The Best 100 Songs of the Rock Era
Posted by admin on 8th December 2013 in Best Songs of the Rock Era, Other
Let’s chat, discuss or bitch… about this.
In the Prey novels by John Sandford he brought up the topic of the best 100 songs of the rock era.
I’ll post his list and we can can start to agree, disagree, and shred it……….
| ZZ Top | Sharp Dressed Man |
| ZZ Top | Legs |
| Wilson Pickett | Mustang Sally |
| Crash Test Dummies | Superman’s Song |
| David Essex | Rock On |
| Golden Earring | Radar Love |
| Blondie | Heart of Glass |
| Jefferson Airplane | White Rabbit |
| Jefferson Airplane | Somebody to Love |
| Derek and the Dominoes | Layla |
| The Doors | Roadhouse Blues |
| The Animals | House of the Risomg Son |
| Aerosmith | Sweet Emotion |
| Aerosmith | Dude (Looks Like a Lady) |
| Bruce Springsteen | Dancing In the Dark |
| Bruce Springsteen | Born To Run |
| Bruce Springsteen | Thunder Road |
| The Police | Every Breath You Take |
| Tom Waits | Heart of Saturday Night |
| Van Halen | Hot For Teacher |
| The Who | Won’t Get Fooled Again |
| Gypsy Kings | Hotel California |
| Tracy Chapman | Give Me One Reason |
| Creedance Clearwater Revival | Down On the Corner |
| Eagles | Lyin’ Eyes |
| Eagles | Life In the fast Lane |
| Dire Straits | Skateaway (Rollergirl) |
| Tom Petty and the heartbreakers | May Jane’s Last Dance |
| Janis Joplin | Me and Bobbie McGee |
| The Doobie brothers | Black Water |
| Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | I Love Rock and Roll |
| John Mellancamp | Jack and Diane |
| Pink Floyd | Another Brick in the Wall (part 2) |
| Pink Floyd | Money |
| Billy Joel | Piano Man |
| Eric Clapton | After Midnite |
| Eric Clapton | Lay Down Sally |
| AC/DC | You Shook Me all night Long |
| AC/DC | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap |
| The Hollies | Long Cool Woman ( in a Blue Dress) |
| Bob Dylan | Like a Rollin Stone |
| Bob Dylan | Knockin on Heaven’s Door |
| Bob Dylan | Subterranean Homesick Blues |
| The Rolling Stones | (I Can’t get No) Satisfaction |
| The Rolling Stones | Brown Sugar |
| The Rolling Stones | Sympathy For the Devil |
| Sex Pistols | Anarchy In the UK |
| Greatful Dead | Sugar Magnolia |
| The Pointer Sisters | Slow Hand |
| Eurythmics | Sweet Dreams (are Made of This) |
| Elvis Presley | Jailhouse Rock |
| David Bowie | Ziggy Stardust |
| Bob Segar | Night Moves |
| The Everly Brothers | Bye Bye Love |
| Jimi Hendrix | Purple Haze |
| The Kinks | Lola |
| Jackson Browne | Tender Is the Night |
| The Kingsmen | Louie, Louie |
| George Thorogood and the destroyers | Bad to the Bone |
| Metalica | Turn the page |
| Lynard Skynard | Sweet Home Alabama |
| Queen | We Will Rock You |
| The Allman Brothers | Ramblin Man |
| Led Zeppelin | Rock and Roll |
| Tina Turner | What’s Love Got to Do With It |
| Steppenwolf | Born To Be Wild |
| U2 | With or Without You |
| Black Sabbath | Paranoid |
| Foreigner | Blue Morning, Blue Day |
| Billy Idol | White Wedding |
| Guns N’ Roses | Sweet Child O’ Mine |
| Guns N’ Roses | Paradise city |
| Guns N’ Roses | Knockin on Heaven’s Door |
| Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild side |
| Bad Company | Feel Like Makin’ Love |
| Def Leppard | Rock of Ages |
| Van Morrison | Brown Eyed Girl |
| Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels | Devil with the Blue dress on |
| Aretha Franklin | Respect |
| John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt | I’m in the Mood |
| James Brown | I Got You ( I Feel Good) |
| The Righteous Brothers | Unchained Melody |
| Prince | Little Red Corvette |
| Chuck Berry | Roll over Beethoven |
| The Byrds | Mr. Tamborine man |
| Crosby Stills Nash and Young | Ohio |
| Buddy Holly | Peggy Sue |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | Great Balls of Fire |
| Roy Orbison | Oh, Pretty Woman |
| Del Shannon | Runaway |
| Run-D.M.C. | Walk This Way |
| Otis Redding | (sittin’ on) The Dock of the bay |
| Nirvana | smells like teen spirit |
| Paul Simon | Still Crazy after all these years |
| Bo Didley | Who Do you Love |
| Brewer and Shipley | One Toke over the line |
| Ramones | I wann be sedated |
| The Clash | Should I stay or should I go |
| Talking Heads | Burming down the house |
| Dimitri Shostakovich | Jazz suite no. 2, waltz 2 |
Let the fun begin…
