"Revolution": A Playlist for the Late, Great Steve Jobs

Update: To borrow a phrase from the Beatles, we all want to change the world. A few of us actually do. Rest in Peace Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs was the brilliant exception to a billion rules. He was an actual corporate hero. A visionary. A game changer. An actual genius in a world full of flashier faux pretenders to that throne. I never met the man, but once insanely turned down a chance to go to Cupertino and discuss working for him because clearly -- in retrospect -- I am a total idiot. To be precise, I am an idiot who's writing these words on his fifteenth straight Mac computer, having gone to bed listening to my tenth iPod as my wife reluctantly put down her second iPad. So here's a playlist saluting someone who was the actual smartest guy in the room, in any room that was lucky enough to have him there.

As always, please add your own songs below.

REVOLUTION - The Beatles
TO SIR WITH LOVE - Lulu
MACK DADDY - Sir Mix-A-Lot
COMPUTER AGE - Neil Young
THE BOSS - James Brown
COMPUTER WORLD - Krafwerk
Anything by Fleetwood MAC
APPLE TREES - Eels
ONLINE - Brad Paisley
ONE MORE BITE OF THE APPLE - Neil Diamond
BIG APPLE - Molly Hatchet
COMPUTER BLUE - Prince
Takin' Care Of Business - BTO
DO THE EVOLUTION - Pearl Jam
APPLE SCRUFFS - George Harrison
COME BITE THE APPLE - Mother Love Bone
WHIP-SMART - Liz Phair
GENIUS OF LOVE - Tom Tom Club
DO WHAT YOU WANT, BE WHO YOU ARE - Hall & Oates
THE GOLDEN APPLE - Bob James
ONE VISION - Queen
JUST MY IMAGINATION - The Temptations
INTERNET CONNECTION - M.I.A.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - Tears For Fears
IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE - Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers
DO YOU LOVE AN APPLE - The Secret Sisters
LITTLE GREEN APPLES - O.C. Smith
BANG ON THE DRUM - Todd Rundgren
JUNE APPLE - Mudcrutch
YOU'RE THE BEST - Joe Esposito
HUMAN AFTER ALL - Daft Punk
SO NICE SO SMART - Kimya Dawson
MAC THE KNIFE - Bobby Darin
SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE - Charlie Parker
DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE - The Glenn Miller Orchestra
APPLE JUMP - Dexter Gordon
PASS THE APPLE EVE - B.J. Thomas

 

 

 

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Comments

[StacyJ]

07:48 PM on 10/06/2011

Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPWNsGFXCZk

[theepro52]

06:55 PM on 10/06/2011

I find this a strange topic because I feel the Ipod helped kill music. Good music does not deserved to be listened through earbuds.

[Cartimanda]

04:36 PM on 10/06/2011

Superconnected - Broken Social Scene

"This is superconnected, it's time to leave..."

[LMPE]

02:40 PM on 10/06/2011

A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke

[neliseinTO]

01:37 PM on 10/06/2011

Hi David....we lost a visionary....and I found this title was appropriate....

Change the World - Eric Clapton

[Aramingo]

12:45 PM on 10/06/2011

Im ma ma ma gination - The Quotations
Invention in C Major - J. S. Bach
Apple Venus - XTC
Skeleton Steps Out - XTC

[tnunnster]

12:27 PM on 10/06/2011

Everyone changes the world all the time. Whether you smile or frown at the stranger passing in the opposite direction, you have changed the world. Yes, Jobs made some significant contributions in some very specific areas. He also had some insanely great people working with him. I don't see his life as anything to idolize, or his death anything to dwell on.

[EllaBelle]

11:25 AM on 10/06/2011

I, along with many of my friends, are dumbfounded by how deeply saddened we are by his passing. We never knew him personally, but he impacted every single one of our lives- for the better, in my opinion. He was and will continue to be inspirational (forgive the profound understatement). Wonderfully done, David- I'm sure he would love this playlist!

[David Wild]

11:37 AM on 10/06/2011

Thank you!

[RK Johnston]

11:04 AM on 10/06/2011

CYBERWORLD--Halford
METAL GODS/PAINKILLER/JUGULATOR--Judas Priest
THE BODY ELECTRIC--Rush
EDGECRUSHER/OBSOLETE--Fear Factory
MR. ROBOTO--Styx
AUTOMATION--Alan Sherman
DI-21-Jane Child
RADIO GAGA--Queen
RADIO CLASH--The Clash
RADIO SILENCE--Thomas Dolby
MEXICAN RADIO--Wall of Voodoo
SPIRIT OF RADIO--Rush
NOBODY RIDES FOR FREE--Ratt
POWERSLAVE--Iron Maiden
TOO MANY CLUES IN THIS ROOM--Gordon Lightfoot
EXCITER--Judas Priest
I DID IT MY WAY--Frank Sinatra
THE END--The Doors

--RKJ

[Dangalf]

10:59 AM on 10/06/2011

"Hey Hey, My My" by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
... it's better to burn out than slowly fade away...

[Israel]

10:46 AM on 10/06/2011

Steve Jobs was certainly a major driver of the connected world, who revolutionized the way we purchase and consume music threw the iPod/iTunes. http://bit.ly/oe4XE4

His main gift seemed to be giving us, his customers, exactly what we wanted, which is something we should all try and emulate. So maybe we should add, "You can't always get what you want" by the Rolling Stones?

[David Wild]

11:38 AM on 10/06/2011

Good one. Okay, great one.

[Titus]

10:37 AM on 10/06/2011

It's Getting Better - the Beatles

[judnduf]

10:36 AM on 10/06/2011

"Do You Compute?" by Donnie Iris

[David Wild]

10:47 AM on 10/06/2011

As a Donnie Iris fan since college, thanks for that.

[zendogs]

10:34 AM on 10/06/2011

A Deeper Understanding by Kate Bush (you have to listen to the lyrics to get it).

[David Wild]

10:48 AM on 10/06/2011

Will do

Thanks

[Chai Neuhaus]

10:29 AM on 10/06/2011

"Barefoot Boy" by Appletree Theatre 1967
"I'm just a barefoot boy and I sing from town to town.
I'm just a barefoot boy with my head in the sky and my feet on the ground.
Don't wear no shoes, got nothin' to lose
Can leave my blues behind me.
Don't look for me cause I just won't be
Where any of you thought you'd find me."

Here's a youtube of the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq5RnCOF3q0
and I found this one as well by Appletree Theatre
A sweet eulogy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yT17DEeneM