Racing to Rapture

Calling all in transit ...

"Racing in the Street," Bruce Springsteen
"Radio Caroline," Green
"Radio Free Europe," R.E.M.
"Radio, Radio," Elvis Costello & The Attractions
"Rain," Patty Griffin
"Rain," Wally Badarou
"Rain King," Counting Crows
"Rainbows in the Dark," Tilly & the Wall
"Raining in Baltimore," Counting Crows
"Rainy Season," Aztec Camera
"Rapture," Pedro the Lion

Comments

[Johann]

This stretch of the alphabet has many good songs you're missing:

"Radiation Vibe", Fountains of Wayne
"Radio Clash," The Clash - this is a classic
"Radio Cure," Wilco
"Radio Friendly Unit Shifter," Nirvana
"Radio Song," REM
"Radios in Motion," XTC - very good early XTC when they were still a punky new wave band
"Rael 1," The Who - late 60s Who before they came overly pretentious
"Rael 2," The Who
"Raglan Road," Van Morrison
"Rain," The Beatles - obvious classic
"Rain Dogs," Tom Waits
"Rain Fall Down," The Rolling Stones - I like the new Stones album, sue me, although I admit this song is not one of the better ones and gets kind of tiresome
"Rain King," Sonic Youth
"Rain Street," The Pogues
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35", Bob Dylan
"Rainy Day, Dream Away," Jimi Hendrix
"Rainy Night in Soho," The Pogues
"Ralph's New Blues," Eric Dolphy
"Ramble On," Led Zeppelin
"Ramble Tamble," CCR
"Range Life," Pavement
"Ranking Full Stop," The English Beat - why never any love for ska on this blog?
"Rape Me," Nirvana
"Rapture," Blondie

[Jeff G.]

Michael Stipe with hair! :)

[Ray]

Radiation Ruling the Nation - Massive Attack & Mad Professor
Radio Head - Talking Heads
Radio Song - REM
Rage - Chumbawumba
Rap Promoter - A Tribe Called Quest
Rape Me - Nirvana

[Theo]

"Radio," Rancid
"Radio Aktiv," Bruset
"Raggare Is a Bunch of Motherfuckers," Rude Kids
"Raised in the City," the Replacements
"Ramblin', Gamblin' Willie," Bob Dylan
"Ramona," the Ramones
"R.A.M.O.N.E.S.," Motörhead

[cminus]

"Racist Song," Pat McCurdy
"Radar Love," Golden Earring
"Radio," Smash Mouth
"Radio Cure," Wilco
"Radio Ga-Ga," Queen
"Radio Song," REM
"Rage In The Cage," J. Geils Band
"Ragga Punky Party Rebelde," Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
"Ragnarok," The Boogie Knights
"Rain," The Beatles
"Rain In The Summertime," The Alarm
"Rain On The Scarecrow," John Mellencamp
"Rain Song," Sunny Day Real Estate
"Rainbow Blues," Jethro Tull
"Rainbow Connection," Dixie Chicks
"Rains On Me," Tom Waits
"Rainy Day Sun," Spinal Tap
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35," Bob Dylan
"Rainy Day, Dream Away," The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Raise On High," Archer Prewitt
"Ranking Full Stop," The English Beat
"Rape Me," Nirvana
"Rapper's Delight," Sugar Hill Gang
"Rappers, Rappers, Rappers 12 4 10," Aceyalone
"Rappin' Ronnie Reagan," The Simpsons
"Rapture," Blondie

As a Hoosier, I have to worship "Rain On The Scarecrow." "Rain In The Summertime" and "Rainbow Blues" are both excellent, as are the Dixie Chicks' cover of "Rainbow Connection" and Tom Waits' contribution to a benefit album for The West Memphis Three. The Beatles, Dylan, REM, Wilco, Nirvana and Golden Earring tracks are well-known classics. "Rain Song" is interesting but ultimately a bit of a disappointment, while the Boogie Knights' Wagnerian filking of "Waterloo" is hilarious for people who like that sort of thing.

As for ska, I have me my share, but tend not to recommend it to Fred since it doesn't seem like his thing. Otherwise, I'd recommend, among many others, both "Ranking Full Stop" and the Urge's version of "This Is Radio Clash" (which I have under "T," but still).

[Drew Johnston]

"Racist Friend," The Specials A.K.A.
"Rank-N-File," Anti-Flag
"Raise the Roof," Public Enemy

[the opoponax]

ah!

someone gave me "racist friend" on a mix and i've never been able to put together who it was by (no idea why, as i've heard plenty of other Specials AKA stuff over the years). now i know and can fill it in on iTunes!

thanks!

[wanderingoutlaw]

"Ragged & Dirty" - Bob Dylan
"Raging Eyes" - Nick Lowe
"Railroad Bill" - Roger McGuinn
"Railroad Bill" - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
"Rambling on My Mind" - Robert Johnson

[daniel]

"Radio War" - Iron & Wine
"Rain Song" - Sunny Day Real Estate
"Rake" - Sufjan Stevens
"Rake It In" - Imogen Heap
"Ramparts" - Kashmir
"Random Summer" - múm

[spluffer]

Race The Breeze - Rory Gallagher
Race With the Devil - The Stray Cats
Rachel - Buddy & Julie Miller
Radio 1 Theme - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Radio Blues - Sol Hoopii
Radio King - Jeff Tweedy
Radio Nine - The Buzzcocks
Radio Sweetheart - Elvis Costello
Radio-Activity - The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Radios Of Heaven - The Odds
Rag Bag - David Lindley & Hani Naser
Ragged And Dirty - Stefan Grossman
Ragged Old Flag - Johnny Cash
Rags To Rags - The Eels
Ragtop - Satan's Pilgrims
Railroad Bill - Dave Alvin
Railroad Steel - Georgia Satellites
Railroadin' - Jimmy Bryant
Rain (yep, the Beatles') - The Allman Brothers Band; Todd Rundgren
Rain (not that one, suprisingly) - Harry Nilsson
Rain King - Sonic Youth
Rain Trance - Badi Assad
Rain Washed Everything Away - Brian Setzer
Rain When I Die - Alice In Chains
Rainbow - New Riders of the Purple Sage
Rainbow Country - Bob Marley And The Wailers
Rainin' in My Heart - Willie Nelson-w/ Al Green
Raining In Belfast - Passenger To Nowhere
Rainmaker - Andy Summers
Rainmaker - Harry Nilsson
Raisans - Dinosaur Jr.
Raisin' The Dickens - Danny Gatton
Rally Round The Flag - Ry Cooder
Ram On - Paul McCartney
Ramblin' Fever - Willie Nelson-w/ Toby Keith, Joe Walsh, & Merle Haggard
Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers Band
Ramblin' On My Mind - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Ramblin' Rose - The MC5
Ramblin' Round - Linda Ronstadt
Rambunctious - Danny Gatton
Rampage - The Bel Airs
Raped and Freezin' - Alice Cooper
Rapid City, South Dakota - Dwight Yoakam

[David]

"Rainbow's End", Eleven

[Indiana Joe]

"Radio City", Tangerine Dream
"Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair Dom Do Lámh", Planxty
"Rags To Burn", Richard Zimmerman
"Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Raiders' March", Erich Kunzel; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra "Rain, Rain Go Away", Gerry Mulligan
"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head", B.J. Thomas
"Rainy Day/First You Must Learn The Grip", Séamus Ennis
"Raise Your Hand", Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

[Luna]

"Radio Campaign," M. Ward
"Radio Tokyo," Puffy AmiYumi
"Rags and Bones," Thea Gilmore
"Rain," Patty Griffin
"Rain," Madonna
"Rain Check," Ani DiFranco
"Rain Fall Down," The Rolling Stones (Johann, I see liking the album and I raise you two versions because I have one on a bootleg of a live show I saw.)
"Rain King," Counting Crows
"Rainslicker," Josh Ritter (Fred, I think you'd like this one.)
"Rake at the Gates of Hell," The Pogues
"Ramon," Laurie Anderson
"Ramshackle Day Parade," Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
"Raphael," Hugh Blumenfeld
"Raphael," Carla Bruni

Three favorite lyrics out of this set:

1. I wish that they could walk forever/On the earth, alone, unfettered/'Til they pray for consolation/'Til they beg for sweet damnation. - The Pogues

2. Some people walk on water/Some people walk on broken glass/Some just walk round and round in their dreams. - Laurie Anderson

3. Your eyes were so patient and calm/Green as the grass that might grow on the twenty-third Psalm. - Josh Ritter

[wb]

Rack 'em Up - Johnny Lang
Rad Gumbo - Little Feat
Ramblin' By Myself - John Lee Hooker

[Steve]

Sorry if there's duplicates...not time to double check this list and eliminate them...
Rachel's Flat - Badly Drawn Boy
Rachel - Buddy and Julie Miller
Ragged Old Flag - Johnny Cash
Radioactivity - Kraftwerk
Ramble On - Led Zepplin
Rachel's Waltz - Olde World Folk Band
Radio Operator - Roseanne Cash
Rainbow Sleeves - Ricki Lee Jones
Raising Hell - Run DMC
Rappers Delight - Sugarhill Gang
Rainy Day Sun - Spinal Tap
Rainbo Conversation - Stereolab
Rain - Terence Trent D'arby
Rain - Blind Boys of Alabama
Rallying The Dominoes - Danielson Famile
Rainbow Connection - Kermit The Frog
Rain, Rain Go Away - Vince Guaraldi
Rapture - Blondie

[cminus]

(1) Dwight Yoakam covered a pro-choice song?

(2) I'm the only person who owns "Radar Love?"

[litlnemo]

"Radio Free Europe" - R.E.M.
"Radio Song" - Jet
"Raging Eyes" - Nick Lowe
"Rags to Rags" - eels
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" - John Williams
"Rain" - Beatles
"Rainbow" - Gene Chandler
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - Ben Folds Five
"Rapper's Delight" - Sugar Hill Gang

[borealys]

Rainbow Connection - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Rapture - Jesse Cook

[GeoX]

Dead Can Dance, "Radharc"
Kula Shaker, "Radhe Radhe"
Cleaners from Venus, "Radio Seven"
Milkcan, "Radio Signal Jam"
Thomas Dolby, "Radio Silence"
Elvis Costello, "Radio Sweetheart"
Elvis Costello, "Radio, Radio"
Steeleye Span, "Rag Doll"
Dust Rhinos, "Ragged Crow"
The Skels, "The Raggle-Taggle Gypsy"
Kula Shaker, "Raggy One (waiting for tomorrow)"
Jay Munly, "Ragin' Cajun"
Joan Baez, "Railroad Boy"
Seatbelts, "Rain" (two versions)
The Chieftains, "Rain and Snow"
The Skels, "The Rain Came Pissin' Down"
Yuppster, "Rain Conductor"
Tom Waits, "Rain Dogs" (two versions)
The Pogues, "Rain Street"
Tom Waits, "Rainbirds"
Michiru Yamane, "Rainbow Cemetery"
The Pogues, "Rainbow Man"
Manic Street Preachers, "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"
Deep Puddle Dymanics, "Rainmen"
Tom Waits, "Rains on Me"
Twilight Electric, "Rainy Day Inside Games"
Gordon Lightfoot, "Rainy Day People"
Bob Dylan "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"
The Pogues, "Rainy Night in Soho"
Joan Baez, "Rake & Rambling Boy"
The Pogues, "Rake at the Gates of Hell"
Po!, "Rake Dat Snake"
Gordon Bok, "Ramble Away"
Led Zeppelin, "Ramble On"
All Hands Around, "Rambling Irishman"
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior, "The Rambling Gypsy"
Mesu Kasumai, "Rampart Fury"
Joe Strummer, "Ramshackle Day Parade"
Joe Jackson, "Rant and Rave"
Gordon Bok, "Rantin' Laddie"
Blondie, "Rapture"

[Ian Mathers]

"Racing Gloves" - Plumtree
"Radio #1" - Air
"Radio Gun" - Gwenmars
"Railing, Pt. 2" - Roni Size
"Rain Down on Me" - Blue Rodeo
"Rain on the Pretty Ones" - Ed Harcourt
"Rainbow Colours (Chopped & Screwed)" - Three 6 Mafia
"Raining Stones" - Brave Captain
"Raintown" - Deacon Blue
"Raising the Titanic" - Gavin Bryars

[Grumpy]

"Radar" - Morphine
"Radio Free Europe" - R.E.M.
"Radio, Radio" - Elvis Costello
"Rage/Peppy Science" - Danny Elfman
"Rags & Bones" - Nomeansno
"Raising Ukeleles" - Carter Burwell
"Ramones Medley" - The Ramones (from Rock & Roll High School)
"Rankin Full Stop" - English Beat
"Rappin' Ronnie Reagan" - The Simpsons
"Rapture" - Blondie

[John E Thelin]

Nice. Thomas Dolby, Kula Shaker, XTC (from back before they got good, but still), The Beat (Not "The English Beat", that was their legal name in the USA, their actual name on this international forum should be The Beat), but here's some forgotten ones:

Racing in A - Steve Hackett
Raconteur Troubadour - Gentle Giant
Radian - Air
Radiant City - No-Man
Radiant Night - Momus
Radiate - Jason Falkner
Radiation Part 1 - Trion
Radiation Part 2 - Trion
Radio #1 - Air
Radio 7 - David Holmes
Radio Athletico - The Bloodsuckas
Radio Free Moscow - Jethro Tull
Radio I - King Crimson
Radio II - King Crimson
Radio in Barracks - Lalo Schifrin
Radio Love - Prefab Sprout
Radio Pirat Program - Les Maledictus Sound
Radio Rock - Galt Macdermot
Radioactivity - The Divine Comedy
Rafoo Chakkar - Kalyanji Anandji
Raga Dance (Music) - A.R. Rahman & Anand Bakshi
Rage and Then Regret - ABC
Rage Hard - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Ragga - Martina Topley-bird
Ragtopskodacarchase - Bentley Rhythm Ace
Rah-keet - Kalyanji Anandji
Raiders - Anne Dudley
Rain - Dean Elliott
Rain - Jon Hassell
Rain - Opus Däi
Rain Dance - Jeff Lorber Fusion
Rain Forest - Tangerine Dream
Rain on Me - Electrafixion
Rain Tree Crow - Rain Tree Crow
Rain When I Die - Alice in Chains
Rainbow Blues - Jethro Tull
Rainbow Children - Prince
Rainbow Warrior - The Buggles
Rainbox - Von Zamla
Raindust - John Foxx & Harold Budd
Rainfall - Apples In Stereo
Rainy Day Sun - Spinal Tap
Rainy Days and Mondays - Dick Hyman
Rainy Greys and Blues - Roddy Frame
Rainy Night in Georgia - Brook Benton
Rainy Night in Soho - Nick Cave
Rainy Season - Aztec Camera
Rainy Taxi - Porcupine Tree
Raio de Sol - RVM
Raise the Dead - Venom
Raja Bana Mera Chhaila - RD Burman
Ralis - Boud Deun
Ram - Steve Howe
Ram Balram - Ursula 1000
Ram It Down - Judas Priest
Ram Origami - Peter Hammill
Ram You Hard - Bleechers
Ramalama [Bang Bang] - Roisin Murphy
Rambling on My Mind - Robert Johnson
Ramlösa Kvällar - Samla Mammas Manna
Rampage - Lalo Schifrin
Rampage Of The Driver Ants - Lalo Schifrin
Ramsa - Janne Schaffer
Ramta Jogi - AR Rahman
Ran Kan Kan - Tito Puente
Ran Tan Waltz - Kate Bush
Rancho das Nuvens - Tom Jobim
Ranchos, Filhos e Mulher - RVM
Randolph and Dearborn - Isaac Hayes
Random - Gary Numan
Random Hearts (Love Theme) - Dave Grusin
Range and Altitude - Mark Isham
Rankin' No. 1 - Latyrx
Rap Promoter - A Tribe Called Quest
Rape and Hospital - Elmer Bernstein
Rape Song - Strapping Young Lad
Rape this Day - Tomahawk
Rapimento - Ennio Morricone
Rapini - Jerry Goldsmith
Rappelling - Lalo Schifrin
Rapt. Dept. - Yourcodenameis:milo
Rapt: in the Evening Air - Art of Noise

[Michael Krahn]

Hey,

Found you through google blog search because you mentioned Counting Crows so I assume you are a fan. I did some writing about the band recently which I’m putting up on my blog in 5 parts.

Check it out if you want to:

http://krahn.blogspot.com/

[john]

Life is designed by some sort of intelligence, God created life

[Michele]

John, you should go talk to bab over on "Lex Luthor Factor" thread - she just said the exact same thing, don't ya know.