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Ron Asheton of The Stooges
A couple of weeks ago Jim and Greg talked about the punk pioneers The Ramones. This week it's time to look at the other pillar of punk: The Stooges. In the late '60s and early '70s the band released three major albums, and then disintegrated into drugs and power struggles. Now, almost 35 years later, three of the four original members reunited to record a new album, The Weirdness. Jim and Greg invite guitarist Ron Asheton to talk about the band's history and how they came back together.
Lead singer Iggy Pop (James Osterberg), guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton and bassist Dave Alexander formed The Stooges in Ann Arbor, MI in 1967. They were signed to Elektra Records a year later after opening for“big brother band”the MC5. There they had their first self-titled album produced by John Cale of The Velvet Underground. Jim and Greg talk to Ron Asheton about the band's first time in the studio (and their first in-studio strike), and learn about how they developed their signature, primitive sound. They point to the propulsive Bo Diddley-inspired rhythms of songs like "1969."
The Stooges went on to record Fun House, which reflected their love of James Brown and John Coltrane, and then things started to fall apart. Iggy went on to form a relationship with David Bowie (and with heroin), and got the band signed to Columbia Records. Ron Asheton was bounced down to bassist, however. He explains that their subsequent release, Raw Power, is a good album, but not indicative of their true sound.
Go to episode 66Alex Cox
Filmmaker Alex Cox joins Jim and Greg this week for a lively conversation about his punk rock-infused movies like Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, and Walker. Though originally from Liverpool, Cox first encountered punk rock through the Los Angeles scene of bands like Fear, Suicidal Tendencies, and Black Flag. When he made his debut film Repo Man in 1984, he enlisted all his favorite bands for the soundtrack. The movie was initially a flop, but the popularity of that legendary soundtrack album eventually turned it into a cult classic. Cox followed up that with another definitive punk film – Sid and Nancy, a biopic of the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
Sid and Nancy was the beginning of a long collaboration between Cox and Joe Strummer of The Clash. Strummer appeared in and composed for the spaghetti western homage Straight to Hell and the controversial 1987 film Walker. Alex Cox speaks with Jim and Greg about working with Strummer, enlisting both Iggy Pop and Michael Nesmith of The Monkees to make Repo Man, and the difficulties of making political films in Hollywood.
Go to episode 632Kate Pierson
In 1976, Kate Pierson joined the genre-melding music powerhouse, the B-52s, and the rest is history. The Georgia-based band started out playing at local parties, then clubs in New York and eventually in venues around the world. Their self-titled first album showed their innovation, kitsch and creativity with hits like "Rock Lobster." However, the group reached the peak of their fame in 1989 with the release of their album, Cosmic Thing. Outside of the band, Pierson has collaborated with talented artists like R.E.M., Iggy Pop, The Ramones and most recently, Sia. Finally over 30 years after the inception of the B-52s, Kate Pierson is releasing her first solo album, Guitars and Microphones. She talks about the past, present and future of her career in music.
Go to episode 504Peaches
Jim and Greg are joined this week by Peaches and her band Sweet Machine. The singer and performance artist was born Merril Nisker in Toronto, but took on the electro-clash alter-ego Peaches for her first solo album The Teaches of Peaches. Peaches is now based and her latest album is I Feel Cream. As she relays to Jim and Greg, she wanted to focus more on the singing. She's also had the opportunity to collaborate with Pink, Iggy Pop and Christina Aguilera. As Peaches says, she waited for the mainstream to come to her, rather than move towards it. She and Sweet Machine perform tracks from I Feel Cream on the show, and you can hear all the live tracks here.
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Iggy Pop Post Pop Depression
The "godfather of punk" has released his 17th–and maybe final– album, Post Pop Depression. Jim and Greg are both huge Iggy Pop fans, but Jim thinks outside of a few moments of brilliance with tracks like Lust for Life, The Passenger, and Candy, his solo career is a disaster. Jim's opinion is that while Iggy's first three albums with The Stooges were perfect, the punk legend has never had much to say lyrically. Even Josh Homme's attempts to fire up the album don‘t work, and Jim’s got to call this record a Trash It. Greg couldn‘t disagree more. He’ll concede that Iggy's 80s output was less than stellar, but some of his solo records in the 90s and beyond have had great moments. Post Pop Depression is his best work since The Idiot and Lust for Life. Homme understands Iggy and provides a setting for him to do what he does best. Greg describes the lyrics as poetic and at different times dark, meditative, funny, and rageful. The record also shows off Iggy's underrated singing. Greg says Buy It. If this truly is Iggy's last album, what a way to go out.

Alejandro Escovedo Real Animal
Alejandro Escovedo has been making music since the late '70s, and now he's back with a new album called Real Animal. Escovedo has had a checkered career that's been mostly under the radar, but has worked with some of the most influential musicians in rock history. A lot of these names pop up on Real Animal, but as with other releases, Jim doesn‘t think Escovedo delivers the goods on record. He’s much more impressive live. Jim can hear the riffs pilfered from Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Lou Reed and doubts he'll ever listen to this album again. He gives it a generous Try It. Greg thinks Jim missed a good deal of the album. To Greg, the pilferings are more homages, especially to Mott the Hoople's Ian Hunter. The emotional temperature of this album is so high that Greg thinks listeners should Buy It.

King Khan and the Shrines The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines
The day after The Hold Steady took the stage, Pitchfork fans were wowed by the antics of King Khan and the Shrines. Jim was less wowed with Khan's own wardrobe malfunction, which he felt distracted from the music. He's impressed with Khan's collection of past recordings, The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines, which is almost like Iggy Pop meets James Brown. Greg hears Nuggets-era soul, and thinks The Supreme Genius is a great introduction into Khan's music. Both critics give the album a Buy It rating.
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Better Campaign Songs
Presidential candidates keep reusing the same generically inspirational anthems (Springsteen, Mellencamp, U2, etc.) on the campaign trail. They rarely seem to pay attention to what the lyrics of the songs are actually about. So Jim and Greg are offering their services as political consultants to help freshen up the campaign rallies. Here are their picks for campaign songs that candidates should use as they run for office:
Go to episode 555Best Albums of 2016…So Far
Greg and Jim just couldn't wait until December to talk about some of their new favorite albums. They discuss some of the best records of 2016 so far. Here are their complete lists:
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Sound Opinions is sad to report the death of Stooges drummer Scott Asheton at age 64. This punk pioneer took the rhythms of Bo Diddley and the Velvet Underground's Moe Tucker and piled on the aggression, carving out the sound that would soon define punk, Jim explains. Listening to him pummel the drums on early Stooges albums, it's no surprise that Asheton (whose family couldn't afford a proper trap set) first learned to play by banging hammers on oil cans. Along with his brother Ron on guitar, Scott was described as the gasoline that Iggy's match set aflame. Jim and Greg honor the drummer by playing "1969" from the Stooges‘ debut album, a punk inferno that Asheton’s brutal rhythms kept burning bright.
It's the double feature that everybody was waiting for… in 1994. Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden are teaming up for a summer tour, just in time for the 20th anniversaries of NIN's Downward Spiral and Soundgarden's Superunknown. Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell says he's always been a NIN fan, and that he'd love to jam with the band onstage—but Trent Reznor might not be so enthused. Back in 2009, Reznor took Cornell to task on Sound Opinions, calling his Timbaland-produced solo album an“impressively bad”sell-out. Maybe NIN will bring on a more suitable collaborator for its next tour.
The 2014 SXSW Music Conference, normally a festive event, which brings tens of thousands of people to Austin every year, will unfortunately be remembered as a tragic one. A horrific car crash early Thursday morning resulted in the death of three people and the injury of many more. Also making headlines was Lady Gaga. The pop diva not only performed at a contoversial event for a snack food company, she gave the keynote address. According to Gaga, without sponsors, there wouldn‘t be music events; labels can’t afford it. A surprising assertion from a woman who later touted her music industry rebellion.
Go to episode 434featured songs
Featured Songs
- Bryan Adams, (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, Waking Up the Neighbours, A&M, 1991
- Guns N' Roses, Live and Let Die, Use Your Illusion I, Geffen, 1991
- Garth Brooks, Rodeo, Ropin' The Wind, Liberty, 1991
- Spin Doctors, Two Princes, Pocket Full of Kryptonite, Epic, 1991
- Nirvana, Lithium, Nevermind, DGC, 1991
- Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nevermind, DGC, 1991
- Slowdive, Catch the Breeze, Just for a Day, Creation, 1991
- Ride, Vapour Trail, Nowhere, Creation, 1990
- My Bloody Valentine, Only Shallow, Loveless, Creation, 1991
- Guns N' Roses, November Rain, Use Your Illusion I, Geffen, 1991
- Jane's Addiction, Jane Says, Nothing's Shocking, Warner, 1988
- Rollins Band, Hard, Hard Volume, World Service, 1989
- Ice-T, O.G. Original Gangster, O.G. Original Gangster, Sire, 1991
- Nine Inch Nails, Head Like a Hole, Pretty Hate Machine, TVT, 1989
- Butthole Surfers, P.S.Y., Piouhgd, Rough Trade, 1991
- Pearl Jam, Alive, Ten, Epic, 1991
- N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton, Straight Outta Compton, Ruthless, 1988
- N.W.A., 100 Miles and Runnin, Efil4zaggin, Ruthless, 1991
- Ice Cube, Steady Mobbin', Death Certificate, Priority, 1991
- De La Soul, Let, Let Me In, De La Soul is Dead, Tommy Boy, 1991
- Massive Attack, Safe From Harm, Blue Lines, Virgin, 1991
- Iggy Pop, Gardenia, Post Pop Depression, Loma Vista, 2016
- Iggy Pop, Sunday, Post Pop Depression, Loma Vista, 2016
- The Reverend Horton Heat, Eat Steak, Smoke ‘Em If You Got ’Em, Sub Pop, 1990
- The Smiths, Meat Is Murder, Meat Is Murder, Sire, 1985
- Brenda Holloway, Operator, Operator / I'll Be Available, Tamla, 1965
- Nina Simone, Who Knows Where the Time Goes, Black Gold, RCA Victor, 1970
- Simon & Garfunkel, A Hazy Shade of Winter, Bookends, Columbia, 1968
- Lucinda Willliams, Protection, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, Highway 20, 2014
- TEEN, Tokyo, Love Yes, Carpark, 2016
Featured Songs
- The Sensational Harvey Band, Vambo Marble Eye, Next, Vertigo, 1973
- The Cortinas, Fascist Dictator, Fascist Dictator (single), Step Forward, 1977
- Go-Go's, Screaming, Return to the Valley of the Go-Go's, I.R.S., 1979
- Iggy Pop, Repo Man, Repo Man, San Andreas, 1984
- Johnny Lee, Lookin' for Love, Lookin' for Love, Asylum, 1980
- Fear, Let's Have a War, The Record, Slash, 1982
- Suicidal Tendencies, Institutionalized, Suicidal Tendencies, Frontier, 1983
- Circle Jerks, When the Shit Hits the Fan, Repo Man, San Andreas, 1984
- The Plugz, Reel Ten, Repo Man, San Andreas, 1984
- Sex Pistols, Pretty Vacant, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Virgin, 1977
- Gary Oldman, My Way, Sid and Nancy: Love Kills, MCA, 1986
- Gary Oldman, I Wanna Be Your Dog, Sid and Nancy: Love Kills, MCA, 1986
- Joe Strummer, Love Kills (Title Track), Sid and Nancy: Love Kills, MCA, 1986
- Pearl Harbour and The Palaminos, Two Bullets, Sid and Nancy, Palace Pictures, 1986
- The Pogues, Bolero del Perro Listo, Straight to Hell Returns, Big Beat, 1987
- Joe Strummer, Machete, Walker, Virgin Movie Music, 1987
- Carlos Mejía Godoy y Los De Palacagüina, La Tumba del Guerrillero, La Nueva Milpa, CBS, 1978
- Joe Strummer, The Unknown Immortal, Walker, Virgin Movie Music, 1987
- Bob Dylan, Knockin‘ on Heaven’s Door, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, Columbia, 1973
- Joe Strummer, Gangsterville, Earthquake Weather, Epic, 1989
- Circle Jerks, Coup d'Etat, Golden Shower of Hits, Allegiance, 1983
- N.E.R.D., Deep Down Body Thurst, No_One Ever Really Dies, i am OTHER, 2017
- Kelis, Milkshake, Tasty, Star Trak, 2003
- N.E.R.D., ESP, No_One Ever Really Dies, i am OTHER, 2017
- N.E.R.D., Lemon (featuring Rihanna), No_One Ever Really Dies, i am OTHER, 2017
- N.E.R.D., Don‘t Don’t Do It (featuring Kendrick Lamar), No_One Ever Really Dies, i am OTHER, 2017
- N.E.R.D., Lifting You (featuring Ed Sheeran), No_One Ever Really Dies, i am OTHER, 2017
- Human Switchboard, (Say No To) Saturday's Girl, Who's Landing in my Hangar?, I.R.S., 1981
- Ariel Pink, Put Your Number in My Phone, Pom Pom, 4AD, 2014
- Frankie Paul, Worries in the Dance, Pass the Tu-Sheng-Peng, Greensleeves, 1984
- Allan Holdsworth, Devil Takes the Hindmost, Metal Fatigue, Enigma, 1985
- The Easybeats, Friday on My Mind, Easy, Repertoire, 1965
- Elvin Jones, Green Chimneys, It Don't Mean a Thing, Enja, 1993
Featured Songs
- Lil Wayne, Without You (Feautring Bibi Bourelly), Free Weezy Album, Young Money Entertainment, 2015
- Harmonia, Dino, Musik von Harmonia, Brain, 1974
- Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Broken Head, After the Heat, Sky Records, 1978
- Kate Pierson, Throw Down the Roses, Guitars and Microphones, Lazy Meadow Music, 2015
- Sia, Elastic Heart, 1000 Forms of Fear, RCA, 2014
- Kate Pierson, Guitars and Microphones, Guitars and Microphones, Lazy Meadow Music, 2015
- Pete Seeger, Waist Deep in the Big Muddy, Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (Single), Sony, 1967
- The B-52's, 52 Girls, The B-52's, Warner Bros., 1979
- The B-52's, Dance This Mess Around, The B-52's, Warner Bros., 1979
- The B-52's, Planet Claire, The B-52's, Warner Bros., 1979
- The B-52's, Rock Lobster, Rock Lobster (Single), DB Records, 1978
- Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, Why, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, Apple, 1970
- The B-52's, There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon), The B-52's, Warner Bros., 1979
- The B-52's, Cosmic Thing, Earth Girls Are Easy (Original Soundtrack), Sire Records, 1989
- The B-52's, Roam, Cosmic Thing, Reprise, 1989
- Iggy Pop, Candy, Brick by Brick, Virgin, 1990
- R.E.M., Shiny Happy People, Out of Time, Warner Bros., 1991
- The B-52's, Private Idaho, Wild Planet, Warner Bros., 1980
- Wilco, Pickled Ginger, Star Wars, dBpm, 2015
- Wilco, Random Name Generator, Star Wars, dBpm, 2015
- Peter Schilling, Major Tom (Coming Home), Error in the System, Elektra Records, 1983
- Ratatat, Cream on Chrome, Cream on Chrome (Single), XL Recordings, 2015
- Bob Dylan & the Band, Long Distance Operator, The Basement Tapes, Columbia, 1975
- Peacers, R.J.D. (Salam), Peacers, Drag City, 2015
- Drive By Truckers, The Southern Thing, Southern Rock Opera, Soul Dump Records, 2001
- BB King, Let the Good Times Roll, Let the Good Times Roll (Album), MCA, 1999
- Spherical Objects, The Face I Want To See, Past and Parcel, Object Music, 1978
Featured Songs
- Metallica, Hit the Lights, Kill 'Em All, Megaforce, 1983
- Bow Wow Wow, C30, C60, C90 Go, The Best of Bow Wow Bow, RCA, 1996
- The Soup Dragons, Pleasantly Surprised, Hang-Ten!, Sire, 1987
- Redbone, Come and Get Your Love, Wovoka, Epic, 1973
- Eleventh Dream Day, Go Tell It, Works For Tomorrow, Thrill Jockey, 2015
- Sleater Kinney, Surface Envy, No Cities to Love, Sub Pop, 2015
- Torres, Sprinter, Sprinter, Partisan, 2015
- Protomartyr, Why Does It Shake?, The Agent Intellect, Hardly Art, 2015
- Raury, Devil's Whisper, All We Need, Columbia, 2015
- Seinabo Sey, Younger, Pretend, Virgin, 2015
- Jill Scott, Closure, Woman, Blues Babe/Atlantic, 2015
- Blur, Go Out, The Magic Whip, Parlophone, 2015
- Glenn Mercer, Here Come the Warm Jets, Incidental Hum, Bar/None, 2015
- Le Butcherettes, Oil the Shoe If the Critter Knew Any Better, A Raw Youth, Ipecac, 2015
- Alessia Cara, Here, Know-It-All, Def Jam, 2015
- The Decemberists, The Singer Addresses His Audience, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, Rough Trade, 2015
- Alabama Shakes, Shoegaze, Sound & Color, ATO, 2015
- The Beatles, Any Time At All, A Hard Day's Night, Parlophone, 1964
- Wilco, Random Name Generator, Star Wars, dBpm, 2015
- Fraser A. Gorman, Shiny Gun, Slow Gum, Kobalt, 2015 1, The Bad Doctors,“AC,”Burning City, P. Trash, 2014
- Iggy Pop, The Passenger, Lust for Life, RCA, 1977
Featured Songs
- The Make-Up, Gold Record Pt. I, Sound Verite, K, 1997
- OneRepublic, Apologize, Dreaming Out Loud, Interscope, 2007
- Trent Reznor feat. Karen O, Immigrant Song, N/A, Unreleased, 2011
- Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood, Some Velvet Morning, Nancy & Lee, Boots, 1968
- Simon & Garfunkel, The Only Living Boy in New York, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Sony Music Distribution, 1970
- Sonny & Cher, I Got You Babe, Look at Us, Sundazed, 1965
- Marvin Gaye, The Onion Song (w/Tammi Terrell), The Very Best of Marvin Gaye, Motown, 2004
- Method Man, I‘ll Be There for You/You’reAll I Need to Get By, I'll Be There For You, Def Jam, 1995
- Led Zeppelin, The Battle of Evermore, Led Zeppelin IV, Atlantic, 1971
- Mickey & Sylvia, Love Is Strange, Oldies But Goodies: Legendary Hits, Original Sound Entertainment, 1979
- Pet Shop Boys, What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Actually, EMI Music Distribution, 1987
- PJ Harvey, This Mess We're In, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, Island, 2000
- The Pogues, Fairytale of New York, If I Should Fall from Grace with God, Island, 1988
- The Jayhawks, Blue, Tomorrow the Green Grass, Universal Distribution, 1995
- Iggy Pop, Candy, Brick by Brick, Virgin, 1990
- Sam & Dave, Hold On, I'm Comin', Hold On, I'm Comin', Atlantic, 1966
- Wilson Pickett, 634-5799 (Soulsville, USA), The Exciting Wilson Pickett, Collectables, 1966
- tUnE-yArDs, Powa (Live on Sound Opinions), w h o k i l l, 4AD, 2011
- Common, I Used to Love H.E.R., Resurrection, Ruthless, 1994
- Miles Davis, Black Satin, On the Corner, Columbia/Legacy, 1972
Featured Songs
- The Misfits, Violent World, Walk Among Us, Ruby, 1982
- The Jesus Lizard, Boilermaker, Liar, Touch and Go, 1992
- Madonna, 4 Minutes, Hard Candy, Warner Bros., 2008
- Frightened Rabbit, I Feel Better, Midnight Organ Fight, Fat Cat, 2008
- Frightened Rabbit, Poke (Live on Sound Opinions), Midnight Organ Fight, Fat Cat, 2008
- Frightened Rabbit, Fast Blood, Midnight Organ Fight, Fat Cat, 2008
- Frightened Rabbit, Floating in the Forth (Live on Sound Opinions), Midnight Organ Fight, Fat Cat, 2008
- Frightened Rabbit, The Modern Leper (Live on Sound Opinions), Midnight Organ Fight, Fat Cat, 2008
- Frightened Rabbit, My Backwards Walk, Midnight Organ Fight, Fat Cat, 2008
- A.R. Rahman, Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire, Interscope, 2008
- A.R. Rahman, Mausam & Escape," Slumdog Millionaire [Soundtrack], Interscope, 2008
- A.R. Rahman, Dreams on Fire, Slumdog Millionaire, Interscope, 2008
- Morrissey, Something is Squeezing My Skull, Years of Refusal, Polydor, 2009
- Morrissey, All You Need is Me, Years of Refusal, Polydor, 2009
- Fleetwood Mac, The Green Manalishi, Greatest Hits, CBS, 1971
- Monster Magnet, I'm Calling You, 4-Way Diablo, Steamhammer, 2007
- Iggy Pop, Tonight, Lust for Life, RCA, 1977
- Jonathon Coulton, Skullcrusher Mountain, Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow, Jonathan Coulton, 2004
Featured Songs
- The Rolling Stones, I'm Free, December's Children, London, 1965
- The Rolling Stones, Play With Fire, Out of Our Heads, London, 1965
- Lil Wayne, Playing with Fire, Tha Carter III, Def Jam, 2008
- Bow Wow Wow, C30, C60, C90, Go!, 1000 Original Hits: 1980, EMI, 1980
- Elvis Costello, Clubland, Trust, Columbia, 1981
- Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Down at the Rock and Roll Club, Blank Generation, Sire, 1977
- Iggy Pop, Night Clubbin, The Idiot, RCA, 1977
- Hüsker Dü, What's Going On?, The Living End, Warner Bros., 1994
- Farley Jackmaster Funk, Love Can't Turn Around, Chicago House ‘86-’91: The Definitive Story, Beechwood, 1997
- Randy Newman, Harps and Angels, Harps and Angels, Nonesuch, 2008
- Randy Newman, Short People, Little Criminals, Warner Bros., 1977
- Randy Newman, A Few Words, Harps and Angels, Nonesuch, 2008
- Spiritualized, The Waves Crash In, Songs in A&E, Sanctuary, 2008
- Spiritualized, Death Take Your Fiddle, Songs in A&E, Sanctuary, 2008
- Lymbyc Systym, Fall Bicycle, Love Your Abuser, Mush, 2007
- Johnny Thunder, Get off the Phone, L.A.M.F. Revisted, n/a, 1984
- Oasis, Wonderwall, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Reprise, 1995
- Radiohead, No Surprises, OK Computer, Parlophone, 1997
Featured Songs
- Dessa, Half of You, Chime, Doomtree, 2018
- Superchunk, What a Time to Be Alive, What a Time to Be Alive, Merge, 2018
- Superchunk, Reagan Youth, What a Time to Be Alive, Merge, 2018
- Superchunk, Black Thread, What a Time to Be Alive, Merge, 2018
- Superchunk, Break the Glass, What a Time to Be Alive, Merge, 2018
- Dessa, 5 out of 6, Chime, Doomtree, 2018
- Dessa, Fire Drills, Chime, Doomtree, 2018
- Dessa, Shrimp, Chime, Doomtree, 2018
- Dessa, Velodrome, Chime, Doomtree, 2018
- Esperanza Spalding, Crowned & Kissed, Radio Music Society, Blue Note, 2012
- Was (Not Was), Spy in the House of Love, What Up, Dog?, Chysalis, 1988
- The Beatles, All My Loving (Live on the Ed Sullivan Show), With the Beatles, Parlophone, 1963
- The Waltz 40, Chest Fever (The Waltz 40, Live at the Chicago Theatre), N/A, N/A, 2017
- Pharoah Sanders, Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, Tauhid, Impulse!, 1967
- MC5, Kick Out the Jams, Kick Out the Jams, Elektra, 1969
- Was (Not Was), I Feel Better Than James Brown, Are You Okay?, Chysalis, 1990
- Was (Not Was), Out Come the Freaks, Was (Not Was), Island, 1981
- Was (Not Was) and Ozzy Osbourne, Shake Your Head (Let's Go to Bed), Born to Laugh at Tornadoes, Geffen, 1983
- Was (Not Was) and Mel Tormé, Zaz Turned Blue, Born to Laugh at Tornadoes, Geffen, 1983
- Was (Not Was), Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated By a Rubber Ball), Born to Laugh at Tornadoes, Geffen, 1983
- Bonnie Raitt and John Hiatt, Thing Called Love, Nick of Time, Capitol, 1989
- Bonnie Raitt, Love Letter, Nick of Time, Capitol, 1989
- Bonnie Raitt, Nick of Time, Nick of Time, Capitol, 1989
- Iggy Pop, Livin' on the Edge of the Night, Brick By Brick, Virgin, 1990
- Was (Not Was), Walk the Dinosaur, What Up, Dog?, Chysalis, 1988
- Robert Glasper, Ah Yeah… That's Just Great (feat. Musiq Soulchild & Chrisette Michele), Black Radio, Blue Note, 2012
- Gregory Porter, On My Way to Harlem, Be Good, Motéma Music, 2012
- The Rolling Stones, Just Your Fool, Blue & Lonesome, Polydor, 2016
- The Rolling Stones, Blue and Lonesome, Blue & Lonesome, Polydor, 2016
- The Rolling Stones, Everybody Knows About My Good Thing, Blue & Lonesome, Polydor, 2016
- Midnight Star, Operator, Planetary Invasion, SOLAR, 1984
- Saint Etienne, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Foxbase Alpha, Heavenly, 1990
- Neil Young, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, After the Gold Rush, Reprise, 1970
- The Miracles, Ooh Baby Baby, Ooh Baby Baby (single), Tamla, 1965
- Sir The Baptist, Wake Up (feat. ChuchPeople), Wake Up (single), Tympa Chapel, 2015
Featured Songs
- Paul McCartney, Get Back (Live at Lollapalooza), Get Back (Single), Apple, 1969
- Van Halen, Right Now, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Warner Bros., 1991
- Feist, 1234, The Reminder, Interscope, 2007
- Iggy Pop, Lust for Life, Lust for Life, RCA, 1977
- Nick Drake, Pink Moon, Pink Moon, Island Records, 1972
- Moby, That's When I Reach For My Revolver, Animal Rights, Elektra, 1996
- Black Flag, TV Party, Damaged, SST, 1981
- Glen Frey, Smuggler's Blues, The Allnighter, MCA, 1984
- Chubby Checker, Let's Twist Again, Let's Twist Again (Single), Parkway Records, 1961
- The Handsome Family, Far From Any Road, Singing Bones, Carrot Top Records, 2003
- Yaz, Situation, Upstairs At Eric's, Mute, 1982
- Jeff Buckley, Hallelujah, Grace, Columbia, 1994
- Phil Collins, In the Air Tonight, Face Value, Atlantic, 1981
- Glitterish, Operator, Transparent (Music from the Amazon Original Series), Amazon, 2014
- Empire Cast, Keep Your Money (Feat. Jussie Smollett), Empire (Original Soundtrack from Season 1), Columbia, 2015
- RJD2, A Beautiful Mine, Magnificent City Instrumentals, Decon, 2006
- The Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows, Revolver, Parlophone, 1966
- Fantasia Barrino, Summertime, (Live on American Idol), Free Yourself, J Records, 2004
- Beyoncé, Run the World (Girls), Run the World (Girls) (Single), Columbia, 2011
- Lana Del Rey, Video Games (Live on Saturday Night Live), Video Games (Single), Interscope, 2011
- David Byrne, In the Future, Music for"The Knee Plays, " ECM, 1985
- Colleen Green, TV, I Want to Grow Up, Hardly Art, 2015
- A-ha, The Sun Always Shines on TV, Hunting High and Low, Warner Bros., 1985 (0:07)
- Neil Young, Rockin' In the Free World, Freedom, Reprise, 1989
- Jamie XX, Sleep Sound, In Colour, Young Turks, 2015
- Frank Zappa, You Didn't Try to Call Me, Safe Muffinz, TAKRL, 1971
- Grateful Dead, Ramble on Rose, Europe '72, Warner Bros., 1972
- Grateful Dead, Loose Lucy, From the Mars Hotels, Grateful Dead, 1974
- Grateful Dead, Box of Rain, American Beauty, Warner Bros., 1970
- Grateful Dead,“Touch of Grey (Live),”Live at Alpine Valley Music Theatre (07/18/89), 1989