junk said:
Some of my favs:
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Walk of Life - Dire Straits
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Love Street - The Doors
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Crash Into Me, Trippin' Billies, Stay - Dave Matthews Band
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
The Heart of Rock and Roll - Huey Lewis and the News
Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp
I'm A Believer - Monkees (yeah, no one else will put the Monkees)
Black Betty - Ram Jam
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Stuck in the Middle - Stealer's Wheel
My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
You Can call me Al - Paul Simon
Highwayman - Highwayman (Willie, Johnny, Waylon, Kris Kristofferson)
More Human Than Human - White Zombie
Train in Vain - The Clash
Lemme tell ya a story about "Black Betty"
When I had my first recording contract, I was a kid...We were the scubs in the record company...at that time, it was called "Magna Glide" records...owned by Kasentez and Katz...two crooks. They had pioneered the bubble gum sound of the Ohio Express, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Tommy James, etc...
They took a nose dive and then decided to come back.
We were signed...we actually performed as the Ohio Express...which was a hoot because we were a fairly heavy band...so we'd play something by Led Zep...Bad Co..and then "Yummy Yummy"...
Anyway...we went to the studio one night and recorded a song called "Dancin"...sorta a Rolling Stones type sound...but we clubbed it...brought it more into a dance feel during the session. It was screamin'.
We left the studio at around 6AM...I got home, crashed and was awoken by the studio at around 10..."Get the guys together and come back in"
Long story short, the two big shots LOVED the song "Dancin"...they said, in utter astonishment "You've heard the saying "out of left field"...well this isn't even in the ball park...we've been looking for the first song to release on the new label...and its gonna be this one but we need you guys to re-record it"
Well, three very tired kids cracked under the pressure of getting the song as good as it had been the night before...we were tired of playing it...didn't have the energy...and the pressure was way too much for us...they wanted the song recorded that day....no questions asked.
So we bombed...and guess what song they released instead?
Yeah, friggin' Black Betty bam alam...stupid song!...
I HATE that song!!!!!!!!