Thread: Quite possibly one of the best rock songs in history

I don't think I've ever heard that CCR song before. I like it.

I've kinda been on a CCR kick lately. I like those guys. They've got a lot of good songs outside of the ones that get the most airplay.

Originally Posted by toast2266

They've got a lot of good songs outside of the ones that get the most airplay.

Honestly they were a kick ass band. They put out a lot of good music in a short amount of time.

How can this not put a smile on your face?

One of my favorite CCR tracks:

I found this gem last night. On the slim chance there are any fans of '80s Flying Nun or NZ bands out there I think you will enjoy this. Everyone else will be like "WTF?"

I think Guided by Voices deserves a mention in this thread. The production is non-existent, the musicianship is sloppy, the vocals are strained, yet Robert Pollard has produced some of the greatest pure rock tunes ever. Case in point:

For me, a great rock song is one that gives you the chills, makes you quiver with joy, perhaps even makes you cry because it is so intense. There's only a handful of songs that do that to me every time I hear them.

Kudos to the nods for The Who's "Baba O'Reilly" and "Won't Get Fooled Again", as both of those, to me, epitomize the core essence of an epic masterpiece that one can't help but "feel" when they listen to it.

That said, in terms of the song that exemplifies the whole "quite possibly one of the best rock songs in history" motif, this list ain't shit without:





PS
Marillion without Fish is not Marillion. Sorry.
Fish was a brilliant wordsmith and elevated Marillion beyond being a half-rate redux of vintage Peter Gabriel era Genesis.

If you must nominate a Marillion song as quite possibly one of the best rock songs in history, then it should at least be something along the lines of "Forgotten Sons", "He Knows You Know", "Garden Party", or anything off of Misplaced Childhood.

Here's another one that reverberates with emotional intensity. The way this song builds up is amazing.

And this one is beyond amazing...

Enjoyed that stuff The AD. Ski Ball, I have not heard that song for ages, I think I had a flashback. Dookey, That Neil song always gets me. I have a live recording that is real real good. Thats one that has been on my "learn to play" list for too long now. Recently saw an older documantary on The Indians and their portrayal by Hollywood. Neil got a lot of great stuff in there.

Originally Posted by Alaskan Rover

This. It's not about lyrics, or stage-presence, or a catchy beat....sometimes it is simply the VIBES that move you. You don't hear them...you FEEL them.

This song has VIBES.

jimi hendrix "national anthem"



from wikipedia:

"...Hendrix used feedback and sustain on his guitar to recreate the sound of wails and falling rockets. Although pundits quickly branded the song as a political manifesto against the Vietnam War, Hendrix himself never explained its meaning other than to say at a press conference three weeks later, "We're all Americans. . .it was like 'Go America!'. . .We play it the way the air is in America today. The air is slightly static, see".[117] The song would become "part of the sixties Zeitgeist" as it was captured forever in the Woodstock film;[118] Hendrix's image performing this number during the day wearing a blue-beaded white leather jacket with fringe and a red head scarf, has since been regarded as a defining moment of the 1960s."