HISTORY OF POP AND ROCK MUSIC - part 554 torrent

PART 554




BANANARAMA - Long Train Running (1991)
THUNDER - Gimme Shelter (1995)
KIM WILDE - Born To Be Wild (2002)
CREAM Vs. THE HOXTONS - Sunshine Of Your Love (2005)




"Long Train Runnin'" is a song written by musician Tom Johnston and recorded by The Doobie Brothers. It was included on the band's 1973 album "The Captain and Me" and released as a single, becoming a top-ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 8. This song became very famous for its intro with the guitar.
Nearly 20 years later, "Long Train Runnin'" became a hit in the UK twice. In 1991, the song was covered by English girl group Bananarama, and in 1993, the Doobie Brothers version was remixed and hit the top 10.
The song is sometimes titled "Long Train Runnin' (Without Love)" due to the words "without love" being sung twice in the chorus.

"Gimme Shelter" is a song by The Rolling Stones. It first appeared as the opening track on the band's 1969 album "Let It Bleed". "Gimme Shelter" was placed at #38 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004. Pitchfork Media placed it at number 12 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s". English hard rock band ,Thunder covered the song on their album "Their Finest Hour" and released in October 1995.

"Born to Be Wild" is a rock song first performed by the band Steppenwolf, written by Mars Bonfire. The song is often invoked in both popular and counter culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude. It is sometimes described as the first heavy metal song, and the second verse lyric "heavy metal thunder" marks the first use of this term in rock music. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed "Born to Be Wild" at No. 129 on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. In 2009, it was named the 53rd best hard rock song of all time by VH1. In 2002, the song was covered by Kim Wilde and released as a non-album single. It reached No. 84 in Germany and No. 71 in Switzerland

"Sunshine of Your Love" is a 1967 song by the British rock band Cream, written by Jack Bruce, Pete Brown and Eric Clapton. In 2004, the song was ranked at No. 65 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Sunshine of Your Love" at No. 19 on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. In 2009 it was named the 44th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. The song is also a part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll list. The Hoxtons remixed Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love”, which was released in mid 2005.