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Coffee Break: International Rock Day

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

by Anna Weggel

July 13, 2020

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