Continuing with songs in my collection from the Songs of the Century as compiled by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
1. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2 (#120)
2. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Big Daddy (#122, Cyndi Lauper)
3. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison (#131)
4. Unchained Melody – Elvis Presley/Manhattan Transfer/U2 (138, The Righteous Brothers)
5. Piano Man – Billy Joel (#141)
6. We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions – Queen (#146)
7. Purple Rain – Big Daddy (#147, Prince)
8. Dancing Queen – ABBA (#148)
9. Wake Up Little Susie – Simon and Garfunkel (#150, The Everly Brothers)
10. Shout – The Beatles/The MOB (#151, The Isley Brothers)
Yes, “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions” are listed as one song on the list. Have you ever heard a classic rock radio station play one and not the other?
I don’t really have anything else to say about these songs, some of which we’ve seen before, so let’s go straight to the Round 2 report: Started with “If I Could Build My Whole World Around You”, by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Finished with “Like A Star” by Corinne Bailey Rae, song #605 for a total of 85 this week. The last I song was “Ivory Tower”, by Van Morrison. The first J song was “James”, by Billy Joel. The last J song was “Just The Way You Are”, also by Billy Joel. The first K song was “Kathy’s Song”, by Simon and Garfunkel. The last K song was “Kodachrome”, by Randall Peterson. The first L song was “Landslide”, by Stevie Nicks.