(Finished October 31st, 2019) The Music of History, Part 3: 33-49

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These are songs about the music of history, songs about historical figures, history or things that are history related. Some of these songs may or may not be about fictional people, although I really wished that Liberty Valance was a real person. If you want to find out more go to this website:  https://genius.com/Genius-lists-songs-based-on-historical-events-annotated

33) The Specials "Free Nelson Mandela":

34) Motley Crue "Helter Skelter":

35) Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas":

This song is just as relevant today, if not more sure, than it was back in the 80s.
36) John Mellencamp "Rain On The Scarecrow":

37) Neil Young "Let's Roll":

38) Ronnie McDowell "The King Is Dead":

39) "At The End of The Day":

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 40) "Empty Sky":

41) Creedence Clearwater Revival "Fortunate Son":



42) Bruce Springsteen "You're Missing":



43) Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band "The Rising":



44) Johnny Horton "Sink The Bismarck":



45) The Charlie Daniels Band "Still In Saigon":



46) Bruce Hornsby and The Range "The Way It Is":

Well they passed a law in '64 to give those who ain't got nothing more But it only goes so far Because the law won't change another's mind When all he sees at the hiring time Is the line on the color bar.



This might be one of the more obscure, but also most powerful, songs on this list. Afterglow were a couple of singers of the Mormon faith. This song has always been a favorite of mine. And if you didn't know this song is about Jesus. 47) Afterglow "I Heard Him Come":



48) They Might Be Giants "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)":



49) "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance":

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(Finished (maybe) October 30th, 2019) Damn Guns N' Roses Rocks Salt Lake City, They Were So Great Last Night!!!

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I was so lucky to be able to go see Guns N' Roses last night and they kicked ass. They played for 2.5 hours and played 25 songs. They played many classic songs and some deeper cuts. My only two minor quibbles was that it was a bit too loud (sorry I'm old) and I could've done without some of the jamming. But overall I would give it a solid A!

Guns N' Roses current incarnation:

Axl Rose, lead singer, piano and in general bad ass. After nearly every song he gave a very dainty bow at the center of the stage, which so doesn't fit in with his old reputation. The bad old Axl was nowhere to be found last night. He also gave the guy picking up his microphone stand quite a work out last night as Axl tossed it several times. I've watched a lot of videos leading up to the concert and I was concerned how Axl's voice was sounding now that he's 57. His voice sounded good, but it sounded suspiciously good. Is he singing over a backing track?

Duff McKagan, bassist, vocals and a long lanky presence on the stage. He's also the best backing vocalist they have.

Slash, lead guitarist, vocoder virtuoso and heart of the band. I loved so much he's wearing that Led Zeppelin shirt and even pulled out the double barrel guitar a couple of times.

Dizzy Reed, keyboards, piano and percussion. 

Richard Fortus, guitars and a whirlwind of energy on the stage.

Frank Ferrer, drummer and a solid backbeat all night long. Based on appearance alone he may be the coolest of them all.

Melissa Reese, synthesizers, keyboards, backing vocals and you would know she's there unless you're looking for her. 

Guns N' Roses closed their Salt Lake set last night with this all-time classic song, "Paradise City":

One of their older and lesser know songs "Shadow of Your Love":

"Welcome To The Jungle/ Double Talkin' Jive" (although "DTJ" was mostly a Slash solo):

"Dead Horse" and "Coma":

They ended their main set with this barn burner "Nightrain":



This song nearly always is put way too early in the setlist, second song here in Salt Lake City:



Slash showing off his vocoder skills on "Rocket Queen":



"Godfather Theme" and "Sweet Child O' Mine":



"Better":

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(Started October 29th, 2019) G N' R Welcome To the Lake!!! (Salt Lake City)

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Tonight is Guns N' Roses here in Salt Lake City. This is their most recent setlist, October 25th in New Orleans. Welcome to the Lake is the most creative way I could come up with a Salt Lake City welcome to G N' R.

1) "It's So Easy":

2) "Mr. Brownstone":

3) "Chinese Democracy":

4) "Welcome to the Jungle":

5) "Double Talkin' Jive":

6) "Better":

7) "Estranged":

8) "Live and Let Die":

9) "Slither":

10) "Rocket Queen":

11) "You Could Be Mine":

12) "Shadow of Your Love":

13) "Attitude":

14) "Civil War":

15) "Dead Horse":

16) "Coma":

I couldn't find Slash's version so this is Buckethead's version with band introductions.
17) Slash Guitar Solo (with Maggot Brain):

18) "Sweet Child O' Mine":

19) "Wichita Lineman":

20) "November Rain":

21) "Knockin' On Heaven's Door":

22) "Nightrain":

Encore

23) "Don't Cry":

24) "Black Hole Sun":

25) "The Seeker":

26) "Paradise City":

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(Finished October 28th, 2019) Best Songs About The Wistful Passage of Time, Part 1

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I didn't realize the rich vein that there was in songs about the passage of time. These songs are more about the passage of time rather than time itself. I might have cheated a couple of times however.

Choices made now will always have consequences, so be careful what you choose. 1) Michael Jackson "Billie Jean":

 This is one of about 100 songs that I'll find any excuse to post. 2) Green Day "Whatsername":

3) The Counting Crows "A Long December":

4) Boston "Foreplay/Long Time":

5) The Ben Folds Five "Brick":

6) Sufjan Stevens "Casimir Pulaski Day":

I love everything about this song. 7) The Doobie Brothers "I Keep Forgettin'":

8) Bryan Adams "Summer of '69":

Yet another song that I post on my blog as much as I can. This is the song I thought of when I was thinking of the title to this blog. 9) The Kinks "Come Dancing":

10) Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone":

Don't let time get away without spending time with those you love.
11) Harry Chapin "Cat's In The Cradle":

I relate to this song way too well now. 12) Neil Young "Old Man":

13) Bob Seger The Silver Bullet Band "Night Moves":

14) The Beatles "In My Life":

15) Al Stewart "Time Passages":

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(Started October 27th, 2019) The Music of History, Part 2: 17-32

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These are songs about the music of history, songs about historical figures, history or things that are history related. Some of these songs may or may not be about fictional people, although I really wished that Liberty Valance was a real person. If you want to find out more go to this website:  https://genius.com/Genius-lists-songs-based-on-historical-events-annotated

17) Midnight Oil "Blue Sky Mine":

18) OMD "Enola Gay":

19) Plastic Ono Band "Give Peace A Chance":

20) Paul Revere and The Raiders "Indian Reservation":

21) Arcade Fire "Joan of Arc":

22) Iron Maiden "The Longest Day":

23) Arcade Fire "Neighborhood #3":

24) "The World Was Wide":

25) The Cranberries "Zombie":

26) Billy Joel "Allentown":

27) Billy Joel "Goodnight Saigon":

28) Billy Joel "Leningrad":

29) U2 "Angel of Harlem":

30) U2 "Bullet The Blue Sky":

31) U2 "The Hands That Built America":

32) U2 "Van Diemen's Land":

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(Finished October 27th, 2019) The Music of History, Part 1 Songs 1-16

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These are songs about the music of history, songs about historical figures, history or things that are history related. Some of these songs may or may not be about fictional people, although I really wished that Liberty Valance was a real person. If you want to find out more go to this website:   https://genius.com/Genius-lists-songs-based-on-historical-events-annotated

What happens when you don't learn from history? 1) Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey "History Repeating":

2) The Cast of "Alexander Hamilton" "Alexander Hamilton":

3) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Mr. Bojangles":

4) Chuck Berry "Roll Over Beethoven":

5) Don McLean "American Pie":

6) Madonna and others "Rainbow Tour":

7) Ozzy Osbourne "Mr. Crowley":



8) Billy Joel "The Ballad of Billy The Kid":



9) U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday":



10) Billy Joel "We Didn't Start The Fire":



11) Gordon Lightfoot "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald":



12) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "Ohio":



13) Johnny Horton "The Battle of New Orleans":



14) Crosby, Stills & Nash "Woodstock":



15) U2 "MLK":



Who knew a song about the Mason-Dixon line would be so good? 16) Mark Knopfler "Sailing To Philadelphia":

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(Started October 25th, 2019) The Years of Music

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1) The Counting Crows "1492":

According to classicfm.com this is the best version of the overture. 2) Tchaikovsky "1812 Overture":

3) Styx "A.D. 1928":

4) John Anderson "1959":

One of my all-time favorite songs. 5) The Four Seasons "December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)":

6) Zella Day "1965":

7) Paul Davis "'65 Love Affair":

8) Bryan Adams "Summer of '69":

9) James Blunt "1973":

10) The Smashing Pumpkins "1979':

11) Randy Travis "1982":

12) Neon Trees "1983":

13) The Eurythmics "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty Four)":

14) Billy Squier featuring Brian May "(Another) 1984":

15) Tina Turner "1984":

16) Bowling For Soup "1985":

17) Prince "1999":

18) Billy Joel "Miami 2017":

19) Rush "2112":

20) Coheed and Cambria "2113":

21) Zager and Evans "In The Year 2525":

(Started October 24th, 2019) Songs That Are Sad And Also Rock, Part 2

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Bonus song: for some reason I can't get enough of this song by Faster Pussycat "House of Pain":



18) Nine Inch Nails "Something I Can Never Have":



19) Metallica "Sad But True":



20) Metallica "Don't Tread On Me":



21) Metallica "King Nothing":



22) Metallica "Nothing Else Matters":



23) Metallica "Unforgiven":



24) Velvet Revolver "The Last Fight":



25) Guns N' Roses "Estranged":



26) Guns N' Roses "My Michelle":



27) Guns N' Roses "Mr. Brownstone":



28) Alice In Chain "Man In The Box":
29) Alice In Chains "Angry Chair":
30) Alice In Chains "Would?":
31) Nine Inch Nails "Down In It":
32) Nine Inch Nails "Sanctified":

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(Updated November 19th, 2019) Songs That Are Sad and That Rock, Part 1

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This is the song that inspired this blog, this is one of my favorite Hair Metal songs. 

I think this video does a good job of capturing the essence of this song. I love the final scene and no definite answer about if father and son reconciled or not. 1) Faster Pussycat "House of Pain":

I'm not trying to fake it

And I ain't the one to blame

There's on one home

In my house of pain

I didn't write these pages

And my scripts been rearranged

No, there's no one home 

In my house of pain

2) Green Day "21 Guns":

3) Blink 182 "Adam's Song":

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4) Metallica "One":

5) Linkin Park "Papercut":

6) Guns N' Roses "November Rain":

7) Pearl Jam "Black":

8) The Doors "The End":

9) Linkin Park "In The End":

10) Alice In Chains "Down In A Hole":

11) Tool "Sober":

12) Pearl Jam "Jeremy":

13) Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams":

14) MCR "I Don't Love You":

15) Live "Lightning Crashes":

16) Papa Roach "Last Resort":

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(Finished October 22nd, 2019) Covers of Classic 70s Songs, Part 2

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17) Boston, Rascal Flatts "Foreplay"/"Long Time" (with "Free Ride" attached):

18a) The Doobie Brothers, Traks,  "Long Time Running":

18b) Bananarama (Alma De Noche Mix):

19) Jethro Tull, Styx "Locomotive Breath":

Unlike other songs on this list this cover builds on Still's original. It takes a nice song and puts a funky spin on it without soiling the original. Both versions of this song are fantastic. 20) Stephen Stills, The Isley Brothers "Love The One You're With":

It doesn't surprise me I'm only the 80th view for this video, I couldn't think of a way this would work out for the song. In comparison I picked a random version of ZZ Top singing their own classic and it had 136 million views. This actually makes me think of another blog topic "When Covers Don't Make Sense". 21) ZZ Top, Tracy Byrd "La Grange":

 The Beatles, Flaming Lips (featuring Miley Cyrus and Moby 22) "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds":

23a) Joe Cocker, Amii Stewart "The Letter":

23b) Sammi Smith:

24) Linda Ronstadt, Terri Clark "Love Is A Rose":

25) Wings, Guns N' Roses "Live and Let Die":

26) Olivia Newton-John, Tanya Tucker "Let Me Be There":

27) Grand Funk Railroad, Kylie Minogue "Locomotion":

28) The Doors, Long Beach Dub All-Stars "Love Her Madly":

29) Nazareth, Cher "Love Hurts":

30) Diana Ross, Jody Watley "Love Hangover":

Of all the 31 covers this is the worst and the Dinosaur Jr aren't even trying. 31) Nicolette  Dinosaur Jr. "Lotta Love":



To get that horrendous cover of a great song outta your head I'm posting the original by Nicolette Larson:

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(Finished June 27th, 2020) Covers of Classic 70s Songs, Part 1

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I started working on the blog "What the L?: The Best 70's Songs That Start With The Letter L, Part 1". As I was working on it I realized how many of these songs were covered several years later and a lot of times those covers were as good, if not better, than the original. I've picked 31 of those songs and here I will post their covers. The band that sang in the 70s, who sang the cover and the title of the song. I can't guarantee all of these cover versions are good, some of them I'm hearing them for the first time.

1) Peter, Paul and Mary, Chantal Kreviazuk "Leaving On A Jet Plane":

2) Captain and Tennille, Lazlo Bone "Love Will Keep Us Together":

3) The Beatles, Billy Ocean "Long and Winding Road":

4) The Kinks "Lola" was covered by "Weird Al" Yankovic "Yoda":

5) Chic, The Millionaires "Le Freak":

6) Al Green, Tina Turner "Let's Stay Together":

Reel Big Fish stripped this song of all those things that made it good.
7) The Eagles, Reel Big Fish "The Long Run":

8) Kool and the Gang, Atomic Kitten "Ladies Night":

9) Derek and the Dominoes, Eric Clapton "Layla":

I think I might like Aretha's version better. 10a) The Beatles, Aretha "Let It Be":

10b) Ferry Aid "Let It Be":

11) "Lean On Me", Bill Withers, Club Nouveau:

12) "Lady Marmalade": Labelle and Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink:

13) "Listen To The Music" The Doobie Brothers, The Isley Brothers:

14) "L.A. Woman", The Doors, Billy Idol:

15) "Love Is The Drug", Roxy Music, Grace Jones:

16a) "Life In The Fast Lane", The Eagles

16b) Jill Johnson:

This terrible version is the only version I could find of this song.
16c) Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood:

16d) Metal Allegiance

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(Finished November 20th, 2019) Songs Rocking My iPod

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My iPod's shuffle feature was spot on today. It gave me a great playlist that helped lift my spirits on my early morning walk.

1) Guns N' Roses "Paradise City":

This is one of the most bittersweet songs of all-time. 2) From the "American Idiot" Cast Recording "Whatsername":

American Pearl only made one CD, but what a great CD!!! 3) American Pearl "Underground":

4) Carrie Underwood "Love Wins":

5) Patty Loveless "Timber I'm Falling In Love":

6) Enigma "Mea Culpa":

7) Lorrie Morgan "We Both Walk":

8) Whitney Houston "Didn't We Almost Have It All":

9) Garbage "Androgyny":

10) Jimi Hendrix "Crosstown Traffic":

11) Allison Iraheta "Holiday":

This video goes on for two minutes too long. Maybe this is part of the reason I was not impressed with them when I saw them in concert. 12) Kiss "Detroit Rock City":

13) Mighty Mighty Bosstones "Someday I Suppose":

14) Bruce Springsteen "Death To My Hometown":

15) Jan & Dean "Surf City":

16) Walk The Moon "I Can Lift A Car":

17) John Williams "Main Title/ Rebel Blockade":

18) The Wallflowers "Some Flowers Bloom Dead":

19) Sarah Vaughn "Peter Gunn (Max Sedgely Remix)":

20) Rascal Flatts "Mayberry":

21) Madonna "Who's That Girl":

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(Started October 19th, 2019) What the L?: The Best 70's Songs That Start With The Letter L, Part 1

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1) Peter, Paul and Mary "Leaving On A Jet Plane":

I thought of this song for the first time in years when I heard it on the "Modern Love" trailer.

2) Captain and Tennille "Love Will Keep Us Together":

3) The Beatles "Long and Winding Road":

4) The Kinks "Lola":

5) Chic "Le Freak":

6) Al Green "Let's Stay Together":

7) Marvin Gaye "Let's Get It On":

8) The Clash "London Calling":

9) Eric Clapton "Layla":

10) The Beatles "Let It Be":

11) Bill Withers Jr. "Lean On Me":

12) Patti Labelle "Lady Marmalade":

13) The Doobie Brothers "Listen To The Music":

14) The Doors "L.A. Woman":

15) Roxy Music "Love Is The Drug":

16) The Eagles "Life In The Fast Lane":

17) Boston "Long Time":

18) The Doobie Brothers "Long Train Running":

19) Jethro Tull "Locomotive Breath":

20) Bee Gees "Lonely Days":

21) Bread "Look What You've Done":

22) The Doors "Love Street":

23) Joe Cocker "The Letter":

24) Creedence Clearwater Revival "Lookin' Out The Back Door":

(Finished October 19th, 2019) A Recent Tyler Bryant and The Shakedown Setlist

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This is the most recent setlist for Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown that I could find. They're opening for Guns N' Roses here in Salt Lake City on October 29th, 2019. Obviously they won't be playing as long as they did on the night of this setlist, but I thought this would give a flavor of them as a band, the songs and whatever else. Their most recent CD, "Truth and Lies" was released June 28th, 2019.

This is their setlist for their September 16th, 2019 show at the Capital Ale House in Richmond, Va. (Thanks to setlist.fm)

1) "Drive Me Mad":

2) "On To The Next":

3) "Ride":

4) "Shape I'm In":

5) "Trouble":

6) "That's All Right"/ Blues Jam:

7) "Downtown Tonight":

8) "Without You":

Let's see how Bluesy they really are by taking on this Muddy Waters classic. 9) "Mojo Workin'":

10) "Eye to Eye":

11) "Judgment Day":

12) "Couldn't See The Fire":

13) "Lipstick Wonder Woman":

Encore

14) "House That Jack Built":

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Bonus: this is a cool song. I'm loving their Blues sound. "Poor Boy's Dream":

(Finished October 17th, 2019) How Is Axl Sounding in 2019?

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I'm going to the Not In This Lifetime Tour in a little less than two weeks. I've heard some pretty terrible instances of Axl Rose's voice lately, I'm hoping he sounds good on October 29th. Since I paid full price I expect a full performance.

He doesn't sound as good as he did back in the day, which I didn't expect him to. However I'm relieved he sounds so much better than he was last year. I'm looking forward to this concert.

The first time they've played this song since February 20th, 1992.  He sounds pretty good here although the sound quality isn't great. And will that lady please stop screaming? 1) "Locomotive":

2) "Coma":

3) "You Could Be Mine":

4) A cover of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun":



5) "Double Talkin' Jive":



6) "Mr. Brownstone":



Great audio and video. If they sound this good in Salt Lake I would be very happy.
7) "Paradise City":



8) "Welcome To The Jungle":



9) "Sweet Child O' Mine":



10) "November Rain":



11) "Nightrain":

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(Finished October 16th, 2019) Best Songs By Those That Died In Aircraft, Part 1

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James Horner died June 22nd, 2015. He wrote music for over 100 soundtracks. His most famous work is for "Titanic", which sadly is one of the worst movies ever. I still want the 3 hours back of my life I used to watch that movie. Horner was the only person aboard the plane that crashed into the Los Padres National Forest. Three days later the crash was ruled an accident. (Thanks to Wikipedia.org)

I didn't plan on one blog to only have one musician, this blog just took on a life of it's own. The plan is only to have one to a few songs per musician, which is what I'll try to stick to with future blogs.

1) "Lighting The Fuse" from "The Magnificent Seven":

2) "Futile Escape" from "Aliens":

3) "Following KGB/ Releasing Sables/ End Credits" from "Gorky Park":

4) "Main Title" From "Clear and Present Danger":

5) "Combat Drop" from "Aliens":



I spent a lot of time researching this. When I wasn't satisfied with the songs I found I Googled and found a Buzzfeed article that gave me the following songs.

6) "Main Title from The Wrath of Kahn":

7) "Main Title" from "Aliens":



8) Linda Ronstadt, James Ingram and James Horner "Somewhere Out There" from "An American Tail":



9) "A Call To Arms" from "Glory":



10) "The Chase" from "Cocoon":



A song I found from my own research. 11) "Achilles Leads The Myrmidons":

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(Started October 12th, 2019) Bringing The Funk and Upbeat Songs, Part 1

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1) The Time "Jungle Love":

2) Dyke and the Blazers "Let A Woman Be A Woman (And A Man Be A Man)":

3) The Dazz Band "Let It Whip":

I'm not sure if there's a better song to describe the times we live in other than this song.
4) The Temptations "Ball of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)":

5) Prince "Sign O' The Times":

6) Ohio Players "Love Rollercoaster":

7) Kool and The Gang "Get Down On It":

8) The Gap Band "You Dropped A Bomb On Me":

9) Chaka Kahn "Ain't Nobody":

10) Earth, Wind and Fire "Shining Star":

11) George Clinton "Atomic Dog":

12) Cameo "Word Up":

13) War "Low Rider":

14) "Funky Music":

15) "Higher Ground":

16) Kiss "Prince":

17) "Tell Me Something":

(Started October 14th, 2019) Outstanding Industrial Songs, Part 2

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17) Kraftwerk "Autobahn":

18) Unit 187) "Nobody":

19) KMFDM "Juke Joint Jezebel":
20) KMFDM "Murder My Heart":



21) Ministry "Thieves":
Although NIN has some Industrial moments, I don't really consider them an Industrial band. This song is one of those Industrial moments. 22) Nine Inch Nails "Into The Void":
23) KMFDM "Stray Bullet":



24) The Prodigy "Breathe":



25) Icon of Coil (Funker Vogt Remix) "Simulated":



26) Funker Vogt "My Innermost" (Noblesse Oblige Remix)":



27) Front Line Assembly "Millennium":



28) Massive In Mensch (featuring Stahlnebel and Black Selket) "Radical/Relevant":



29) Dead When I Found Her "New Age of Reason":



30) Vigilante (featuring Laether Strip) "Prison Break":

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