Music Off Season topic: Greatest Rock and Roll Song of all time is...... [Archive]

BigRedChief

02-09-2011, 07:09 PM

Not going to try to define what is "Rock and Roll". What makes the song the "Greatest" Rock and Roll song of all time is for you to decide. But you only get one nomination.

Mine .........Rock and Roll by Led Zepplin.

2112

02-09-2011, 07:11 PM

Stairway to heaven. this is tough, so many great ones.

Lonewolf Ed

02-09-2011, 07:15 PM

Heaviest song: Supernaut!

REDHOTGTO

02-09-2011, 07:16 PM

seger - old time rock & roll

DaneMcCloud

02-09-2011, 07:17 PM

Live And Let Die - Paul McCartney

2112

02-09-2011, 07:17 PM

Can you define why Burt has your passport photo from 1971 as his avatar?

BigRedChief

02-09-2011, 07:19 PM

Can you define why Burt has your passport photo from 1971 as his avatar?I'll define just this once....cause he's a smartass?

Adept Havelock

02-09-2011, 07:20 PM

Paranoid by Black Sabbath.

JD10367

02-09-2011, 07:23 PM

Since there are way too many definitions and subtle categories, I'll go old-school. Without this song, and others of the time by people like Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis, there IS no rock-and-roll.

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Bugeater

02-09-2011, 07:23 PM

I'll define just this once....cause he's a smartass? Oh hell, that's really you?ROFL

BigRedChief

02-09-2011, 07:24 PM

Oh hell, that's really you?ROFLcicra 1983 or so.

Bugeater

02-09-2011, 07:25 PM

cicra 1983 or so.
ROFL

*ahem* sorry

ROFL

BigRedChief

02-09-2011, 07:30 PM

ROFL
I'm feeling much better now. But just remember that if you piss me off...that serial killer is still in there somewhere.

2112

02-09-2011, 07:32 PM

I'll define just this once....cause he's a smartass?

I had to take a double take on that. at first I thought it was ''wayne gro'' from that movie heat with al pacino and deniro. but you have too much hair to go with your legendary mullet

FAX

02-09-2011, 07:36 PM

One of the most difficult questions of all times. There is no "greatest" song of all times. But, I have a few all time favorites.

1. All Along the Watchtower
2. July Morning or Baba O'Riley (this is definite tie).
3. Solsbury Hill.
4. Hey Jude or A Day In the Life or Strawberry Fields or any other Beatles record.
5. Won't Get Fooled Again.
6. Respect or Sympathy For The Devil. (another tie).

FAX

Huffman83

02-09-2011, 07:39 PM

Bugeater

02-09-2011, 07:42 PM

Anywho, in the spirit of the thread, it's impossible to narrow it down to just one. Hell, I'd be hard pressed to even come up with my own top 10 favorites.

But Clapton definitely needs to represented, so I'll go with this:

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CHENZ A!

02-09-2011, 07:43 PM

Gracie Dean

02-09-2011, 07:44 PM

Beginnings....Chicago
Saturday in The Park...Chicago
Searching so long ....Chicago

2112

02-09-2011, 07:49 PM

Anywho, in the spirit of the thread, it's impossible to narrow it down to just one. Hell, I'd be hard pressed to even come up with my own top 10 favorites.

But Clapton definitely needs to represented, so I'll go with this:

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Nice n00b! now we need let it grow!

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JD10367

02-09-2011, 07:55 PM

"Salisbury Hill"? "Saturday In The Park"? "Live And Let Die"? :facepalm: Jesus. The OP said "rock and roll", not "elevator music". I actually love all those songs, but I also love Vivaldi and disco. Categorize, people. :D

2112

02-09-2011, 07:55 PM

I'm going to share a very rare video that was digitally remastered of a live version of Achilles last stand by Zeppelin. enjoy!

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2112

02-09-2011, 07:59 PM

"Salisbury Hill"? "Saturday In The Park"? "Live And Let Die"? :facepalm: Jesus. The OP said "rock and roll", not "elevator music". I actually love all those songs, but I also love Vivaldi and disco. Categorize, people. :D

For that crowd ;)

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ROFL

KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 08:01 PM

Jenson71

02-09-2011, 08:02 PM

Not a song, but the greatest moment in rock and roll history was the release of two consecutive Dylan albums: Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.

Nothing beats it. The only thing better in modern music history is Dylan's Blood on the Tracks album.

Jethopper

02-09-2011, 08:04 PM

KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 08:04 PM

KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 08:08 PM

Mile High Mania

02-09-2011, 08:08 PM

I don't think I can do one... have about 10 that come to mind.

Saul Good

02-09-2011, 08:11 PM

Not sure how to put them in order:

Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
Dream On: Aerosmith
Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan
Smells Like Teen Spirit: Nirvana

KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 08:11 PM

and just 'cause

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Deberg_1990

02-09-2011, 08:12 PM

Metallica One

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Bwana

02-09-2011, 08:14 PM

http://bostonist.com/attachments/austinist_kerry/boston-rock.jpg

Brock

02-09-2011, 08:16 PM

My opinion of this probably changes hourly. At this second, I will nominate

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FAX

02-09-2011, 08:17 PM

"Salisbury Hill"? "Saturday In The Park"? "Live And Let Die"? :facepalm: Jesus. The OP said "rock and roll", not "elevator music". I actually love all those songs, but I also love Vivaldi and disco. Categorize, people. :D

If you're going to criticize my selections, you better start spelling stuff better, you crazy, insane, deranged, brainsick, irrational bastard.

And I'll be the final arbiter of what is or is not "rock & roll", if you please.

FAX

FAX

02-09-2011, 08:17 PM

Not sure how to put them in order:

Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
Dream On: Aerosmith
Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan
Smells Like Teen Spirit: Nirvana

That's a good list, right there.

FAX

LiveSteam

02-09-2011, 08:18 PM

siberian khatru

02-09-2011, 08:18 PM

siberian khatru

02-09-2011, 08:21 PM

joesomebody

02-09-2011, 08:27 PM

Can you define why Burt has your passport photo from 1971 as his avatar?
While searching for Burt in the member list to see this avatar, I came across buickboy71. His avatar is really something

LiveSteam

02-09-2011, 08:30 PM

kysirsoze

02-09-2011, 08:30 PM

BigRedChief

02-09-2011, 08:30 PM

That's a good list, right there.

FAXThis is not a "list" thread. You get slack for the Wendy the drafbuator thread. The rest of you.....
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joesomebody

02-09-2011, 08:30 PM

KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 08:36 PM

Out of the four I posted, I have a hard time figuring out the 'greatest'.

It's probably not Signs, by the Five Man Electrical Band, but that song is damn close to the top.

Hotel California was fucking awesome.

American Pie in all reality is probably the greatest song of all time IMO. It speaks on a serious note, but is something you can really get going to.

But then, Smells Like Teen Spirit and the 'grunge' culture that followed it changed my life, even though I was a little late to the party.

CoMoChief

02-09-2011, 08:37 PM

No greatest rock and roll song list can be complete without some nickelback and some 3 doors down.

WV

02-09-2011, 08:38 PM

No greatest rock and roll song list can be complete without some nickelback and some 3 doors down.

ROFL

joesomebody

02-09-2011, 08:38 PM

No greatest rock and roll song list can be complete without some nickelback and some 3 doors down.I'm guessing you're kidding, but I actually do like some 3 doors down.

LiveSteam

02-09-2011, 08:39 PM

No greatest rock and roll song list can be complete without some nickelback and some 3 doors down.

R U my sister? Is your name Kelli ?

Bane

02-09-2011, 08:40 PM

One of my all time favorites is Eminence Front by The Who.
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Bugeater

02-09-2011, 08:45 PM

This is just turning into another Random Music Video thread.

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KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 08:47 PM

No greatest rock and roll song list can be complete without some nickelback and some 3 doors down.

:facepalm:

LiveSteam

02-09-2011, 08:49 PM

Mr. Kotter

02-09-2011, 08:51 PM

Tough call...but, for me....Stairway to Heaven, with Free Bird as the runner-up.

To each his own, though; now I'll read the rest of the thread:

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FAX

02-09-2011, 08:57 PM

I know that this post violates the thread program big time, but I have an observation.

My observation is this; lots of times I will dial up a music video deal on youtube like say, maybe an old Doors tune or maybe an old Credence song or maybe an old Deep Purple number or CSNY piece or something. Almost without fail, some apparently teenage person will leave a comment to the effect that the old music kicks the new music's ass right out the window.

I just think that's interesting.

FAX

LiveSteam

02-09-2011, 09:02 PM

Happy hundredth Ronald
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2112

02-09-2011, 09:04 PM

I know that this post violates the thread program big time, but I have an observation.

My observation is this; lots of times I will dial up a music video deal on youtube like say, maybe an old Doors tune or maybe an old Credence song or maybe an old Deep Purple number or CSNY piece or something. Almost without fail, some apparently teenage person will leave a comment to the effect that the old music kicks the new music's ass right out the window.

I just think that's interesting.

FAX

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siberian khatru

02-09-2011, 09:06 PM

I know that this post violates the thread program big time, but I have an observation.

My observation is this; lots of times I will dial up a music video deal on youtube like say, maybe an old Doors tune or maybe an old Credence song or maybe an old Deep Purple number or CSNY piece or something. Almost without fail, some apparently teenage person will leave a comment to the effect that the old music kicks the new music's ass right out the window.

I just think that's interesting.

FAX

I think every classic rock Youtube video I've seen -- hard rock, prog, soft-rock, whatever -- has the comment, "They don't make music like this anymore. Today's stuff is crap. This is REAL music."

Bugeater

02-09-2011, 09:09 PM

2112

02-09-2011, 09:12 PM

That's not old Deep Purple, that's new Deep Purple.

This is old Deep Purple.

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I never said it was old deep purple, you stoopid n00b! thats just one of my favorite songs. I got a right mind to give you negative reputation for that comment!

And thank god rep is finally reputable. I always thought I was an awful poster, but now I am sure of it!

Bugeater

02-09-2011, 09:14 PM

I never said it was old deep purple, you stoopid n00b! thats just one of my favorite songs. I got a right mind to give you negative reputation for that comment!

And thank god rep is finally reputable. I always thought I was an awful poster, but now I am sure of it!
Mr FAX specifically said 'old' Deep Purple, and you posted new Deep Purple. Although new Deep Purple is still pretty old, but it's not anywhere near as old as old Deep Purple.

2112

02-09-2011, 09:15 PM

Mr FAX said 'old' Deep Purple, and you posted new Deep Purple. Although new Deep Purple is still pretty old, but it's not anywhere near as old as old Deep Purple.

That ''new deep purple'' is from 1988. but I know what you meant, n00b.

Pitt Gorilla

02-09-2011, 09:15 PM

LiveSteam

02-09-2011, 09:15 PM

MahiMike

02-09-2011, 09:16 PM

Tie: Southern Man vs LA Woman

2112

02-09-2011, 09:17 PM

Hammock Parties

02-09-2011, 09:18 PM

Bohemian Rhapsody, and nothing comes close.

Queen is the greatest rock band of all time and that is their greatest song.

If you don't agree, get the FUCK out.

FAX

02-09-2011, 09:18 PM

I think every classic rock Youtube video I've seen -- hard rock, prog, soft-rock, whatever -- has the comment, "They don't make music like this anymore. Today's stuff is crap. This is REAL music."

So you've noticed that, too?

It makes me wonder, you know, why "new" music doesn't seem to stand up to the same quality standards as the "old" music ... even in the eyes (or ears) of "new" people as opposed to "old" people. You know?

It's curious. And somewhat troubling.

FAX

Brianfo

02-09-2011, 09:19 PM

If you're going with Zeppelin it's got to be Fool in the Rain.
If you're going with Skynrd it's got to be Simple Man.
If you're going with Queen how about I want it all.
If you're going with Metallica how about The Unforgiven I
If you're going with the Doors how about People are Strange.
If you're going with Pink Floyd how about Comfortably Numb.
If you're going with Aerosmith how about Sweet emotion.
If you're going with Guns N Roses how about Mr. Brownstone.
If you're going with Tom Petty how about American Girl.
If you're going with Motely Crue how about Dr. Feelgood.

But, for my money it's got to be Thunderstruck, AC/DC.

Greatest rock song EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2112

02-09-2011, 09:20 PM

Pitt Gorilla

02-09-2011, 09:21 PM

So you've noticed that, too?

It makes me wonder, you know, why "new" music doesn't seem to stand up to the same quality standards as the "old" music ... even in the eyes (or ears) of "new" people as opposed to "old" people. You know?

It's curious. And somewhat troubling.

FAXPeople are dumb. That's the short version. There is wonderful music being made now; it just may not be on the pop channel.

2112

02-09-2011, 09:21 PM

So you've noticed that, too?

It makes me wonder, you know, why "new" music doesn't seem to stand up to the same quality standards as the "old" music ... even in the eyes (or ears) of "new" people as opposed to "old" people. You know?

It's curious. And somewhat troubling.

FAX

That is why that rap crap has been so popular for 20 years now. there hasnt really been any new good rock bands in about 25 years. or not that many.

Bugeater

02-09-2011, 09:21 PM

If you're going with Zeppelin it's got to be Fool in the Rain.
If you're going with Skynrd it's got to be Simple Man.
If you're going with Queen how about I want it all.
If you're going with Metallica how about The Unforgiven I
If you're going with the Doors how about People are Strange.
If you're going with Pink Floyd how about Comfortably Numb.
If you're going with Aerosmith how about Sweet emotion.
If you're going with Guns N Roses how about Mr. Brownstone.
If you're going with Tom Petty how about American Girl.
If you're going with Motely Crue how about Dr. Feelgood.

But, for my money it's got to be Thunderstruck, AC/DC.

Greatest rock song EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thunderstruck? :facepalm:

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 09:21 PM

Out of the four I posted, I have a hard time figuring out the 'greatest'.

It's probably not Signs, by the Five Man Electrical Band, but that song is damn close to the top.

Hotel California was ****ing awesome.

American Pie in all reality is probably the greatest song of all time IMO. It speaks on a serious note, but is something you can really get going to.

But then, Smells Like Teen Spirit and the 'grunge' culture that followed it changed my life, even though I was a little late to the party.

If American Pie counts as rock, you nailed it. Best song ever.

If I had to pick 30 rock songs to listen to for the rest of my life, I'd go with the following. I will define "rock" as a song that meets at least two of the four criteria below:

1. Fast beat recognizable as rock
2. Involves an electric guitar
3. Is sung by a person/group normally associated with rock music
4. References rock and roll

1. American Pie, Don McLean
2. Jungleland, Bruce Springsteen
3. Runnin' Down a Dream, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4. Cadillac Ranch, Bruce Springsteen
5. Piano Man, Billy Joel
6. Tiny Dancer, Elton John (or Ben Folds)
7. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the Beatles
8. Good Riddance, Green Day
9. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
10. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
11. Walk Like an Egyptian, the Bangles
12. The World's On Fire, The Housemartins
13. I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett
14. Point of Know Return, Kansas
15. Rocket Man, Elton John
16. Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf
17. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
18. Come Sail Away, Styx
19. Youngstown, Bruce Springsteen
20. Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
21. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen
22. Romeo and Juliet, Indigo Girls' remake of Dire Straits song
23. Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
24. Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh
25. Working on the Highway, Bruce Springsteen
26. Hey There Delilah, Plain White T's
27. Dust in the Wind, Kansas
28. Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache, Warren Smith
29. Ramrod, Bruce Springsteen
30. It's the End of the World, REM

#8, #23, and #26 may not fit the definition, but I'm not sure so I included them. Note that these are not the 30 SONGS I'd listen to, but are the 30 Rock songs. Otherwise, I'd have some Fogelburg and Simon and Garfunkel and Kim Richey and probably some others on the list.

LiveSteam

02-09-2011, 09:22 PM

If you're going with Zeppelin it's got to be Fool in the Rain.
If you're going with Skynrd it's got to be Simple Man.
If you're going with Queen how about I want it all.
If you're going with Metallica how about The Unforgiven I
If you're going with the Doors how about People are Strange.
If you're going with Pink Floyd how about Comfortably Numb.
If you're going with Aerosmith how about Sweet emotion.
If you're going with Guns N Roses how about Mr. Brownstone.
If you're going with Tom Petty how about American Girl.
If you're going with Motely Crue how about Dr. Feelgood.

But, for my money it's got to be Thunderstruck, AC/DC.

Greatest rock song EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How dare you forget Cyndi
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This is real AC/DC. they should have hung it up, after Scot died
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FAX

02-09-2011, 09:25 PM

People are dumb. That's the short version. There is wonderful music being made now; it just may not be on the pop channel.

Fair enough, Mr. Pitt Gorilla. Still, I'm not imagining things. If you cruise around youtube and check out some '60s era music, you almost always encounter a comment made by someone identifying themselves as a "teenager" who states that the "old" stuff is preferable to the "new" stuff.

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

FAX

FAX

02-09-2011, 09:27 PM

No Cheap Trick fans aboard?

FAX

Hammock Parties

02-09-2011, 09:27 PM

1. American Pie, Don McLean
2. Jungleland, Bruce Springsteen
3. Runnin' Down a Dream, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4. Cadillac Ranch, Bruce Springsteen
5. Piano Man, Billy Joel
6. Tiny Dancer, Elton John (or Ben Folds)
7. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the Beatles
8. Good Riddance, Green Day
9. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
10. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
11. Walk Like an Egyptian, the Bangles
12. The World's On Fire, The Housemartins
13. I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett
14. Point of Know Return, Kansas
15. Rocket Man, Elton John
16. Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf
17. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
18. Come Sail Away, Styx
19. Youngstown, Bruce Springsteen
20. Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
21. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen
22. Romeo and Juliet, Indigo Girls' remake of Dire Straits song
23. Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
24. Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh
25. Working on the Highway, Bruce Springsteen
26. Hey There Delilah, Plain White T's
27. Dust in the Wind, Kansas
28. Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache, Warren Smith
29. Ramrod, Bruce Springsteen
30. It's the End of the World, REM
.

Bruce Springsteen composed six of the top 30 songs in rock and roll HISTORY?

ROFL
LMAO
:rolleyes:

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 09:28 PM

Bruce Springsteen composed six of the top 30 songs in rock and roll HISTORY?

ROFL
LMAO
:rolleyes:

Yes. Yes, he did.

FAX

02-09-2011, 09:28 PM

I agree. Mr. Rain Man needs a new set of headphones.

FAX

mlyonsd

02-09-2011, 09:28 PM

More Than a Feeling....Boston.

Frazod

02-09-2011, 09:29 PM

Hotel California
Carry On Wayward Son
More Than A Feeling
Comfortably Numb
Hells Bells

If you don't know who the artists are, go and get your fucking shine box.

Pitt Gorilla

02-09-2011, 09:29 PM

Fair enough, Mr. Pitt Gorilla. Still, I'm not imagining things. If you cruise around youtube and check out some '60s era music, you almost always encounter a comment made by someone identifying themselves as a "teenager" who states that the "old" stuff is preferable to the "new" stuff.

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

FAXThis phenomenon, or at least a corollary, was discussed on here recently. Here is the gist of thesis: For the most part, only the best of the "old" stuff survives (on classic radio, youtube, etc.) while we get "all" of the new stuff (including the crap). There is outstanding new music out there right now, but one may have to get off one's ass to find it; your youtube kids likely aren't aware or sophisticated enough to even know where to begin looking.

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 09:29 PM

More Than a Feeling....Boston.

Oh, yeah. That's a good one.

It's the classic, but I must admit that I might like Rock N Roll band better. I like songs that tell a story.

KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 09:29 PM

If American Pie counts as rock, you nailed it. Best song ever.

If I had to pick 30 rock songs to listen to for the rest of my life, I'd go with the following. I will define "rock" as a song that meets at least two of the four criteria below:

1. Fast beat recognizable as rock
2. Involves an electric guitar
3. Is sung by a person/group normally associated with rock music
4. References rock and roll

1. American Pie, Don McLean
2. Jungleland, Bruce Springsteen
3. Runnin' Down a Dream, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4. Cadillac Ranch, Bruce Springsteen
5. Piano Man, Billy Joel
6. Tiny Dancer, Elton John (or Ben Folds)
7. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the Beatles
8. Good Riddance, Green Day
9. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
10. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
11. Walk Like an Egyptian, the Bangles
12. The World's On Fire, The Housemartins
13. I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett
14. Point of Know Return, Kansas
15. Rocket Man, Elton John
16. Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf
17. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
18. Come Sail Away, Styx
19. Youngstown, Bruce Springsteen
20. Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
21. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen
22. Romeo and Juliet, Indigo Girls' remake of Dire Straits song
23. Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
24. Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh
25. Working on the Highway, Bruce Springsteen
26. Hey There Delilah, Plain White T's
27. Dust in the Wind, Kansas
28. Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache, Warren Smith
29. Ramrod, Bruce Springsteen
30. It's the End of the World, REM

#8, #23, and #26 may not fit the definition, but I'm not sure so I included them. Note that these are not the 30 SONGS I'd listen to, but are the 30 Rock songs. Otherwise, I'd have some Fogelburg and Simon and Garfunkel and Kim Richey and probably some others on the list.

That's a very solid list there, Kev. And had I known Greenday counted as borderline rock n roll, I'd have included Macy's Day Parade, from the same album I believe, in my top five. Instead, I knocked it off and had four. And I really love Life's Been Good, by Joe Walsh. It's up there on my list. Great fucking song.

Bugeater

02-09-2011, 09:29 PM

Fair enough, Mr. Pitt Gorilla. Still, I'm not imagining things. If you cruise around youtube and check out some '60s era music, you almost always encounter a comment made by someone identifying themselves as a "teenager" who states that the "old" stuff is preferable to the "new" stuff.

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

FAX
Music has been going downhill since the mid 80s. I blame MTV.

2112

02-09-2011, 09:29 PM

Since rainman brought up springsteen..lol

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Hammock Parties

02-09-2011, 09:30 PM

I noticed there were very few entries from the modern era.

I think this one deserves consideration.

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KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 09:30 PM

Hotel California
Carry On Wayward Son
More Than A Feeling
Comfortably Numb
Hells Bells

If you don't know who the artists are, go and get your fucking shine box.

Carry on wayward son. Forgot that one too.

There's too many 'greats' to even pick ten or twenty, let alone one. fuck.

2112

02-09-2011, 09:31 PM

Music has been going downhill since the mid 80s. I blame MTV.

Spot on, n00b. I agree. it's all about videos nowadays, not how you sound.

KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 09:32 PM

Spot on, n00b. I agree. it's all about videos nowadays, not how you sound.

There's videos on MTV?

2112

02-09-2011, 09:33 PM

There's videos on MTV?

LOL! There used to be! MTV also invented reality tv, along with ruining rock music.

Bugeater

02-09-2011, 09:34 PM

There's videos on MTV?
Believe it or not, they used to play videos all the time. They even had TV versions of DJs called 'VJs'.

LiveSteam

02-09-2011, 09:34 PM

Music has been going downhill since the mid 80s. I blame MTV.

MTV didnt help. 90s grunge has its place in Rock history. some very deep dark lyrics & trends were set. It is my favorite style if you will

Bugeater

02-09-2011, 09:35 PM

LOL! There used to be! MTV also invented reality tv, along with ruining rock music.
Actually, I blame them for ruining society as a whole, not just rock music.

FAX

02-09-2011, 09:35 PM

This phenomenon, or at least a corollary, was discussed on here recently. Here is the gist of thesis: For the most part, only the best of the "old" stuff survives (on classic radio, youtube, etc.) while we get "all" of the new stuff (including the crap). There is outstanding new music out there right now, but one may have to get off one's ass to find it; your youtube kids likely aren't aware or sophisticated enough to even know where to begin looking.

Are you irritable simply because you are in a bad mood, or have you run out of bananas?

First off, I don't read every thread on this board. I simply don't have the time. So, if this has been discussed before .... excuuussseee meeeeee.

Second off, they're not "my" youtube kids. I don't know who they belong to.

Third off, although I do not consider myself to be an expert on all aspects of popular culture past, present or future, why are almost all the songs listed on this thread by the more legendary artists and bands ... not current ones? See my point? Where is this fabulously wonderful "new" music that ranks at the top of R&R greatness and why are Planeteers listing mainly "older" bands?

FAX

mlyonsd

02-09-2011, 09:35 PM

Oh, yeah. That's a good one.

It's the classic, but I must admit that I might like Rock N Roll band better. I like songs that tell a story.

Well then another one from Boston that tells a story is Hitch'n a Ride. Not much of a story but the guitars at the end are awesome.

Long Time is good too.

Yeah, Boston was my favorite band in the 70's.

FAX

02-09-2011, 09:38 PM

I really liked Boston. Great guitar sounds and awesome beans.

FAX

KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 09:38 PM

MTV also invented reality tv,

I noticed that. Fucking trash.

And I vaguely remember VJs. I started watching MTV just as the music videos were being phased out for spring break shows and real world. But then the boy bands showed up and fucked the world, and I went from being THIS close to loving good rock like my dad, to dying my hair blonde like eminem because he hated the backstreet boys as much as I did.

Fuck mtv.

KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 09:38 PM

MTV didnt help. 90s grunge has its place in Rock history. some very deep dark lyrics & trends were set. It is my favorite style if you will

Agreed.

mlyonsd

02-09-2011, 09:41 PM

I really liked Boston. Great guitar sounds and awesome beans.

FAX
The underlying story there is of course if you want the Chiefs to become a super power you need a rock band from KC to become famous first.

And then wait 15 years.

Frazod

02-09-2011, 09:41 PM

I really liked Boston. Great guitar sounds and awesome beans.

FAX

And Delp's voice was phenomenal. RIP Brad. :(

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 09:42 PM

I mentioned the Housemartins' "The World's On Fire" earlier. If you haven't listened to it, give it a shot. And be sure to listen to the end to hear the highest note you'll ever hear from a male singer.

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Pitt Gorilla

02-09-2011, 09:43 PM

Are you irritable simply because you are in a bad mood, or have you run out of bananas?

First off, I don't read every thread on this board. I simply don't have the time. So, if this has been discussed before .... excuuussseee meeeeee.

Second off, they're not "my" youtube kids. I don't know who they belong to.

Third off, although I do not consider myself to be an expert on all aspects of popular culture past, present or future, why are almost all the songs listed on this thread by the more legendary artists and bands ... not current ones? See my point? Where is this fabulously wonderful "new" music that ranks at the top of R&R greatness and why are Planeteers listing mainly "older" bands?

FAXNot upset at all, Mr. Fax, and I apologize for coming off that way (and seemingly subsequently causing you to become irritated). I don't even recall the specific thread, but it was discussed on here (and articulated very well by some others); I simply meant to reference the discussion. Also, I didn't mean to infer any possession of the kids by you; I simply meant the kids to which you referred.

Regarding the selections by members of the board, people are picking great songs; it isn't too surprising that folks aren't jumping up and down about more current songs, given that they likely haven't heard the good new music as much, if at all.

Frazod

02-09-2011, 09:43 PM

Speaking of great voices, Queen should get a shout out. We Are The Champions certainly ranks with the other songs I listed.

Bugeater

02-09-2011, 09:45 PM

I can't wait until I find this super-secret place where they hide all the good new music that I keep hearing about.

CanadaKC

02-09-2011, 09:46 PM

Ain't Talkin Bout Love - Van Halen
Badlands - Bruce Springsteen
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
Black - Pearl Jam
Eyes of a Stranger - Queensryche
The Trooper - Iron Maiden
Check It Out - John Mellencamp
Hair Of The Dog - Nazareth
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Love Is Strong - Rolling Stones
Orange Crush - REM

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 09:46 PM

Speaking of great voices, Queen should get a shout out. We Are The Champions certainly ranks with the other songs I listed.

They have a bunch of great songs. We Will Rock You and Bohemian Rhapsody jump out immediately, but they have other lesser-known ones that are really good - '39, Keep Yourself Alive, and Don't Stop Me Now are all awesome songs. I really like Keep Yourself Alive, and maybe it should've made my Top 30 list.

DaneMcCloud

02-09-2011, 09:47 PM

Regarding the selections by members of the board, people are picking great songs; it isn't too surprising that folks aren't jumping up and down about more current songs, given that they likely haven't heard the good new music as much, if at all.

Having worked in one capacity or another in the music business for decades, I can comfortably say that there are very, very, very few bands and artists from the past two decades that I'd put in the same category as those from the 60's & 70's.

VERY few.

FAX

02-09-2011, 09:48 PM

Not upset at all, Mr. Fax, and I apologize for coming off that way (and seemingly subsequently causing you to become irritated). I don't even recall the specific thread, but it was discussed on here (and articulated very well by some others); I simply meant to reference the discussion. Also, I didn't mean to infer any possession of the kids by you; I simply meant the kids to which you referred.

Regarding the selections by members of the board, people are picking great songs; it isn't too surprising that folks aren't jumping up and down about more current songs, given that they likely haven't heard the good new music as much, if at all.

Okay. I misinterpreted your statement as implying irritation. My bad.

I'm all ears, though. I'd like to know about some of this awesome, new music.

To be perfectly honest with you, I spend most of my "music" time sequestered and creating my own. I don't reach out as I probably should in terms of staying abreast of what new, good music is out there. I can no longer listen to radio, because it sucks and my musician friends are all doing what I do ... making their own stuff.

Thinking about it, the last really good piece of relatively new music that struck a chord with me was Evanescence's "Bring Me To Life". That, I liked. Very much. However, that was released quite a while ago.

Got more? I would sincerely appreciate some guidance.

Your friend,

FAX

KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 09:49 PM

Don't Stop Me Now is a great song.

2112

02-09-2011, 09:50 PM

Having worked in one capacity or another in the music business for decades, I can comfortably say that there are very, very, very few bands and artists from the past two decades that I'd put in the same category as those from the 60's & 70's.

VERY few.

Is there anybody you dont know? or anything you dont have vast experience with? LOL!

I do agree with you though ;)

DaneMcCloud

02-09-2011, 09:52 PM

Is there anybody you dont know? or anything you dont have vast experience with? LOL!

I do agree with you though ;)

I don't know Tom Cruise and I've never manually masturbated a bovine.

Maybe someday.

Pitt Gorilla

02-09-2011, 09:54 PM

Okay. I misinterpreted your statement as implying irritation. My bad.

I'm all ears, though. I'd like to know about some of this awesome, new music.

To be perfectly honest with you, I spend most of my "music" time sequestered and creating my own. I don't reach out as I probably should in terms of staying abreast of what new, good music is out there. I can no longer listen to radio, because it sucks and my musician friends are all doing what I do ... making their own stuff.

Thinking about it, the last really good piece of relatively new music that struck a chord with me was Evanescence's "Bring Me To Life". That, I liked. Very much. However, that was released quite a while ago.

Got more? I would sincerely appreciate some guidance.

Your friend,

FAXI'm no expert, but I like a lot of "new" stuff. Agalloch, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes (not really rock), Cloud Cult (not really rock), Slipknot, The Roots (not rock), Lacuna Coil, Destrophy, and others.

There was a nice thread in the Media Center regarding the top albums of 2010. There were many good selections on there as well.

Jenson71

02-09-2011, 09:56 PM

If I had to pick 30 rock songs to listen to for the rest of my life, I'd go with the following. I will define "rock" as a song that meets at least two of the four criteria below:

1. Fast beat recognizable as rock
2. Involves an electric guitar
3. Is sung by a person/group normally associated with rock music
4. References rock and roll

I like what you did here. I'm making my list now.

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 09:58 PM

I'm no expert, but I like a lot of "new" stuff. Agalloch, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes (not really rock), Cloud Cult (not really rock), Slipknot, The Roots (not rock), Lacuna Coil, Destrophy, and others.

There was a nice thread in the Media Center regarding the top albums of 2010. There were many good selections on there as well.

I've been finding some new stuff I really like, such as Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Mumford and Sons, and the Avett Brothers, but I don't think any of those are rock.

I'm a big Ben Folds fan and a couple of his songs might have made my Top 30 list, but I decided that I should let them season a little and be sure that they're really in my Top 30. I think they will be, but I didn't include him precisely because he was contemporary. Maybe others are doing the same with their own current singers.

FAX

02-09-2011, 09:58 PM

I'm no expert, but I like a lot of "new" stuff. Agalloch, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes (not really rock), Cloud Cult (not really rock), Slipknot, The Roots (not rock), Lacuna Coil, Destrophy, and others.

There was a nice thread in the Media Center regarding the top albums of 2010. There were many good selections on there as well.

Thanks, Mr. Pitt Gorilla.

I shall pursue these suggestions at my earliest opportunity. It would be great to hear some new, compelling stuff.

FAX

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 09:59 PM

I don't know Tom Cruise and I've never manually masturbated a bovine.

Maybe someday.

I'm curious why you included the word 'manually', but it's none of my business.

DaneMcCloud

02-09-2011, 10:00 PM

I'm curious why you included the word 'manually', but it's none of my business.

Don't they have machines to do that these days?

Rasputin

02-09-2011, 10:01 PM

Welcome to the Jungle
It's so easy
Nightrain
Out ta get me
Mr. Brownstone
Paradise City
My Michelle
Think About You
Sweet Child O'mine
You're Crazy
Anything Goes
Rocket Queen

2112

02-09-2011, 10:02 PM

I'm curious why you included the word 'manually', but it's none of my business.

Didnt Dane help you start your business? and you are questioning him? he taught GoChiefs how to use graphics.

LOL! I am just kidding Dane, I just felt like busting your balls.

Just Passin' By

02-09-2011, 10:04 PM

Are you irritable simply because you are in a bad mood, or have you run out of bananas?

First off, I don't read every thread on this board. I simply don't have the time. So, if this has been discussed before .... excuuussseee meeeeee.

Second off, they're not "my" youtube kids. I don't know who they belong to.

Third off, although I do not consider myself to be an expert on all aspects of popular culture past, present or future, why are almost all the songs listed on this thread by the more legendary artists and bands ... not current ones? See my point? Where is this fabulously wonderful "new" music that ranks at the top of R&R greatness and why are Planeteers listing mainly "older" bands?

FAX

The 1990s all but killed it.

burt

02-09-2011, 10:09 PM

1. American Pie, Don McLean
2. Jungleland, Bruce Springsteen
3. Runnin' Down a Dream, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
5. Piano Man, Billy Joel
6. Tiny Dancer, Elton John (or Ben Folds)
7. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the Beatles
10. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
11. Walk Like an Egyptian, the Bangles
13. I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett
15. Rocket Man, Elton John
16. Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf
17. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
18. Come Sail Away, Styx
20. Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
21. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen
22. Romeo and Juliet, Indigo Girls' remake of Dire Straits song
23. Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
24. Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh
25. Working on the Highway, Bruce Springsteen
26. Hey There Delilah, Plain White T's
27. Dust in the Wind, Kansas
30. It's the End of the World, REM

I am 50 years old..... I listen to these songs. I love these songs.....THEY ARE NOT ROCK AND ROLL! Unless you are gay....nttawwt.

Psyko Tek

02-09-2011, 10:13 PM

Rock'n ROll
should make you wanna get up and dance

Zep Rocks only in Black dog

want real dancing music

chuck berry
little richard
some springsteen
for real ROCK'N ROLL

http:

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and don't forget jerry lee

Psyko Tek

02-09-2011, 10:14 PM

I am 50 years old..... I listen to these songs. I love these songs.....THEY ARE NOT ROCK AND ROLL! Unless you are gay....nttawwt.

10, 24 and 25 are rock 'n roll

10. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
24. Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh
25. Working on the Highway, Bruce Springsteen

other than that seems most people think rock is power ballads

2112

02-09-2011, 10:15 PM

I am 50 years old..... I listen to these songs. I love these songs.....THEY ARE NOT ROCK AND ROLL! Unless you are gay....nttawwt.

Dude, is BRC hypnotized in your avatar? the eyes are bugging out

ROFL

stevieray

02-09-2011, 10:15 PM

Kashmir
Achilles Last Stand
The Ocean
Lavilla Strangiato
Wont Get Fooled Again
Roundabout
Voodoo Chile
Wish You Were Here
Pigs
Run like Hell
Smokin'
Dirty Deeds (done dirt cheap)
Back in the USSR
Smokestack Lightning (version with both Howlin Wolf and Willie Dixon)

burt

02-09-2011, 10:16 PM

10, 24 and 25 are rock'n roll

10. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry

You are 1/3 correct....#10 is truly rock. 24 and 25 are great songs just NOT rock and roll

burt

02-09-2011, 10:18 PM

Dude, is BRC hypnotized in your avatar? the eyes are bugging out

ROFL

STOP.... he lives close to me.....he'll come kick my ass!

KurtCobain

02-09-2011, 10:19 PM

Oh shit, FDE is right, Dirty Deeds are done dirt cheap.

FAX

02-09-2011, 10:21 PM

What about "Tales Of Brave Ulysses?

Is that considered Rock & Roll by most of you guys?

FAX

2112

02-09-2011, 10:23 PM

What about "Tales Of Brave Ulysses?

Is that considered Rock & Roll by most of you guys?

FAX

Yes

Edit: you mean the cream song? lol

burt

02-09-2011, 10:24 PM

What about "Tales Of Brave Ulysses?

Is that considered Rock & Roll by most of you guys?

FAX

Wasn't that done by Christopher Cross?

burt

02-09-2011, 10:25 PM

At this rate, according to Rain Man....someone should post "Brandy" by Looking
glass.

FAX

02-09-2011, 10:26 PM

Look, I'm busy doing Moon research, so I don't have time for all these questions.

But, yes, it's a Cream song. According to rock legend, it was the first time the Wah-Wah pedal was used on a record.

FAX

Rasputin

02-09-2011, 10:26 PM

No Cheap Trick fans aboard?

FAX

should i stay or should i go?

Barret

02-09-2011, 10:27 PM

I saw only 2 mentions of Black Sabbath so I need to put 2 choices here.

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If you were playing this in your house and your parents heard it, it scared the crap out of them and had them thinking about getting you into therapy.

I had a toss up between Paranoid and this next song. I went with this since it doesn't get a lot of play time but rocks just as hard.

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This video of Children of the Grave is from a Reunion tour but still sounds good.

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 10:28 PM

I am 50 years old..... I listen to these songs. I love these songs.....THEY ARE NOT ROCK AND ROLL! Unless you are gay....nttawwt.

It's a fine line, I admit.

I can see where these could be classified as something other than rock, even though several of them arise from what I would view as rock groups.

5. Piano Man, Billy Joel
6. Tiny Dancer, Elton John (or Ben Folds) - And it was sung in "Almost Famous".
20. Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
22. Romeo and Juliet, Indigo Girls' remake of Dire Straits song
23. Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
26. Hey There Delilah, Plain White T's
27. Dust in the Wind, Kansas

This one references rock in the song. I think it's rock, but not traditional rock by any means. I could see tossing it out.

1. American Pie, Don McLean

As psychotek mentioned, these are more power ballads. I would think that's rock. What do other people think?

2. Jungleland, Bruce Springsteen
17. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2

I can't imagine these NOT being classified as rock.

3. Runnin' Down a Dream, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
7. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the Beatles
10. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
11. Walk Like an Egyptian, the Bangles
13. I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett
15. Rocket Man, Elton John
16. Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf
18. Come Sail Away, Styx
21. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen
24. Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh
25. Working on the Highway, Bruce Springsteen
30. It's the End of the World, REM

FAX

02-09-2011, 10:31 PM

should i stay or should i go?

?

Cheap Trick ... Great lead singer. Weird guitar player. Featured a base guitar with 800 strings or something. "Ain't That A Shame", "I Want You to Want Me", "Surrender", "Dream Police".

Good American band. Has a beat. You can dance to it.

FAX

LiveSteam

02-09-2011, 10:33 PM

Big HAIR Music
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stevieray

02-09-2011, 10:36 PM

should i stay or should i go?
isn't that the clash?

RJ

02-09-2011, 10:37 PM

One song? Rock and roll? The greatest?

That's an impossible question.

But if I have to answer, it's "My Generation".

FAX

02-09-2011, 10:37 PM

I'll bet Dusty Springfield was the subject of many a young man's dream in her day. Panda eyes. Peroxide bouffant. Nice legs. Unbelievably soulful voice.

Iconic.

FAX

burt

02-09-2011, 10:37 PM

3. Runnin' Down a Dream, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-POP
7. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the Beatles-BALLAD/POP
10. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry=ROCK I'll give ya this one
11. Walk Like an Egyptian, the Bangles-WAY POP
13. I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett-POP
15. Rocket Man, Elton John-BALLAD/POP
16. Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf-STORYTELLING
18. Come Sail Away, Styx-POP/SLEEPING MUSIC
21. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen-BALLAD/STORYTELLING
24. Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh-POP WITH GREAT GUITAR
25. Working on the Highway, Bruce Springsteen-STORY TELLING
30. It's the End of the World, REM-POP

stevieray

02-09-2011, 10:37 PM

Oh shit, FDE is right, Dirty Deeds are done dirt cheap. my list rocks, and I forgot to add Stranglehold, Funk #49 and the ELO song Fire On High

plbrdude

02-09-2011, 10:38 PM

wow, i just realized i could prolly sit for hours and think of old songs, and mebe some newer ones. guess i would have bc list and a christian music list. but for what it's worth a small list of bc music in no paticular order.
*got my wish- the rings
*stone blue-foghat
*the ballad of tv violence-cheap trick
*snowblind- ace frehley
*not anymore-the deadboys, well why not the whole young loud and snotty album
*submission- the sex pistols
*mercy- steve jones
*freedom fighter- steve jones
*murder- jack green, there again, just put down the whole humanesque album
*the middle of the land- the hoodoo gurus
*walkin' out on love- the beat
*the violin- cityboy
*the day the earth caught fire- cityboy
*boom boom boom- the infectious grooves
*golden country- reo speedwagon
*highway star- deep purple
*long time- angel
*self esteem- the offspring
*detroit rock city- kiss
*new years day- u2
*rich kid- billy squier

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 10:38 PM

Philosophical question: is there a difference between the definition of "rock music" and "rock and roll music"? I always kind of assumed they were the same thing, but the more I think about it, one could make an argument that rock is an umbrella category and rock and roll is a subset within it.

As a concrete example, I would view Billy Joel's Piano Man as rock music, but it's not really rock and roll.

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 10:41 PM

...
13. I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett-POP

But it's called "I Love Rock and Roll". The words "Rock and Roll" make up something like 20 percent of the lyrics. It's got an assaulting guitar intro. How is this not rock and roll?

burt

02-09-2011, 10:41 PM

Philosophical question: is there a difference between the definition of "rock music" and "rock and roll music"? I always kind of assumed they were the same thing, but the more I think about it, one could make an argument that rock is an umbrella category and rock and roll is a subset within it.

As a concrete example, I would view Billy Joel's Piano Man as rock music, but it's not really rock and roll.

Piano Man-great BALLAD

Rasputin

02-09-2011, 10:42 PM

isn't that the clash?

Yes Clash, Cheap Trick covered it pretty good. That's how I remembered the song. My kids got me a CD of Cheap Trick years ago that's the song that came to mind.

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 10:42 PM

Piano Man-great BALLAD

I can go with that, I guess.

burt

02-09-2011, 10:42 PM

But it's called "I Love Rock and Roll". The words "Rock and Roll" make up something like 20 percent of the lyrics. It's got an assaulting guitar intro. How is this not rock and roll?

You can chew bubble gum to it.

Rain Man

02-09-2011, 10:44 PM

You can chew bubble gum to it.

She wore black leather! She loved rock and roll! It was about sex!

burt

02-09-2011, 10:46 PM

She wore black leather! She loved rock and roll! It was about sex!

Yeah, and Mac Davis had a song that said something like "rock with me baby, roll with me baby"....he must really rock!

FAX

02-09-2011, 10:49 PM

Yes Clash, Cheap Trick covered it pretty good. That's how I remembered the song. My kids got me a CD of Cheap Trick years ago that's the song that came to mind.

I never knew they covered that tune.

Funny.

FAX

FAX

02-09-2011, 10:51 PM

I think the basic criteria for Rock music is that the artist must have been addicted to heroin at least once, been bailed out of jail by the record company, and have completely trashed at least 10 hotel rooms.

Joan Jett is a poser.

FAX

Bugeater

02-09-2011, 10:55 PM

I never knew they covered that tune.

Funny.

FAX
Neither did I, and I can't confirm it via a Google search. I think he's confused about something.

FAX

02-09-2011, 10:56 PM

How about Humble Pie? Steve Marriot was a personal hero of mine and if "I Don't Need No Doctor" isn't one of the greatest rock songs ever, Mr. Rain Man is Zamfir's illegitimate love child.

FAX

LiveSteam

02-09-2011, 10:57 PM

LiveSteam

02-09-2011, 10:58 PM

Neither did I, and I can't confirm it via a Google search. I think he's confused about something.

he is. its a Clash tune no one ever did a remake of it.

Rasputin

02-09-2011, 11:04 PM

I could be wrong I tried a search about it. IIRC the song was on the CD my kids got me but that was 6 or 7 years ago and don't have it now got too scratched up. It was a Cheap Trick CD

patteeu

02-10-2011, 01:18 AM

There are a lot of great nominations in this thread. The first song that came to mind for me was American Pie, but since that's already been mentioned, I'll nominate two from bands that haven't been mentioned. Like American Pie, both of these songs are rock and roll songs about rock and roll (more or less):

New Noise by Refused

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Joe Strummer by Cowboy Mouth

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Over-Head

02-10-2011, 03:12 AM

No way in hell I could narrow it to one song, a few of my favs off the top of my head

Welcome to the Jungle - GnR
River of Love - Dokken
Bathroom wall - Faster Pussycat
Rainbow in the dark - DIO
Wasted Youth - Meatloaf
All Along the watchtower - Hendrix
Baba O'Riley - WHO
Rocken in the free world - Neil Young
Animals - Nickelback
Hell Yeah - Rev Theory
Gonna Use me and I like it - Social Code
All Night long - Buckcherry

soooo many songs.........

MoreLemonPledge

02-10-2011, 03:23 AM

If we're talking one song that embodies rock and roll, it has to be a Zeppelin song. The right blend of rythm, blues (the precursor to rock), and sex...

I'll go with "Black Dog".

If I had to explain "Rock and Roll" to somebody who's never heard it before, I would start with that song.

R8RFAN

02-10-2011, 04:19 AM

Baby Lee

02-10-2011, 05:39 AM

Stairway to Heaven
Sweet Child O'Mine
Battery, segueing into Master of Puppets
Dream On
A Day in the Life
Fortunate Son
Surrender

FUCK, now I'm contemplating about 100 other songs.
These lists make my brain hurt.

Jenson71

02-10-2011, 05:45 AM

She wore black leather! She loved rock and roll! It was about sex!

LMAO

T-post Tom

02-10-2011, 05:47 AM

What's that one band? You know, the one that lost all of it's drummers... They made a really good documentary about them. British, I think.

Oh flesh tuxedo...

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Baby Lee

02-10-2011, 05:56 AM

Okay. I misinterpreted your statement as implying irritation. My bad.

I'm all ears, though. I'd like to know about some of this awesome, new music.

To be perfectly honest with you, I spend most of my "music" time sequestered and creating my own. I don't reach out as I probably should in terms of staying abreast of what new, good music is out there. I can no longer listen to radio, because it sucks and my musician friends are all doing what I do ... making their own stuff.

Thinking about it, the last really good piece of relatively new music that struck a chord with me was Evanescence's "Bring Me To Life". That, I liked. Very much. However, that was released quite a while ago.

Got more? I would sincerely appreciate some guidance.

Your friend,

FAX

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And I know these are a couple of years old, but I haven't caught stuff that was rock'n'roll that is up to snuff in the past couple of years, more emo/mod stuff like Grizzly Bear, Spiritualized and Santogold.

Los Pollos Hermanos

02-10-2011, 06:00 AM

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

A mod can go ahead and lock this thread.

PhillyChiefFan

02-10-2011, 06:06 AM

For me:

1. All Along the Watchtower
2. Like a Rolling Stone
3. Crazy Train
4. Sympathy for the Devil
5. Stairway to Heaven
6. Hotel California
7. Dream On
8. Sweet Child O' Mine
9. My Generation
10. Johnny B. Goode

PhillyChiefFan

02-10-2011, 06:06 AM

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
A mod can go ahead and lock this thread.

Good one!

Nixhex

02-10-2011, 08:12 AM

This is tough. I'm probably forgetting songs but whatever.

50's

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60's

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70's

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80's

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90's

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00's

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Jenson71

02-10-2011, 08:40 AM

If American Pie counts as rock, you nailed it. Best song ever.

If I had to pick 30 rock songs to listen to for the rest of my life, I'd go with the following. I will define "rock" as a song that meets at least two of the four criteria below:

1. Fast beat recognizable as rock
2. Involves an electric guitar
3. Is sung by a person/group normally associated with rock music
4. References rock and roll

1) Bob Dylan - Desolation Row
2) Bob Dylan - It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
3) Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
4) Bob Dylan - Shelter from the Storm
5) Bob Dylan - Buckets of Rain
6) Bob Dylan - Queen Jane, Approximately
7) Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna
8) Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
9) Bob Dylan - One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
10) Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
11) Bob Dylan - I Want You
12) Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate
13) Bob Dylan - 4th Time Around
14) Bob Dylan - It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
15) Bob Dylan - My Back Pages
16) Bob Dylan - I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Met)
17) Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
18) Bob Dylan - When the Ship Comes In
19) Bob Dylan - Chimes of Freedom
20) Bob Dylan - One Too Many Mornings
21) Bob Dylan - You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
22) Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet
23) Bob Dylan - Working Man Blues #2
24) Bob Dylan - To Ramona
25) Bob Dylan - You Ain't Going Nowhere

Jenson71

02-10-2011, 12:58 PM

Did my Bob Dylan list kill this thread?

Rausch

02-10-2011, 01:02 PM

If American Pie counts as rock, you nailed it. Best song ever.

Ditto.

This song was way before my time but my best memories are me and my high school best friend, our g/f's, in his jeep with the top down and Don motherfucking McLean on deck...

Rausch

02-10-2011, 01:03 PM

Did my Bob Dylan list kill this thread?

Nah.

Just you man, just YOU.....

:evil:

Baby Lee

02-10-2011, 01:26 PM

Ditto.

This song was way before my time but my best memories are me and my high school best friend, our g/f's, in his jeep with the top down and Don motherfucking McLean on deck...

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tooge

02-10-2011, 01:30 PM

cant pick just one. here are a few to consider for me
1. Little wing (SRV or JH version will do)
2. Villa de strangilata (sp) by Rush
3. Red Barchetta (rush)
4. Sultans of Swing (dire straights)
5. Comin to California (Zep) along with about ten other zep songs

DMAC

02-10-2011, 01:34 PM

I don't know what it is, but I'm probably sick of hearing it.

gblowfish

02-10-2011, 01:39 PM

Everybody knows that The Bird is a Word!!!

Jenson71

02-10-2011, 01:41 PM

5. Comin to California (Zep) along with about ten other zep songs

He ain't coming, he going.

DMAC

02-10-2011, 01:42 PM

He ain't coming, he going.

Comin with an achin in his WHATCHO MOUTH

Pitt Gorilla

02-10-2011, 01:44 PM

This is tough. I'm probably forgetting songs but whatever.

50's

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60's

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70's

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80's

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90's

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00's

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LiveSteam

02-10-2011, 03:15 PM

Everybody knows that The Bird is a Word!!!

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Rausch

02-10-2011, 03:17 PM

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ffffffffffffpt.

BigRedChief

02-10-2011, 08:38 PM

Did my Bob Dylan list kill this thread?Bob Dylan is not Rock and Roll.

Brock

02-10-2011, 09:07 PM

Bob Dylan is not Rock and Roll.

People in this thread are calling American Pie the greatest rock song of all time, but Bob Dylan isn't rock and roll? Yeah, okay. :rolleyes:

Marcellus

02-10-2011, 09:18 PM

BigRedChief

02-10-2011, 10:47 PM

Marcellus

02-10-2011, 10:51 PM

I love me some ac/dc. Just because it's basic 3 cord riffs doesn't mean it's still not some trimming great rock and roll.

I agree pretty simple rock,especially to listen but if you try to play it and play it right, especially the rhythm section, not so easy.

You can play AC/DC but playing it right especially the early stuff isn't as easy as it sounds. I know from experience as well as many pretty good musicians I know who got together to do it, we all realized, it's harder than they make it sound like.

Interesting when you dig into it. I was surprised.

FAX

02-10-2011, 11:16 PM

AC/DC may sound "simple", but they have a very difficult overall sound to emulate. Mr. Marcellus is right. It's very stylized.

FAX

LiveSteam

02-10-2011, 11:22 PM

Why listen to AC/DC when you can get down & groovy with a lil Franky
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LiveSteam

02-10-2011, 11:27 PM

Fuck Frank
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yhf

02-11-2011, 01:52 AM

Damnit Livesteam just as I was about to chalk you off as a damn fool you exhibit a touch of taste. Well done. Fax might be able to name the Cheap Trick song that inspired the vocal line in Cherub Rock.

How bout some Mountain? If folks don't get it the only taste they have is in their mouth.

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Shameful lack of Mountain stuff on youtube btw.

yhf

02-11-2011, 02:12 AM

This thread has devolved into more of a worthy of consideration, if there was a list type thing, that being the case surely this deserves mention listwise.

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LiveSteam

02-11-2011, 10:02 AM

Damnit Livesteam just as I was about to chalk you off as a damn fool you exhibit a touch of taste. Well done. Fax might be able to name the Cheap Trick song that inspired the vocal line in Cherub Rock.

How bout some Mountain? If folks don't get it the only taste they have is in their mouth.

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Shameful lack of Mountain stuff on youtube btw.
ya all want some mountain music/ just come on down to Fordland Missouri
& will do some pick-en
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CoMoChief

02-11-2011, 08:23 PM

If American Pie counts as rock, you nailed it. Best song ever.

If I had to pick 30 rock songs to listen to for the rest of my life, I'd go with the following. I will define "rock" as a song that meets at least two of the four criteria below:

1. Fast beat recognizable as rock
2. Involves an electric guitar
3. Is sung by a person/group normally associated with rock music
4. References rock and roll

1. American Pie, Don McLean
2. Jungleland, Bruce Springsteen
3. Runnin' Down a Dream, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4. Cadillac Ranch, Bruce Springsteen
5. Piano Man, Billy Joel
6. Tiny Dancer, Elton John (or Ben Folds)
7. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the Beatles
8. Good Riddance, Green Day
9. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
10. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
11. Walk Like an Egyptian, the Bangles
12. The World's On Fire, The Housemartins
13. I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett
14. Point of Know Return, Kansas
15. Rocket Man, Elton John
16. Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf
17. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
18. Come Sail Away, Styx
19. Youngstown, Bruce Springsteen
20. Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
21. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen
22. Romeo and Juliet, Indigo Girls' remake of Dire Straits song
23. Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
24. Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh
25. Working on the Highway, Bruce Springsteen
26. Hey There Delilah, Plain White T's
27. Dust in the Wind, Kansas
28. Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache, Warren Smith
29. Ramrod, Bruce Springsteen
30. It's the End of the World, REM

#8, #23, and #26 may not fit the definition, but I'm not sure so I included them. Note that these are not the 30 SONGS I'd listen to, but are the 30 Rock songs. Otherwise, I'd have some Fogelburg and Simon and Garfunkel and Kim Richey and probably some others on the list.

Too much Springsteen.....he isn't even close to being the best.

BigRedChief

02-11-2011, 08:25 PM

ya all want some mountain music/ just come on down to Fordland Missouri
& will do some pick-en
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You live in fordland?

LiveSteam

02-11-2011, 08:39 PM

You live in fordland?

No I live in Omaha but I play trains In Fordland. & then they play blue grass at night & a lot of old rock & roll Elvis Buddy Holey ect
If you live around there? Go check it out. 701 Depot Road
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This is my Locomotive. the first train you see in the vid backing out on to the main line. My friend Jason at the throttle
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R8RFAN

02-12-2011, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by Rain Man http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?p=7420731#post7420731)
If American Pie counts as rock, you nailed it. Best song ever.

If I had to pick 30 rock songs to listen to for the rest of my life, I'd go with the following. I will define "rock" as a song that meets at least two of the four criteria below:

1. Fast beat recognizable as rock
2. Involves an electric guitar
3. Is sung by a person/group normally associated with rock music
4. References rock and roll

1. American Pie, Don McLean
2. Jungleland, Bruce Springsteen
3. Runnin' Down a Dream, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4. Cadillac Ranch, Bruce Springsteen
5. Piano Man, Billy Joel
6. Tiny Dancer, Elton John (or Ben Folds)
7. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the Beatles
8. Good Riddance, Green Day
9. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
10. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
11. Walk Like an Egyptian, the Bangles
12. The World's On Fire, The Housemartins
13. I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett
14. Point of Know Return, Kansas
15. Rocket Man, Elton John
16. Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf
17. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
18. Come Sail Away, Styx
19. Youngstown, Bruce Springsteen
20. Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
21. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen
22. Romeo and Juliet, Indigo Girls' remake of Dire Straits song
23. Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
24. Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh
25. Working on the Highway, Bruce Springsteen
26. Hey There Delilah, Plain White T's
27. Dust in the Wind, Kansas
28. Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache, Warren Smith
29. Ramrod, Bruce Springsteen
30. It's the End of the World, REM

#8, #23, and #26 may not fit the definition, but I'm not sure so I included them. Note that these are not the 30 SONGS I'd listen to, but are the 30 Rock songs. Otherwise, I'd have some Fogelburg and Simon and Garfunkel and Kim Richey and probably some others on the list.

Tiny Dancer?

Baby Lee

02-12-2011, 02:29 PM

Tiny Dancer?

Dunno why this made me think of it [probably the notion of easy-listening/pop finding its way onto a list of greatest rock and roll], but back in Boy Scouts, a couple of the 'cool kids'came up with a great derogatory term that encapsulates the same mix of lame and emasculated that 'pillowbitergot' gives us so much trouble for, without the gay connotations.

In the same way you sneeringly say pbgot, you tell a group of lame-os, that they're a bunch of Fleetwood Macs.

Rasputin

02-12-2011, 04:29 PM

Welcome to the Jungle
It's so easy
Nightrain
Out ta get me
Mr. Brownstone
Paradise City
My Michelle
Think About You
Sweet Child O'mine
You're Crazy
Anything Goes
Rocket Queen

Greatest rock album has to be Appititie for distruction. From beginning to end it rocks.

Rain Man

02-13-2011, 11:29 AM

Too much Springsteen.....he isn't even close to being the best.

You, my friend, have not climbed the mountain of Springsteen and listened to the master.

Rain Man

02-13-2011, 11:30 AM

Tiny Dancer?

Great suggestion. That was on my list as well.

patteeu

02-13-2011, 11:38 AM

If the answer is Tiny Dancer, I must have misunderstood the question. :)

Nzoner

02-13-2011, 02:30 PM

Better late than never and I'm in the camp of just too hard to pick one but I will say after having read the thread it's a travesty these guys didn't get some love.

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Rasputin

02-27-2011, 11:16 PM

Welcome to the Jungle ftmfw

Rasputin

02-28-2011, 01:06 AM

KurtCobain

02-28-2011, 01:06 AM

I hope welcome to the jungle is on rainman's list.

BigChiefFan

02-28-2011, 01:11 AM

Looks more like POP. Rock n Roll? I don't think so.

Thig Lyfe

02-28-2011, 01:59 AM

I know I'm late, but here's my offering.

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jd1020

02-28-2011, 02:02 PM

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, didn't pop up in the search, but...

N.I.N. - Hurt

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Rasputin

03-04-2011, 02:07 PM

They have a bunch of great songs. We Will Rock You and Bohemian Rhapsody jump out immediately, but they have other lesser-known ones that are really good - '39, Keep Yourself Alive, and Don't Stop Me Now are all awesome songs. I really like Keep Yourself Alive, and maybe it should've made my Top 30 list.

Cuz of this, I hope you put We Will Rock You in one of your heats. You can put any of those songs in the battle of the greatest rock song.

--I would have gone with this.
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