Top 10 Rock Songs Of All-time?

[Moonlight_Graham]

good article: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/021...isted11-ON.html

 

British radio station "Planet Rock" released its own list that has gotten world-wide media coverage. Their list:

 

The Planet Rock List:

 

1. "Stairway To Heaven" Led Zeppelin

2. "Freebird" Lynyrd Skynyrd

3. "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen

4. "Smoke On The Water" Deep Purple

5. "Paranoid" Black Sabbath

6. "Whole Lotta Love" Led Zeppelin

7. "Hotel California" The Eagles

8. "Rock And Roll" Led Zeppelin

9. "Highway To Hell" AC/DC

10. "All Along The Watchtower" Jimi Hendrix

 

However, former Twisted-Sister frontman and now-radio DJ Dee Sniper got pissed and made his own list:

 

The Dee Snider list:

 

1. "Stairway To Heaven" Led Zeppelin

2. "Back In Black" AC/DC

3. "One" Metallica

4. "Freebird" Lynyrd Skynyrd

5. "Sweet Child Of Mine" Guns 'N' Roses

6. "Enter Sandman" Metallica

7. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana

8. "For Those About To Rock" AC/DC

9. "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen

10. "Gimme Shelter" The Rolling Stones

 

So everyone please post their OWN list of what should be the Top 10 rock songs ever, and try to be objective and not just post a list of only your own personal-favorites.

 

And rule #1 - NO MATT GOOD SONGS!

Edited February 18, 2005 by Moonlight_Graham

[calgarydave]

Stairway to hevan - Led Zep

Hotel california - The Eagles

Teenage Wasteland- The Who

American Woman - The who

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Lucky Man -Emerson Lake and Palmer

Old Man - Neil Young

She Sells Sancturary - The Cult

New Years Day -U2

Games W/O Frontiers - Peter Gaberiel

 

Not nessecarly in that order, but I'm too lazy to try and sort them. How can you say Teenage Wasteland is any better or worse than Lucky Man? I figure if you're in the top 10 thats good enough right?

[Kharmalina]

1. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zep

2. Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd

3. The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young

4. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 - Bob Dylan

5. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles

6. D'yer Maker - Led Zep

7. The Scientist - Coldplay

8. Do The Evolution - Pearl Jam

9. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

10. Imagine - John Lennon

 

 

That was effing ridiculously difficult. So many amazing songs out there to choose from... Dunno that I've succeeded, but it's a good start. A list like that would take me a lifetime to compile, haha. So for a 10 minute effort, I'd say that's not bad.

[no yu begin wher i end]

American Woman - The who

That's the Guess Who, I'm assuming.

[pvnc]

1. Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"

2. Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven"

3. The Who - "Baba O'Riley"

4. The Eagles - "Hotel California"

5. The Beatles - "Helter Skelter"

6. Derek and the Dominos - "Layla"

7. Led Zeppelin - "Black Dog"

8. Neil Young - "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"

9. Jimi Hendrix - "All Along the Watchtower"

10. Jethro Tull - "Aqualung"

[mrs jesus]

can we just eliminate stairway to heaven too, like how matt songs are eliminated?

[radio_bomb]

1. Baba O'Riley-The Who

2. Stairway to Heaven-Led Zeppelin

3. Won't Get Fooled Again-The Who

4. Hell's Bells-AC/DC

5. Master of Puppets-Metallica

6. Highway to Hell-AC/DC

7. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You-Led Zeppelin

8. Sympathy for the Devil-Rolling Stones

9. You Can't Always Get What you Want-Rolling Stones

10. My Generation-The Who

 

Hard choices...

[mclaren]

won't get fooled again > baba o'riley

[TheRat]

1. Derek & The Dominos - Layla

2. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

3. Led Zeppelin - Sick Again

4. Pearl Jam - Alive

5. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

6. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

7. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

8. The Who - Amazing Journey/Sparks

9. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

10. Yes - Siberian Khatru

 

These are my current top 10.

[saturnine]

there aren't 10 great rock songs

[mrs jesus]

there aren't 10 great rock songs

sure there are and they all begin and end with STAIRWAY TO MOTHERFUCKING HEAVEN

[saturnine]

i hate stairway to heaven because it is overrated like mom's chicken

[no yu begin wher i end]

In no particular order:

 

Stairway To Heaven

Hey Jude

Won't Get Fooled Again

Comfortably Numb

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Layla

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Back In Black

London Calling

Paranoid Android

[mrs jesus]

i hate stairway to heaven because it is overrated like mom's chicken

its almost like they had no other songs

[Radiohead]

there aren't 10 great rock songs

sure there are and they all begin and end with STAIRWAY TO MOTHERFUCKING HEAVEN

Ad the risk of making you think I'm even more of a moron. (you did say you wouldn't hold it against me), but anyone who truly likes Zeppelin knows that Stairway to Heaven isn't actually their best song, way overrated.

 

I mean, it's great, but certainly not a top 10-all-time favourite.

 

 

That's is all.

[mrs jesus]

there aren't 10 great rock songs

sure there are and they all begin and end with STAIRWAY TO MOTHERFUCKING HEAVEN

Ad the risk of making you think I'm even more of a moron. (you did say you wouldn't hold it against me), but anyone who truly likes Zeppelin knows that Stairway to Heaven isn't actually their best song, way overrated.

 

I mean, it's great, but certainly not a top 10-all-time favourite.

 

 

That's is all.

you dont say, you think that was maybe why my post was so heavily laced with sarcasm?

[Radiohead]

you dont say, you think that was maybe why my post was so heavily laced with sarcasm?

Maybe next time you should lace your post with more blatantly obvious sarcasm. Some people are gullible here.

[mrs jesus]

you dont say, you think that was maybe why my post was so heavily laced with sarcasm?

Maybe next time you should lace your post with more blatantly obvious sarcasm. Some people are gullible here.

well, i guess if they didnt catch it, maybe they didnt deserve to in the first place ;)

 

by the way isnt it awesome how we were talking about my post being 'laced' with stuff?

[TheRat]

2. Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd

yeah no.

 

it's like two minutes long and goes nowhere.

 

and i'm probably the biggest floyd fan on the board.

[Moonlight_Graham]

ok, for Mrs. Jesus i'll leave out the obvious (and overrated but good) Stairway to Heaven, and replace it with my fav Zeppelin song. Oh yeah, and Hotel California can go fuck itself:

 

in no order:

 

Layla - Derek & the Dominos (best guitar song ever?)

Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Fade to Black - Metallica (live version, not crummier studio version)

Ace of Spades - Motorhead

Paint It Black - Rolling Stones

Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

Master of Puppets - Metallica

Fortunate Son/The End/Ticket to Ride......(sorry i couldn't thing of a 10th song)

Edited February 20, 2005 by Moonlight_Graham

[Baby Faced Assassin]

10. REM - ITs the End of the World as we Know It

9. David Bowie - Rebel, Rebel

8. The Beatles - Come Together

7. Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

6. Paul McCartney - Hey Jude

5. Metallica - One

4. Lynard Skynard - FreeBird

3. The Clash - London Calling

2. The Who - Bab O'Reilly

1. U2 - Where the Streets have No Name

[mcgarnicle19]

I don't get why we are suppose to be "objective"??? What if someone does like Stariway to Heaven or Free Bird??? For example, i love Zeppelin and Skynyrd, but those aren't my favorites from them. Here's my makeshift list that may not contain 10 and is in no real order... i will obey the no Matt Good rule though.

 

Black, Pearl Jam

Alive, Pearl Jam

Jeremy, Pearl Jam

No Quarter, Led Zeppelin

Simple Man, Lynryd Skynyrd

Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns, Mother Love Bone

Baba O Reilly, The Who

Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who

Behind Blue Eyes, The Who

Everlong, Foo Fighters

Pushit, Tool

All Along The Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix

Running Down a Dream, Tom Petty

Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana

Go With The Flow, Queens of the Stone Age

[TheRat]

I'm revising my list.

 

1. Derek & The Dominos - Layla

2. Led Zeppelin - Sick Again

3. Pink Floyd - Dogs

4. Pearl Jam - Alive

5. Yes - The Gates Of Delirium

6. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

7. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

8. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

9. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

10. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

[Moonlight_Graham]

i don't get the deal with Freebird. ok song at best, but i could name 100 better songs off the top of my head.

[middle class gangster]

stairway to heaven

bohemien rapsity

layla

back in black

free bird

black dog

the wall

one

something bb king, can't find the best

hotel california