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Rock 'n' Roll: The Playlist


Tom Stoppard uses 21 of history's greatest rock songs as narrative devices in Rock 'N' Roll, including:

"Golden Hair"
Syd Barrett's Madcap Laughs (1970)
 
                "Chinatown Shuffle"
Grateful Dead's Rockin in the Rhein with the Grateful Dead (1972)
 
"I'll be Your Baby Tonight"
Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding (1967)
 
                "Welcome to the Machine"
Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here (1975)
 
"The Last Time"
The Rolling Stones' Out of Our Heads (1965)
 
                "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (1966)
 
"Venus in Furs"
The Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
 
                "I Still Havn't Found What I'm Looking For"
U2's The Joshua Tree (1987)
 
 
"Break on Through (to the Other Side)"
The Doors The Doors (1967)
 
                "Wish You Were Here"
Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here (1975)
 
 
"I'm Waiting for the Man"
The Velvet Underground's The Velvet underground & Nico (1967)
 
                "Bring It On Home to Me"
John Lennon's Anthology (1998)
 
"Astronomy Domine"
Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
 
                "Don't Cry"
Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I and II (1991)
 
 
"Terrapin"
Syd Barrett's Madcap Laughs (1970)
 
 
                "Vera"
Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979)
 
"Jugband Blues"
Pink Floyd's A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
 
                "Rock and Roll Music"
Chuck Berry's One Dozen Berry's (1957)
 
"It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)"
The Rolling Stones' It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974)
 
                "You Got Me Rocking"
The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge (1994)
 
 
"It's All Over Now"
The Rolling Stones' 12 x 5 (1964)