For the oldies (like me) and to perhaps educate the younger 'uns, this section will feature only the best in true classic rock. For many of us, these are the songs and the bands we grew up with, the ones that got us turned on to music, and the music that showed us there was more to life than just the charts. These are the songs that defined generations, that continue to do so, and that deservedly hold a place in the annals of rock history. It's not stretching the point to say that had some of these songs not been written, rock music today might look a whole lot different --- and who knows? Some of us may not have been born...!
So let's salute the pioneers of classic rock, the men and women who wrote what would become for many of us the soundtrack of our lives, and lead to a permanent and abiding love for this music we call rock!
And what else would we choose to get us underway than the classic of classics? No-one can hear this acoustic guitar and flute opening and not know what's about to come their way. Timeless.
And after that let's really rock it up with Steppenwolf, and “Born to be wild”.
And now, the pride of the South, it's Lynyrd Skynyrd with the classic “Freebird”.
The Who? The Who, that's who! Er, yeah...
And let's end up with those jolly rockers, the Grateful Dead, with one of their classics, this is “Touch of grey”. That's about as much classic rock as the journal will stand for the moment: don't want the fabric of space/time ripping, do we? More to come soon...