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J-Man’s Backyard Special Playlist

Summer is in full swing. That means you will probably be hosting a few outdoor get-togethers that warrant a solid list of tunes. I have taken it upon myself to do all the heavy lifting by assembling a playlist of songs sure to please the most diverse of crowds. All you have to worry about is your BBQ technique and your competition in the backyard bocce game. So do yourself a favor and throw these tracks on at your next summer shindig.

Playlist Details
Name: J-Man’s Backyard Special
Songs: 72
Time: 4 hr 52 min

  1. 311 – “Amber”
  2. Cake – “Short Skirt/Long Jacket”
  3. Jamie Cullum – “Mind Trick”
  4. Our Lady Peace – “Thief”
  5. Bon Jovi – “Livin’ on a Prayer”
  6. Eagles – “Tequila Sunrise”
  7. Aerosmith – “Walk on Down”
  8. Eagles of Death Metal – “Flames Go Higher”
  9. Incubus – “Azwethinkweiz”
  10. Alien Ant Farm – “Glow”
  11. Billy Joel – “It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me”
  12. Cream – “I Feel Free”
  13. Dean Martin – “Ain’t That A Kick in the Head”
  14. Beatles, The – “A Hard Day’s Night”
  15. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Scar Tissue”
  16. Steve Miller Band – “Rock ‘N Me”
  17. Blue Oyster Cult – “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”
  18. Foo Fighters – “See You”
  19. Bob Dylan – “Lay Lady Lay”
  20. Bruce Springsteen – “Born To Run”
  21. Frank Sinatra – “Summer Wind”
  22. John Coltrane – “Cousin Mary”
  23. Queens of the Stone Age – “Make It Wit Chu”
  24. Stevie Wonder – “Superstition”
  25. Sublime – “Jailhouse”
  26. Pearl Jam – “Daughter”
  27. Weezer – “Say It Ain’t So”
  28. Jimi Hendrix – “Message to Love”
  29. Guns N’ Roses – “Paradise City”
  30. Boy Sets Fire – “When Rhetoric Dies”
  31. Doors – “Touch Me”
  32. Oasis – “Wonderwall”
  33. Smashing Pumpkins – “1979”
  34. Led Zeppelin – “Hots on for Nowhere”
  35. Clutch – “Never Be Moved”
  36. Bon Jovi – “You Give Love a Bad Name”
  37. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Sweet Home Alabama”
  38. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Can’t Stop”
  39. Cake – “The Guitar Man”
  40. Bush – “Glycerin”
  41. Eric Clapton – “Blues Power”
  42. Beatles, The – “Hey Jude”
  43. Sponge – “The Drag Queens of Memphis”
  44. Billy Joel – “Tell Her About It”
  45. Dean Martin – “Mambo Italiano”
  46. Jamie Cullum – “Get Your Way”
  47. Incubus – “Are You In?”
  48. Eagles – “Take It Easy”
  49. Foo Fighters – “Next Year”
  50. Frank Sinatra – “The Way You Look Tonight”
  51. Hootie & the Blowfish – “Hold My Hand”
  52. Stone Temple Pilots – “Lady Picture Show”
  53. Head Automatica – “Solid Gold Telephone”
  54. Pink Floyd – “Money”
  55. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Behind the Sun”
  56. Steve Miller Band – “The Joker”
  57. Jimi Hendrix – “Crosstown Traffic”
  58. Incubus – “Oil And Water”
  59. Weezer – “Island in the Sun”
  60. War – “Low Rider”
  61. Led Zeppelin – “The Crunge”
  62. Queens of the Stone Age – “The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret”
  63. Ray Charles – “What’d I Say parts 1 & 2”
  64. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Animal Bar”
  65. Stevie Wonder – “Higher Ground”
  66. Stone Temple Pilots – “Interstate Love Song”
  67. Time Lapse Consortium – “Certain Shade of Green”
  68. Tom Petty – “Two Gunslinger”
  69. The Whites Stripes – “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As Your Told)” - For Double C
  70. The Who – “Baba O’Riley”
  71. Zwan – “Endless Summer”
  72. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird”

There you have it. Now there are no more excuses for those Milli Vanilli songs that some how got in your last playlist. Impress your friends with the smooth sounds of summer courtesy of the J-Man and Saw*Kick Media.

2 Responses to “J-Man’s Backyard Special Playlist”

  1. Nice. BUT, if you really wanted to appease me with a summer playlist… it has to include “Burbans n Lacs” by Master P. By far the best summertime hit of all. Other than that, good job.

  2. No Journey, are you out of your mind? Nice J-Man.

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