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"Allright:" Christian rockers Mercy Me never sounded better than in 2009′s song that deserves to be a hit. Dedicated to every person who has known the fire of Christ’s love. — Visit Mercy Me’s website! — 4:58

"They Call Us the Working Class: blues rocker Walter Trout performs his hit “They Call Us the Working Class …but we ain’t workin’ any more. – a really great sound and a really great message. See Walter Trout mp3′s on Amazon.com — 4:48

“Born on the Bayou,” a rare live recording of Creedence Clearwater Revival from Woodstock, in solidarity with the people of Louisiana and the Gulf coast. — 5:21

"CCR’s Proud Mary:" Creedence Clearwater Revival revisited — Live at the Festival de Viña del Mar Chile 1999. This song is specially dedicated to my mother Eleanor, who passed away at the age of 81 on February 8, 2007. Rest in Peace. – She dedicated her whole life to her family and I was blessed by God to know her. — 3:22

"We Weren’t Born to Follow and Bad Name:" Jon Bon Jovi performs two of his greatest hits, live from Seattle in 2010. — 8:16

"Love And Peace Or Else," U2 performs this wonderful song, full of portent and warning, on their Vertigo Tour in 2005, from Brazil. — 4:36 – See the music video of this song. Dedicated to my friends, Shannon and Wes.

"I Robot:" Follow the rhythms and find yourself in wonder. It’s not that hard, but there are several strains going on in this live performance of a track that used to be particularly fascinating for me. — 5:50

"Eye In the Sky: The Alan Parsons Project performing their seminal hit live in 1995. If you haven’t heard this before, don’t get freaked! Put it together! Hey it’s on the dollar bill. — 7:03

"Zoo Station:" U2 performs ‘Zoo Station,’ a song not so well known but sounding great, performed live on 08/16/1992 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium – Washington, D.C. — 4:31

"Silver and Gold," U2 sings their well loved protest song about money and power in this live performance. — 5:50

"Hard Headed Woman:" Live from the Earth Tour in 1976, Cat Stevens performs his hit from 1969. This was about the second song or so in my life that I "fell in love with". — 4:12

“These Times,” by Peter MacIntyre, who says of it, “this song is about the crazy times we live in, recession, depression, job loss, etc.”, © 2008. Promoted from "The Old Stuff"- 3:47

“Come Save Me”, a meticulously produced, downtempo, smooth R&B / Pop track, by Dan Gatreau. — 3:07

"Maria Maria:" Carlos Santana performs his socially relevant unique sounds live in Verona, Italy on June 30, 2008. — 4:54

“Numb” a youthful, U.S. rock track in the style of Nickelback, Soundgarden, etc., by Saints of Silence. — 3:24

, "If Love Can’t Find a Way," "California bluesman Eric Lindell lays it out on this sweet and unpretentious song about love." — 3:10

"Revolution #1 Take 20," by The Beatles, a rare and unreleased recording of the Beatles classic…. only two copies existed until it was uploaded to YouTube. — 10:48

“Strange Thing,” by Oasis, a rare and unreleased early demo version from 1992 or 1993. — 5:09

“Girl Police”, by The Dudes (who else, right?) sing with praise and fear, of the “Girl Police” in this hilarious and surprisingly good sounding anthem. Part musical nod to 70’s rockers like Cheap Trick, and part post-alterna emo complain-core, it all adds up to 100% rad. — 3:25

"Maggie May," a fantastic live rendition of Rod Stewart performing his smash hit Maggie May. I remember this so very well from the summer of 1969. — 5:29

Here are two by the ultimate 60′s band, The Byrds

"Eight Miles High," a laid out, rocking long instrumental version of The Byrds’ smash hit performed on September 23, 1970. Awesome. — 10.01

"Turn Turn Turn," The (really good) guitarist and vocalist Roger McGuinn covers the Byrds’ timeless classic hit. — 3:32

"It’s A Long Way to The Top If You Wanna Rock & Roll," by the AC/DC Swiss tribute band Live/Wire (sorry, no bagpipes!) This is my unofficial personal theme song. — 5:34

"Precious Declaration," a band called "Snowjob 97" does a nice cover on Collective Soul’s track. Outstanding song. — 3:56

"Wheel in the Sky," Journey performs their smash hit live in Honolulu on March 26, 2009. — 6:29

"Still You Turn Me On" and "Lucy Man:" Emerson Lake and Palmer’s Greg Lake performs arguably ELP’s two best songs, from 1974. Turn it up! — 5:53

"When Love Comes To Town," B.B. King and U2 have a good time in this stirring rendition of the 1987 hit recording. — 5:35

"Standing On Higher Ground," Alan Parson performs his hit song solo. Interesting. — 4:59

"Pride of Man:" The John Cipollina Nick Gravenites Band do a live performance of the Gordon Lightfoot song Pride of Man, a song that always made me listen to the lyrics. — 4:44

"I’ll Be There for You," by Bon Jovi, live in Chile, from 1990. — 9:12 Dedicated to my father, Jack E. Evans, the most wonderful father in the world!

"Late In The Evening:" Paul Simon performing live with Richard Tee (keyboards), Steve Gadd (drums), Eric Gale (guitar) and Tony Levin (bass) in 1982. — 4:11

I just thought I’d throw in a really cool track that nobody has ever heard of:

"Spirit:" The Waterboys with Mike Scott perform their little-known song live in Glastonbury in 1986. — 7:22

"Make a Joyful Noise/I Will Not Be Silent:" – David Crowder Band is making the right kind of funky noise in this live performance of his hit. It is my deepest Hope that we are not silent, and tell you the truth here on Evans Liberal Politics. — 5:54

"SHOUT:" SHOUT – Tears For Fears SHOUT OUT: "I want Canadian style health care now!" — 5:52

"Hey Big Brother," a live performance by Rare Earth from California in 1974 before 200,000 cheering fans. — 6:02

Four tracks by my friends from California, the really great and underappreciated group Avalanche:

“Are We Ever Going to Learn,” by Avalanche, a searching easy rock vocal track about man’s degradation of the Earth and our future, © 1984, 2005 Crystal Magic Music (ASCAP). 3:46

“Trust the Quiet Voice,” by Avalanche, a hard rockin’ vocal track about the direction the country is headed and what we all have to do, © 2009 Crystal Magic Music Publishing (ASCAP). 6:11

I Believe, by Avalanche, a quiet vocal of beliefs with a caveat not to turn away, © 1979, 2006 Crystal Magic Music Publishing (ASCAP). Promoted from The Old Stuff (page 3 of our music for you) 6:13

“When You Smile,” by Avalanche, a rock vocal track about love, problems, and the small things which can “make it all better,” © 2005 Crystal Magic Music (ASCAP). 5:27

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Here are a couple of live hits by Boston:

"Peace of Mind," Boston performed their smash hit on August 25, 2004 in Boca Raton, Flordia. — 5:06

"Don’t Look Back," The soundalike band Boston Tribute performs The Boston smash hit ‘Don’t Look Back. Smokin. — 5:46

"Livin On a Prayer," Bon Jovi performs his hit live and acoustic in a concert simply titled "America: A Tribute to the Heroes". — 4:44

"I Am I Said," Neil Diamond, still performing after all these years, does a great job with his smash hit live in Birmingham. — 6:09

"Put Your Lights On," Everlast and Santana wail on their smash hit, with an interesting intro, too. — 5:55

"The Whole of the Moon:" Mike Scott and the Waterboys perform perhaps their greatest hit. Dedicated to my sister, Katharine, August 11, 2010 — October 8, 2004. K, I never understood how wonderful you really were while you were with me. God Bless You Katharine. — 5:00

The Eleven Songs on this page
with the Obama/Evans Politics logo are by Micele  Vanni:
Some smokin’ tracks to get your head going! There are some different songs farther below.

“Ozzie’s Girl” — 3:24

“Have a Pink Day” — 3:24

“Frat Party” — 3:02

“Thoroughbred” — 2:30

“Racing In D” — 3:12

Disturbed Skater 180″ — 3:12

“Army of Ghee” — 2:35

“Base Jumper” — 2:31

“Alien Matrix 205″ — 3:26

Alien Matrix US1: Alternate Mix — 2:18

“SUV” — 3:04

"What It Feels Like For A Girl:" Bad Girl Madonna singing her hit about what it’s like for the ladies. — 4:31

“Dance to the Music”, an unclassifiable dance rock track that you just have to listen to in order to understand the message; moves and sounds just fine, by Neary. 3:59

You are entering our purely electronic section: if you’d like you can skip these songs and jump back to the rock and pop songs, below.

“Next Level”, an energizing rock instrumental with great guitar sounds. — 2:23

"Kincajou," The techno group Banco de Gaia performs their hit live. — 5:51

"Last Train to Lhasa," Banco de Gaia again with a live performance of their hit song. — 5:33

“Hyperego Exchange (flowerlounge remix)”, a cool, determined and spacey rock instrumental, by Flowerlounge. — 2:01

“Mind Your Matter,” a slowly building, relentless, spacey and pulsating euphoric trance-house journey, by Bjorn Fogelberg. Originally from The ‘Old Stuff’. 9:25

“Gravitons,” a growing, pulsating analogue techno/trance track with sweeping synthesizers on a deep bass groove, by Bjorn Fogelberg. Originally from The ‘Old Stuff’. 7:00

Astronavigator,” uplifting and melodic, atmostpheric rockin’ space-synth music with trance, classic electronica, rock and progressive elements, by Bjorn Lynne. Originally from The ‘Old Stuff’. 6:07

“Awakeless,” an emotional, rich and melodic jazz track featuring piano, fretless bass and brush drums by Stobierski Thomas. 4:47

“Messages,” melodic and spacey electronica based around arpeggios and warm synths, by Bjorn Lynne. 6:00

Three Great Hits By U2

"Even Better Than the Real Thing," a rare version performed at the G-Mex Centre, Manchester, 19 June 1992. — 4:21

"With Or Without You (DJ JIRO Remix)," a great trance remix of U2′s classic. Way it is sometimes. — 9:36

"All I Want Is You," A rare performance of U2′s song from the Vertigo Tour performed Live in Milan — 5:09

"Ride on the Ray," a brilliant rock-electronic piece by Tangerine Dream, recorded in front of the Reichstag in Berlin on August 1, 1987. — 9:49

Here are a couple of nuevo flamenco favorites by my favorite musician in that genre, Jesse Cook:

"Baghdad," Nuevo flamenco artist Jesse Cook really delivers in his haunting and fast paced song performed live. — 5:17

"Havana," Jesse Cook performs his well liked song off the album Frontiers. — 3:41

“Earthbeat,” a beautiful new age electronic track with some aspects that really rock, by the group Zero Project. — 2:24

“Blue Shiva,” a really cool and hip sort of long electronic piece by Massimo Migliosi, obtained from download.com (when they were still offering free music). — 11.09

“Spring,” an emotional, sad & sweet and kind of heavy blues rock track with great instrumentation and a lead guitar that reminds me just a little of ELP’s Lucky Man, by “mart,” an anonymous artist from Kiev. Love Mother Earth! We kinda need to have a place to live for a while, right? Ah, a night breeze wafting in through the window on a summer’s eve…. 4:37

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“A Lomos del Dragon Blanco” or “To the Loins of the White Dragon,” a great wailing guitar track you just have to hear, by Carlos Saura. — 4:10

“Queen of Hearts,” Romantica’s old school music with so much heart it practically bleeds out of the speakers. Sung by Ben Kyle out of Belfast and Minneapolis, with a sensitive, dynamic backup band. — 3:37

“Beat It,” a smokin’ guitar cover of Fall Out Boy’s version of the Michael Jackson track, by a group with the unlikely name of “Oh Mighty Cactus”. — 3:52

Here are a few of the very best in new alternative sounds from 2009

“Empty Noise”, “A nice big psychedelic musical conflagration from some moddy boys called Bombs from Toronto, Canada. Kinda like Oasis meets the Godfathers, with great wah-wah guitar”. Off the EP “Bombs”. — 3:36

“Heart Surgery” blends “prog rock sensibilities like odd time signatures and angular, syncopated riffs, with a more contemporary emo-alternative lyrical approach”, by The Aimless Never Miss. Off the “Tran EP”. — 3:23

“Gotta Serve Somebody,” Bob Dylan’s Gotta Serve Somebody, here played by the Word of Life Church Band, with Phil Keaggy & Paul Clark. This may be the best cover I have ever heard of any song. Ever. — 9:01

"Dazed and Confused:" Led Zeppelin performing their hit song in 1969 at Gladsaxe Teen Club, Gladsaxe, for Danish TV. Watch the YouTube video (black and white) here. — 9:09

"99 Red Balloons (Live)," Nena performs her recent hit antiwar classic live for us. — 3:42

"Keep Your Hands to Yourself," A karaoke performance of the Georgia Satellites hit. — 2:53

"Samba Pa Ti:" Santana can tease a guitar and make it sing like no one else. A live recording from Mexico that I would like to dedicate to my special friends who have helped me out in life. — 6:50.

I wanted to include three of my favorite Peter Gabriel songs on page one of Paul’s Playlist, because he really speaks to me.

"Solisbury Hill:" A nice live performance of Peter Gabriel’s unique hit. — 4:18

"Mercy Street:" To me, Peter Gabriel’s song is one of the most moving tracks I have heard. — 6:38

"In Your Eyes:" I always wanted to experience a love with a woman who would be worthy of songs like Peter Gabriel’s effort here. — 10:54

Here are a few non-musical statements. Hey, we’re a political blog.

"56 Homer Simpson Quotes," There’s no better way to round out a section of music than with a stunning collection of intellectual trivializations by the maestro of beer drinking, Homer Simpson. As they say, "ROTFL" — 10:46

"Nixon Tapes on Homosexuality:" Nixon and Haldeman discuss Archie Bunker, marijuana and homosexuality, from May 13, 1971. No, not funny. — 10:18

"I’m Voting Republican:" Lots of reasons why you should really consider voting Republican this November. Get what you deserve. — 3:29

"Last Train Home:" Pat Metheny and his group make it real in this jazz crosssover hit. — 5:23