Greatest song about rock and roll?

[NightTrain]

Poll question: Greatest song about rock and roll?

[Abe Linkman]

1. That one was easy. (Hey there, NightTrain)

Good question, and fortunately (for me, anyhow), it was easy to pick the correct answer (he said, modestly): "Rock and Roll Music".

[AntiCoup2K4]

2. Rock N Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

[Journeyman]

3. Long Live Rock. . .

- The Who

[rock]

7. Thanks

[Bushfire]

4. Mekons rocknroll aka Memphis, Egypt

"Destroy your safe and happy lives
Before It is too late
The battles we fought were long and hard
Just not to be consumed by rock'n'roll
Rock'n'roll!
Capitalismos, favourite boy-child
We must apologise
Up in the rafters a rope is dangling
Spots before the eyes of rock'n'roll
Rock'n'roll!
We know the devil
We have met him,
Embraced him
And thought his foul breath was Chanel #666
Just like rock'n'roll...
East Berlin can't buy a thing
There's nothing they can sell me
I walk through the wall there's no pain at all
I'm born inside the belly of rock'n'roll
Rock'n'roll!
It's something to sell your labour for
When hair sprouts out below
I'm a microscope on that secret place where we all want to go
Rock'n'roll! Rock'n'roll!"

If you heard the cd version, or it live you'd be a fan of theirs for life. It's a brutal swipe at the music industry.

[ornotna]

5. Had to go with Dobie Gray n/t

[Jim Sagle]

6. Me too.

[Tikki]

8. Two from Ian Hunter....

"Cleveland Rocks" and "(I Know)Lisa Likes Rock and Roll".....

[DBoon]

9. Neil Young

My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue):

This is the story of a Johnny Rotten
It's better to burn out than it is to rust
The king is gone but he's not forgotten.

[ixion]

21. yep, that's my vote, too

one of the best, IMHO.

[arwalden]

10. Ohhh... This One's A Tuffie...

So so many good choices.

[Cocoa]

11. Monterrey

by the Animals.

[mitchum]

12. "Rock and Roll" Velvet Underground

[NightTrain]

13. Kick!

n/t

[maveric]

14. Rock n Roll Never Forgets. Brother Bob Segar

Keep on Rockin in the Free World by Neil Young is another good one.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

15. Truckin'

[opiate69]

16. ...

Rock 'n Roll Doctor by Black Sabbath

You Can't Kill Rock 'n Roll by Ozzy.

[Kenneth ken]

17. So Ya Wanna Be a Rock-n-Roll Star

Patti Smith's version.


originally by the Byrds, but she kicked their collective a$$es and took it from 'em!

[zekeson]

18. I'd add The Load out/Stay by Jackson Browne

It may not even be my favorite, but gives a nice perspective of life on the road - and that is Rock n Roll.

[DemBones DemBones]

25. "The Load Out/ Stay" by Jackson Browne is great! So is

the original "Stay" by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs (1963.) But Jackson Browne captured the Rock n Roll experience of touring.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

19. I KNOW IT'S ONLY ROCK N ROLL BUT I LIKE IT LIKE IT YES I DO

well I like it...I like it...I like it...can't ya see that this ole boy has been a lonely...


Any questions?

[regnaD kciN]

28. I'm amazed...

...that wasn't one of the poll choices. It was the first song I thought of when I saw the subject header.

[SmileyBoy]

20. "I Still Love Rock and Roll" by Flipp (2001)

It's the only song in my CD collection that I'll listen to ad nauseum and still enjoy.

[JVS]

22. "Rock and Roll Creation" by Spinal Tap

[NightTrain]

23. I think my next homemade CD project...

...will be a two-volume set of songs like those mentioned in this thread. I think I'll call it something like, "Rock 'n' Roll Celebrates Itself."

Something for me to ruminate on as I travel the highways and byways of Greater Hartford making deliveries this fine Monday....

[DemBones DemBones]

26. Add in "Cover of the Rolling Stone" &"We're From Rolling Stone,

So It's OK."

[Kat45]

24. Let There Be Rock - AC/DC

[DemBones DemBones]

27. "WE WILL ROCK YOU" eom