Best song of all time...

[youknowme]

What is it???

 

Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

John Lennon - Imagine

The Beatles - Hey Jude

The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

[ram2003]

Are you asking us to choose between those, or are they your personal picks?

 

That's a very tough question.

 

Right at this moment I'd say that my personal favorite song (if it's possible for me to have one) is Nada by The Refreshments, but considering that most people don't even KNOW that song, I don't know if it can fall into that category.

 

Some classics I'd put into the running:

 

Pink Floydd - Comfortably Numb

Led Zeppellin - Over The Hills and Far Away, Stairway to Heaven (I can't pick between the two myself)

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

CCR - Fortunate Son

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

Ben E. King - Stand By Me

 

Some more (slightly) modern hits that I would throw into the running (that I'm sure some will harshly critique):

 

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze

REM - Losing My Religion

U2 - With or Without You

Foo Fighters - Everlong

Nine Inch Nails - Hurt

Pearl Jam - Black

 

I should stop myself before I get out of hand.

[02Ram54]

Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here.

 

Rest of list to follow.

[dolamite]

Way too many great songs to decide "the best."

 

 

I have way (way, way, way) too many to throw out to even mention. But I'll try. I mean how can you pick the greatest song of all time. So please in advance, don't rip me for my considerations, these are all just something for you all to ponder, and I even have them halfway sorted in genre/type/time frame, well kinda. ..................................have fun

 

 

Amazing Grace (I'll seperate this one because its on the total opposite end of the spectrum compared to my other choices, but it is a best song of all time thread.)

 

 

 

 

Led Zepellin - Stairway to Heaven

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb/Wish You Were Here

The Doors - The End

Blue Oyster Cult- Don't Fear The Reaper

Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vidda

 

Bob Dylan - Hurricane

 

Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider

The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See

Skynyrd - Free Bird

 

 

Sabbath - Ironman

Kiss - God of Thunder

AC/DC - Thunderstruck

Bon Jovi - Dead or Alive

Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Guns and Roses - November Rain

Ozzy - No More Tears/Mama I'm Coming Home

 

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Sublime - Santeria

Alice N' Chains - Rooster

Stone Temple Pilots - Creep

Re Hot Chili Pepers - Under The Bridge

Pearl Jam - Better Man

Pantera - Cemetary Gates

Tool - Sober

 

Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight

Tupac - Hail Mary

Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy

Dr. Dre - Nuttin But A G' Thang

Snoop Dog - Gin and Juice

Jay-Z - Can't Knock the Hustle

 

Johnny Cash - Walk The Line

Waylon Jennings - Rose In Paradise

Hank Williams Jr - Dinosaur/The Blues Man/Feelin Better'

Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes

Merlle Haggard - Mama Tried

 

Ralph Stanley (Stanley Brothers) - Rank Strangers

Flatt and Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown

[02Ram54]

Josh Ritter, Wings; Roll on.

 

Refreshments, Mekong, Nada, Sin Nombre.

 

Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, Green & Dumb; Jack vs Jose; Loco to Stay Sane; Leave an Open Door.

 

Collective Soul, Shine; Gel.

 

New Radicals, Same Day We'll Know.

 

Offspring, Gone Away.

 

Deadeye Dick, Marguerite; Perfect Family.

 

Smashing Pumpkins, Zero; Bullet With Butterfly Wings.

 

Smash Mouth, Flo; Beer Goggles; Walking on the Sun; the Fonz; nervous In the Alley.

 

Sublime, What I Got; Wrong Way; Santeria; Doin Time; Date Rape.

 

Tenacious D, Wonder Boy.

 

Verve Pipe, Freshmen.

 

Reel Big Fish, Beer.

 

13th Floor Elevators, You're Gonna Miss Me.

 

Beatles, I Am The Walrus; A Day In The Life; Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds; Strawberry Fields; Back in the USSR; Revolution.

 

Black Sabbath, War Pig.

 

Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues, Like A Rolling Stone.

 

Cream, I Feel Free.

 

Crystals, Da Doo Ron Ron.

 

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, The Piano Has Been Drinkin'.

 

Dire Straits, Romeo & Juliet.

 

Doors, Been Down So Long.

 

George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Who Do You Love.

 

Golden Earing, Radar Love.

 

Jethro Tull, Locomotive Breath.

 

Little Richard, Tutti Frutti.

 

Lou Reed, Take a Walk On The Wild Side.

 

Lovin' Spoonfull, Summer In The City.

 

Meatloaf, Paradise In the Dashboard Lights/ I Would Do Anything For Love.

 

Paul Simon, Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes.

 

Pink Floyd, Money; Brain Damage; Another Brick In the Wall pt1, Happiest Days of Our Lives, and Another Brick In The Wall pt 2; Comfortably Numb; Hey You.

 

Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody.

 

Questian Mark & The Mysterians, 96 Tears.

 

Ram Jam, Black Betty.

 

Righteous Brothers, Little Latin Lupe Lu.

 

Rolling Stones, Sympathy For The Devil; Time Is On My Side; Satisfaction; Miss You; Shattered; Beast of Burden.

 

Steely Dan, Do It Again; I'm A Fool To Do Your Dirty Work.

 

Sting & The Police, Don't Stand So Close To Me.

 

Tom Petty, Yer So Bad.

 

Travelling Wilburys, Last Night; Tweeter & The Monkey Man;

 

Van Morrison, Brown Eyed Girl.

 

Warren Zevon, Werewolves of London.

 

Who, Teenage Wasteland.

 

ZZ Top, Nation Wide; Lagrange.

 

Johnny Cash, When The Man Comes Around.

 

Arlo Guthrie, Alice's Resteraunt.

 

John Haitt, Have A Little Faith In Me.

 

Joni Mitchell, River.

 

Marshall Tucker Band, Fire On The Mountain.

 

Pogues, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.

 

Richard Thompson, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.

 

Rufus Wainwright, Hallelujah.

 

Al Green, Tired Of Being Alone.

 

Stevie Wonder, Superstition.

 

Ray Charles, I've Got a Woman; What'd I Say pts 1 & 2; Hit The Road Jack.

 

Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit; In Bloom; Lithium.

 

Gourds, Gin & Juice.

 

Clash, London Calling; Should I Stay or Should I Go; Rock the Casbah; Janie Jones; White Riot; Police & Thieves; I Fought the Law; In Hammersmith Palais.

 

Dropkick Murphys, Shipping Up To Boston.

 

Flogging Molly, the entire album Drunken Lullabies.

 

Frank Black, Hold On To Your Ego.

 

Gorillaz, Clint Eastwood.

 

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, I Hate Myself For Loving You; I Love Rock & Roll; Crimson & Clover.

 

Le Tigre, Decepticon.

 

Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, the entire album of "Are A Drag."

 

Murder By Death, Until Morale Improves The Beatings Will Continue.

 

NOFX, How Did The Cat Get So Fat; Please Play This Song On The Radio; lower; The Brews.

 

Patti Smith, Gloria.

 

Pixies, Dig For Fire; Velouria; Gigantic; Debaser; Where Is My Mind.

 

Presidents Of The United States, Video Killed The Radio Star.

 

Ramones, Hey Ho Let's Go; Sheena Is A Punk Rocker; KKK Took My Baby Away; My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down; I Wanna Be Sedated; Rock & Roll High School; Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World.

 

Samiam, Birdbath.

 

Screeching Weasel, Hey Suburbia.

 

Sweet, Ballroom Blitz.

 

US Bombs, All the Bodies.

 

Velvet Underground, Heroin; Pale Blue Eyes; There She Goes Again; I'm Waiting On My Man.

 

White Stripes, the entire album of White Blood Cells.

 

Bone Thugs & Harmony, Crossroads.

 

Deltron 3030, Mastermind.

 

DMX, Who We Be.

 

Kanye West, Golddiggers; Jesus Walks With Me.

 

MC Chris, Fett's Vette; White Kids Love Hip-Hop.

 

Nate Dogg & Warren G, Regulate.

 

Run DMC, It's Tricky.

 

Nancy Sinatra, My Baby Shot Me Down.

 

Sam Cooke, You Send Me.

 

Notting Hillbillies, Railroad Worksong; Will You Miss Me.

 

Goldfinger, 99 Red Balloons.

 

Apocalyptica, One.

 

Bad Religion, American Jesus.

 

Squirrell Nut Zippers, Hell.

 

Rob D, Clubbed To Death.

 

Ultra Pulverize, I Thought That I Was Dead; That Book Was Written By A Maniac; I'm On Wheels.

 

T-Bone Stankus, Existential Blues

 

Dispatch, Carry You; Out Loud; the General.

 

Faces, Ooh La La.

 

James McMurtty, Levelland.

[02Ram54]

For the record, I felt that list was quite restrained.

[Sandman]

Imagine is a great choice. But to narrow it down to just one is next to impossible. So, in keeping with the other posts, let me throw out my nominees by genre.

 

If I had to pick ONE song that was going to be starting every time I turned on the radio for the rest of my life, I would choose from this list:

 

Linger, the Cranberries

Still Remains, STP

Alive, Pearl Jam

Dream On, Aerosmith

Shadows of the Night, Pat Benetar.

I don't think I'd ever get tired of any of these songs.

 

Others, starting with music from the 90's to now.

 

Creep, Radiohead

Iris, Goo Goo Dolls

Far Behind, Candlebox

Cumbersome, Seven Mary Three

Picture, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow

Losing My Religion, REM

 

From the 80's:

 

Drive, the Cars

Don't You Forget About Me, Simple Minds

Living On A Prayer, Bon Jovi

Love Bites, Def Leppard

Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen

(I could go on and on here)

 

From the 70's:

Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen

And the rest of my list would include Neil Diamond and Elton John stuff. Along with a lot of the stuff from Saturday Night Fever and Grease.

 

My wildcard pick: Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond

[dolamite]

Creep, Radiohead

 

 

Nice. One of my personal favs, I just couldn't find room for it in my list of all time greatests. Great, great song though, love Radiohead.

 

Lucky is not bad either.

[gametime]

If I had to pick just one?

 

Dylan- Hurricane...

[02Ram54]

If I had to pick just one?

 

Dylan- Hurricane...

Great Song. Did you know that's not the original version? That one got scrapped as a few lines being too confrontational, and the entire song was redone. It's a lot different musically from the original, faster and with the Rolling Thunder Revue musicians working on it.

[dolamite]

I accidently missed one on mine (I know how could I)........

 

Little Wing by Hendrix.

[Sandman]

Nice. One of my personal favs, I just couldn't find room for it in my list of all time greatests. Great, great song though, love Radiohead.

 

Lucky is not bad either.

 

Although I'm only a moderate Radiohead fan, Creep has it all. Great lyrics, great riff, and great tone. :thumb:

[gametime]

Great Song. Did you know that's not the original version? That one got scrapped as a few lines being too confrontational, and the entire song was redone. It's a lot different musically from the original, faster and with the Rolling Thunder Revue musicians working on it.

Me do the research on something I consider my favorite ever? No... :lol:

 

That song, in the original and Dylan version, was a huge deal in that era as it all played out. It was a story that drew me in at an early age and has been one I make sure I listen to more often than any other...

[dolamite]

Although I'm only a moderate Radiohead fan, Creep has it all. Great lyrics, great riff, and great tone. :thumb:

 

 

Can't disagree at all. :thumb:

[Bandit29]

Sandman and O2, Great lists guys!