1. Heaven And Hell (studio version)- The Who

• "In the place up above you grow feather wings and you fly round and round, with a harp singing hymns, and down in the ground you grow horns and a tail and you carry a fork, and moan and wail." If you take Peter Frampton out of the equation, how often are you more (or only) familiar with the live version of a song versus the studio version? Not that often. Sure, it happens. Bob Seger's "Turn The Page", Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed", and Billy Joel's "She's Got a Way" to name a few. Oh, and "Heaven And Hell" by The Who... if you're familiar with it at all. The John Entwistle penned "Heaven And Hell" is best known as the first song off the "Live At Leeds" album. It serves the Leeds album well as it hits you over the head with drums, guitar and bass before you can figure out what happened. The studio version was released as a B-side to the 1970 "Summertime Blues" single (taken from the Leeds album) and resurfaced for the 1st time on CD on a no-longer-in-print 1985 compilation "Who's Missing" and subsequently on the 1994 "Thirty Years of Maximum R&B" box set (of course if you are a fan then you know that you already had it). More recently the "Summertime Blues/Heaven and Hell" 7" vinyl single was reissued as a part of the "Live at Leeds 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition". "Heaven And Hell" is one of Who bassist John Entwistle's best songwriting contributions to the group. Given Pete Townshend's songwriting prowess not many people would cite a song written by Entwistle as their favorite Who song yet Jimi Hendrix did with "Boris The Spider". While it is possible this was Jimi's favorite it was widely speculated his selection was meant as an insult to Townshend.

2. Satellite (Remember Two Things live version)- Dave Matthews Band

• "Winter's cold, spring erases, and the calm away by the storm is chasing, everything good needs replacing, look up, look down all around, hey satellite." If I've told the following story on the blog before my apologies. The year was 1994. I was contemplating dropping $20 to see Big Head Todd & The Monsters (I was and still am a big fan of the song "Bittersweet") and The Dave Matthews Band play at the intimate Rec Hall in State College. The venue fits 6 to 7 thousand people at best. For whatever reason I didn't go. Shame on me. Fortunately one of my best friends hooked me up with a ticket to see the band a few years later in Philly at Veterans Stadium. At that point the band was playing venues slightly less intimate. None the less it was a great show and the first of 8 or so times that I've seen the band. If I'm not mistaken Boyd Tinsley and I were wearing the same Kangol hat that night at the Vet. "Satellite" is a great song said to have evolved from finger exercises that Dave Matthews would do on guitar. I for one believe it as would anyone who has attempted to play the song. The band would go on to record the song in studio for their major label debut "Under the Table And Dreaming". My two favorite things about "Satellite" are the transition to the bridge (genius) and when sung live Dave's vocal for the lyric "who's the king of your satellite castle" (priceless).

3. Dreamworld- Rilo Kiley

• "She was the girl with a string around her neck, came with the boy who could only give her less. The wedding bells won't ring but she could care less how you exist, when you're living in a dreamworld." In 2007 Rilo Kiley released their major label debut "Under The Blacklight". It's a great piece of work. Rilo Kiley is fronted by vocalist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and all around hotsy totsy Jenny Lewis. Jenny is also a former child actor who's credits include bit parts on shows like Golden Girls, Growing Pains and Mr. Belvedere. "Dreamworld" is the only song on "Under The Blacklight" not written, or co-written by Lewis. Maybe that explains why it's my least favorite song on the album. As far as my favorites, you can't go wrong with songs like "Sliver Lining", "The Moneymaker", "Breakin' Up" and "15". There is a great live acoustic video for "The Moneymaker" on YouTube which shows of Lewis's pipes nicely. A lot of the lyrics on "Under The Blacklight" are bawdy. I mean they are downright ribald. I'm not sure if a guy could get away with singing "15", a song about a young girl and her "developing body". In "Dejalo", Jenny sings "she sleeps on your left side, she gets nailed, I get tied, I sleep on your right side, hundred ways to keep love alive." Holla.