Best rock song of all times


Only one answer please.
Not the best written or the best musical complexity but the one that represents the rock.

My choice: Satisfaction - Rolling Stones

Reasons:
- first notes are like the 5th of Beethoven (when you hear those notes, everybody pumps up the volume)
- still very up to date
- a mix of rock and blues rock and Motown sound
- lyrics talks about disatisfaction of young people vs life, politics, money and women (even B Dylan like that song)
- music is very basic as a good rock song should be
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Showing 4 responses by oblgny

Shite.  Hmmm...okay, ONE of my faves simply because it’s just freakin’ THERE immediately. 


You Really Got Me - The Kinks. 
Okay...one more. 

“Mercury Blues” - David Lindley & El Rayo X

A kick in the pants and one of THE most absolutely effen raucous 4 minutes ever put down. 

Play it LOUD. 
bdp24...

Yup - that cut is absolutely insane.  Even when I listen to it now it gets around 4-5 replays instantly.  I can only imagine what it would be like live. 

In the the same vein I’ll offer “Right Hand Man” by Joan Osborne.  Song just goes...
Okay...anudder OBVIOUS one...

”Heartbreaker” - Led Zeppelin. 

That it’s also also one of the best rock riffs ever is beside the point. I read an article many years ago regarding the techniques used recording the tune. If my 60+ year old memory has retained anything, Page’s amplifier was situated 20 feet down a hall and cranked to eleven - or something like that. 

I swear that I can hear that.