Eddie Van Halen (†2020)
«…Some people think a song without words isn’t a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he’ll kick...
Taylor Hawkins
«Life is funny.
If you don’t laugh, you’re in trouble.»
(Drummer of Foo Fighters)
CWF
«Ten miles east of El Paso I drive through the night…»
(Lyrics from «Ten Miles», 2018)
David Bowie
«We can be heroes,
just for one day…»
(Lyrics from Song: «Heroes», 1977)
Lemmy Kilmister
«We are Motörhead…
And we play rock and roll.»
(Founder of Motörhead, 1975)
Glenn Frey
«It’s gonna be a long, hot summer
This place is like a burning hell
Get ready for a long, hot summer…»
(Lyrics from Song: «Long Hot Summer», 1992)
David Crosby
«I’m making music because music makes things better
and it makes people happier.
That’s good enough for me»
(Founder of: Crosby, Stills and Nash, 1968)
CHANNEL21
«for bloody sake turn off the news turn on some music»
(unknown)
Dire Straits
«Look at that, look at that
Get your money for nothin› (I want my, I want my)
Chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Money for nothin›, chicks for free (I want my, I want my, I want my MTV)»
(Lyrics from «Money For Nothing», 1985)
The Doors
“I see you live on Love Street
There’s this store where the creatures meet
I wonder what they do in there
Summer Sunday, and a year…”
(Lyrics from «Love Street»,1968)
Jim Morrison
«I am the Lizard King…
I can do anything!»
I can do anything!»
(Founder of The Doors, 1965)
The Eagles
«He’s just another power junky
Just another silk-scarf monkey
You’d know it if you saw his stuff
The man just isn’t big enough»
(Lyrics from «King Of Hollywood», 1979)
Don Henley
«Nobody on the roadNobody on the beachI feel it in the air – The summer’s out of reach»
(Lyrics from Song: «Boys of Summer», 1984)
Kim Fowley
«I see glitter – I see people – I see freaks – I see life on Sunset Boulevard…»
(Lyrics from «Sunset Blvd», 1978)
Donna Blue’s «Sunset Blvd.»
«Back at the hotel, our windows were openThe sounds from the street so far belowWe made love on the white bedsheetsAs the radio played our favorite song…
…Sunset Boulevard«
(Lyrics from «Sunset Boulevard», 2018)
Eddie Money
I say, «Hey!» (Hey!)
It′s another nice day
Another nice day in L.A.
(Lyrics from «Another Nice Day in L.A.», 1991)
CHANNEL21
«Die Rede ist von Adult Orientated Rock…
kurz: „AOR“ oder Melodic Rock.»
(Blog: «AOR«,2023)
Scott McKenzie
«If you′re going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair»
(Lyrics from Song: «If you′re going to San Francisco»,1967)
Stevie Nicks
«Don’t be lady…
..Be a legend!»
(Singer of Fleetwood Mac, 1975)
Albert Hammond
«Seems it never rains in southern California…»
(Lyrics from «It Never Rains In Southern California…», 1972)
Steve Perry
«Oh, Sherrie, our loveHolds on, holds on»
(Lyrics from «Oh Sherrie», 1984)
Dennis Wilson
«…On the beach,
you can live in bliss.»
(Founder of the Beach Boys, 1961)
The Doors
“If the doors of perception were cleansed
everthing would appear to man as it is
infinite”
everthing would appear to man as it is
infinite”
(William Blake – Jim Morrison’s Inspiration of Band name «the doors»)
Journey
«Highway run
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You’re on my mind…»
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You’re on my mind…»
(Lyrics from «Faithfully», 1983)
Foreigner
«…But that was yesterday
I had the world in my hands…»
(Lyrics from «That Was Yesterday», 1984)
Robert Plant
“I am a golden god!”
(Founder of Led Zeppelin, 1968)
Stevie Nicks
«You know, rock ‘n’ roll is not a job.
It’s a passion.
It’s a way of life. It’s a religion.»
(Singer of Fleetwood Mac, 1975)
Russ Ballard
«Hey Bernadette, Say Bernadette
Hear what I say, and don’t forget»
(Lyrics from «Hey Bernadette», 1985)