Listening Songs Flashcards
You Shook Me All Night Long; AC/DC; 1980; hard rock
Ramblin’ Man; Allman Brothers; 1973; southern rock
The Weight; The Band; 1968; country rock
Mother Popcorn; James Brown; 1969; funk
Eight Miles High; Byrds; 1966; folk psychedelia
You Don’t Have to Cry; Crosby Stills Nash & Young; 1969; country-folk rock
Somebody to Love; Jefferson Airplane; 1967; psychedelic rock
30 Seconds over Tokyo; Pere Ubu; 1975; Cleveland punk rock
We Are the Champions; Queen; 1977; glamm
Anarchy in the UK; Sex Pistols; 1976; punk rock
Rapper’s Delight; Sugarhill Gang; 1979; rap
Love to Love you Baby; Donna Summer; 1975; eurodisco
Venus in Furs; Velvet Underground; 1967; avant garde
Blank Generation; Voidoids; 1977; punk rock
Death Trip; Stooges; 1973; proto-punk
Beach Boys; California Girls; 1965; surfing with a hint of psychedelia
Beatles; Twist and Shout; 1963; garage twisting R&B
Chuck Berry; Johnny B. Goode; 1958; early rockabilly becomes rock ‘n’ roll
Arthur Crudup; That’s All Right Mama; 1946; R&B
Bob Dylan; Like A Rolling Stone; 1965; electrified folk, seriously adult, electric music
Bill Haley; Rock the Joint; 1952; R&B/Western swing
Robert Johnson; Cross Road Bues; 1936; country blues
The Kingsmen; Louie, Louie; 1963; garage rock
Led Zeppelin; Dazed and Confused; 1968; psychedelic blues rock
Carl Perkins; Dixie Fried; 1956; rockabilly, working class fury
Elvis Presley; That’s All Right Mama; 1954; rockabilly
Jimmy Preston and the Prestonians; Rock the Joint; 1949; gospel-infused jump-band boogie-blues
Rolling Stones; Gimme Shelter; 1969; rock with boogie-backbeat
Hank Williams; Honky Tonk Blues;1952; honky tonk
Howlin’ Wolf; Spoonful; 1960; Chicago blues/ boogie
White Riot; Clash; 1977; punk rock
Blitzkrieg Bop; the Ramones; 1976; punk rock
Won’t Get Fooled Again; the Who; 1971; hard rock or prog
Animal Collective; What Would I Want? Sky; 2009; neo-psychedelia
Public Enemy with Anthrax; Bring the Noise; 1991; rap rock
Black Flag; Rise Above; 1981; hardcore
Cure; A Forest; 1979; new wave
Danger Mouse; Change Clothes; 2004; mashup of hip hop and rock
Whip It; Devo; 1980; New Wave
Dream Theater; The Mirror; 1994; prog metal
Eric B & Rakim; I Ain’t No Joke; 1987; rap
Flaming Lips; A Spoonful Weighs a Ton; 1999; genre freaking
Husker Du; Newest Industry; 1984; punk to indie
Kraftwerk; Pocket Calculator; 1981; new wave techno
Metallica; Master of Pupptets; 1986; thrash metal
Nine Inch Nails; Closer; 1994; pop industrial
Nirvana; (New Wave) Polly; 1992; grunge
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry; Noah Sugar Pan; 1977; dub
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; The Waiting; 1981; roots rock
Phish; Foam; 1988; jam bands
Police; Roxanne; 1978; punk with Jamaican influence
Prince; 1999; 1982; megapop
Rage Against the Machine; Bulls on Parade; 1996; rap metal
Red Hot Chili Peppers; Give It Away; 1990; lite etal
R.E.M.; It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine); 1987; indie
Soundgarden; My Wave; 1994; grunge
Talking Heads; Born under Punches; 1980; new wave
U2; With You Without You; 1987; Irish white soul music