Top 10 Rock songs of all-time

[Yeagermeister]

4) Muskrat Love - The Captain and Tennille

 

[StanleySpadowski]

Tell me you ain't laughin' at the Captain.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Tell me you ain't laughin' at the Captain.

Where is Mandy by Barry Manilow?

 

[Qwickdraw]

No ZZ Top?
George Thorogood?
CCR?

 

[StanleySpadowski]

Where is Mandy by Barry Manilow?

You do realize that we just ruined someone's day don't you?

Some poor bastidge is going to have Muskrat Love or Mandy or Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band stuck in their head all day.

 

[Yeagermeister]

You do realize that we just ruined someone's day don't you?

Some poor bastidge is going to have Muskrat Love or Mandy or Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band stuck in their head all day.

You brought up Muskrat Love

 

[StanleySpadowski]

You brought up Muskrat Love

I was just checking to see if anyone actually read my entire list.



And Muskrat Love is no where near as annoying as Mandy.

 

[Juke99]

No ZZ Top?
George Thorogood?
CCR?

I mentioned "Born On A Bayou"...

 

[Hostile]

I mentioned "Born On A Bayou"...

I wonder why?

:wink2:

 

[MichaelWinicki]

These lists are tough because the term "Rock" is so encompassing. For me in depends on the mood... One time I may like "Welcome to the Jungle", another time I may like Roy Orbison's "In Dreams" or Tom Jones "What's New Pusseecat?" or The Monkee's "Daydream Believer". There is so much that could be classified as "Rock".

Do you know the first song that was both #1 on the country and rock charts? The Browns "Three Bells"... yep that is classified as "Rock".

 

[Rush 2112]

In no particular order.


1) Battle of Evermore - Zep
2) NIB - Sabbath
3) DEW - Rush
4) Muskrat Love - The Captain and Tennille
5) Jeremy - Peal Jam
6) Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees
7) Southern Cross - CS&N
8) Brian Wilson - Barenaked Ladies
9) Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
10) Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

"An ill wind comes arising across the cities of the plain. There's no swimming in the heavy water. No singing in the acid rain."

 

[superpunk]

Just wondering what you guys think are the greatest rock songs ever, IMO:

1: "Dream On" - Aerosmith
2: "Freebird" - Lynard Skynard
3: "Stairway to Heaven" - Led Zepplin
4: "American Pie" - Don McClane
5: "Life in the Fast Lane" - The Eagles
6: "All Along the Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix
7: "Like a Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan
8: "Hotel California" - The Eagles
9: "Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry
10: "Highway to Hell" - AC/DC

Any rock and roll top 10 list, that does not include "Smells like Teen Spirit" should be shot.

 

[Tio]

Any rock and roll top 10 list, that does not include "Smells like Teen Spirit" should be shot.

The list or creator? I agree either way, I'm not picky...

 

[DawnOfANewD]

1. Not Ready to Go - The Trews
2. Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix
3. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
4. Song for the Dead - Queens of the Stone Age
5. Oye Como Va - Carlos Santana
6. Ramble - Silverchair
7. Jet Airliner - Steve Miller
8. Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica
9. Running With the Devil - Van Halen
10. Remedy - Seether

 

[Zaxor]

Ooh, I dunno...Stairway to Heaven is about as cliche as ya can get.

If were talking Rock n Roll...

Free- "All Right Now"
Stones- "Satisfaction" "Brown Sugar" "Honky Tonk Woman" "Sympathy for the Devil" "Jumpin Jack Flash"
Chuck Berry- "Johnny B Goode"
Steppenwolf- "Born To Be Wild"
Beatles- "Come Together" "Twist and Shout"
Bruce- "Born To Run"
Cream- "Sunshine of Your Love"
Clapton- "Layla"
Elvis- "Jailhouse Rock"
Roy Orbison- Oh, Pretty Woman
Creedence- "Born on a Bayou" Proud Mary, Bad moon rising
Little Richard- "Long Tall Sally" "Good Golly Miss Molly"
Jerry Lee Lewis- "Great Balls of Fire" "Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On"
Jimi- "Purple Haze"

And for me, Led Z's "Whole Lotta Love" had a much greater impact on rock music than the aforementioned "Stairway to Heaven" It came out earlier...it was one of the first HEAVY acid rock songs.

Now, I realize these are all rather old...but I think they are songs that were quite influential...or just damn good.

I love the Eagles and some of the other songs mentioned here...but they just don't fit into "rock"...well, maybe Life in the Fast Lane...and Hotel California...two GREAT songs...do.


I'm sure I missed a bunch.

I agree and added two...but All right Now by free has got to top most lists I think

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steam...NA na Hey hey kiss him goodbye

Steve Miller Rock n me baby

 

[jterrell]

1. Black Dog. LZ. Best ever song IMHO, a workout must have for me.
2. Satisfaction. RS. Best Stones tune IMHO and a great, great song.
3. Smells Like Teen Spirit. NV Favorite song since 1980. Cobain's rawest, most melodic writing that was recorded.
4. London Calling. TC. The Clash's biggest hit and I am a sucker for punkish rock.
5. Me and Bobby McGhee. JJ. Texas Gypsy Rocker's best song. Sadly so few songs. She'll represent instead of Skynard for me who I consider quite good but the 1 song usually present here is worn out for me.
6. Smoke on the Water. DP. True classic rock song.
7. Purple Haze/All Along the Watchtower Summarized Jimi. His national anthem performance was better but these songs are amazing regardless of platform. Another guy whose catalog who should be much larger.
8. You Shook me all night Long. ACDC. Angst, Angus and sexual references. What could be better?
9. Sweet Emotion. AS. 7 billion songs but this is the best of the bunch.
10. Paranoid/Crazy Train BS/Ozzy. Cheating to get more songs in but these have to make it in here somewhere.

 

[jterrell]

Here is a few revolving around one band...or two.

Quiet Riot was originally started by the Famous Ozzy guitarist Randy Rhoades.

Quiet Riot was the first metal band to be Number 1 on the charts.

Two of Quiet Riots 3 biggest songs were actually cover songs from the band Slade....Mamma were all Crazy now and Cum on Feel the noize.

I so hate that I know both of those songs, ROFL.

The big hair, leather pant era was not a good time for fashion.

:laugh2:

 

[AbeBeta]

Any rock and roll top 10 list, that does not include "Smells like Teen Spirit" should be shot.

Before you include Smells Like Teen Spirit, you should include the 5 or 6 Pixies songs that Cobain stole it from. Dude even admitted his theft.

 

[AbeBeta]

And I agree, Pink Floyd's lyrics are some of the best ever. Them and Zepplin are probably the best lyrical rock bands I've ever heard.

you boys who like Floyd should check out Flaming Lips -- Soft Bulletin, Yoshi Battles the Pink Robots. Not a rip-off but certainly inspired by and modernizing their sound.

 

[jterrell]

Before you include Smells Like Teen Spirit, you should include the 5 or 6 Pixies songs that Cobain stole it from. Dude even admitted his theft.

Cobain loved them and the Breeders, both huge muscial influences with punk rock sounds. But Cobain wrote Smells Like Teen Spirit and performed in on his own and he himself gave life to a whole decade of music spawned almos tliterally around that song.


BTW, Debaser is very, very good as well. I haven't heard that gouge song he says inspired large part of SLTS.

Cobain is much more raw than the Pixies IMHO which is the beauty of the grunge era til the fake rawness came into being a needed element in every grunge song. --see blackhole sun.


Kurt's complete Top 10 list:
1. The Breeders: Pod
2. The Pixies: Surfer Rosa
3. Leadbelly: Last Sessions
4. The Vaselines: "Dying For It"
5. Young Marble Giants: Colossal Youth
6. The Wipers: Is This Real?
7. Shonen Knife: Burning Farm
8. The Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
9. Jad Fair: Great Expectations
10. The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World