Tired of the same ol' same ol'?
Let's take a ride.
The new list:
Bing Crosby - What's New?
INXS - New Sensation
Jethro Tull - New Day Yesterday
Husker Du - New Day Rising
Marilyn Manson - New Model No. 15
Tommy James & The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion
Rush - New World Man
Patti LaBelle - New Attitude
The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New
Duran Duran - New Moon on Monday
Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
Hello - New York Groove
Huey Lewis & The News - I Want A New Drug
Snew - Something New Everybody Wants

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BTwqARmm11yaytpI2NYoc?si=5885f416311f4c9f

Songs that tell tall tales.
The list:
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Tales of the Unexpected
Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died
Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
Jerry Reed - Amos Moses
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe
Vicki Lawrence - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
The Who - Pinball Wizard
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
THin Lizzy - Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Don McLean - American Pie
Limahl - Never Ending Story
Nazareth - Telegram
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4sSWUqcuzdBzWaN7wSo3fp?si=de6aa73920ac4685

Vampires look out here comes a solar flash!
Sensational sun songs:
Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
Dwight Twilley Band - Just Like The Sun
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun
The Police - Invisible Sun
Fishbone - Everyday Sunshine
Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
The Outlaws - Hurry Sundown
Billy Thorpe - Children Of The Sun
Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1uFN1tX10D9ULcU1yJcYOJ?si=1905cc6eed494879

Is your life a Hollywood movie? Be prepared to suspend disbelief.
The Hollywood playlist:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Hollywood (Africa)
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Walking On Sunset
Don Henley - Sunset Grill
Billy Idol - L.A. Woman
Dio - Hollywood Black
Bootsy Collins - Hollywood Squares
System Of A Down - Lost In Hollywood
Rainbow - Lost In Hollywood
The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
Billy Joel - Say Goodbye to Hollywood
Junkyard - Hollywood
David Bowie - Cracked Actor
Thin Lizzy - Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)
Bob Seger - Hollywood Nights
Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2FjuOuat9Salpdy9tRDjOv?si=6d42baeeb14b4552

Songs about adventurous times.
Playlist:
Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride
Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
ZZ Top - Jesus Just Left Chicago
Kansas - Point of Know Return
Johnny Cash - (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Iron Maiden - Flight of Icarus
Queen - Ogre Battle
Michael Schenker Group - Desert Song
Dio - Egypt (The Chains Are On)
Judas Priest - Desert Plains
Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls
Three Dog Night - Shambala

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DoQ8WPVhnJ5XNfelnawFr?si=01bc584a457747da

Songs about Rock & Roll.
Playlist:
Peter, Paul & Mary - I Dig Rock and Roll Music
Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart of Rock And Roll
Ramones - Rock 'n' Roll High School
The Who - Long Live Rock
Rainbow - Long Live Rock N Roll
Chris LeDoux - Even Cowboys Like A Little Rock And Roll
Rose Tattoo - Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw
Bad Company - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
Dio - King Of Rock and Roll
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - A New Rock & Roll
Doro - Rock Till Death
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll
Y&T - Rock & Roll's Gonna Save The World
Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6T7qLpvjkk2Uyd7UJNiuCY?si=ab81c001d08346ba

More songs from the timeline.
Time drive two:
Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock
The Outsiders - Time Won't Let Me
The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side
Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour
Van Halen - Where Have All The Good Times Gone!
Eric Clapton - After Midnight
David Bowie - Time
Black Sabbath - Time Machine
Hughes/Thrall - Where Did The Time Go
Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis
Journey - Anytime
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time Warp

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6h6HaC0Q2WDiwowXXPWWwO?si=7e841056eedd4cb9

Time is slipping, time is warped.
Songs about time:
The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
Cheap Trick - Clock Strikes Ten
The Guess Who - No Time
Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands
The S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do it Right)
Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute
Grand Funk Railroad - Bad Time
Deep Purple - Child In Time
Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight
Pink Floyd - Time
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time Warp

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HRlR2hFFxIiBS9tJ1XWj8?si=10ff76968d9a4b41

Songs for America on the 4th of July!
Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
James Brown - Living In America
Steve Miller Band - Living In The U.S.A.
Lenny Kravitz - American Woman
Team America - America F**K Yeah!
David Bowie - Young Americans
Kim Wilde - Kids In America
The Cult - American Horse
Keel - 4th Of July
Sweet - 4th Of July
David Lee Roth - Yankee Rose
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl
John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.
Night Ranger - (You Can Still) Rock In America
Montrose - Rock The Nation

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3uGCwgyTfE7FFHbdtfNV36?si=c13ab399fbf14e7f

I'll be your designated driver if you care to imbibe.
Here's some good drinking songs:
The Irish Rovers - Drunken Sailor
Roger Miller - Chug-A-Lug
The Champs - Tequila
Eagles - Tequila Sunrise
Sammy Hagar - Mas Tequila
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
Metallica -Whiskey in the Jar
Pat Travers Band - Snortin' Whiskey
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
Van Halen - Take Your Whiskey Home
UB40 - Red Red WIne
Guns N' Roses - Nightrain
George Thorogood - I Drink Alone
ZZ Top - Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
Fear - More Beer
Black Sabbath - Trashed
Kiss - Cold Gin
Social Distortion - Ball and Chain
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night)
Foghat - Chateau Lafitte '59 Boogie

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63cvW2niUYTJBW6rkaL83s?si=ba84410e9d124d03

There's no shortage of songs about food.
From the food truck:
Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day-O)
Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
Kim Mitchell - Go For Soda
Average White Band - Cut The Cake
Bessie Smith - Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Frank Sinatra - The Coffee Song
ZZ Top - TV Dinners
Van Halen - Poundcake
Steamroller - Salivate
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
James Brown - Mother Popcorn
Montrose - Rock Candy

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4KELIrbLu6wj4GSMFsUHDR?si=1e65f488122e4b6f

Part two of great songs with horns.
Horny list #2:
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
Louis Jordan - Five Guys Named Moe
Golden Earring - Radar Love
Foreigner - Urgent
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlan - Besame Mucho
Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop & Fly
United States Marine Band - Entry of the Gladiators
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Joe Williams & Count Basie - Everyday I Have The Blues
Robert Preston - Seventy Six Trombones
Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Comin'
Buckcherry - Tight Pants
Snew - Sharpie
Louis Prima - Jump, Jive an' Wail

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/021x2eOjR4QPoSfWe6tyNR?si=e804668d55cf4a8d

Get out them horns and blow.
Songs that feature one or more horns.
The playlist:
Tower of Power - What is Hip?
Chicago - Questions 67 and 68
Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces
Lighthouse - One Fine Morning
The Power Station - Some Like It Hot
The Who - The Real Me
The Boxtops - The Letter
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Ohio Players - Skin Tight
Parliament - Handcuffs
The Spiral Staircase - More Today Than Yesterday
Santana - Everybody's Everything

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43PI0cbfCAlCYBvjFhinRc?si=9c0273000a5e45f8

I'm gonna turn everything happy for like ten minutes. Is that alright with you? Just 10 feel good minutes of happy. Can you give me that?
The happy all good joyful playlist:
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry be Happy
The Rolling Stones - Happy
Cream - I'm So Glad
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Blood, Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Ramones - We're A Happy Family
The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited
Al Green - Love and Happiness
Three Dog Night - Joy to the World
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0bLBnijUjwR3GmCi9DzWVs?si=8d0ccd61f193419d

Songs for troublemakers like us.
Let's do this:
The Clash - I Fought the Law
Judas Priest - Breaking the Law
Sweet - Little Willy
Scorpions - Bad Boys Running Wild
U.D.O. - Make the Move
Uriah Heep - Stealin'
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle
Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
AC/DC - Problem Child
ZZ Top - I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Iron Maiden - Wrathchild
Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man
Sam Kinison - Gonna Raise Hell
Cheech & Chong - Earache My Eye

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7i8nXty0smYOvKASLGswpY?si=4c1848eb702b4b95

In music as in life distortion is inevitable. The only difference is with music it's best when it's loud. In life... not so much.
Distortion at it's finest:
Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot
Budgie - Crash Course in Brain Surgery
Black Label Society - Bored to Tears
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
Grand Funk Railroad - Paranoid
The Black Keys - Hi/Lo
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
The Who - My Generation
ZZ Top - I Gotsta Get Paid
Graham Central Station - Earthquake
Audioslave - Cochise
The Kinks - You Really Got Me

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7aznGkLYFHu0GU1Tj4OF7d?si=60d3c33b5d5845a3

Is everybody stoned or is it just me?
Songs with stones:
Dick Dale - Third Stone from the Sun
The Monkees - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
Dr. Hook - The Cover of the "Rolling Stone"
Rainbow - Stone Cold
Humble Pie - Stone Cold Fever
Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic
The Stylistics - Stone in Love with You
Judas Priest - Bloodstone
Jimi Hendrix - Stone Free
Aerosmith - Chip Away the Stone
Robin Trower - Too Rolling Stoned
Journey - Stone in Love
Foghat - Stone Blue
Joe Walsh - Turn to Stone
Electric Light Orchestra - Turn to Stone
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6QBUJEQvfhNZXv95XGiuTm?si=6f5b8d6b5b584365

We are all in this to win this. That's We-dom!
The Wedom ride:
The Roches - We
Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero
Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore
The Chi-Lites - We Are Neighbors
Saxon - We Came Here To Rock
Todd Rundgren - We Gotta Get You A Woman
Pat Benatar - We Belong
10cc - The Things We Do For Love
The Go-Go's - We Got The Beat
Snew - We Do What We Want
War - Why Can't We Be Friends
Warlock - All We Are
Queen - We Are The Champions
USA For Africa - We Are The World
Dio - We Rock
Sister Sledge - We Are Family

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6BvlU4tYV7YIQHbDwTUFx1?si=be2fb819dedc4726

It's time to bring it. So let's bring it!
Bringing you these:
Led Zeppelin - Bring It On Home
The Animals - Don't Bring Me Down
Melissa Etheridge - Bring Me Some Water
Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me
Ben Harper - Bring The Funk
Traffic - Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter
Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
Suicidal Tendencies - You Can't Bring Me Down
Rick James - U Bring The Freak Out
Def Leppard - Bringin' On The Heartbreak
Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/15O1bHZK7Eaq7IAa3SsQ6F?si=aaed371612a24419

Just how long will all this last? Let's find out.
The Playlist:
Black Label Society - The Beginning.. At Last
The Misfits - Last Caress
The J. Geils Band - One Last Kiss
Montrose - Make It Last
The 5th Dimension - (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep At All
The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville
Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train to London
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance
Dio - The Last in Line
Donna Summer - Last Dance

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ms1y5bZFyBq9QTexQpjiU?si=2dbae5ae15164e56

We're gonna find out who's rough and tough e'nuff to say enough is enough.
The contenders:
Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Nashville Pussy - One Bad Mother
Michael Jackson - Bad
Ramones - Too Tough to Die
The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff
Ratt - You Think You're Tough
REO Speedwagon - Tough Guys
Tesla - Hang Tough
Def Leppard - She's Too Tough
Thin Lizzy - Toughest Street in Town
Issac Hayes - Theme from Three Tough Guys
Zapp - So Rough So Tough
ZZ Top - Rough Boy
Saxon - Rough and Ready
Whitesnake - Rough An' Ready
Pete Townshend - Rough Boys
Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xTn2tciVo5tamy2A0oeu0?si=cb62cb5b86364421

The only way to know if the science checks out is to conduct our own research.
In the laboratory:
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
Styx - Mr. Roboto
Kansas - Portrait (He Knew)
The Firm - Radioactive
David Bowie - Life on Mars?
UFO - Martian Landscape
Mahogany Rush - Moonwalk
Voivod - Astronomy Domine
Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy
Black Sabbath - Into The Void
Kiss - X-Ray Eyes
Parliament - Dr. Funkenstein
Huey Lewis & The News - Back In Time

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5CfGd9xWucfNcpJAHyTT86?si=4e478712a53c4d09

Songs with Gongs.
The list:
Judas Priest - The Hellion/Electric Eye
Kool & The Gang - Open Sesame
James Brown - My Thang
Metallica - Wherever I May Roam
UFO - Love to Love
Thin Lizzy - Soldier of Fortune
Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Know
Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds ofFire
Junior Brown - Hong Kong Blues
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Kiss - Almost Human
Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song
Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1TGsD7kHnuu2HeWqISKW2H?si=6f2f553bce38469b

Songs about getting what we need.
The Needful list:
The Ramones - I Need Your Love
The Cars - Just What I Needed
Ted Nugent - Need You Bad
Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving
Teena Marie - Need Your Lovin'
Humble Pie - I Don't Need No Doctor
Queen - Need Your Loving Tonight
Cheap Trick - Need Your Love
Sammy Hagar - I Don't Need Love
Graham Central Station - Feel The Need
Donny Osmond - Standing In The Need Of Love
James Gang - You're Gonna Need Me
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - I Need To Know
ZZ Top - Need You Tonight
Leo Sayer - When I Need You
INXS - What You Need
Dionne Warwick - What The World Needs Now (Is Love)
The Blues Brothers - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43hglGz2aY5Gado4cfLh5G?si=ad791c6e19634f98

Hard songs about hard situations.
The Hard drive:
Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies
The Partridge Family - Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Jet - Cold Hard Bitch
The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard
Judas Priest - Rock Hard Ride Free
Badlands - Hard Driver
Black Sabbath - A Hard Road
Tower of Power - So Very Hard to Go
Albert Collins - A Good Fool Is Hard To Find
Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money
Thin Lizzy - Ballad Of A Hard Man
Legs Diamond - A Diamond Is A Hard Rock
AC/DC - Hard as a Rock
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
The Black Crowes - Twice As Hard
The J. Geils Band - Hard Drivin' Man
Otis Redding - Hard to Handle

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3PDn3gq0HbVrYq3u5kOEXo?si=1a88099cd8d444ff