_Laurie_ Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 (edited) I noticed the comments made on Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4 song in another thread...made me realize what an amazing song that is, definitely a classic...Here you can list what song you think has it all....lyrics, harmony, instrument wise...etc...and if you like, you can tell a little bit of why it makes it a classic song. I think "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a great piece of work..I have many others, but I'll wait and see what comes up... Edited February 12, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I'll pick ten, one from each of my favorite pre-80s artists 1. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (slight return) 2. Pink Floyd - echoes 3. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 4. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused 5. Black Sabbath - Iron Man 6. Funkadelic - Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?! 7. Yes - Roundabout 8. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Meeting of the Spirits 9. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus 10. Genesis - Supper's Ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 great list Batman...another one I thought of is "Light My Fire" The Doors...love the keyboard, the lyrics, the dark mysterious voice of Morrison, all blends in so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 "Highway Star"- Deep Purple. Well, it should be a long long list... it´s like "our favourite songs"... so add "My little Runaway"- Del Shannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Layla by Derek & The Dominos - That song has everything and is my favourite of all time. Other than that: Night Moves by Bob Seger Dream On by Aerosmith And the two that Laurie picked, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and Light My Fire by The Doors. Oh and Kashmir by Led Zeppelin is pretty perfect too. Those songs would all be on my greatest classics ever list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewYorkMets9 Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Let it Be - The Beatles Foreplay/Long Time - Boston Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I love the intro to Boston's "Long Time"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewYorkMets9 Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtstuff Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 American Pie: About rock icons Stairway to Heaven; spell bounding God Only Knows ; Great love song by the Beach Boys. Unchanined Melody: Bobby Hatfield sure is in Rock and Roll Heaven after that one Let It Be and Yesterday. These two by the lads from Liverpool define the "British Invasion" Beth; A beautiful love song by an unlikely group of heavy metallers Kiss. Respect and Pappa Was a Rolling Stone Define the Motown sound. I feel Good: For the soul people James Brown rtstuff We Are Marshall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1104 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Let It Be and Yesterday. These two by the lads from Liverpool define the "British Invasion" RT....I am not sure if I would say the two Beatle songs you mentioned define the British Invasion. When the British Invasion first arrived to the shores of these states the songs were more like bubblegum music. Besides the Beatles there was Herman's Hermits, Dave Clark Five, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Peter and Gordon, etc. The second wave was more rock than bubblegum and I would include the Rolling Stones, Animals and Yardbirds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Gimme Shelter - Stones All Along The Watchtower - Hendrix Good Vibrations - Beach Boys Lazy - Deep Purple I Feel Good - James Brown Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin One Way Out- Allman Brothers Like A Rolling Stone - Dylan Whole Lotta Shakin' - Jerry Lee Lewis You Really Got Me - Kinks Born To Run - Springsteen All Shook Up- Elvis London Calling - The Clash Among others.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody_home Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 The Eagles' "Hotel California" is a timeless classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtstuff Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 You are right Jimmy1104. I probably should have said something along the lines of Let It Be and Yesterday was typical of British classic rock. rtstuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 "Reflections Of My Life" - Marmalade Angst-filled lead vocal; perfect. Multi-part harmony; dead on. Bass riffs - Beatles caliber. Guitar solo; mood perfect. Lyrics - classic youthful questionings, "The world is a bad place, a bad place, a terrible place to live .... oh, but I don't want to die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 One of my faves...and i have it on CD in the car...I think I'll go listen as I head to another meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 "Reflections Of My Life" - Marmalade Angst-filled lead vocal; perfect. Multi-part harmony; dead on. Bass riffs - Beatles caliber. Guitar solo; mood perfect. Lyrics - classic youthful questionings, "The world is a bad place, a bad place, a terrible place to live .... oh, but I don't want to die." nice one S2V! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks. A great rock song by my favorite rock singer. This song exemplifies for me the sort of emotion that singers convey when the song is intensely personal - as this one was for her. The "white winged dove" is her uncle, who died of colon cancer, and the line "I went today, maybe I will go again tomorrow; the music there, well it was hauntingly familiar" is about her visits to him in the hospital. Pitch perfect and raw emotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Oh yes Shawna...I heard Stevie talk about this song on VH1...on Storytellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 'Edge of Seventeen' is definitely a classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jugband_Blues Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 "Heroin", "Walk on the Wild Side", and "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'?" are classics in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 (edited) I love Gimme Shelter, by The Stones. Great guitar intro, Jagger's great vocals. But, the best part is Merry Clayton's vocal solo. It's just a great driving down the highway song. Edited February 16, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 We Gotta Get Out of This Place and It's My Life by The Animals are definite classics in my book. They are so well put together -- as interesting and effective to hear today as they were in 1965. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 great choices bazooka!....Also "Like A Rolling Stone" Bob Dylan....will always be one of my favorite classics....great lyrics, love the harmonica too! "When you aint got nothing, you got nothing to lose/ you're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal// How does it feel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes ~ Crosby, Stills & Nash....just amazing talent. Amazing song that has great harmony, guitar, lyrics....along with "Woodstock" also....defines the end of the 60's era and the greatest music festival in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 The Doors' Riders On The Storm is a definite classic in my book. Keyboard work by Ray Manzarek to rival the best jazz licks. Awesome rain sound effects to set the mood and tone of the song. A pretty fair lead by that Morrison guy. Classic to the nines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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