Album Rock Tracks N to Z

Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me (R. B. Greaves cover)

Nena - 99 Luftballons (Translated it means 99 Luft balloons, I think.)

Stevie Nicks - Leather and Lace (With Don Henley)

Night Ranger - Sister Christian (Bassist Jack Blades later was a Damn Yankee.)

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Grunge Begins)

Aldo Nova - Fantasy (Where’s Aldo? Perhaps back in Montreal.)

Ted Nugent - Little Miss Dangerous (Backed with a version of My Little Red Book)

Ric Ocasek - Something to Grab For (Nice video with wife Paulina Porizkova)

Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares to You (Prince written song where restaurant has 11 syllables)

Roy Orbison - You Got It (Roy co-wrote the song with Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty.)

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train (Ozzy was in a band called Magic Lantern which had the song Country Woman prior to his Black Sabath experience.)

Outfield - Your Love (London trio)

Outlaws - (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (Henry Paul had departed prior to this period but would resurface in Blackhawk.)

Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love (Might as well face it you’re a _____ in love.)

John Parr - Naughty, Naughty (Perhaps John was a casualty of the St. Elmo’s Fire when he provided the song for the soundtrack.)

Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy extended version (This version was cooler than the album version. Alan cut his teeth helping out in the production of the Beatles Abby Road.)

Michael Penn - No Myth (Future Mr. Aimee Mann had a bit part in Footloose.)

Steve Perry - Oh Sherry (She could have been Sherry Perry.)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Rebels (Tom sounds more like Dylan than ever on this track. I just don’t hear it anymore.)

Tom Petty - It’s Good to be King (If you don’t believe him ask Mel Brooks.)

Pink Floyd - Your Possible Pasts (Do you remember it? How it used to be? Do you think it could be…)

Planet P Project - Why Me (Great concept album followed by an even better one, Pink World. Tony Carey has released more Planet P Project tunes recently.)

Robert Plant - Burning Down One Side (That he did. Pictures at 11 rocks. Plant is a huge Love fan and has recently covered Love’s A House is not a Motel.)

Poco - Call it Love (Band reformed in ‘89.)

Poison - Every Rose has its Thorn (Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson found this out the hard way when a rose was tossed to him onstage and one of its thorns pierced one of his eyes.)

Police - Spirits in the Material World (Too bad materialism continues and people have not re-humanized themselves. Drummer Stewart Copeland’s father was big in the CIA.)

Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One) (Former Stooge)

Pretenders - My City was Gone (Originally a B-Side only song. Now the city is still gone, and even worse, the song is being held hostage by Rush Limbaugh.)

Prince and the Revolution - Let’s Go Crazy (Doc Everything’ll be Alright)

Psychedelic Furs - Love my Way (From fantastic LP Forever Now)

Quarterflash - Take me to Heart (Lead singer Rindy Ross, a household name, not)

Queen - Life is Real (Song written for Lennon. See earlier material for best results.)

Queensryche - Silent Lucidity (Started the Bellevue, Washington scene.)

Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head (Metal Health) (Kevin Dubrow, singer, did the station ID for Rock 105.)

Radiohead - Creep (Better Karma lay ahead for this band. Tears for Fears would cover this tune.)

Rainbow - Stone Cold (Tony Carey would evolve from this band.)

Ratt - Lay it Down (LA hair quintet)

Lou Reed - I Love You, Suzanne (Lou with a dance hit?)

R.E.M. - Man on the Moon (Andy are you goofing on Elvis?)

REO Speedwagon - Tough Guys (Contains a Little Rascals sample at the beginning as well as the s word.)

Robbie Robertson - Showdown at Big Sky (Former Band singer Robertson has the BoDeans providing background vocals.)

Rolling Stones - Undercover of the Night (Violent video that rocked)

David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo/ I ain’t got Nobody (remke of Ted Lewis’s 1931 #1 hit and Marion Harris’s 1921 #3 hit, but their videos were not as hot.)

Roxy Music - More Than This (Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, and Andy MacKay)

RTZ - Until your Love Comes Back Around (Return to Zero, 2 former Boston members)

Todd Rundgren - Bang the Drum all Day (Todd produced albums by Badfinger, Grand Funk, Meat Loaf and others.)

Rush - Time Stand Still (With Aimee Mann of course. They have recently remade Love’s 7 & 7 Is.)

Saga - On the Loose (Toronto band)

Santana - Winning (Alex Ligertwood vocalist from 1981 - 1990)

Scandal Featuring Patti Smyth - The Warrior (Bang Bang)

Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Sequel to Bowie’s Space Oddity)

Scorpions - Wind of Change (Best Berlin Wall is down hopeful song)

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Tryin’ to Live My Life Without You (Live in Boston 1980)

Charlie Sexton - Beats so Lonely (Teen guitar wonder)

Paul Simon - Graceland (Fantastic album too. Everly Brothers provide background vocals on this.)

Simple Minds - Don’t You (Forget About Me) (Breakfast Club soundtrack, leader Jim Kerr married Chrissie Hynde. It did not last.)

Slade - Run Runaway (The one with the chameleon in it.)

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (Later remade by Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme.)

Spirit - I Got a Line on You (Remake of their 60’s hit on their Spirit of ‘84 album.)

Rick Springfield - Jessie’s Girl (Skinny tie days. I liked better in the cartoon Mission Magic.)

Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99 (Johnny Cash sounding tune)

Billy Squier - Emotions in Motion (One I haven’t heard in a while)

Rod Stewart - Love Touch (From Legal Eagles, not his best era.)

Sting - Fortress Around Tour Heart (I prefer his Police days.)

Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut (Cool guys. I spent time with them when they recorded an album in Chattanooga. Brian Setzer says he was sold on the 50’s sound when he heard the B-Side of Be-Bop-A-Lu-La.)

Styx - Too Much Time on my Hands (From Paradise Theatre, an album in which some copies had special album cover designs etched in the vinyl.)

Supertramp - Cannonball (James Bond feel)

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (Jim Peterik, the keyboardist was the singer of the Ides of March.)

Talking Heads - Burning Down the House (All 365 degrees of this song were accidentally played on a religious station in Chattanooga when I visited a friend to copy the song on a cart for another station where I was employed.)

Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels (Band has recently reunited.)

Tesla - Signs (Five Man Electrical Band cover)

38 Special - Teacher Teacher (Teachers soundtrack)

George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Gear Jammer (Delaware based band)

‘til Tuesday - Voices Carry (Aimee Mann is even greater as a solo artist performing some of the best rock today. Look for the Forgotten Arm soon.)

Timbuk 3 - The Future’s so Bright, I gotta Wear Shades (Husband and wife duo recorded this track on their tape machine.)

Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/ Jenny (Tommy Heath lead singer)

Toto - Rosanna (Written for Rosanna Arquette)

Traveling Wilburys - Tweeter and the Monkey Man (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison in a band. Dylan wrote this tune channeling Bruce Springsteen.)

Twisted Sister - We’re not Gonna Take It (Dee Snider does better here than on the band’s re,ake of Leader of the Pack.)

Ultravox - Reap the Wild Wind (Midge Ure’s band)

Urge Overkill - Sister Havana (Track from Saturation, an album that rocks about as hard as it gets.)

U2 - New Years Day (First American video and first hit. The band does not always live up to its potential, but, perhaps it has a better potential than all others.)

Van Halen - Why Can’t this be Love (actually Van Hagar)

Stevie Ray Vaughn - Superstition (Stevie Wonder cover)

Vaughn Brothers - Tick Tock (A song of peace.)

Waitresses - I Know what Boys Like (the late Patty Donahue sang with
Alice Cooper on I Like Girls on his Zipper Catches Skin LP.)

Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio (Leader Stan Ridgway still releases great albums.)

Joe Walsh - Ordinary Average Guy (Recorded in Chattanooga, funny tune.)

Wang Chung - To Live and Die in L. A. extended version (Originally known as Huang Chung)

Roger Waters - 5:01 (The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking Pt. 10) (Former Floyd co-vocalist namedrops Yoko in the lyrics.)

Whitesnake - Still of the Night (David Coverdale does a convincing Zeppelin clone that eventually results in Jimmy Page recording with him.)

Who - You Better You Bet (You better bet your life or….)

Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (See Steve’s Traffic material first.)

World Party - Put the Message in a Box (Karl Wallinger was a Waterboy.)

X - Hungry Wolf (Ray Manzerek of the Doors produced this band at one time.)

Yes - It Can Happen (From 90125 not 90210.)

Neil Young - This Note’s for You (Won video of the year on MTV even though they did not play the tune since it criticized them.)

Frank Zappa - Valley Girl (This tune was criticizing people who talked that way not romanticizing it. Unfortunately we had to endure what was to come.)

Zebra - Who’s Behind the Door (Zeppelin style New Orleans trio.)

ZZ Top - Delirious (The trio appeared in Back to the Future III.