Enz, "True Colours" (1981)

Poison Ivy Rorschach

160) Fela Anikulapo Kuti, "Black President" (1981)

161) Robyn Hitchcock, "Black Snake Diamond Role" (1981)

162) Eurythmics, "In The Garden" (1981)

163) Squeeze, "East Side Story" (1981)

164) Vangelis, "Blade Runner" (soundtrack 1982)

165) Elvis Costello & The Attractions, "Imperial Bedroom" (1982)

166) Nina Hagen, "NunSexMonkRock" (1982)

167) Bad Brains, "Bad Brains" (1982)

168) Bush Tetras, "Wild Things" (1983)

169) Trouble Funk, "In Times of Trouble" (1983)

170) Various Artists, "The Sugar Hill Records Story" (early 80's)

171) X-Mal Deutschland, "Fetisch" (1983)

172) U2, "War" (1983)

173) Plasticland, "Plasticland" (1984)

174) The Bangles, "All Over the Place" (1984)

175) Run-DMC, "King Of Rock" (1985)

176) Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Freaky Styley" (1985)

177) George Clinton, "Some Of My Best Jokes Are Friends" (1985)

178) Public Image Ltd., "Album" (1985)

179) Various artists, "Go Go Crankin': Paint The White House Black" (1985)

180) The Dukes of Stratosphear, "25'O'Clock" (1985)

181) The Pandoras, "Stop Pretending" (1986)

182) Afrika Bambaataa, "Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)" (1986)

183) Laurie Anderson, "Home Of The Brave" (1986)

184) Big Black, "Atomizer" (1986)

185) The Smithereens, "Especially For You" (1986)

Flash is fast/ Flash is cool.

186) Sly & Robbie, "Rhythm Killers" (1987)

187) Tackhead, "Tackhead Tape Time" (1987)

188) Public Enemy, "It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back" (1988)

189) Jane's Addiction, "Nothing's Shocking" (1988)

190) The Godfathers, "Birth School Work Death" (1988)

191) Talk Talk, "Spirit of Eden" (1988)

192) Eric B. & Rakim, "Follow the Leader" (1988)

193) Bobby King & Terry Evans, "Live And Let Live!" (1988)

194) Crowded House, "Temple of Low Men" (1988)

195) Fishbone, "Truth And Soul" (1988)

196) The Beatnigs, "The Beatnigs" (1988)

197) Pixies, "Surfer Rosa" (1988)

198) Beastie Boys, "Paul's Boutique" (1989)

199) Boogie Down Productions, "Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop" (1989)

200) Jungle Brothers, "Done By The Forces Of Nature" (1989)

201) The Gories, "House Rockin'" (1989)

202) Lenny Kravitz, Let Love Rule" (1989)

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1990s!

203) Angelo Badalamenti, "TWIN PEAKS" (soundtrack 1990)

204) Living Colour, "Time's Up" (1990)

205) Neil Young + Crazy Horse, "Ragged Glory" (1990)

206) A Tribe Called Quest, "People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm" (1990)

207) Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy, "Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury" (1991)

208) My Bloody Valentine, "Loveless" (1991)

209) The Freestyle Fellowship, "To Whom It May Concern..." (1991)

210) Los Lobos, "Kiko" (1992)

211) Babes In Toyland, "Fontanelle" (1992)

212) Sonic Youth, "Dirty" (1992)

213) 7 Year Bitch, "Sick 'Em" (1992)

214) Bikini Kill, "Bikini Kill" (EP, 1992)

215) Frank Black, "Frank Black" (1993)

216) The Breeders, "Last Splash" (1993)

Bjork

217) Nirvana, "In Utero" (1993)

218) Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, "Extra Width" (1993)

219) Chris von Sneidern, "Sight & Sound" (1993)

220) Me'Shell NdegeOcello, "Plantation Lullabies" (1993)

221) Liz Phair, "Exile In Guyville" (1993)

222) Butthole Surfers, "Independent Worm Saloon" (1993)

223) L7, "Hungry For Stink" (1994)

224) Soundgarden, "Superunknown" (1994)

225) Jeff Buckley, "Grace" (1994)

226) Hole, "Live Through This" (1994)

227) Sinead O'Connor, "Universal Mother" (1994)

228) Joi, "The Pendulum Vibe" (1994)

229) Mano Negro, "Casa Babylon" (1994)

230) Elastica, "Elastica" (1995)

231) P.J. Harvey, "To Bring You My Love" (1995)

232) Garbage, "Garbage" (1995)

233) Guided By Voices, "Alien Lanes" (1995)

234) Cibo Matto, "Viva! La Woman" (1996)

235) DJ Shadow, "Endtroducing" (1996)

236) Supergrass, "In It For the Money" (1997)

237) Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, "Fabulosos Calavera" (1997)

238) Portishead, "Portishead" (1997)

239) The Buena Vista Social Club, "The Buena Vista Social Club" (1997)

240) Thee Headcoatees, "Punk Girl" (1997)

241) Air, "Moon Safari" (1998)

242) Komeda, "What Makes It Go?" (1998)

243) Elliott Smith, "XO" (1998)

244) The Detroit Cobras, "Mink Rat Or Rabbit" (1998)

245) Mos Def & Talib Kweli, "Black Star" (1998)

246) Pops Staples, "Don't Lose This" (rec. 1999)

247) The Bristols, "Introducing..." (1999)

248) Tom Waits, "Mule Variations" (1999)

249) Las Ultrasonicas, "Yo Fui Una Adolescente Terrosatánica" (1999)

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2000s!

250) Nikka Costa, "Everybody Got Their Something" (2000)

251) The Hives, "Veni Vidi Vicious" (2000)

252) Hooverphonic, "The Magnificent Tree" (2000)

253) Gillian Welch, "Time (The Revelator)" (2001)

254) Ladytron, "604" (2001)

255) Beck, "Sea Change" (2002)

256) Queens Of The Stone Age, "Songs For The Deaf" (2002)

257) Jurassic 5, "Power In Numbers" (2002)

258) The Kills, "Keep On Your Mean Side" (2002)

259) Dressy Bessy, "Sound Go Round" (2002)

260) Cato Salsa Experience, "The Fruit Is Still Fresh" (2003)

261) Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Fever To Tell" (2003)

262) The White Stripes, "Elephant" (2003)

263) The Go, "The Go" (2003)

Beck

264) Ween, "Quebec" (2003)

265) Caesars, "39 Minutes Of Bliss (In An Otherwise Meaningless World)" (2003)

266) Lesbians On Ecstasy, "Lesbians On Ecstasy" (2003)

267) Lucinda Williams, "World Without Tears" (2003)

268) The New Pornographers, "Electric Version" (2003)

269) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Take Them On On Your Own" (2003)

270) Echobrain, "Glean" (2004)

271) Sam Phillips, "A Boot and a Shoe" (2004)

272) Fugu, "As Found" (2004)

273) Electrocute, "Troublesome Bubblegum" (2004)

274) Imani Coppola, "Afrodite" (2004)

275) Antibalas, "Who Is This America?" (2004)

276) Peaches, "Impeach My Bush" (2004)

277) Haiku D'Etat, "Coup de Theatre" (2004)

278) Boyskout, "School of Etiquette" (2004)

279) Lucky Jim, "Our Troubles End Tonight" (2004)

280) Le Tigre, "This Island" (2004)

281) Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, "Mighty ReArranger" (2005)

282) Las Perras Del Infierno, "Intuicion Canina" (2005)

283) The Husbands, "There's Nothing I'd Like More Than To See You Dead" (2006)

284) Erase Errata, "Night Life" (2006)

285) Gossip, "Standing In the Way of Control" (2006)

286) Alice Smith, "For Lovers, Dreamers, & Me" (2007)

287) The Love Me Nots, "In Black & White" (2007)

288) Tinariwen, "Aman Iman: Water Is Life" (2007)

289) Fleet Foxes, "Fleet Foxes" (2008)

290) Calibro 35, "Calibro 35" (2009)

291) Electrocute, "Double Diamond" (2009)

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2010s!

292) The Black Keys, "Brothers" (2010)

293) Janelle Monae, "The ArchAndroid" (2010)

294) Adrian Younge, "Something About April" (2011)

295) Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, "Soul Time!" (2011)

296) Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, "Scandalous!" (2012)

297) A.A. Bondy, "Believers" (2011)

298) The Like, "Release Me" (2011)

299) J.D. McPherson, "Signs And Signifiers" (2011)

300) Charles Bradley And The Menahan Street Band, "No Time For Dreaming" (2011)

301) Anna Calvi, "Anna Calvi" (2011)

302) Tame Impala, "Lonerism" (2012)

303) Moon Duo, "Circles" (2012)

304) Papa Deluxe, "Queen Of The Wave" (2012)

305) Gary Clark, Jr., "Blak And Blu" (2012)

306) Father John Misty, "Fear Fun" (2013)

307) Jacco Gardner, "Cabinet Of Curiosities" (2013)

308) Savages, "Silence Yourself" (2013)

309) The Relatives, "The Electric Word" (2013)

310) Bleached, "Ride Your Heart" (2013)

311) The Delfonics, "Adrian Younge Presents: The Delfonics" (2013)

312) Temples, "Sun Structures" (2014)

313) Noura Mint Seymali, "Tzenni" (2014)

314) Lee Fields And The Expressions, "Emma Jean" (2014)

315) Ex Hex, "Rips" (2014)

316) Kae Tempest, "Everybody Down" (2014)

317) Flying Lotus, "You're Dead" (2014)

318) Goat, "Talk To God" (2014)

319) Morgan Delt, "Morgan Delt" (2014)

320) Autoramas, "Unsere Favoriten" (2014)

321) Alabama Shakes, "Sound & Color" (2015)

322) Le Butcherettes, "Cry Is For The Flies" (2015)

323) Liz Vice, "There's A Light" (2015)

324) Mbongwana Star, "From Kinshasa" (2015)

325) London Souls, "Here Come The Girls" (2015)

326) Django Django, "Born Under Saturn" (2015)

327) Weyes Blood, "Front Row To Earth" (2016)

328) La Femme, "Mystere" (2016)

329) The Jayhawks, "Paging Mr. Proust" (2016)

330) Hannah Williams And The Affirmations, "Late Nights And Heartbreak" (2016)

331) The Shelters, "The Shelters" (2016)

332) Curtis Harding, "Face Your Fear" (2017)

333) Julie Byrne, "Not Even Happiness" (2017)

334) The Cambodian Space Project, "Spaced out In Wonderland" (2017)

335) Thundercat, "Drunk" (2017)

336) Guadalupe Plata, "Guadalupe Plata 2017" (2017)

337) Nicole Atkins, "Goodnight Rhonda Lee" (2017)

338) La Luz, "Floating Features" (2018)

339) Kandle, "Holy Smoke" (2018)

340) BlackWater Holylight, "BlackWater Holylight" (2018)

341) Angelique Kidjo, "Remain In Light" (2018)

342) Willie Farmer, "The Man From The Hill" (2018)

343) Orquesta Akokan, "Orquesta Akokan" (2018)

344) Cedric Burnside, "Benton County Relic" (2018)

345) Yola, "Walk Through Fire" (2019)

346) Unloved, "Heartbreak" (2019)

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For the record.


2020!

347) The Moons, "Pocket Melodies" (2020)

348) Songhoy Blues, "Optimisme" (2020)

349) Greyhounds, "Primates" (2020)

350) Black Pumas, "Black Pumas" (2020)


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The Music Primer Series:
Music Players with 101 songs from 101 albums
per decade, in order.

2) MUSIC 101: The 1950s

3) MUSIC 101: The 1960s

4) MUSIC 101: The 1970s

5) MUSIC 101: The 1980s

6) MUSIC 101: The 1990s

7) MUSIC 101: The 2000s


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Further Study, dept.:


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: A Manifesto, A Handy Checklist

• Revolution 1950s: The Big Damn Bang of Rock'n'Roll!

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• 2000 Great Albums on Pinterest!

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ROCK Sex: Sly Stone > Prince, with Music Player!

ROCK Sex brings you the King and the Prince of Funk.

Quick Link:
> Music Player

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"If it was good in the past, it's still good."
-Sly Stone, Woodstock, 1969


Creativity is a continuum. Two good things lead to a third, and are relayed on. Everybody contributes and all benefit.

Culture is sliced in familial tones.


Prince had many parents, in terms of fashion, outlook, and sounds, including James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, and George Clinton. But none more so than Sly Stone.

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
-"Anthology" LP (1981)

PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
-"Mountains" 45rpm (1986)

JESSE JOHNSON and SLY STONE
-"Crazay" 12" Single (1986)

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Sly And The Family Stone personified inclusion. They were everybody, together. As such, they symbolized everything that was positive and possible about the counterculture in the late '60s and early '70s.

Sly And The Family Stone, 1969.

Prince And The Revolution consciously brought this to the fore for the 1980s, enforcing the timeless concepts of inclusion and expansion.

Prince And The Revolution, 1985.

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Sly Stone, 1971.

Prince, 1985.

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SLY STONE > PRINCE

SLY > PRINCE
by Tym Stevens SLY STONE > PRINCE
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On this Music Player you will hear Prince songs paired with songs by Sly Stone, as well as others by James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, George Clinton, and T.Rex, to appreciate how he brought something vital and new to each.




© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• FUNK, The True History: The 1960s, with 3 Music Players!


• SLICE TONES: Sly Stone & His Infinite Influence!, with 5 music players

• Sly Stone's "I Want To Take You Higher" And Its Unending Influence!, with Music Player

• "If You Want Me To Stay" - Sly Stone > Bootsy Collins > Red Hot Chili Peppers > Prince > Nikka Costa

• "Sing A Simple Song" - Sly Stone > Jimi Hendrix > James Gang > P-Funk > Chili Peppers > Public Enemy



• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: A Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "Hey Bulldog" - The Beatles > Fanny > Ween > Shonen Knife

ROCK Sex knows some kind of happiness is measured out in (s)miles.

Todays cultural hand-off is "Hey Bulldog".

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"Child-like
No one understands
Jack knife
In your sweaty hands"

Lennon and McCartney go stark barking mad!

Howls, piano-banging, and polyphonic bass ensues.

THE BEATLES -"Hey Bulldog" (1968)



Listen for its direct influence on this song by Jeff Lynne's group.

THE IDLE RACE -"Alcatraz" (1971)



The ever-great Fanny do a fine take in Apple Studios, while throwing in a new verse of their own.

Drummer Alice de Buhr says that Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick "used the same overhead microphone set-up that he'd used for Ringo Starr" on the original.

FANNY -"Hey Bulldog" (1972)



It inspired the rhythm of this House club track.

BLACK BOX -"Hold On" (1992)



From betwixt and between comes Ween.

WEEN -"Hey Bulldog" (live)



And 'the Osaka Ramones' slice out another mirror universe take on it.

SHONEN KNIFE -"Magic Joe" (1997)



Here's a Turntablist mash-up with Parliament's "Mr. Wiggles" and some Sly from "Sing A Simple Song".

DJ FRANE -"I Can Do My Thing" (1997)




© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• BEATLESQUE Songs: 1969-esque, with Music Player!

• BEYOND COOL: Badfinger, the Beatles of the 1970s!, with Music Player!


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: Sly Stone's "I Want To Take You Higher" And Its Unending Influence!

...with Music Player!

ROCK Sex says, "Happy Birthday to SLY STONE!".


SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE are one of the most influential bands in history.

Today, the ever-escalating influence of the song "I Want To Take You Higher" and its impact on four decades of music, with a Music Player of all!

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This is a Spotify player. Join up for free here.I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHERSongs in chronological order from 1966 to now.

"I Want To Take You Higher" just may be the Big Bang of Funk-Rock.

It drove half-a-million people to their feet in dancing ecstasy at Woodstock, and helped turn Funk music into the soundtrack of the '70s. From HipHop to Mixology, from Manchester to Iran to Japan, it continues to lift the world.

"I Want To Take You Higher/ Stand" 45rpm


Sly actually did it before and after he did it.

The central chant has been a work in progress across records and time. The trial run was an album track called "Higher" in 1968, and again on another epic track called "Dance To The Medley". (The Psychedelic Soul of the latter is virtually the template for Funkadelic.)

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"Higher" (1968)


SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"Dance To The Medley" (1968) ("Higher" comes in at 7:45)



Those joyful Gospel choral chants of "Higher" finally reached fruition when the ultimate song "I Want To Take You Higher" ascended in 1969 on the essential album, STAND.

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"I Want To Take You Higher" (studio version, 1969)


The roaring live performance of the song galvanized the Woodstock nation, and Sly And The Family Stone are still considered one of the crucial highlights of the Festival and the Documentary film.

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"I Want To Take You Higher" (live at Woodstock, 1969)



Later he did the wry rewrite "I Get High On You" in 1975, and a playful bounce of it as "High, Y'all" in 1983.

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"I Get High On You" (1975)


SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE -"High, Y'all" (1983)

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"I Want to Take You Higher",
by Jeff Kalish (2009)

As the Music Player above reveals, the song became an instant classic and was either covered by everyone or referenced lyrically for years to come. The core of it is the "Higher!" chant. It summed up the utopian hopes of the progressive counterculture generation, while also winking about getting high.

If it wasn't being covered by Brian Auger, Tina Turner, or Googoosh (Iran), then the "Higher" chant was popping up in originals from The Temptations, The Chambers Brothers, War, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and beyond.

It gets a shout-out in the rapidfire pop history novelty "Life Is A Rock", gets quoted on the trail-out of "Play That Funky Music", and may be referenced sideways in Paul McCartney's banned single "Hi Hi Hi".

Into the '80s and '90s, it rises up in Grandmaster Flash's "White Lines", an unreleased song with the same name by Roger Taylor (Queen), a Curtis Mayfield homage by Lenny Kravitz, a Madchester trip-out by raving Moonflowers, a namecheck by Public Enemy, a pot anthem by Cypress Hill, and an electro resurge from Future Funk.

"I Want to Take You Higher: The Psychedelic Era 1965-1969",
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Museum (1997)

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As also heard on the Music Player, another key ingredient of the song that keeps coming back up is the lyric "Boom shacka lacka lacka, boom shacka lacka lacka, boom shacka lacka lacka boom". Everybody uses it, even if by now they don't know where it came from.

This chant has become a classic Reggae song, a Reggae band, and a Reggae magazine.

It jumps up in HipHop songs like "Whoomp! There It is!" and Pop hits like Was (Not Was)' "Walk The Dinosaur" and Brianna's "Boom Shaka Laka".

It's become slang in Basketball and in HipHop.

It's even been the name of a Bollywood film and an Indian fantasy TV series for kids!


BOOM SHACKA LACKA LACKA,
BOOM SHACKA LACKA LACKA,
BOOM SHACKA LACKA LACKA BOOM!

Sly Stone and George Clinton, 2008.



"Feeling that should make you move
Sounds that should help you groove
Music still flashin' me
Take your places
I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER!"


© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• FUNK, The True History: The 1960s, with 3 Music Players!

• FUNK, The True History: 1970-1974, with 3 Music Players!


• "Everyday People" - Sly Stone > Joan Jett > Arrested Development

• "Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego!" - Funkadelic > Sly Stone > Beastie Boys

• ROCK Orgy: "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)!"

• "Sing A Simple Song" - Sly Stone > Jimi Hendrix > James Gang > P-Funk > Chili Peppers > Public Enemy

• "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" - Bill Withers > Diana Ross > Sly Stone > Zapp

• "If You Want Me To Stay" - Sly Stone > Bootsy Collins > Red Hot Chili Peppers > Prince > Nikka Costa

• Sly Stone > Prince, with Music Player!


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: A Music Player Checklist

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