Introduce me to good rock music

[Al B. Sure!]

Cause supposedly the rock songs I like are garbage.

Post a song and I'll give it a listen and see if I like it.

And no "Oy! Oy!" garbage that I've heard from Thoth. I don't like that.

[SlowwHand]

What kind of Rock? Can you be more specific? Or do you know someone you like already?

If you go to www.allmusic.com and run a search on..., oooooh, Led Zeppelin, at the bottom will be "Influenced By" and "Similar Artists". You can surf your ass off. Do it for Eric Clapton. I would, if I were you.

[Al B. Sure!]

What kind of Rock? Can you be more specific?

Well I'm already pretty familiar with what you like from the music thread.

I'm referring to Asher's, Dauphin's, etc. comments about there being better rock music than what I like. I don't know what kind they're talking about.

[SlowwHand]

I don't think it matters. People like different things. Try Pixies. I think they liked them.

[Al B. Sure!]

If you go to www.allmusic.com and run a search on..., oooooh, Led Zeppelin, at the bottom will be "Influenced By" and "Similar Artists". You can surf your ass off. Do it for Eric Clapton. I would, if I were you.

Good idea but that would just show me groups similar to the ones I already like. Apparently, what I like is flawed and I need to open up my horizons, which I can't do if I'm looking only for what's similar to what I already know.

[Zoetstofzoetje]

[EPW]

[Guynemer]

First rule: American rock, with a few exceptions, SUCKS.

Brit rock, however, is terrific. Beatles, Stones, Who, Pink Floyd, Clapton (and all his various bands), Kinks, Clash, Sex Pistols... and that's just scratching the surface.

[Al B. Sure!]

I would like it more if it had a little more umpf to it. Maybe some drums. But I guess that's not what they were going for. It gets a little boring for a 4 minute song to just be guitar strumming and singing. Still, this is definitely listenable. 3.5/5 stars

[Guynemer]

Oh holy ****.

[giblets]

http://www.metrolyrics.com/rs

[EPW]

[Al B. Sure!]

http://www.metrolyrics.com/rs

#1 on that list... I assume because it's from Rolling Stones magazine they would pick this one #1:





The music is fine. It actually has a certain Motown sound to it. The guy can not sing well, though. I've heard of Bob Dylan before and I think I've heard that he's not known as being a good singer. He's really talking the latter verses, not singing. I mean, obviously, I have no problem with that, but dude doesn't have a good voice for pseudo-rapping and the way he pauses is awkward. If you're going to be talk-singing, I hate to say you need filler, but you need to make sure you have enough syllables to fill up the bars to avoid awkward pauses. I guess I will be mocked for critiquing the delivery of apparently the best rock singer in history or something but if this is the best rock song ever, it could stand some musical improvement. I do like some of the relatively (and relatively is a strong word here) rapid-fire rhyme schemes he used though.

The guy's voice is a big turn-off though and the song is fundamentally boring. Not my cup of tea.

[Al B. Sure!]

I don't even have to listen to it. I got Billy Joel on my Zune.

But is this really a rock song, though? Billy Joel transcends genre

I'm still going to play it though for my own personal enjoyment.

[SlowwHand]

Pop Rock