Kid Charlemagne, from one of my favorite albums ever…..”The Royal Scam”!!!!!!! So many great songs on here. If I wanted to be obnoxious (which I am), I’d throw “Don’t Trust ‘Em” by Ice Cube in here, which samples “Green Earrings” from, you got it, Royal Scam. Oh what the hell.
Whatever happened to O’Shea Jackson?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWrqI1FI4TU
2. “Mean Streak” – by Y&T (1983) – I came across this song on a compilation album called “Masters of Metal”, which also featured bands like Kiss, Sabbath, Maiden, Rush, Van Halen and DOKKEN!!!!!! My understanding is that Y&T were big fans of The Beatles and Y&T stands for Yesterday & Today, a Beatles song. History aside, I think this is a vastly underrated song from that era.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX34Qhmto0Y
3. “Evermore” – by Grandaddy (2017) – I love this little piece of alternative rock. It has a constant, hypnotic groove, but it also has a slow build from verse to chorus. Those keyboards are like guitars, but the song has guitars too!