Wake Up Song: Liz Phair - Extraordinary

I love love love love love love love love love love love love love Liz Phair.

Wake Up Song: Stratovatius - Bloodstone

It's rare when a cover is as good as the original. See the post for the original by clicking "wake up songs" below.

Fat Les - Vindaloo

Introduced before the 1998 World Cup, this has become one of the most common England songs sung on the terraces.

Rolling Stones - Happy

Keith Richards' compositions always kicked ass. He was a hell of a player before he died.

Garbage - Stupid Girl

There are few words in the English language that can describe the crush I had on Shirley Manson when this album and its series of videos came out.

Oasis - Columbia

Back in their early days, Oasis would roll awake in the early morning and yawn out tremendous tunes like this one. This is the one that helped them stand apart, because they rocked like mad, but they still had that groove.

Wake Up Song: Nirvana - On a Plain

Def Leppard - Run Riot

I watch a lot of soccer. And read a lot of soccer Web sites, most of them English. They love to say that a team that wins in a rout "ran riot" all over their opponents. And every damn time I read that phrase, this song pops into my head. So, in honor of Liverpool demolishing Man U Saturday, I present this little ditty.

The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something to Hide, Except for Me and My Monkey

How could I go this long without a Beatles song? Shame. This one's a little-known rocker from the White Album.

The Housemartins - Happy Hour

What a cheerful little band writing happy little tunes. They're like the Bob Ross of pop music.

Wake Up Song: Beck - Jackass

It's actually funny, as I went looking for this song and only found live versions, I was disappointed. I didn't think it would translate as well to being played live as it does here.

Wake Up Song: Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke

If you need me to introduce this song and explain its greatness, then you're dead inside.

Wake Up song: Judas Priest - Bloodstone

Audio only. This is considerably better than yesterday's wake up song, which will remain nameless.

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

Since we've already got one guitar god on the blog tonight, had to add the boy wonder as well.

Van Halen - Romeo Delight

These guys were famously rip-roaring drunk during this show, and it shows. This is very sloppy, but they were so mighty that the crowd didn't give a damn. Listen to that roar.

Fishbone - Ghetto Soundwave

If I'm going to espouse the virtues of funk rock, I can't skip out on one of the pioneers of the genre.

Extreme - Get the Funk Out

Not bad, for a Michigan White Boy. Van Halen 3 and More Than Words jokes aside, Extreme actually had a tendency to kick ass from time to time, and funk rock is an underrated genre.

What is it with metal videos and dancing little people?

Wake Up Song: Boston - Feelin Satisfied

I have long maintained that bands named for places are bloated dinosaurs and have a sad tendency to suck. See: Chicago, America, Europe, Kansas, Asia. Boston is certainly no exception, though they have the gift of riff. This song actually completely sucks, except for the hook at the chorus, which is actually awesome (fast forward to 0:53 to hear it). But it's a wake up song, so I'm obligated to post it.