5 Songs to Get You Through the Week #36

5 Songs to Get You Through the Week is a feature I run on Young Ears, Fresh Perspective on Sundays/early hours of Monday morning where I pick out 5 tunes that I think are notable and tell you a bit about them. The point is to give you some rocking music to help you deal with your weekday blues. You can either listen to one each day, listen to them all at once, or any other combination that you feel. As long as you can get through the week without the man getting you down, that's all I care about. Without further ado, here are the 5 tracks I've picked out for this week:

1. Too Much Too Young Too Fast, by Airbourne

Need some straight up rock n' roll with balls and packs a punch? Airbourne is exactly that. Like AC/DC, they are Australian based heavy blues rockers that absolutely live to crank their amps up to 11 and be poster children for the rock n' roll image and lifestyle. Too Much Too Young Too Fast is the track that gets the message of what they are all about across to all of the new listeners out their. Granted they do sound a lot like AC/DC some times, but they do have their own unique qualities if you listen close enough.

2.  The One That You Hated, by Adler

Original Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler put out a solo album a couple of years ago with a brand new band. This album was his first new album since he had been fired from Guns N' Roses in 1990. The One That You Hated was the main single for it. It is an interesting blend of dark acoustic stuff and modern rock. However, you can definitely tell that it is Steven playing the drums. The cowbell gives that much away. It is a fun track to rock out to if you have a few minutes to kill.

3. Pardise/The Spell, by Uriah Heep

These are technically two songs, but they blend into one another; making it a continuous epic of a song. Paradise is an acoustic ballad. It is melodic, especially in the bass parts. However, the real excitement is in The Spell. It starts off as an upbeat bluesy piano tune, but it is all about wizards, demons, magic, etc. The interlude slows down into a melodic guitar solo backed by what sounds like a humongous choir doing a bunch of "oohs" and "ahs". Soon enough though it comes back around to the fun part and the epic battle concludes. It's a great way to get your classic metal/hard rock on.

4.  I'm On My Way, by Frijid Pink

If you need more cheery music, I'm On My Way by Detroit based band Frijid Pink is just the ticket. It sounds just like something you would have heard at a 1950's sock hop. There is some delightful slide guitar that goes up and down the fret board to give the song a more bouncy and happy vibe. It is upbeat and you can really move to it. You never would have guessed that it was written and recorded in 1970.

5. I Want You to Want Me, by Cheap Trick

If you want a tune that makes you feel like you're blasting into outer space (especially if you're performing it) then Cheap Trick's classic I Want You to Want Me fits the bill; especially if you're doing the Live at Budokan version. It is so charged with energy that you can't help but want to dance, head bang, or any other form of joyful physical expression. It is definitely a classic in rock for a reason.