Songs that rock

[Az]

KX, join the political threads, NOW!

[statusperfect]

The Strokes - Last Night

[The Mad Viking]

Chronologically, more or less...

Crossroads by Cream. Clapton practically invents blues-rock guitar. Absolutely scorching guitar work. *snapcase barfs* also Sunshine of Your Love, White Room

Spencer Davis Group - (with Winwood) Gimme Some Lovin'

Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild -"Heavy Metal Thunder

Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love, White Rabbit

Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

Black Sabbath, early Iommi stuff.

Locomotive Breath, Jethro Tull. Amazing tension constructed in the piano intro, builds to a climax with a little acoustic guitar, and then, POW! grinding palm-muted distortion. also Aqualung

The Who Dr. Jimmy & Mister Jim, , (quadrophenia) Won't Get Fooled Again, My Wife

Led Zeppelin

Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine,

Lynyrd Skynyrd- Saturday Night Special, That Smell, Free Bird.

Neil Young - Into the Black, and Free World Rockin'.

Alice Cooper - School's Out

Golden Earing - Radar Love

Eagles- Hotel California

Ozzy Osbourne (with Randy Rhoads) Crazy Train

Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper

Styx -Suite Madam Blue (Don't laugh or shake your head if you haven't heard it...)

ZZ Top - Tush, The Grange

Tom Petty - Refugee (Yes, a long time ago, Tom could Rock)

Bruce Springsteen - Badlands, Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town (Yes, a long time ago, Bruce could also Rock)

Sex Pistols
Ramones
The Clash

Metallica. (numerous versions of one song, still great)
AC/DC. (see above)

Phil Lynotte - Nineteen. (You could cut a fvcking tree down with his vocals.)

Nirvana - too many to mention

Bad Religion infected, many many more

Soundgarden

Smashing Pumpkins-disarm

The Tragically Hip - 38 Years Old, Little Bones, Locked in the Trunk of a Car

The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Allright,

Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff , Take a Look Around
Linkin Park - In The End
Papa Roach - Last Resort

Three Doors Down- Kryptonite

White Stripes - Dead Leaves, Fell In Love With a Girl
Hives - I Told You So

[Bas]

Nice list for an old fart.

[The Mad Viking]

Thanks, Bas.

[Gangerolf]

did anyone mention Europe - "Final Countdown" ? it rocks!

other ones of the top of my head: Jimmy Eat World - "Get it faster " and "Bleed American" (iirc they changed the name after 9-11)

[mactbone]

I skipped the middle page, but I'm confident I'm suggesting different stuff.
Carpe Wade - Superball
Carpe Wade - Summer Party Romance
Carpe Wade - Unsober
Carpe Wade - Sit Down
Sparta - Hulahoop Wounds
Sparta - Light Burns Clear
Sparta - mye
Sparta - Red Alibi
Sparta - Ribbon
Starlight Mints - Sir Prize
Union Underground - Ummm, lots of songs... but check out Call Me for a less 'intense' song, still good but not their usual drugs and death stuff
ELP - Karn Evil 9
Pinback - Concrete Sounds
Pinback - Crutch
Pinback - Manchuria
Pinback - Penelope
Pinback - Prog
Sleeper - Inbetweener

That'll do for now.

[TCO]

I know what you're looking for. Something mellow but with some heart to it. When you've had a couple beers and a full belly and are just hanging. I'd recommend andy 70's soul.

[TCO]

I don't remember what. But there were some good tunes playing at the Taco Mac that I just ate at.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Mercator
We're not gonna take it - The Who (live at Woodstock)
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (preferably Woodstock too)
Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix
Great King Rat, My Fairy King, White Queen, Tie Your Mother Down, Stone Cold Crazy etc. all by Queen

Good stuff!

I finally got the first Queen album on CD. I had it on vinyl from 1974 or 1975. I loved it, but none of my friends had heard of the band until "Killer Queen" hit the airwaves.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Dissident
and might I recommend Deep Purple- no not smoke on the water. That is overplayed. Songs like fireball and child in time (well that is a ballad- so that doesn't rock).

Blue Oyster Cult has a few weird ones as well. They aren't like your typical classic rock band. They have their own unique style. They aren't for everyone.

BOC! I like Cities on Flame, Godzilla, Don't Fear the Reaper ("Still reap around here, eh Mr. Death?").

[Sikander]

Originally posted by MattyBoy
Do you remember an old song called "Alright Now"? It was by a band called Free. It is on an album called Fire and Water (see http://www.artistdirect.com/store/ar...,88711,00.html)

That album definitely rocks. I played it until the cassette stretched and broke. Then I sticky taped the cassette together again. Always played at high volume. Very much the same vibe as "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You."

That is good stuff.

Originally posted by MattyBoy
As for Led Zep:
Stay away from anything after Houses of the Holy album. If you're looking for songs that "rock", try LZ 1,2 and 4 first. Then see how far hooked you are before getting 3, SongRemainsSame and Houses of Holy. By this stage, these last three will probably become your favourites. I don't really recommend Presence, Phys Graffiti or Coda.

I can see that you and I (and I'm sure countless others) have undergone the same process. I only rarely listen to 1,2,4 anymore. LZ 3 is by far my favorite, though I like House of the Holy and Physical Graffitti alright.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by MosesPresley
Brand New Cadillac and I Fought the Law: The Clash, these versions will rock your face off.

Rage Against the Machine have a lot of good hard rocking songs.

I don't like political rock, especially when it is mediocre musically. Neither band had much of an impact on me really. Obviously many feel differently.

Originally posted by MosesPresley
Frank Zappa: One Size Fits All - the entire album rocks, but especially Pajama People and San Bernadino. Joe's Garage rocks hard too.

Now you're talking! There are so many great Zappa records. I don't know how many times we listened to Joe's Garage in college, but Ibet any one of my friends from that time can still sing all of the songs. Moon was a fantastic contributor to those albums as "Mary". A couple of my favorite hard rocking Zappa tunes are "I Don't Even Care", and "The Illinois Enema Bandit" (from Live in New York, with Don Pardo introducing it).

Originally posted by MosesPresley
David Bowie: Width of a Circle. Albums: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and more recently Outside and Earthling

I like Bowie's rock days, "Rebel, Rebel", "Gene / Genie" (which sounds a lot like the Yardbirds) etc., but I like his stoned days even more.

Originally posted by MosesPresley
Butthole Surfers: PSY, Hairway to Steven and many more.

"Electric Larryland", "Locust Abortion Technician" and some of the obscure (but still alive somewhere in my vinyl collection) early stuff is good too, but some an acquired taste to be sure.

Originally posted by MosesPresley
Yes: Fragile, Close to the Edge and The Yes Album. The Bill Bruford days are especially good.

My three faves for exactly the same reason. Bruford added so much to that band, but people tend to neglect the drummer, especially in a band like that with so much talent.

[August Borms]

Hammerfall - Heeding the call
Moonspell - Ataegina
Cannibal Corpse - I will kill you
Insane Clown Posse - **** the world
Iggy Pop - Lust for life
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Rammstein - Rammstein, Du hast, Sehnsucht, Ich will, Engel and Links, 2, 3, 4

[Dis]

actually I do like the one Atari Teenage Riot song they did with Slayer on the Spawn soundtrack. Good soundtrack.

As for some 80's tunes that rock.

Try Pat Benatar- Hell is for Children. Yeah she's kind of pop, but her old stuff rocks out. It's amazing this song cause controversy with religous leaders. They didn't even bother to learn what the song is about. Also Heartbreaker by her is another one of her's that really rocks. Also Joan Jett- I love rock and roll. It's a bit overplayed so you may be tired of that one.