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Coffee Break: International Rock Day

by Anna Weggel

July 13, 2020

A stack of stones towers over the shoreline of Lake Superior at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park.
A stack of stones towers over the shoreline of Lake Superior at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park.Derek Montgomery for MPR News

July 13 is International Rock Day -- we're talking the stone variety. As in, minerals, sediment, Earth, etc.

But we aren't geologists over here...our specialty is music.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention rock music?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N' Roll
Frank Black - Freedom Rock
The Kinks - A Rock 'N Roll Fantasy
Ramones - Rock 'N' Roll High School
The Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll
The Jesus and Mary Chain - I Hate Rock 'n Roll
Queen - Brighton Rock