5 favorite ROCK songs ever!!

Igottago

When I think of these kind of lists, I pretty much tend to stick with well known songs because they've had more impact on pop culture, so here goes, these are my favourite classic rock songs that you can hear on mainstream radio:

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

2. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

3. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

4. Alive - Pearl Jam

5. REM - Losing My Religion

dr. Mowinckel

5 of my favourites:

Black - PJ

Paranoid Android - Radiohead

Down in a hole(unplugged)/ Would- Alice in Chains

(for the) Roses - dEUS

Kontroll pa Kontinentet - Kaizers Orchestra You got to love the oildrums.

Mojopin

I have to admit, I was REALLY drunk last night when I made this thread. However, I stand by my choices.

Keep 'em coming guys...

Mojo

Pearljammin23

I think these would be my top 5, i might be forgetting something that belongs up there, but as for now, these would be it for me

One -Metallica

Crawl -Staind

Black -Pearl Jam

Civil War -Guns n' Roses

Wish you were here -Pink Floyd

Merrill Stubing

1. Led Zeppelin - "Going to California" - Wow. After fifteen years and hundreds (thousands?) of listens, this song can still bring tears to my eyes. I've never been able to explain why I love it so much. There's a magic here that is indescribable; this song, above all others I've ever heard, conveys the feelings of loneliness (and satisfaction in loneliness), loss, and hope better than anything I've ever heard. "Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams/telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems" is still my favorite line from any song.

2. Pearl Jam - "Oceans" - This song reminds me of so many past relationships and many other details of my past fifteen years. It is the first Pearl Jam song I fell in love with. I had a cassette of Ten my brother gave me back in '92 and I absolutely hated every song except for this one - I'd play this song incessantly for weeks until the rest of the album grew on me. The rest is history.

3. Tool - "Wings for Marie/Ten Thousand Days" - Odd that one of my favorite songs is only a few weeks old (at least to the public), but these things happen. It's one of the few songs I fell in love with from the first listen. Apart from being genius in structure, the subject matter makes it divine for me - my own mother has suffered for years and my own love for her is mirrored in the lyrics to this song. Amazing.

4. Neutral Milk Hotel - "Ghost" - Another song full of memories and sadness. I used to hate the whole indie thing; NMH and this song in particular brought me around. It took me weeks to really grasp how deep and gorgeous this song is. People who haven't heard of this band should check them out immediately.

5. Nirvana - "Oh Me" - So simple and pure. Kurt's vocals are beyond legendary; this is the best live performance I've ever heard. Another tune that people often overlook, the emotion passed through this heartbreaking performance is unforgettable. I can't listen to it enough.

Honorable Mentions - "Hurt" by Johnny Cash (incidentally my favorite music video of all time), "In My Tree" by PJ, "When The Tigers Broke Free" by Pink Floyd, "Eleanor Rigby" by the Beatles, "No Quarter" by Zep/Tool, "Nutshell" by Alice in Chains, "Seasons" by Chris Cornell, "Times of Trouble" by Temple of the Dog, "Wake Up" by Mad Season, "Lateralus" by Tool, "4/20/02" by Ed, and hundreds more.

catefrances

evie - stevie wright i heard this song when i was 9 years old. i loved it then and i still do. it was the start of my love for music.when i was 14 i got to hear stevie do this song on the steps of the sydney opera house, in all its epic glory. it is one of those touchstones in my life that i will never forget.

needle and the damage done- neil young this is my favourite song of all time. ever. it holds bittersweet memories for me. lost friends. plus i lost my virginity to neil young's harvest album.

there is a light that never goes out - the smiths sad lovely intense. this is a song for my dark side.

prison sex- TOOL another song for my dark side. my fave TOOL song.

alive-pearl jam this is the song that did it for me as far as pj are concerned. ten remains my fave pj album and i have no doubt it will always remain so. daughter comes a close second. but it is alive that draws emotion out of me like no other pj song,from the first note to the last.

basqo

1. RVM- PJ
2. Over the hills and far away- LZ
3. Lateralus- tool
4. Dogs- pink Floyd
5. Teenage riot- Sonic youth (please play this in SF!)

*All songs and positions are subject to change EVERY DAY

Oh, Jimmy

We almost had 3 outta 5 matching. I was so close to pickin Dogs, but seein Gilmour play Echoes a few weeks ago really clinched that for me. Dogs remains a masterpiece surpassed by only a handful of songs in the history of rock.

No matter how long a Floyd song is, it never comes off cliche, derivitive, cheesy, overindulgent, or like they are just doin it for the sake to sound weird. They had some strange inspiration, to be sure, but Floyd is a timeless band and a band that deserves a spot in everyone's top 5. Sorry for the rant. Floyd will never get enough respect in my book.

iluvslash

1. welcome to the jungle-gnr
2. back in black-ac/dc
3. paranoid-black sabbath
4. black dog-led zeppelin
5. smells like teen spirit- nirvana

NewZealandJamFan

1- Pearl Jam- Immortality
2- Soundgarden- Fell on Black Days
3- Stone Temple Pilots- Creep
4- Alice in Chains- Would?
5- Split Enz- I Got You

Im only 22, so this is what ive lived through.

Many Tool/Nirvana/Foos/Crowded House/Chillis just missed out

rock_goddess

1] welcome to the jungle - guns n roses
2] aerosmith - crazy
3] nirvana - teen spirit
4] def leppard - let's get rocked
5] pearl jam - alive

UKDave

rock~goddess wrote:

1] welcome to the jungle - guns n roses
2] aerosmith - crazy
3] nirvana - teen spirit
4] def leppard - let's get rocked
5] pearl jam - alive

Let's Get Rocked?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! behave, that's shite!!

Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O'Mine
Thin Lizzy - Emerald
Led Zep - Whole Lotta Love
Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike
Pearl Jam - Alive

willig7

This is hard to narrow down, but I'd have to say (in no particular order)

1. GN'R - Estranged
2. The Smiths - How Soon is Now
3. NIN - Terrible Lie
4. Floyd - Wish you were Here (I like the Catherine Wheel cover, but you have to respect the original artist).
5. Floyd - Comfortably Numb (again I have to take the Sisters of Mercy version over the original.

One's that just missed the cut..........Pixies (where is my mind), Metallica (Fade to Black), Zep (Stairway to Heaven), PJ (Corduroy)

prytocorduroy

1) Nirvana - Sappy (not to be confused with Verse Chorus Verse)
2) Metallica - Orion
3) Alice in Chains - Rotten Apple
4) The Smashing Pumpkins - Geek U.S.A.
5) Primus - Tommy the Cat

It'd be unfair to include PJ in this list because I love almost everything by them over any other band so I'll do my top five PJ songs too:

1) Blood
2) Present Tense
3) Why Go
4) Wash
5) Not For You

parel jam

- Stairway to heaven - Led Zep
- Comfortably numb - Floyd
- Heart of gold - Neil
- Yellow ledbetter - PJ
- One - Metallica

Pearl Juli

These are my fav at the moment, and in no particular order:

Over the Hills and Far Away- Led Zeppelin

Don't Cry- Guns N' Roses

Iron Man- Black Sabbath

Detroit Rock City- Kiss

Go- Pearl Jam

soulsinging

danny72688 wrote:

1) Nirvana - Sappy (not to be confused with Verse Chorus Verse)

what's the difference? i always thought it was the same song, only some different lyrics maybe.

prytocorduroy

soulsinging wrote:

what's the difference? i always thought it was the same song, only some different lyrics maybe.

They are very different songs. Both very good and I don't understand how they didn't make it to official albums. Somewhere along the lines Sappy got renamed VCV for some reason, but Kurt named it Sappy on one of the Outcesticide albums. There is another completely different song entitled VCV. I strongly, strongly, strongly suggest downloading Sappy. It blew me away when I heard it like no other song. You can also find a video of it on http://www.youtube.com created by Krist and Dave. Go check it out, you won't regret it.

analogueaddict72

1. Pink Floyd Shine on you crazy diamond parts 1-5 ( 13 mins of just the most sublime music, all four members on top form, Rick's openimg, David's heavenly playing and Roger's most passionate and heartbreaking lyrics)

2. One ( the bands pinnacle some of the most simple but passionate lyrics of all time delivered by a vocalist at the top of his game the rest of the band accompanying with music to match the passion in the lyrics and the vocal delivery

3. Radiohead Paranoid android ( just unlike anything since it 's release, it shouldn't work but it does 7 minutes of sublime madness thom's vocals and Johnny's mind blowing guitar, still has the power to leave you awe struck at it's epicness and impressive noise.

4. Pearl Jam Rearview Mirror ( Just amazing the emotional high point of the bands cat, from the moment I heard it just got better and better, I don't think I have to say anymore)

5. Pink Floyd Echoes ( Never as 20 or more mins of music been so perfect from opening ping to the closing moments just awe inspiring a band playing as tight as a ducks arse, This is when they worked as a unit and other than my No. 1 choice it's unrivalled in it sheer hugeness and scope

Oh, Jimmy

analogueaddict72 wrote:

1. Pink Floyd Shine on you crazy diamond parts 1-5 ( 13 mins of just the most sublime music, all four members on top form, Rick's openimg, David's heavenly playing and Roger's most passionate and heartbreaking lyrics)

2. One ( the bands pinnacle some of the most simple but passionate lyrics of all time delivered by a vocalist at the top of his game the rest of the band accompanying with music to match the passion in the lyrics and the vocal delivery

3. Radiohead Paranoid android ( just unlike anything since it 's release, it shouldn't work but it does 7 minutes of sublime madness thom's vocals and Johnny's mind blowing guitar, still has the power to leave you awe struck at it's epicness and impressive noise.

4. Pearl Jam Rearview Mirror ( Just amazing the emotional high point of the bands cat, from the moment I heard it just got better and better, I don't think I have to say anymore)

5. Pink Floyd Echoes ( Never as 20 or more mins of music been so perfect from opening ping to the closing moments just awe inspiring a band playing as tight as a ducks arse, This is when they worked as a unit and other than my No. 1 choice it's unrivalled in it sheer hugeness and scope

I seen Gilmour play both of those and I got goosebumps and started shaking(shivering) it was so moving.