Greatest Rock Song in History

[jgordon1111]

For those of you wondering what a real musician is, the complete package, see the links posted above by Owen, singer writer vocalist all in one how many of your favorites can claim that title, it seems I left out lead guitarist, anyone Bueller bueller??????

[owenshooter]

i think he is talking about prince... however, i stand firm with my rolling stones pick for best rock song (white boy debate), scroll down. got bumped due to the page change... keep it real...-Jésus noir

Ah well said Jesus de Nior, and a step further who the f:;k ever heard of pop until they made the super freak king of it? Lmao and even then the title should have gone to Prince who could hit the same notes as freak and could actually play a mean guitar reminiscent of Jimmy not as good but damn site better than the freak who got the title. And let the hating begin.

sorry... prince is the GREATEST ever... hit to the 3:30 mark, he plays the f*ck out of My Guitar Gently Weeps... like it had never been played before... throw in his freaking stage presence and the guitar toss at the end, and he is just THE BEST EVER... period...



and hit the 2:15 mark of this... face f'ing melting... it gets REALLY nasty at the 2:58 mark... god...



prince... is... god...-Jésus noir

p.s.-i LOVE harrison's son just sitting there in amazement... and you know he has some great playing!!!

let's just get it over with... this encompasses all that is great about rock n' roll (starting off with that kick ass Chuck Berry jump stop groove)... and i will exclude all the great black artists that INVENTED rock n' roll, because i know Bernie Sanders is too narrow minded to have listened to or be familiar with most of them... so, here you go... rolling stones, of course:



and if you haven't seen 20ft From Stardom and heard the story of Gimme Shelter being recorded, you are missing out. You have to picture a pregnant Merry Clayton in a mink coat with a scarf on her head screaming "RAAAPE, MUUURDER!!!!," with Mick Jagger going nuts in the background. I had never picked him up shouting/clapping in the background, until i heard it on this documentary (2:20)...



since we are talking about "white rock", i'll leave it right here... however, i am SHOCKED nobody threw out STRANGLE HOLD, one of my fav songs to play on the guitar~!!!



the black jesus has educated...-Jésus noir

p.s.-sent Duk a PM about MJ and his greatness...

[Bernie Sanders]

Owenshooter....STFU! You have no idea what kind of music I love. Been to more Rolling Stones concerts that would add up higher than your IQ points.

In tribute to our false Black Jesus, I present one of the greatest Stones songs:

[jgordon1111]

Wow Bernie I didn't realize that white rock was the theme of this topic and forgive the pun but I think Owen is riffting off my comment about Prince, beings someone else brought up the freak king of pop, but lets not forget rock's origins, BB KING,CHUCK BERRY AND OF COURSE THE INCOMPARABLE MUDDY WATERS, Clapton and others differ to them as the basis for rock and roll, Stevie Ray Vaughn did as well, van Halen included, everyone except those with hate recognized where rock and roll came from. So where do you stand, recognizing or hating

Pun fixed

[owenshooter]

Owenshooter....STFU! You have no idea what kind of music I love. Been to more Rolling Stones concerts that would add up higher than your IQ points.

In tribute to our false Black Jesus, I present one of the greatest Stones songs:

um... your reading comprehension is a bit off... i used the STONES because i assumed you did not want to include the people that REALLY made rock n' roll... *ahem*... there is a reason the song below was sent out into space as a representation of our music... you hear this one song and it is all you ever need to know or will know about rock n' f'in roll... so, go read my post again... i assumed you would not want to get old school and in the dirt with the real creators of rock n' roll, chuck is a god...-Jésus noir



p.s.- that is one of my least fav stones songs and doesn't come anywhere NEAR the two i posted... but, i know why many consider it so amazing...
p.p.s.-i hope you watched those two prince videos i posted. he is just blazing...

[Bernie Sanders]

Owenshooter, never said not to include BLACKS in the selections of greatest Rock songs.

The Rolling Stones who loved the blues and knew without the blues, Rock and Roll would not of been born. They especially loved B. B. King, as I do. I saw B. B. King in Chicago back in the 70s

[thegreekdog]

For those of you wondering what a real musician is, the complete package, see the links posted above by Owen, singer writer vocalist all in one how many of your favorites can claim that title, it seems I left out lead guitarist, anyone Bueller bueller??????

Seriously? First of all singer and vocalist are probably the same thing (although I'm no musician). So it seems what you're saying is "none of your bands have an awesome writer and vocalist." And that's ridiculous. I vote you are thrown out of this thread.

Also - I shamefacedly forgot the following:

James Hendrix (lead guitarist and singer)
Eric Clapton (but mostly Cream - "Tale of Brave Ulysses" is one of my favorites) (lead guitarist and singer)
Alice in Chains and Soundgarden (if you like some of that grunge)
Clutch (super underrated and might be my second or third favorite band)
Foo Fighters (of course)

Some newer stuff I enjoy: Avenged Sevenfold, Black Keys, White Stripes, The Hold Steady, Rival Sons

[muy_thaiguy]

We can't forget some of the first rock n roll artists out there who inspired the latter artists, like Little Richard.


Or Bobby Day


And obviously The Isley Brothers.



Some of my favorite songs come from that era.

[Metsfanmax]

Eric Clapton (but mostly Cream - "Tale of Brave Ulysses" is one of my favorites) (lead guitarist and singer)

SWLABR is good too. In fact that whole damn album is good.

[Phatscotty]

[Quirk]

[Dukasaur]

Good song, although I wouldn't call it "Greatest".

I'm not even sure it would make my Top 100, although it does have special status with me as the first song I ever sang at karaoke. Maybe it would make my Top 100, after all...

[jgordon1111]

For those of you wondering what a real musician is, the complete package, see the links posted above by Owen, singer writer vocalist all in one how many of your favorites can claim that title, it seems I left out lead guitarist, anyone Bueller bueller??????

Seriously? First of all singer and vocalist are probably the same thing (although I'm no musician). So it seems what you're saying is "none of your bands have an awesome writer and vocalist." And that's ridiculous. I vote you are thrown out of this thread.

Also - I shamefacedly forgot the following:

James Hendrix (lead guitarist and singer)
Eric Clapton (but mostly Cream - "Tale of Brave Ulysses" is one of my favorites) (lead guitarist and singer)
Alice in Chains and Soundgarden (if you like some of that grunge)
Clutch (super underrated and might be my second or third favorite band)
Foo Fighters (of course)

Some newer stuff I enjoy: Avenged Sevenfold, Black Keys, White Stripes, The Hold Steady, Rival Sons

Ok Greek hang me now singer vocalist are the same. Yes I am guilty and your list of likes is long I didn't see Justin beiber on it, you forget or just don't want anyone to know?

[Metsfanmax]

What's wrong with Justin Bieber?

[Bernie Sanders]

I went to see Iggy Pop this summer at Riot Fest. Yes, this old bag still fights his way to the front. Iggy is 68 years old and still rocks the audience.

[jonesthecurl]

Just over a yeara ago, I saw John Mayall. Blues raather than rock, but he was 80 and still had more energy than most teens. Astonishing.

[TA1LGUNN3R]

Just over a yeara ago, I saw John Mayall. Blues raather than rock, but he was 80 and still had more energy than most teens. Astonishing.

Yep I saw him about three years ago. Very good show.

-TG

[Serbia]

TGD, have you heard Royal Blood yet? Based on your "newer stuff I enjoy", I think you'll like them.

Bollocks in 2015.

[Fewnix]

The top choice for those who know to feed your head.

[thegreekdog]

TGD, have you heard Royal Blood yet? Based on your "newer stuff I enjoy", I think you'll like them.

Bollocks in 2015.

I have heard Royal Blood and do like them.

Ok Greek hang me now singer vocalist are the same. Yes I am guilty and your list of likes is long I didn't see Justin beiber on it, you forget or just don't want anyone to know?

I'm glad you're willing to admit your error. A couple of follow-up questions:

(1) Just out of curiousity, what does a double eye roll mean? How is it different from just a single eye roll?
(2) Do you classify Justin Bieber as rock or do you classify the bands I indicated above as pop? I'm struggling to see how my list and Justin Bieber are compatible.

What's wrong with Justin Bieber?

I heard something about how he had a pet monkey, but that's all I know about him. If you're asking with what's wrong with liking his music, probably nothing since millions of people do like his music. I don't think I've ever really heard his music, so I can't opine other than to say I suspect I wouldn't like it.

However, you'll have your music snobs who refuse to listen to any bands that are "modern" (a term defined as anything released a certain date, which may or may not actually be modern) and music snobs who refuse to listen to anything popular (the more obscure the band the better). My brother, for example, is a music snob of the latter persuasion. "Ugh, you like Soundgarden? They sold a bunch of albums and therefore are automatically not as good as this random band from Brooklyn that includes goats in their ensemble, but haven't sold any albums because they don't want to lose their musical integrity."

[owenshooter]

The Rolling Stones who loved the blues and knew without the blues, Rock and Roll would not of been born.

yes, yes, bernie... we all know rock n' roll is the blues plugged in... let me illustrate this point for the children... i never liked the white stripes or jack white until i heard them blow the fucking doors off of one of everyone's favorite Son House songs, at the grammy's... they could have played any song from their catalogue at that point and they chose to RECOGNIZE!!!

the original


and then Jack White and Meg just take it to the next level and melt the faces of the audience at the grammy's

take it to the 1:53 mark if you hate the White Stripes... and the fireworks start at the 2:57 mark


the black jesus has spoken...-Jésus noir

p.s.-Quirk... you really disappointed me... what a shit band to include...

[jimboston]

I have two favorites

1st and foremost (Imagine) John Lennon

Awesome song.

Not really a "Rock Song".

[jimboston]

michael jackson

Great entertainer, great dancer.

Never sang a "Rock Song" in his life.

[jimboston]

Mets is correct - Stairway to Heaven is the answer. However, I would also accept AC/DC, Queen, The Who, The Rolling Stones, and some others. I'm partial to Chop Suey! (although probably too short), Killing in the Name Of, pretty much anything by Tool but I would go with The Pot or Aenima, Enter Sandman, um... let's see... Alive, Dissident, basically anything on the first two Pearl Jam albums.

Definitely not rock songs (and thus disqualified)- anything by Michael Jackson, Imagine (and pretty much most anything by the Beatles), anything by Bob Dylan.

You beat me to Rage Against the Machine.
I was going to throw that down as a more modern option.

There are a lot of great one's to chose from though!

I suggest that anyone who would even put Michael Jackson or Imagine on the list of "Greatest Rock Songs" are not true Rock fans.

Some of Michael's early work with the Jackson Five are really cool and funky... but they are more Soul than Rock.

Course some play fast and louse with the definition of what is Rock and Roll and what ain't...

https://rockhall.com/inductees/the-jackson-five/