Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix Crazy Train - Ozzy Ousborune Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin Get Back - The Beatles Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash House Of the Rising Sun - The Animals Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails) Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin Patience - Guns N' Roses Walk the Line - Johnny Cash Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival Confortably Numb - Pink Floyd Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash Highway to Hell - AC/DC War Pigs - Black Sabbath Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses Satisfaction - Rolling Stones You Really Got Me - The Kinks Miss You - Rolling Stones All Along The Watch Tower - Jimi Hendrix Hey Jude - The Beatles Purple Haze - Jimi Hendirx Ramble On - Led Zeppeling Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC Revolution - The Beatles Heart Full of Soul - The Yardbirds Sort of... im going to bed
* * * * NOTE FROM THE MODERATOR * * * * That's only 29! This thread is going to spin out of control in a hurry. I suggest that everyone name ten songs and in a week or two (depending on how much action this thread gets) I'll do the statistical reduction and see if there's a clear consensus on which ones are "the best." I'll start by picking one from every decade. Not every decade of my life because there was no rock'n'roll in the 1940s, but every decade from the 1950s through the 2010s. Plus three more to make ten. You don't have to follow this formula, it just works for me. As a musician it's very hard to pick favorite songs, so breaking them down by era helps. I'm also going to limit my list to songs that other people might be reasonably expected to agree on--or at least remember! There's no point in making this a vanity thread and promoting songs that nobody else has ever heard. I would very much suggest that everyone follow this rule--again to prevent chaos! 1950s: Johnny B. Goode -- Chuck Berry 1960s: My Generation -- The Who (I'm a bassist and Entwistle's faster-than-lightning solo brought our instrument into the limelight) 1960s (one of my three extras): Something -- the Beatles 1970s: Kashmir -- Led Zeppelin 1970s (my second extra): Crazy on You -- Heart 1980s: Enter Sandman -- Metallica 1990s: Possession -- Sarah McLachlan 1990s (my last extra): Interstate Love Song -- Stone Temple Pilots 2000s: Are You Ready -- Creed 2010s: Rolling in the Deep -- Adele (we're only two years into this decade--or one year if you count decades properly--so there aren't a lot to choose from yet)
I'll name 10 in no particular order. Oh Bondage, Up Yours - XRaySpex Where Next Columbus - Crass Colony - Joy Division Is It Art - The Levellers Snelsmore Wood - New Model Army Gerbert Ein Nation - Laibach Invocation - Killing Joke Hassan I Sabha - Hawkwind Grendel - Marillion Manic Street Preacher - Yes
There are at least 30 tunes from every 10 years that could easily be considered the "best" of that era. I'll name 10 from the 50's and perhaps later add more from the next ten years. Chantilly Lace The Big Booper http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...K3ndgu&usg=AFQjCNE0gxAPK8t0K2lEIepZg0PlcTs-nQ Whole Lotta Shaken Going On Jerry Lee Lewis http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...Lai9FO&usg=AFQjCNF6cY7oGCQsI17SmAJwhGgQ9pBE2g Long Tall Sally Little Richard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFFgbc5Vcbw Stagger Lee Llyoyd Price http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCPutYaGFlE Land Of 1000 Dances Wilson Picket http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWoQ_pZtXCY Peppermint Twist Joey Dee and the Starliters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WIvZu4dPQQ And Then He Kissed Me The Crystals http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...LZ2Oxn&usg=AFQjCNFNt0rpKmxG6trVHtBD1hUMQSspNA Runaway Del Shannon http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...LYtIUa&usg=AFQjCNG8rNClxHCFvZeLMx9Zvv9oqKg2BQ Blueberry Hill Fats Domino http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...KWtvVC&usg=AFQjCNFaElLzS1U7qVluFrruPZi3saDHrQ Wake Up Little Suzy The Everly Brothers http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...KTy_hA&usg=AFQjCNFk9-fzuikTsHVQnpaqVuKOFgZBYw
I like Johnny (met him and June once in Atlanta) but is Johnny Cash really considered Rock and Roll? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1xSt7iganA
Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley And The Comets http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ruW-Dw&usg=AFQjCNHKyYjTfEbnrf2sooypxLqCY44uSA The Wanderer Dion http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...Ky_uVj&usg=AFQjCNG0f0VWSoEyGhaj5sUD1NRpe8sNXg It's My Party Lesley Gore http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...KcmrEf&usg=AFQjCNEdH8bOgjCvIvohmE1Oiz9vCIIQxg Louie Louie the Kingsmen http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...K4p7g7&usg=AFQjCNHl-tRBke6y7aDkXSLAgE6hwZGFLA Positively 4th street Bob Dylan http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...6b2-Dw&usg=AFQjCNH1t4UJbEDCCdM042G1vkIeJkVRVQ Surfin USA Beach Boys http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...LyjYUu&usg=AFQjCNGitSbg1MxjTHPvCEu4OwVSDQO3QA Shapes Of Things The Yardbirds http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...L8ydEz&usg=AFQjCNFuFsp3kMd2x6Snw6benMpy8BIE5Q Inagadadavida Iron Burtterfly http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...KAlPFF&usg=AFQjCNGwYL_G27xpCF94Ioa7irC7agUJWg Ramblin Man The Allman Brothers http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...KAlPFF&usg=AFQjCNG2Mvy9a-3AVW8Kb2lrGlh7D3TbFw When The Levy Breaks Led Zepplin http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...Kr1sgh&usg=AFQjCNHoOz0xU_PKuq-LkMz-HdhurrNxaQ
Hard for me to pick individual songs. I'll do my top ten best albums. 10: Marilyn Manson: Antichrist Superstar 9: Marilyn Manson: Mechanical Animals 8: Nirvana: Nevermind 7: Nine Inch Nails: The downward spiral 6: Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine 5: Pink Floyd: The Wall 4: Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the moon 3: Pink Floyd: Wish you were here 2: Tool: Undertow 1: Tool: Ænima Though I no longer can stand Manson, in the time that those albums came out, I loved them!
i can think of only 8 that i really like. no particular order: 1. T.N.U.C. - grand funk railroad. the drum solo on this cut is frakken AWESOME. 2. XYU - smashing pumpkins. 3. low spark of high heeled boys - traffic/ steve winwood. uncut version. 4. alices restaurant - arlo guthrie. 5. in a gadda da vida - iron butterfly. 6. monster - steppenwolf. 7. the whale - electric light orchestra. the uncut version. 8. autobahn - kraftwerk. the uncut version. albums: 1. gish -smashing pumpkins. 2. appetite for destruction - guns n' roses. 3. welcome back my friends to the show that never ends - emerson, lake, and palmer. 4. in a gadda da vida - iron butterfly. 5. jagged little pill - alanis morissette. 6. children of the sun - billy thorpe. uncut version. 7. out of the blue - electric light orchestra. 8. fragile - yes. 9. the end - black eyed peas. 10. billion dollar babies - alice cooper. 11. the fame monster - lady ga-ga.
Rumble - Link Wray - invents powercord inspires legends such as Pete Townsend to pick up guitars. Apache - I forget who wrote it - made famous by the Shadows. Yes instrumentals are very important - particularly in early days. Baba O'riley The Who Just plain awesome. Don't stop Believing Even kids love it these days - this one will last and yes the Original Journey version will stick. Stairway to Heaven We are all sick of this song by age 17, however it will still get played 10000 years from now, like a lot of Led Zeppelin songs. While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles Without this song the Beatles would be seriously diminished. Roadhouse Blues The Doors I love the Doors and they are the quintessential American 60s band to me. I pick this song over others(I love them all) mostly because it is good and most people like it. Smells like teen spirit Nirvana - this song actually got me listening, really listening to music. I was young impressionable and they got me. That is what Rock and roll is all about. There are countless examples of song that do it, this one is mine. Bohemian Rhapsody Queen - Queen showcase all it's octaves. The band was so loaded with Talent, super-stardom was assured. Echoes Pink Floyd -Everyone has a pet song from the Floyd. Mine is actually One of these days...but that certainly isn't a top rock song...it's just Evil like me. Echoes is. It just is. Listen to it. With earphones...in the dark. This is what is so great about them, everyone can pick out a different favorite song from them. They are the best.
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mCK05dgwgU We Will Rock You - Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mCK05dgwgU Cocaine - Eric Claption http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdDhV45lYHU&ob=av3n Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lazdg-eqmQ Born to be Wild - Steppen Wolf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnB-dnJVlcs&feature=related Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc1PHk9FhIk&feature=related Carry on My Wayward Son - Kansas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNvvuNO0pT8&feature=related The Wall - Kansas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9KdyBoEmXE The Voice - Moody Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-umqM9R8cnI Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GemKqzILV4w Another One Bites the Dust - Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE&feature=relmfu Highway to Hell - AC/DC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWmXN1aNLfc&feature=related
Not sure about "Best" there are many, but a little of my Kick *** list IMO: Can’t You See -Marshall Tucker Band Nobody’s Fault but Mine -Zeppelin Working Man- Rush Take the Long Way Home- Supertramp Ain’t That a Shame- Cheap Trick Soul Sacrifice- Santana Hard Times- Parlor Mob Barracuda- Heart Spirits in the Night (live)- Springsteen Mathar- The Dave Pike Set BB
We certainly thought so at the time. There was considerable overlap between rock'n'roll and country'n'western in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Johnny Cash, the Everly Brothers, Patsy Cline, Skeeter Davis, Don Gibson, Homer & Jethro, Johnny Horton, Ferlin Husky, Elvis Presley, Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Shep Wooley... names are popping into my head to fast to write them all down, of very popular singers whose records were played on both the rock stations and the country stations. After all, rockabilly--a country shuffle with an R&B backbeat, played on instruments that were acceptable to both country audiences and mainstream pop audiences--was one of the main sub-genres of early rock'n'roll. By the late 1950s, the rule on the pop stations seemed to be that they'd play the really popular country songs so long as: there were no fiddles, banjos or steel guitars, and no really thick Southern accents. The country stations seemed to feel that rock music was okay so long as: the singer was white with at least a bit of a Southern accent, the lyrics were accessible and acceptable to rural people, e.g. not about hot rods, surfing and rebellious teens, it wasn't too loud and fast, and had at least one guitar. Johnny Cash's breakthrough song, "I Walk The Line," was a monster hit on the rock stations. So were Ferlin Husky's "Gone," Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me," Jim Reeves's "He'll Have to Go," Marty Robbins's "El Paso" (probably the biggest hit song of my senior year in high school), Johnny Horton's "Battle of New Orleans" (although old-school guy Vaughn Monroe had a lukewarm cover of it on the radio too, that was one hot song), and virtually everything by the Everly Brothers and Homer & Jethro, who had a parody of "The Battle of New Orleans" running at the same time--did I mention that was one hot song?. Most of these songs all had a rock beat--complex syncopation with unwavering and heavily accented upbeats--so they were rock songs. The 1960s hadn't happened yet. We didn't have the explosion of a zillion different styles of pop music. There was rockabilly and doo-wop with their twelve-beat, and there was the Little Richard/Chuck Berry school with their eight-beat. To fill the void, there was a whole lotta music on the radio in those days that was simply not rock'n'roll. Old-style swing like Frank Sinatra, modern jazz, Latin stuff, one or two foreign tunes every year like "Die Liechtensteine Polka," lots of orchestral instrumentals ranging from Lawrence Welk to Henry Mancini, and lots of plain old schmaltzy ballads. So the songs that broke that old mold with their heavy backbeat were the ones we listened to and the ones we called rock and roll, regardless of whether they were recorded in New York City or Nashville.