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Mike Scott of The Waterboys - "Fisherman's Blues"Mike Scott of The Waterboys - "Fisherman's Blues"
Armed with a childhood spent devouring books, Mike Scott's heart was stolen by the punk rock scene of 1977. Not surprisingly, he would go on to become the most literate of rockers.
Steven Tyler of AerosmithSteven Tyler of Aerosmith
Tyler talks about his true love: songwriting. How he identifies the beauty in a melody and turns sorrow into art.
Bass Player Scott EdwardsBass Player Scott Edwards
Scott was Stevie Wonder's bass player before becoming a top session player. Hits he played on include "I Will Survive," "Being With You" and "Sara Smile."
Macabre Mother Goose: The Dark Side of Children's SongsMacabre Mother Goose: The Dark Side of Children's Songs
"London Bridge," "Ring Around the Rosie" and "It's Raining, It's Pouring" are just a few examples of shockingly morbid children's songs.
Songs released in "1974"
(You're) Having My Baby - Paul Anka
#9 Dream - John Lennon
1984 - David Bowie
30,000 Pounds Of Bananas - Harry Chapin
A Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffett
A Touch Too Much - Arrows
A Woman's Place - Gilbert O'Sullivan
A Woman's Story - Cher
Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Rolling Stones
Already Gone - Eagles
Angie Baby - Helen Reddy
Annie's Song - John Denver
Another Park, Another Sunday - The Doobie Brothers
Any Major Dude Will Tell You - Steely Dan
Astronomy - Blue Öyster Cult
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Bad Company - Bad Company
Barrytown - Steely Dan
Beach Baby - First Class
Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
Best Of My Love - Eagles
Big Brother - David Bowie
Big Five - Judge Dread
Billy Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
Bloody Well Right - Supertramp
Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder
Bridge Of Sighs - Robin Trower
Brighton Rock - Queen
Bungle in the Jungle - Jethro Tull
Burn - Deep Purple
Butterfly Boys - Procol Harum
Call Me The Breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Call on Me - Chicago
Can I Sit Next To You Girl - AC/DC
Can't Get Enough - Bad Company
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe - Barry White
Can't Get It Out Of My Head - Electric Light Orchestra
Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot
Cat Size - Suzi Quatro
Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
Central Park Arrest - Thunderthighs
Chelsea Hotel #2 - Leonard Cohen
Child Of The Universe - Barclay James Harvest
Child Of Winter (Christmas Song) - The Beach Boys
Clap For The Wolfman - The Guess Who
Come Monday - Jimmy Buffett
Crazy City - Barclay James Harvest
Dark Lady - Cher
Deuce - Kiss
Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Dirge - Bob Dylan
Dominance and Submission - Blue Öyster Cult
Don't Ask Me No Questions - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Don't Eat The Yellow Snow - Frank Zappa
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Elton John
Down Down - Status Quo
Dreamer - Supertramp
Earache My Eye - Cheech & Chong
Emma - Hot Chocolate
Eres Tu - Mocedades
Every Man A King - Randy Newman
Everything Old Is New Again - Peter Allen
F.U.B.B. - Wishbone Ash
Fallen Angel - King Crimson
Far Far Away - Slade
Fingerprint File - The Rolling Stones
Firehouse - Kiss
Fly To The Rainbow - Scorpions
For No One - Barclay James Harvest
Forever Young - Bob Dylan
Free Wheelin' - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Fresh Fruit - Procol Harum
Gang Bang - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Get Dancin' - Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
Get That Gasoline Blues - NRBQ
Going Down The Road - Roy Wood
Grimsby - Elton John
Haven't Got Time For the Pain - Carly Simon
Help Me - Joni Mitchell
Hide In Your Shell - Supertramp
High Ball Shooter - Deep Purple
Honey, Honey - ABBA
How Long? - Ace
I Can Help - Billy Swan
I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton
I Wanna Learn a Love Song - Harry Chapin
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
I'm Mandy Fly Me - 10cc
I'm The Slime - Frank Zappa
I've Got The Music In Me - Kiki Dee Band
I've Seen The Saucers - Elton John
If You Can't Rock Me - The Rolling Stones
If You Really Want To Be My Friend - The Rolling Stones
In The Cage - Genesis
In The Mood - Rush
It's Only Rock 'N' Roll - The Rolling Stones
James Dean - Eagles
Jarrow Song - Alan Price
Jazzman - Carole King
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Josephine Baker - Sailor
Journey From Mariabronn - Kansas
Judy Teen - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Kill Your Sons - Lou Reed
Killer Queen - Queen
Kingfish - Randy Newman
Lady Jay - Wishbone Ash
Lady Marmalade - Labelle
Late For The Sky - Jackson Browne
Laughter In The Rain - Neil Sedaka
Let It Grow - Eric Clapton
Lily of the Valley - Queen
Linden Arden Stole The Highlights - Van Morrison
Lonely People - America
Long Live Love - Olivia Newton-John
Look At My Face - Alan Price
Lord of the Thighs - Aerosmith
Louisiana 1927 - Randy Newman
Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton
Luxury - The Rolling Stones
Machine Gun - Commodores
Magic - Pilot
Mandy - Barry Manilow
ME 262 - Blue Öyster Cult
Midnight Flyer - Eagles
Mill Boys - Barclay James Harvest
Misfire - Queen
Mistreated - Deep Purple
Movin' On - Merle Haggard
Mr. Tanner - Harry Chapin
My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
Naked Man - Randy Newman
Negative Earth - Barclay James Harvest
Nightbird - Labelle
No Honestly - Lynsey de Paul
No No Song - Ringo Starr
Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston
Now I'm Here - Queen
Ol' '55 - Eagles
On And On - Gladys Knight & the Pips
On the Border - Eagles
Ooh I Do - Lynsey de Paul
Out Of The Blue - Roxy Music
Pandora's Box - Aerosmith
Paper Wings - Barclay James Harvest
People Gotta Move - Gino Vannelli
Philomena - Thin Lizzy
Pick Up The Pieces - The Average White Band
Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow
Put Out the Light - Joe Cocker
Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
Remember You're A Womble - The Wombles
Revolution Blues - Neil Young
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
Rock And Roll Heaven - The Righteous Brothers
Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
Rock Bottom - UFO
Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim
Rock On - David Essex
Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
Sad Sweet Dreamer - Sweet Sensation
Same Old Song And Dance - Aerosmith
Saturday Gigs - Mott the Hoople
Scotch Corner - Man
Seagull - Bad Company
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
Seasons of Wither - Aerosmith
September Gurls - Big Star
Sergeant Fury - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Seven Seas of Rhye - Queen
Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) - Al Green
She - Charles Aznavour
Shinin' On - Grand Funk
Simple Twist Of Fate - Bob Dylan
Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day) - Jethro Tull
Snookeroo - Ringo Starr
Solar Prestige A Gammon - Elton John
Soldier Of Fortune - Deep Purple
Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford
Star Baby - The Guess Who
Steel and Glass - John Lennon
Stormbringer - Deep Purple
Strange Ways - Kiss
Strutter - Kiss
Sugar Baby Love - Rubettes
Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
Sure As I'm Sittin' Here - Three Dog Night
Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) - John Lennon
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (reprise) - David Bowie
Tell Me Something Good - Rufus
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
The Ballad Of Curtis Loew - Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Bermuda Triangle - Fleetwood Mac
The Bitch Is Back - Elton John
The Dancer - Leo Sayer
The Easy Road - Uriah Heep
The Entertainer - Billy Joel
The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke - Queen
The Great 1974 Mining Disaster - Barclay James Harvest
The Immigrant - Neil Sedaka
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
The Last Day Of June 1934 - Al Stewart
The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk
The Lord's Prayer - Sister Janet Mead
The Lumberjack Song - Monty Python
The Man With The Golden Gun - Lulu
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Glen Campbell
The Needle And The Spoon - Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
The Rap - Millie Jackson
The Remembering: High The Memory - Yes
The Same Situation - Joni Mitchell
The Streak - Ray Stevens
The Thin End Of The Wedge - Procol Harum
The Wall Street Shuffle - 10cc
The Way I Want To Touch You - Captain & Tennille
There's A Place In The World For A Gambler - Dan Fogelberg
They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore - Kinky Friedman
This Is Your Life Timmy Lea - Sue Cheyenne
This Old Guitar - John Denver
This Town Ain't Big enough For The Both Of Us - Sparks
Ticking - Elton John
Time Waits For No One - The Rolling Stones
Tin Cup Chalice - Jimmy Buffett
Tin Man - America
Traffic Jam - Sailor
Train Kept A-Rollin' - Aerosmith
Trouble Every Day - Frank Zappa
Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin
W.O.L.D. - Harry Chapin
Walk On - Neil Young
Warren Harding - Al Stewart
Waterloo - ABBA
We Are The Dead - David Bowie
Whatever Gets You Thru The Night - John Lennon
When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees
Wherever Love Takes Me - Maureen McGovern
White Queen - Queen
Window Shopping - R. Dean Taylor
Wishing You Were Here - Chicago
Workin' For MCA - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Yolanda - Bobby "Blue" Bland
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
You And Me Against The World - Helen Reddy
You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder
You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr
You're the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White