Greatest Rock Song ever

not sure aboit sweet child of mine

not even the guns best song in my opinion

Won't get fooled again

born to run

In no particular order but I believe Still Of The Night - Whitesnake is the best of them.

1/...Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
2/... Girls Girls Girls - Motley Crue
3/...Just Like Paradise - Dave Lee Roth
4/... Crazy. Crazy Nights - Kiss
5/... Speed King - Deep Purple
6/...Abacab - Genesis
7/...Panama - Van Halen
8/...Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
9/...Back In Black -AC/DC
10/...Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience

I posted Don't Believin' before I knew that Italian forumite had posted it.

NO COPY CAT!

how could i let out SULTANS OF SWING

country house - blur

I answered this before

And the correct answer is Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild

Nothing else

davie bowie - heroes

if there is a way - roxy music

There may be better songs , although that seems almost impossible

But there are no better rock songs

what's lfc rabbitting on about i have him blocked

has he nominated god save the queen

Be quiet Karen

By the way it helps if you know what a rock song is
Heroes is not one eg

Roxy music have never written a rock song either
They can’t do it

Richard Buskin of Sound on Sound described "'Heroes'" as a "highly experimental piece of art rock".[16]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Heroes%22_(David_Bowie_song)#Music

Dire Straits ? - nope

Genres   

    Art rock[1] glam rock[2] pop rock[3] art pop[4] progressive rock[5] new wave[6] soft rock[7] proto-punk[8]



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxy_Music

Bat out of hell ?  That’s not a rock song sorry 
Maybe opera or music hall

Bryan Ferry is a genius

Bryan ferry is very overrated just a lucky boy

you wish you were bryan ferry mate we all do

These foolish things was superb
But of course he didn’t write it

That’s a song that can compare with , maybe even surpass Born to be wild
That’s how good it is
But it’s not a rock song

If Bryan Ferry had written that song I would say he was a genius
He didn’t , he isn’t

bat out of hell is pure rock........go and listen

I am not aware of ANY Roxy Music song called "If There Is A Way' and I have their first 5 albums.

sorry mate "If There Is Something"

Did when it first was released , as everyone
Liked it but it’s too superficial to be great , lacks something

The first Roxy Music album is nowhere near as good as 'history' likes to claim it is.

Ferry and Roxy's best music came out in 1973 with 'For Your Pleasure' and 'Stranded' the latter of which might be the apex work.

Pure rock cannot be theatrical - that’s the curse of a lot of English rock music ( bat out of hell was more like that
American is richer with more depth

I mean no one in England has written something as great , as adult , as freebird by skynard

Led Zep

You see they weren’t playing silly games
The music was the thing

i do like southern rock

masrhall tucker band, tom petty

Creedence Clearwater Revival

you seem to be naming bands not songs but some very good ones
refugee is a proper classic
obviously fortunate son also

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

used to great effect in an amercian werewolf in london

why amn't i hungry?

yeah but fortunate son is better

Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You see

i like that one too

Budgie - Breadfan
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
Led Zeppelin - Rock N Roll
Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
Kiss - Love Gun
Motorhead - Motorhead
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Roy Orbison worth a mention

and what about Elvis

Hawkwind - Master of the Universe

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me

Genesis - The Musical Box

Boston - More Than a Feeling

that is a tune

i think we can all agree that this is the greatest rock and or roll song ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCRTCqgAkfg

The hard rock/metal side of things, rather than hard indie/art rock.

Def Leppard - Die Hard the Hunter
Big Star - In the Street
Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You
Faith No More - A Small Victory
Frank Black - Robert Onion
Future of the Left - The Hope That House Built
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Living Colour - Cult of Personality
Metallica - Orion
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Pearl Jam - Corduroy
Pixies - Gouge Away
QOTSA - No One Knows
Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Smashing Pumpkins - Geek USA
Soundgarden - Head Down
Suicidal Tendencies - Lost Again
Van Halen - Panama

Be a decent compilation album that.




The correct answer though, even if it straddles the boundaries between rock and good pop is Yes by McAlmont & Butler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyrnjJ-sMEE)

like yes a lot

don't like any of your other selections sorrry mate

anyone who can nominate the boomtown rats with a straight face has terrible taste in music

Personal one for me as their other one (Mondays) was the first single I ever bought. Bought this one too and I still have it on rotation in my car. It's just an absolute belting rock song with a great hook. That's what it's all about.

And sorry, not taking criticism from the guy who nominated Journey and Boston and picked a piss poor Roxy Musci song when they did so many great ones.

i'm going to nominate something by INXS to piss off Bob

New Sensation

i think the op said rock songs.

"New Sensation" is a song by the Australian rock group INXS.

It was the third single from their 1987 album Kick. The music was written by Andrew Farriss and the lyrics by Michael Hutchence.

The song reached no. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, no. 9 in Australia, no. 25 in the UK, and no. 8 on the Album Rock Tracks in the US.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sensation

if you don't like INXS just give up mate

give up what?

just give up mate, like the brits at tobruk

what an insane reference when discussing pop music.
are you ok?

could do with a few bob to be honest could you lend me a 20?

if it would help i could but stay with the pop music,
you like insipid, bland stuff. that is good.
it will keep you calm

am i allowed pick something by phil collins?

Plus one for "Heroes". credit David Bowie 50%, Robert Fripp 40%, Brian Eno 10% but doubt the royalties work out that way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1JHHfoP98g

If you ever dreamt of being the coolest person in the world, the above is your reality check.

Silver Machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdTFeW8FCto
Ace of Spades  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbvWn1EY6g
Pretty Vacant  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6GDdKrQ8EI

freebird by skynard Deffo in anyones top 10  ,Well said LFC  , Brilliant band , Tragic loss

Jan 23, 2022 -- 1:06AM, Giuseppe wrote:

am i allowed pick something by phil collins?

I already did with my inclusion of Abacab - Genesis

shiny posted this on another thread

Prince - Purple Rain

what a guitar solo

don't know that one cardinal

is phil on vocals? if not i wouldn't count it

anyone here a fan of Peter gabriel era genesis

Clarkso sears by them

Clarkson swears by them

surprised you Brits aren't picking Def Leppard and Led Zep

up there with anything the US produced in the 70s and 80s

A lot of great music.

Credence Clearwater Revival

Up around the bend
Lookin out my backdoor

PorcupineorPineapple

The correct answer though, even if it straddles the boundaries between rock and good pop is Yes by McAlmont & Butler

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Great tune indeed. My mate used too work with McAlmont, said he was a right b@stard

tell us more saddo

what a voice

Absolute nasty diva Giuseppe, same comment abut Paul Weller too

northanlite • January 22, 2022 9:09 PM GMT
Genesis - The Musical Box


Classic

Saw macalmont at Newcastle City Hall.

He was supporting cyndi lauper, he was very good.

He came back onstage to duet with her on "time
after time"

First time they met my mate said 'nice'dress', the furious glare from McAlmont almost felled him, it was a '****g gown, not a dress'.

Giuseppe citing Country House - Blur as a rock is baffling, has no rock credentials whatsoever, pure pop and crap with it.

Odd choice for a 90 year old.

country house was just a joke mate

not rock but Cyndi Lauper is great

93

changing of the guard..........bob dylan
absolutely sweet marie..........bob dylan

Impossible question but a few of my favs

Pearl Jam: even flow
Led zep: black dog
Rush: spirit of the radio
UFO: Doctor doctor
Police: Synchronicity 2

Mention of the Boomtown Rats earlier..... they may not necessarily have composed/performed The Greatest Rock Song ever, but I have to say their 1978 album "A Tonic For The Troops' is still a joy to listen to. Ten irresistible tunes with good lyrics and noticably smart backing vocals, "Blind Date" to "Rat Trap".

.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZkTwX3aa5U&list=PLurhkO4nUor1e2RkHI5rl62vG0vJDjSY7

sorry mate can't enjoy anything sung by Bob

nice to have a chit chatty thread. Love classic rock music!

blue oyster cult -(dont fear) the reaper
black sabbath - war pigs
golden earing - radar love
the cult - she sells sanctuary
credence clearwater revival - heard it through the grapevine
fleetwood mac - green manalishi

plus many of the others already mentioned and yet to be mentioned

blue oyster cult -(dont fear) the reaper

the cult - she sells sanctuary

those are tunes

like fleetwood mac too

Judas Priest did a decent cover of Green Manalishi

devil Woman-Sir Cliff Richard.

Was Anarchy in the UK a rock song or not?

It makes the hair stand up on your neck, so certainly imo.

Yeah,

I think it is something special.

Not great music or musicianship but pure raw energy!