500 Greatest Rock Songs

[DevilDawg]

500 Greatest Rock Songs

My Favorites on list, BOLD are the songs I couldn't live without hearing :

443 CCR - Up Around The Bend
419 Boston - Peace Of Mind
416 Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You
382 Rush - Tom Sawyer
372 Alice Cooper - School's Out
356 George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone
340 CCR - Proud Mary
331 Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
297 Rush - New World Man
288 Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
284 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
271 CCR - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
250 CCR - Heard It Through The Grapevine
233 Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla
229 CCR - Bad Moon Rising
216 AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
206 Lynryd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
199 Boston - Rock And Roll Band
192 AC/DC - T.N.T.
169 Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
138 CCR - Down On The Corner
107 Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
96 CCR - Fortunate Son
92 Queen - We Will Rock You/Champions
73 Pink Floyd - Hey You
38 Boston - More Than A Feeling
32 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
17 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
16 Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

Missed : Boston - Smokin
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimmie Back My Bullets and Simple Man

 

[Patrocles]

3 Derek And The Dominoes - Layla

??? huh? lol

 

[PvtJohnson]

1 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
2 Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
5 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
11 Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
17 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
19 Pink Floyd - Money
25 Doors - Roadhouse Blues
31 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
30 Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash
33 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
41 Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
40 Eric Clapton - Cocaine
44 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
43 Who - My Generation
46 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
50 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
59 Who - Pinball Wizard
58 Aerosmith - Walk This Way
57 Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady
56 Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
55 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Pt. 2)
64 David Bowie - Changes
73 Pink Floyd - Hey You
72 Led Zeppelin - Thank You
71 Don McLean - American Pie
70 Doors - Break On Through
94 Pink Floyd - Brain Damage/Eclipse
93 David Bowie - Suffragette City
92 Queen - We Will Rock You/Champions
97 Who - Who Are You
96 CCR - Fortunate Son
105 Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
119 Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
118 Guess Who - American Woman
117 Doors - Hello I Love You
116 Led Zeppelin - Going To California
135 Elton John - Crocodile Rock
139 Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time
138 CCR - Down On The Corner
143 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
142 Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane
152 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
163 Eagles - Take It Easy
172 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
176 Steve Miller - Fly Like An Eagle
175 Guess Who - No Time
174 Elton John - Rocket Man
179 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
194 CCR - Lodi
193 Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
192 AC/DC - T.N.T.
191 Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid
216 AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
215 Guess Who - These Eyes
214 Kiss - Rock 'N Roll All Night
229 CCR - Bad Moon Rising
239 David Bowie - Space Oddity
238 Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy
250 CCR - Heard It Through The Grapevine
254 Mountain - Mississippi Queen
263 Doors - People Are Strange
268 David Bowie - Young Americans
267 Steve Miller - Jet Airliner
271 CCR - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
282 Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
281 Rolling Stones - Heartbreaker
289 Who - I Can See For Miles
288 Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
291 Alice Cooper - Eighteen
301 CCR - Green River
308 Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
323 Steve Miller Band - Take The Money And Run
333 Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
340 CCR - Proud Mary
339 Rolling Stones - Get Off My Cloud
343 Who - Magic Bus
348 Beatles - Hard Day's Night
347 David Bowie - Fame
357 U2 - New Year's Day
356 George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone
355 ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
369 Golden Earring - Radar Love
372 Alice Cooper - School's Out
379 Van Halen - Runnin' With The Devil
387 Edgar Winter - Frankenstein
386 Paul McCartney - Jet
393 Queen - Fat Bottom Girls
395 Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff
399 Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
398 Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight
405 Neil Young - Rockin In The Free World
410 Cars - My Best Friend's Girl
416 Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You
425 U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
443 CCR - Up Around The Bend
450 Foreigner - Cold As Ice
466 John Fogerty - Old Man Down The Road
480 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
487 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
486 Sly/Family Stone - Dance To The Music
485 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q
484 Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
491 Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
490 Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City
489 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel


That would be my list of my favorites. I was really really dissapointed there wasn't much AC/DC, KISS, Black Sabbath and Metallica.

 

[Overseer]

3 Derek And The Dominoes - Layla

??? huh? lol

Eric Clapton > You.

 

[Prester John]

Eagles' Hotel California needs to be there.

 

[DevilDawg]

Eagles' Hotel California needs to be there.

8 Eagles - Hotel California



It's there

 

[JeremyScott]

I hope they didnt put any Elton John. EWWWWW

 

[Overseer]

I hope they didnt put any Elton John. EWWWWW

135 Elton John - Crocodile Rock
174 Elton John - Rocket Man

There were probably a few more, that's just from the selections on the list people here posted.

 

[JeremyScott]

Shoot me and get it over with. Why him, he is terrible.

 

[Patrocles]

Eric Clapton > You.

ok, overseer! I give up. please explain your post and how it relates to:
3 Derek And The Dominoes - Layla

thanks!

 

[Overseer]

ok, overseer! I give up. please explain your post and how it relates to:
3 Derek And The Dominoes - Layla

thanks!

.... That was one of Eric Claptons umpteen bands..

 

[KG_Jag]

That Clapton band had unofficial member Duane Allman playing slide on Layla!

 

[erwin_rommel]

5 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
12 Who - Baba O'Riley
23 Who - Behind Blue Eyes
43 Who - My Generation
59 Who - Pinball Wizard
97 Who - Who Are You
How could crap like this get in the top 100 when not one Metallica song is on the list and when Black Sabbath didn't even show up until like 143 or 146.

By the way words cannot describe my hatred of the band The Who.

 

[KG_Jag]

Simple answer: Boomers rule(and have much better taste in music than most in the x and y generations)! We older Boomrs remember all the great music from Chuck, Buddy, Elvis, Roy, Little Richard, and Don & Phil forward. After the mid-70's the quality and creativity of most (but not quite all) of what came out took a nose dive.

 

[JeremyScott]

Bill

I am like you, I love the old school rock. This new hard core stuff is poo. Anything from Chuck Berry to Richie Vallens, to The Who, to The Stones.

 

[Overseer]

Simple answer: Boomers rule(and have much better taste in music than most in the x and y generations)! We older Boomrs remember all the great music from Chuck, Buddy, Elvis, Roy, Little Richard, and Don & Phil forward. After the mid-70's the quality and creativity of most (but not quite all) of what came out took a nose dive.

I'm glad you say most, I like the real classic rock and I'm only 21





P.S. The Who rocks.

 

[Kaki]

5 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
12 Who - Baba O'Riley
23 Who - Behind Blue Eyes
43 Who - My Generation
59 Who - Pinball Wizard
97 Who - Who Are You
How could crap like this get in the top 100 when not one Metallica song is on the list and when Black Sabbath didn't even show up until like 143 or 146.

By the way words cannot describe my hatred of the band The Who.

Hehe, what´s that bad with The Who? I don´t like it much either, but they sure did play LOUD. There are a lot more ´heavy´ elements in their music than in 99% of the other bands on the list. This is more about rock classics. Black Sabbath shouldn´t even be on this list but of course they had to put ´Paranoid´ in it.

 

[The Doctor]

I hope they didnt put any Elton John. EWWWWW

174 Elton John - Rocket Man - "All this science I don't understand, it's just my job five days a week" - Great lyrics by Bernie Taupin.

How about no post-"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Elton John.

 

[Patrocles]

.... That was one of Eric Claptons umpteen bands..

thanks for the info...Clapton is out of my musical sphere of influence (hearing)

 

[Patrocles]

5 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
12 Who - Baba O'Riley
23 Who - Behind Blue Eyes
43 Who - My Generation
59 Who - Pinball Wizard
97 Who - Who Are You
How could crap like this get in the top 100 when not one Metallica song is on the list and when Black Sabbath didn't even show up until like 143 or 146.

By the way words cannot describe my hatred of the band The Who.

so tell us your favorite from the list!
I have a similar hatred for Zeppelin and rolling stones...probably because the rock stations play their tunes them 24/7