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  1. 01-05-2005, 04:07 #1
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    Default Best Rock Song

    This may have been done before, but here goes. The Band thread got me thinking what was the best rock song ever.

    So come on people do tell, in you opinion what is the best rock song ever, of course in your own opinion.

    I'm going with Stairway to Heaven, I never get tired of song. The flute is addicting. So now whats your opinion?
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    Zeppelin yes, Stairway no. Heartbreaker by LZ is the best rock song ever in my opinion.
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  3. 01-05-2005, 12:41 #3
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    Stairway to Heaven sucks, i don't know why everybody likes it. it sounds like a lullaby for 95% of the song. then it rocks for about 20 seconds at the end and that's it.

    what the heck is "good" about that ?
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    While my guitar gently wheeps. Everyone that says otherwise is a liar.
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    OK - If we are talking strictly rock and nothing else then I would probably have to say Aerosmith - walk this way (Note NOT the run DMC version, the original) or Guns and Roses - Sweet child of mine.
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  6. 01-05-2005, 14:33 #6
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    Default Re: Best Rock Song

    Deep Purple Black night or Deuce by Kiss
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  7. 01-05-2005, 15:48 #7
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    Imagine by John Lennon is an excellet song IMO.
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    Immigrant Song by Led Zep.
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    Default Re: Best Rock Song

    Its not strictly rock but 'Going Underground' by the Jam is the best song ever

    (Even if it was knocked off number 1 by the bloody awful 'the lion sleeps tonight')
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  10. 01-05-2005, 21:05 #10
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    hrm... hard choice. I'd have to go with Freebird by Skynyrd. Either that or Hells Bells by AC/DC. But Freebird's better I think.

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    Default Re: Best Rock Song

    For me it boils down to Comfortably Numb, or Stairway.

    Close runners up are Highway Star by Deep Purple, and Bohemian Rhapsody.
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    In the Meantime-Soulfly
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    Motorhead: Ace of Spades

    How can there be any debate?
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  14. 01-06-2005, 21:31 #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by English assassin
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    How can there be any debate?
    Heh

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    While my guitar gently wheeps. Everyone that says otherwise is a liar.
    I believe the title is " While my guitar gently weeps" I know a silly spelling error. Its my favorite Beatle song and thus my favorite song of all time although another Beatle song was voted the best ever by the music industry. That being "In my life" a truly beautiful and meanful song.

    There are places I’ll remember
    All my life though some have changed
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    Some have gone and some remain
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    With lovers and friends I still can recall
    Some are dead and some are living
    In my life I’ve loved them all

    But of all these friends and lovers
    There is no one compares with you
    And these memories lose their meaning
    When I think of love as something new
    Though I know I’ll never lose affection
    For people and things that went before
    I know I’ll often stop and think about them
    In my life I love you more

    Though I know I’ll never lose affection
    For people and things that went before
    I know I’ll often stop and think about them
    In my life I love you more
    In my life I love you more
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
    I know a silly spelling error.
    me too, it is 'winer'
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    Quote Originally Posted by English assassin
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    My favourite Beatles song Gawain
    In My Life has beautiful lyrics

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    Best Rock Song? I am a Rock by Simon & Garfunkle. Good topic. I think the rock has been unjustly ignored in music, except for sedimental songs.


    Nevermind me, I just had one of those episodes where the word "rock" didn't look like it was spelled right. It has passed now that my medication has taken effect.
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    Me...
    I think Bohemian Rhapsody or Paradise City GnR
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    I've got... two tickets to paradise
    won't you... pack your bags we'll leave tonight...
    (I do have two tickets to paradise, in my pants!) lol

    sorry couldnt resist.
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    Urgent....by Foreigner, for the sweetest Sax solo ever

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    The best rock song ever is Feelings. It's so great that I can never remember the name of the guy who performs it. Such sincerity, such passion ... surely everyone here must agree??
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    The greatest rock song of all time is easily Free Bird. No contest.
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    I'm rellentless. A little something by Metallica called Fade to black
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    Quote Originally Posted by Teutonic Knight
    The greatest rock song of all time is easily Free Bird. No contest.
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    Question Re: Best Rock Song

    What are your favorite Skynyrd songs Capo?

    Mine Are (in no particular order): Sweet Home, Free Bird, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, and Swamp Music
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    Gah redneck music I hate that stuff believe it or not. I dont care much for Skynard or the Allman Bros and I really hate Alabama .They all have some nice guitar work though. Give me British rock anyday.
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    Yeah ... I will always like Skynyrd as I grew up on their stuff, remember vividly the day the plane went down, and was complimented by Billy Powell on my keyboarding. BUt I've never been able to get into the Allmans, 38 Special, etc. They just couldn't hold a candle to Skynyrd, and I only need one good Southern rock band to listen to, as I don't listen to that style very often.
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