Blog: Classic Rock’s iPod Roulette
With absolutely no cheating, 4 members of the Classic Rock team put their reputations on the line by putting their iPod on shuffle for a few tracks each. Did anybody have any Five Star on their iPod? Step this way to find out.
Scott Rowley (editor in chief): “Mine’s boring but safe.”
High School – MC5
Mother’s Lament – Cream (I’d skip that, to be honest)
It’s Only Rock’n'Roll – Rolling Stones (actually, I’d probably skip that too)
Guns Of Brixton (live at Shea) – the Clash (er, and that)
Moonlight Mile – Rolling Stones (ah, now I’m always in the mood for a bit of this)
Another Way – Big Linda
Sian Llewelyn (editor): “That could have been a whole lot worse.”
The Hold Steady – Certain Songs
Gimme Your Lovin’ – ZZ Top
The Unforgettable Fire – U2
Heaven Beside You – Alice In Chains
The Cellphone Song (from Brownstone) – Liz Callaway
Have You Heard – Thea Gilmore
Geoff Barton (editor at large): “Prepare for the worst!”
(In The) Black Room/The Tower – Peter Hammill
Oh To Love You (Live) – Beck, Bogert & Appice
Two Sides Of The Coin – Kiss
Close To It All – Melanie
The Widow Of Magnolia – He Is Legend
In The Mood For Love – Sea Hags
Ian Fortnam (reviews editor): “I’ve clearly not cheated. This is not a playlist that I could ever have made up.”
Revolutionary Corps Of Teenage Jesus – Frankie Teardrop
The Riptides – Machine Gun
David Bowie – Life Is A Circus
The Jam – I’ve Changed My Address
Carl Mann – Pretend
Al Wilson – The Snake
Put your own lists below!







kiss of the light-be bop deluxe
cry just a little – avantasia
the thing that should – metallica
let us prey/call for the priest – judas priest
not to bad, i have.
I’ve already done this in the forum but why not have another go.
Disturbed – Devour
Tenacious D – Kyle quite the band
Black Stone Cherry – Rain Wizard
Black Label Society – Blood is Thicker Than Water
Youthansia – Megadeth
Newton Faulkner – Uncomfortably Slow
A little bit random, but not that bad. Wouldn’t have skipped past any of them
iron maiden-phantom of the opera
bob marley-buffalo soldier
pink floyd-the trial
radiohead-the bends
elton john-this song has no title
skid row-monkey business
Interpol — Evil
Porcupine Tree — Mellotron Scratch
Bat for Lashes — Trophy
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss — The Battle of Evermore
Albert Collins — Don’t Lose Your Cool
Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Buddy Holly
Furniture – Horslips
Pony Blues – Eddie “Son” House
The Black Dogs Ditch – The Pogues
Rocket Queen – Guns
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers – VDGG
Childhood’s End – Pink Floyd
Master of Puppets – Metallica
Feelin’, Reelin’, Squeezin’ – Soft Machine
Emmaretta – Deep Purple
The Four Horsemen – Aphrodite’s Child
Montrose – The Dreamer
America – Sandman
Badfinger – Suitcase
38 Special – Teacher, Teacher
David Gray – My Oh My
Marshall Tucker Band – Something’s Missing In My Life
Twisted Sister – Don’t let Me Down
Metallica – Welcome Home
Goo Goo Dolls – Out Of The Red
Jimmy Buffet – Changing Channels
Dokken – Into The Fire
Loverboy – Jump
Black Stone Cherry – Blind Man
Elton John – Funeral for a Friend
Jeff Buckley – Mojo Pin
Airborne – Too Much, Too Fast
Porcupine Tree – My Ashes
Coulda been A LOT worse!!!
Hurting Kind – Robert Plant
FIre Woman – The Cult
Bite – Jesse James Dupree
Running Wild – Airbourne
Use Me – Hinder
Drive In, Drive Out – Dave Matthews Band
Robert Johnson’s Tombstone – Thunder
Some Girls – Rolling Stones
Stolen Car – Bruce Springsteen
My Hometown – Bruce Springsteen
Preatty good ehh???
Slayer – Piece By Piece
Fairport Convention – Matty Groves
AC/DC – Rock n Roll Damnation
Ennio Morricone – Theme from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
The Move – Fire Brigade
Lynyrd Skynyrd – The Ballad of Curtis Loew
Rolling Stones – You Got The Silver
Stray – Our Song
Small Faces – Song of a Baker
Damn I’ve got good taste in music!
Symphony of destruction- Megadeth
Mustang Sally- The commitments
I see the light- DJ Hixxy (shocking chav dance)
American Woman- The Guess Who
Insain in the brain- Cypress Hill
Maybe Someday- Blackstone Cherry
One dire song