Soul Frequency Radio - 12/27 Playlist - Bigelf & Yes Symphonic

Bigelf! Symphonic Yes! Celtic proggers Iona! Beatles! Stryper! Whatta' show.

Bigelf - Gravest Show On Earth (12:03)
Bigelf - Money, It's Pure Evil (7:10)
The Zombies - Care Of Cell 44 (3:56)
Iona - Trilogy (8:36)
Journey - Kohoutek (6:41)
Yes - Long Distance Runaround (5:43)
Yes - In the Presence Of (12:01)
Da - Return Of The Beat Menace - Da (2:59)
Yes - Starship Trooper (12:30)
The Beatles - I'll Be Back (2:26)
Bigelf - The Evils Of Rock & Roll (12:04)
Bigelf - The Game (9:45)
Yes - I've Seen All Good People (7:30)
Yes - Roundabout (6:04)
Stryper - Soldiers Under Command (5:04)
Stryper - Battle Hymn of the Republic (2:37)
Wyrick - Supernatural (3:26)
Stars on 45 – Beatles Medley (15:48)

Old Skool List - Top Pop Rock Songs of All Time (According to Me)

Hi folks:  Direct from October 2005 Xanga blog...some of my fave pop/rock songs of all time:

Top Pop-Rock Songs of All Time (According to Me) – Part 1 & 2

I promised this a while back. They are in no particular order. Note these are some of MY favorites songs, secular and sacred all mixed together. Kinda like our lives. Most (if not all!) of these songs actually charted somewhere. You kids should listen to these songs. Really.

The Zombies – Time of the Season – Perhaps the most perfect pop song EVER. Killer organ. Soaring harmonies. Magnetic hooks.

The Monkees – Pleasant Valley Sunday – So many Monkees songs to choose from! This is my fave though – an indictment of our shallow suburban life with an unforgettable guitar riff. My buddy Neal Morse says that is has a cool, prog-like chord change. And he would know.

Seal – Kiss from a Rose – Seal doesn’t like printed lyrics in his albums so I mostly have no idea what this song is supposed to mean. I like the la la section.

Audio Adrenaline – Ocean Floor – My favorite Biblical truth set to music. I like the guitar riff @ the bridge. AA grows up.

Supertramp – The Logical Song – Listen for the Mattel Football game sound FX. Great "I need to find my place in this world 'cause I'm kinda' lost" song.

The Beach Boys – God Only Knows – Man, this one kills me.

The Beatles – Abbey Road Side 2 – OK, I am cheating here. I can’t really pick one Beatles song. So I pick the entire album side. Hey, it’s my list. Sue me.

Keith Green – Until That Final Day – One of the few songs that can reduce me to a crying, blubbering mess. Really lays me out.

Electric Light Orchestra – Can’t Get it Out of My Head – One word: haunting. My favorite band ever so it was way hard to pick just one song.

Steely Dan – Deacon Blues - A song that tells a story-sorta' sad and depressing. But I like it. Deacon Blues is one of my nicknames, BTW.

The Imperials – Be Still My Soul - Good, mellow yummyness

Neal Morse – Cradle to Grave - OK, it did not chart. But if there were justice it WOULD have. I was in the studio while the drum track was cut by Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)

Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural - Woman - Don't get any ideas chump, I'm secure in my manhood. But this song is oh so cool, makes you feel like dancing around the room.

Neil Diamond – Solitary Man - One of the first 45 singles I owned. Back when Neil Diamond was cool.

George Harrison – What is Life - "Wall of Sound" single by the silent Beatle. Good stuff.

Badfinger – Day After Day - I have loved this song for years.

Phil Keaggy – Everywhere I Look - Perfect tribute to the Beatles. And more importantly, God.

Sweet – Ballroom Blitz - This manic bit of rock is still intensely cool after almost 30 years. Someday, when I have a band I am going to cover this song. And scare everyone while jumping around.

Steve Winwood – Back in the High Life - Classic. Great bridge. Features James Taylor on background vox.

The Byrds – Eight Miles High - Inspired guitar intro.

The Police – Message in a Bottle - The perfect driving song.

Spock’s Beard - June - Another "should have charted." The perfect singalong song.

Daniel Amos – Alarma!- A deceptively simple song with a wicked guitar lick. New wave wonderment.

Mercy Me – Word of God Speak - Another "reduce Barry to tears" song

I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family - I dare you to listen to this song and not sing along.

The Association – Never My Love - Whoa, sorta' cheezy, incredible harmony love song wonderment. Don't miss it.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - From the Beginning - I *must* learn to play this on my acoustic guitar befor I die.

Billy Joel – Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel was way-cool before he married supermodels and started writing classical music and driving his car into people's houses.

Grass Roots – Midnight Confession - OK, I *think* this is about a guy who is in love with a married person (hence morally I would kinda' have a problem with this song). However, I prefer to think that it is written to a girl about to get married to the wrong person. Rationalization? Perhaps. This song rox though. Has ba bas that I like to sing.

Jet – Radio Song - Kids, get this. Jet rips off my fave bands. But I like 'em.

Smokie Robinson & the Miracles – The Tears of Clown - Whoa, when Smokey sings I hear violins (that is another song, BTW). This song is incredible. I always wanted to cover this and make it rock way hard.

Ray Charles – Hit the Road Jack - This song makes me laugh.

Journey – Anytime/Feelin’ That Way - Two songs in one. Journey has become sort of a forgotten band equated with hefty cheese. But the boys could sing, and rock, and write anthemic love songs that make you think about your favorite girl.

Michael Roe – The Boat Ashore - Mike Roe makes me mad, 'cause he can rock AND write perfect pop songs. This is one of the best. Haunting.

Skypark – Wait for Me - Little known band that shoulda/coulda been huge. Produced by Ed Stasium, who produced classics from the Ramones.

Jars of Clay – Crazy Times - My favorite single from my favorite JOC album. They need to stop trying to be Johnny Cash and do another classic pop-rock album. Yup.

Paul McCartney – Maybe I’m Amazed - Whoa. Killer piano. Way-classic guitar lick. Sing it to your favorite gal.

Switchfoot – New Way to Be Human - Still my fave Switchfoot album. I love this video.

Cheap Trick – I Want You to Want Me - Again, near perfect. Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying/didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying/feeling all alone without a friend you know you feel like dying/Oh didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying...

Rock n Roll Worship Circus – Untitled - Dadgummit, now RRWC has gone and renamed the band to "The Listening" and they don't do worship anymore. Bummer. But this one (from their swan song as RRWC) is incredible. Fender Rhodes piano, & a simple lyric about a lost & found guy. I can play air drums to this, BTW.

The Call – I Still Believe - Great song! The original is the best IMHO, but the covers by Russ Taff and James Clay are pretty cool. Wicked, big thumping bass line that starts the song.

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