Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Metal versus Rock 5: Southern Rock

When I started putting together my list of top ten favorite hard rock songs I ran into a problem. I had a lot more than ten. However, I found a couple of ways to 'expand' my list creatively. For one, I took out all the songs from my original list that could also be categorized as "Southern Rock," and put them on a separate list. So, here we have my top five favorite Southern Rock songs, all of which also fit generally within the Hard Rock genre.

Z. Z. Top: La Grange: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vppbdf-qtGU

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Saturday Night Special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwGC24e87uo

Texas Hippie Coalition: Hands Up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rPY8Z10OjE

Molley Hatchet: Dreams I’ll Never See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtC7i4KMRgo


Blackfoot: Train, Train: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBP15lRprPs

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15 comments:

  1. Alex J. Cavanaugh7:33 AM

    I confess Southern Rock is just something I never got into.

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  2. Ty11:05 AM

    Can't argue much with that list, though I'd probably thrown in an Allman Brothers tune.

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  3. pattinase (abbott)12:20 PM

    These are definitely the most accessible of the songs you have been playing. I hear words now.

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  4. Charles Gramlich12:33 PM

    Alex, I suppose I can forgive you,

    Ty, they definitely had some good stuff.

    Patti, lol. It's the southern drawl thing, maybe. :)

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  5. Cloudia4:53 PM

    No Jimi? No Grand Funk? No Credence? How do we narrow it down? We live(d) the greatest times in rock!

    ALOHA from Honolulu
    Comfort Spiral
    =^..^= <3


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  6. Charles Gramlich5:23 PM

    Cloudia, I liked all those, especially Jimmi and Creedence, but I could only allow myself five and these are my favorites. Run through the Jungle and All along the watchtower are way up there, though.

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  7. ivan9:36 PM

    What,
    You missed Tony Joe White,

    "Down in Louisiana
    Where the gators grow so mean..." :)

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  8. Brian Miller6:59 AM

    skynyrd!!!!!!! freebird!!!!!! ha
    cool...i dont know texas hippie....i need to take a listen....

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  9. Charles Gramlich9:25 AM

    Ivan, I don't even know who that is.

    Brian, Texas Hippie Coalition is pretty new but they have some great stuff.

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  10. Prashant C. Trikannad5:42 AM

    Charles, I'm going to have to look anew at Hard Rock. I can see that I have missed a lot. Like books and movies, I'm open to all kinds of music.

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  11. sage7:00 AM

    The Texas Hippies are new to me... I figured all Texas hippies had moved out of state. I would have to add the Allman Brothers and Marshall Tucker. It is interesting to see your musical interests

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  12. BernardL9:32 AM

    I have a lot of ZZ Top, and
    Lynyrd Skynyrd. I'll have to expand a bit. :)

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  13. Riot Kitty1:16 PM

    Would you consider the Black Crows Southern Rock?

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  14. jodi8:08 AM

    Charles-I love southern rock. Years ago I hung out with Henry Weck, the drummer in Blackfoot.

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  15. Erik Donald France5:42 PM

    Yeahdawg, I can go with this list,for sure. Southern Rock was very big in Tar Heel Land in the 1970s and early 1980s especially.

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