What songs do you think the idols should sing for Rock week, next week? Lat season the Idols chose from the Rock n Roll Hall of Fames “500 Songs that Shaped Rock n Roll. I have included that list inside:
AC/DC, “Back in Black”
AC/DC, “Highway to Hell”
Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys, “Wabash Cannonball”
Aerosmith, “Dream On”
Aerosmith, “Toys in the Attic”
Afrika Bambaataa, “Planet Rock”
The Allman Brothers Band, “Ramblin’ Man”
The Allman Brothers Band, “Whipping Post”
The Animals, “The House of the Rising Sun”
The Animals, “We Gotta Get Out of This Place”
Louis Armstrong, “West End Blues”
Arrested Development, “Tennessee”
The B-52′s, “Rock Lobster”
LaVern Baker, “Jim Dandy”
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, “Work With Me Annie”
The Band, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
The Band, “The Weight”
Beach Boys, “California Girls”
Beach Boys, “Don’t Worry Baby”
Beach Boys, “God Only Knows”
Beach Boys, “Good Vibrations”
Beach Boys, “Surfin’ U.S.A.”
The Beastie Boys, “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)”
The Beatles, “A Day in the Life”
The Beatles, “Help!”
The Beatles, “Hey Jude”
The Beatles, “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
The Beatles, “Norwegian Wood”
The Beatles, “Strawberry Fields Forever”
The Beatles, “Yesterday”
The Beau Brummels, “Laugh Laugh”
Beck, “Loser”
Jeff Beck Group, “Plynth (Water Down the Drain)”
The Bee Gees, “Stayin’ Alive”
Archie Bell and the Drells, “Tighten Up”
Chuck Berry, “Johnny B. Goode”
Chuck Berry, “Maybelline”
Chuck Berry, “Rock and Roll Music”
The Big Bopper, “Chantilly Lace”
Big Brother and the Holding Company, “Piece of My Heart”
Big Star, “September Gurls”
Black Sabbath, “Iron Man”
Black Sabbath, “Paranoid”
Bobby Blue Bland, “Turn On Your Love Light”
Blondie, “Heart of Glass”
Kurtis Blow, “The Breaks”
Gary U.S. Bonds, “Quarter to Three”
Booker T. & the M.G.’s, “Green Onions”
Boston, “More Than a Feeling”
David Bowie, “Fame”
David Bowie, “Space Oddity”
David Bowie, “Ziggy Stardust”
The Box Tops, “The Letter”
Charles Brown, “Driftin’ Blues”
James Brown, “I Got You (I Feel Good)”
James Brown, “Please, Please, Please”
James Brown, “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud”
Ruth Brown, “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean”
Jackson Browne, “Late for the Sky”
Buffalo Springfield, “For What It’s Worth”
Solomon Burke, “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love”
Johnny Burnette Trio, “Train Kept a-Rollin’”
The Byrds, “Eight Miles High”
The Byrds, “Hickory Wind”
The Byrds, “Mr. Tambourine Man”
Johnny Cash, “Folsom Prison Blues”
Johnny Cash, “I Walk the Line”
The Champs, “Tequila”
Gene Chandler, “Duke of Earl”
The Chantays, “Pipeline”
Ray Charles, “Hallelujah I Love Her So”
Ray Charles, “I Got a Woman”
Ray Charles, “What’d I Say”
Chubby Checker, “The Twist”
Chic, “Le Freak”
Charlie Christian with The Benny Goodman Orchestra, “Solo Flight”
Eric Clapton, “After Midnight”
Dave Clark Five, “Glad All Over”
The Clash, “London Calling”
Jimmy Cliff, “Many Rivers to Cross”
Jimmy Cliff, “The Harder They Come”
Patsy Cline, “I Fall to Pieces”
The Clovers, “Love Potion No. 9”
The Coasters, “Yakety Yak”
The Coasters, “Young Blood”
Eddie Cochran, “C’mon Everybody”
Eddie Cochran, “Summertime Blues”
Joe Cocker, “With a Little Help From My Friends”
The Contours, “Do You Love Me”
Sam Cooke, “A Change Is Gonna Come”
Sam Cooke, “Bring It on Home to Me”
Sam Cooke, “You Send Me”
Alice Cooper, “I’m Eighteen”
Elvis Costello, “Pump It Up”
The Count Five, “Psychotic Reaction”
Country Joe and the Fish, “The Fish Cheer and I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag”
Don Covay, “Mercy Mercy”
Cream, “Crossroads”
Cream, “Sunshine of Your Love”
Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Fortunate Son”
Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Green River”
Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Proud Mary”
Crosby, Stills and Nash, “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, “Ohio”
The Crows, “Gee”
The Crystals, “Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)”
The Crystals, “He’s a Rebel”
Culture Club, “Time (Clock of the Heart)”
Dick Dale and the Del-Tones, “Let’s Go Trippin’”
The Damned, “New Rose”
Danny & the Juniors, “At the Hop”
Bobby Darin, “Splish Splash”
Spencer Davis Group, “Gimme Some Lovin’”
De La Soul, “Me Myself and I”
Deep Purple, “Smoke on the Water”
The Dell-Vikings, “Come Go With Me”
The Dells, “Oh, What a Night”
The Delmore Brothers, “Hillbilly Boogie”
Derek and the Dominos, “Layla”
Devo, “Whip It”
Bo Diddley, “Bo Diddley”
Dion and the Belmonts, “A Teenager in Love”
Dire Straits, “Sultans of Swing”
The Dixie Cups, “Chapel of Love”
The Dixie Hummingbirds, “I’ll Live Again”
Bill Doggett, “Honky Tonk”
Fats Domino, “Ain’t That a Shame”
Fats Domino, “Blueberry Hill”
The Dominoes, “Sixty Minute Man”
Lonnie Donegan, “Rock Island Line”
Donovan, “Sunshine Superman”
The Doors, “Light My Fire”
The Doors, “The End”
Dr. Dre, “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang”
Dr. John, “Right Place Wrong Time”
The Drifters, “Money Honey”
The Drifters, “There Goes My Baby”
The Drifters, “Up on the Roof”
Duran Duran, “Hungry Like the Wolf”
Bob Dylan, “Blowin’ in the Wind”
Bob Dylan, “Like a Rolling Stone”
Bob Dylan, “Subterranean Homesick Blues”
Bob Dylan, “Tangled Up in Blue”
Bob Dylan, “The Times They Are a-Changin’”
The Eagles, “Hotel California”
The Eagles, “Take It Easy”
Duane Eddy, “Rebel Rouser”
Eurythmics, “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”
The Everly Brothers, “All I Have to Do Is Dream”
The Everly Brothers, “Bye Bye Love”
The 5 Satins, “In the Still of the Night”
The Flamingos, “I Only Have Eyes for You”
Fleetwood Mac, “Go Your Own Way”
The Flying Burrito Brothers, “Sin City”
The 4 Seasons, “Big Girls Don’t Cry”
The 4 Seasons, “Walk Like a Man”
The Four Tops, “Baby I Need Your Loving”
The Four Tops, “Reach Out I’ll Be There”
Aretha Franklin, “Chain of Fools”
Aretha Franklin, “I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)”
Aretha Franklin, “Respect”
Free, “All Right Now”
The Bobby Fuller Four, “I Fought the Law”
Lowell Fulson, “Reconsider Baby”
Funkadelic, “One Nation Under a Groove”
Peter Gabriel, “Biko”
Cecil Gant, “We’re Gonna Rock”
Marvin Gaye, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
Marvin Gaye, “Sexual Healing”
Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On”
Gerry and the Pacemakers, “How Do You Do It?”
Gary Glitter, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Part 2”
Go-Go’s, “We Got the Beat”
Golden Gate Quartet, “Rock My Soul”
Grand Funk Railroad, “We’re an American Band”
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, “The Message”
The Grateful Dead, “Dark Star”
The Grateful Dead, “Uncle John’s Band”
Al Green, “Let’s Stay Together”
Guitar Slim, “The Things That I Used to Do”
Guns N’ Roses, “Welcome to the Jungle”
Woody Guthrie, “Pastures of Plenty”
Woody Guthrie, “Pretty Boy Floyd”
Woody Guthrie, “This Land Is Your Land”
Bill Haley and His Comets, “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock”
Slim Harpo, “Rainin’ in My Heart”
Wynonie Harris, “Good Rockin’ Tonight”
Wilbert Harrison, “Kansas City”
Dale Hawkins, “Suzy-Q”
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, “I Put a Spell on You”
Richard Hell & the Voidoids, “(I Belong to the) Blank Generation”
Jimi Hendrix, “All Along the Watchtower”
Jimi Hendrix, “Purple Haze”
Jimi Hendrix, “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”
The Hollies, “Bus Stop”
Buddy Holly, “Peggy Sue”
Buddy Holly and The Crickets, “That’ll Be the Day”
John Lee Hooker, “Boogie Chillun”
John Lee Hooker, “Boom Boom”
Howlin’ Wolf, “Smokestack Lightnin’”
Howlin’ Wolf, “Spoonful”
Howlin’ Wolf, “The Red Rooster”
Human League, “Don’t You Want Me?”
Mississippi John Hurt, “Stack o’ Lee Blues”
Hüsker Dü, “Turn on the News”
The Impressions, “People Get Ready”
The Ink Spots, “If I Didn’t Care”
Iron Butterfly, “In-a-Gadda-da-Vida”
The Isley Brothers, “It’s Your Thing”
The Isley Brothers, “Shout — Parts 1 & 2”
Jackson 5, “ABC”
Jackson 5, “I Want You Back”
Mahalia Jackson, “Move on Up a Little Higher”
Michael Jackson, “Beat It”
Michael Jackson, “Billie Jean”
Elmore James, “Dust My Broom”
Elmore James, “Shake Your Moneymaker”
Etta James, “Tell Mama”
Rick James, “Super Freak”
Tommy James and the Shondells, “Hanky Panky”
Jan & Dean, “Surf City”
Jane’s Addiction, “Been Caught Stealin’”
Jefferson Airplane, “Somebody to Love”
Jefferson Airplane, “White Rabbit”
Blind Lemon Jefferson, “Matchbox Blues”
Jethro Tull, “Aqualung”
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”
Billy Joel, “Just the Way You Are”
Elton John, “Bennie and the Jets”
Elton John, “Your Song”
Little Willie John, “Fever”
Blind Willie Johnson, “Motherless Children”
Robert Johnson, “Crossroads Blues”
Robert Johnson, “Hell Hound on My Trail”
Robert Johnson, “Love in Vain”
Robert Johnson, “Sweet Home Chicago”
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, “Caldonia”
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, “Saturday Night Fish Fry”
Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Albert King, “Born Under a Bad Sign”
B.B. King, “Sweet Little Angel”
B.B. King, “The Thrill Is Gone”
Ben E. King, “Spanish Harlem”
Ben E. King, “Stand by Me”
Carole King, “You’ve Got a Friend”
Freddy King, “Hide Away”
The Kingsmen, “Louie Louie”
The Kinks, “A Well Respected Man”
The Kinks, “Lola”
The Kinks, “You Really Got Me”
Kiss, “Rock and Roll All Nite”
Buddy Knox, “Party Doll”
Kraftwerk, “Autobahn”
LL Cool J, “Mama Said Knock You Out”
Cyndi Lauper, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”
Leadbelly, “The Midnight Special”
Led Zeppelin, “Dazed and Confused”
Led Zeppelin, “Rock and Roll”
Led Zeppelin, “Stairway to Heaven”
Led Zeppelin, “Whole Lotta Love”
The Left Banke, “Walk Away Renee”
John Lennon, “Give Peace a Chance”
John Lennon, “Imagine”
John Lennon, “Instant Karma (We All Shine On)”
Jerry Lee Lewis, “Great Balls of Fire”
Jerry Lee Lewis, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”
Little Eva, “The Loco-Motion”
Little Feat, “Dixie Chicken”
Little Walter, “Juke”
Professor Longhair, “Tipitina”
The Lovin’ Spoonful, “Do You Believe in Magic”
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, “I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent”
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”
Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Free Bird”
Madonna, “Like a Virgin”
The Mamas and the Papas, “California Dreamin’”
The Marcels, “Blue Moon”
Bob Marley and The Wailers, “Lively Up Yourself”
Bob Marley and The Wailers, “No Woman, No Cry”
Martha and the Vandellas, “Dancing in the Street”
Martha and the Vandellas, “(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave”
Curtis Mayfield, “Superfly”
M.C. Hammer, “U Can’t Touch This”
Paul McCartney, “Maybe I’m Amazed”
Barry McGuire, “Eve of Destruction”
Don McLean, “American Pie”
Blind Willie McTell, “Statesboro Blues”
John Cougar Mellencamp, “Authority Song”
Metallica, “Enter Sandman”
Midnight Oil, “Beds Are Burning”
Amos Milburn, “Let’s Have a Party”
Steve Miller Band, “Fly Like an Eagle”
The Miracles, “Going to a Go-Go”
The Miracles, “The Tracks of My Tears”
The Miracles, “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me”
Joni Mitchell, “Help Me”
Moby Grape, “Omaha”
The Monkees, “I’m a Believer”
The Monkees, “Last Train to Clarksville”
The Monotones, “Book of Love”
Bill Monroe, “Mule Skinner Blues”
The Moody Blues, “Nights in White Satin”
The Moonglows, “Sincerely”
Van Morrison, “Brown Eyed Girl”
Van Morrison, “Madame George”
Van Morrison, “Moondance”
The Mothers of Invention, “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It”
Mott the Hoople, “All the Young Dudes”
Ricky Nelson, “Hello Mary Lou”
Aaron Neville, “Tell It Like It Is”
New York Dolls, “Personality Crisis”
Randy Newman, “Sail Away”
Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
O’Jays, “Love Train”
Phil Ochs, “I Ain’t Marchin’ Anymore”
Roy Orbison, “Oh, Pretty Woman”
The Orioles, “Crying in the Chapel”
Johnny Otis, “Willie and the Hand Jive”
Parliament, “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)”
Les Paul and Mary Ford, “How High the Moon”
Pearl Jam, “Jeremy”
The Penguins, “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)”
Carl Perkins, “Blue Suede Shoes”
Carl Perkins, “Matchbox”
Pinetop Perkins, “Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie”
Peter and Gordon, “A World Without Love”
Peter, Paul and Mary, “If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)”
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “American Girl”
Wilson Pickett, “In the Midnight Hour”
Pink Floyd, “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2”
Pink Floyd, “Money”
Pink Floyd, “See Emily Play”
The Platters, “The Great Pretender”
The Police, “Every Breath You Take”
The Police, “Roxanne”
Elvis Presley, “Heartbreak Hotel”
Elvis Presley, “Jailhouse Rock”
Elvis Presley, “Love Me Tender”
Elvis Presley, “Mystery Train”
Elvis Presley, “Suspicious Minds”
Elvis Presley, “That’s All Right”
The Pretenders, “Brass in Pocket”
Lloyd Price, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”
Prince, “Little Red Corvette”
Prince, “When Doves Cry”
Procol Harum, “A Whiter Shade of Pale”
Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”
Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Queen Latifah, “Ladies First”
Question Mark and the Mysterians, “96 Tears”
Quicksilver Messenger Service, “Who Do You Love”
R.E.M., “Losing My Religion”
R.E.M., “Radio Free Europe”
Ma Rainey and Her Tub Jug Washboard Band, “Prove It on Me Blues”
Bonnie Raitt, “Something to Talk About”
Ramones, “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker”
The Young Rascals, “Groovin’”
The Young Rascals, “Good Lovin’”
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Give It Away”
Otis Redding, “Shake”
Otis Redding, “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”
Otis Redding, “Try a Little Tenderness”
Jimmy Reed, “Big Boss Man”
Jimmy Reed, “Bright Lights, Big City”
Lou Reed, “Walk on the Wild Side”
The Replacements, “I Will Dare”
Paul Revere and The Raiders, “Just Like Me”
Cliff Richard and the Shadows, “Move It”
Little Richard, “Good Golly, Miss Molly”
Little Richard, “Long Tall Sally”
Little Richard, “Tutti Frutti”
The Righteous Brothers, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”
Billy Riley and His Little Green Men, “Red Hot”
Jimmie Rodgers, “Blue Yodel No. 9”
The Rolling Stones, “Honky Tonk Women”
The Rolling Stones, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
The Rolling Stones, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
The Rolling Stones, “Miss You”
The Rolling Stones, “Sympathy for the Devil”
The Rolling Stones, “Time Is on My Side”
The Ronettes, “Be My Baby”
Roxy Music, “Love Is the Drug”
Run-D.M.C., “Walk This Way”
Rush, “The Spirit of Radio”
Otis Rush, “I Can’t Quit You Baby”
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, “Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly”
Sam and Dave, “Soul Man”
Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, “Wooly Bully”
Santana, “Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen”
The Searchers, “Needles and Pins”
The Seeds, “Pushin’ Too Hard”
Pete Seeger, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, “Night Moves”
Sex Pistols, “Anarchy in the U.K.”
Sex Pistols, “God Save the Queen”
The Shadows of Knight, “Gloria”
The Shangri-Las, “Leader of the Pack”
Del Shannon, “Runaway”
Shirelles, “Dedicated to the One I Love”
Shirelles, “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”
Simon and Garfunkel, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
Simon and Garfunkel, “The Sounds of Silence”
Paul Simon, “Graceland”
Sir Douglas Quintet, “She’s About a Mover”
Sister Sledge, “We Are Family”
Percy Sledge, “When a Man Loves a Woman”
Sly and the Family Stone, “Dance to the Music”
Sly and the Family Stone, “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”
Bessie Smith, “Downhearted Blues”
Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns, “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie Flu”
Patti Smith, “Gloria (in Excelsis Deo)”
The Smiths, “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”
Sonic Youth, “Teenage Riot”
The Soul Stirrers, “By and By”
Bruce Springsteen, “Born to Run”
Bruce Springsteen, “Dancing in the Dark”
Bruce Springsteen, “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)”
The Standells, “Dirty Water”
The Staple Singers, “Respect Yourself”
Edwin Starr, “War”
Steely Dan, “Reelin’ in the Years”
Steppenwolf, “Born to Be Wild”
Rod Stewart, “Maggie May”
Iggy and The Stooges, “Search and Destroy”
The Stooges, “I Wanna Be Your Dog”
Stray Cats, “Rock This Town”
Barrett Strong, “Money (That’s What I Want)”
The Sugarhill Gang, “Rapper’s Delight”
Donna Summer, “Love to Love You Baby”
The Supremes, “Stop! In the Name of Love”
The Supremes, “You Can’t Hurry Love”
The Surfaris, “Wipe Out”
Swinging Blue Jeans, “Hippy Hippy Shake”
T. Rex, “Bang a Gong (Get It On)”
Talking Heads, “Life During Wartime”
Talking Heads, “Once in a Lifetime”
James Taylor, “Fire and Rain”
Television, “Little Johnny Jewel”
The Temptations, “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”
The Temptations, “My Girl”
The Temptations, “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, “This Train”
Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, “Ball ‘n’ Chain”
Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, “Hound Dog”
Toots and the Maytals, “Pressure Drop”
Peter Tosh, “Legalize It”
Traffic, “Dear Mr. Fantasy”
The Trammps, “Disco Inferno”
The Troggs, “Wild Thing”
Big Joe Turner, “Shake, Rattle and Roll”
Ike and Tina Turner, “River Deep, Mountain High”
The Turtles, “It Ain’t Me Babe”
U.T.F.O., “Roxanne, Roxanne”
U2, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
U2, “Pride (In the Name of Love)”
U2, “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
Ritchie Valens, “La Bamba”
Van Halen, “Jump”
Van Halen, “Runnin’ With the Devil”
Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Pride and Joy”
Velvet Underground, “Heroin”
Velvet Underground, “White Light/White Heat”
The Ventures, “Walk Don’t Run”
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, “Be-Bop-a-Lula”
The Wailers, “Get Up Stand Up”
The Wailers, “I Shot the Sheriff”
Jr. Walker and the All Stars, “Shotgun”
T-Bone Walker, “Call It Stormy Monday”
War, “Slippin’ Into Darkness”
Clara Ward and the Ward Singers, “How I Got Over”
Dinah Washington, “Am I Asking Too Much”
Muddy Waters, “Got My Mojo Working”
Muddy Waters, “Hoochie Coochie Man”
Muddy Waters, “Mannish Boy”
Muddy Waters, “Rollin’ Stone”
The Weavers, “Goodnight Irene”
Mary Wells, “My Guy”
The Who, “Baba O’Riley”
The Who, “Go to the Mirror Boy”
The Who, “My Generation”
Big Joe Williams, “Baby Please Don’t Go”
Larry Williams, “Bony Maronie”
Marion Williams, “Packing Up”
Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson, “Good Morning (Little) School Girl”
Chuck Willis, “C. C. Rider”
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, “Take Me Back to Tulsa”
Jackie Wilson “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”
Stevie Wonder, “Living for the City”
Stevie Wonder, “Master Blaster (Jammin’)”
Stevie Wonder, “Superstition”
Stevie Wonder, “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)”
Link Wray, “Rumble”
X, “Los Angeles”
Jimmy Yancey, “Midnight Stomp”
The Yardbirds, “Shapes of Things”
Yes, “Roundabout”
Neil Young, “Down by the River”
Neil Young, “Heart of Gold”
Neil Young, “My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
ZZ Top, “Legs”
I am really hoping next week is Adam’s week to do Journey or any of the 80′s rock bands for that matter!! For Allison, I’d love to see her rock out to Bonnie Tyler, Lita Ford or Pat Benatar. Heart’s Beracuda would be awesome too but she’s already done a Heart song.
Adam: Sweet Child of Mine – Guns ‘N Roses or anything from Guns ‘N Roses
Danny: Lips of an Angel – Hinder or anything from Hinder
Kris: My Stupid Mouth – John Mayer or anything from John Mayer
Allison: Barracuda – Heart or anything from Heart
I’d like to hear Kris do some Eagles…Hotel California or Desperado.
Allison: Barracuda by Heart
What I Would Like the Contestants to Sing:
1. Adam: “Killer Queen,” Queen; “How Soon is Now?,” the Smiths
2. Kris: “Losing My Religion,” R.E.M.; “Sometime Around Midnight (Acoustic Version),” the Airborne Toxic Event
3. Allison: “Gigantic,” the Pixies; “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” Guns n’ Roses (cover version by Texas)
4. Danny: “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?,” Creedence Clearwater Revival; “The Weight,” the Band
What We Will Likely See:
1. Adam: “New Sensation,” INXS; “With or Without You,” U2
2. Kris: “Patience,” Guns n’ Roses; “Crash Into Me,” the Dave Matthews Band
3. Allison: “I Love Rock n’ Roll,” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; “Piece of My Heart,” Big Brother and the Holding Company (f. Janis Joplin)
4. Danny: “Higher,” Creed; “Brown-Eyed Girl,” Van Morrison
If they get two songs then I’d love Adam to do his Rock thing…whatever…but not too screetchy and not too heavy or it will loose voters, more soulful…and then a “beautiful rock thing”.
if theres 4 judges wat r they doing top 3 when each judge chooses one song they should do ir for top 4 this yr
Allison – Pat Benatar
Adam – Zepp , Queen , GNR
i really really want allison to sing alone by heart- it was by far her best performance so far. id love to have the studio version of it- i have the performance on my ipod and listen to it nonstop but id want a longer version to hear!!
I want to hear Allison channel Stevie Nicks So Much! “Rhiannon” from this list but “Gold Dust Woman” would be my pick. She would also rock Jimi Hendrix’s “Watch Tower” or “Purple Haze” no doubt.
I’d like to hear Adam’s interpretation of Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart” or S & G’s “The Boxer”.
Anything BUT “Imagine”. Please, it has been massacred enough.
Allison – Barracuda (Anything from Heart or Pat Benetar)
Kris
Just Like Heaven- The Cure
Walk the Line- Johnny Cash
Allison
Crying- Roy Orbison
Light My Fire- The Doors
Danny
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For- U2
Yesterday- Beatles
Adam
Fortunate Son- CCR
Ramble On- Zeppelin
Kris should go acoustic for the ladies. Allison did well to slow it down but I’d like to see her rock out to a classic. Danny can sing a gospel song and invoke his dead wife. Perfect lyrics and vocal range for Adam. But can he take on John Fogerty and Robert Plant in one night?
My Selections for Adam –if they are stuck with this list.
*Stairway To Heaven, Led Zeppelin
*When Doves Cry, Prince
*Purple Rain, Prince
*Try a Little Tenderness, Otis Redding
*Somebody to Love, Jefferson Airplane
*Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton
And if they can go off the list, Adam would win everyone over with “I Believe in Miracles” the beautiful Pearl Jam version of the Ramones shocker. So catchy!
Allison has to sing Love is a Battlefield. I have wanted to hear her sing that since week 1. Adam should do Somebody to Love by Jefferson Airplane, as Wizkid said. He would kill that song.
Speaking of songs – the Studio recording of Feeling Good is freaking absolutely smackdown all ears to the ground AMAZING.
The little electric piano blip at the beginning the note forever at the end. Totally his own version. Not a Muse or Nina in sight. Just next generation new wave glam with a dash of vegas fab sprinkled on top.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4uHPDyBHy4
Glamtastic. Adamilicious. Adamacity at its best. Suck on that AI – B2 my ass!
And onto next week (already – sheesh I didn’t even get to breathe out more than twice)…
Ok then I’ll play. Bowie. end of story. Bowie flat out the only play left. Preferably a Ziggy era full on glamtastic screw you AI and Dumbfuckistan white bread voters version of what ever he sings.
Starts chant. We want Ziggy. We want Ziggy. We want Ziggy – hmmm think I might have to make a sign
i think adam will do…when doves cry-prince
Since Adam is Mr. Cajones, I’m guaranteeing he takes on “Stairway to Heaven” which is ballsy to the extreme.
Well he already took on Born to Be Wild so Stairway to Heaven would be a walk in the park. But my money is on Gokey Pokey doing that one seeing he seems to think he has one in his backyard and has probably been practicing climbing it for years now…
You know, it’s hard to hear the Adam fans from all the way in the Bottom 2.
Ahhh the gloat – so was waiting for that. Thanks would have been disappointed if you didn’t take up that opportunity.
Try to remember who threw the first “attack” out there. In case you are wondering, that would be you.
WHO little old ME?
(Innocent smile while juggling stones in hand behind my back)
I just got my studio download CD for Adams Feeling Good. This is by far THE MOST AMAZING VOCAL of any of Adams songs. Check it out and pass this on. CHILLZZZZ! I propose we campaign for everyone to listen to this and buy it.
I wish he would have sang this verson on Idol rather than pay so much attention to the performance.
OH ADAM THIS IS STUNNING.
Is so great isn’t it. Just so solidly all things Adam in one amazing recording read someone describe it as GLAM-JAZZ-ROCK-POP. Man is his own music genre.
Gokey’s studio recording for this week is unbelievable. I’m looking for Kris and Allison’s right now.
Totally with you StevieNicks Fan. That would totally rock. But none of them seem to be listening to our advice so … maybe we’ll see Danny do Kiss, Allison doing the Beach Boys, Kris doing J J Cale & Adam doing the B52s or as Kara says, the B69ers!
This came from Adam Fansite
RECRUIT AN ARMY OF VOTERS22
For the next few weeks your mission is to recruit an ARMY of Adam Lambert voters.
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Make sure your friends, family and relatives know about Adam and vote for him. If each one on this site recruited in average 100 votes we would get Adam 1,000,000 extra votes. It is time to move the masses. Keep Adam Lambert’s name in everybody mind so they remember when they pick up that phone.
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Adam:
The Who – My Generation
Aerosmith – Dream On
Not on the list, but I would give an arm and a leg to see what he could do with Five Man Electric Band’s “Signs” or The White Stripes’ “In the Cold, Cold Night.” And there’s always that wonderful Humble Pie rendition of “Hallelujah (I Love Her So)” that Adam could totally rock.
Wiz Kid –
WORD – so exactly yes that.
Yes, because right now he’s CRYING of a broken heart wondering how his fans could be letting him down, when he is doing so much for them.
We should CRY OUT too, to every blog, media outlet , idol site, friends, family, etc. Support our guy and our future entertainment for the next 20 years!
Hey just a thought but how about suggesting some songs from like I don’t know THIS CENTURY…
Man. HNN already paid homage to the rock gods of yore – Hello Satisfaction. Hello Born to Be Wild. What about some Red Hot Chilli Peppers, some Killers, some gee I don’t know there are so many options but of course AI in their grand stinginess will have a creaking antiquated list of overdone, over covered, over wrought pot boilers that give us nothing but heartburn through the long Idol night.
Ok yes feeling a bit jaded but come on people – can we pretty please acknowledge that some really good music has been made in the decades since the 70s and 80s for crying out loud.
HELPING ADAM –
I just sent this note to 3 radio stations! Join in please!
I just downloaded the new studio cover “Feeling Good” that Adam Lambert performed on Idol. This is the most stunning vocal and arrangement that I’ve ever heard — taking an old song and making it current and into a showstopper. This version is different than the performance, if youve seen it, and is worth checking out.
Please consider playing this on the radio. You wont regret it!
Wizkid great idea. We used to do this for Ace’s friend Tha Vill. Strongly suggest anyone who floves this song (and who couldn’t is genius) send a note to your radio station. This song could be a hit on radio today – wondering what HNN album might be like.
THIS!!!!
GLAM-JAZZ-ROCK-POP. Is a whole new genre.
adam – yesterday, its a mans mans world, bohemian rhapsody
allison – purple rain, noting compares 2 u
kris – every breath you take, when a man loves a woman, with or without you
danny – bridge over troubled water, heard it through the grapevine, a change is gonna come
great list.
OK people here is my challenge to you all – come up with a list for each person that contains NO songs from before 1990. That nearly gives you two decades to work with, surely we can find some suggestions done by artists that are both still alive and still recording.
I will see what I can find – over to you. I know the chances of macstingies at 19 actually paying for the rights for anything post 1990 is so remote it should be an outpost in Antartica however a girl and dream on (and no that is not a reference to the Aerosmith ballad).
Let me express my frustration in advance.
Adam clearly would KILL “Sweet Child Of Mine” and “Dust In the Wind”. KILLLL them.
But there is a zero chance he will choose them. Look for the two most obscure songs on that list and you will have Adam’s choices.
Adam needs to undertsand that at this point in the competition he MUST APPEAL TO A BROAD AUDIENCE. He can be an artist AFTER he wins. He MUST GO COMMERCIAL. He must make Suzy Homemaker and Joe The JackHammer Operator say WOW and pick up the phone to vote for him. This means singing songs that those people HAVE ACTUALLY HEARD BEFORE. “Mad World” was great, but in the USA, a VERY OBSCURE song only made popular at all by an indie film.
So this week will be as much about good strategy as good singing.
P.S., From what I have heard, the Idols may have already chosen their songs for next week weeks ago. If Adam went obscure (I’m sure he did), he may have to make a course change.
Ok so if they have to pick from the list these are my ideas
Adam-Whole Lotta Love, Back In Black (i just love this song though it’s probably not for Idol), When Doves Cry, Sweet Child Of Mine, All Along The Watchtower
Allison-Son Of A Preacher Man, One Way Or Another, Somebody To Love, Boys Of Summer
Kris-Layla, Moondance, With A Little Help From My Friends, Roxanne
Danny-Wonderful World, Mustang Sally
Is it 100% confirmed that they are definetly singing 2 songs next week? As i can’t imagine how much filler there would need to be if there were only going to be 4 performances in 1 hour
Bill I would hardly call Born to Be Wild, Black and White, Ring of Fire, Feeling Good, etc obscure. Ok so Mad World was not super well known to Top 40 listening masses but come on – aren’t you talking about watering down his presentation to make it more “acceptable” to the masses and IMHO that is a lose lose.
The ones who hate you will always not matter what if he didn’t get em with IICHY and ToMT adding Dust in the Wind on the pile isn’t going to make a damn bit of difference. All he does is allienate the people who love and adore his fabulous glam next generation new wave self.
Let’s try a more MODERN list. 2000′s is probably asking too much so see what you all make of this list of top Rock songs of 1990′s.
http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/best_songs90s.html
From this list:
Puppies and Rainbows can Mraz his little self all over- Smooth by Santana
Pebbles can growl through- Ironic by Alanis Morrisette
Gokey can get all Pokey over- Losing my religion by REM (too easy) or Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton because we haven’t had that reference for a week or two.
HNN (because the Adam is built in)- Bittersweet Symphony by Verve (because he already went all rocked out on BTbW) and of course Guns and Roses would be too obvious.
Refuse to do two until I know they are doing two.
bridgeymah,
If I want you to put words in my mouth, I’ll ask.
No, I am not saying Adam should “water down” his performances. I am just saying he should pick more mainstream songs that average people know and can relate to.
JP: Easy, Bill
Wow – get up on the wrong side of the bed much. Ok – fine then I go back to my point about how much MORE mainstream could he have been. Aside from Mad World, and maybe PTFMWB pretty much all his songs have been well known in the mainstream, so I guess I am just not getting what you mean by mainstream.
Am always happy to be enlightened.
I think Kris would do so well with While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but the Across the Universe version. It would really allow him to be in his element but also show an emotional, vulnerable side.
I’m too freaked about this week to even think about next week. Hell, it hasn’t even aired here yet. I just checked online this morning and nearly had a heart attack. *praying* Here’s hoping this rallies the troops. I feel so powerless here in India.
David Bowie.
Space Odddity- Never been done before, probably never be done again (except by Adam who is the only one who can do this and do it right).
Changes – So many possibilites to play with on this song.
Rebel, Rebel – Who else but Adam can sing this and mean it.
Under Pressure – orig include Freddie Mercury
Modern Love – simply a favorite
From this list / 2 songs each:
Allison: I Love Rock n Roll & I Can’t Make You Love Me
Danny: You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling & either Mustang Sally or Soul Man
Kris: Let It Be & Times Are A Changing…or something from the Beach Boys
Adam: Losing my Religion & either We Will Rock You/Walk This Way
Something from the 90′s ill bite –
Adam – Collective Soul or Audioslave
Allison – No Doubt or Creed
Tell me this picture doesn’t tear your heart out. That’s the look of being brave as your dreams slip away:
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4243/ktbcdt71200904291953150.jpg