If I could nominate THE Prototypical Rock Song, it would be SMOKE ON THE WATER

[MrScorpio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f7LwuVF8Oo

What would be your choice?

[Swede]

1. I like the cut of your jib.

:toast:

[VioletLake]

2. I nominate My Babe by Little Walter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GID8SPUMDxQ

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. Elvis howled on that one...

...he screws around at the beginning, but once he tears into the song, he's got that whole King thing going on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xujfSS_7q9A

This is from the "Live At The International Hotel" album...he was still riding high on his post-"68 Comeback Special" resurgence.

:toast:

[VioletLake]

16. I prefer the original, thanks. n/t

[rucky]

3. Johnny B. Goode

there's really no way around it.

[abq e streeter]

6. That's THE one

[pokerfan]

11. The only rock and roll song

to be included on the Voyager probe...



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. Jerry Garcia, in the spoken intro to "Johnny B. Goode" on the "Fillmore: The Last Days" album:

..."All right, folks, here's the one it's all about..."

Then he just SLAMS the hell out of the opening riff. It is truly a thing of beauty. It's a much tougher version than the better-known one on the "Skull & Roses" album.



:toast:

[pokerfan]

13. youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvkUfy_9SmQ

[Amerigo Vespucci]

14. Yep...the YouTube is your friend.

:toast:

[pokerfan]

20. Chuck Berry live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEq62iQo0eU

The real "king" of rock and roll.

[Orrex]

21. The music is unparalleled, but I've always thought that the lyrics are kind of goofy

Credit where due, of course.

[Kali]

4. ok, don't hate me - I love your choice too

but god dammit for me at the moment (and many moments) it has to be Freebird.



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[MiddleFingerMom]

5. Those smilies are utterly fucking appropriate!!!!!!

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My band was all original (we did do 3 covers -- two of them
fairly obscure).
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We had a playlist that would give at least one person in the
band a break SOMEWHERE in the set -- and you could grab a
percussion instrument or go to the bathroom or get another
drink (:evilgrin:). etc.
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I would hide in the crowd and shout for "Freebird" LOUDLY
and enthusiastically (given what we did, totally ridiculous
and inappropriate).
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I got away with it for MONTHS before somebody finally put
2+2 together and figured out just who that asshole out in
the crowd was.
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Though I have to grudgingly agree... it IS probably THE rock
anthem of all rock anthems.
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[Mopar151]

18. "Saturday night special"

or "Needle and the Spoon"

But then I gotta hear the Brothers "Southbound", and then G n f'n R "Down on the Farm" or "Dust 'n Bones" - what was the question again?.....

[Withywindle]

7. Throw rocks at me for this...

...but I think "Smoke on the Water" was Blackmore's first draft, and "Man on the Silver Mountain" was the finished product.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92h86t-fQb4&feature=fvst

(RIP, RJD)

[kwassa]

8. Jumpin Jack Flash

and a bunch of other contenders from the Stones. Brown Sugar, Rocks Off, All Down the Line. Satisfaction. Paint It Black. Bitch.

[Mopar151]

19. Leon Russel version from "Concert for Bangladesh"

[R. P. McMurphy]

9. Twilight Zone by Golden Earring

incorrectly aka "When the Bullet Hits the Bone"

[Forkboy]

10. God, do I hate that song.

Amoeba can keep time to that chord. I can't play guitar, but I can play that riff. And that's just sad. ;)

[sarge43]

17. Buddy Holly, That'll Be The Day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO_wJEGmfQE

[Dr Morbius]

22. I've been thinking about this off and on all day long.

I am torn; I have several nominees and cannot reduce it further.

The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night. Admit it: you know all the words and there's no need to go to youtube (but I linked it anyway); the song plays in your head with all three guitars and the drums following along. It's a great tune, and you can identify it by the very first note on George's guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZtlgsQIUKE

The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction. It takes five notes to identify Satisfaction, but once you hear them - dunh dunh, da duh duhn - the rest of the possibly perfect rock baseline continues in your head. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGGFH75CYl4

The Ramones: Rock and Roll Radio. Don't you just want to crank it up every time you hear it? The Ramones had a handle on what rock and roll is or should be about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJizV-d3sEQ