Coolest rock songs ever.

[TNDemo]

My list:

Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harem
Layla - Clapton
Stairway to Heaven - Zepplin
Tough Enough - Thunderbirds
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey
And just for fun - Wooly Bully

Now post your nominations.

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

1. I have alerted you for the Henley/Frey choices

Don't make me come over there!

[RandomKoolzip]

4. We'll do a "three strikes yer out" kinda thing.

I'm willing to forgive the Eagles thing (I'm in a good mood...)But two more Eagles references and I'm hitting alert.

[RandomKoolzip]

2. Wow.

Know your Product - The Saints
Fairies Wear Boots - Black Sabbath
This Ain't No Picnic - The Minutemen
Waiting Room - Fugazi
The Red and the Black - Blue Oyster Cult
John the Revelator - Blind Willie Johnson
Dr. Diamond - King Crimson
The Great Deceiver - King Crimson
Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones
The whole "Harder They Come" soundtrack

[Whitacre D_WI]

6. Of COURSE you also pick BOC....

But just so you know, I won't stand idly by. I'm planning a big surprise. I'm gonna fight for what I wanna be!

Function is the key! (what the fuck does that mean?)

Good list, brothaman. You not workin' tonight? What the Hopleaf closed down by the Health Department?

[RandomKoolzip]

10. No, tonight's band practice.

Then, over to my lead singer's house to burn a bunch of Jam and XTC bootlegs to CD.

Now, throw in a little nook nook later on and what you got there is my version of an ideal night!

Ahistorical. You think this shit just dropped right out of the sky. My analysis: It's time to harvest the crust from your eyes.

[Whitacre D_WI]

14. Now you're cuttin' into "Bulldog Front"

Action. Reaction.

Promises. Words.

[RandomKoolzip]

18. How about these lyrics:

You say I need a job
I've got my own business
Wanna know what I do?
NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS


What happened to Fugazi? SOOOOooo downhill after that it ain't even funny.....

[Whitacre D_WI]

22. You are not what you own.

[Whitacre D_WI]

15. I like "Waiting Room" by Holly Golightly.

Neither one of us has got the strength enough.
The truth is hard to take.

[sendero]

63. I;m happy you picked KC....

.. but more appropriately you should have picked:

The Night Watch
Red Nightmare

:)

Or perhaps

Easy Money
21st Century Schizoid Man

[Whitacre D_WI]

3. "My Little Red Book" (Love's version)

"Godzilla" - BOC
"Little Red Riding Hood" - Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs
"Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)" - Yoko Ono
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" - Jimi
"Little Johnny Jewel" - Television
"I'm a Man" - Spencer Davis Group (last good thing Stevie Winwood ever did)
"Annihilate this Week" - King Sound Quartet (entirely different song than Black Flag's)
"Young Man Blues" - Mose Allison (it took the Who to make it "rock," but Mose's is the definitive)

[RandomKoolzip]

8. Ohhh. Yoko: "Doan wooly doan wolly doan wolly AAAaaaaAAAaeeee

Those are some powerful fucking lyrics. (I love Yoko Ono, if only for inspiring the band Death of Samantha)

[a_random_joel]

12. Yo... Ko... AAAAAGAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

*Runs away screaming madly*

[Whitacre D_WI]

16. Walter Payton was a wussy.

BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[a_random_joel]

20. Sweetness... YYYYEEEAAAGGGHHH!!

*Walter runs away breaking tackles and hurdling linebackers*

[Whitacre D_WI]

23. That little shit couldn't rap to save his ass.

Hell, the punky QB known as McMahon was a better rapper.

[a_random_joel]

27. "Running the ball is like making romance..."

Why do you even try? Lyrics like that only come around once a decade, you know...

[Bonhomme Richard]

5. Gotta say I'm an Eagles fan.

And for that matter also Fleetwood Mac. Best tune on the list - Layla without a doubt. Clapton fan too.

[BlueEyedSon]

7. Rock On - David Essex.

Bang a Gong - T Rex.

[a_random_joel]

9. I assume you are only referring to classic rock? Here's mine:

Led Zeppelin - What is and what should never be
The Beatles - Really there are too many, but I gotta go with "I feel fine" in terms of "coolness"
Steely Dan - Deacon Blues
Pink Floyd - Money (who cares if it's overplayed.)
Eagles - Hotel California
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
ZZ Top - Tush
Cream - Sunshine of your love
Hendrix - All along the watchtower
Doors - Love me 2 times
Yardbirds - Heart full of soul
Animals - Please don't let me be misunderstood

[Whitacre D_WI]

11. I love "Wooly Bully."

I'll be honest -- I don't like anything else on your list, with one exception (hey, no accounting for taste).

To clarify -- "Layla" was a group effort. Derek and the Dominoes made the last great album Clapton was ever a part of, and that was thanks (in no small part) to Duane Allman.

You know that beautiful slide guitar coda to "Layla" -- the last 3 minutes or so? That was Allman, and IMO, it's the best part of the song.

[a_random_joel]

13. Agreed. Last part is the best part.

Loved how Scorsese used it in Goodfellas, as well.

[RandomKoolzip]

17. I know this is dorky, but.....

Both "Whiter Shade of Pale" and the coda to "layla" STILL make me choke up whenever I hear them. Both those groups really tapped into some heavy emotional plane when they went into the studio to record those tunes.


As for eveything else on that list but Wooly Bully.....feh.

[Whitacre D_WI]

26. Ain't dorky at all.

The "Layla" coda gets to me, too. So does (now THIS is dorky) "Bell Bottom Blues."

I love the organ in "Whiter Shade." I just don't like the part of the song where that guy is singing.

[RandomKoolzip]

30. Really? I love Gary Brooker's voice.

I love the sound of pasty white englishmen who think they're Ray Charles....

[Whitacre D_WI]

33. I'll be honest. I ain't never heard any Procul Harum 'cept for that song.

I don't like the way he sounds in it.

[a_random_joel]

35. You never heard Conquistador?

[Whitacre D_WI]

39. Maybe, but I'm not aware of it if I did.

[NewHampster]

19. Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith

Sorry it never made the top 40

Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker, Rich Grech

Come down off your throne
And leave your body alone
Somebody must change
You are the reason
I've been waiting so long
Somebody holds the key
Well I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
Well I'm wasted and I can't find my way home

Come down on your own
And leave your money at home
Somebody must change
You are the reason
I've been wating all these years
Somebody holds the key
I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
Oh and I'm wasted and I can't find my way home

But I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
Still I can't find my way home
And I ain't done nothing wrong
But I can't find my way home

[sweetheart]

21. more for zie list

The Scorpions - the zoo
Joe Satriani - "circles" + many others, "rasberry jam delta"
Lynrd Skynrd - sweet home alabama
Heart - magic man & even it up
King Crimson - doubletalk
Jimmi Hendrix - foxy lady
pink floyed - the wall (most of album)
Ac/DC - Back in Blak
Aerosmith - sweet emotion

[a_random_joel]

24. Skynyrd...lyrics for lefties

Well I heard mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow

In Birmingham they love the governor
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth

I hate Skynyrd.
:mad:

[RandomKoolzip]

28. Ugggghhh.

If I hear ANOTHER fucking Skynyrd song on the radio, I'll shit in the mouth of the last remaining Van Zandt brother....

Skynyrd blows dead Egyptians.

[sweetheart]

37. To be frank,

i like gimme 3 steps better, but it is less well known.

ALso, rossington collons had some ok stuff later on after they
died.

I never listened to the lyrics of SHA
... dummy me.!! and on DU, no less!!!

[Zomby Woof]

66. read my post a few places below, sweetheart

Don't apologize for loving a great song, and don't bow before the ignorance that is rampant on DU. I am a Woody Guthrie left-winger, and if I can love Skynyrd, any intelligent person can.

They were the best exponent of blues in American rock during the 70's. That piano solo in SWA has onehand in the whorehouse on Saturday night, and the other in church on Sunday morning.

They fucking ruled.

[sweetheart]

38. replace them with the kinks

and rossington collins
and the michael shenker group

[Zomby Woof]

67. Rossington-Collins!

Two great albums in their time, and Dale Krantz (now married to Gary Rossington) sings rings around the likes of Stevie Nicks and other wannabe soulful singers. :thumbsup:

[Zomby Woof]

65. Neil Young loved that song

It was a JOKE. Skynyrd campaigned for Jimmy Carter, and Ronnie Van Zant wrote a song against handguns (Saturday Night Special), against the Vietnam war and the subsequent neglect of the poor (Things Goin' On), feeding the hungry (Lend A Helpin' Hand), against greed (Cry For The Bad Man), and on and on...

If you don't get the tongue-in-cheek nature of the Watergate reference (RVZ was cynical enough to know it was GOP politics as usual, and hypocrites were on both sides), then I suppose that's your problem.

You hate Skynyrd, and I hate ignorance.

Turn it up!

[a_random_joel]

74. My bad. You're right, my ignorance.

I did not know...

Thanks for clearing that up.

Still not a big fan musically, though.

[RandomKoolzip]

25. List, part 2:

New Orleans - Gary US Bonds
Working in a Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey
I'm Not Like Everybody Else - The Kinks
Terms of Psychic Warfare - Husker Du
Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission of Burma
I've Made Enough Friends - The Wrens
How Bizarre - OMC
Lazy Mothafucka - The Coup
Public Enemy's entire body of work

[a_random_joel]

29. On a side note... this is funny.

I found this page while looking for the Skynyrd lyrics that I so despise:

http://www.crazylyrics.com/lynyrd-skynyrd-sweet-home-alabama.htm

This is too funny:

Lyrics translated back to English by Klaas Van Klempert. If I very wrong try LyricsFind for more correct lyrics


Maintenance of these wheels on the rotation
Carry me for house, in order to see my trunks
Sing Songs over the south
I miss Alabamy again
And I think its a Sin,

Well I heard Mr. Junge to sing over it
Well I heard ole Neil to set it down
Well I hope Neil boy me remind
A southern man does not need it somehow around

Sweet Home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I come home to you

In Birmingham they love the automatic controller
Now we did all, what we could do
Now Watergate does not disturb me
Does your conscientiousness disturb it?
Say the truth

Sweet Home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I come home to you
Here I come Alabama

Now the Swampers has muscle masses
And it admits, in order to select a Song or two
They receive lord me away as much
They fetch me, if I feel blue
Now as over it?

Sweet Home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Hauptalabama
Lord, I come home to you

Sweet Home Alabama
Oh sweet main baby
Where the skies are so blue
And the automatic controller applicable
Sweet Home Alabama
Lordy
Lord, I come home to you
Yea, yea Montgomerys the answer receive

The real Sweet Home Alabama Lyrics are very copywritten

[a_random_joel]

31. Best. Rock Song. Ever.

Frida - "I know there's something going on"

[Whitacre D_WI]

32. Some more:

"Woman, Woman" - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
"Young Girl" - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
"Lady Willpower" - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
"This Diamond Ring" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Count Me In" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Everybody Loves a Clown" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys

Hell, ANY song by somebody named "Gary."

[a_random_joel]

34. Did Gary Fencik rap in the SuperBowl Shuffle?

Why yes, he did...


It's Gary here
And I'm Mr. Clean
They call me "Hit Man"
Don't know what they mean
They throw it long
And watch me run
I'm on my man
One on one
Buddy's guys
Cover it down to the bone
That's why they call us
The 46 zone
Come on everybody
Let's scream and yell
We're gonna do the shuffle
Then ring your bell

[Whitacre D_WI]

36. "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley

[bubblesby2002]

70. Now you're talking

my language hahaha

[jpgray]

40. Coolest? Hmmm

The Fall - 'Oh! Brother'
The Fall - 'Leave the Capitol', or 'Fit and Working Again'
Pink Floyd - 'Lucifer Sam'
Can - 'One More Night'
Can - 'Tango Whiskeyman' (don't know why critics hate that album)
Soft Machine - 'Dada Was Here'
Soft Machine - 'Moon in June' (ONLY the BBC version here)
Captain Beefheart - 'The Floppy Boot Stomp'
Television - 'Venus'
Beach Boys - 'I'll Bet He's Nice', or maybe 'Mona'
Robery Wyatt - 'At Last I Am Free' (Chic cover--awesomely reimagined)
Beatles - 'Paperback Writer'
Stooges - 'Dirt'

[RandomKoolzip]

41. "Fit and Working Again!" Why did I forget that one?

Maybe "Cruiser's Creek" or "My New House" belong on the list too. Or "Telephone Thing." Or "Fiery Jack." Or "Various Times."

(I looooooove the Fall....)

[jpgray]

43. I was thinking of putting in Garden

Just to start a religious Lounge flamewar. Is 'a Jew on a motorbike' anti-Semitic? Those who are touchy and willing to bristle shall decide. :D

[RandomKoolzip]

44. Or the first thirty-or-so lines of "The Classical..."

Y'know, the ones before Mark says, "Hey there, fuckface! Hey there, Fuckface!" could be construed as offensive if one were so inclined as to be offended.

[jpgray]

46. Are they obligatory or NOT? Plenty of room for controversy. (nt)

[RandomKoolzip]

48. "Message for ya! Message for ya!"

If taken as a critique of American commercialism, which is how I take it, no, they are not offensive. If taken just as words, then yes, they are.

"Mark E. Smith: Easily the finest philosopher to emerge from Post-War Britain." - Byron Coley, 1993

[Whitacre D_WI]

42. NO, NO, NO!

-The coolest Fall song is "Container Drivers."
-The coolest Floyd song is "Interstellar Overdrive." or "Bike."
-The coolest Can song is "Yoo Doo Right."
-The coolest Beefheart song is that one off Trout Mask that starts with the "fast and bulbous!" rant.
-I've already established that the coolest Television song is "Little Johnny Jewel" -- because "he's real cool." Anyway, the whole "arms of Venus de Milo" thing is pretty cool, but it ain't no LJJ.
-The coolest Beatles song is "Wild Honey Pie."


You are correct about "Dirt." It is, indeed, the coolest Stooges song. But don't neglect the (just a shade short) coolness of "I'm Sick of You."

[jpgray]

45. Dali's Car beats the crap out of Pachuco Cadaver (nt)

[RandomKoolzip]

49. "Moonlight on Vermont," Dammit!

Best song on the album.

[jpgray]

50. Pah! Is there a failed band named after Moonlight on Vermont?

I rest my case.

[RandomKoolzip]

47. You're ALL Full of shite!

The coolest Fall song is "Another Brick in the Wall, part 2."
The Coolest Floyd song is "Male Slags."
The coolest Can song is "Moonshake." (I'm serious about this one.)
The Coolest Beefheart song is "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I won't do that)."
The coolest Television song is "In Da Club."
The Coolest Beatles song is "Martha My Dear." (I'm serious about this one, too.)

The Stooges were overrated.

And another tune I left off my list was the Josie and the Pussycats theme song. Hurry hurry!

[tigereye]

51. I'm sending out for reinfocements here

Baby's on Fire Eno
Captain Beefheart Ice Cream for Crow
Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith
Beatles Why Don't We Do It In the Road
Stones Dead Flowers
Pretenders Back On the Chain Gang
Midnight Oil Blue Sky Mine
Soft Boys I Wanna Destroy You ( we did a cover of that once that I sang/ screamed)
Clash Tommy Gun
Ramones Sedated
Beach Boys Fun Fun Fun
Lucinda Williams Hot Blood ( not really rock, but cool nonetheless)

[jpgray]

52. Soft Boys pick is a good one

I couldn't pick a 'cool' Eno song, and I had a hard as hell time coming up with cool Beach Boys songs. They always sound, ah, dorky! to me.

[Whitacre D_WI]

54. You are NOT cool.

Listen to "Heroes and Villains." The single (or Smiley Smile) version. Not the extended suite on those "Smile" bootlegs (which I love, BTW, but 'tain't as good as the single).

[jpgray]

55. I've heard it. Great song, but it ain't cool.

Here's a thumbs up for proper apostrophe use in 'tain't, though.

:thumbsup:

edit: And I am a monster Beach Boys fan, so I would be the first to lie and claim they are the coolest thing ever. :P

[Whitacre D_WI]

53. "Let It Bleed" is the coolest Stones song, because it's so true.

We do all, indeed, need someone to cream on.

And I'm partial to "My City Was Gone" -- but then again, I'm an Ohioan. Shall we compromise on "Pack it Up?"



And your insipid record collection!

[tigereye]

57. I like My City was Gone too ( except for it being co-opted)

I like many of the early songs... but Back On the Chain Gang is one of my favorites. These picks are highly idiosyncratic anyway. What about Watching The Clothes Go Round? I just picked ( with a little help) some favorites. Cool is also idiosyncratic and meta-analytical. ? According to an old lefty prof of mine.

[Sticky]

56. Golden Earring - Radar Love

Love this song!

I've been drivin' all night, my hand's wet on the wheel
There's a voice in my head that drives my heel
It's my baby callin', says I need you here
And it's half past four and I'm shifting gear...

[Reality Not Tin Foil]

58. fleetwood mac

Rock on Gold Dust Woman. Lindsay buckingnam screaming "and I go insane" Stevie nicks with "once in a million years a lady like her rises.. will you stay if i promise you heaven" "sara, youre the poet in my heart" .. to the gypsies that remain..

[kimchi]

71. Excellent choice! But "Cult of Personality" kicks ass, a bit more modern.

And of course, so appropriate in any time or culture.

[Zorra]

59. I like these

The Reaper BOC
Radar Love Golden Earring
Layla Derek and Dominoes
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Zep
Wasted and I Find My Way Home Blind Faith
Enter Sandman Metallica
Somebody To Love Jefferson Airplane
Green River Creedence
All Along The Watchtower Jimi
Crossroads Cream
Joey Concrete Blonde
Crazy Train Ozzie
Gimme Shelter and Paint it Black Stones
Freebird Skynyrd
A Day In The Life Beatles
Rockin In The Free World Neil Young
Message In A Bottle Police
Sultans Of Swing Dire Straits
Ripple G. Dead
Dancing Barefoot Patti Smith
Roundabout Yes
Overture/Priests Rush
Crazy On You Heart
Tenement Funster Queen
Dream On Aerosmith

[Bertha Venation]

60. Kansas -- Carry On

one of my all-time faves

[kodi]

61. in the summer time...mungo jerry

if that dont put a funky groove on ya' you're already dead

[OneBlueSky]

62. why "Louie Louie" of course . . . everyone knows THAT! . . .

although "Satisfaction" is right up there as well . . .

[Penndems]

64. I'm Your Captain - Grand Funk Railroad

Monster - Steppenwolf
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
For Your Love - Yardbirds
Mainstreet - Bob Seeger and the Silver Bullet Band
Try - Janis Joplin
Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
Warm Ways - Fleetwood Mac
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
Gypsy Man - War
Anything off of "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver"
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - Allman Brothers
Rumble - Linc Wray
Elvis Presley's Sun Records recordings


(Edited for addition)

[KeepItReal]

68. "I Can't Drive 55" - Sammy Hagar

Now that was a song with a message!

:-)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

69. Jimi Hendrix - Up From The Skies

[U2Fanatic]

72. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie

[jus_the_facts]

73. Iron Maiden~Number of The Beast...the Bush/Cheney'04 theme song!

I left alone my mind was blank
I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind

What did I see can I believe that what I saw
that night was real and not just fantasy

Just what I saw in my old dreams were they
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me

Cos in my dreams it's always there the evil face that twists my mind
and brings me to despair

The night was black was no use holding back
Cos I just had to see was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist
was all this for real or some kind of hell
666 the Number of the Beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released

Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised
as they start to cry hands held to the sky
In the night the fires burning bright
the ritual has begun Satan's work is done
666 the Number of the Beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight

This can't go on I must inform the law
Can this still be real or some crazy dream
but I feel drawn towards the evil chanting hordes
they seem to mesmerise me...can't avoid their eyes
666 the Number of the Beast
666 the one for you and me

I'm coming back I will return
And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn
I have the fire I have the force
I have the power to make my evil take its course

:evilfrown: