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Pub rock
Sitting in beach bar Sunset on St. Maarten we saw this guy preparing to play his guitar. The three of us looked at each other and only said: “Van Morrison”. We decided to bet on the time that he played a song by the Irish bard. The question wasn’t IF he would play one, it was WHEN he would play it. He surprised us, it took him at least a quarter longer than anticipated.
The point is that it is so incredibly easy to predict what any band or singer will play in a bar or pub. So we started on a top 50 pub rock songs. Obviously this is a matter of opinion and discussion. So please do. Perhaps if many of you have any input, we can come to the ultimate Pub Rock songs. In my humble opinion the top ten is:
1. Eagles – Hotel California
2. Van Morrison – Brown eyed girl
3. Pink Floyd – Wish you were here
4. Led Zeppelin – Stairway to heaven
5. Police – Roxanne
6. U2 – One
7. Oasis – Wonderwall
8. Doors – Roadhouse blues
9. Bob Dylan – Knocking on heavens door
10. Red hot chilli peppers – Under the bridge
Please let me know what you think. Did I forget some obvious choices? Are some songs too high or others too low? Remember: this is not about what you and I like, but about what a singer with his guitar or with his band is most likely to play in bars and pubs. Chick songs are left out, to me a different category.
The other forty-something songs
Animals – House of the rising sun
Beatles – Hey Jude
Beatles – Yesterday
Blur – Song no. 2
Bob Dylan – Like a rolling stone
Bob Marley – No woman, no cry
Bon Jovi – Living on a prayer
Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
Bruce Springsteen – The river
Bryan Adams – Run to you
Bryan Adams – Summer of 69
Clash – London calling
Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
Creedence Clearwater revival – Bad moon rising
Crowded house – Don’t dream it’s over
Dire straits – Money for nothing
Doors – Break on through
Eric Clapton – Layla
Golden earring – Radar love
Guns ‘n roses – November rain
Guns ‘n roses – Paradise city
Huey Lewis and the news – Hip to be square
Inxs – Never tear us apart
J.J. Cale – Cocain
Jerry Lee Lewis – Great balls of fire
Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
Joe Cocker – You can leave your hat on
John Hiatt – Have a little faith in me
Kinks – Lola
Lenny Kravitz – Are you gonna go my way
Live – I alone
Live – Lightning crashes
Lou Reed – Walk on the wild side
Neil Young – Rocking in the free world
Nirvana – Smells like teen spirit
Oasis – Don’t look back in anger
R.E.M. – Losing my religion
Robbie Williams – Angels
Rolling stones – Angie
Rolling stones – Sympathy for the devil
Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson
Simple Minds – Don’t you forget about me
Sniff ‘n the tears – Driver’s seat
The point is that it is so incredibly easy to predict what any band or singer will play in a bar or pub. So we started on a top 50 pub rock songs. Obviously this is a matter of opinion and discussion. So please do. Perhaps if many of you have any input, we can come to the ultimate Pub Rock songs. In my humble opinion the top ten is:
1. Eagles – Hotel California
2. Van Morrison – Brown eyed girl
3. Pink Floyd – Wish you were here
4. Led Zeppelin – Stairway to heaven
5. Police – Roxanne
6. U2 – One
7. Oasis – Wonderwall
8. Doors – Roadhouse blues
9. Bob Dylan – Knocking on heavens door
10. Red hot chilli peppers – Under the bridge
Please let me know what you think. Did I forget some obvious choices? Are some songs too high or others too low? Remember: this is not about what you and I like, but about what a singer with his guitar or with his band is most likely to play in bars and pubs. Chick songs are left out, to me a different category.
The other forty-something songs
Animals – House of the rising sun
Beatles – Hey Jude
Beatles – Yesterday
Blur – Song no. 2
Bob Dylan – Like a rolling stone
Bob Marley – No woman, no cry
Bon Jovi – Living on a prayer
Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
Bruce Springsteen – The river
Bryan Adams – Run to you
Bryan Adams – Summer of 69
Clash – London calling
Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
Creedence Clearwater revival – Bad moon rising
Crowded house – Don’t dream it’s over
Dire straits – Money for nothing
Doors – Break on through
Eric Clapton – Layla
Golden earring – Radar love
Guns ‘n roses – November rain
Guns ‘n roses – Paradise city
Huey Lewis and the news – Hip to be square
Inxs – Never tear us apart
J.J. Cale – Cocain
Jerry Lee Lewis – Great balls of fire
Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
Joe Cocker – You can leave your hat on
John Hiatt – Have a little faith in me
Kinks – Lola
Lenny Kravitz – Are you gonna go my way
Live – I alone
Live – Lightning crashes
Lou Reed – Walk on the wild side
Neil Young – Rocking in the free world
Nirvana – Smells like teen spirit
Oasis – Don’t look back in anger
R.E.M. – Losing my religion
Robbie Williams – Angels
Rolling stones – Angie
Rolling stones – Sympathy for the devil
Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson
Simple Minds – Don’t you forget about me
Sniff ‘n the tears – Driver’s seat
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sounds like a good mixed CD
*fires up Bearshare
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I often hear Smoke on the Water/Highway Star or Space Truckin'.
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Can't say I've ever heard anyone play Live in a pub, you must go to better pubs than me :)
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I agree with the Crowded House song, I remember singing along with it at the Olympic parc in Sydney. The fact that I did do so through a megaphone made many people stare at me weird. Perhaps I wasn't born to be a singer ;-)
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