Music in this episode:
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” (1981)
Aretha Franklin - “I Say A Little Prayer” (1968)
Jimi Hendrix - “Hey Joe” (1967)
Grateful Dead - “Jack Straw” (1972)
Bing Crosby - “Clementine” (1941)
Lightnin’ Hopkins - “My California” (1948)
JS Bach - Violin Partita No 3 in E Major - Prelude (1720) - performed by Viktoria Mullova
The Allman Brothers Band - “Blue Sky” (1972)
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique” - II. Adagio cantabile (1798) - performed by Daniel Barenboim
The Beatles - “A Day in the Life” (1967)
Little Simz - “Venom” (2019)
References:
The Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs corpus study
David Temperley, The Musical Language of Rock
Trevor de Clercq, The Practice of Popular Music: Understanding Harmony, Rhythm, Melody, and Form in Commercial Songwriting
