I’ve had two major radio-devotee phases in my life - first as a high schooler obsessed with KROQ, then immediately post-college, when I got a car with neither CD deck nor aux cord, so became a daily listener of LA’s classic rock station 100.3 The Sound. Classic rock works well in an album format but brilliantly as radio; it’s high energy, sonically diverse, perfect driving music. These classic rock radio staples have their spots secured in the canon, but just in case you needed a reminder: these songs rule and will never die.
1. The Beatles
Hey Jude
2. The Who
Pinball Wizard
3. The Doors
People Are Strange
4. Steppenwolf
Born To Be Wild
5. Bob Dylan
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again