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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Andrew Hickey presents a history of rock music from 1938 to 1999, looking at five hundred songs that shaped the genre.

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  1. Song 186: “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band

    This episode is on “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, and is the third part of a trilogy following the episodes on the GTOs and Frank Zappa. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcr

  2. Song 185: “Peaches En Regalia” by Frank Zappa

    This episode follows on from the episode on the GTOs. These two make up two parts of a three-part story, and I’m hoping to have part three, on Captain Beefheart, up before the end of the month. This episode is on “Peaches En Regalia” by Fra

  3. Teaser Trailer: It’s a Superpower??

    Some of you will have seen me talk in the past about a site called The Daily Tism, a satirical news site by and for autistic people which is run by some friends of mine, and which I’ve written the odd piece for. (Perhaps you haven’t, in whi

  4. Song 184: “The Captain’s Fat Theresa Shoes” by the GTOs

    This episode took longer than normal to come up because, as you’ll see from the episode itself, I’m releasing it simultaneously with the next episode, on Frank Zappa. These two make up two parts of a three-part story, and I’m hoping to have

  5. Song 183: “Pinball Wizard” by the Who, Part 2: “His Disciples Lead Him In”

    Apologies for the delay in posting this episode — health issues have continued to affect me. They *seem* to be improving, but I should also mention here that some of the guitar demonstrations in this episode are not quite the same part as P

  6. Song 183: “Pinball Wizard” by the Who, part 1: Always Playing Clean

    Apologies for the delay in posting this episode — I had a chronic illness flare-up and a frankly awful January. With luck, part two of this story will be up before the end of February. For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (

  7. Song 182: “Many Rivers to Cross” by Jimmy Cliff

    This episode, we look at the song “Many Rivers to Cross”, the birth of reggae, and the career of the late Jimmy Cliff. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers also

  8. Song 181: “Proud Mary” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

    This episode, we look at the song “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers also ha

  9. Song 180: “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin, Part Two — “Inspiration is What You Are to Me”

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/), songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the second part of a two-episode loo

  10. Song 180: “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin, Part One, The Song Remains the Same

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/), songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the first part of a two-episode look

  11. PLEDGE WEEK: “Light Flight” by Pentangle

    Erratum: At one point here I say “Cannonball Adderley” when I mean “Nat Adderley”. This episode is part of Pledge Week 2025. For five days this week, I will be posting old Patreon bonus episodes to the main feed to encourage people to subsc

  12. PLEDGE WEEK: “Fruit Tree” by Nick Drake

    This episode is part of Pledge Week 2025. For five days this week, I will be posting old Patreon bonus episodes to the main feed to encourage people to subscribe to my Patreon. If you want more of these, and only if you can afford it, subsc

  13. PLEDGE WEEK: “Living in the Past” by Jethro Tull

    This episode is part of Pledge Week 2025. For five days this week, I will be posting old Patreon bonus episodes to the main feed to encourage people to subscribe to my Patreon. If you want more of these, and only if you can afford it, subsc

  14. PLEDGE WEEK: “Pictures of Matchstick Men” by The Status Quo

    This episode is part of Pledge Week 2025. For five days this week, I will be posting old Patreon bonus episodes to the main feed to encourage people to subscribe to my Patreon. If you want more of these, and only if you can afford it, subsc

  15. PLEDGE WEEK: “La conferencia secreta del Toto’s Bar” by Los Shakers

    This episode is part of Pledge Week 2025. For five days this week, I will be posting old Patreon bonus episodes to the main feed to encourage people to subscribe to my Patreon. If you want more of these, and only if you can afford it, subsc

  16. Announcing Pledge Week 2025

    Transcript It’s that time of year again, the time that regular listeners have come to know as Pledge Week, where for five days (this time from Tuesday through Saturday, because I had a migraine yesterday when I should have been recording th

  17. Song 179: “Kick Out the Jams” by the MC5 (Public Clean Version)

    This episode, we look at the song “Kick Out the Jams” by the MC5, and the brief career of the most revolutionary guitar band of the sixties. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode

  18. Song 178: “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?” by Fairport Convention, Part Two: “I Have no Thought of Time”

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/), songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the second part of a two-episode loo

  19. Song 178: “Who Knows Where The Time Goes?” by Fairport Convention, Part One, Going Electric

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/), songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the first part of a two-episode look

  20. Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part 4: “Sometimes I Have A Great Notion”

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/), songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the third and final (and very, very

  21. Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part 3: “Mister, Can You Give Me Some Direction?”

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/), songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the third part of a multi-episode lo

  22. Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part Two — “Is it True What They Say About Dixie?”

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/), songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the second part of a multi-episode l

  23. Next Episode Coming Soon

    This is just to let people know that there is a better than usual reason for the longer than normal delay in the next episode. I was about to record it early last week, when checking a minor detail I discovered a book published this year, a

  24. Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part One, Old Folks at Home

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/) , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the first part of a multi-episode l

  25. Song 176, “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, part 4: “Who Breaks a Butterfly?””

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/) , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the fourth and final part of a mult

  26. Song 176, “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, part 3: “Every Cop is a Criminal and All the Sinners Saints”

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/) , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the third part of a multi-episode l

  27. Song 176: “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, part 2: Traps for Troubadours

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/) , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the second part of a multi-episode

  28. Song 176: “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, Part One: A Man of Wealth and Taste

    For those who haven’t heard the announcement I posted (https://500songs.com/podcast/announcement-regarding-schedule/) , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the first part of a multi-episode l

  29. PLEDGE WEEK: “Dark End of the Street” by James Carr

    This episode is part of Pledge Week 2024. From Tuesday through Saturday this week I’m posting some of my old Patreon bonuses to the main feed, as a taste of what Patreon backers get. If you enjoy them, why not subscribe for a dollar a month

  30. PLEDGE WEEK: “I Love You” by People

    This episode is part of Pledge Week 2024. From Tuesday through Saturday this week I’m posting some of my old Patreon bonuses to the main feed, as a taste of what Patreon backers get. If you enjoy them, why not subscribe for a dollar a month

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