Your Top Ten Rock Songs

[Disk98]

Post your ten favorite rock songs ever!

 

10. Miami 2017 (Billy Joel)

9. Rocket Man (Elton John)

8. November Rain (Guns N' Roses)

7. 2112 (Rush)

6. Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)

5. Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

4. One (Metallica)

3. Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)

2. Xanadu (Rush)

1. Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

Edited April 24, 2016 by Disk98

[Digital Dad]

No Particular order

 

Dogs - Pink Floyd

Close to the Edge -Yes

Echoes -Pink Floyd

Flight -Peter Hanmill

Suppers Ready - Genesis

Subdivisions - Rush

Natural Science - Rush

Pinball - Brian Protheroe

Black Napkins - Frank Zappa

Billy the Mountain. - Frank Zappa

 

[prolix]

No Particular Order.

 

Cygnus X-1 Book 1 and 2- Rush

Free Bird- Lynyrd Skynyrd

Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin

Tom Sawyer- Rush

Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd

More Than A Feeling- Boston

Night Moves- Bob Segar

Hot for Teacher- Van Halen

Hysteria- Def Leppard

Master of Puppets- Metallica

[Lucas]

Impossible !!

 

Ok, off the top of the head, and I'm limiting it to one song per band / artist:

 

- Detroit Rock City - KISS

 

- Sonic Reducer - Dead Boys

 

- And You And I - YES

 

- Lay Down And Die - UK Subs

 

- Common People - Pulp

 

- Five Years - David Bowie

 

- Cygnus X1 - RUSH

 

- S A T U R D A Y Night - Bay City Rollers

 

- Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

 

- Dancing Queen - ABBA

 

 

edit:

 

.. and I'd adding Surrender from Cheap Trick ... get rid of one of the lame punk songs if need be

Edited April 24, 2016 by Lucas

[JohnRogers]

I don't know aboot my top ten but at the moment the non-radio edit of I Need a Lover by John Cougar comes to kind as damn good.

[JohnRogers]

Impossible !!

 

Ok, off the top of the head, and I'm limiting it to one song per band / artist:

 

- Detroit Rock City - KISS

 

- Sonic Reducer - Dead Boys

 

- And You And I - YES

 

- Lay Down And Die - UK Subs

 

- Common People - Pulp

 

- Five Years - David Bowie

 

- Cygnus X1 - RUSH

 

- S A T U R D A Y Night - Bay City Rollers

 

- Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

 

- Dancing Queen - ABBA

Dancing Queen...you got a set a knads on you man. Bold choice.

[JohnRogers]

Like Lucas I'm going one per band because I could easily go overboard on RUSH. Also my list will be no particular order.

 

1. Baba O'Riley - The Who

 

2. Can I Play With Madness - Iron Maiden

 

3. I Remember You - Skid Row (Hair Metal Representation)

 

4. Hammer to Fall - Queen

 

5. Heat of the Moment - Asia

 

6. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen (The Boss)

 

7. Piano Man - Billy Joel

 

8. Surrender - Cheap Trick

 

9. Revolution Calling - Queensrÿche

 

10. The Spirit of Radio - RUSH

[Lucas]

Like Lucas I'm going one per band because I could easily go overboard on RUSH. Also my list will be no particular order.

 

1. Baba O'Riley - The Who

 

2. Can I Play With Madness - Iron Maiden

 

3. I Remember You - Skid Row (Hair Metal Representation)

 

4. Hammer to Fall - Queen

 

5. Heat of the Moment - Asia

 

6. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen (The Boss)

 

7. Piano Man - Billy Joel

 

8. Surrender - Cheap Trick

 

9. Revolution Calling - Queensrÿche

 

10. The Spirit of Radio - RUSH

 

How could I have forgotten Surrender ??

 

Some days it would make my number one

Edited April 24, 2016 by Lucas

[JohnRogers]

Like Lucas I'm going one per band because I could easily go overboard on RUSH. Also my list will be no particular order.

 

8. Surrender - Cheap Trick

 

 

How could I have forgotten Surrender ??

 

Some days it would make my number one

If I'm alone I rarely play it without repeating it at least one more time. It's a great rock song to sing along with that has a powerful movie tie in from my formative years.

[Segue Myles]

Impossible !!

 

Ok, off the top of the head, and I'm limiting it to one song per band / artist:

 

- Detroit Rock City - KISS

 

- Sonic Reducer - Dead Boys

 

- And You And I - YES

 

- Lay Down And Die - UK Subs

 

- Common People - Pulp

 

- Five Years - David Bowie

 

- Cygnus X1 - RUSH

 

- S A T U R D A Y Night - Bay City Rollers

 

- Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

 

- Dancing Queen - ABBA

 

 

edit:

 

.. and I'd adding Surrender from Cheap Trick ... get rid of one of the lame punk songs if need be

 

I agree with ABBA. If Fleetwood Mac or Boston count as rock, then so does ABBA (at times).

 

Dancing Queen is equally as thrilling, if not more so, than Boston's More Than A Feeling or Toto's Hold The Line.

[Mr. Not]

This is actually a list I have in my head that I revisit quite often, only I call it my "top 10 favorite songs of all time".

 

The top 5 are pretty solid, but the bottom 5 shift around.

 

In particular order

 

1. Yes - Close to the Edge

2. Radiohead - Paranoid Android

3. King's X - Julia

4. Angra - Millennium Sun

5. The Mars Volta - Eriatarka

6. Alice Cooper - Inmates (We're All Crazy)

7. Sonata Arctica - Silver Tongue

8. Coheed and Cambria - Here We Are Juggernaut

9. Radiohead - There There

0. Queen - Spread Your Wings

[Segue Myles]

For me:

 

1. Yes- Close To The Edge

2. Nightwish- The Greatest Show On Earth

3. Bruce Springsteen- Drive All Night

4. Rush- Limelight

5. Lacuna Coil- Our Truth

6. Kansas- Carry On Wayward Son

7. Alter Bridge- Fortress

8. King's X- Goldilox

9. HIM- Buried Alive By Love

10. Toto- Hold The Line

[Segue Myles]

I don't care about what is culturally most recognised or important.

[catherine]

Um wow. Let's see....

 

Rush - Natural Science

Rush - 2112 (all parts)

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Led Zeppelin - Achille's Last Stand

Metallica - Orion

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize

Def Leppard - Rock, Rock, (Til You Drop)

Triumph - Fight The Good Fight

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Refuge

[Principled Man]

Couldn't Stand The Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan

Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin

Descending - The Black Crowes

Eyes Of A Stranger - Queensryche

Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

Love Reign O'er Me - The Who

Red Barchetta - Rush

Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (Made In Japan)

The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel

Edited April 24, 2016 by Principled Man

[Fordgalaxy]

It varies from day to day. Don't hate, please

 

Kelis - Milkshake

 

Beyonce - Single Ladies

 

Justin Beiber - Baby

 

Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again

 

Anal Kunt - I Just Saw The Gayest Guy On Earth

 

Ke$ha - We R Who We R

 

Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch

 

Lil' Kim - How Many Licks?

 

Big & Rich - Save A Horse

 

The Who - Eminence Front

Edited April 24, 2016 by Fordgalaxy

[JohnRogers]

I don't care about what is culturally most recognised or important.

I see The Assistant Night Manger didn't make your list.

[Principled Man]

9. Revolution Calling - Queensrÿche

 

 

There are at least three songs from Operation: Mindcrime that could be on many, many Top Ten Lists..... :haz: :haz:

[Mr. Not]

This is actually a list I have in my head that I revisit quite often, only I call it my "top 10 favorite songs of all time".

 

The top 5 are pretty solid, but the bottom 5 shift around.

 

In particular order

 

1. Yes - Close to the Edge

2. Radiohead - Paranoid Android

3. King's X - Julia

4. Angra - Millennium Sun

5. The Mars Volta - Eriatarka

6. Alice Cooper - Inmates (We're All Crazy)

7. Sonata Arctica - Silver Tongue

8. Coheed and Cambria - Here We Are Juggernaut

9. Radiohead - There There

0. Queen - Spread Your Wings

 

I can't believe I forgot.

 

 

Throw "Porcupine Tree - Even Less" in at 6. and move the rest down.

[ReRushed]

Ten songs I think "represent" what "Rock" music is;

 

"Maybellene"- Chuck Berry

"Long Tall Sally" - The Beatles

"All Day and All of the Night' - The Kinks

"Manic Depression" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" - The Rolling Stones

"21st Century Schizoid Man" - King Crimson

"Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who

"Blitzkrieg Bop" - Ramones

"Janie Jones" - The Clash

"Love WIll Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division

 

I could make lists all night long. Ten songs simply is not fair.

 

"Like a Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan. I am ashamed I did not think of it right off the bat...

Edited April 24, 2016 by ReRushed

[Segue Myles]

Ten songs I think "represent" what "Rock" music is;

 

"Maybellene"- Chuck Berry

"Long Tall Sally" - The Beatles

"All Day and All of the Night' - The Kinks

"Manic Depression" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" - The Rolling Stones

"21st Century Schizoid Man" - King Crimson

"Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who

"Blitzkrieg Bop" - Ramones

"Janie Jones" - The Clash

"Love WIll Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division

 

I could make lists all night long. Ten songs simply is not fair.

 

"Like a Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan. I am ashamed I did not think of it right off the bat...

 

Agreed!

 

I did want to make a stab at a legit "all time great" rock list.

 

Like you or ReGor would do amazingly well...

 

But I just couldn't round it down to 10.

 

So I just kept it personal.

[Digital Dad]

Ten songs I think "represent" what "Rock" music is;

 

"Maybellene"- Chuck Berry

"Long Tall Sally" - The Beatles

"All Day and All of the Night' - The Kinks

"Manic Depression" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" - The Rolling Stones

"21st Century Schizoid Man" - King Crimson

"Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who

"Blitzkrieg Bop" - Ramones

"Janie Jones" - The Clash

"Love WIll Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division

 

I could make lists all night long. Ten songs simply is not fair.

 

"Like a Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan. I am ashamed I did not think of it right off the bat...

 

Oooh damn. I didnt include a Kinks or Beatles song in my list. Or two of the most perfectly composed songs of the 80's, Owner and Africa.

Edited April 25, 2016 by Digital Dad

[JohnnyBlaze]

 

- Dancing Queen - ABBA

Dancing Queen...you got a set a knads on you man. Bold choice.

Speaking of knads, you're nuts. I wouldn't put it on my top 10 list, but that's a pretty enjoyable song with all kinds of nostalgic ramifications...which Lucas often seems to be steered by

[Digital Dad]

 

- Dancing Queen - ABBA

Dancing Queen...you got a set a knads on you man. Bold choice.

Speaking of knads, you're nuts. I wouldn't put it on my top 10 list, but that's a pretty enjoyable song with all kinds of nostalgic ramifications...which Lucas often seems to be steered by

 

I Wouldn't put it in my top million

[JohnnyBlaze]

 

- Dancing Queen - ABBA

Dancing Queen...you got a set a knads on you man. Bold choice.

Speaking of knads, you're nuts. I wouldn't put it on my top 10 list, but that's a pretty enjoyable song with all kinds of nostalgic ramifications...which Lucas often seems to be steered by

 

I Wouldn't put it in my top million

Yeah, I wouldn't put it in my top 100 or probably 200 or 300 but I still think it's enjoyable.

 

I'd rather hear that then some shit by Ratt for example.