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There was the great albums post a little while ago, so I thought I would do this.

10. God Only Knows- The Beach Boys
9. Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen
8. I Am The Walrus- The Beatles
7.Don't Stop Believing- Journey
6.Wouldnt it Be nice- The Beach Boys
5. Like a Rollin Stone- Bob Dylan
4. Imagine- John Lennon
3. Paint it Black- The Rolling Stones
2. Man in Black- Johnny Cash
1. A Day in the Life- The Beatles


Honorably Mentions- About a Girl- Nirvana
Octopuses Garden- The Beatles
Carry on our wayward son- Boston
I want to hold your hand - The Beatles
Blowing in the wind- Bob Dylan

1) Hells Bells- ACDC
2) Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen
3) Smoke on the Water- Deep Purple
4) Mother Russia- Iron Maiden
5) Smoke on the Water- Deep Purple
6) I am the Walrus- The Beatles
7) Satisfaction- The Rolling Stones
8) Riders On The Storm- The Doors
9) Alive- Pearl Jam
10) Us and Them- Pink Floyd

Honourable mention to the entirety of Nirvana.

8) Riders On The Storm- The Doors


Bleh, that's one of their most boring songs :p

10) Zombie - The Cranberries
9) I was born for loving you - Kiss
8) Like a rollin stone - Bob Dylan
7) Don't Cry - Guns N'Roses
6) Mother Russia - Iron Maiden
5) Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
4) The Unforgiven - Metallica
3) Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana
2) Highway to Hell - AC/DC
1) We are the Champions - Queen

(NO ORDER)
When The Water Breaks - Liquid Tension Experiment
Caffeine - Faith No More
Time's Up - Living Colour
Needlestack - Varga
Speak - Queensryche
Transparent - Drown
Undertow - Tool
Them Bones - Alice In Chains
Rose - A Perfect Circle
Millenium - Killing Joke

Bleh, that's one of their most boring songs :p

No, YOU'RE one of their most boring songs :p

No, YOU'RE one of their most boring songs :p

:mad:

I am the Lizard King! I can do anything!

:mad:

I am the Lizard King! I can do anything!
Except, obviously, outrun a certain Oedipal performance and the bottle.

:mad:

I am the Lizard King! I can do anything!

Except be more interesting than Riders on the Storm!

10. Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
9. Rock and Roll - Led Zep
8. Black Dog - Led Zep
7.Whole Lotta Love - Led Zep
6. In the Lap of the Gods - Queen
5.The Trooper - Iron Maiden
4. Aces High - Iron Maiden
3. Evolution - Pearl Jam
2. Them Bones - Alice in Chains
1. Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots

There was the great albums post a little while ago, so I thought I would do this.

10. God Only Knows- The Beach Boys
9. Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen
8. I Am The Walrus- The Beatles
7.Don't Stop Believing- Journey
6.Wouldnt it Be nice- The Beach Boys
5. Like a Rollin Stone- Bob Dylan
4. Imagine- John Lennon
3. Paint it Black- The Rolling Stones
2. Man in Black- Johnny Cash
1. A Day in the Life- The Beatles


Honorably Mentions- About a Girl- Nirvana
Octopuses Garden- The Beatles
Carry on our wayward son- Boston
I want to hold your hand - The Beatles
Blowing in the wind- Bob Dylan

Are any of these really "Rock" songs?

These things are great for spotting who likes what bands. If a group is listed more than once with random songs, the person likes x-group and that is probably the only reason they are on the list.

These things are great for spotting who likes what bands. If a group is listed more than once with random songs, the person likes x-group and that is probably the only reason they are on the list.

Thats why I hate these threads.
No one ever really chooses the songs/artists/albums they actually feel are "the greatest ever"...they pick thier personal favorites.

NOT the same.

There was the great albums post a little while ago, so I thought I would do this.

10. God Only Knows- The Beach Boys
9. Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen
8. I Am The Walrus- The Beatles
7.Don't Stop Believing- Journey
6.Wouldnt it Be nice- The Beach Boys
5. Like a Rollin Stone- Bob Dylan
4. Imagine- John Lennon
3. Paint it Black- The Rolling Stones
2. Man in Black- Johnny Cash
1. A Day in the Life- The Beatles


Honorably Mentions- About a Girl- Nirvana
Octopuses Garden- The Beatles
Carry on our wayward son- Boston
I want to hold your hand - The Beatles
Blowing in the wind- Bob Dylan

Johnny Cash is counrty, not rock.

Thats why I hate these threads.
No one ever really chooses the songs/artists/albums they actually feel are "the greatest ever"...they pick thier personal favorites.

NOT the same.

Heh how do you know that then?

Johnny Cash is counrty, not rock.

Not really.

Hes one of those artists that can be considered both.

Heh how do you know that then?


Lets see...Let me look back and pick a good example:


"4) The Unforgiven - Metallica"

This isnt even Metallicas best song, let alone one of the "best songs ever".

See what I mean?

Lets see...Let me look back and pick a good example:

This isnt even Metallicas best song, let alone one of the "best songs ever".

See what I mean?

Yeah as far as you go. Music man it's 100% subjective just coz you don't think The Unforgiven is Metalicas best song, that don't mean that the poster thinks like that.

Shit I like Metalica, but I would not place any of their songs in the top ten. Also go on I dare you to jot down what you really consider the best 10 songs every with only two mins to think about it. I couldn't even narrow it down to my ten best songs, what about the best 100 in no particular order?

Johnny Cash is counrty, not rock.
Yes, and Bob Dylan is folk. :rolleyes:

In no particaular order (in fact, they are only numbered so I can keep track of how many I had)

10. Dyer's Eve- Metallica
9. Run to the Hills- Iron Madien
8. Layla- Eric Clapton
7. Bohemian Rapohsody- Queen
6. Sweet Child of Mine- Guns n Roses
5. The Perfect Drug- Nine inch nails
4. Magic Carpet Ride- Stephenwolf
3. Purple Haze- Jimi Hendrix
2. Paint it Black- The Doors
1.Sweet Home Alabama (all right, so it may be a some what country song, but nothing gets a bar rocking faster and people dancing than this song-- and I am drawing a blank on the artist right now)

Thats why I hate these threads.
No one ever really chooses the songs/artists/albums they actually feel are "the greatest ever"...they pick thier personal favorites.

NOT the same.

Yeah, but what the hell, there's no way you can subjectively pick the 10 best albums - what criteria do you use? Sales? The degree of influence? Musical complexity? Originality? It's impossible to take a non-partial viewpoint...

So I picked my personal favourites.

Except, obviously, outrun a certain Oedipal performance and the bottle.

But he's not dead!

http://www.rodeoswest.com/

LOL :D

2. Paint it Black- The Doors

Nope, the Rolling Stones. Cool song though. Probably their only good one.

1.Sweet Home Alabama (all right, so it may be a some what country song, but nothing gets a bar rocking faster and people dancing than this song-- and I am drawing a blank on the artist right now)

Lynryd Skynryd, and I think it's shit. :p

Nope, the Rolling Stones. Cool song though. Probably their only good one.



Lynryd Skynryd, and I think it's shit. :p


yup and yup- too early in the morning and not enough coffee yet--;)

Since this is entirely opinion-based.


10. U2 - Mysterious Ways
9. R.E.M. - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
8. David Bowie - Queen Bitch
7. Radiohead - My Iron lung
6. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
5. Queen - Hammer to Fall
4. Boston - More Than a Feeling
3. Electric Light Orchestra - Do Ya
2. Peter Gabriel - Come Talk to Me
1. Big Sugar - All Hell for a Basement

"I am a little teapot, short and stout..."

Yes, and Bob Dylan is folk. :rolleyes:
There is a genre of music called folk-rock, you know, which was very heavily influenced by Bob Dylan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk-rock

There is a genre of music called folk-rock, you know, which was very heavily influenced by Bob Dylan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk-rock
I do know. My point was that someone said that Johnny Cash was only country, whereas in fact he isn't, so I pointed out (sarcastically) that other singers can span genres as well.

I do know. My point was that someone said that Johnny Cash was only country, whereas in fact he isn't, so I pointed out (sarcastically) that other singers can span genres as well.
Ah, I misunderstood then, sorry. In any case, you're certainly right about that. It's also relevant to note that Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan are both inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1. Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd
2. Sheep- Pink Floyd
3. Master of Puppets- Metallica
4. Minority- Grren Day
5. Brain Damage- Pink Floyd
6. Number of the Beast- Iron Maiden
7. Warpigs- Black Sabbath
8. One- Metallica
9. Echoes- Pink Floyd
10. Two Minutes to Midnight- Iron Maiden

Honorable Mentations- Highway Star- Deep Purple, Hey You- Pink Floyd, Fade to Black- Metallica, Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana

Sweet Home Alabama as greatest rock song? Psh.

However, I submit Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird for consideration.

There's no real order....

She Loves You-The Beatles
Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana
Longview-Green Day
Start Me Up-Rolling Stones
Here I Am-The Explosion
Lazy Generation-The FUps
The Young and the Hopeless-Good Charlotte
Basketcase-Green Day
Heart-Shaped Box-Nirvana
Highway to Hell-AC/DC

Sweet Home Alabama as greatest rock song? Psh.

However, I submit Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird for consideration.

I submit that no.
Skynyrd needs to not be anywhere near this list.

I submit that no.
Skynyrd needs to not be anywhere near this list.

I second that no.

Paint it Black - Rollingstones
I am the resurrection - Stone Roses
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
Love Spreads - Stone Roses
I can't explain - The Who
Won't be fooled again - The Who
Back in Black - AC/DC
Spoonman - Soundgarden
Superunknown - Soundgarden
Black Magic Woman- Santana
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.....
....Hard Rock Halleluiah - Lordi - Eurovision Winner 2006 what a pile of shite...but rockingly ( new word patent pending copyright etc....) rockmungus!!!!!!!!!!! owiiiiiiiiii those Craziiii Finns:upyours: :upyours:

I submit that no.
Skynyrd needs to not be anywhere near this list.

*nods*

I submit that no.
Skynyrd needs to not be anywhere near this list.
Bah Freebird is good, it has like a guitar solo and stuff. Sweet Home Alabama is a no though. Come on, the Beatles are all over this shit.

Pink Floyd - Let There Be More Light
King Crimson- Red
Led Zeppelin- Out On The Tiles
Bulldozer- Whisky Time
Motorhead- Killed By Death
MC5- Kick Out The Jams (Motherfucker!)
Stooges- Down On The Street
Velvet Underground- Heroin
Van Der Graaf Generator- A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
Black Sabbath- Supernaut

Went for a 'classic' rock list there (except Bulldozer I suppose).

I'm not going to try to put them in order, but off the top of my head, I'd say that "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Satisfaction," "Imagine," "Like a Rolling Stone," "Respect," "Layla," "Bohemian Rhapsody," and "Yesterday" are all strong contenders for the top ten. "Won't Get Fooled Again" in particular has to be on my top ten list, since I've always seen it as being sort of the archetypal rock song.

What? No one likes "Big Balls" by AC/DC?
I'm not sure what else I'd put on the list, but "American Hairbands" by Tuff would definitely be on there.

I submit that no.
Skynyrd needs to not be anywhere near this list.


I totaly disagree, when it comes to rock, you can hardly do better than that flavoured with hint of the south.

These in no order:

Foo Fighters - Everlong
Nirvana - Rape Me
Biffy Clyro - Liberate The Illiterate/A Mong Among Mingers
Cream - Crossroads
Metallica - Disposable Heroes
Oceansize - Massive Bereavement
Radiohead - Karma Police
The Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
Pearl Jam - Alive

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band
Beatles - Come Together
The Police - Roxanne
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

honorable mention:

The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Guns 'N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sherriff
The Eagles - Hotel California
Black Sabbath - Iron Man

10) Sand - Phish
9) Dirt-Red Hot Chili Peppers
8) Castles made of sand-Jimi Hendrix
7) Rock and a hard place-Rolling Stones
6) Heart of stone-Rolling Stones
5) Like a stone-Audioslave
4) Like a rock-Bob Seger
3) I am a rock – Simon and Garunkel
2) Shine on you crazy diamond-Pink Floyd
1) Like a rolling stone - Bob Dylan

Now, when you said the best songs about rocks, did that include sand and dirt?

What? No one likes "Big Balls" by AC/DC?
I'm not sure what else I'd put on the list, but "American Hairbands" by Tuff would definitely be on there.
Big balls is a great addition to that CD, and a funny song, but it doesn't really belong in this discussion.

Big balls is a great addition to that CD, and a funny song, but it doesn't really belong in this discussion.
I know. I just thought I'd sarcastically bring it up. What with the other couple of AD/DC songs posted and all. Trying to liven things up a bit.

I know. I just thought I'd sarcastically bring it up. What with the other couple of AD/DC songs posted and all. Trying to liven things up a bit.
Ballbreaker could be on here

U2??

Lynard Skynard!!?

Good Charlotte!?!?!?!

*runs screaming from thread*

U2??

Lynard Skynard!!?

Good Charlotte!?!?!?!

*runs screaming from thread*
you would do more good if you stayed. :rolleyes: noob.

you would do more good if you stayed. :rolleyes: noob.

Ooooh. Elitist poo. :rolleyes:

Ooooh. Elitist poo. :rolleyes:
it's better than noob poo. :rolleyes:

Ballbreaker could be on here
Not that I've seen. Unless you mean added?

Not that I've seen. Unless you mean added?
I did mean added to a list. I haven't seen them all, but I'm going to bet that it's not on here. There are a lot of AC/DC songs which could be used to represent a great deal of the rock universe.

This thread would be more accurate if it weren't dominated by 15-year-olds.

it’s better than noob poo. :rolleyes:

Oh in the name of Eris......

Just because a nation’s young, doesn’t mean its owner is some sort of idiot n00b. Only someone inexperienced and with a faulty take on the net and NS would hold that view.

Oh in the name of Eris......

Just because a nation’s young, doesn’t mean its owner is some sort of idiot n00b. Only someone inexperienced and with a faulty take on the net and NS would hold that view.
Dude, I was kidding, calm down. :rolleyes:

Oh in the name of Eris......

Just because a nation’s young, doesn’t mean its owner is some sort of idiot n00b. Only someone inexperienced and with a faulty take on the net and NS would hold that view.

http://www.p0stwh0res.com/images/supern00b[1].jpg

Dude, I was kidding, calm down. :rolleyes:

That’s better. Anyhoo, as I was saying....

Good Charlotte!?!?!?!?!?

http://www.p0stwh0res.com/images/supern00b[1].jpg
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

http://www.p0stwh0res.com/images/supern00b[1].jpg

I’ve been rumbled!

10) Sand - Phish
9) Dirt-Red Hot Chili Peppers
8) Castles made of sand-Jimi Hendrix
7) Rock and a hard place-Rolling Stones
6) Heart of stone-Rolling Stones
5) Like a stone-Audioslave
4) Like a rock-Bob Seger
3) I am a rock – Simon and Garunkel
2) Shine on you crazy diamond-Pink Floyd
1) Like a rolling stone - Bob Dylan

Now, when you said the best songs about rocks, did that include sand and dirt?

Hey! I don't get a courtesy chuckle for the "rock" song thing?

Hey! I don't get a courtesy chuckle for the "rock" song thing?

:rolleyes:




:)




Nope, sorry that's as far as it goes.

Hey! I don't get a courtesy chuckle for the "rock" song thing?


If you have to ask for it...consider whether or not you deserve it :p

If you have to ask for it...consider whether or not you deserve it :p

Hmmm? Yes!

(It took a while to come up with all those songs with stones in them)

Hmmm? Yes!

(It took a while to come up with all those songs with stones in them)
Really? All of 2 minutes?

Really? All of 2 minutes?

2 minutes!?

You are better than I am.

Go ahead, give it a try. You have two minutes to come up with ten songs about...(hmmm, thinking of a random topic)...geographic features (mountains, rivers, deserts, etc.).

In no order, and limiting myself to one song from any band.

1. AC/DC "Ride On" Dig the blues riffs
2. Thin Lizzy - "The boys are back in town"
3. The Who - "My Generation" Wanna learn bass? Listen to this and learn.
4. Guns n' Roses - "Sweet Chil' o' mine" riffs r us
5. Metallica - "Nothing Else Matters" - a real grabber
6. Twisted Sister - "Be chrool to your scuel" A brilliant piss take of the 50s American lifestyle
7. Kiss - "Firehouse" Brilliant live
8. Argent - God gave Rock n' Roll to you" (Blows the Kiss version away) Also from my hometown :D
9. Magnum - "Les Morts Dansant" Birminghams finest export.
10. Alice Cooper -"I wanna be elected" A good political dig!

2 minutes!?

You are better than I am.

Go ahead, give it a try. You have two minutes to come up with ten songs about...(hmmm, thinking of a random topic)...geographic features (mountains, rivers, deserts, etc.).
wait, do I have to get names or names+song writers?

i dont know if anyone pointed this out yet and i hope they did but swialia i think is the name said that carry on my wayward son was a boston song and it is a kansas song my friend kansas

10. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-U2
9. Problem Child-AC/DC
8. Crazy Train-Black Sabbath
7. Paranoid-Black Sabbath
6. Master of Puppets-Mettalica
5. Time-Pink Floyd
4. Highway to Hell-AC/DC
3. Johnny B. Good-Chuck Berry
2. Purple Haze-Jimmi Hendrix
1. Stairway to Heaven-Led Zeppelin

Note: You didn't really say Rock songs, so:

1. "All Along the Waterfront"

2. "Go tell it on the Mountain"

3. "Desert Rose"

4. "Seven Seas of Rhye"

5. "Smoke over Troubled Waters"

6. "The Great Gig in the Sky" (a stretch I know)

7. "Misty Mountain Hop"

8. "When the Levee breaks"

9. "Stone Free"

10. "Welcome to the Jungle"

Ok so 7 minutes from when I saw the post to when I posted my reply. Fine.

well there's definetly a few bands with multiple songs in the top ten... depending on opinion... the beatles have gotta be up there.

i agree that ppl are way biased here though. I listen to Sum 41 a helluva lot more then the beatles but that doesn't mean i think sum is better

10. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-U2
9. Problem Child-AC/DC
8. Crazy Train-Black Sabbath
7. Paranoid-Black Sabbath
6. Master of Puppets-Mettalica
5. Time-Pink Floyd
4. Highway to Hell-AC/DC
3. Johnny B. Good-Chuck Berry
2. Purple Haze-Jimmi Hendrix
1. Stairway to Heaven-Led Zeppelin
Crazy Train was just Ozzy.

And I kinda object to using U2 on a rock list, but otherwise good job.

well there's definetly a few bands with multiple songs in the top ten... depending on opinion... the beatles have gotta be up there.

i agree that ppl are way biased here though. I listen to Sum 41 a helluva lot more then the beatles but that doesn't mean i think sum is better

Not bad (I picked up on the little stall for time in there). I don't know if I can give you the sky reference. And I think Smoke on Troubled Water is a combination of Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water and Simon and Garfunkles Bridge Over Troubled Water.

1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Sanitarium - Metallica
3. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
4. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
5. Blowing in the Wind - Bob Dylan
6. Hell's Bells - AC/DC
7. Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
8. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
9. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
10. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Not bad (I picked up on the little stall for time in there). I don't know if I can give you the sky reference. And I think Smoke on Troubled Water is a combination of Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water and Simon and Garfunkles Bridge Over Troubled Water.
I was pressed for time and messed up. My bad

I was pressed for time and messed up. My bad
But which were you thinking of?

But which were you thinking of?
Smoke on the water

For those who give creedance to such things, Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs lists as the top ten of all time:

1 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 1965
2 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 1965
3 Imagine John Lennon 1971
4 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 1971
5 Respect Aretha Franklin 1967
6 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 1966
7 Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry 1958
8 Hey Jude The Beatles 1968
9 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 1991
10 What'd I Say Ray Charles 1959


http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596661/500_greatest_songs/500songs

The link isn't working well. A complete list is also at:

http://www.kdkb.com/misc12734.asp

Smoke on the water

Okeydoke.

It's remarkable that the songs like that one, with fairly simple music, seem to come in first so much-- I've seen a lot of Beatles and stuff like that on people's lists (I'm not really one to talk, but hey). Sure, the Beatles are good, and simple songs can be great too, but doesn't greatness involve not only songwriting talent but also some exercise of musical ability?

I did mean added to a list. I haven't seen them all, but I'm going to bet that it's not on here. There are a lot of AC/DC songs which could be used to represent a great deal of the rock universe.
Quite so. I'll take it onto my list, which makes two:
Tuff--American Hairbands
AC/DC--Ballbreaker

For those who give creedance to such things, Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs lists as the top ten of all time:

1 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 1965
2 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 1965
3 Imagine John Lennon 1971
4 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 1971
5 Respect Aretha Franklin 1967
6 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 1966
7 Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry 1958
8 Hey Jude The Beatles 1968
9 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 1991
10 What'd I Say Ray Charles 1959


http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596661/500_greatest_songs/500songs

The link isn't working well. A complete list is also at:

http://www.kdkb.com/misc12734.asp

It suggests to me there were way too many boomers on the voting list. A top-ten list of great rock n' roll songs without Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, or even Hendrix mentioned, and with the Beach Boys (?) is one that can only arise through the hazy nostalgia of boomerdom, not through any accurate reflection of musical skill or quality. It also seems they were intent on playing up the social consciousness of rock. Of course, they ignore the fact that Ozzy, Trent Reznor, and Zach De La Rocha all make better socially-conscious music than what was listed. This again is indicative of boomerdom, because if it actually critiques the plastic world boomers made, it doesn't really count.

http://www.p0stwh0res.com/images/supern00b[1].jpg
LOL You always have the right pic for these occasions. One of the perks of old age, I suppose, is having collected an arsenal of useful spamages.

It suggests to me there were way too many boomers on the voting list. A top-ten list of great rock n' roll songs without Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, or even Hendrix mentioned, and with the Beach Boys (?) is one that can only arise through the hazy nostalgia of boomerdom, not through any accurate reflection of musical skill or quality. It also seems they were intent on playing up the social consciousness of rock. Of course, they ignore the fact that Ozzy, Trent Reznor, and Zach De La Rocha all make better socially-conscious music than what was listed. This again is indicative of boomerdom, because if it actually critiques the plastic world boomers made, it doesn't really count.
Very true. The Beach Boys suck, let's face it. Their music was catchy, but in terms of quality, I'd pick Avril Levigne over them anyday (and I don't like Avril). Let's see: what did the Beach Boys sing about? Cars, surfing, and chicks. Entertaining, perhaps, but if Monet or Renoir had just painted hot chicks standing next to sports cars on the beach, would anybody give a fuck? No, absolutely not. Why? Because if they did that, their art would not matter.

There are only two amazing songs that I can think of....
Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody
Guns 'n' Roses-Sweet Child O' Mine.

Very true. The Beach Boys suck, let's face it. Their music was catchy, but in terms of quality, I'd pick Avril Levigne over them anyday (and I don't like Avril). Let's see: what did the Beach Boys sing about? Cars, surfing, and chicks. Entertaining, perhaps, but if Monet or Renoir had just painted hot chicks standing next to sports cars on the beach, would anybody give a fuck? No, absolutely not. Why? Because if they did that, their art would not matter.
I second this.

However, something to think about. If Renoir and Monet painted chicks, cars, and surfing, it would be some of the most impressive artistic work ever created, as only the chicks had been invented yet.

Very true. The Beach Boys suck, let's face it. Their music was catchy, but in terms of quality, I'd pick Avril Levigne over them anyday (and I don't like Avril). Let's see: what did the Beach Boys sing about? Cars, surfing, and chicks. Entertaining, perhaps, but if Monet or Renoir had just painted hot chicks standing next to sports cars on the beach, would anybody give a fuck? No, absolutely not. Why? Because if they did that, their art would not matter.
That's right. Too commonplace. Nothing special about it if someone implements exactly the same ideas everyone else has.

I second this.

However, something to think about. If Renoir and Monet painted chicks, cars, and surfing, it would be some of the most impressive artistic work ever created, as only the chicks had been invented yet.
I think he meant the equivalents: chicks, donkeycarts and storytime at the local alehouse.

I think he meant the equivalents: chicks, donkeycarts and storytime at the local alehouse.
I know, I just wanted to be annoying :D

There are only two amazing songs that I can think of....
Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody
Guns 'n' Roses-Sweet Child O' Mine.

Thank you, at least someone has some sense on this thread.

1. "Kick out the jams" - The MC5(my dad knew these guys in the 60s man- white panthers 4ever)
2. "Imagine"- John Lennon
3. "The beautiful people"- Marilyn Manson
4. "White Rabbit"- Jefferson Airplane
5."don't eat the yellow snow"- Frank Zappa
6. "closer"- Nine Inch Nails
7. "halls of illusions"- Insane Clown Posse
8. "sleep now in the fire" - Rage against the machine
9. "people are strange"- The Doors
10. "renegades of funk"- Rage against the machine

- other artists who deserve honor

Kid Rock, Jimi Hendrix, Guns n' Roses, Nirvana, Twiztid, Dark Lotus, Korn

I know, I just wanted to be annoying :D
I know. I just wanted to add a touch of humor.:p

I know. I just wanted to add a touch of humor.:p
:p

:p
:D

The 10 greatest songs that rock?

I Wanna Be Sedated -The Ramones
Johnny B Good -Chuck Berry
For You -Manfred Mann's Earth Band
I Saw Her Standing There -The Beatles
I love Rock and Roll -Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Jailhouse Rock -Elvis
Life During Wartime -The Talking Heads
Ziggy Stardust -David Bowie
Pinball Wizard -Elton John (I like his version better than The Who's)
War -Bruce Springsteen (Edwin Starr did it first, but Bruce's version Rocks)

There are many more great songs that Rock, but you said 10.

Are any of these really "Rock" songs?


uhm yeah they are..i dont know what u tihnk is a rock song...but i think the rollings stones and the beatles are classic rock...

not iron maiden..

I nominate Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, by Meatloaf.

I nominate Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, by Meatloaf.

That is pretty awesome, actually.

1.Penny Lane-The Beatles
2.Let it Be-The Beatles
3.Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen
4.Sweet Home Alabama-Lynyrd Skynyrd
5.Joy to the World-Three Dog Night
6.Livin' on a Prayer-Bon-Jovi
7.Every Rose Has Its Thorn-Poison
8.Blowin' in the Wind-Bob Dylan
9.The One-Elton John
10.Piano Man-Billy Joel

I know some of those are soft rock songs, not the harder songs people probably associate with the category, but they're still technically rock songs.

There's no real order....

She Loves You-The Beatles
Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana
Longview-Green Day
Start Me Up-Rolling Stones
Here I Am-The Explosion
Lazy Generation-The FUps
The Young and the Hopeless-Good Charlotte
Basketcase-Green Day
Heart-Shaped Box-Nirvana
Highway to Hell-AC/DC


how do u mix a hardcore punk band like the explosion and then put good charlotte the most poser band out there...
please dont concider good charlotte in the same category as the explosion

the explosion-awesome punk rock

good charlotte-i hate you

Ugh, too much soft stuff in here. I'll go with some rocking shit for my list.


1: Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K.
2: Husker Du - Celebrated Summer
3: Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor
4: The Ramones - Rock 'n' Roll High School
5: Black Flag - TV Party
6: The Clash - Death or Glory
7: The Damned - New Rose
8: Led Zeppelin - Rock 'n' Roll
9: Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love
10: Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers


That should about do it.

1) Die, Die, My Darling - Misfits
2) London Calling - The Clash
3) American Jesus - Bad Religion
4) Black Rose Immortal - Opeth
5) Love You To Death - Type O Negative
6) Shedding Skin - Pantera
7) Don't Drag Me Down - Social Distortion
8) Come Out And Play - The Offspring
9) Days of the Phoenix - AFI
10 Rats In The Hallway - Rancid

1. "Kick out the jams" - The MC5(my dad knew these guys in the 60s man- white panthers 4ever)
2. "Imagine"- John Lennon
3. "The beautiful people"- Marilyn Manson
4. "White Rabbit"- Jefferson Airplane
5."don't eat the yellow snow"- Frank Zappa
6. "closer"- Nine Inch Nails
7. "halls of illusions"- Insane Clown Posse
8. "sleep now in the fire" - Rage against the machine
9. "people are strange"- The Doors
10. "renegades of funk"- Rage against the machine

- other artists who deserve honor

Kid Rock, Jimi Hendrix, Guns n' Roses, Nirvana, Twiztid, Dark Lotus, Korn
you win...

Everyone is simply listing their personal favorite rock songs. How about establishing a criteria for "greatest?"

The most influential? The longest on the charts? The best selling? The most staying power? The most frequently covered? The most likely to be remember 100 years from now?

Tell us why they are the greatest, as opposed to just listing ten songs you would put on your own party mix CD.

Everyone is simply listing their personal favorite rock songs. How about establishing a criteria for "greatest?"

The most influential? The longest on the charts? The best selling? The most staying power? The most frequently covered? The most likely to be remember 100 years from now?

Tell us why they are the greatest, as opposed to just listing ten songs you would put on your own party mix CD.

I would pick The Beatles as the most influential, I have read many band bios and they all seem to pay homage to The Beatles.
Longest on the charts: I think The Beatles still hold that (does anyone know for sure?)
The most covered song is "Yesterday"
I would say The Beatles will definatly be remembered, even 200 years from now.

let's see here. this might not be easy:

1) Iron Butterfly -- Inagaddadavida (sp?)
2) Warrant -- Heaven
3) Poison -- Unskinny Bop
4) Firehouse -- Don't Treat Me Bad
5) Georgia Satellites -- Keep Your Hands To Yourself
6) Def Leppard -- Love Bites
7) Michael Jackson -- Black or White (Slash rocks in it!)
8) George Michael (w/ female) -- Knew You Were Waiting For Me
9) Kenny Loggins -- Danger Zone
10) Richard Marx -- Don't Mean Nothing

The most covered song is "Yesterday"


Perhaps.

Giving Yesterday a run for the money would be Louie Louie. A Californian radio station played 63 hours and 800 versions of the song in a row

The site below has an interesting story of Louie, Louie and its famous chord progression that has found it way into the Yardbirds My Girl Sloopy, the McCoys' Hang On Sloopy, the Troggs' Wild Thing, the Remain's Why Do I Cry, the Rumors' Hold Me Now, Outlaws' Don't Tread On Me, the Stones' Get Off Of My Cloud, the Righteous Brothers' You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', and Lou Reed's Vicious.

http://www.math.lsu.edu/~zabic/lighthouse/louie.htm

Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Back In Black - AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Panama - Van Halen
Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
Photograph - Def Leppard
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry (Back to the Future version)
Dude Looks Like A Lady - Aerosmith (Sheer comedic value, man.)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly


Now this is quality rock'n'roll.

There was the great albums post a little while ago, so I thought I would do this.

10. God Only Knows- The Beach Boys
9. Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen
8. I Am The Walrus- The Beatles
7.Don't Stop Believing- Journey
6.Wouldnt it Be nice- The Beach Boys
5. Like a Rollin Stone- Bob Dylan
4. Imagine- John Lennon
3. Paint it Black- The Rolling Stones
2. Man in Black- Johnny Cash
1. A Day in the Life- The Beatles


Honorably Mentions- About a Girl- Nirvana
Octopuses Garden- The Beatles
Carry on our wayward son- Boston
I want to hold your hand - The Beatles
Blowing in the wind- Bob Dylan

There's some damn good songs on your list. I'm happy and surprised to see "About a Girl" get some recognition in particular -- it's pretty underrated, even among Nirvana fans. I'd exchange "Octopus's Garden" for another Beatles song, though.

A possible Top Ten of mine:

1. "Yesterday" - The Beatles
2. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
3. "Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd
4. "Baba O'Reilly" - The Who
5. "Dazed and Confused" - Led Zeppelin
6. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2
7. "Debaser" - Pixies
8. "Saving Grace" - Tom Petty
9. "Walk This Way" - Aerosmith
10. "Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix Experience

All of those are very influential and seminal classics.

In no order as theyre all the best imo

Queen- Bohemian Raphsody
Queen- We are the champions
Queen- Radio Gaga
Queen- Hammer To Fall
Radiohead-Karma Police
Radiohead-Letdown
Radiohead-Creep
Radiohead-The Bends
Radiohead-Just
Radiohead- My Iron Lung
Radiohead- Lucky
Radiohead- Paranoid Android
The Smiths- Stretch out and wait
The Smiths-Heaven Knows Im Misreable Now
Joy Division-Track 1 off Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division-Love will tear us apart
Joy Division- last two tracks off Closer
The Beatles- Let it be
Suede-The Wild Ones
Motorhead-Ace of Spades
Led Zep-Stairway
ACDC-Thunderstruck
ACDC-Highway to Hell
Jimi Hendrix-Vodoo Child (Slight Return)
Pulp- Common People
NIN-Hurt
RHCP-Under the bridge
The Stone Roses-I am the resurection

thats way more than 10 but psh

"Walk This Way" without Run-DMC sucks.

Hard Rock Hallelujah

1. White Zombie-Black Sunshine
2. Slayer- Behind the Crooked Cross
3. Testament-Greenhouse Effect
4. Black Sabbath-Wheels of Confusion (Ozzy)
5. Black Sabbath-Turn up the Night (Dio)
6. Exodus-Fabulous Disaster
7. Marylin Manson-The Beautiful People
8. Iron Maiden- Murders in the Rue Mourge
9. AC/DC-Gone Shootin'
10. Overkill-In Union We Stand