Favorite 5 Rock Songs

[coldbrightsunlight]

communication breakdown
cinnamon girl
rebel rebel
good vibrations
helter skelter

This right here is a good list!

[snipelfritz]

WAAAAaaaaaAAAAHHHHH I don't know where to begin.

[space6oy]

this is a bitch. had to think about it for a while... & almost guarantee i'm not thinking of something that deserves a place in here more than one of the others... know sub genres & sub-sub-sub genres get ridiculous but it'd have been easier if i coulda split it up & done a few.

1 - nirvana - smells like teen spirit
2 - autolux - turnstile blues
3 - failure - another space song
4 - alice in chains - would
5 - smashing pumpkins - soma

funny since outta those dirt wouldn't make my album top 10 and yet a song by one of the other six didn't make it...
& obviously yes i grew up a grunge kid.

[bigchiefbc]

Like rock rock? As in, not metal, not prog, not punk, but like ... ROCK. Interesting. Hmmm.

Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Zeppelin - Custard Pie
Stones - Gimme Shelter
Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Ben Folds Five - Army (yeah, that's right, you heard me, COME AT ME BRO)

[myrrh]

What is Rock? That is such a big area of music. Harry Pussy is Rock too.

[dubkitty]

i'm taking "rock songs" as songs tied to the 50s rock tradition, rather than sub-genres a la punk, shoegaze, or metal.

"Ace of Spades," Mötorhëad
"All Down The Line," Rolling Stones
"Great Balls of Fire," Jerry Lee Lewis
"Summertime Blues" (live), The Who
"Mona," Quicksilver Messenger Service

honorable mention: The Clash, "Somebody Got Murdered" (so it's punk...shoot me)

the "no punk" thing cut me off at the knees, or rather at the Eight-knees. there'd certainly have been at least one Sex Pistols song ("Bodies") and "Red" by Mission of Burma otherwise. my self-imposed rockism also excludes the Beach Boys ballads i adore like "The Warmth Of The Sun." and if you count 60s soul as rock, fuck all that and give me the Temptations "My Girl" all DAY.

[StivBrigggs]

Echoes-Pink Floyd
Fairies Wear Boots-Black Sabbath
Breed-Nirvana
Jail Break- Shellac covering AC/DC
Rumble-Link Wray

went kinda Classic rock then Grunge/post rock there
but i love rock. are the Jesus Lizard just rock? Maybe pushing it, but if they are just rock, then they are the best rock band of the past 30 years.

[lapsteel]

Box of Rain --- Dead
Stray Cat blues --- Stones
Who'll Stop the Rain --- CCR
Strawberry fields or In my life --- Beatles
Back Door Man --- Doors

[jrmy]

Jail Break- Shellac covering AC/DC

I need to find a recording of this, STAT!

EDIT: FOUNDEDED!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARmOBNBs6bg[/youtube]
HOT DAMN!

[Helter]

"Mona," Quicksilver Messenger Service

[StivBrigggs]

Jail Break- Shellac covering AC/DC

I need to find a recording of this, STAT!

EDIT: FOUNDEDED!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARmOBNBs6bg[/youtube]
HOT DAMN!

how fun is that right?
I like this better than Rapeman's take on ZZ top.
Love how the bass has a filter effect for just that one note.

I saw Shellac once. For some reason they sounded better than everyone else that day.
hahaha....they did though.

[Mudfuzz]

Fire Ball Red - Guitar Wolf
Chase Is Better Than The Catch - Motorhead
My guitar Wants to Kill your Mama _ FZ
Rebel Girl - Bikini kill
TV Eye - The Stooges

[kbit]

I'll maybe try to make a more comprehensive list later, but this will certainly be on it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXCsR6tBE-Q[/youtube]

[jrmy]

Clearly, based on sheer number of list inclusions, Motörhead is the best rock band of all time.

[Chankgeez]

What is Rock? That is such a big area of music. Harry Pussy is Rock too.

Yeah, but can you tell 5 Harry Pussy songs apart?