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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

256 episodes

Song 183: “Pinball Wizard” by the Who, part 1: Always Playing Clean

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

1:44:32Feb 12, 2026

Song 182: “Many Rivers to Cross” by Jimmy Cliff

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

1:50:15Dec 18, 2025

Song 181: “Proud Mary” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

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0:00Nov 3, 2025

Song 180: “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin, Part Two — “Inspiration is What You Are to Me”

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0:00Sep 30, 2025

Song 180: “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin, Part One, The Song Remains the Same

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0:00Aug 24, 2025

PLEDGE WEEK: “Light Flight” by Pentangle

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0:00Jul 26, 2025

PLEDGE WEEK: “Fruit Tree” by Nick Drake

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0:00Jul 25, 2025

PLEDGE WEEK: “Living in the Past” by Jethro Tull

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0:00Jul 24, 2025

PLEDGE WEEK: “Pictures of Matchstick Men” by The Status Quo

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0:00Jul 23, 2025

PLEDGE WEEK: “La conferencia secreta del Toto’s Bar” by Los Shakers

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0:00Jul 22, 2025

Announcing Pledge Week 2025

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0:00Jul 22, 2025

Song 179: “Kick Out the Jams” by the MC5 (Public Clean Version)

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0:00Jul 18, 2025

Song 178: “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?” by Fairport Convention, Part Two: “I Have no Thought of Time”

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0:00Jun 23, 2025

Song 178: “Who Knows Where The Time Goes?” by Fairport Convention, Part One, Going Electric

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0:00May 16, 2025

Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part 4: “Sometimes I Have A Great Notion”

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0:00Mar 22, 2025

Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part 3: “Mister, Can You Give Me Some Direction?”

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0:00Jan 31, 2025

Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part Two — “Is it True What They Say About Dixie?”

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0:00Dec 16, 2024

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0:00Dec 10, 2024

Song 177: “Never Learn Not to Love” by the Beach Boys, Part One, Old Folks at Home

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0:00Nov 19, 2024

Song 176, “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, part 4: “Who Breaks a Butterfly?””

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

0:00Oct 17, 2024

Song 176, “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, part 3: “Every Cop is a Criminal and All the Sinners Saints”

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0:00Sep 22, 2024

Song 176: “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, part 2: Traps for Troubadours

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0:00Aug 19, 2024

Song 176: “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, Part One: A Man of Wealth and Taste

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0:00Aug 1, 2024

PLEDGE WEEK: “Dark End of the Street” by James Carr

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

0:00Jul 13, 2024

PLEDGE WEEK: “I Love You” by People

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0:00Jul 12, 2024

PLEDGE WEEK: “Son of a Preacher Man” by Dusty Springfield

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0:00Jul 11, 2024

PLEDGE WEEK: “My World Fell Down” by Sagittarius

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0:00Jul 10, 2024

PLEDGE WEEK: “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum

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0:00Jul 9, 2024

ANNOUNCEMENT: Pledge Week 2024

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0:00Jul 8, 2024

Song 175: “Everyday People” by Sly and the Family Stone Part 2, “My Own Beliefs Are In My Song”

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0:00Jul 2, 2024

Song 175: “Everyday People” by Sly and the Family Stone Part 1 Different Strokes For Different Folks

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0:00Jun 13, 2024

Song 174B: “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” Part Two, “It Takes Two”

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0:00May 24, 2024

Song 174A: “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” Part One, “If At First You Don’t Succeed…”

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0:00May 7, 2024

An Alert: Someone Plagiarising Me

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0:00May 3, 2024

Song 173: “All Along the Watchtower” Part Two, The Hour is Getting Late

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0:00Apr 14, 2024

Song 173: “All Along the Watchtower”, Part One: “He’s Not the Messiah”

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0:00Mar 25, 2024

Song 172, Hickory Wind by the Byrds: Part 4, Hour of Darkness

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0:00Mar 1, 2024

Song 172, Hickory Wind by the Byrds: Part 3, The Parsons Tale

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0:00Feb 16, 2024

Song 172, “Hickory Wind” by the Byrds: Part Two, Of Submarines and Second Generations

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0:00Feb 1, 2024

Song 172, “Hickory Wind” by the Byrds: Part One, Ushering in a New Dimension

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0:00Jan 17, 2024

Announcement Regarding Schedule

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0:00Jan 17, 2024

Episode 171: “Hey Jude” by the Beatles

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0:00Dec 17, 2023

Episode 170: “Astral Weeks” by Van Morrison

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0:00Nov 21, 2023

Episode 169: “Piece of My Heart” by Big Brother and the Holding Company

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0:00Oct 30, 2023

Episode 168: “I Say a Little Prayer” by Aretha Franklin

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0:00Sep 28, 2023

Episode 167: “The Weight” by The Band

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0:00Aug 14, 2023

Episode 166: “Crossroads” by Cream

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0:00Jul 2, 2023

Episode 165: “Dark Star” by the Grateful Dead

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0:00May 20, 2023

Episode 164: “White Light/White Heat” by the Velvet Underground

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0:00Apr 3, 2023

Episode 163: “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding

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0:00Feb 27, 2023