Friday, 11 July 2014

Rock type combinations

Examples of type combination songs with rock as their primary type


 Rock fire

 This combination is for rock music with a very obvious and distinct fiery subject or quality, like these:

 Touch My Fire (Alien).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjGIumYH1uw

Tell It (ZZ Top).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrNm3chHD5s

 Brave New Love (Alien).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY4MRxeFCCw

 Animation (Skids).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkp1YHXndOo

Feel My Love (Alien).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yMGluhowLE

 Tears Don't Put Out the Fire (Alien).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTM6ew4RLAQ
Rock dark

This combination actually contains quite a variety of music in itself because it has been very well-explored by many musicians. Rock music with a dark subject to it. The line between this and its reverse (dark rock) is that dark rock is more intentionally melancholy, while rock dark is more badass. Examples:-

Get Out Alive (Three Days Grace).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn3p_IPXvPM

 The Trembler (Duane Eddy).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV9yhL6i2DE

Dark Night (The Blasters).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhTAkvrD05E

 Death And Night And Blood (The Stranglers).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frubmu6Uoos

 Self Control (Laura Brannigan).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pVXah0WTGo

 Marian (The Sisters of Mercy).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVPx4zalkiM

 Faster than the Speed of Night (Bonnie Tyler).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm4CgwRxw3Y

 A Pair of Brown Eyes (The Pogues).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=421pZgg-vlY


 Rock fighting

 Rock music with a fighting theme. In the world of rock, there are bound to be plenty of relatively diverse examples. Like these:-

 (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) (Beastie Boys).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBShN8qT4lk

 True Survivor (David Hasslehoff).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTidn2dBYbY

Love is a Battlefield (Pat Benatar).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZOLV9SPo

 Sweet Victory (David Glen Eisley).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fnlJ60RO8

 Something Better Change (The Stranglers).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSEOzimKnEY

 Team Chaotix (Gunnar Nelson).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9E66ywToGU
Rock earth

 This is primary rock music with an earth theme - not to be confused with the 'earth rock' type, which is the reverse. Some examples of rock earth are:-

 Come As You Are (Nirvana).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o

 Kashmir (Led Zeppelin).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDwotNLyz10

 Hellbent (New Order).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKfCiuBsdvk

 Don't Lose Your Head (Queen).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecrheD1eYYU

 Doubleback (ZZ Top).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9zw_79tlgM

 Decision or Collision (ZZ Top).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoe4dLzS9xs

 Gimme All Your Lovin' (ZZ Top).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae829mFAGGE

 Give It Up (ZZ Top).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBzDKW3y2rw
Rock electric

 This tends to be quite a restrictive combination, strangely enough. Most rock music attempts just aren't electric enough. Some that are, however, are shown here:-

Waking Up (Julien-K).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZCgZ_1jwmU

 This Machine (Julien-K).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgLW57EiVAY


 Rock ceramic

 Sometimes, rock type music manages to incorporate that elusive quality of the secondary ceramic type, and when it does, it becomes iconic and seems to stand aloof above the other types of rock music. Like these:-

 Bitter Sweet Symphony (The Verve).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

 Viva La Vida (Coldplay).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE

 Vienna (Ultravox).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DuCIGvsbMA


Rock oil

 Rock music which incorporates oil as its secondary type, and thus sounds super smooth.

 Slave to Love (Bryan Ferry).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH1CMCtV4to

 Witchy Woman (Eagles).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVXqocPAz1k

Five USA Scroller Theme (Yellow version) (Unknown Artist).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3GZ0PpbB-s

 The Blob (Burt Bacharach and Mack David).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCtcgI4BcIQ


Rock bug

Sometimes the correct instruments can cause this combination too. Or they might be parodies of rock songs which use more comedy-style instruments, changing the subject. Take a look and listen to these to get to know what I mean:-

Big Green Car (The Polecats).

Brand New Cadillac (The Clash).

I Love Rocky Road ('Weird Al' Yankovic).

Fat ('Weird Al' Yankovic).

Beverly Hillbillies ('Weird Al' Yankovic).

 Eat It ('Weird Al' Yankovic).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJjMnHoIBI

Rock grass

 A combination which works very well. It doesn't have too much grass to make it too cosy, so it's just right.

 Baby Blue (Badfinger).
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R95f7VwXqIw

Imitation of Life (R.E.M.).
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTgAiTMSUo0

Don't Fear the Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult).
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c

What's the Frequency, Kenneth? (R.E.M.).
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkMhCLkVOg

Man on the Moon (R.E.M.).
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hKSYgOGtos

Strangelove (Depeche Mode).
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIrm0dHbCDU

 So Far Away (Dire Straits).
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHXK9glwFBg
Rock poly

 Rock music tracks with considerable variation, as if they are trying to avoid a secondary type combination.

 Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ

 Paradise by the Dashboard Light (Meat Loaf).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11MzbEcHlw

 Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0W1v0kOELA

 The Twilight Zone (Golden Earring).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP05iSzpz94

 Money for Nothing (Dire Straits).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0

 Nice 'n' Sleazy (The Stranglers).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwxIY3E6Af0
Rock (pure)

 This category can be used as a catch-all for rock music which is just rock music, without any additional element. There are loads and loads in this, as you can imagine, and it is an extremely well-explored and diverse group. Some good examples of pure rock:-

 Beginning of the End (Status Quo).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6lKkUXj2C4

Bus Stop (The Hollies).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It75wQ0JypA

Don't Be Cruel (Elvis Presley).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViMF510wqWA

 Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0Rz-uP4Mk

Holding Out for a Hero (Bonnie Tyler).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0

Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvCvsRp5ho

More than a Lover (Bonnie Tyler).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fT8rA0JvAE

 More than a Feeling (Boston).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94

 Louise (Bonnie Tyler).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGKSuSslmNs

The Final Countdown (Europe).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw

 Just the Way I'm Feeling (Feeder).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgC9P-XECrw

 The Middle (Jimmy Eat World).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKsxPW6i3pM

 Losing My Religion (R.E.M.).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtdhWltSIg

 Mine For Life (Ultravox).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKO7d9A8UW4

 Take a Trip (Shakin' Pyramids).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EokcMXC-of0

 Children of the Revolution (T-Rex).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjL7vO8-NOg

 You Can't Keep a Good Man Down (The Meteors).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJyRxl3t_HU

Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzie).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyQ-tScuzwM

 Marie Celeste (The Polecats).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ2dHvAL1rg
Rock glass

 This combination works quite well together, but is not very common. It is maybe only a little bitty, and has a quality of fragility. These songs ended up as the 'rock glass' combination:-

 Walk On By (The Stranglers).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqfqVDHNW6c

 The Wild, The Beautiful and The Damned (Ultravox).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayx8mn3i8rU

 (USA version of) Quartz Quadrant Present (from 'Sonic CD').
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5owVPbRXcI
Rock ice

 Rock songs with a distinct subject of something icy. This also includes a variety traditional Christmas rock music.

 Driven Like the Snow (The Sisters of Mercy).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGTdeh5s2vU

Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC-T0rC6m7I

 Merry Xmas Everybody (Slade).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4BTYiy0Qi4

 Blue Christmas (Elvis Presley).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I2f1UJjiAA


 Rock steel

 Quite an obvious category, which could also include 'metallic rock' sorts of music. Or rock music about steel, which there are some of.

 Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood and the Destroyers).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9FyQNx8oyU

 Bat Out of Hell (Meat Loaf).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHcF1aJhJbc

 Wheels of Steel (Saxon).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IkvZ3ePCIM

 Concrete and Steel (ZZ Top).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6w6_gKlysE

 Ace of Spades (Motörhead).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwC2QljLn4

Dead Ringer for Love (Meat Loaf).

Don't Change That Song (Faster Pussycat).

Dead Space 2 Credits Theme 1.
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAEjai3-T70

 Delinquent and Street Thug Encounter (TPCi).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1TpA7aGzJY
Rock air

 Rock music specially designed to elate, or maybe just to be about flying or air. A really good combination, with many famous and diverse examples:-

 Radio Ga Ga (Queen).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azdwsXLmrHE

 Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snILjFUkk_A

 Wind of Change (Scorpions).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ

 Supermassive Black Hole (Muse).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pta-gf6JaHQ

 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (The Beatles).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxaOItEmu3U

 Learn To Fly (Foo Fighters).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VQ_3sBZEm0

 Hero (Nickelback).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPr8ZqRHTQo


Rock space

 This is some rock music that seems to have a space theme. I am sure there are plenty more examples than these:-

 Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY

 Where's Captain Kirk? (Spizzenergi).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVpUZYTt-rQ

Echelon (30 Seconds to Mars).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmO0CEJ5oyw


Rock water

 Remember that water doesn't have to always be nice and flowy. Sometimes it can be rough and crashing around. But it will always be distinctly watery. Rock music with this quality (rock water) is like this:-

 Lost In France (Bonnie Tyler).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-erG1hFbv4

 Why Does it Always Rain On Me? (Travis).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXatLOWjr-k

 Passing Strangers (Ultravox).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUyd8JJaMIM

 Toiler on the Sea (The Stranglers).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flUxmdlhiHY

 No More Heroes (The Stranglers).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzh_Fe08oNI

 It Doesn't Matter (Tony Harnell).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGYJcs2QAWo


 Rock dragon

 This is rock music with a somewhat legendary or epic quality to it. The actual subject just has to be portrayed that way, at least, and that is enough.

This Corrosion (The Sisters of Mercy).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-RVJyNpfDk

If You were a Woman (And I was a Man) (Bonnie Tyler).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJOo67DtZAY

The Voice (Ultravox).


Rock ghost

 Rock music with a ghostly theme. These are usually pretty obvious tracks too, like these examples.

 Ghost Riders in the Sky (Johnny Cash).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mynzbmrtp9I

 Ghost Highway (Mazzy Star).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cTd8K0k0d4

 The Killing Moon (Echo and the Bunnymen).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0JC7afNQ

 The House of the Rising Sun (The Animals).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A-4VGfx5lU

 Hollow Man (The Cult).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg4tNu_Qp8I

Ghostbusters (Ray Parker, Jr.).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe93CLbHjxQ

 Haunted (Gary Numan).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8579wjzQHEk
Rock poison

 Rock music about shocking or toxic subjects. Can include some typical punk music as well, if it's shocking enough. Of course, if it is actually about poison then it is very likely to be here too!

 Poison (Alice Cooper).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq4j1LtCdww

 Poison (Groove Coverage).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESZXquW2jVs

 Dirty Laundry (Don Henley).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHimia_Fxzs
Rock normal

 Rock songs about normal and common subjects. Naturally, these are very popular and very abundant.

 It's My Life (Bon Jovi).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE

 Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo

 It's a Heartache (Bonnie Tyler).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPOy7TPjfkE

Train in Vain (The Clash).

Storm (Invisible Hands).

Imitiation of Life (R.E.M.).

Strong (Robbie Williams).

Hey Bulldog (The Beatles).

Teenage Kicks (Busted).

Beat It (Michael Jackson).

Spirit in the Sky (Doctor and the Medics).

I Love to Boogie (T-Rex).

When I'm Sixty-Four (The Beatles).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAzaOZfgf0M

 Yellow Submarine (The Beatles).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZLIcQf47TQ

You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ

Livin' on  a Prayer (Bon Jovi).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk

Return to Sender (Elvis Presley).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PcrBFCNFIU

 Let Love Be Your Energy (Robbie Williams).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBr33_FCAA

 Vanguards Crusade (Skids).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdsUMnT_Eg
Rock fairy

 Rock with a mystical subject or fairy-like quality or subject. Examples:-

 Heaven is a Place on Earth (Belinda Carlisle).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-WP6POdTgY

Must Be Dreaming (Frou Frou).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktv_12gzg-g

The Boys of Summer (Don Henley).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsFhp0zCrhk


 Rock psychic

 Rock music with a bit of a trancey vibe to it (or a psychic subject) Quite a rare combination, really. Examples:-

 Veteran of the Psychic Wars (Blue Öyster Cult).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGKNaIXtBZQ

 Fade to Grey (Visage).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZiJQL9OLqI

 Underpass (John Foxx).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA-aFWOZOw
Rock light

 Rock music with a light subject, so it's a positive sort of rock. This combination is quite common as well, uplifting in a different way from 'rock flying'. Examples:-

Don't Stop Me Now (Queen).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM

 Starlight (Muse).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgum6OT_VH8

Follow Me (Kay Hanley).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PrGszq5ZFA

 Jump (Van Halen).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM

 Walk of Life (Dire Straits).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd9TlGDZGkI

 Cum On Feel the Noize (Slade).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTEGxVDHpGU

 The Sunnyside of the Street (The Pogues).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBaKWLoFYmQ

 Working for the Weekend (Loverboy).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFbOvR0yhww

 Dreams of an Absolution (Lee Brotherton).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md5IXNdRV44

 Streams of Whiskey (The Pogues).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPpGp_J3z2A

 Tuesday Morning (The Pogues).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPPscelHVhA

Radical Train - The Abandoned Mine (Tomoya Ohtani).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spus_9N5vKk

 Radical Train - The Chase (Tomoya Ohtani).
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvouW5loNrE

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