The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 71: “The Story of Rock n’ Roll in Under Two…and a Half…Hours”

The Sonic Parthenon Show – Episode 71: “The Story of Rock n’ Roll in Under Two…and a Half…Hours”

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Intro

“Rocket ‘88” by Jackie Brenston & the Delta-Cats

Set 1

“Roll Over Beethoven” by Chuck Berry

“Bo Diddley” by Bo Diddley

“Have Some Fun Tonight” by Little Richard

“Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & the Comets

“That’ll be the Day” by Buddy Holly

“Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley

Set 2

“Honey Don’t” by the Beatles

“Time is on My Side” by the Rolling Stones

“I Can’t Explain” by the Who

“Subterranean Homesick Blues” by Bob Dylan

“All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks

Set 3

“Fire” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience

“Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin

“Paranoid” by Black Sabbath

“Young Lust” by Pink Floyd

Set 4

“Suffragette City” by David Bowie

“I Wanna Be Your Dog” by the Stooges

“White Light/White Heat” by the Velvet Underground

“Rock n Roll Damnation” by AC/DC

“Does This Bus Stop ay 82^nd” by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

Set 5

“Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue” by the Ramones

“Seventeen” by the Sex Pistols

“London’s Burning” by the Clash

“No Action” by Elvis Costello

“New Feeling” by Talking Heads

Set 6

“Fall on Me” by R.E.M.

“Big Girls are Best” by U2

“Tommy Got His Tonsils Out” by the Replacements

“Gigantic” by the Pixies

Set 7

“Breed” by Nirvana

“Daughter” by Pearl Jam

“Basketcase” by Green Day

“Sleep Now in the Fire” by Rage Against the Machine

“Pressure” by Billy Joel*

Set 8

“Broken Bricks” by the White Stripes

“Tick” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

“Hot Soft Light” by the Hold Steady

“Money Maker” by the Black Keys

“Lie to Me” by Tom Waits

Outro

“Theme from the Dirtbombs” by the Dirtbombs

*Used as a stand-in for “popular rock music” of the late 90’s and early ‘00’s and as an excuse to somehow fit Billy Joel into the show.