Top rock songs ever
 

Recently NZ radio station The Rock had a countdown of the top 1000 rock songs ever. The song placings were decided on by votes from the general public. Somewhere around 60K votes were counted.

Here is the top 20:


1 AC/DC - Back in Black
2. GUNS N' ROSES - November Rain
3 METALLICA - Enter Sandman

4 NIRVANA - Smells Like Teen Spirit
5 PEARL JAM - Betterman
6 PINK FLOYD - Comfortably Numb
7 METALLICA - One
8 GUNS N' ROSES - Sweet Child of Mine

9 FOO FIGHTERS - Everlong
10 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Killing in the name of
11 LED ZEPPELIN - Stairway to Heaven
12 PEARL JAM - Black
13 QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody

14 SHIHAD - Home again
15 LIVE - Lightning Crashes
16 TOOL - Sober
17 THE EAGLES - Hotel California
18 U2 - Beautiful Day

19 FOO FIGHTERS - Best of You
20 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Under The Bridge


Full list can be found here: Rock top 1000

Im just wondering what you guys from america (and anywhere else) think about this list.

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this list is surprisingly bad, even for one voted on by radio listeners

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what i find most amazing is that there are maybe three or four bands on this list whose best song is actually the song listeners picked.

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2 foo fighter songs in the top 20 = rape

I agree with nt, this list bites hard

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Wow. WTF kind of people have like 15 of the top 20 rock songs ever coming from the 80's and 90's. No Rolling Stones, no Beatles, but the Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, and Metallica all have 2 songs on the list??!! I've never even heard like 4 or 5 of these songs and probably never will.

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Just noticed it's from New Zealand, when I first read it, I thought it was AZ. Is David Hasselhoff a popular musician down there?

http://www.davidhasselhoffonline.com...kerCover02.jpg

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4 NIRVANA - Smells Like Teen Spirit

10 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Killing in the name of

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Rofl.

Free Bird?

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also lol at 'betterman' in particular, that whole album sucked balls and that is one of the worst pearl jam singles ever

also lol at the foo fighters obv, they don't deserve to crack the top 100

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so... New Zealand radio listeners are out of touch with us? That's what this thread is about?

WTF is #14?

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so... New Zealand radio listeners are out of touch with us? That's what this thread is about?

WTF is #14?

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Yea its a kiwi song. Great song though.

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4 NIRVANA - Smells Like Teen Spirit

10 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Killing in the name of

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Rofl.

Free Bird?

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Man I heard that song for the first time listening to this countdown, what a bloody awesome song it is too.

Im in agreeance with everyone here. Everlong maybe but theres no way best of you should even be in top 1000 let alone top 20.

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Wow. WTF kind of people have like 15 of the top 20 rock songs ever coming from the 80's and 90's. No Rolling Stones, no Beatles, but the Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, and Metallica all have 2 songs on the list??!! I've never even heard like 4 or 5 of these songs and probably never will.

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Just noticed it's from New Zealand, when I first read it, I thought it was AZ. Is David Hasselhoff a popular musician down there?

http://www.davidhasselhoffonline.com...kerCover02.jpg

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No NZ is not a state of germany

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As long as ACDC is at the top of the list the world is right.

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wow, i love the foo fighters, but there is no way they are responsible for 5 of the top 100 rock songs of all time. Meanwhile zepplin has 2 songs in the top 100.

Does anyone else think that counting down the top 1000 of anything is rediculous. I mean how do you distinguish between 695 and 696 best song of all time.

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4 NIRVANA - Smells Like Teen Spirit

10 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Killing in the name of

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Rofl.

Free Bird?

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Man I heard that song for the first time listening to this countdown, what a bloody awesome song it is too.

Im in agreeance with everyone here. Everlong maybe but theres no way best of you should even be in top 1000 let alone top 20.

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You'd never heard Freebird until 2007?

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You'd never heard Freebird until 2007?


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As far as New Zealand is concerned, rock and roll was born in 1983.

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this list is surprisingly bad, even for one voted on by radio listeners

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The list gets worse, much worse...I was appalled at some of the choices, and by one major band not any where on the list - Rush. Sad, just sad.

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Ugh where the hell is Layla. Also it's funny how exactly zero Beatles songs made the top ONE THOUSAND.

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Europe being 1000 just takes the [censored] cake. That song is definitely top 100 maybe even 50 material, but instead it is beaten by so many songs that are barely even rock. I see rock is now fully endorsed by the fanny brigade instead of meaning loud ... rocky.. music. Radiohead Creep?! WHAT THE [censored]? I suppose you're already in the lower percentiles of being human when you submit songs to these lists though. Especially if you are someone who votes for U [censored] 2.

Imagine a song that makes you want to smash tyranny, [censored] blondes and drink warm beer. If you imagined U2, [censored] off.

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Queen doesn't show up until #13 and the Foo Fighters make the list twice. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Doors are completely absent, but Rage Against the Machine makes the top ten.

I give up. Just reading that list has sapped my will to argue.

SpaceAce

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lol @ not locking this thread

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584 DAVID BOWIE - Space Oddity

What the hell, 584?!

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Polls that reflect the opinion of the general public tend to yield similar results. Not sure why people are so surprised.

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I don't know most of those songs, and I've been to New Zealand twice. Other posters are right - seems like Will to Power's "Freebird/Baby I Love Your Way" should really be there. That song's like 20 years old now, maybe NZ listeners just don't remember:

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FWIW list doesn't include Moony's "Dove/I'll Be Loving You Forever" and Spiller's "Groovejet/If This Ain't Love"...

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also lol at 'betterman' in particular, that whole album sucked balls and that is one of the worst pearl jam singles ever


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Yeah, I got given that album by an ex-girlfriend when it came out. I listened to it twice and just figured that there must have been something that I was missing.

My number 1 rock song of all time is "You shook me all night long". I dropped this at my club the other night in the middle of a house set and the place went absolutely crazy. And yet on that list we have songs like With or without you in front of it.

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Wrong AC/DC song at the top, it should be "You Shook Me All Night Long."

Did "All Right Now" by Free make the list somewhere? Always thought that was the "quintessential" rock song.

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the top 10 rock songs basically have not changed since they started doing listener lists.

This list is fairly close give or take

1. Stairway to Heaven (always been #1)
2. Layla
3.Freebird
4.Satisfaction
5.bab O'reilly
6. Hey Jude
7. born to run
8. light my fire
9. wont get fooled again
10. tangled up inblue

My friends have discussed how strange that this list rarely varies, and songs in the last 25 years are unable to crack top 10.

Big LOL at op's list.

Hotel Ca, Sympathy for devil and let it B also get thrown in there

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q104.3 Ny top 20 list, rarely varies:

1 Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven 1971
2 Derek & The Dominoes Layla 1970
3 Who Baba O'Riley 1971
4 Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird 1973
5 Who Won't Get Fooled Again 1971
6 Beatles Hey Jude 1968
7 Eagles Hotel California 1976
8 Beatles Let It Be 1970
9 Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil 1968
10 Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 1965
11 Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967
12 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1975
13 Led Zeppelin Kashmir 1975
14 Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb 1979
15 Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road 1975
16 John Lennon Imagine 1971
17 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 1975
18 Aerosmith Dream On 1973
19 Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter 1969
20 Bruce Springsteen Rosalita (Come out Tonight)

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debating these kinds of lists is so stupid, there are obvious levels in terms of how great a song is, like stairway, layla, hotel ca, freebird are all on the immortal level, but you can't say one is better than the other, they're all amazing

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That list is just bad no matter which country it came from.

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q104.3 Ny top 20 list, rarely varies:

1 Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven 1971
2 Derek & The Dominoes Layla 1970
3 Who Baba O'Riley 1971
4 Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird 1973
5 Who Won't Get Fooled Again 1971
6 Beatles Hey Jude 1968
7 Eagles Hotel California 1976
8 Beatles Let It Be 1970
9 Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil 1968
10 Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 1965
11 Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967
12 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1975
13 Led Zeppelin Kashmir 1975
14 Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb 1979
15 Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road 1975
16 John Lennon Imagine 1971
17 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 1975
18 Aerosmith Dream On 1973
19 Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter 1969
20 Bruce Springsteen Rosalita (Come out Tonight)

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Nice list. Does anyone want to argue that the best rock music was made between '65 and'75?

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http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songsddd.html

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this puts Soundgarden's Jesus Christ Pose at 93? I love Soundgarden, but I would never put that song that high

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Nice list. Does anyone want to argue that the best rock music was made between '65 and'75?

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Sure, I'd argue that you could easily shift that time period back by 6-10 years. My top rock songs would have more Buddy Holly and less Bread.

SpaceAce

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q104.3 Ny top 20 list, rarely varies:

1 Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven 1971
2 Derek & The Dominoes Layla 1970
3 Who Baba O'Riley 1971
4 Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird 1973
5 Who Won't Get Fooled Again 1971
6 Beatles Hey Jude 1968
7 Eagles Hotel California 1976
8 Beatles Let It Be 1970
9 Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil 1968
10 Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 1965
11 Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967
12 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1975
13 Led Zeppelin Kashmir 1975
14 Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb 1979
15 Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road 1975
16 John Lennon Imagine 1971
17 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 1975
18 Aerosmith Dream On 1973
19 Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter 1969
20 Bruce Springsteen Rosalita (Come out Tonight)

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These 2 Bruce Sprinsteen songs shouldn't even make the top 100.

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1 AC/DC - Back in Black

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This one seems a little overrated to me. I know it's one of their signature songs, mostly because it's the title track from one of the greatest rock albums ever. However, I think AC/DC had several songs better than this. You Shook Me, Thunderstruck, Hells Bells, Highway to Hell, and Moneytalks all seem like better choices to me. Even though I'm a huge AC/DC fan, I doubt any of those songs are the best rock song ever.

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That list is just bad no matter which country it came from.

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2. GUNS N' ROSES - November Rain


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Overrated.


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14 SHIHAD - Home again

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Never heard of it.


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18 U2 - Beautiful Day

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Oh dear God no. There are three songs better than this just on The Joshua Tree.


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19 FOO FIGHTERS - Best of You


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Good song but overrated here.

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This list is absolutely blasphemous. Why did they even try it?

That would be like Americans trying to compile a list of "Top 1000 villages in China." or some crap.

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That list includes Nickelback.