When Apple released the HomePod, it was the first time in my life I had anything close to a high fidelity speaker (unless you count the amp & subs I had in my high school car's trunk for a week before they got stolen) and I was in search of the music that must be heard on such a speaker. Pink Floyd was the go-to recommendation and that led me down a rabbit hole of rediscovering classic rock albums. While I don't have high fidelity speakers in my gym (yet... some day I'll get stereo HomePods in there), I needed to add these albums to my music rotation.
It's crazy that this was the first time I'd heard any song off Paul Simon's Graceland (other than You Can Call Me Al). But I'm glad my first experience was on such a nice speaker. I have to revisit Fleetwood Mac's Rumours several times a year. And I love the Rolling Stones, but they've got some lyrics in there that you've got to be careful of in the classroom (those tracks aren't on this playlist).
Here's a link to my Apple Music Playlist
Here's the Spotify Playlist
SPICY LYRICS
Everybody has different views on what's okay to play around kids and what isn't. So here's how this works. Below, you'll see all the songs on the playlist. If you click the song, you'll see the lyrics pop up. But not just lyrics. You'll also see questionable content is highlighted like this.
Questionable content is highlighted by word so you can read it for context. The spiciest words are highlighted in red. Medium words are highlighted in orange. And any word highlighted in yellow is either very mild or it's a word like "head" where it could be okay or absolutely not okay, depending on the context.
Spicy Lyrics is a tool I created on my iPhone/iPad to help me quickly see if songs are appropriate to play in the gym. I love it so much, I'm giving it away so you all can use it on your phones.
Preview some of the tracks here. The playlist is too long to show it all.
*Some titles are missing Spicy Lyric content. They will be updated soon.
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - Animals
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
Darlington County - Bruce Springsteen
Working on the Highway - Bruce Springsteen
Downbound Train - Bruce Springsteen
I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
No Surrender - Bruce Springsteen
Bobby Jean - Bruce Springsteen
I'm Goin' Down - Bruce Springsteen
Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Fire - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Wind Cries Mary - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
All Along the Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Stone Free - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Crosstown Traffic - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Manic Depression - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Little Wing - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
If 6 Was 9 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Foxy Lady - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Bold As Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Castles Made of Sand - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Red House - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Freedom - Jimi Hendrix
Night Bird Flying - Jimi Hendrix
Angel - Jimi Hendrix
Dolly Dagger - Jimi Hendrix
Rush - 2112
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
The Who
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Commotion - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tombstone Shadow - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Wrote a Song For Everyone - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cross-Tie Walker - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sinister Purpose - Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Night Time Is the Right Time - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
Down On the Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival
It Came Out of the Sky - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cotton Fields - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Poorboy Shuffle - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Feelin' Blue - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Don't Look Now - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Side o' the Road - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Effigy - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin
You Shook Me - Led Zeppelin
Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
Your Time Is Gonna Come - Led Zeppelin
Black Mountain Side - Led Zeppelin
Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
I Can't Quit You Baby - Led Zeppelin
How Many More Times - Led Zeppelin
Rush - Moving Pictures
Tom Sawyer - Rush
Red Barchetta - Rush
YYZ - Rush
Limelight - Rush
The Camera Eye - Rush
Witch Hunt (Part III of Fear) - Rush
Vital Signs - Rush
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
Private Investigations - Dire Straits
Industrial Disease - Dire Straits
Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
It Never Rains - Dire Straits
The Eagles - The Very Best of The Eagles
Take It Easy - Eagles
Witchy Woman - Eagles
Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
Desperado - Eagles
Doolin-Dalton - Eagles
Already Gone - Eagles
The Best of My Love - Eagles
James Dean - Eagles
Ol' 55 - Eagles
Midnight Flyer - Eagles
On the Border - Eagles
Lyin' Eyes - Eagles
One of These Nights - Eagles
Take It to the Limit - Eagles
After the Thrill Is Gone - Eagles
Hotel California - Eagles
Life In the Fast Lane - Eagles
Wasted Time - Eagles
Victim of Love - Eagles
New Kid In Town - Eagles
Heartache Tonight - Eagles
The Sad Cafe - Eagles
I Can't Tell You Why - Eagles
The Long Run - Eagles
In the City - Eagles
Seven Bridges Road (Live) - Eagles
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Second Hand News - Fleetwood Mac
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac
I Don't Want to Know - Fleetwood Mac
Oh Daddy - Fleetwood Mac
Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Paul Simon - Graceland
The Boy In the Bubble - Paul Simon
Graceland - Paul Simon
I Know What I Know - Paul Simon, General M.D.Shirinda & The Gaza Sisters
Gumboots (with The Boyoyo Boys) - Paul Simon
Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes - Paul Simon
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
Under African Skies - Paul Simon
All Around the World Or the Myth of Fingerprints (with Los Lobos) - Paul Simon
That Was Your Mother - Paul Simon, Good Rockin' Doopsie & The Twisters
Crazy Love, Vol II - Paul Simon
Homeless (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo) - Paul Simon
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
Rock and Roll Never Forgets - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Night Moves - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
The Fire Down Below - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Sunburst - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Sunspot Baby - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Mainstreet - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Come to Poppa - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Ship of Fools - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Mary Lou - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger in Town
Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Still the Same - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Till It Shines - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Feel Like a Number - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Ain't Got No Money - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
We've Got Tonight - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Brave Strangers - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
The Famous Final Scene - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
Friends - Led Zeppelin
Celebration Day - Led Zeppelin
Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
Out On the Tiles - Led Zeppelin
Gallows Pole - Led Zeppelin
Tangerine - Led Zeppelin
That's the Way - Led Zeppelin
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - Led Zeppelin
Hats Off to (Roy) Harper - Led Zeppelin
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
Shake Your Hips - The Rolling Stones
Torn and Frayed - The Rolling Stones
Loving Cup - The Rolling Stones
Happy - The Rolling Stones
Turd On the Run - The Rolling Stones
Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
I Just Want to See His Face - The Rolling Stones
Let It Loose - The Rolling Stones
All Down the Line - The Rolling Stones
Stop Breaking Down - The Rolling Stones
Shine a Light - The Rolling Stones
Soul Survivor - The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd - The Wall
In the Flesh? - Pink Floyd
The Thin Ice - Pink Floyd
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 1 - Pink Floyd
The Happiest Days of Our Lives - Pink Floyd
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 - Pink Floyd
Mother - Pink Floyd
Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd
Empty Spaces - Pink Floyd
Young Lust - Pink Floyd
One of My Turns - Pink Floyd
Don't Leave Me Now - Pink Floyd
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 3 - Pink Floyd
Goodbye Cruel World - Pink Floyd
is there anybody out there - Pink Floyd
Hey You - Pink Floyd
Is There Anybody Out There? - Pink Floyd
Vera - Pink Floyd
Bring the Boys Back Home - Pink Floyd
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
The Show Must Go On - Pink Floyd
Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
Dancing With Mr. D - The Rolling Stones
100 Years Ago - The Rolling Stones
Coming Down Again - The Rolling Stones
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - The Rolling Stones
Angie - The Rolling Stones
Silver Train - The Rolling Stones
Hide Your Love - The Rolling Stones
Winter - The Rolling Stones
Can You Hear the Music - The Rolling Stones
Sympathy for the Devil (Neptunes Remix) - The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
No Expectations (50th Anniversary Edition) - The Rolling Stones
Dear Doctor (50th Anniversary Edition) - The Rolling Stones
Parachute Woman (50th Anniversary Edition) - The Rolling Stones
Jigsaw Puzzle (50th Anniversary Edition) - The Rolling Stones
Street Fighting Man (50th Anniversary Edition) - The Rolling Stones
Prodigal Son (50th Anniversary Edition) - The Rolling Stones
Stray Cat Blues (50th Anniversary Edition) - The Rolling Stones
Factory Girl (50th Anniversary Edition) - The Rolling Stones
Salt of the Earth (50th Anniversary Edition) - The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out - Bruce Springsteen
Night - Bruce Springsteen
Backstreets - Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
She's the One - Bruce Springsteen
Meeting Across the River - Bruce Springsteen
Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen
Thick As a Brick, Pt. 1 - Jethro Tull
Aqualung (New Stereo Mix) - Jethro Tull
Cross-Eyed Mary (New Stereo Mix) - Jethro Tull
Cheap Day Return (New Stereo Mix) - Jethro Tull
Mother Goose (New Stereo Mix) - Jethro Tull
Wond'ring Aloud (New Stereo Mix) - Jethro Tull
Up to Me (New Stereo Mix) - Jethro Tull
My God (New Stereo Mix) - Jethro Tull
Hymn 43 (New Stereo Mix) - Jethro Tull
Slipstream (New Stereo Mix) - Jethro Tull
Locomotive Breath (New Stereo Mix) - Jethro Tull
Wind-Up (New Stereo Mix) - Jethro Tull
Other PE Playlists
Recommended Reading
PhysEd Beats - The Ultimate Guide to PE Music
The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Four Square - Using mini-games to teach all the skills and rules
Ultimate Kickball - Kickball without all the problems that come with Kickball. Also insanely fun.
The Ultimate Sub Plan - A fool proof plan for emergency sub days
A Better Way to Make Teams - Give children the power of choice