Best song of all time? Pop/Rock

[Eliot Rosewater]

Greatest song of all time?



I am thinking...not sure yet.

leaning towards Queen, Beatles, etc.

ONE song, which ONE song?

[Binkie The Clown]

1. So far: Led Zep, Stairway to Heaven.

In centuries to come, who knows....

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Good option

Speaking of great, this 25 minutes cant be beat, trust me

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[Binkie The Clown]

4. Oh hell yes! nt

[blur256]

21. I am 36 years young

But I can't help but notice that Freddie Mercury is the best damn live performer . I wish I could have seen him live.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

28. Not seeing Queen in 1980.....

Is one of my regrets. Loved Freddie Mercury. A voice like none other.

[blur256]

34. He is flawless

Sigh

[Ohiogal]

22. This one gets my vote, although really it's impossible to choose only one.

[Docreed2003]

5. Pretty sure you would need to break that down by genre

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. Pop/Rock

[Docreed2003]

18. Then: Layla...

I’ll spare you the music nerd info on who’s playing what and the motivation for the song...just listen. The song is about unrequited love, the lyrics are pleading for this woman to understand just how much the singer loves her...listen to the slide gutair’s yearning for her! And then, there is the coda...as the slide guitar calms, you hear the sweet tones of a piano, the voice of female: beautiful, elegant, almost explaining herself...and as the slide guitar joins in, it becomes a beautiful duo of sounds...

That is my top Pop/Rock song...the only one to challenge it for me would be “Like a Rolling Stone” by Dylan.

[Ohiogal]

23. A classic! Definitely in the top five!

[Docreed2003]

30. I love that song...especially the coda!

[OregonBlue]

83. That was the very first one that popped into my head but then I went ooh, ooh, but what about

Pink Floyd, and then I thought ooh, ooh, what about Sergeant Pepper and what about the Rolling Stones and Janis and Pat Benatar, and .................I don't believe it's possible to pick the greatest of all time.

[Docreed2003]

84. Lol...

That’s the exact reason why I’d never be able to write “top lists” for Rolling Stone

[SCantiGOP]

89. Yes, Layla

Duane and Eric's guitar work, the piano at the end, the backstory for the song, all of it = best song ever.

Runners up: Long, live version of Southern Man on CSN&Y's album Four-way Street;
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony;
Paradise by the Dashboard Lights

[Dulcinea]

78. Run Through the Jungle--CCR

[Tikki]

96. One perfect song.....

Tikki

[redstatebluegirl]

7. Led Zep Whole Lotta Love

[Ohiogal]

24. Yeah!

[IADEMO2004]

8. Allman Brothers Band "Jessica" but it is an instrumental piece. Not a song?

[Ohiogal]

29. For an Allman tune, how about "Whipping Post"?

[House of Roberts]

47. Best Allman Brothers song is In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.

Closely followed by Melissa, then Jessica, of course, that's my opinion.

[Ohiya]

75. "In memory of Elizabeth Reed" for best instrumental!

[FSogol]

9. Shake Some Action by the Flamin Groovies

[ms liberty]

10. There is no such thing. But if there was, it would be

Imagine, by John Lennon:

[Eliot Rosewater]

11. That's a goodun

[Ohiogal]

25. EXCELLENT.

[Ohiya]

72. Wins for most important pop song.

[Zoonart]

105. My all time favorite.

Johnny we hardly knew yee.

[Binkie The Clown]

12. Another all-time great, great...

On edit: CRANK IT UP!!!! for the full effect.

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. Ahh yes, the WOMEN of kick ass rocknroll

[Binkie The Clown]

15. And THIS kickass woman, off course.

[Eliot Rosewater]

17. Indeed. Gone too soon along with Jimi, Jim, Tommy Bolin and others.

[Ohiogal]

27. They are the best!

[Atticus]

14. Too many to pick one, but some that might not come to mind:

Drops of Jupiter, by Train
When A Man Loves A Woman, Michael Bolton
Georgia, Ray Charles
At Seventeen, Janice Ian
Stand By Me, Been E King

[flotsam]

16. Southern Rock-The Outlaws-Green Grass and High Tides Forever

[Bluepinky]

19. Try this song from the movie Rock Star, I was hooked on it first time I heard it.

[Skittles]

20. my favorite

[Ohiogal]

26. Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd.

[redstatebluegirl]

35. A good one for sure!

[dawg day]

61. Have you seen this-- in Mumbai

Amateur concert video, but still moving--
Roger Watters singing Comfortably Numb, but the audience takes over.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

31. HOTEL CALIFORNIA........

The Eagles. One of the BEST conception albums and a song that transcends time.

[pintobean]

32. What a ridiculous notion.

[irisblue]

100. And yet you felt the need to respond.

[pintobean]

110. That looks like a canned response

and it doesn't fit here. Did my response hurt your feelings somehow? This being your only reply in the thread, I think you must agree with me.

[rzemanfl]

33. Best PERFORMANCE of a pop/rock song-

"Power of Love"-Laura Brannigan.

[Hoyt]

36. One some old folks might recognize Eight Miles High, the Byrds.

One kind of obscure — For A Spanish Guitar by Gene Clark.

But, there are so many, so many moods, etc. Rocky Racoon is good at certain times, as is Masters of War, or Coltrane’s Naima, Blowin In the Wind . . . . . . .

[Bluepinky]

37. Guns n Roses: Knockin on Heavens Door

[FM123]

38. So many to choose from! But this one has been on mind lately....

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[Glorfindel]

39. As many opinions as there are music fans, I'm sure.

I Am a Rock by Simon and Garfunkel comes to mind

[Ohiogal]

40. From The Who...

"We Won't Get Fooled Again"

and the powerful "Behind Blue Eyes".

[Ohiya]

74. How about " I'm Free!"

[rownesheck]

41. I change my mind a lot.

But right now, i think "The Day I Tried to Live" by Soundgarden is one of the greatest of all time. Oh! And "Seasons" by Chris Cornell.

[ailsagirl]

42. I'll probably get roundly denounced for this but...

At least ONE of the greatest, IMO

[NotASurfer]

43. I think great rock makes you not only sing along...

In makes you want to get on your feet and Dance. How about a little love for:

And

[50 Shades Of Blue]

44. For me, it's this one.

[Liberal Veteran]

45. Maybe a little bit of Queen and David Bowie

[Archae]

46. A Day In The Life

The Beatles, last track on "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."

And "Hey Bulldog."

Everything they could do right, they did.

[Ohiya]

71. That gets my vote also!

[Bluepinky]

48. Cant pick one, here are three more:

Somewhere Only We Know (by Keane)

Just Like Heaven (by The Cure)

Earth Song (by Michael Jackson)

[justgamma]

49. The Earth Song

That is the most powerful video ever and so appropriate for this time.

[Bluepinky]

55. It is, I wish Michael Jackson was still alive to keep making music.

I think he would have written a lot more important and original music.

[Bayard]

85. Never seen/heard the MJ one before.....

Wow. Thanks for posting.

[Chipper Chat]

50. stairway to heaven.

Chord progression, relation of the melody to the bass line, lyrics, just a classy song

[muntrv]

51. "Like A Rolling Stone.". Bob Dillon.

[milestogo]

67. Bob Dylan.

[Snotcicles]

104. Check out this cover of a Dylan song

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[cilla4progress]

52. Turtles,

Happy Together.

Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil.

Traffic, Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.

Pink Floyd, Money.

Sorry...can't just do 1!

[Laffy Kat]

53. Santana, "Smooth"

At least for the sexiest.

[Bluepinky]

56. A classic!

[Ohiya]

73. Makes me wanna dance!

[Upthevibe]

54. A Day In The Life:

[MissMillie]

57. This group won a battle of the bands at a radio rock station in Boston

I love Aimee Mann and I will always love music that I can recognize the lyrics and sing to.

[Miles Archer]

58. Jumpin' Jack Flash

For a number of reasons.

First, it was the first Stones song that completely broke away from their initial "British Invasion" sound. When I listen to a lot of early Stones, Yardbirds, Kinks, Who, etc., it all starts sounding like the same song.

It was somewhat like the final link in the chain that connected the end of the Brian Jones Stones to the beginning of the Mick Taylor Stones.

It may sound like just another Stones song in 2018, but when it was released, it was so...freaking...WEIRD. So was the band, too.

As the Beatles spread their wings with Rubber Soul and Revolver, so did the Stones with Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, and the associated singles of the era.

"Child of the Moon" (the B-side of JJF) is probably the SINGLE GREATEST Stones song to never make it onto an "official" album (not including the compilations More Hot Rocks, The Complete London Singles, and the "Super Deluxe" edition of GRRRRR).

[kwassa]

90. a great song, one of the very best.

and the studio recording is much better than any live version.

[Miles Archer]

93. I tried to find the extremely strange promo clip the did for it...

...but yes, the studio version beats any live version. Didn't know until years later that there are no electric guitars on the track...it's all over-driven acoustics.

The Who did the same thing...on many of their tracks, the electric is on top of a layer of acoustics. Gives it a very distinctive "punch."

[kwassa]

95. I've looked for good acoustic covers of the song ...

but haven't found it.

I always thought it more acoustic than electric.

[BootinUp]

59. For me

Think beach party

[BootinUp]

63. studio version

[dawg day]

60. Baba O'Reilly

Love Layla too.

As for pop, well, everything by the early Beatles.

Also Live for Today by the Grassroots.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

62. Bridge over troubled Water. n.t

n.t

[pnwest]

64. Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes or...

The Police “Every Little Thing She Does Us Magic”

Or The Cranberries “Dreams”

I mean, who can ever just pick one?

[GReedDiamond]

65. BE MY BABY by The Ronettes...

...Take 21, produced by the Legendary Convicted Murderer/Music Producer - PHIL SPECTOR - The Wall of Sound - featuring the iconic drum intro/drums of the most recorded person in HISTORY, The Great Hal Blaine.

[longship]

79. That's incredible.

And yup! Phil Spector is a murderer; he probably treated Ronnie like dirt.

But man, that song was incredible.

BTW, big hair is fucking ugly.

My preferences steer towards Hitsville, USA.


Here's an example of their work:

That's right. Hitsville is Motown!

on edit: sorry! The original recording, from the garage, was better.

Thanks for the spin back in memory lane.

[milestogo]

66. I can't get no satisfaction

I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm drivin' in my car, and the man come on the radio
He's tellin' me more and more about some useless information
Supposed to fire my imagination

I can't get no, oh, no, no, no, hey, hey, hey
That's what I say
I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm watchin' my tv and a man comes on and tell me
How white my shirts can be
But, he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
The same cigarettes as me

I can't get no, oh, no, no, no, hey, hey, hey
That's what I say
I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get girl reaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm ridin' round the world
And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that
And I'm tryin' to make some girl, who tells me
Baby, better come back maybe next week
Can't you see I'm on a losing streak
I can't get no, oh, no, no, no, hey, hey, hey
That's what I say, I can't get no, I can't get no
I can't get no satisfaction, no satisfaction
No satisfaction, no satisfaction

[Sancho]

68. This is on my list...

St. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Born to Be Wild
25 or 6 to 4

Hard to beat the 60s and 70s

[Thomas Doubts]

69. Pop Rocks

Just don't wash 'em down with Coke or Pepsi!!!

RIP, Mikey

[Ron Obvious]

70. I'd give you a different answer every time you asked me

Actually I'd probably say I couldn't possibly confine myself to just one.

[cloudbase]

76. Whiter Shade of Pale n/t

[Cartoonist]

101. +1

[yallerdawg]

77. "I can remember...standing by the Wall."

Iconic rock 'n' roll rhythm, wailing lead, legendary songwriter and vocalist.

[TlalocW]

80. You philistines... It's obviously, "Muskrat Love," by the Captain and Tennille

Sheesh!

TlalocW

[LeftInTX]

94. I'm torn between that and "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone

[Faygo Kid]

81. Doors- LA Woman

And about 100 others. But this for sure gets my mojo wokin'

[Tikki]

82. Free Fallin...Tom Petty

Tikki

[Bayard]

86. U2

Pride/In the Name of Love

But also others listed here......Heart, Springsteen, Eagles--Hotel Calif. for sure.

[kwassa]

91. another truly great song.

[jrandom421]

87. Nope: With a voice that had never been heard in rock music before

and never since:

Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit"

No one has sung like Grace Slick in the past 50 years.

[Doc_Technical]

88. Cream- Dance the night away

[BootinUp]

97. You were real close Doc! But see above, lol.

[jalan48]

98. Great song with that Byrd's like jingle jangle guitar.

[kwassa]

92. Subterranean Homesick Blues

changed the course of popular music, along with everything else that Dylan did.

[jalan48]

99. Spencer Davis-Gimme Some Lovin

[Laura PourMeADrink]

102. Harvest Moon

[nmgaucho]

103. Neil Young-Cowgirl in the Sand

[Zambero]

106. The Weight

by The Band

[Nailzberg]

107. Folks have already mentioned several I'd rank higher, but i'll just say "Born to Run"

I mean, he is the Boss. He deserves mention.

[democratisphere]

108. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

109. American Pie

The song, not the movie.