Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Author Walker Lamond shares must-hear list of songs for boys

Walker Lamond, author of RULES FOR MY UNBORN SON, has come up with his ultimate list of songs that every boy should listen to.

Woody Guthrie . “This Land Is Your Land”
Nat King Cole . “Straighten Up and Fly Right”
Hank Williams . “I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry”
Little Richard . . “Long Tall Sally”
The Beatles . . . . . “Twist and Shout”
Bob Dylan . “It's All Over Now, Baby Blue”
Four Tops . . “Reach Out (I'll Be There)”
The Who . . . . . . . . “A Quick One”
We Five . . . “You Were On My Mind”
The Monkees . “Last Train to Clarksville”
Otis Redding . . “These Arms of Mine”
The Beach Boys . . “Good Vibrations”
Elvis Presley . . “Suspicious Minds”
Jimmy Cliff . . . . . “Many Rivers to Cross”
The Faces . . “Stay With Me”
Jonathan Richman . . “Roadrunner”
The Rolling Stones . “Waiting on a Friend”
Big Star . . “Thirteen”
Tom Waits . . “Grapefruit Moon”
Joni Mitchell . . “Free Man in Paris”
New York Dolls . . “Personality Crisis”
Jackson Browne . . “These Days”
Gordon Lightfoot . . . . . . “Sundown”
David Bowie . . “Young Americans”
Hall & Oates . . “Rich Girl”
Billy Joel . . . . . . . . . . . “Movin' Out”
Cheap Trick . . . . . . . . “Surrender”
Elvis Costello . “Peace, Love and Understanding”
The Ramones . “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”
R.E.M. . . . . . . . . . “Radio Free Europe”
Joe Jackson . . “Step Out”
Big Country . . . . . . . “In a Big Country”
Prince . . “Let's Go Crazy”
The Replacements . “Waitress in the Sky”
The Pogues . . “Fairytale of New York”
The Smiths . . . . . “Girlfriend in a Coma”
The Jayhawks . . “Nevada, California”

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