Hotel California - The Eagles

Like I said before - The Eagles are a fucking amazing band. And despite what my future uncle-in-law says, "Hotel California" is one of their greatest songs, and one of the greatest songs in Rock and Roll.

Released in early 1977 off their album of the same name, "Hotel California" topped the Billboard Hot 100 List for one week in May, and The Eagles also won the Grammy for Record Of The Year in 1978 for this song.

And in case you think I forgot about your digital music, "Hotel California" was certified Platinum in 2009 after achieving more than 1,000,000 digital downloads on sites like iTunes.

On the surface, this song is about a weary traveler who became trapped in a horrible hotel after first finding it inviting. However, the song is an allegory of the hedonism and self-destruction of the California music industry in the late 1970s (not Satan-worshiping). Henley says this about "Hotel California" - "It's basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about."

So pick up and Eagles album or download "Hotel California" and rock out like there's no tomorrow.

Pink Houses - John Mellencamp

"There's a black man with a black cat livin' in a black neighborhood
He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard
You know he thinks that he's got it so good
And there's a woman in the kitchen cleanin' up the evenin' slop
And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin', I can remember when
You could stop a clock."

Back before Cougars were horny moms, John Cougar Mellencamp rocked the stage with great music such as "Jack and Diane" and "Hurt So Good".

One of his songs from the early 1980s "Pink Houses" is one of those songs that is written about the heart of America, and the people in it. Telling stories about an old African-American couple, a young hard working man and everyone else that make up our country.

The song made it to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, and was ranked #439 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

This song also makes my mom and her sisters sing and dance in bars. It's that good.