Side A
Artist	Song
The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Led Zeppelin	The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair (1969)
Def Leppard	Waterloo Sunset (2004)
Van Der Graaf Generator	W (1972)
The Cult	Wolf Child's Blues (1987)
MC5	Shakin' Street (1970)
Lou Reed	Dirty Blvd. (1989)
Porno For Pyros (w / Perry Farrell)	Tonight (1993)
Motley Crue	Rock 'N' Roll Junkie (from The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane) (1990)
Television	Friction (1977)
Queen	Put Out The Fire (1982)
Chris Cornell	My Poison Eye (2007)
Manic Street Preachers	You Stole The Sun From My Heart (1998)
Iggy Pop	Success (1977)
Saigon Kick	My Life (1991)
Ted Nugent	Motor City Madhouse (1975)
A Perfect Circle	The Package (2003)
Suede	Pantomime Horse (1993)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Joy Division	Atrocity Exhibition (1980)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Karn Evil 9: First Impression - Parts 1 & 2 (1973)
The Rolling Stones	Paint It Black (1966)
W.A.S.P.	Hold On To My Heart (1992)
Rollins Band	Get Some Go Again (2000)
Disturbed	Shout 2000 (2000)
Mott The Hoople	Crash Street Kidds (1974)
Peter Hammill	(In The) Black Room / The Tower (1973)
Mick Ronson	White Light/White Heat (1975)
Screaming Trees	Halo Of Ashes (1996)
The New York Dolls	Puss 'N' Boots (1974)
Aerosmith	Toys In The Attic (1975)
Cinderella	Heartbreak Station (1990)
Guns N' Roses	You Could Be Mine (1991)
Pearl Jam	Release (1991)

Comment:

Yet another reformatting! And there's certainly nothing like that famous o-pening chord from The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night to get the party started, right? After that, Disc #1 is a decidedly mixed affair. There are a couple B-sides here (some woozy psychedelia from Van Der Graaf and a menacing blues from The Cult), as well as some cover tunes (Def Leppard doing a Kinks number, Perry Farrell and Porno For Pyros doing a Sondheim/Bernstein number from West Side Story).

Elsewhere, we get a rare Led Zeppelin blues from their BBC sessions, Queen offer up a cautionary tale about the dangers of firearms, while one noted firearm-wielding Motor City Madman celebrates his hometown, and yet another Motor City madman wreaks havoc with his backing singers (ha, ha, ha)! And Disc #1 gets off to an eerie, ominous finish with a couple slow burners from A Perfect Circle and Suede.

I think Disc #2 also qualifies as one of my "okay" collections, and it's certainly not one of the more cohesive ones. However, in my usual not-so-humble opinion ([*wink*]), I think the o-pening pair of songs on Disc #2 was a particularly inspired choice on my part! I mean, think about it: For many people, ELP and Joy Division may represent two opposite poles of the rock music spectrum, but what's the common thread between the two songs that represent them here?: The invitation to "Step inside!" And if you think about it, the two songs are both kind of about the same thing on a subtextual level!

I also think that the theatricalized psychosis of Mott's Crash Street Kidds leads into Peter Hammill's Black Room rather effectively. And elsewhere, we get a Velvets cover from Mick Ronson and a pulverizing Tears For Fears cover from 21st-century metal monsters Disturbed!

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