Grand Funk - Inside Looking Out ( Live)
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
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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I didn't read through all the posts, and I'm not certain what "Rock" means, but at the moment I have a special love of "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" (as much Classical as Rock, what with it's J.S. Bach compositional elements) and "The Weight", two majestic, soaring masterpieces of song. That they are Rock (if they are) is incidental; a great song is a great song, regardless of genre-style performance. Now, if you asked for a Rock 'n' Roll song, THAT would get a different answer: "I Hear You Knocking", the version by Dave Edmunds. |
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Hmm, I feel like I should name another one... You all should listen to this one. Tons of energy, uniquely garbed lead singer, and guitars blazing. Anyone remember, "She Sells Sanctuary"? 1985, believe it or not... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCOSPtyZAPA |
A few candidates off the top of my head. Yeah, some have been mentioned. Doors -- Break On Through and Light My Fire Ramones -- I Wanted Everything Hendrix -- Foxy Lady and Purple Haze Sex Pistols -- God Save the Queen Pearl Jam -- Alive The Who -- Won't Get Fooled Again and My Generation Rolling Stones -- Under My Thumb Cream -- Spoonful Led Zeppelin -- Dazed & Confused Presley -- Heartbreak Hotel and Blue Suede Shoes Eddie Cochran --- Summertime Blues and C'mon Everybody Little Richard -- Lucille |