February 25, 2007
R-O-C-K the Spelling Bee!
The Greatest songs that spelled it out for you.
10. Saturday Night - The Bay City Rollers
And now YOU have to hear it in your head all week!9. A.K.A. I.D.I.O.T. - The Hives
"Who'll be the ones laughing knowing that the joke is gonna be on you"8. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. - John Mellencamp
Admit it . . . you turn up the radio when it comes on (if you're alone) 7. How Do You Spell Love? - Bobby Patterson
How Do You Spell Love? M-O-N-E-Y. Also covered years later by The Fabulous Thunderbirds6. Caution - Operation Ivy
The boys from Rancid back in the day5. I Stand Accused - Elvis Costello
Great cover of an older song by The MerseyBeats4. D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette
The First Lady of Country Music can spell too!3. Gloria - Them
Three chords and a girl's name . . . that's all you need for Rock and Roll!2. Respect - Aretha Franklin
Hard to decide who gets top billing, but even the greatOtis Redding, who wrote it, said he couldn't perform this song anymore after hearing "Lady Soul" do it. She didn't cover it, she owned it.1. R.A.M.O.N.E.S. - Motörhead
How do you spell Rock? L-E-M-M-Y!!!