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Monday, January 20, 2014

Hmmmm

There's an ad on the Cedar Rapids Craigslist that says a band called "Uncle Rico the band" needs a drummer. They play around 6 gigs a year. These are the songs they play:
Song Name -- Artist (original artist)
  1. All These Things That I've Done -- Killers
  2. Bad Case of Loving You -- Robert Palmer
  3. Basket Case -- Green Day
  4. Blister in the Sun -- Violent Femmes
  5. Blitzkreig Bop -- Ramones
  6. Brown Eyed Girl -- Van Morrison
  7. Brown Sugar -- Rolling Stones
  8. Closing Time -- Semisonic
  9. Come Monday -- Jimmy Buffet
  10. Dancing Queen -- Yayhoos (ABBA)
  11. Dancing With Myself -- Billy Idol
  12. Don't Change -- INXS
  13. Fight For Your Right -- Beastie Boys
  14. Folsom Prison Blues -- Johnny Cash
  15. Hey Jealousy -- Gin Blossoms
  16. Hot Stuff -- Cockroach (Donna Summer)
  17. I Melt With You -- Modern English
  18. I Ran -- A Flock of Seagulls
  19. I Saw Her Standing There -- Beatles
  20. I Wanna Be Sedated -- Ramones
  21. I Will Survive -- Shout (Gloria Gaynor)
  22. I'm a Believer -- Smash Mouth (Monkeys)
  23. I'm Gonna Be, 500 Miles -- Proclaimers
  24. Interstate Love Song -- Stone Temple Pilots
  25. Iron Man -- Black Sabbath
  26. It's the End of the World -- REM
  27. I've Been Everywhere -- Johnny Cash
  28. Jenny / 867-5309 -- Tommy Tutone
  29. Jet Airliner -- Steve Miller
  30. Johnny B Goode -- Chuck Berry
  31. Just Like Heaven -- Cure
  32. Living in Fast Forward -- Kenny Chesney
  33. Lola -- Kinks
  34. Lonely Boy -- Black Keys
  35. Love Her Madly -- The Doors
  36. Margaritaville -- Jimmy Buffet
  37. Mony Mony -- Billy Idol
  38. Oh Boy -- Crickets (Buddy Holly)
  39. Paranoid -- Black Sabbath
  40. Pump It Up -- Elvis Costello
  41. Ring of Fire -- Social Distortion (Johnny Cash)
  42. Rock and Roll All Nite -- Kiss
  43. Rockin' in the Free World -- Neil Young
  44. Rock'n Me -- Steve Miller
  45. Santa Monica -- Everclear
  46. She -- Green Day
  47. Should I Stay or Should I Go -- Clash
  48. Squeeze Box -- Who
  49. Still Rock and Roll to Me -- Billy Joel
  50. Sweet Caroline -- Neil Diamond
  51. Train in Vain (Stand By Me) -- Clash
  52. Two Princes -- Spin Doctors
  53. What I Like About You -- Romantics
  54. When the Sun Goes Down -- Kenny Chesney
  55. Wonderful Tonight -- Eric Clapton
  56. You May Be Right -- Billy Joel
  57. Your Mama Can't Dance -- Poison (Loggins and Messina)
We have also played these songs in past gigs.
  1. A Hard Day's Night -- Beatles
  2. Accidentally In Love -- Counting Crows
  3. All Shook Up -- Elvis
  4. All the Small Things -- Blink 182
  5. An American Girl -- Tom Petty
  6. Angie -- Rolling Stones
  7. Authority Song -- John Mellencamp
  8. Break Up Song -- Greg Kihn
  9. Burning Love -- Elvis
  10. Bus Stop -- Hollies
  11. Cars -- Gary Numan
  12. Come Out and Play -- Offspring
  13. Crazy Little Thing Called Love -- Queen
  14. Crocodile Rock -- Elton John
  15. Day Tripper -- Cheap Trick (Beatles)
  16. Don't Be Cruel -- Elvis
  17. Driver 8 -- REM
  18. Fortunate Son -- Creedence Clearwater Revival
  19. Go All the Way -- Raspberries
  20. Good Girls Don't -- Knack
  21. Hello Mary Lou -- Creedence Clearwater Revival (Ricky Nelson)
  22. I Fought the Law -- Clash (Crickets)
  23. I Love Rock n Roll -- Joan Jett
  24. I Wanna Be With You -- Raspberries
  25. I Want to Hold Your Hand -- Beatles
  26. I'm Yours -- Jason Mraz
  27. It's Not My Time -- 3 Doors Down
  28. Know Your Enemy -- Green Day
  29. Kodachrome -- Paul Simon
  30. La Bamba -- Los Lobos (Ritchie Valens)
  31. Lay Down Sally -- Eric Clapton
  32. Monster Mash -- Bobby "Boris" Pickett
  33. Mrs Robinson -- Lemonheads (Simon/Garfunkel)
  34. Oh Pretty Woman -- Roy Orbison
  35. Photograph -- Ringo Starr
  36. Promises -- Eric Clapton
  37. Puppy Love -- Donny Osmond
  38. Red Solo Cup -- Toby Keith
  39. Rock and Roll Music -- Beatles (Chuck Berry)
  40. ROCK in the USA -- John Mellencamp
  41. Run Rudolph Run -- Bryan Adams (Chuck Berry)
  42. Running Down a Dream -- Tom Petty
  43. Seven Nation Army -- White Stripes
  44. Sex and Candy -- Marcy Playground
  45. Shake Your Booty -- KC & Sunshine Band
  46. Shama Lama Ding Dong -- Lloyd Williams (Animal House)
  47. Somebody to Love -- Jefferson Airplane
  48. Surrender -- Cheap Trick
  49. Suspicious Minds -- Elvis
  50. Teddy Bear -- Elvis
  51. That'll be the Day -- Buddy Holly
  52. The More I Drink -- Blake Shelton
  53. They Say Its Your Birthday -- Beatles
  54. Twist and Shout -- Beatles
  55. Upside Down -- Jack Johnson
  56. Vertigo -- U2
  57. Who Says You Can't Go Home -- Bon Jovi
  58. Wild Child -- Chris Ocasek (Crickets)

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