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    RunAsOneRunAsOne Posts: 7
    Jungleland - The Boss
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    NamiNami Newfoundland Posts: 5,989
    tough one:

    Led Zeppelin: Thats the way
    Pink Floyd- Fearless
    Pearl Jam- Elderly/In My Tree
    The Hip- Nautical Disaster
    U2 Bad
    acdc ride on
    aic would
    metallica fade to black
    radiohead- fake plastic trees
    rush the trees/ in the end
    soundgarden tighter and tigher
    stp interstate love song

    hard to choose one.... and the above may change with mood...haha
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    ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,007
    Stan
    Eminem
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    AlexanaAlexana Posts: 66
    Jammalambo said:

    Best: Stairway To Heaven, just because it is, in one song, a beautiful ballad and at the same time a great rock song.

    My favorite: Cropduster.

    Couldn't the same argument be made for Free Bird then?


    I maintain that the two most important rock songs written are Stairway and Free Bird but best is a different discussion.

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    VOLAREVOLARE Posts: 314
    Three Days - Jane's Addiction, for consideration.
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    hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,868
    Probably something by either Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, or Lennon/McCarthy
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    PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,775
    Pure and Easy, Pete Townshend.

    End of discussion.
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    p0lyg0np0lyg0n Posts: 7
    A day in the life......Beatles
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    ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,007
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    my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    fall by the wayside said:

    I'm not sure what the best song ever is but I bet it was written by The Beatles.

    George Harrison alone would fill this thread up
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    curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 3,248
    Beethoven, Symphony No. 9.

    That was easy. :-D
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    curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 3,248
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    Wish You Were Here (Floyd)

    More Than a Feeling (Boston)

    Are two that need to enter the discussion.

    For rock songs? Yeah, definitely.
    I'd also throw out there:

    Rolling Stones, Gimme Shelter
    Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue
    Derek and the Dominoes, Layla

    Not really rock, but amazing:
    Bob Marley, No Woman No Cry

    And one of my personal favorites, Richard Thompson, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKTzwaEa2o
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    curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 3,248
    shetellsherself said:

    I've been contemplating. Kashmir I think.

    But PJ's Masters of War from wrigley 1 might be the best live performance of any song I've ever witnessed. Just my opinion.

    Oh, I agree. That was other-worldly.
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    curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 3,248
    buck502000 said:

    statchwec said:

    This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) by Talking Heads

    Great band
    I'd nominate Once in a Lifetime as best T-Heads song.
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    bloodwhorebloodwhore Posts: 50
    Down in a mirror - Jandek
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    ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,007
    Corduroy
    Pearl Jam
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    SR91748SR91748 Posts: 138
    Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,539
    Well I dunno how I'm going to feel in 2 minutes when it's over, but now that it just came on my mp3 player while I'm stuck in a lineup, the best song is "Puttin' On The Ritz" by Taco! :plus_one:
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    ikiTikiT USA Posts: 11,007
    I'm a fan of the "blindside" best song ever, never saw it coming outta the past (or future for that matter) and you get leveled.

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    JT_JamFanJT_JamFan Posts: 170
    edited September 2016
    Wma31394 said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Change - Blind Melon

    Ewwww nice.
    I love how Shannon changed the lyrics when he sang this. The version they did on Letterman shortly after Cobain died gets me every time:
    And oh as I fade away,
    they'll all look at me and say, and they'll say,
    Hey look at him! I'll never live that way.
    But that's okay
    they're just afraid to change. becomes "They couldn't anyway"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4H5vsQM7z8
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    SmallestOceansSmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    It's pretty clear cut to me...

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    SparkaliciousSparkalicious Vero Beach Posts: 39
    Brannigans law said:

    One - U2


    This
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    HollisBrownHollisBrown Posts: 4,314
    Like a Rolling Stone-Bob Dylan
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Baba O'Riley - The Who
    Imagine - John Lennon
    Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
    Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band
    That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
    American Woman - The Guess Who
    We Just Disagree - Dave Mason

    Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
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    TJ25487TJ25487 Posts: 1,460
    Pearl Jam - The Fixer! End of story!
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    BLACK
    BEST SONG IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC
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    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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    jxchamb1jxchamb1 Posts: 82
    Ambulance Blues - Neil Young
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    tbergstbergs Posts: 9,242
    Tiki said:

    Caught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning said:

    Stairway To Heaven.

    I had that typed and went the Kashmir route. There are so many good Zep tunes. It could easily be Trampled Underfoot, Achilles’ Last Stand, or No Quarter
    Ooh, No Quarter is amazing and I really like the Tool cover of that song too.
    It's a hopeless situation...
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