Sunday, February 5, 2012

The Most Important Songs of the Rock Era--Songs That Changed the World: The Complete Series

In case you missed it, here's a recap of the series we did that started in September and ran into the new year.  These are the songs with their powerful lyrics that helped, in their own way, to change the world:


September 1:  "Turn!  Turn!  Turn!" by the Byrds

September 2:  "Think" by Aretha Franklin

September 3:  "Time For Livin'" by the Association

September 4:  "Independent Women" by Destiny's Child

September 5:  "People Got To Be Free" by the Rascals

September 6:  "Heaven Help Us All" by Stevie Wonder

September 7:  "Firework" by Katy Perry

September 8:  "Sky Pilot" by the Animals

September 9:  "Calling All Angels" by Train


September 10:  "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian

September 11:  "Fragile" by Sting

September 12:  "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" by George Harrison



September 13--"Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen


September 14--"Pride (In the Name of Love)" by U2


September 15--"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" by Johnny Rivers


September 16--"Sing" by the Carpenters


September 17--"If Today Was Your Last Day" by Nickelback


September 18--"Everything I Own" by Bread


September 19--"The Fear" by Lily Allen


September 20--"Put Your Hand in the Hand" by Ocean


September 21--"The Message" by Grandmaster Flash


September 22--"Just a Girl" by No Doubt


September 23--"You Found Me" by the Fray

September 24--"Everyday People" by Sly & the Family Stone

September 25--"Luka" by Suzanne Vega

September 26--"Peace Train" by Cat Stevens

September 27--"In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans

September 28--"The House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals

September 29--"If Everyone Cared" by Nickelback

September 30--"Mother's Pride" by George Michael

October 1--"100 Years" by Five for Fighting

October 2--"Enter the Young" by the Association


October 3--"The Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston

October 4--"Lyin' Eyes" by the Eagles

October 5--"Higher Love" by Steve Winwood

October 6--"Ball of Confusion" by the Temptations

October 7--"As" by Stevie Wonder

October 8--"Californication" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

October 9--"Waiting for the World to Change" by John Mayer

October 10--"Sweet Love" by the Commodores

October 11--"Sober" by Pink'


October 12--"Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder


October 13:  "Fly Like An Eagle" by the Steve Miller Band


October 14:  "Boy in the Bubble" by Paul Simon


October 15:  "What's Up" by 4 Non-Blondes


October 16:  "That's the Way of the World" by Earth, Wind & Fire


October 17:  "The Times They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan'


October 18:  "The Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen


October 19:  "Crystal Blue Persuasion" by Tommy James & the Shondells


October 20:  "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival


October 21:  "American Pie" by Don McLean


October 22:  "Indian Reservation" by Boise, Idaho's Paul Revere & the Raiders


October 23:  "Stop!  In the Name of Love" by the Supremes


October 24:  "The Last Resort" by the Eagles


October 25:  "I Got a Name" by Jim Croce


October 26:  "Give Peace a Chance" by John Lennon


October 27:  "Black & White" by Three Dog Night


October 28:  "Cherish" by Kool & the Gang


October 29:  "I Believe" by Blessid Union of Souls


October 30:  "One Day" by Matisyahu


October 31:  "San Francisco" by Scott McKenzie


November 1:  "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman



November 2:  "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana


November 3:  "Love Child" by the Supremes


November 4:  "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor


November 5:  "99 Luftballons" ("99 Luftballoons") by Nena


November 6:  "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley"


November 7:  "War" by Edwin Starr


November 8:  "Hell is For Children" by Pat Benatar


November 9:  "Pink Houses" by John Mellencamp


November 10:  "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum


November 11:  "When Doves Cry" by Prince


November 12:  "Blowin in the Wind" by Peter, Paul & Mary


November 13:  "All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles


November 14:  "Southern Man" by Neil Young


November 15:  "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology Song)" by Marvin Gaye


November 16:  "Love Is the Answer" by England Dan & John Ford Coley


November 17:  "Praying for Time" by George Michael


November 18:  "Saturday in the Park" by Chicago


November 19:  "Slip Slidin' Away" by Paul Simon


November 20:  "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" by Don Henley


November 21:  "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly



November 22:  "Try a Little Kindness" by Glen Campbell


November 23:  "No Such Thing" by John Mayer


November 24:  "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison


November 25:  "Village Ghetto Land" by Stevie Wonder


November 26:  "Bless the Beasts and the Children" by the Carpenters


November 27:  "Waterfalls" by TLC


November 28:  "This One's for the Girls" by Martina McBride


November 29:  "From a Distance" by Bette Midler


November 30:  "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire


December 1:  "Kicks" by Paul Revere & the Raiders



December 2:  "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson


December 3:  "What the World Needs Now Is Love" by Jackie DeShannon


December 4:  "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye


December 5:  "You Always Get What You Give" by the New Radicals


December 6:  "We Are the World" by U.S.A. for Africa


December 7:  "Respect" by Aretha Franklin

December 8:  "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat Mudd


December 9:  "Easy to Be Hard" by Three Dog Night


December 10:  "Survivor" by Destiny's Child


December 11:  "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio



December 12:  "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young



December 13:  "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum

December 14:  "Make It Happen" by Mariah Carey

December 15:  "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy


December 16:  "Shambala" by Three Dog Night

December 17:  "In the Ghetto" by Elvis Presley

December 18:  "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin

December 19:  "Heal the World" by Michael Jackson

December 20:  "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield

December 21:  "I Hope You Dance" by LeeAnn Womack


December 22:  "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins

December 23:  "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.

December 24:  "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" by Jackie DeShannon

December 25:  "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel


December 26:  "One Tin Soldier" by Original Caste

December 27:  "Hero" by Mariah Carey

December 28:  "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield


December 29:  "He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother" by the Hollies

December 30:  "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by the 5th Dimension

December 31:  "Flashdance (What A Feeling)" by Irene Cara

January 1:  "Imagine" by John Lennon

January 2:  "Love Train" by the O'Jays

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