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Forgotten Songs of the '60s: Jefferson Airplane

Forgotten Songs of the ‘60s: Jefferson Airplane Released in November of 1969, Jefferson Airplane’s fifth album Volunteers was a landmark of psychedelia and rock and blended these styles together so seamlessly that many songs aside from the classic title track got overlooked. The first song on the record, “We Can Be Together” is one of those songs that deserve a second chance. Starting off with the dual guitar work of Paul Kantner and Jorma Kaukonen, the band comes together rather quickly and begins to harmonize musically in a very early kind of punk rock kind of way. Then the voices of Marty Balin and Grace Slick come together and everything ends up sounding fantastic. Coming together for a call to arms and peace, the band makes its message exceptionally clear and while there is that notion of peace and coming together, they also don’t want the cops to get too close. The best line of the song and the most remembered, “up against the wall, motherfuckers!” is very clear about what they ...

The 100 Worst Songs Ever!

The 100 Worst Songs Ever! This is a personal list of a bunch of the shittiest songs ever known to mankind, in my opinion as well as some very knowledgeable friends. Some people may wonder why songs like "Rico Suave" and "I'm Too Sexy" are not on this list and the reason is that everyone knows those songs suck; why not create a list of songs that some people have never heard or might not think are shit and that's what I did. So, after reading this list, please go and download all these songs or view them on YouTube and let the debating begin! 100. D.I.-Pervert Nurse (1985) (Suggested by Casey Clabough) [A simple, but yet quite filthy pop punk song from second generation Hardcore punk band.] 99. Dan Fogelberg-Run for the Roses (1981) [A song about the Kentucky Derby, how much more saccharine can you get?] 98. Serj Tankian-The Sky is Over (2007) [A chorus that makes no sense at all from one of the more inventive lyricists of the whole post-KoRn era.] 97. Dus...