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SONGS THAT MADE MY LIFE BETTER

All Along the Watchtower, Castles Made of Sand, Manic Depression by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Machine Gun by Band of Gypsies

Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Superfly, Get Down by Curtis Mayfield

There Was a Time, Superbad by James Brown

Ramblin’ Man by The Allman Brothers

Til’ I Die, I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times, Caroline No, Wouldn’t It Be Nice, In My Room by The Beach Boys

Thunderstruck, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, For Those About To Rock by AC/DC

Not to Touch the Earth, Light My Fire by The Doors

Dare to Be Stupid, Hardware Store, Midnight Star by Weird Al Yankovic

Tribute by Tenacious D

Many Simpsons songs, Senor Burns and Can I Borrow a Feeling are particularly amazing

Pinball Wizard, Underture, The Song is Over, Won’t Get Fooled Again, Bargain from The Who

The theme songs from Hawaii Five-0, Simpsons, Mission Impossible, A-Team, James Bond

Whistling in the Dark, Dr. Worm, Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might Be Giants

Too Hot to Handle live by Heatwave

I Love Music, Put Your Hands Together, Darling by The O’ Jays

I’m So Glad, I Feel Free, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Deserted Cities of the Heart by Cream

Inner City Blues, I Head it Through the Grapevine, God is Love, I Want You, Where Are We Going? by Marvin Gaye

Old Landmark as performed in The Blues Brothers by James Brown and a large choir

On My Way by Mahalia Jackson

Brown Shoes Don’t Make It, Peaches En Regalia, Plastic People, I Am the Slime, Dancing Fool by Frank Zappa

Soul Sacrifice, Europa by Santana

Smells Like Teen Spirit, Lake of Fire by Nirvana

God is Trying To Tell You Something from The Color Purple soundtrack

Don’t Worry About the Government, This Must be the Place, Once in A Lifetime by Talking Heads

Wig, Give Me Back My Man, Dirty Back Road by The B-52’s

Gray Matter, Nasty Habits by Oingo Boingo

Contusion, My Cherie Amor, Golden Lady, Superwoman, Uptight by Stevie Wonder

Mighty Mighty, Boogie Wonderland, Reasons by Earth, Wind, and Fire

Scarborough Fair, The Boxer, Punky’s Dilemma by Simon and Garfunkel

Rock with You, Black or White, Break of Dawn by Michael Jackson Dancing Machine, I Want You Back, Blame it On the Boogie, Never Can Say Goodbye by The Jackson 5

Darling Nikki, Controversy, Uptown, A Love Bizarre, Fury by Prince

Tomorrow Never Knows, I am the Walrus, Norwegian Wood, Dear Prudence, Across the Universe, And I Love Her, Things We Said Today by The Beatles

Satisfaction, Jumping Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones

Ferries Wear Boots by Black Sabbath

When the Levee Breaks, The Battle of Evermore, How Many More Times, Immigrant Song, Babe I’m Gonna Leave You by Led Zeppelin

Live Wire, Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue

Smiling Faces by The Undisputed Truth, Temptations

Just My Imagination, My Girl, Losing You by The Temptations

Are You Man Enough, We Got To Get You a Woman by The Four Tops

Farewell to the Crowl by Chumbawumba

Ecstasy by Rusted Root

The Perfect Drug by Nine Inch Nails

Johnny Appleseed by Joe Strummer and the Mescalero’s

Everybody Wants Some, Jump by Van Halen

I Need More Love by Robert Randolph and The Family Band

Soul Man by Sam and Dave

I Will Follow, The Last Night On Earth, Drowning Man By U2

Lost in the Supermarket by The Clash

Devil’s Dance Floor, Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly

Bad Luck by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes

So What by Miles Davis

My Favorite Things, Naima by John Coltrane

Waiting in Vain by Bob Marley

Starchild, Standing on The Verge of Getting it On by Parliament/Funkadelic

A Little Tenderness, Shake by Otis Redding

The Lonely Surfer by Jack Nietzsche

Lush Life by Johnny Hartman

My Old Flame by Spike Jones

Jungle Love by Morris Day and The Time

Take the Money and Run, Living in the USA by The Steve Miller Band

You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine by Lou Rawls

Brazil by Frank Sinatra

Ventura Highway, A Horse with No Name by America

Old Man, Keep On Rocking in the Free World, Cinnamon Girl, Harvest Moon, The Needle and the Damage Done by Neil Young

The Residents

Under the Milky Way Tonight by The Church

Fight to Survive from The Bloodsport Soundtrack

Tears of a Clown, More Love by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

You Keep Me Hanging on by The Supremes

Live for Today by The Grass Roots

Boogie Chillen’ by John Lee Hooker

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood by The Animals

Incense and Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock

Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry

Heroes, Golden Years, Dead Man Walking by David Bowie

School’s Out by Alice Cooper

Let’s Stay Together, I’m Still in Love With You, Love and Happiness by Al Green

Go Your Own Way, Dreams, Big Love by Fleetwood Mac

Bennie and the Jets, Levon, Madman Across the Water by Elton John

Free Bird by Lynard Skynard

Kiss on My List, I Can't Go For That, One On One by Hall and Oates

Dance to the Music, Stand, Family Affair by Sly and the Family Stone

Live it Up by The Isley Brothers

Money, Another Brick in the Wall, Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd

I Want Your Love, Everybody Dance, Good Times by Chic

Alex Chilton, Bastards of Young, Androgynous by The Replacements

Quadrant 4 by Billy Cobham

Keep it Coming Love by KC and the Sunshine Band

You Should be Dancing by The Bee Gees

Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Babe by Barry White

Surf Wax America by Weezer

One, Blackened by Metallica

Room for One More by Anthrax

Rooster by Alice in Chains

Turning Japanese by The Vapors

My Sharona by The Knack

You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice by The Lovin’ Spoonful

Welcome to the Jungle by Guns and Roses

Rocky Theme Song, Hearts on Fire from Rocky

Push It to the Limit from Scarface

Layla by Derek and the Dominoes

King of the World, Reeling in the Years, Peg by Steely Dan

Tito Puente

Computer Love by Kraftwerk

I’ll be Around by The Spinners

In a Big Country by Big Country

Summer Madness, Celebration, Ladies Night by Kool and The Gang

Stepping Out by Joe Jackson

Stomp by The Brothers Johnson

Rotting Pinata, Sixteen Candles by Sponge

That’s All by Genesis

Run On by Moby

That’s Just The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby

The theme song from Night Court

Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy

Smokestack Lightning by Howling Wolf

Tetris Theme

Taxi Theme

Axel F

Little Fluffy Clouds by The Orb

This Fire by Franz Ferdinand

Woman by Wolfmother

Jerk it Out by Caesar’s

Clark Gable by The Postal Service

Booty Song by Tim Wilson

What’d I Say by Ray Charles

March of the Swivelheads, Mirror in the Bathroom by The English Beat

Turn Down Day by The Cyrkle

Living in the Past by Jethro Tull

On the Loose by Saga

Rebel Yell, White Wedding, Dancing With Myself by Billy Idol

Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel by The Tavares

Land Down Under, Who Can it Be Now by Men at Work

The Life Divine by John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana

Beck’s Bolero by The Jeff Beck Group

If Life were a musical bits, Hillsong parody, Stairway to Kevin by The Chaser’s

Themes from The Godfather, Mash, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Mash, Quantum Leap, Mad Men,

Grey’s Anatomy, The Twilight Zone, Sanford and Son, Endless Summer, Chips, Price is Right, Jeopardy!

Take Five by Al Jarreau

New Slang by The Shins

Remain by Jose Gonzalez

I'd Rather Dance With You, Failure, Mrs. Cold by The Kings of Convenience

KV Crimes, Pretty Pimpin by Kurt Vile

Don't Forget Who You Are by Miles Kane

Stoned and Starving by Parquet Courts

I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab for Cutie

Native New Yorker by Odyssey

Righteous by Dag

Ordinary People by John Legend

While not my absolute favorite genre of music, I appreciate rap.  I also realize that some of these musicians, like Outkast, Arrested Development, and PM Dawn may not even be considered rap.  Oh well. 

Some of my favorites: 

It’s Like That by Run DMC, One Love by Whodini, Love’s Gonna Get Cha by KRS One, Stay Fly by Three Six Mafia, Big Pimpin’ by Jay Z, White and Nerdy by Weird Al Yankovic, Fight the Power by Public Enemy, Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer, Jump by Kriss Kross, Juicy by Biggie Smalls, Til’ the End of Time by Tupac Shakur, Without Me by Eminem, Eye Know by De La Soul, Bush Knocked Down the Towers by Mos Def, Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, The World is Yours by Nas, Tha Crossroads by Bone Thugs and Harmony, Today Was a Good Day by Ice Cube, Diamonds are Forever by Kaye West, Bombs Over Baghdad by Outkast, Reality Used to be a Friend of Mine by PM Dawn, Still Fly by Big Tymers, Mr. Wendel by Arrested Development, The Breaks by Kurtis Blow, Rapper’s Delight by The Sugar Hill Gang, Push It by Salt N’ Pepper, Fantastic Voyage by Coolio, Regulate by Warren G, Sabotage by The Beastie Boys, Hip Hop Hooray by Naughty by Nature, What’s Happening by Common, Insane in the Brain by Cypress Hill, Frontin’ by Pharrell, Let Me Ride by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Eff Grandad by Thugnificent/Lethal Interjection , Pimpin’ All Over the World by Ludacris, I Wish by Too Short, Baby Got Back by Sir Mix A Lot, Rapping Rodney by Rodney Dangerfield, Prosperity by Rhymefest, Step Up by INI