Please recommend some Rockin’ songs from Trouser Press reviews.

Los Lobos - "Don't Worry Baby"

Richard Thompson - "Tear-Stained Letter"

Dave Alvin - "Haley's Comet"

The Replacements - "Bastards of Young"

The Saints - "(I'm) Stranded"

The MC5 - "Sister Anne" ("Kick Out the Jams," for that matter)

Iggy & the Stooges - "Search and Destroy"

Pere Ubu - "Final Solution"

Husker Du - "Actual Condition"

Art Bergmann - "My Empty House"

Motorhead - "Going to Brazil" (pretty much anything, really)

Wilco - "Casino Queen"

Bottle Rockets - "Sunday Sports"

We could go on.

If I'm interpreting the question correctly, these are just a few songs I can think of off the top of my head by TP artists that I think rawk.

The Mekons - "Memphis Egypt"
Jesus and Mary Chain - "Head On"
Primitives - "Crash"
Close Lobsters - "Mother of God"
My Bloody Valentine - "What You Want"
Ultravox - "Rockwork"
Nick Lowe - "Heart of the City"
Patti Smith - "Pumpin' (My Heart)"

Heck, even if I'm not interpreting the question correctly, I stand by my opinion.



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Any one of us could go on and on, taking up the rest of the day, and would still just be scratching the surface.

But, to start (and stop) somewhere ... this past January, I recorded three installments of my show using an "evergreen" approach. The following songs appeared in those shows, and the artists in Trouser Press reviews:

"52 Girls" – The B-52's
"This Is Pop" – XTC
"Needle Hits E" – Sugar
"Girls That Don't Exist" – The Records
"Nite and Grey" – Urge Overkill
"Monday Morning Rock" – Marshall Crenshaw
"Tuesday Morning" – Hoarse
"No Action" – Elvis Costello
"Gidget Goes to Hell" – Suburban Lawns
"The Queen of Eyes" – The Soft Boys
"Her Head's Revolving" – The Three O'Clock
"Do the Boob" – The Real Kids
"Walk Idiot Walk" – The Hives
"No Time This Time" – The Police
"Clean Clean" – Buggles
"Here It Goes Again" – OK Go
"Zero Hour" – The Plimsouls
"Nite Klub" – The Specials
"Creepy Jackalope Eye" – Supersuckers
"Blue Tip" – The Cars
"Out of the Blue" – Roxy Music
"Got the Time" – Joe Jackson
"Another Girl, Another Planet" – The Only Ones
"East of Eden" – Lone Justice
"West of the Fields" – R.E.M.
"2-4-6-8 Motorway" – Tom Robinson Band
"Super Bon Bon" – Soul Coughing
"The Prisoner" – The Clash
"Some Jingle Jangle Morning" – Mary Lou Lord
"Watch That Man" – David Bowie
"Academy Fight Song" – Mission of Burma
"Rocket Boy" – Liz Phair
"Diamond Hoo Ha Man" – Supergrass
"Peacock Suit" – Paul Weller
"Scared to Dance" – Skids
"Lagartija Nick" – Bauhaus
"You Got It (Release It)" – Pearl Harbor & the Explosions
"Decent Days and Nights" – The Futureheads
"The Man with the Lightbulb Head" – Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians
"The Light Pours Out of Me" – Magazine
"My Mistake" – The Kingbees
"We're Living in Violent Times" – The Barracudas
"Dreaming" – Blondie
"Media Man" – Flash & the Pan
"Cement Slippers" – Dengue Fever

Jazz Butcher - She's a Yoyo
Hoodoo Gurus - Tojo
High Back Chairs - Kiss and Tell
Government Issue - Crash
Fugazi - Public Witness Program
Minor Threat - Steppin' Stone
45 Grave - Partytime
face to face - Disconnected
D.O.A. - Singin' in the Rain
Die Toten Hosen - Wunsch Wir Was
Dictators - Who Will Save Rock and Roll
Dickies - Booby Trap
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Damned - New Rose
Dag Nasty - Circles
Cro Mags - Hard Times
Graham Coxon - Freakin' Out
Cheap Trick - He's a Whore
Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
The Business - Harry May
Blur - Song 2
Blondie -Hanging on the Telephone
Big Trouble House - Cut Him Down
Big Drill Car - About Us
Anthrax - Got the Time
Bad Brains - Pay to Cum, I Against I
Bob Mould - Star Machine
Ween - It's Gonna Be a Long Night
Webb Wilder - Tough it Out
UK Subs - Tomorrow's Girls
Angelic Upstarts - Stab in the Back
Super Furry Animals - God! Show Me Magic
The Squirrels - Let Me!
Sloan - If It Feels Good Do It, 13(Under a Bad Sign)
Smile - Rock Anthem for the Retarded Teenage Hipster Population
The Sneetches - He's Frank
Snuff - Words of Wisdom
Sense Field - Fun Never Ends, Running Behind
Rocket From the Crypt - Eye on You
Rocket From the Tombs - Nugefinger
The Pressure Boys - Dial Tone
Redd Kross - Jimmy's Fantasy, Pretty Please Me
Pell Mell - Pound Cake
Pedaljets - One Million Lovers
Monsterland - Crashing Teenage Crush
Motocaster - Broken Eyes
The Nitecaps - Is This the Dream?/Good Times
Untouchables - I Spy for the FBI
New York Dolls- Personality Crisis
Mr. T Experience - I Feel Love, Tapin' Up My Heart
Peter Murphy - Velocity Bird
Naked Raygun - Managua
The Neighborhoods - Roxanne
Bill Nelson - Flaming Desire
Masters of Reality - She Got Me (When She Got Her Dress), John Brown
Man or Astroman? - Lo Batt, Antimatter Man
The Leaving Trains - Payday
Kyuss - Green Machine
Ed Kuepper - Standing in the Cold, in the Rain
Melvins - Honey Bucket
Honeydogs - Fighting Weight
Gray Matter - Caffeine Blues



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I think all of you have foolishly missed the intent of the original request, you foolish fools. I’d go with:

“Rockin into the night” 38 Special
“Rockin with the rhythm”- the Judds
“Hot Rockin” Judas Priest

TP just hasn’t gotten around to reviewing these YET… I’m sure they’re somewhere in the cue?

Well then, Bip, here are just a few more of my 20FR selections that might fit the bill:

"Do You Rock and Roll?" – The Kings
"The Golden Age of Rock & Roll" – Mott the Hoople
"All for the Love of Rock & Roll" [live] – Tuff Darts
"Rock & Roll High School" – The Ramones
"Rock and Roll Heart" – Lou Reed
"Dirty Ass Rock & Roll" – John Cale
"Rock and Roll" – The Velvet Underground
"Rock and Roll Will Stand" – The Blasters
"Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll" – Robert Gordon and Link Wray
"Rock and Roll Girl" – Paul Collins' Beat
"I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock & Roll" – Nick Lowe
"Rock & Roll Suicide" – David Bowie
"Anything That's Rock & Roll" – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
"Rock & Roll This, Rock & Roll That" – The Mumps
"It Isn't Rock & Roll" – The Pretty Things
"What's That Got to Do with Rock & Roll?" – Sylvain Sylvain
"Rock & Roll Made a Man Out of Me" – The Dictators
"Rock and Roll Party" – Iggy Pop

“Rock and roll” is probably my fave Velvet Underground track. That thing just chugs along and transcends.

Thanks for the info. I’ve heard some of them, but most I have not, so I shall be listening to them here and there when I have time.

I'm surprised that The Motors "Dancing the night away" hasn't been mentioned yet. That track is ace.

I've got at least three setlists lined up already now, thanks to all you guys!

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