Readers’ Rock List: Bird SongsPhoto: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty In memory of Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell, the musician responsible for the famous introduction to the band’s “Free Bird” (and to honor last night’s great effort by the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl), this weekend’s Rock List was dedicated to Bird Songs. It was a heated battle between two former Super Bowl Halftime Show performers, but in the end Paul McCartney and the Beatles’ White Album classic “Blackbird” edged out Prince and his Purple Rain gem “When Doves Cry” for the prize. To see where Alice in Chains, the Misfits and Wilco all nested, check out our Readers’ Rock List: Bird Songs below: 1. The Beatles – “Blackbird” 2. Prince – “When Doves Cry” 3. Alice In Chains – “Rooster” 4. The Beatles – “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” 5. Bob Marley – “Three Little Bird” 6. The Trashmen – “Surfin’ Bird” 7. The Beatles – “And Your Bird Can Sing” 8. The Grateful Dead – “Bird Song” 9. Steve Miller Band – “Fly Like An Eagle” 10. Phish – “Birds of a Feather” 11. The Misfits – “Where Eagles Dare” 12. Nelly Furtado – “Like A Bird” 13. Fleetwood Mac – “Songbird” 14. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird” 15. Wilco – “Hummingbird”
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Published: 2009-02-02
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock Lists
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Weekend Rock List: SupergroupsIt was a big week for supergroups: Monsters of Folk debuted three songs off their upcoming album, the 7 Worlds Collide project featuring Wilco, Neil Finn and members of Radiohead plotted their next release and we caught up with the Van Halen-and-Red Hot Chili Peppers-powered Chickenfoot in London. So this weekend’s Rock List is dedicated to those bands that unite people from other bands to form an entirely new all-star band. Tell us your favorites, and on Monday we’ll count the votes and reveal
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Published: 2009-07-31
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock Lists
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