Greatest rock song of all time

Squall

Mine would have be say stairway to heaven (Zepplelin obviously). I can listen to it all day. Its amazing, when i compare it to any other song they always come up short.

GoneShootin

theres really only one

BACK IN BLACK

tho Ballbreaker was another tough solid rock tune

Squall

only one reply come on lads there musty be other opinions out there.

Oeneus

Gone Shootin, if we have to pick an AC/DC one, It'd be "For those about to Rock!......FIRE!!!!!!...WE SALUTE YOOOOUUU!"

such a great anthem!

But generally, i think I'd agree with Stairway, or maybe Sweet Child O' Mine, or Bohemian Rhapsody! Damn it's hard to pick!

DrunkLeprachaun

Including metal?
I Can't Hide by Pantera.

Robbo

The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"

Or something Icelandic.

Karl Hungus

Monty Python - Sit On My Face

But seriously?
Couldn't possibly answer this question.

beardedchicken

Kashmir- Led Zepellin

totally under-rated!

Beruthiel

how the hell could I possibly answer that?? there are way too many to mention!
this month it's Deep Purple and 'Smoke on the Water'

lordsippa

"Is this the real life..."

Bohemian Rhapsody probably, if not only for the song, but then for the classic moment in Waynes World in the car.

Although, there is a fair chance that'd I'd choose U2 - Dirty Day... not really an anthem, but it's great...

Otherwise... I dunno... Gong - Let Me Be One

or... ooooooh... Type O Negative - All Hallows Eve.

But probably Bohemian Rhapsody. Or even Stairway... DAMMIT! <runs off to think>

cournioni

Er... Rock song?

I'd have to say Emerald by Thin Lizzy.

If you can include metal, it would have to be Cemetary Gates by Pantera.

RexLupus

At the moment its Come As You Are- Nirvana

A few days ago it was Iron Man--Black Sabbath

deco

Ah yes the ultimate question of all time...the greatest rock song

An ever changing field but the one that stands out most has to be :

"Ace Of Spades"-Motorhead

Best wake up song of all time.

Closely followed by "Head Like A Hole"-NIN

Trent we salute you!

francie brady

Free Bird

francie brady

Originally posted by Beruthiel
how the hell could I possibly answer that?? there are way too many to mention!
this month it's Deep Purple and 'Smoke on the Water'

Interesting fact coming up.

Did you know that Smoke on the Water was wrien about a Frank Zappa and The Mother of Invention gig. Someone in the crowd set off a firer work and the place brunt down, hence the smoke on the water. Frank zappa and the mothers are mention in the song.

Giblet

Greatest eh, hmm I don't think I could answer that, but strong contenders would be:

Dazed and Confused or Since I've been loving you : Led Zeppelin
Mr Brownstone or Welcome to the Jungle : Guns N Roses
You shook me all night long : AC/DC
Black Night : Deep Purple
Purple Haze : Jimmys Hen Tricks
Jump : Van Halen:)

Oeneus

Heh...I got slagged off for liking "Jump" so I stopped liking it. Oh jeez...I can't resist that great keyboard loop, though! Hehe :P

Giblet

I think its the video that does it for me, the whole eddie playing keyboards with one hand and pointing to the camera with the most greasy looking smile ever is the funniest sh*t ever*


* This may not actually of happened

cartman

well it a tough one!
stariway is a brill choice also november rain and smells like teen spirit kinda stuck on all 3!!!
also ye heard dandy warhols albums 13tails of bohemian...few classic songs init#!:D

Kali

babe im gonna leave you - led zeppelin
ace of spades - motorhead
paranoid - black sabbath
20th century boy - t.rex

irelandforever

i would agree with stairway to heaven and bohemian rhapsody

i'm surprised nobody has mentioned paranoid android, just, my iron lung and bullet with butterfly wings

i also think hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me by u2 and eternal life by jeff buckley are great rock song

darthmise

Cherub ROck - Smashing Pumpkins.

I think....

Quigs Snr

I prefer the harder stuff these days but 'Rock' hmm let me see.

Lenny Kravitz - Are you gonna go my way.
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper.
Neil Young - Rockin in the free world.

Terminator

GNR : Paradise City / Rocket Queen

U2 : Bad / HMTMKMKM

Lemming

Contenders for the Throne:

Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody
Thin Lizzy - "Emerald"
Black Sabbath - "War Pigs"
Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven", "American Woman", "Whole Lotta Love", "Kashmir"
Guns N'Roses - "Sweet Child of Mine"
Alice Cooper - "Poison"
Eric Clapton - "Layla" (original)
Jimi Hendrix - "Voodoo Chile"
Meat Loaf - "Dead Ringer for Love"
MotorHead - "Ace of Spades"
Lynrd Skynrd - "Sweet Home Alabama"
Van Halen - "Jump"
Deep Purple - "Smoke on the Water"
Faith No More - "Easy"
AC/DC - "Whole Lotta Rosie"

Karl Hungus

Here's me being a git:


Emperor - I am the black wizards
Mayhem - Funeral Fog
Dimmu Borgir - Alt Lys Er Svunnet Hen
Immortal - Withstand The Fall Of Time
Borknagar - Ad Noctum
Cradle Of Filth - Queen Of Winter Throned
Bathory - A Fine Day To Die
Satyricon - Mother North


Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love
Fields Of The Nephilim - Moonchild
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Joy Division - Shadow Play
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole (Nice Choise Deco!)
Rammstein - Du Hast
Die Krupps - Fatherland
Switchblade Symphony - Dollhouse

Karl Hungus

Originally posted by Quigs Snr
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper.

OH! Sweet **** yes!
Now there's a classic song if there ever was one!
That gets my vote any day!

artvandelay

Led Zep
When the levee breaks
Led Zeppelin 4

one of there best should always be included

Robbo

I revise all previous tenders to Poison - "Every Rose Has A Thorn".

smalltalker

Originally posted by Giblet

Mr Brownstone or Welcome to the Jungle : Guns N Roses

Mr Brownstone it is.

red_bairn

:mad: :mad: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

byte

God, too hard, but Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin was a brilliant song. It will never grow old.:)

Mossy Monk

give any song of Appetite For Destruction the title

if i had to choose it would be Welcome To The Jungle

pro_gnostic_8

Did Rock die in 1983? Is everything since, with a few honourable exceptions (Guns n Roses, etc), just dross?

The Rock tracks that still stir my soul are all '60s/'70s............
White Room - Cream
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
All Night Long - Rainbow
and most anything from Jimi, Allman Bros, Canned Heat, Ten Years After.

Living in the past, maybe..........Damn, that's another great Rock song from Jethyro Tull !!

Incidentally, rumour has it that Guns n Roses is the proposed name for the upcoming coalition between Sinn Fein and The Labour Party.

Eron

Is this strictly Rock or does it include Metal and all sub-Metal songs?

Because I personaly love the WHOLE S+M albumb by Metallica.

Master of Puppets, Hero of the Day are 2 insane songs....
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven, Excellent song, but I wouldn't call it the greatest rock song of all time, especially nowadays...

Rock has taken on a new image than from the 60's + early 70's, and Zeppelin are still loved and listened everywhere, but I couldnt realy say they have the best rock song yet.

I think that people are forgetting our old Mexican friend Carlos Santana, he has been around for 30-odd years, and has brought us all kinds of rock, suttle rock, metal, solo's... the lot.

The song that has gotten to my senses the most has to be Limp Bizkit (I know I know...) Mission Impossible 2 theme, it realy is something else. And maybe if he wasnt such a ****ing idiot he would get a little more appriciation, but then again... that would ruin his image.


Eron - Has the Ear for Music

Andywil

There are a few for me. The songs that make me reminisce are in no particular order...

Motorcycle emptiness - Manics
Baba O 'Reilly - The Who
Bohemian Rhapsody/Stairway are givens...

Shad0r disagrees, but i would class these two as eternal rock songs, Hotel California and American Pie.

But,... if i was given 5 minutes to live and told i could have one tune blaring as the flesh eating virus consumed me from the inside, i would have to ask the DJ to stick on 'TIJUANA LADY' by gomez. It's the one.

A

Karl Hungus

Originally posted by Eron
The song that has gotten to my senses the most has to be Limp Bizkit (I know I know...) Mission Impossible 2 theme, it realy is something else.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Oh! My! God!
How could anyone say that the MI2 theme was in anyways good!

Andywil

jaysis - nearly left out - my bloody valentine, sometimes.

pro_gnostic_8

Oh Gawd, yeah.......... how did I forget His Coolness, Mr Santana.

At this very moment as I post, Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen) is playing on DadRock (Today Fm). Hold it, now the intro to Gimme all your Lovin' (ZZ Top) is coming thru. Wicked.

superconor

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

well, my faves would be

Free Bird (live/full version) - Lynard Skynard

Rockin In The Free World - Neil Young

Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy

Hotel California - The Eagels

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Bad Penny - Rory Gallagher

TheLizardKing

Most of you out there are too ****ing predictable...can you guys not let it go...if the best rock song is B.Raphsody(sp?)and some one says well,o.k. it's gonna be the only song left on earth!**** THAT!!They're classic rock songs but they were made stale....
Try maybe a less typical rock song,like ppl already mentioned..........Freebird (full lenth live ver) or The Great Gig In The Sky or Light My Fire or Canned Heat-"Woodstock Boogie"(live at woodstock)or "woodstock"by Crosby Stills and Nash-it was a milestone for rock which represented the Woodstock generation which led rock into the 70's and note : most of the chosen songs for best rock were written in the 70's!!!Cheers!peace!:)

fisifan01

mine is Pardon Me by INCUBUS a total Classic

lordsippa

Ooh ooh! How'd I forget it?

Bowie, Pink Floyd, and Trent Reznor - Comfortably Numb.

Dun

It's too hard to pick just one. My all time fav's are:

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Metallica - Motorbreath, Creeping Death, For Whom The Bell Tolls, One, Master of Puppets, The Thing That Should Not Be, No Leaf Clover
Nirvana - Frances Farmer, Teen Spirit, Lithium, Heart Shaped Box
GnR - Welcome To The Jungle, Sweet Child
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir, Stairway
Pearl Jam - Alive, Corduroy, Rearviewmirror, Spin the Black Circle, Deep
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Sorry - I intended putting down three but got carried away

Bard

Metallica: Enter Sandman


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- not necessarily my favourite one of theirs, - but could certainly be described as THE definitive ROCK song.

NeMiSiS

Appitite for destruction is a savage album and the whole thing just works ,Also Pretty tied up,November Rain,Breakdown,Locomotive,Coma,The garden,Dust N bones,Dont cry..

Lynrd Skynrd - Free Bird,Simple man.

Sound Garden - Spoon man (not an all time great but **** its a kewl tune),Fell on black days

The Doors - Roadhouse Blues,When the musics over,L.A. Woman

Led Zepplin 1 2 3 and 4 symbols..they are simply gods when it comes down to it.

Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile,All along the watch tower,actully the whole of Electric lady land.

Pink Floyd - Money,Great gig in the sky,Hey you,When the tigers broke free,Brick in the wall part 2(The solo is just unreal),Comfortable numb,The Trial..Special mention to ..Shine on you crazy diamond,dear god thats one amazing song..and if we ever meet aliens or something and have to show off something amazing that we've achieved that should be it..not to mention the drug induced hazes of which it was the soundtrack to for a fairly substantial part of my life..

Metallica - Seek and destroy,Havester of Sorrow,For whom the bell tolls

Rage against the machine - Killing in the name of

White Zombie - More human than human

Rolling stones - Paint it black ,sympathy for the devil,Honkytonk woman

AC/DC - Anything at all,they are just rock embodied ..but Black in black,Thunderstruck,Night stalker,For those about to rock,You shook me..

Aerosmith - Crazy,Crying,Eat the rich,Livin on the edge,Rag doll,love in an elevator

White Snake - Here I go again

Fleet wood mac - Oh well,The chain,and various others i cant quite remeber..

Dire Straits - Once upon a time in the west,Privite investigations,Where do you think your going,Brother in arms (Have i drifted into some kind of soft rock genre?)

Diamond Head - Am I Evil

Black Sabbath/Ozzy - Parnoid,Iron man,Walk on water,Children of the grave

The who - Quadrophenia the whole album

Pearl jam -Alive,Black,Evenflow,Porch,Jeremy..

hmm thats probably a bit much but sure what can ya do..im only about half way through :P

all the best
NeM

Eron

Pearl Jam, Eagles, amongst others... I forgot alot of good names...

Pearl Jam - Jeremy, is a realy good song - but I would prefer Yellow Ledbetter...

The Eagles, well, live version of Hotel California... truely one of the greats, but Desperado was a brilliant song aswell.

Jimi Hendrix, the national anthem... best thing to wake up in the morning listening too, amongst his other songs, I loved that one most of all.

Metallica - Master of Puppets is an incredible song, one of the live versions that I have (an .mpg) is something else, 9:30 mins long, and brilliant quality. - Has my vote.

And Limp Bizkit, yes I know, I am sorry for that cock up, but I like the sound... and does it necesserily have to be 20-30 years old?

Eron

Eron

Actualy, I will have to add a few more to that list of songs...

Black Sabbath - Hand of doom, excellent song and a good Slayer remix aswell...

U2 (people seem to have forgotten them a little) - Sunday Bloody Sunday, (I dont know what you could class With or Without you as but it is an amazing song)

I take back my erlier Metallica vote, and instead I hand it over to another Metallica song... off the albumb ride the lightning, I vote for Fade to Black.

Eron

Giblet

Oh and who can forget: Tenacious D - Tribute

Lemming

Originally posted by TheLizardKing
Most of you out there are too ****ing predictable...can you guys not let it go...if the best rock song is B.Raphsody(sp?)and some one says well,o.k. it's gonna be the only song left on earth!**** THAT!!They're classic rock songs but they were made stale....

:rolleyes:

Stop trying to be different for the sake of being different perhaps?? Why are aforementioned songs "classics" if they're stale and crap?

brand new and shineye, or obscure does not necessarily equal the winning formula lizardKing.

Perhaps people are mentioning all these songs and "being predictable" for a reason????

And answer me this. Why are Led Zepplin the biggest selling band of all time if they're predictable, after all these years even?

Eron

If they werent famous, and reckoned to be the greatest rock song of all time, wouldn't there be a problem?