5 on Friday -- Set 234

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...

For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.

Now that August has arrived, it's time for my monthly feature for 5 on Friday -- The Hit Makers.

Once a month I'm going to feature the songs that launched careers. I'll be looking at different musical styles and the groups or singers from those styles who I love the best.

Here are five of my favorite progressive rock bands and the songs that brought them to the masses.

1 - Roundabout -- Yes -- 1971

2 - Dancing With the Moonlit Knight -- Genesis -- 1973

3 - I'm Not in Love -- 10cc -- 1975

4 - The Spirit of Radio -- Rush -- 1980

5 - Plug In Baby -- Muse -- 2001

5 on Friday - Set 83

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

I just made it through a crazed revisions marathon over the Labor Day weekend, getting my vampire manuscript ready for three readers so they can give it the very last once-over. Then I'll be handing it to the formatter to prepare for e-book distribution. Hold on! I'm comin'!


Needless to say, I leaned heavily on some pulse-quickening music playlists to keep me going. Here are a few of the tunes that saved my ass last weekend.

1 - Hold On, I'm Comin' - Eric Burdon and The Animals

2 - Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones

3 - Baba O'Riley - The Who

4 - Roundabout - Yes

5 - Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin