An Early List of Songs and Themes for the Ministry



To be a rock and not to roll — Zep — I gotta roll, can’t stand still…

 Let it roll, baby, roll – The Doors (also Cars, REO)

 Lighten up while you still can — Eagles

 It’s better to burn out than it is to rust – Neil Young (“There’s more to the picture, than meets the eye.”)/Long Live Rock –Who

 It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll — ACDC

 You can’t always get what you want — Stones

You can’t hide from what’s inside of you – Steely Dan

  The Answer is Blowin’ In the Wind — Dylan

Get it On, Bang a Gong

Sometimes Your Heart Cuts a Fart – Tenacious D

Now that you have gone, there’s no other — Squeeze 

Whatever Gets You Through the Night is Alright — Lennon

 Alright Now, Baby It’s All Right Now — Free

 Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson

 I Really Don’t Know Life At All – Joni Mitchell

History Shows Again and Again – Blue Oyster Cult

Who’ll Stop the Rain? — CCR

Inside We’re All the Same — Styx

We Got Two Good Eyes But We Still Don’t See — Dead

The Simple Life Ain’t So Simple – Van Halen

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss – The Who

Are You Experienced? – Jimi Hendrix

Castles Made of Sand Fall Into the Sea Eventually — Hendrix

MMMBop — Hanson

Shama Lama Ding Dong – Otis Day and the Knights

Cry, Cry Baby – Janis Joplin

Fight the Good Fight Every Moment — Triumph    

 The Love You Take Is Equal to the Love You Make

Who You Jivin’ With That Cosmic Debris?

 1-2-3-4 What Are We Fightin’ For

  War Can’t Give Life, It Can Only Take It Away

  Feed Your Head

  Smile On Your Brother – Everybody Get Together

 People Can You Feel It – Love Is Here, There, Everywhere

 All You Need Is Love

 All We Need is Music

 All You Really Need Is Good Love

You can understand everything’s to share. Let your spirit dance brothers everywhere. Let your head be free. Turn the wisdom key

Find it naturally, see you’re lucky to be — Santana

 All We Are Saying Is Give Peace a Chance – Yes/Lennon

 Two Girls For Every Boy – Jan and Dean/Brian Wilson

 I Feel Like a Spinnin’ Top or a Dreidl – Don McClean

 Yo No Soy Marinero, Soy Capitan – Richie Valens

 It’s All Mixed Up – The Cars

 Freedom’s Just Another Word For Nothing Left to Sell – Billy Bragg

 Don’t Let It Rock, Let It Roll

 R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Find Out What It Means To me – Aretha Franklin

 When You Believe In Things You Don’t Understand, You Suffer

Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield

I Hope I Die Before I Get Old – The Who

One Is the Loneliest Number that You’ll Ever Do

See the Carpet of the Sun — Renaissance

All That We Can Be is Not What We Are – John Denver

I’m a Soul Man

Close Your Eyes, Girl, Look Inside…Let the Sound  Track You Away – Steppenwolf

Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow – Fleetwood Mac

Everybody Hurts Sometimes (Hold On) – R.E.M.

56)What If God Was One of Us

Freedom’s Just Another Word For Nothing Left to Lose –  Kris Kristoferson

I Don’t Know – Ozzy Osbourne

All That Lives Is Gonna Die – Love

Philosophy of the World – The Shaggs

Like A True Nature’s Child, We Were Born to Be Wild – Steppenwolf

Nothing Really Matters  — Queen

We Are the World, We Are the Children – 

The Clash

Grace Sees Goodness In Everything – U2

Play the Game Called “Go Insane” – The Doors

Different Strokes for Different Folks – Sly Stone

Dance to the Music – Sly

Oz Never Did Give Nothing to the Tin Man That He Didn’t Already Have – America, Pink Floyd/Wizard of Oz

Then I Saw Her Face, Now I’m a Believer – Diamond/Monkees

Teach Your Parents Well – Crosby, Stills, and Nash

I Know It Sounds Absurd, But Please Tell Me Who I Am – Supertramp

One Love, One Heart – Bob Marley

Listen Children, All Is Not Lost – Chicago

The Humans Will Give No Love – America

“Don’t Let It Bring You Down, It’s Only Castles Burning” – Neil Young

Love All, Serve All – Satya Sai Baba

Do You Believe in Rock and Roll, Can Music Save Your Mortal Soul?  — Don McClean

Dream On/Live and Learn From Fools and From Sages — Aerosmith

Instant Karma’s Going to Get You – Lennon

Early Morning Sunshine Tells Me All I Need to Know – Allmans

Tell You One Time, You’re to Blame — Sympathy for the Devil – Stones/Gimme Shelter?/”She blew my nose and then she blew my mind”

Til I Got Hurt, I Didn’t Know What Love Is – Cat Stevens

Iggy Pop

Only Love Is Real – Carole King

Gotta Love Your Grandma – Adam Sandler

All the Young Dudes Carry the News 

Warren Zevon?

We Don’t Need No Education – Pink Floyd

All That You Have Is Your Soul – Tracy Chapman

Philosophy – Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

The Answer Lies Within – Cat Stevens

Prisoners of Our Own Device – Hotel California/Already Gone – Eagles

Carry On, Love Is Coming to Us All – Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Crucifixion – Phil Ochs

He Not Busy Being Born is Busy Dying — Dylan 

My Ding-a-Ling – Chuck Berry

Turn Turn Turn To Every Thing There Is A Season – Pete Seeger/Byrds

Snoopy For Prez/Om – The Royal Guardsmen

“Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen” Carnival – Natalie Merchant

Listen, children, all is not lost – Chicago

“And though my eyes were open, they might have well been closed” – Whiter Shade of Pale

Learn to Be Still – Don Henley (Heart of the Matter, Inside Job)

Tell Me More About God — ?

Salvation A La Mode – Jethro Tull

Saved By Rock and Roll/Take a Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed