Making my Pop a Hard Rock mix CD...any suggestions?

[KickTheBobo]

Hi. After a lifetime of owning just two records (the Amadeus soundtrack and Paul Simon's Graceland), my 70 y.o. father has expressed interest recently in stuff like AC/DC, the Stones & Ted Nugent. He wants me to make him a cd with "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" & "Stranglehold" on it, and I want to fill the rest with some other similar music.

Any ideas on what tracks to include? I was thinking maybe some early Aerosmith & ZZ Top.

thanks!

[fonpr]

Hi. After a lifetime of owning just two records (the Amadeus soundtrack and Paul Simon's Graceland), my 70 y.o. father has expressed interest recently in stuff like AC/DC, the Stones & Ted Nugent. He wants me to make him a cd with "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" & "Stranglehold" on it, and I want to fill the rest with some other similar music.

Any ideas on what tracks to include? I was thinking maybe some early Aerosmith & ZZ Top.

thanks!

Santana, Rick Derringer, Thin Lizzy, Rory Gallager, Tommy Bolin, Free, Faces, Steppenwolf, Bachman Turner Overdrive...

[JonFromMaplewood]

T. Rex: Mambo Sun or 20th Century Boy

[dave from knoxville]

Cheap Trick: California Man or On Top of the World

[masterofsparks]

ZZ Top - Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings or Just Got Paid
BTO - Not Fragile
Aerosmith - Sick as a Dog
Blue Oyster Cult - Hot Rails to Hell

[hugman]

James Gang - Funk 49

[masterofsparks]

James Gang - Funk 49

Yep. Funk 48 is also good. Or, if you want to stick with the Rides Again LP, Woman and The Bomber are also good ones.

[Steeley Chris]

"Jailbreak" - Thin Lizzy
"Problem Child" - AC/DC
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" - Alice Cooper
"Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey" - Beatles
"Barracuda" - Heart
"Suffragette City" - David Bowie
"Two Tub Man" - The Dictators (a bonus if your dad's an old-school wrestling fan)

[Jack from Arkansas]

I think I might be confusing hard rock with classic rock but I was thinking he would like a bunch of Who and Rolling Stones.  If he likes the Amadeus soundtrack he would probably enjoy Queen and Yes.  I'll bet if you went to Pandora, their program would tell you what he might enjoy.  You are sweet to make your dad a music complilation.

[nec13]

"That's All You Need"-Faces
"Down on the Street"-The Stooges
"Hello Hooray"-Alice Cooper
"Red"-King Crimson (actually anything from "Red" would be a good choice)

[KickTheBobo]

Thanks for all the great suggestions! This might just have to be a multi-volume set. Who knows, the old man has fickle tastes. Like, there was one time during the 90's when he somehow got hold of a Dead Can Dance tape and was listening to that during his daily commute. Never got to the bottom of that one.

The final disc:



1 - Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knockin'
2 - Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
3 - T. Rex - Mambo Sun
4 - ZZ Top - Just Got Paid
5 - AC/DC  - Shoot to Thrill
6 - Rod Stewart & The Faces - Stay With Me
7 - The Who - The Seeker
8 - Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
9 - Jimi Hendrix  - Voodoo Child (slight return)
10 - Free - All Right Now
11 - James Gang - Funk #49
12 - Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
13 - BTO - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
14 - Foghat - Slow Ride

[nec13]

I vaguely recall hearing a Dead Can Dance song in an AARP commercial from several years back.

[fonpr]

I vaguely recall hearing a Dead Can Dance song in an AARP commercial from several years back.

Nah, that was a health care ad. 

Or a zombie movie.

[masterofsparks]

If you do a second volume, I'd say either Hair of the Dog or Miss Misery by Nazareth should be considered.

[Steeley Chris]

for subsequent volumes:
"Every Picture Tells a Story", "An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down" - Rod Stewart
"Citadel", "Street Fighting Man" - The Stones
"Closer To The Heart" - RUSH
"My Town", "Do We Still Do It", "Good Time Gals", "The Bangin' Man", "Them Kinda Monkeys Can't Swing", "O.K. Yesterday Was Yesterday", "Lay It Down", "How D'you Ride", "Gudbuy T'Jane", "Mamma Weer All Crazee Now" - Slade (I love this band - hard rocking, yet fun)
"No Fun" - The Stooges
"Laser Love", "Rapids", "The Groover" , "Rock On", "Sunken Rags" - T. Rex
"Head Held High" - VU