B/c it's holiday time and I need a break from politics, this music-related diary is entirely apolitical.
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Recently some papparazzi captured the fact that both Sir Paul as well as Sir Mick were part of the celebrity-set that gathered backstage at the much-anticipated and much-ballyhooed Led Zeppelin reunion show in London.
And it got me to thinking about these three seminal British rock bands: the Beatles, the Stones, and Zep.
As a longtime music freak with wide and eclectic taste I confess I don't much listen to these three bands much anymore, but I also maintain that the music of each of these bands is drilled into my brain from my youth. And not just the hits. I can say as a high school and college student I owned all of the major, and many of the minor, albums by these three bands. And while there were always many, many other bands, jazz artists, blues musicians, etc. who I cared about more passionately than these three bands, there is no denying that I enjoyed their work as well--and from a very early age (as I am the youngest of three I was initially exposed to these bands, especially the Beatles, by my siblings). (Note: I was born in 1968)
So here's the game I devised, or rather the question:
Assuming the music of these three bands means anything to you, which three songs (only three) by each band is your favorite?
Now b/c I'm a huge Dylan fan, I though just for kicks I would include him too.
So without thinking about it too much (it's an impossible question), here are my choices:
Beatles:
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
She Said, She Said
Dig a Pony
Stones:
Ventilator Blues
Loving Cup
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
Zeppelin:
Hey Hey What Can I Do
Tangerine
Ten Years Gone
Bob Dylan:
Meet Me In the Morning
Isis (although I'm thinking here of the live version, rather than the version on Desire)
Girl From the North Country
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This was not easy, although I tried not to think about it too much--
even though as I was typing my choices I naturally kept thinking of other choices.
Anyway, I would be curious to hear your choices.
Remember, only 3 songs per artist if possible, and please try to stick to these four artists only.
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Note: with Dylan I almost picked Baby Let Me Follow You Down (the electric live at Albert Hall bootleg version), but then realized it's a cover or adaptation--and with Dylan that seemed like sacrilige to pick, since he is such a great songwriter. But picking his songs was easy, but also impossible.