5 favorite ROCK songs ever!!

Virgil Caine

at the present time:

The Ocean : Led Zeppelin
Handshake Drugs : Wilco
Don't Look Back In Anger : Oasis
Feb 14th : Drive By Truckers
Casimir Pulaski Day : Sufjan Stevens

sebaarg88

1. i got shit - PJ
2. wild horses - Rolling stones
3. for whom the bell tolls - Metallica
4. dead horse - Guns n' roses
5. something to believe in - The ramones

edit: special mention: fell on black days - Soundgarden (i forgot it!!!)

fada

Free alright now
Revoltion the beatles
Tattoo lady Rory gallagher
Alive Pearl Jam
Won't get fooled again The who

sj.brodie

Im happy to be posting on this thread :-) Lots of soul searching, care and thought has gone into this very personal list of my current favourite songs:

The Doors - The Crystal Ship ; sublime, close your eyes, listen in a quiet room with the lights off and you'll actually believe you're in space. Who needs drugs when you've got The Doors?

Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror ; sweet song with great affectionate lyrics. An example of classic songwriting which has always been "underground" and not swamped by the classic rock tag.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Somebody Never Comes ; classic rock n roll narration.

Pearl Jam - Present Tense ; perfect balance of everything that makes pj great. anthemic. psychodelic. rocking. intense

Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl ; In 1969 Neil Young invented grunge well ahead of his time with this masterful song.

Mike Brady

Mike Brady Here,

What a question....

I'd have to say

Stones-Dead Flowers
The Black Crowes-Girl From a Pawnshop
Blind Melon-Walk
The Grateful Dead-He's Gone
Little Feat-Willin'

These could change at any time, but they have stood the test of time.

Peace.

gnr+pj=2bestever

sebaarg88 wrote:

1. i got shit - PJ
2. wild horses - Rolling stones
3. for whom the bell tolls - Metallica
4. dead horse - Guns n' roses
5. something to believe in - The ramones

edit: special mention: fell on black days - Soundgarden (i forgot it!!!)

ahhhh!!! I totally feel your love for Dead Horse by gnr. Suuuchhh a good song. glad someone else on here enjoy's it.

Dog Loyal

That is a tough question, but I'll give it a shot.

Jimi Hendrix - I Don't Live Today
James Gang - Funk 49
Soundgarden - Slaves & Bulldozers
Pearl Jam - I Got ID
Neil Young - Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)

Jellyrolls

Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Sublime - Santeria
Oasis - Live Forever
Nevermore - The Heart Collector
Rage Against The Machine - Killin in the Name Of..

Brainofdz

Too hard to say for sure
Some Thoughts:

Pavement- Stop Breathing
? and the Mysterians- 96 tears
Talking Heads- Once in a Lifetime
Modest Mouse- Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset
Velvet Underground- Sweet Jane
New Order- The Perfect Kiss
Pixies- Tame
Ned's Atomic Dustbin- Grey Cell Green
The Band- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Pearl Jam- Sometimes

darthvedder88

As of right now...

1. Pearl Jam - "Not For You"
2. Smashing Pumpkins - "Cherub Rock"
3. Alice in Chains - "Would?"
4. Pink Floyd - "Brain Damage"
5. Soundgarden - "Outshined"

lucylespian

DCGARDEN wrote:

1. Sweet Child Of Mine - Gnr - Incredible Riff Still Sounds Fresh Today And Axl's Trademark Voice - Great Energy -period

2. Achilles Last Stand - The Mighty Zep - The Most Intense Drumming Throughout A Song That I've Ever Heard, And Mesmorizing Guitar

3. Comfortably Numb - Floyd - Powerful Shit

4. Gimme Shelter - Stones - Just A Cool Sound To It, Start To Finish, Great Beat

5. Black - Pearl Jam - Intense & Beautiful - Does'nt Get Much Better

Nice list, but I'll swap teh Stones effort for Metallica's "One"

tonadax

Alive- PJ, this song it´s so great that it´s in almost all the replies, my fav pj song....

Come as you are- Nirvana, thanx killing joke, this song catch the essence of this band...

gouge away- The pixies, really good...

Welcome to the jungle- Guns and rose´s

Master of puppets- Metallica, one of their brilliant moments besides the song one...

other songs: would, bohemian raphsody, stairway to heaven, plush, one, sweet child of mine, three libras, walk, whole lotta love, under the bridge, behind blue eyes, disarm, toxicity, break on through, etx...

The Big Man

Rock and Roll aint Noise Pollution - AC/DC
Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
More Than A Feeling - Boston
Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town - Pearl Jam

glasshouse

well, 5 is just to difficult so

do the evolution - pj
paranoid android - radiohead
hooker with a penis -tool
paint it black - the rolling stones
bron - y - aur stomp led zeppelin
another love song - queens of the stone age
bullet with butterfly wings - smashing pumpkins
walk unafraid - rem
blues from down here - tv on the radio
fresh tendrils - soundgarden

hendrix78

Man, it's gonna be tough to limit it to 5. Disclaimers:
1. These aren't necessarily what I consider the best in terms of songwriting, performance etcetera, just my favorite.
2. This list would probably change depending on when I was answering.

1. Hendrix - Machine Gun - the absolute pinnacle of guitar playing for me. There may be better technical performances out there, but nothing else even comes close in terms of inventiveness, intensity, and musicality.

2. Zeppelin - Heartbreaker - this song is the reason I started playing guitar. One of the best riffs ever.

3. Stones - Gimme Shelter - unbelieveable groove. I could listen to that groove for days.

4. Jane's Addiction - Three Days - so epic. Great, hypnotic bass line and mind blowing guitar work.

5. RHCP - Turn It Again - tough to choose one because I'm a big fan of Frusciante's work, but this song sums up the band's strengths for me. It starts with a cool, funky James Brown style groove, then erupts into a hendrixesque riff. The layered guitars on the outro solo are the most exciting thing I heard on any album last year.

hendrix78

version 2:

1. PJ - State of Love and Trust - this song rocks so damn hard. Great guitar, great vocals, great groove. This just has everything I want in a 3 minute rock song.

2. Neil Young - Rockin in the Free World - the best protest song ever. Raw, angry, and righteous.

3. The Who - Baba O'Reilly - the greatest 3 chord rock anthem of all time. There is no better song to just crank to eleven and let the power chords wash over you.

4. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond - this song is the definition of psychedelic for me. It really takes the listener on a journey, and also serves as a moving tribute for a lost friend.

5. Dinosaur Jr. - What Else Is New - I just love the way that intro guitar solo explodes out of the speakers, and how the song resolves into peaceful acoustic strumming at the end. Just a really well put together song.