Pop Rocks 6

I certainly am cleaning up my holding area. I last made a Pop Rocks pick in 2022. It's not that there aren't millions of candidates waiting to be added, it's just I saw a squirrel and went another direction for awhile. Go check out the other ones and please if you get this, tell me what's the difference between Pop Rocks and Yacht Rock. I think one might be a subset of the other, or maybe not. There definitely is a difference, but I am not sure I can articulate it. I do have an unposted pick of Yacht rock (150 tracks so far), I even have a cool cover, but I never finished it up to be ready for posting here. A couple of overlaps, nyacht many. Anyway I ran out of real flavors, so grape will have to do for this one.

Pop Rocks 6

106 Don Felder - You Don't Have Me

107 Chicago - Harry Truman

108 Reed Nielsen & Mark Pearson - Hasty Heart

109 Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing

110 David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us

111 Exile - Kiss You All Over

112 Redbone - Come And Get Your Love

113 Bad Business - Turn it On

114 Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

115 Jefferson Starship - Count on Me

116 Gary Wright - Dream Weaver

117 Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You

118 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves

119 Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful

120 Quarterflash - Harden My Heart

121 Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun

122 Billy Swan - I Can Help

123 Gerry Rafferty - Right Down The Line

124 Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

125 Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes

126 Pages - You Need A Hero

Pop Rocks 5

The last of the volumes of Pop Rocks. Basically rock songs that weren't too heavy, probably ones that everyone else hated, but that I loved on the radio or at home. No other rhyme or reason, just my pick of rock that is pop. At this point I have no idea if there ever was a blue Pop Rocks candy, but it doesn't matter. The music certainly isn't blue either. I like to put these volumes in one folder and play all. Even though they are in a BPM order, you do not have to play it that way, Just do random play and it still sounds good.

Pop Rocks 5

86 Night Ranger - Sister Christian

87 Raspberries - Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)

88 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down

89 Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down

90 Ringo Starr - No No Song

91 Moody Blues - Go Now!

92 The Babys - Every Time I Think Of You

93 Steely Dan - Do It Again

94 Three Dog Night - Shambala

95 Blackfoot - Highway Song

96 Van Morrison - Domino

97 Crow - Evil Woman Don't You Play Your Games With Me

98 Jigsaw - Sky High

99 Foghat - Drivin' Wheel

100 Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

101 Starship - We Built This City

102 The Band - Up On Cripple Creek

103 Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man

104 Arrows - A Touch Too Much

105 ZZ Top - Tube Snake Boogie

Pop Rocks 4

After that quick break, we're back with volume four of Pop Rocks. Poppy sounding rock, probably played on AM radio somewhere, but definitely in my head. So many songs that could fit in one category or another and this doesn't really meet any categorization criteria except pop rock. Enjoy it or don't. I have one more volume of this pick after this, then go ahead and leave your suggestions for volume 6. Was there a green flavor of Pop Rocks? Green Apple?

Pop Rocks 4

64 Jim Stafford - Spiders And Snakes

65 Ted Nugent - Wango Tango

66 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock n Roll

67 Blood, Sweat, And Tears - Spinning Wheel

68 Beatnix - Stairway to Heaven

69 Jethro Tull - Bungle In The Jungle

70 Boston - More Than A Feeling

71 Foghat - Slow Ride

72 Bon Jovi - It's My Life

73 The Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride

74 Sweet - Fox On The Run

75 Jefferson Starship - Ride the Tiger

76 Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie

77 Balance - Breaking Away

78 Asia - Heat Of The Moment

79 Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night

80 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light

81 Todd Rundgren - Bang The Drum All Day

82 ZZ Top - Tush

83 Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize

84 Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It

85 Sammy Hagar - Red

Pop Rocks 3

The best song that conveys what this compilation is about is Reunion's "Life Is a Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)". It's fast talking, it's pop, but it's rock. Like the candy, Pop Rocks is a little sweet, a little crackly, it's interesting covering flavor and fizziness. You can crunch the rock part and you can let the sweetness just fizzle through your mouth, you can let it bubble through like pop and crunch like rock. It's a pick of mostly hits but a combo of major hits with minor ones thrown in for good measure. I have more to post, but I will skip a day or so I can get a comp playlist specific to December in here.

Pop Rocks 3

42 David Essex - Rock On

43 Doobie Brothers - Black Water

44 Nick Gilder - Hot Child In The City

45 REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

46 Triumph - Lay It On The Line

47 Toto - Hold The Line

48 Supertramp - The Logical Song

49 Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)

50 Dr. Hook - The Cover Of The Rolling Stone

51 Billy Joel - You May Be Right

52 Queen - Somebody to Love

53 Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman

54 Santana - Evil Ways

55 Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble

56 Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman

57 Steve Miller Band - Take The Money And Run

58 Sugarloaf featuring Jerry Corbetta - Don't Call Us, We'll Call You

59 Rocky Burnette - Tired Of Toein' The Line

60 Runt - We Gotta Get You A Woman

61 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - I Need To Know

62 Kiss - Rock And Roll All Night

63 Jackson Browne - Stay

Pop Rocks 2

This pick extends a few more days. One thing about this compilation playlist, it is popular.  People pick it and play it. After this volume you will get the idea of the feeling I was going for with all of them. Slightly, Pop, slightly Rock. Not Yacht rock, and also not too heavy. I did put together my pick of Yacht rock and at times it almost seems to crossover. But anytime it did, I tried to nip that in the bud. I didn't quite succeed, but it's getting there.

Pop Rocks 2

22 Aldo Nova - Fantasy

23 Billy Squier - The Stroke

24 Foreigner - Hot Blooded

25 Gary Wright - Love Is Alive

26 Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

27 Troggs - Wild Thing

28 Free - All Right Now

29 The Guess Who - No Time

30 Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

31 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4

32 Grand Funk - Bad Time

33 Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady

34 Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music

35 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Hollywood Nights

36 Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way

37 Pat Travers - Boom Boom

38 Barnstorm - Rocky Mountain Way

39 Argent - Hold Your Head Up

40 The Zombies - Time Of The Season

41 Nazareth - Love Hurts

Pop Rocks 1

This is one of those picks that makes total sense to me, but may not be clear to everyone else. These playlists (there are five so far) are all my picks of rock that's a bit more on the poppier side. And I always did like the Pop Rocks candy, so that became the title and cover. Much of these cross over to different genres and styles, but to me it makes sense. After you listen to a few volumes, you can give me a thumbs up or thumbs down.

Pop Rocks 1

01 Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love

02 Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl

03 Sniff 'n' The Tears - Driver's Seat

04 Tommy Tutone - Jenny 867-5309

05 Santana (Featuring Rob Thomas) - Smooth

06 Steve Miller Band - Rockin' Me

07 Journey - Any Way You Want It

08 Golden Earring - Radar Love

09 Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me

10 Ides Of March - Vehicle

11 J Geils Band - Must Of Got Lost

12 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Do Me Like That

13 Bad Company - Can't Get Enough

14 Brownsville Station - Smokin' In The Boy's Room

15 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

16 38 Special - Hold On Loosely

17 Shocking Blue - Venus

18 Eddie Money - Two Tickets To Paradise

19 Edgar Winter's White Trash - Keep Playin' That Rock 'n' Roll

20 Greg Kihn Band - The Breakup Song (The Don't Write 'em)

21 AC-DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (Ultimix Remix)