Word Association: Music Edition

Fame - Irene Cara

Caravan - Van Morrison 

Spanish Caravan - The Doors 

Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Back Door Man - The Doors

Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan 

I Hear You Knocking - Fats Domino

Can't You Hear Me Knockin' - Rolling Stones 

Everybody Must Get Stoned - Bob Dylan & Tom Petty

Mean Mister Mustard - The Beatles

Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic ( or do you prefer the Dave Mason version.)

Baltimore Blues No. 1 - Deer Tick 

Ticket To Ride - The Beatles

Riders on the Storm - The Doors

From the sublime to the (faintly) ridiculous

Da Doo Ron Ron - the Crystals.

Crystal Blue Persuasion  - Tommy James & the Shondells

The Chrystal Ship - The Doors (could listen to Jim Morrison sing this song forever)

Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills and Nash 

(when I DJed at Maplewoodstock I usually played this one first, in teh morning, bringing the volume up slowly. What a brilliant album.) 

Nashville Cats - The Lovin' Spoonful (Yes Wooden Ships is pure gold)

You’ve lost that lovin’ feeling - The righteous Brothers

You're Lost Little Girl - The Doors

Hey, Little Girl - the Syndicate of Sound (1966)

Little Red Rooster - Rolling Stones

Billy Boy - Red Garland (one of my favorite jazz pianists. And this is his signature tune. Chords! Big hands!)

Do The Right Thing - Simply Red

Simply Iresistable - Robert Parker (a memorable video)

The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr.

Parker's Band - Steeely Dan (clever-as-hell song about Charlie Parker.) 

Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire - Joni Mitchell

Fire and Rain - James Taylor.