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Honky Tonk Woman, Stones. |
White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane. |
"Rockin in the free world"
Pearl Jam and Neil Young on "old black" allegedly a 1953 Gibson R6 Les Paul Goldtop highly modded and sprayed... you guessed it- jet black.
Aired on MTV 1993
Couldn't resist after just seeing the video on youtube tonite.
WOW! that's Rock! Happy Listening |
According to my Mississippi rock and roll playing, part time physics teacher and farmer, Steve, it is definitely Rick Derringer's "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo". |
TUMBLIN DICE & THIRTY DAY'S IN THE HOLE
( LORD KNOW'S THIS COULD GO ON FOREVER ) |
Stones, 'You Can't Always Get What you Want
Allman Bros, 'In Memory of Elizabeth Reed'
Greatful Dead, 'Truckin'
Bob Dylan, 'Shelter from the Storm'
Paul McCartney, 'Maybe I'm Amazed'
Beach Boys, 'Surfs Up' |
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Another vote for "Sweet Child of Mine" ~ GnR
2nd runner up: "Welcome to the Jungle" ~ GnR
3rd runner up: "Jet City Woman" ~ Queensryche |
I don't know if this qualifies as Rock,exactly;but I would vote for Sugar Sugar by the Archies
2nd--Rockin' Love,by Josie Cotton
Another Good one:I Get Around by a band called the Beach Boys.They were pretty good. |
You people picked some good ones. I don't own any Stones cds, but I like Heart Breaker.
Spirit of Radio from Rush is great too, but I'll throw a curve and say Squonk from Genesis. Hell the whole cd (Trick of the Tail) is great!
Back in Black cd is pretty rock'n.
Queen never did it for me. |
Missippi Queen.......Mountain, saw them twice with Felix Papalardi, great band in concert. |
"Never Been Any Reason"
by Head East. |
Gotta go with "Limelight" by Rush in the rock genre. |
Songs from
- 60s-70s Rolling stones
- Black Sabbath with Ozzy and DIO
- Deep purple Mk II |
"Fixin' to Die Rag"; Country Joe & the Fish |
Kansas - Carry on wayward son
Can't keep my air guitar in its case for this one. |
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CCR version of "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" |
Golden Earing, Radar Love and Free, All right now. |
Paint it Black . The Rolling Stones . |
This is impossible there are so many great songs. it would have to be something by Jimi Hendrix, but I can't choose just one. |
hotel california by the eagles |
This is proving an impossible task for me. So many on this list would get my vote. But I'll nominate one that's not yet been mentioned, "Crosstown Traffic" by Jimi Hendrix. |
All Along The Watchtower, Hendrix. It was actually written by Hendrix, he just used Dylan as a surrogate.
...Watchtower performed by Dylan and The Band is also way up there.
Voodoo Chile, slight return --really moves me. I live in the Northwest. If you've ever stood in Seattle, looking across at the Olympic Mts, you could imagine Hendrix wondering, tripping, on the majestic sceney before him. Water all around, small islands here and there, huge snow covered mountain across the way shrouded in clouds. He probably reached out, and with the side of his hand, chopped the side of the mountain- making islands.
Jimi lives forever in the Northwest and beyond. |
Won't Get Fooled Again, The WHO |
Queensryche : Silent lucidity
Best "symphonic" rock song ever heard. Acoustically pleasing, kicks ass while still a ballad. |
With lyrics with real life meaning for the average, and brrrrrrilliant music, Its gotta be 'WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN by 'THE WHO' (Moon/Ent/Dalt/Town), sung and played with all the verve, nerve, REAL anger, angst, deprivation, desperation that the yooth of the day suffered. AWESOME. Rock is Energy.
Compare 'THE WHO' verses 'The Rolling stones'. One band are slippers, pipe and armchair, the other is sheer 100% maniacal energy! IMHO, naturally. |
Jdlepera got it right; Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode". This song may have directly or indirectly inspired all the others listed. |
Dark Star - Grateful Dead. |
LETS GET IT ON!
Marvin Gaye |
Street Fighting Man-Rolling Stones & Funeral for a Friend-Elton John are 2 of the Best!! |
My stock answer to this question is always Johnny Be Goode, but lots of good choices here.
Some missing possibilities, each iconic in its own way:
I Fought The Law - Sonny Curtis/Bobby Fuller/Clash
Sweet Jane - Lou Reed
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
Clampdown - The Clash
I'm sure there's lots of other good calls, too.
Marty |
Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb tied with Supertramp's School |
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I think one that represents rock is "Come Together" by the Beatles. There are so many good rock songs that I can't pick one but this was a good start for me. I was 6 when my brother played it for me. |
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"rumble" by link wray...heard this when i was 11 yrs. old and went WHOA...didn't realize music could sound so dangerous |
The Twist, by Chubby Checkers. I remember this was one song that would get all the adults up and dancing. this was when adults didn't like rock and roll. (I was like ten or twelve at the time) They couldn't help themselves. |
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Rock This Town--Stray cats |
Uncle Johns Band - Grateful Dead |
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another vote for the who: won't get fooled again.
no rock band ever understood drama like the who, who effectively fused operatic drama with explosive teen angst into a wholly unique sound.
nothing ever like it. |
Did you see that Bob Dylan just got a Pulitzer Prize for being the most influential rock n' roller of our times. First time ever that rock n' roll got a prize. His books titled "Chronicles" are considered one of the rare celebrity books that can be consider literature. Pretty cool! They are still trying to dissect his lyrics. |
"Little Red Rooster", by many artists. I was driving home from work one day listening to XM radio on Bluesville, and they had a marathon going, playing just that one song, but they were playing different renditions for 12 hours straight, with no repetition. With all of the various artists, and styles, it didn't get boring. The one that struck me hard was by Sugar Blue. He puts so much feeling into that harp that it brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it. Did that just a few hours ago. Turn it up! Luv it! |
Howlin Wolf wrote "Little Red Rooster"...great song...I'll chime in and pick a Led Zep song...not sure of title but it kind of goes..."I got a woman stays drunk all the time"..."in the bars where the men play guitars"...just can't recall the title, but I could sing it for you!?! |
I think it was Willie Dixon that wrote Little Red Rooster. |
Correct..sorry...Willie Dixon wrote, Howlin Wolf first performed. |
