Top Ten Greastest Rock Songs????

1. The Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965)
A brutal, cheeky, swaggering rejection of everything that middle class society held dear -- "I'm just not SATISFIED with any of this crap" -- fueled by one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time and Charlie Watts' implacable on-the-beat drumming. Simply undeniable. Listen2. The Beatles - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1963)
Beatlemania exploded upon the United States with uncontainable fury and exuberance when this song was released just ahead of the Fab Four's first visit in early 1964. Nothing has been the same since. Listen3. Aretha Franklin - "Respect" (1967)
The tightest, sweetest southern soul song of all time, sung by one of the finest female singers of the 20th century, the Queen of Soul. Aretha's gospel pipes were harnessed by her own brilliant arrangement of an Otis Redding song that became all the more meaningful and poignant from a female perspective -- bolstered also by the best background vocals (by Aretha and her sisters Carolyn and Erma) ever. Listen4. Bob Dylan - "Like a Rolling Stone" (1965)
A seminal rock 'n' roll song mined from somewhere within Dylan's subconscious where the rich tradition of folk music met the pungent tang of the blues. Al Kooper's hypnotic organ and Mike Bloomfield's rhythm guitar dominate musically. Listen5. Elvis Presley - "Hound Dog" (1956)
The King's explosive take on this Leiber/Stoller R&B tune is his hardest rocking recording ever: the drums punish and swing, the handclaps propel, Scotty Moore's guitar twists like a knife, and Elvis pushes himself exactly to the border where singing becomes shouting. Intense and liberating. Listen6. Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode" (1958)
The greatest guitar riff by the greatest creator of guitar riffs in rock history in the service of Berry's classic story of a country boy whose guitar playing magically sounds like "ringing a bell," and his vision of a future where that guitar will open all doors and he will be welcome. Listen7. Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (1968)
Motown's greatest singer's greatest singing performance. With an insistent, furtive beat and strings swirling about, commenting, embellishing, Norman Whitfield's arrangement matches Gaye's thrilling vocal line-for-line as he sways through the stages of grief from suspicion, to anger, to hopeful denial to stunned acceptance. Listen8. Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band -
"Born to Run" (1975)
Wherein the reality met the hype as a young Springsteen captures the raging energy at the nexus between adolescence and adulthood, the poignancy of dreams, and the magic of place. Listen9. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)
The raging, disorienting crosswinds of adolescence are distilled into Kurt Cobain's jagged guitar roar, his hoarse sung/shouted contradictions, and the startling lightness of his song's verses. This defined an era. Listen10. OutKast - "Hey Ya!" (2003)
Who says recent can't be classic? Andre "Dre 3000" Benjamin's charging, sui generis rabble rouser ecstatically updates '70s soul and the spirit overtakes the body, feeling overcomes reason, and all that is left to do is move to the flapping groove. Amazing. Listen

 

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Clapton Has to be in here somewhere

Derrick and the Dominos/ Clapton has to be in there somewhere. How many people/bands have had a hit with the same song, albeit changed (Layla) almost 30+ years apart? He has (Clapton) cranked out hits for 40 years. Also his "Unplugged" session on MTV set the tone for everyone that followed!

Beez

 

Actually, Bon Jovi defined the beginning of "unplugged", but I agree if you're saying that Clapton took it to another level. Stone Temple Pilots acoustic version of Plush also help chart the course for "unplugged" in a lot of ways.

 

I've never understood why 'Satisfaction' is such a great song. It's a rocker, sure, but 'the greatest guitar riff of all time'? I would expect something just a little harder to play than that.

 

Rock and roll is all about simplicity.

50s rock is not very complex.

60s rock really wasn't that complex for a long time.

The 70s brought in the need for complexity, until Punk Rock.

 

I agree. Some of the most wildly popular songs have featured your basic 3-chord pattern. I guess I've never been that crazy about the Stones.

 

I used to not get into them at all, but I've been listening to a lot of their early stuff, like "Paint it Black" and "Under My Thumb." There's something really magical about those songs, bluesy and rocking.

Can't say I care much for the Stones catalogue though.

 

I agree

I still can't believe that clapton isn't on the list somewhere. I always lien his to Elvis in many ways, in that the both cold step outside of the rock-n-roll roots and do other things. Elvis with Gospel and Clapton with the Blues.

 

King of the 3 Note Wonders

It's widely been accepted that Keith Riochards has gotten by with only knowing 3 chords. But they must be 3 good ones. I once heard an interview with Jagger, in it he said that if He had to sing Satisfaction one more time, he would puke. I guess he got over it. LOL