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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

STEPHEN KING Picks his favourite Songs of all time | FAR OUT MAGAZINE!

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 Stephen King’s favourite songs:

  • ‘Stiff Upper Lip’ – AC/DC
  • ‘At the Hop’ – Danny and the Juniors
  • ‘Pink Houses’ – John Cougar Mellencamp
  • ‘The New Girl in School’ – Jan and Dean
  • ‘Dance Little Sister’ – Rolling Stones
  • ‘That’s the Way I Like It’ – KC & the Sunshine Band
  • ‘Dirty Water’ – The Standells
  • ‘Louie Louie’ – The Kingsmen
  • ‘It Came Out of the Sky’ – Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • ‘Secret Agent Man’ – Johnny Rivers
  • ‘Anarchy In the UK’ – Sex Pistols
  • ‘Needles and Pins’ – The Searchers
  • ‘S.O.B.’ – Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
  • ‘My Sharona’ – The Knack
  • ‘Worries’ – Langhorne Slim
  • ‘Fast Girl’ – The Tractors
  • ‘Beautiful Wreck’ – Shawn Mullins
  • ‘Wild Weekend’ – The Rockin’ Rebels
  • ‘Mrs. McKenzie’ – Janis Ian
  • ‘Step It Up & Go’ – Alvin “Youngblood” Hart & Teenie Hodges
  • ‘Shake’ – Sam Cooke
  • ‘Stars on the Water’ – Rodney Crowell
  • ‘Carlene’ – Phil Vassar
  • ‘I Shot Your Dog’ – Fred Eaglesmith
  • ‘Seeds’ – Bruce Springsteen
  • ‘Ramrod’ – Bruce Springsteen
  • ‘Galveston Flood’ – Tom Rush
  • ‘1952 Vincent Black Lightning’ – Richard Thompson
  • ‘Can Your Pussy Do The Dog’ – The Cramps
  • ‘Bayou Tortous’ – James McMurtry
  • ‘Baby Come Back To Me’ – The Manhattan Transfer
  • ‘Diamond Shoes’ – Tift Merritt
  • ‘Manifesto No. 1’ – Shooter Jennings
  • ‘She Loves You’ – The Beatles
  • ‘Desolation Row’ – Bob Dylan
  • ‘Choctaw Bingo’ – James McMurtry
  • ‘Middle of the Road’ – Pretenders
  • ‘Barrier Reef’ – Old 97’s
  • ‘Pon De Replay’ – Rihanna
  • ‘When The Stars Go Blue’ – Ryan Adams

Truly extraordinary!
Did this list make you re-think what you thought of King? It kind of did me but it reaffirmed my sense of admiration too! Truly!
Raised a smile and scratch my head and some are yet beyond me (still!) . . . . . . .









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