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    pearljamgirl07pearljamgirl07 Posts: 792
    Comatose-PEARL JAM
    Even flow-PEARL JAM
    Come as you are -Nirvana
    Lithium-Nirvana
    Somebody to shove -Soul Asylum
    "You're the eve of my destruction in the garden of fears"
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    Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    fanch75 wrote:
    Deuce - Kiss

    Another KISS fan!! YAYYYY!! :D

    how are we all missing Black Dog by Zepplin?! one of the best rock songs of all time!!
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
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    pearljimpearljim Posts: 1,306
    Pink Floyd: Echoes
    Led Zep: Achilles Last Stand, 10 Years Gone
    Bruuuuuce: PissBottle is dead on - Born to Run
    Kiss: Detroit Rock City, Black Diamond (and not because PJ did it at the Vic although that is why I love PJ).
    Aerosmith: I agree with keeponrockin - Mama Kin (played that in my 8th grade speech class while everyone else was playin their Beach Boys and Beatles :gag:)

    Oh yeah - Machine Gun - bought Band of Gypsys when I was 13/14 and played it till the needle was no longer a needle. PJ should do this song :)
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    LiftedLifted Posts: 1,643
    here are some good ones........going by the formula of......rockin tunes i suppose

    neil young - rockin in the free world
    my morning jacket - one big holiday
    rolling stones - paint it black
    the who - baba o'reily
    nirvana - smells like teen spirit
    bob dylan - maggies farm
    pearl jam - do the evolution
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    Dustin51Dustin51 Posts: 222
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    Born to Run

    PBM

    I agree.
    Be excellent to each other
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    Them-BonesThem-Bones Posts: 518
    DIRTY FRANK

    man that dirty frank was a bad motha
    SHUT YO MOUTH
    "If my thoughts, dreams, could be seen, they'd probably put my head, in a guillotine, but it's alright ma, it's life and life only."
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    KellerKeller Posts: 177
    not even sure if i want to take a stab at this but...

    Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

    That songs just screams "i own rock n roll" to me.

    but it's probaly not even dylans best song..
    "Be what you want to be, see what you came to see"
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    fanch75fanch75 Posts: 3,736
    I'm going to chase my answer to Kiss' entire first Alive! album.
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
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    whulmefwhulmef Posts: 176
    Born to Run
    Like a Rolling Stone
    Won't Get Fooled Again

    Everything else that has been mentioned in this thread is a distant cry to these songs.
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    #X.#X. Posts: 142
    Rain Song, Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppeling. Uh huh, yes it is. #X.
    "The Poet is a madman lost in adventure."
    -Paul Verlaine-

    "With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion."
    -Edgar Poe-
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    xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    Simple Man -Lynard Skynard (If thats how you spell it)
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    Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,479
    rock songs?
    some already mentioned

    Queen-bohemian rhapsody
    Aerosmith-dream on or walk this way
    AC/DC-back in black or for those about to rock
    Eagles-Life in the fast lane
    Zep-communication breakdown
    Kansas-carry on our wayward sun
    Yes-roundabout or starship tooper
    Doors-la woman
    Who-cant explain
    Stones-satisfaction
    Hendrix-foxey lady or purple haze
    Skynryd-that smell

    now way to pick just one
    I kinda like that mix actually
    sorry to the boss lovers
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    pearljamgirl07pearljamgirl07 Posts: 792
    Alive -pearl jam
    rockin' in the free world
    Smell like a teen spirit-nirvana
    "You're the eve of my destruction in the garden of fears"
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    Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    Smashing Pumpkins -1979
    Bullet With Butterfly Wings
    Today
    Tonight,Tonight
    Muzzle
    Nirvana -Smells like Teen Spirit,Lithium
    Pearl Jam - Porch
    The Strokes - Last Nite
    Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
    It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
    But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

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    seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,213
    Odin wrote:
    Rockin' In The Free World
    +1
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
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    jackrabbit slimjackrabbit slim Posts: 560
    Johnny b. goode - chuck berry
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    ii44ii44 Posts: 430
    Baba
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    lastexitlastexit 10923 Posts: 257
    The winner..........
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpN9ce_qF0

    Wait for it.
    2:19 in.
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    ashtrayrockashtrayrock Posts: 167
    It's kinda hard not to give props to BTR in this category.

    That song is full of life.
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    Art changes people. People change the world.
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    ianh42ianh42 Posts: 200
    Bushleaguer28 said:
    I apologize if this has already been a thread but i cant find it if it is - im interested to hear what people would say they think is the single greatest rock song of all time. One that epitomizes rock music at its finest.

    I have two in mind so ill put both - Roadhouse Blues by the Doors and Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. Doesnt get much better then that IMO.
    I was about to start a similar thread and figured there was one already...sure enough I found yours.  I like one of the two you mentioned for this as you hit Pink Floyd's best song ever.  But the Doors have better songs than Roadhouse Blues.

    I always think its funny with this discussion because it is widely known and accepted that Stairway to Heaven is the greatest rock song ever, no doubt.  I do like the argument though and happy to throw out others such at Hotel California, Come Together or a handful of other considerations by the Beatles, and you can make an argument for Corduroy now that its over 20 years old.  
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    LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 7,794
    Dream On is up there for me.
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    23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 18,509
    Maybe not a rock song, but My Way from Sinatra it's the ultimate song for me..
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,722
    Today?  From 1:12 to 4:22, Dinosaur Jr covering The Cure's "Just Like Heaven.  Tomorrow?  Who knows.

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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    dr122931dr122931 Posts: 455
    It’s criminal Gimme Shelter has not been mentioned.   
    Easily my favorite song ever.  Never gets old 
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    LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 7,794
    Good call^^
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    ianh42ianh42 Posts: 200
    dr122931 said:
    It’s criminal Gimme Shelter has not been mentioned.   
    Easily my favorite song ever.  Never gets old 
    That is a great song but not even the Stones greatest song IMHO.  Give me Beast of Burden, Brown Sugar, SFTD, or probably a handful more over Gimme Shelter.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,722
    Since metals come from rocks, from there we might consider the greatest rock song to be Fripp and Eno's "An Index of Metals" from the album Evening Star.
    Fripp Enos Evening Starjpg

    This one might be contender as well:


    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 17,969
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    Gern Blansten said:
    The Fixer
    There's a story there somewhere....
    I SAW PEARL JAM
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,722
    The best rock song?  One could argue Jean the Birdman pulled it off.

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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