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Rock List: Fifteen Tracks That Make You Wonder “WHO Was That?!”

This weekend’s rock list topic caused a bit of confusion, but by late Saturday everyone seemed to get what we were aiming for: A list of songs that don’t sound at all like the artist performing them. Thanks for your nominations of head-scratching tracks, and here’s the final list: 1. “Tusk,” Fleetwood Mac 2. “D’yer Mak’er,” Led Zeppelin 3. “Jump,” Van Halen 4. “Discotheque,” U2 5. “My World,” Guns N’ Roses 6. “Love Cats,” The Cure 7. “Lay Lady Lay,” Bob Dylan 8. “Helter Skelter,” The Beatles 9. “Beth,” Kiss 10. “Pepper,” Butthole Surfers 11. “Here Comes Your Man,” Pixies 12. “Rocky Racoon,” The Beatles 13. “What Condition My Condition Is In,” Kenny Rogers 14. “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress,” The Hollies 15. “Bang the Drum All Day,” Todd Rundgren Photo: TTI/Retna 

Published: 2007-07-31 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Readers’ Rock List: Fire Songs

Photo: Mazur/WireImage.com Last week, inspired by the incoming thundersnow that threatened the East Coast and Lil Wayne’s love of songs with “Fire” in the title, we turned our readers into musical pyromaniacs by asking for their favorite Fire Songs. While none of Weezy’s output made the Rock List, Johnny Cash’s scorching “Ring of Fire” was voted Number One, edging out flammable tracks by Bruce Springsteen, Pixies and Billy Joel: 1. Johnny Cash – “Ring of Fire” 2. The Doors – “Light My Fire” 3. B

Published: 2009-12-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Pixies Celebrate 20 Years of “Doolittle” at L.A. Tour Launch

Photo: Webber/WireImage There are drawbacks to performing an entire album live in concert — even for the Pixies, who unfurled 1989’s groundbreaking Doolittle on Wednesday in the first of three sold-out nights at the Hollywood Palladium. “You can’t skip it if you don’t like any of the songs,” bassist-singer-chatterbox Kim Deal noted onstage with a blissful grin. “You have to listen to all of them.” The reunited Pixies began a nine-city U.S. Doolittle Tour this week in Los Angeles, marking the 20t

Published: 2009-11-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Live Shows, Pixies

Black Francis, “Weird Al,” Flea to Rock “Winston Calling” Benefit

Photo: Merritt/GettyThe Pixies might have just kicked off the American leg of their Doolittle tour last night in Los Angeles, but Black Francis has already made plans to return to L.A. on December 8th and 9th when he headlines Winston Calling: A Rock and Comedy benefit concert for baby Winston Bertran. The first concert of the two-night benefit at the Echoplex and its upstairs venue the Echo will also feature appearances by “Weird Al” Yankovic (who will sing the Pixies’ “I Bleed”), Flea, Michael

Published: 2009-11-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Tour Tracker: Sonic Youth, Black Francis and Deer Tick

Sonic Youth extend their tour for The Eternal with a handful of West Coast dates, Black Francis plots two weeks worth of shows before hitting the road with Pixies and recent Breaking artists Deer Tick book shows at Newport’s Folk Festival, Austin City Limits and many more venues. Full dates for all the treks, after the jump. Sonic Youth Jul. 30 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Twilight Music Fest Jul. 31 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater Aug. 2 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater Aug. 3 - San Francisco, CA @ The Inde

Published: 2009-07-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour