one song only!!!

chiefwiggum

if you were only allowed one rock tune to keep and this would be the only tune you could listen to ever again.....what would it be????

mine would be ...the who- baba o'riley

Malice

Well if it has to be a rock song then my choice at the moment would be Always by The Birthday Massacre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWJ3_1oU7Uo

Mushy

Collapse the Light Into Earth by Porcupine Tree. Just cos so many their songs are sad material, but that uplifting piano is too good.

EDIT: will be a choice between this and Rest Will Flow...arguably my favourite songs ever amongst two or three others.

Lawrence1895

Dark Funeral: 'Atrum Regina' :cool:

GLaDOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEDhsDoqXns

I imagine any sort of lyrics would get annoying when you've heard them enough times so I went for instrumental

bnt

I'd probably choose Close To The Edge by Yes, at nearly twenty minutes long: sometimes more is more.

chiefwiggum

I'm gonna have to check these tunes out.... Especially the 20 minute one!!!!

DazMarz

My nod would go to Whitesnake - 'Still Of The Night'... bombastic, brilliant and my fave track!!!

seachto7

Soundgarden - Like Suicide

Kojak

Nirvana - smells like teen spirit

rednik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=948navfxhFQ

This is just part 1 of 3, a good 24 minutes of music to play over and over again.

Sephiroth_dude

Tough one........I think it would be a alice in chains song and it would be either we die young or else would :-)

DrumSteve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNiie_zmSr8

Motley Crue

OP I'd rather shoot myself and be done with it

Nailz

Does FNM count as rock?

If not, it would probably be a bit of Zappa, maybe? Na... That's Experimental/border-line Avant Garde. Okay, I'll play it really really safe and go for a nice soft ELO tune. I don't know anyone who doesn't like ELO, not even musically retarded folks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R20f-TPKjzc

That was harder to pick than I thought, forgot all of my musically knowledge once I tried to think, ah well. Left out some great songs from great bands though, difficult decision.

greendom

chiefwiggum wrote: »

if you were only allowed one rock tune to keep and this would be the only tune you could listen to ever again.....what would it be????

mine would be ...the who- baba o'riley

Not sure it would be my choice but I've really come to appreciate that song recently - mainly thanks to it being a staple of Radio Nova's play-list - simply love all the variations. That and Behind Blue Eyes would be my favourite Who tracks.

Back on topic, I've no idea - in fact I think it's an impossible ask as even my favourite songs - Natural Science, Firth and Fifth, Awaken would become tiring after constant playing - which brings this post back to Nova

nacho libre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiFNt8nGffA

the best rock tune ever:pac:

lord lucan

If it's just Rock then i suppose i'd go with this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKmYlnQv_dg

If it's Rock or Metal then it's this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4vG0JFvoZM

bigbadcon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyczwqRD2NI

darconio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRfXfB28c94

Deplasterer

Jeez, impossible task really, but after seeing them live last month, they reaffirmed my love for this song, with a brilliant rendition of the instrumental La Villa Strangiato:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEMx58t4dzk

Fago!

Metallica - Call Of Ktulu

InigoMontoya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaxNnoKrK9o

splashthecash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5_AD9wXuY

nyarlothothep

http://longplayer.org/

After listening to a song over and over again one tires of it inevitably. But not this song! In theory it will last for 1000 years.

ozzy jr

Stargazer by Rainbow.

chiefwiggum

Motley Crue wrote: »

OP I'd rather shoot myself and be done with it

That's the spirit !!!

BlaasForRafa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSTBlbylMzM

Nephilim Wolf

Probably 'Intro/For Her Light/At The Gates of Silent Memory/Paradise Regained' by Fields of The Nephilim from the incredible live album 'Earth Inferno'. It's a stunning song from start to finish, considering it's just over 16 minutes and it never gets boring at all. Anyone who loves dark rock that is metalic and heavy really needs to check out this amazing band.:D

Here is part of the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcdotRkKPmY

born2bwild

The End. The Doors.

GrizzlyMan

Windir - Journey to the end

200motels

chiefwiggum wrote: »

I'm gonna have to check these tunes out.... Especially the 20 minute one!!!!

Well at nearly 40 mins long my selection would be Thick As Brick by Jethro Tull.

triggermortis

Der Trommler - I could listen to Neil Peart forever

Fordey73

Hallowed be thy name - iron Maiden,,,,classic

Jako8

2112 - Rush I'd say, or Orion by Metallica. It's a tough one/

scudzilla

Hmmm, one song only for the rest of time, i've gone for a strange pick

Just one guy and his guitar, probably one of my fav songs ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG7p6CSbCU

oneillMan999

Faith No More .... KING FOR A DAY

slavetothegrind

for those about to rock - ac/dc

still stands the hairs up on the back of the neck.....

chiefwiggum

listening to my ipod the last few days..it is indeed a near impossible job to pick one song,what we should do is a boards rock/metal greatest hits compilation where every one names their fav tunes,one song per post,limit it to a double album say 30 tunes, tunes get picked my the number of "thanks" they get..
is it a goer? would need a new thread...would sort out the most popular tunes anyway

slavetothegrind

would make for an interesting and varied playlist anyway!

seeing as it's virtually impossible to do that by vote maybe you should start the thread and then compile the album as you see it after x amount of time.

after that nothing stopping others do the same.

i would probably compile a 4 part album running from the early days through to today with my best picks of each era.