First Rock Song I remember loving:
The Royal Guardsmen: Snoopy vs The Red Baron
Teens/high school:
Simon and Garfunkel: Sounds of Silence
Carole King: Tapestry
College:
Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown (at least when I was depressed)
Fleetwood Mac: Rumors (the rest of the time)
The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (for dancing)
Grad School:
Talking Heads: More Songs about Buildings and Food
30- something:
U2: The Joshua Tree
Herbert Grönemeyer: f 4630 Bochum (we were living in Germany)
40- something:
Lucinda Williams: Car wheels on a gravel road
and whatever else singer-songwriter-y that was playing on WFUV
and Raffi…
50 Something:
Apocalyptica: Plays Metallica by Four Cellos (thanks to my teen)
Dixie Chicks: Taking the Long Way
60 Something:
Leonard Cohen: You want it darker
Lin Manuel-Miranda: Hamilton
Jason Isbell: Southeastern
True confession I get most of my new music from Rex Parker’s blog about the New York Times crossword puzzle.