While there are literally hundreds of definitive rock songs, the Top Ten Rock Songs have the distinction of defining particular eras. Usually preceding a new wave of musical styles, these top ten songs also echo the cultural and political atmosphere at key points in history.
Though some songs can become dated within a short time, others have the power to become timeless, and influence generation upon generation of music lovers. Here’s our take on the Top Ten Rock Songs of all time…
10. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana – 1991
Hair-metal had reached saturation levels, and the affluent, “let’s pretend” era of the 1980s was fading fast. Kids were fed-up with poser rock-stars, whose songs and fashion became formulaic and ceased to be personal. Nirvana had the rawness of the early Kinks, lyrical sentiments that described all they were feeling, a sound and look that would influence and fuel an entire era of rock music, and turn over every corporate entertainment paradigm.
9. Statesboro Blues – Allman Brothers – 1971
The song that introduced Duane Allman’s signature slide guitar style also introduced many rock fans to what would later be known as the “jam band.” If you were young, and weren’t into mysticism, hedonism, or introspection, you were into hippy-ism.
8. Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin – 1971
Considered a masterpiece of rock music composition, what really made Stairway to Heaven a top song was the dreamy, eeriness of the lyrics and musical production. Early 1970s culture was gravitating to fantasy and mysticism, evident by numerous books and movies that would follow, and Led Zeppelin’s trademark Tolkien-esque lyrics hit the right chord.
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles – 1968
Not only a fine example of George Harrison and Eric Clapton’s soulful playing, this haunting song by The Beatles mirrors the soul of the late 1960s. Downtrodden, mystified, and confused, but with a glimmer of hope that things will inevitably change…somehow. After all, the world is still turning.
6. Eruption – Van Halen – 1978
Eddie Van Halen virtually invented super-fast, precision guitar playing that was emulated all the way through the 1980s. Although Eruption was technically a guitar solo, preceding their cover of “You Really Got Me” by the Kinks, Van Halen came onto the music scene at a time when fans were just stating to become bored with commercial offerings. Eruption was instrumental in peeling off the layers that the 1970s had deposited onto music fans.
5. Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones – 1971
Ushering in the decadent 1970s was the Rolling Stone’s “Brown Sugar”. Complete with raunchy Keith Richards guitar and risqué lyrics, the Stones threw out the frustration of the former decade, and had millions of fans thinking, “why not have some fun for a change?”
4. You Really Got Me – The Kinks – 1964
The birth of raw, dirty, garage rock began with the Kink’s “You Really Got Me”. Another heavily covered tune throughout the ages, the Kinks threw caution to the wind, slashing amplifier speakers to create the distorted guitar sound, and singing in devil-may-care fashion with no regard for popularly accepted styling. A brilliant effort that even modern rock bands try to replicate.
3. Crossroads – Cream – 1968
Classic Eric Clapton and Cream song which is as timeless as Robert Johnson himself. Not only did the tune feature the band’s trademark sound and musicianship, lyrically it represented the haunting realities and indecision present in 1960s culture.
2. Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix – 1967
As a reflection of the troubled, confused 1960’s, Jimi Hendrix and his guitar emerged as one psychedelically linked unit. While many other guitarists merely played an instrument, Hendrix was the instrument. Experimenting with the latest in recording effects and rarely-heard guitar pyrotechnics, Jimi Hendrix slashed his way into timeless guitar-hero status with Purple Haze.
#1. Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry – 1958
Perhaps the most covered song in rock and roll, Johnny B. Goode almost single-handedly introduced the guitar as the primary rock instrument, with the lyrical sentiment to back it up. Johnny B. Goode represented a time in history when a youthful nation, bored by the saccharine, sedated 1950’s, began to realize that times were about to change. Here’s number one on our list of top ten rock songs…
There will obviously be plenty of debate on this list of Top Ten Rock Songs. There is no right list and no wrong list… only opinions – what’s your opinion? Let us know in the comments below!
By Scotty Smith
Guitarist Rock ©2008-2011
1. Misfits – skulls
2. Iron Maiden – hallowed be thy name
3. Led Zeppelin – No quarter
4. Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
5. Motley Crue – Too fast for love
6. The Cult – She sells sanctuary
7. Black Sabbath – war pigs
8. Pantera – mouth for war
9. Corrosion of conformity – albatross
10. Danzig – How the gods kill
While all the songs mentioned on this website’s list are well known, they aren’t considers the best wok of those particular bands/ people and certainly not the top 10 rock songs ever.
The Beatles certainly have broken and held nearly every record in the music industry and influenced many of the other great bands that followed including the Rolling Stones, who are 1 of the greatest bands ever, but wouldn’t be the same if not for trying to be opposite of the Beatles. The Beatles opened the door into America for other great rock bands, so I’d say a Beatles song, especially a record breaking 1 like Hey Jude should be 1st. Some other highly influential and important rock attists that should be in the top 10 :
Elvis Presley
Buddy Holly
Bob Dylan
Rolling Stones
The Eagles ( 1 of the most famous folk-rock bands)
Eric Clapton ( not just Cream)
CCR
The Scorpions ( you don’t hear about sucessful German rock bands much; The U.K. gets all the glory)
Pink Floyd ( very progressive for their time)
The Who
Wings ( it’s hard to be a Beatle then start over and end up outdoing yourself!)
Traveling Wilburys ( 1 epic supergroup of 5 of the greatest rockstars of the 60s)
Of course there are loads more people and bands that are important and should be included- but this is my opinion based on awards, popularity, influence/impact etc.
1. Jimi Hendrix – Here My Train a Coming`
2. Jimi Hendriy – All along the Watchtower
3. Jimi Hendrix,Band of Gypsys – Who Knows
4. Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
5. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. Metallica – St. Anger
7. Guano Apes – Lords Of The Boards
8. Deep Purple Made in Japan – Lazy
9. Eric Clapton – Cocaine
10. Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
11. Supermax – African Blood
12. Supermax – Love Machine
13. Steppenwolf – Born to be Wild
14. The Police – Roxanne
15. Pearl Jam – Alive
16. Auletta – Make Love Work
17. Lou Reed – Walk on the Wilde Side
18. Rolling Stones – Paint it,black
19. Deep Purple – Space Trucking
20. Deep Purple – Speed King
21. ect,ect,ect,ect …
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01-Stairway To Heaven
02-Hotel California-Eagles
03-Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen
04-Like A Rolling Stone-Bob Dylan
05-Thunder Road-Bruce Springsteen
06-All Along The Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix
07-Time-Pink Floyd
08-Born To Run-Bruce springsteen
09-American Pie-Don McLean
10-Brothers In Arms-Dire Straits
11-Sympathy For The Devil-
The Rolling Stones
12-One-U2
13-Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana
14-Won’t Get Fooled Again-The Who
15-Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd
16-Imagine-John Lennon
17-Tangled Up In Blue-Bob Dylan
18-(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction-The Rolling Stones
19-What’s Going On-Marvin Gaye
20-Cortez The Killer-Neil Young
21-Let It Be-The Beatles
22-Blowin’ In The Wind-Bob Dylan
23-Hey Jude-The Beatles
24-Hallelujah-Leonard Cohen
25-Layla-Derek And The Dominos
26-Baba O’Riley-The Who
27-Back In Black-AC/DC
28-Heroes-David Bowie
29-Bridge Over Troubled Water-Simon & Garfunkel
30-Jungleland-Bruce Springsteen
31-Free Bird-Lynyrd Skynyrd
32-Sound Of Silence-Simon & Garfunkel
33-Black-Pearl Jam
34-Smoke On The Water-Deep Purple
35-A Change Is Gonna Come-Sam Cooke
36-London Calling-The Clash
37-Tears In Heaven-Eric Calpton
38-Dream On-Aerosmith
39-The Weight-The Band
40-Desolation Row-Bob Dylan
41-Behind Blue Eyes-The Who
42-Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
43-Wild Horses-The Rolling Stones
44-Fortunate Son-Creedence Clearwater Revival
45-Johnny B. Good-Chuck Berry
47-I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For-U2
48-Sultan Of Swing-Dire Straits
49-You Can’t Always Get What You Want-The Rolling Stones
50-A Day In The Life-The Beatles
1. Stairway to Heaven-Led Zeppelin
2. Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen
3. Baba O’ Riley-The Who
4. Hungry Daze-Deep Purple
5. Helter Skelter-The Beatles
6. Kashmir-Led Zeppelin
7. Smells like teen spirit-Nirvana
8. The End-The Doors
9. Time-Pink Floyd
10. Satisfaction-The Rolling Stones
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
Metallica – Fade To Black
Guns ‘n Roses – November Rain
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Bob Dylan – The Hurricane
Bon Jovi – Living On A Prayer
The Beatles – Come Together
Led Zepplin – Stairway To Heaven
The Eagles – Hotel California
No specific order – Didn’t want to use the same band twice, which was difficult – But to me, these are the top 10 greatest rock songs of all time.
10. Walk this way, Aerosmith
9. Eruption, Van Halen
8. Highway Star, Deep Purple
7. Paranoid, Black Sabbath
6. Heartbreaker, Led Zeppelin
5. My Generation, The Who
4. Aqualung, Jethro Tull
3. We will Rock You, Queen
2. La Grange, ZZ Top
1. Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix
Too many great rock songs out there to just pick out 10!!!!!
But I gave it a try:) by the way, I LOVE ALL ROCK!
1. 2112- rush
2. suppers ready- genesis
3. hemispheres- rush
4. the fountain of lamneth- rush
5. the musical box-genesis
6. la villa strangiato-rush
7. the knife-genesis
8. xanadu-rush
9. cygnus X-1- rush
10. can-utility and the coastliners-genesis
11. child in time-deep purple
12. the camera eye-rush
13. angels have fallen-kansas
14. under the sun-black sabbath
15. vicarious-tool
I read in a website donno what website it says best songs of all time
10) Dancing Queen – AbbA Gold
Southern Cross – Crosby Stills And Nash
9) We Will Rock You – Queens
7) Piano Man – Billy Joel
6) Who Can It Be Now- Men at Work
5) Little Jeanie- Elton Work
4) Careless Whisper- George Michael
3) Imagine – John Lennon
2) Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
1) Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin
HOTEL CALIFORNIA STARWAY TO HEAVEN GOLDEN SLUMBERS BED OF ROSES KNOCK KNOCK ON HEAVENS DOODR BITTER W=SWEET SYMPHONY QESTION 67 AND 68 BLACK MAGIC WOMAN NIGHT IN WHITE SATIN UNFORGIVEN
10- smells like teen spirit
9-riders on the storm
8- like a rolling stone
7-sympathy for the devil
6-all along the watch tower
5-stairway to heaven
4-kashmir
3-bohemian rapsody
2-hey hey my my
1-dont fear the reaper
1. november rain – guns roses
2. i dont wanna miss a thing – aerosmith
3. sweet child o mine – guns roses
4. dont cry – guns roses
5. she’s gone – steelheart
6. forever and one – helloween
7. broken heart – white lion
8. patience – guns roses
9. welcome to the jungle – guns roses
10. dream on – aerosmith
11. like a stone – audioslave
12. smoke on the water – deep purple
13. down with the sickness – disturbed
14. the final countdown – europe
15. home sweet home – motley crue
16. love hurts – nazareth
17. angie – the rolling stone
18. smeels like ten spirit – nirvana
19. creep – radiohead
20. rock you like hurricane – scorpions
21. i cant stop loving you – van hallen
22. jump – van hallen
23. art of life – Xjapan
24. knockin on heavens door – guns roses
25. to be with you – mr.big
26. cryin’ – aerosmith
27. jaded – aerosmith
28. trough the fire and flames – dragonforce
29. livin’ on the prayer – bon jovi
30. starway to heaven – ledd zeppelin
31. bohemian rhapsody – queen
32. comfortably numb – pink floyd
33. the star – vitas
34. back in black – acdc
35. highway to hell – acdc
36. walk this way – aerosmith
37. maria – blondie
38. behind blue eyes – limp bizkit
39. one step closer – linkin park
40. in the end – linkin park
how can dire straits-”money for nothing” not be on this list?
10 – Smells Like Teen Spirit – (NIRVANA)
9 – Riders On the Storm – (THE DOORS)
8 – All Along the Watchtower – (JIMMY HENDRIX)
7 – Don’t Stop Me Now – (QUEEN)
6 – Hotel California – (THE EAGLES)
5 – White Room – (CREAM)
4 – A Day in the Life – (THE BEATLES)
3 – Paint it Black – (THE ROLLING STONES)
2 – Stairway to Heaven – (LED ZEPPELIN)
1 – Comfortably Numb – (PINK FLOYD)
1. Soothsayer(Buckethead)
2. Ride the Lightning(Metallica)
3. Creeping Death(Metallica)
4.Sanitarium(Metallica)
5.Fade to Black(Metallica)
6. The Four Horsemen(Metallica)
7. Trust(Megadeth)
8.One(Metallica)
9.November Rain(Guns N Roses)
10.Smells Like Teen Spirit(Nirvana)
1- Learning to fly_Pink Floyd
2- The Seeker_The Who
3- Piece of my heart_Janis Joplin
4-Don’t look now_Creedence Clearwater Revival
5-You’ve got to hide your love away_The Beatles
6-Simpathy for the devil_The Rolling Stones
7-Over the hills and far away_Led Zeppelin
8-Fly by night_Rush
9-Don’t tell me_Van Halen
10-Time_Pink Floyd
1. Smoke On The Water Deep Purple
2. Light My Fire The Doors
3. Stairway To Heaven Led Zeppelin (Have to have one slow song)
4. Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry (because he was really the first)
5. Brown Sugar Rolling Stones
6. Won’t Get Fooled Again The Who (try sitting still on this one)
7. Free Byrd Lynard Skinard
8. Louie, Louie Kingsmen
9. Somebody To Love Jefferson Airplane
10. Born To Run Bruce Springsteen
11. One Fine Morning Lighthouse (1971 the original group)
Where is Credence Clearwater Revival?
Who makes the best butter? Eruption.
Should I buy a Mac or PC? Eruption.
Best Ukelele player. The guy on YouTube that played Eruption.
That girl made me have an…
Eruption… Not even a song, but it should be on every list.
20. crawling- linkin park
19. papa roach- to be loved
18. how u remind me- nickelback
17. everybody- backstreet boys
16. billie jean- MJ
15. wish u were here- pink floyd
14. highway 2 hell- ac/dc
13. stairway 2 heaven- led zep
12. metallica- one
11. wonderwall- oasis
10. the diary of jane- breaking benjamin
9. 21st century breakdown- green day
8. the kill- 30 second 2 mars
7. johnny b. goode- chuck berry
6. we will rock u- queen
5. in the end- linkin park
4. kings & queen- 30 second 2 mars
3. a beautiful lie- 30 second 2 mars
2. welcome 2 jungle- gun & roses
1. BaCk In BlAcK – Ac/Dc
1. Don’t Look Back- Boston
2. Telegraph Road- Dire Straits
3. Any Carlos Santana Song from the 70′s.
4. Anyway You Want It- Journey
5. Where The Streets Have No Name- U2
6. Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
7. Behind Blue Eyes- The Who
8. Free Bird- Lynrd Skynyrd
9. Peace Of Mind- Boston
10. November Rain- Gun’s N Roses
gun n roses – sweet child o mine
led zepplin – stairway to heaven
scorpions – rock u like a hurricane
bonjovi – u giv love a bad name
metallica – master of puppets
ozzy osbourne – iron man
the rasmus – in the shadows
aerosmith – janie’s got a gun
queen – we will rock u
papa roach – last resort
awesome list…..shud have included smells like teen spirit…
kings & queen —- 30 second 2 MARS is my favourite rock song!
its tRuEly Rock.
linkin park is always rock.
1. johnny B. goode – chuck berry
2. town called malice – the jam
3. I disappear – metallica
4. we will rock you – queen
5. smell like teen spirit – nirvana
6. numb – Linkin park
7. stairway to heaven – led zeppelin
8. what i’ve done – Linkin park
9. everybody – backstreet boys
10. breaking the habbit – Linkin park
1 – Stairway to heaven – led zeppelin
2 – hotel california – the eagles
3 – bohemian rhapsody – queen
4 – light my fire – the doors
5 – layla – derek and the dominos
6 – don’t fear the reaper – blue oyster cult
7 – sultans of swing – dire straits
8 – suite: judy blue eyes – crosby stills and nash
9 – all along the watchtower – jimi hendrix
10 – band on the run – paul mccartney and the wings
Dude! You’re in my book now!!
Great list
Right on! I agree with Tom> Especially Stairway to Heavan #1. There is not another song even close to # 1 or will there ever likely be!
1.Those who want to Rock we Salute You -
2. Paradise City –
3. Behemian Rhapsody –
4. Sweet Child O’mine –
5. Highway To Hell –
6. Like a Stone –
7. Just Feel Better –
8. Blaze of Glory –
9. I wanna Rock & Roll All Night –
10. Here I Am -
No Bohemian Rhapsody??!! You gotta be kidding me
Why???? Whats wrong with Bohemian Rhapsody???
No man. You got it wrong. I asked why is bohemian rhapsody missing.
1. Detroit Rock City – KISS
2. Twist and Shout – The Beatles
3. Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry as shown on this list
4. Old Time Rock and Roll- Bob Seger
5. Strutter – KISS
6. Come Together – the Beatles
7. Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin
8. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
9. I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
10. Paint it Black – Rolling Stones
Dude where’s Alice In Chains oh and this is a all time list so why the fuck would Fags and Roses be and the list? What next the Spice Girls.
guns and roses sucks the only person playing ok music is slash and i still dont really like his music
1) Guns and roses:-November Rain
2)Queen:-Bohemian rhapsody
3) Nirvana :-smells like teen spirit
4) Led Zeppelin:-Stairway to heaven
5) Journey:-dont stop believing
6)Slipknot:-Snuff
7)The beatles:-Revolution
8)Guns & roses:-Estranged
9)AC/DC:-Who made who
10)Metallica:-Whiskey in the Jar
In any Order
Guns n’ Roses are the best..
I can not rate, but here you are…
top 10 rock songs ever:
Dogs & Money & Welcome To the Machine-Pink Floyd .+. Paranoid Android-Radiohead .+. Hey Jude-The Beatles .+. My Generation-The Who .+.
Johnny B. Goode-Chuck Berry .+. Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana .+. Stairway to Heaven & Kashmir-Led Zeppelin . … no, i can not… it’s very hard to tell just 10, there is more than 100 in my mind right now…
This website should really be updated…. Mine are
1.Welcome to the Jungle~Guns N Roses
2. Sweet Child of Mine~Guns N Roses
3. Paradise City~Guns N Roses
4. TNT~AC/DC
5.If Today Was Your Last Day~Nickelback
6.How You Remind Me~Nickelback
7.Something In Your Mouth~Nickelback
8.Animals~Nickelback
9.I’d Come For You~Nickelback
10.Never Gonna Be Alone~Nickelback
11.If Everyone Cared~Nickelback
12.Photograph~Nickelback
13.Rockstar~Nickelback
14.Gotta Be Somebody~Nickelback
15.Savin Me~Nickelback
16.Somebody~Nickelback
17. Burn it to the Ground~Nickelback
18. Too Bad~Nickelback
19. Bad Girlfriend~Theory of a Deadman
20. I could list forever…
Haha, if you can’t tell, I love Nickelback!
Hmm.. I like Nickelback too, but they don’t deserve a spot on this list!
3 things, 1- you must not like rock and roll as mucha s your name insites, if bohimian rhapsody, stair way to heaven, hotel california, or smells like teen spirit, because thoes are on the greatest of SO MANY LISTS (some on this one too) 2-i like nickle back to but they shouldnt be on there, 3-so many great bands you left out, like queen led zeplin, eagles, nirvana, black saboth, poison, beatles, (i could go on)
Hey
would you please compare your list with the website’s?…0ops sorry i forgot you love nickleback, here is talking about greatest rock songs ever, not some (sorry) girlish ones…
Yea but we r talkin about real rock bands guns n roses and nickelback suck
Don’t knw bout Nickelback but u made a comment that GN’R sucks!
Are you out of your bloody fn’ mind!!!!??!!!!
GN’Rs one of the best Rock n’ Roll band of all time……
really have you seen axl the homo he sounds like a girl and every song sounds the same just whinning about something else
i listened to the song at the top of that list(chuck berry) and that is awful. Where are linkin park, godsmack, evenescence and breaking benjamin. they are all awesome. I think the list should be reprepared according to the new generation
This list is not about any “generation”, this list is about “all time”
“Top 10 Rock Songs Of All Time” this is the topic, take a look again…
it’s better for you to listen to a better (also i can say the best) GENERATION and this is R O C K with all its subcategories…( ofcource we have JAZZ, BLUSE, classic, &… but i think you could never ever understand these languages…)
whats wrong with you there is only only good band you like and it is not breaking benjamin or evenesance and definately not linkin park
1. hallowed be thy name
2. heaven and hell
3. crazy train
4. november rain
5. killing floor
6. touch me
7. gung ho
8. heaven tonight
9. beat it
10. at this point you can pretty much debate what song you think is best, im having second thoughts about the first five in the order i put them, but i guess thats the beauty of music, each song could be the best on any given day
1. Enter Sandman
2. Spirit in the Sky
3. Copperhead Road
4. Paint it Black
5. I Won’t Back Down
6. Nothing Else Matters
7. Highway To Hell
8. Welcome To The Jungle
9. Old Time Rock And Roll
10. Through The Fire And Flames (solely because of the guitar solo)
you are right exept welcome to the jungle that song shouldnt even count as rock
my personal….
1. Sweet child o’ mine. Guns roses
2.Welcome to the jungle Guns n roses
3.Snow Red hot chili peppers
4.Cant stop Red hot chili peppers
5.November Rain Guns n roses
6.Dream on Aerosmith
7.Angie The rolling stones
8. Don’t stop me now Queen
9.Patience Guns n roses
10.Thunderstruck ACDC
11. Under the bridge Red hot chili peppers
12. Don’t cry Guns n roses
13. Come as you are Nirvanna
14. I don’t wanna miss a thing… Aerosmith
15. Gimme shelter The rolling stones
16. Cold as ice/jukebox hero Tie, both from foreigner
17. Killing i n the name of Rage against thre machine
18. Photograph Def leppard
19.Estranged Guns n roses
20. Open Arms Journey
21. Hells Bells ACDC
22. Paranoid Black Sabbath
23.Voodoo Child Jimi hendrix
24We will rock you Queen
25.Give it away Red hot chili peppers
hey, where is linkin park?
That bloody hell band linkin park sholud be fried with kerosene oil in HELL….
shut your mouth up. linkin park is the best.
honostly linkin park has like 1 good song.
Hahaha… Linkin KRAP here?????
i like your opinion i just dont understand what youre saying
my rock chart goes like this
1.the unforgiven ii
2.always
3.dreamer
4.afraid to shoot strangers
5.paranoid
6.gotta be somebody
7.november rain
8.fade to black
9.lost highway
10.you and i
here is my list
1.- starway to heaven
2.-enter sandman
3.-SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
4.-sweet child o mine
5.- welcome to the jungle
6.- californication
7.- detroit rock city
8.- i was made for loving you
9.- call me
10.- mama im coming home
Good choices! Anyone else like “Frankensteim” – Edgar Winters??
Hey man, pretty good list. I’ll give you mine:
1. Stairway to Heaven
2. All along The Watchtower
3. You Really Got Me
4. Back in Black
5. Layla
6. Sympathy for the Devil
7. Smells Like Teen Spirit
8. Eruption
9. Sweet Child O’ Mine
10. Hey Jude
11. Baba O’ Riley
12. Bohemian Rhapsody
13. Whole Lotta Love
14. Free Bird
15. Johnny B. Goode
16. Imagine
17. Wish You Were Here
18. In The Ghetto
19. Dream On
20. Hotel California
I personally think Crossroads is over rated, and doesn’t even cone close to good old Crossroad Blues by Robert Johnson (I call the guy Bobby Jo). But we can old get along. It’s only opinions.
Where the heck is LINKIN PARK…….THEY ARE THE AWESOMEST!
For all of you guys complaining about no Metallica:
Yes, I know, they’re great – I love em’ too.
But, Metallica plays METAL, not ROCK. Hence the name ‘Metallica’.
This is the list of top 10 rock songs, not metal and rock.
I think that not including Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple is a huge mistake. And where’s Pink Floyd? (Comfortably Numb)
But, yeah, you can’t really make a top ten rock song list since if you really search for a top 10 songs, your list would just have songs by Beatles, Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix since those are the best rock performers ever, hands down.
Also, other great missing bands are Guns n’ Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Aerosmith, Elvis Presley, Lynyrd Skynyrd.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: WHERE’S QUEEN?!
WHERE THE HECK IS METALLICA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!???!! r you frackin shatin me?? master of puppets or one, both rock/metal masterpieces
Yeah Were THE HELL IS METALLICA!? cmon Master Of Puppets Enter Sandman Whiplash this List is poor an Smells Like teen spirt should of been more up there too!
Hey Guys, I can see where you’re coming.. I love Metallica too, seen them live twice! I would have loved to include them, but just remember, we’re talking about “ALL TIME” here!
Freeking impressed with the choices,wish you were here.
This is so true.I’ve actually lived ,listened and bought the vinyl during those days and heard some of it live it as it was being played at concerts.Very impressed with the selections,very impressed.
Good list. Here’s mine:
1. Stairway to Heaven – Led Zep
2. Baba O’Reily- The Who
3. Freebird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
4.Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
5. Dream On – Aerosmith
6. Highway to Hell – ACDC
7. Crazy Train – Ozzy Osborne
8. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns and Roses
9. Revolution – The Beatles
10. Behemian Rhapsody – Queen
I AGREE WITH DAVID WHERE THE F*** IS AC/DC!!?!?!?
where’s megadeth??????????? in my darkest hour…
. black sabbath —- N.I.B.???????
Megadeth didn’t make it unfortunately Dhruv, although it’s a rockin good song
i suppose that’s your personal opinion about top-10 all-time songs. it’s difficult to choose even your favorite top-10 songs without forgetting some of them. I CAN’T WRITE MY TOP 10 BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW IT.
You forgot about Layla. It should be in the top 3.
That’s a good list of rock songs. And number 1 Johnny B. Goode is a first song that I hear first and begin to listen rock music. I heard it in a movie “Back to the Future”, where that song was covered, and only after that i listened original.
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Here is my List:
Temple of the King
1) Smoke on the Water
2) Stairway to Heaven
3) Highway Star
4) Come Together
5) Confortably Numb
6) Evil Ways
7) Holiday
9) Soldier of Fortune
10) No Quarter
Yes!
wheres ac\dc dumb shits
Great list, but I would have to go with Layla by Derrick and the Dominoes. It’s a classic, and it incorporates 2 of the greatest guitar players of all time Clapton, and Dwayne Allman, and for its influence on the way people thought about music at the time, Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys!
Bring it on.That double album “derick and the domino’s “set changed my life.Vibrations by Brian Wilson and the boy’s took the bubble gum am stations into fm territory with that song.
WTF is am,asks people not of that day?Drudgery would be my answer,asbismal drudgery.
And the Doors, Light My Fire, Money for Nothin’ by Dire Straights Lots more to choose from. Too many.
Oh, yeah. Maybe something by Elvis, like Heartbreak Hotel or I got a Woman. Those guys were the heart and soul of Rock and Roll. But I do agree, you got the top one right, Johnny B. Goode. LOL But you should have some room for “It’s so Easy to Fall in Love” and “Rave On” by Buddy Holly.
LOL. Well, I remember the ’50′s. That’s when Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Little Richard, Roy Orbison came on with Rock and Roll. It was great. So I would have liked to have seen Long Tall Sally, Let me hear some of that Rock and Roll Music, Great Balls of Fire and Blue Suede Shoes, Pretty Woman, on that list.
Nice choices PJ. I find it funny that your first and last choices contradict each other.
Thanks Scotty I am still learning
Hey Scotty,
Here’s my top 10 favorites of all time (personal choice) :
1. Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
2. Hotel California – Eagles
3. House of the Rising Sun – Animals
4. Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
6. Roxanne – Police
7. With or Without You – U2
8. The End – The Doors
9. Pigs – Pink Floyd
10.Road to Hell – Chris Rea
I hope people like it. Thanks!
I like it a lot PJ, I see you have good taste in music. Thanks for your list
Top nine of your ten,right on, need to listen to your #10 cause I don’t know it yet.Should be good though based on tyour first nine selections!
Hotel California was played to death but the Eagles do deserve to be noted.,somewhere.
Have to say that Hendrix and Led Zeppelin were the tops of my day,Janis and Jim Morrison too.Rock and roll heaven at 27.Throw in Kurt Cobane and it’s a tight group.
Hey Scotty,
I vote for –
“Wish You Were Here” – Pink Floyd
“Hotel California” – Eagles
“Kashmir” – Led Zeppelin
Classic songs by great artists PJ. Thanks for your vote mate, I will note them down as possibles for the top 50!
Seriously good tunes!
1.welcome to the jungle
2.highway to hell
3.cryin
4.whiskey in the jar
5.its my life
6.smells like a teen spirit
7.with or without you
8.rock of ages
9.boulevard of broken dreams
10.numb
Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan & London Calling by Clash should have made the list.
Great songs and artists Sid, but I disagree that either of them belong on this list. Maybe somewhere in the top 100 or 200 rock songs of all time but not the top 10.
Who knows…it’s up for debate. Anyone else got anything to add?
Without Johnny B Goode and Chuck Berry, rock music may not be where it is today. Classic song, classic musician … #1 rock song of all time. Of course many people may disagree, but maybe they are just too young and didn’t get the privilege to listen to old school rock.
As I was going down the list I kept thinking surely that would be number one though…
Then I got to the bottom, saw Johnny B Goode and was like oh yeah thats definitely the best! Good list.
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Great bunch of tunes, have to make a collection for next cruzin session… Ange you got some great taste there, are you a guitarist who rocks!
Awesome tunes alright Alex, glad you like them mate. Rock on dude
How were these determined?
They were determined by opinion and research Lyn, what’s your opinion?
There is no right top ten rock songs list and no wrong one, only opinions
I like your list Scotty. These songs go a way back… just goes to show, they don’t write songs like they used to
Some others which I really like are:-
Light My Fire – The Doors
My Generation – The Who
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Louie, Louie – The Kingsmen
Sunshine of Your Love – Cream
Love the video clips.
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They sure don’t write rock songs like they used to Ange, that’s for sure
You have some great favourites there, who doesn’t love Sweet Home Alabama….classic tune.
Johnny. B. Wood hey, I like it mate…I like it a lot!! Rock on man.
Scotty mate a great list many of my favorites on this list – funny how my nickname from the band days is here – Johhny B Wood!
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