Wait to Walk
Listen, I think I could be dreaming ...
"Wait," Sarah McLachlan
"Wait 'til We Get Home," Lone Justice
"Waiter," Nellie McKay
"Waitin' on a Sunny Day," Bruce Springsteen
"Waiting for a Reason," Mark Heard
"Waiting for Somebody," Paul Westerberg
"Waiting for the Great Leap Forward," Billy Bragg
"Waiting in Vain," Annie Lennox
"Waiting on the World to Change," John Mayer
"Walk Between the Raindrops," Adam Again
"Walk of Life," Dire Straits
"Walk On," U2
"Walk out to Winter," Aztec Camera
"Wait," The Beatles
"Waitin' For The Bus," ZZ Top
"Waiting," Jimmie's Chicken Shack
"Waiting For The Night," Depeche Mode
"Waiting For The Sun," The Doors
"Waiting For The Wheel To Turn," Karen Matheson
"Waiting For The Worms," Pink Floyd
"Waiting In Vain," Bob Marley & The Wailers
"Waiting Song," Pat McCurdy
"Wake Me Up When September Ends," Green Day
"Wake Up," DJ Harry
"Wake Up," The Presidents Of The United States Of America
"Wake Up," Rage Against The Machine
"Wake Up And Live," Bob Marley & The Wailers
"Wake Up Go To Work," Pat McCurdy
"Walk On By," Cake
"Walk On By," The Stranglers
"Walk Out," Matthew Sweet
"Walk This Way," Aerosmith
"Walk Through The Fire," The Cast Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer
The Doors, Pink Floyd, Green Day and Aerosmith tracks are essentials if you like the genre, and the Karen Matheson number is very good if you like lilting Celtic women, but for Fred's purposes I'd probably recommend Cake's version of "Walk On By", followed by the Stranglers' version of "Walk On By" (not the same song as Cake's) and "Walk Through The Fire". "Wake Up Go To Work" deserves mention for its mordantly cheerful treatment of the life of quiet desperation (the chorus begins "Wake up, go to work, get drunk, go to sleep", to give you an idea), but it's a something of a rarity and I'm not the kind of person who would recommend something the recommendee probably couldn't find.
Posted by: cminus | Jan 26, 2007 at 08:04 AM
...I discovered Sarah McLachlan on the Due South soundtracks. ...great collections of music.
Tommy Emmanuel has some interesting stuff, too.
Posted by: Darryl Pearce | Jan 26, 2007 at 11:33 AM
"Waitin' for the Night", the Runaways
"Wake Up and Lose", the Humpers
"Walk Away Renee", Billy Bragg
"Walkin' Down the Line", Bob Dylan
Posted by: Theo | Jan 26, 2007 at 11:37 AM
"Wait," The Beatles
"Wait," Wang Chung
"Wait for Truth," Live A Live OSV
"Waitin' for the Wagon," The Tossers
"Waiting for a Train," Johnny Cash
"Waiting for the End of the World," Elvis Costello
"Waiting for the Miracle," Leonard Cohen
"Waiting for the Sun," The Doors
"Waiting for the UFOs," Graham Parker
"Waiting so Long," Berserk OSV
"Wake Up and Make Love with Me," Ian Dury & the Blockheads
"Wake Up Sally (the cops are here," Stan Ridgway
"Wake of the Medusa," The Pogues
"Wake-Up Call," Aesop Rock
"Waking Up," Elastica
"Walk All Over It," Mike Gunther & His Restless Souls
"Walk Away," Kelly Clarkson
"Walk Away," Tom Waits
"Walk on Through Vanity Ruins," Silent Hill 3 OSV
"Walk Through the Fire," Mary Gauthier
"Walked in Live," Joy Division
"Walkin' Home Alone," Stan Ridgway
"Walking in LA," Missing Persons
"Walking on the Moon," The Police
"Walking on Thin Ice," Elvis Costello
"Walking Spanish," Tom Waits
"Walking the Ghost," James
The Mary Gauthier track is stunning. As is the Leonard Cohen, though I guess that kinda goes without saying...
Posted by: GeoX | Jan 26, 2007 at 03:30 PM
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
Walk This Way - Run DMC with Aerosmith
Wait No More - Bruce Cockburn
Waitin' On A Sunny Day - Bruce Springsteen
Walk Away - Adam Again
Wallflower - Buddy and Julie Miller
Walk In The Light - The Holmes Brothers
Waiting For A Train - Johnny Cash
Waiting For A Girl Like You - Rick Springfield (yes, Rick Springfield covers your favorite 80's hits...and even ones you hate, like this)
Walk In Jerusalem - Blind Boys of Alabama
Walk, Don't Run - The Ventures
Wake Up Dead Man - U2
Waiting For The Bus - Violent Femmes
Posted by: Steve | Jan 26, 2007 at 04:02 PM
And now for the "Old Fart's Edition":
"Wait Until Tomorrow" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Waitin' on a Sunny Day" - Bruce Springsteen
"Waiting for Tonight" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Walk Away" - Kelly Clarkston
"Walk on the Water" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Walkin' Blues" - Eric Clapton
"Walkin' Blues" - R.L. Burnside
"Walkin' Blues" - Robert Johnson
"Walking Away" - Jonny Lang
"Walking Into Clarksdale" - Page and Plant
Huh...only 3 versions of "Walkin' Blues"...I would have thought I had more than that.
Posted by: wane bell | Jan 26, 2007 at 08:46 PM
Wait a Minute - Frank Zappa
Wait For Me - Bob Seger
Wait on What You Want - Paul Pena
Waitin' in Your Welfare Line - Buck Owens
Waiting - Dwight Yoakam
Waiting - Harry Nilsson
Waiting For A Miracle - Bruce Cockburn
Waiting For A Train - Boz Scaggs w/Duane Allman
Waiting For Jimmy To Kick - Butthole Surfers
Waiting For My Ruca - Sublime
Waiting for the Apocalypse - The Treblemakers
Waiting For The Right Time - John Mayall
Waiting For You - TSOL
Waiting In The Bamboo Groove - Savoy Brown
Waiting Man - King Crimson
Waiting On A Friend - The Rolling Stones
Waiting Room - Fugazi
Waitress - Live
Wake Up - Alanis Morissette
Wake Up Mama - Stefan Grossman
Walk - The Cure
Walk All Over You - AC/DC
Walk Alone - TSOL
Walk Around Time - Robert Cray
Walk In My Shadow - Free
Walk Like a Man - Bruce Springsteen
Walk On - Neil Young
Walk On Gilded Splinters - Johnny Jenkins w/Duane Allman
Walk On Hot Coals - Rory Gallagher
Walk Right Back - Harry Nilsson
Walk Right In - Dave Alvin
Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine - The Kentucky Headhunters
Walk The Floors - Buck Owens
Walk Through The Bottomland - Lyle Lovett
Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline
Walkin' And Whistlin' Blues - Les Paul & Mary Ford
Walkin' Bass - Henry Mancini (from Peter Gunn)
Walkin' the Dog - Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones
Walking By Myself - Freddie King
Walking Dead - Alex Chilton
Walking Distance - Buzzcocks
Walking in Your Footsteps - The Police
Walking on Sunset - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Walking On The Water - Richard Hell And The Voidoids
Walking Tall - Lyle Lovett
Walking The Ceiling - Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers
Walking the Cow - fIREHOSE
Posted by: spluffer | Jan 26, 2007 at 09:18 PM
Waiting List - Dr. Octagon
Wake Up - The Arcade Fire
Waking up beside you - Stabbing Westward
Walking the Cow - Daniel Johnston*
* The original
Posted by: mcc | Jan 27, 2007 at 02:18 PM
Wait - Sarah McLachlan
Waited - Our Lady Peace
Waiting Around to Die - The Be Good Tanyas
Waiting for the Miracle - Leonard Cohen
Waiting for the Tide - Melanie Doane
Waiting for Time - The Trews
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
Wake Up - Arcade Fire
Wake Up - Tuuli
Wake Up Exhausted - Tegan and Sara
Walk Away - Barlow
Walk Away - Ben Harper
Walk On - U2
Walk On By - Cake
Walk Through the Fire - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Walk With You - Crush
Walk, Don't Run - The Ventures
Walkin' the Dog - Rufus Thomas
Walking After You - Foo Fighters
Walking Alone - Green Day
Walking In My Shoes - Depeche Mode
Walking With a Ghost - Tegan and Sara
Posted by: borealys | Jan 27, 2007 at 04:10 PM
"Wait a Minute" - The Wipers
"Waiting" - Green Day
"Waiting" - The Rentals
"Waiting For June" - B'ehl
"Waiting to be Discovered" - The Joel Plaskett Emergency
"Wake Me Up" - Girls Aloud
"Wake the Dead" - Comeback Kid
"Wake Up To the Sun" - Limblifter
"Walk Idiot Walk" - The Hives
"Walk In Fire" - Doves
Posted by: Ian Mathers | Jan 28, 2007 at 11:05 PM
"Wake Up, Little Susie" - the Everly Brothers
"Walk Together, Rock Together" - 7 Seconds
Posted by: Theo | Jan 29, 2007 at 02:48 AM
Wait - The Beatles
Waiting for the Ghost Train - Madness
Waiting for the Moon to Rise - Belle and Sebastian
Wake Up - Arcade Fire
Waking the Witch - Kate Bush
Waking Up - Elastica
Walk About - Orbital
Walk Away - Franz Ferdinand
Walk It Down - Talking Heads
Walk Like a Panther - All Seeing I
Walk Unafraid - REM
Walking on the Moon - The Police
Posted by: Ray | Jan 29, 2007 at 07:54 AM
Wow! Awesome lists. Thanks for the MP3 fuel!
Posted by: Jessica | Jan 29, 2007 at 06:18 PM