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 Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:20 pm Post subject: 50 Greatest Rock Songs Ever. |
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Digitaldreamdoor.com made this list, not me. It's a website with tons of music and movie lists. They have some very knowledgeable people that make them and have members of the website give their opinions to help make the lists as accurate as possible.
This is their criteria that they go by.....
These Rock Music songs are meant to be taken as a basic starting point for a greatest songs discussion. All these Rock Music songs are crucial to know for full appriciation of the history of Rock 'n' Roll music.
1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
3. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
4. Respect - Aretha Franklin
5. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
6. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
7. A Day In The Life - Beatles
8. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
9. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
10. What'd I Say - Ray Charles
11. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown
12. Won't Get Fooled Again - Who
13. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
14. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
15. Imagine - John Lennon
16. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
17. Layla - Derek & the Dominos
18. Light My Fire - Doors
19. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
20. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
21. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
22. When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
23. Hey Jude - Beatles
24. Hotel California - Eagles
25. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
26. You Really Got Me - Kinks
27. American Pie - Don McLean
28. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
29. Baba O'Riley - The Who
30. Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
31. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
32. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
33. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
34. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
35. Yesterday - The Beatles
36. My Generation - The Who
37. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
38. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
39. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
40. Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
41. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
42. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
43. In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
44. Time - Pink Floyd
45. Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
46. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
47. Walk This Way - Aerosmith
48. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
49. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
50. What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye
Their list is actually the top 200 rock songs but I just posted the top 50 instead. Let me know what you think of the songs chosen for this list.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Theres gotta be some KISS and Metallica in the top 50 O_o
But, the list isnt that bad.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Well with these lists, heavy metal songs are usually ignored but I wouldn't mind at all having a Metallica song on the list. Maybe soon I can post the greatest metal songs list from the same website.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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Meh I don't think it's possible to pick the top rock songs of all time.
But I really like/love a lot iof the songs there actually, it is a list of quality. |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:58 am Post subject: |
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| stairway to heaven is the consensus number 1 on every rock song list |
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