Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
The riff twangs and then slickens, country in the fingers, something smoother in the chorus, as if two songs had agreed to share a car.
Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
An acoustic guitar states a small circular figure, almost shy of the microphone, and Tracy Chapman's voice comes in already in the middle of a life, a job, a father drinking, a plan that is mostly a car.
Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
The drums do not count in so much as break the door, and a guitar figure runs up the neck like someone checking the street before the light changes.
Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield
A fanfare, almost cheeky, and then the congas take the song by the wrist.
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
In February 1977, Fleetwood Mac released an album written in the middle of the breakups it describes, and the songs came out polished enough to hide the bruises until the second listen.
Alive – Pearl Jam
Stone Gossard's riff does not ask permission.
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