The 5 Greatest Rock Songs

[Rekdiver]

WFNZ tried this last week on the MAC Attack and again today with Al Conclin the weatherguy Lists were epic failures.

In no certain other mine are:
Purple Haze -Jimi Hendrix

Kashmir- Led Zeppelin

Sandman- Metallica

Won’t Get Fooled Again- The Who

Layla- Clapton

[Yosef84]

These topics are good for creating a discussion but they are, by definition, impossible to create with any degree of reliability. Tastes range and there are just too many styles to be represented in a list of 5. Any discussion of the greatest Rock Songs would certainly have to include:
Stairway to Heaven and/or Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
There are just too many to try to reduce.

My personal style would have to include Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas)

I don't think I could reduce my own personal list down to 5 and I'm sure that if I did, it wouldn't be representative of the population.

[NavyApp]

I'm with Yosef84 on this is just impossible to boil down to five but it is a fun exercise. For me in the moment and off the cuff my five would be (in no order):
All along the watchtower-Hendrix
Come Together-Beatles
Come as you are-Nirvana
Hotel California- Eagles
Money- Pink Floyd

[goapps]

WFNZ tried this last week on the MAC Attack and again today with Al Conclin the weatherguy Lists were epic failures.

In no certain other mine are:
Purple Haze -Jimi Hendrix

Kashmir- Led Zeppelin

Sandman- Metallica

Won’t Get Fooled Again- The Who

Layla- Clapton

Those are all great tunes. Very difficult to narrow it down to five and if you ask me again tomorrow I may give a different list but here goes:
Rock n Roll - Led Zep

A Day in the Life - Beatles

Long Cool Woman - The Hollies

You Really Got Me - The Kinks

Baba O'Riley (Teenage Wasteland)- The Who

[asu66]

Such lists evoke as many deeply personal memories, experiences, emotions and values as there are people who have lived or are now living in the so-called "rock era." Polling such a "top five" is somewhat akin to herding New York City's population of feral cats. Can't be done!

[AppfaninCAALand]

I'll play along. Here are mine.

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

London Calling - The Clash

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

When the Angels Sing - Social Distortion

Revolution (single version) - The Beatles

Rock and Roll All Night - KISS

Free Fallin' - Tom Petty

Wait, that's 7 - 2 from the 90s, 1 from the 80s, 2 from the 70s, and 2 from the 60s

[GoBoone]

Born to be wild - Steppenwolf

Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly

Stranglehold - Ted Nuggent

Smoke on the water - Deep Purple

* Steppenwolf and Iron Butterfly both played in varsity gym “back in the day.”

[BayouApp]

Every song on every post. Who's counting!

[NewApp]

How is it that no song by The Rolling Stones made any of the above lists?

[Gonzo]

No order

Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
Led Zeppelin: Black Dog
Rush: Tom Sawyer
Grateful Dead: Touch of Grey
Coheed and Cambria: In Keeping Secrets of the Silent Earth III

I was faithful to the limit of five and toiled over it for a few hours to narrow this.

[WataugaMan]

Off the top of my head and in no particular order:

Doobie Brothers: Black Water
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Simple Man
Iron Maiden: Fear of the Dark
Aerosmith: Sweet Emotion
Led Zeppelin: Battle of Evermore

[Rekdiver]

I forgot to say no Springsteen allowed but it looks like I didn’t have to! #overrated

[Mjohn1988]

I’ll just give my #1

FREE BIRD

[Stonewall]

I’ll just give my #1

FREE BIRD

Without question.

[AppinVA]

In no particular order:

Master of Puppets — Metallica
Simple Man — Lynyrd Skynyrd
Kickstart My Heart — Motley Crüe
2112 — Rush
Kashmir — Led Zeppelin

I reserve the right to change this list of only five (how dare you) at any time.

[WataugaMan]

I’ll just give my #1

FREE BIRD

I've often thought Free Bird should be the national anthem.

[canes_mj]

Not necessarily my personal top 5...trying to rate based on historical significance and therefore "greatest"

- Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
- Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
- Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n' Roses
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Hound Dog - Elvis

[WataugaMan]

One of my picks was Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith. Prior to the 80s they were a fairly decent band. However, once the 80s came around they went to hell in a hand basket. When they were producing decent tunes (70s), it was base player Tom Hamilton and guitarist Joe Perry who made the band not Tyler!! (as evidenced in the tune Sweet Emotion) Just thought I'd throw that out there.

[AppinVA]

One of my picks was Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith. Prior to the 80s they were a fairly decent band. However, once the 80s came around they went to hell in a hand basket. When they were producing decent tunes (70s), it was base player Tom Hamilton and guitarist Joe Perry who made the band not Tyler!! (as evidenced in the tune Sweet Emotion) Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Tyler is a showman, not unlike David Lee Roth. Could they be replaced and still be successful, based on musicianship of the band? Sure. Van Halen proved it. Hagar was a good frontman, but Van Hagar couldn’t hold a candle to Van Roth on stage. I’d argue the same for Aerosmith had Tyler left the band and they got a capable lead singer.

[Mjohn1988]

One of my picks was Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith. Prior to the 80s they were a fairly decent band. However, once the 80s came around they went to hell in a hand basket. When they were producing decent tunes (70s), it was base player Tom Hamilton and guitarist Joe Perry who made the band not Tyler!! (as evidenced in the tune Sweet Emotion) Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Yep, the 80’s was pretty much a bad time for rock music with bands like Aerosmith headed more toward the pop side of things. But one of America’s best live bands, The Black Crows, got started in 1984. While others headed down the road to pop music the Crowe’s went straight back to the beginnings of Rock and Roll, to the blues. If you’ve never really listened to the Crows theirs a lot more than Shake your Money Maker. In the later years the guys came very close to blue grass.