Best song of all time?

GuanYin

In the last 40 years, in terms of sheer musical genius and complexity:

Paranoid Android - Radiohead.

andrew

Best songs in the world ever...

Led Zeppelin - stairway to heaven
lynrd skynrd - freebird

and in no particular order...

lynrd skynrd - tuesdays gone
Led Zeppelin -moby dick
Queen - Bohemian raphsody
nirvana - smells like teen spirit
REM - the sidewinder sleeps tonight
johnny cash - hurt
metallica - no leaf clover
oasis - whats the story morning glory
guns 'n' roses - paradise city
the white stripes - 7 nation army
" " " - fell in love with a girl
the kinks - lazin on a sunny afternoon (and other kinks greats)
theres more, just cant think of any right now

Zaph

Talking Heads - This Must be the Place
Radiohead - Creep
The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation

dabhal

according to a BBC poll it was
Wolfe Tones A nation once again.

Still brings a smile to my face when I think about it

Shrimp

Wolfe Tone's are Legends

*Angel*

Not the best but a few of the good! (No order)

Cat Stevens - Wild World/First cut is the deepest
Train - Drops of Jupiter
Damien Rice - Cannonball
Ben E King - Stand by Me
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a prayer
Muse - Butterflies & Hurricanes
Sting - Fields of Gold
Oasis - Wonderwall
Green Day - When I Come Around
Sarah McLaughlin - Angel
Carl Orff - O Fortuna
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69

So that's enough but I have a feeling I've forgotten some

Crucifix

This are always tough to answer in an "of all time" sense, but of the top of my head:
Kansas - Carry on Wayward son
Rush - Fly by night
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Who - My generation

And so many more I can't think of at the moment

Simi

Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground

Concannon7

Wolfe Tones - Sean South
Guns N Roses - November Rain
Creed - My Sacrifice
Wolfe Tones - Joe McDonnell
Oasis - Whats the story morning glory
Bon Jovi - Living on a prayer
John Lennon - Imagine

MrJoeSoap

syke wrote:

In the last 40 years, in terms of sheer musical genius and complexity:

Paranoid Android - Radiohead.

*sniggers*

Its good but certainly not the most musically "genius" or "complex" song of the last 40 years. Havent you heard of the Mars Volta?

My vote would have to go to:

Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye

GuanYin

MrJoeSoap wrote:

*sniggers*

Its good but certainly not the most musically "genius" or "complex" song of the last 40 years. Havent you heard of the Mars Volta?

I have and still go with Radiohead, the song is based on tribal drum beats and the tempo varies in what seems an almost random way through out single verses. To put together a platinum single with that is an achievement that few others have done.

Shrimp

Mosh - Eminem << Great Song

neokenzo

Black - Pearl Jam

Thraktor

It's funny how many people have cited Stairway to Heaven as the best song of all time, but not a single person has mentioned The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin, a much better track in my opinion.

puntosporting

Fav songs of all time!
No particular order

Bob Marley Redemption song
Bob Marley No woman no cry
Bob marley Is this love
Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
U2 Where the streets have no name
U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday
2Pac Keep your head up
2Pac Dear mama
Prince Purple Rain
Guns&roses Sweet child of mine
The doors The end

Tried to think long and hard and there is a million more tunes i could list im into about every style of music to some extent at least...

Shrimp

Red = Dont like

---

Green = Like

Bob Marley Redemption song
Bob Marley No woman no cry
Bob marley Is this love
Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
U2 Where the streets have no name
U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday
2Pac Keep your head up
2Pac Dear mama
Prince Purple Rain
RED RED RED :mad: >> Guns&roses Sweet child of mine << :mad: RED RED RED
The doors The end

puntosporting

Shrimp wrote:

Red = Dont like

---

Green = Like

Bob Marley Redemption song
Bob Marley No woman no cry
Bob marley Is this love
Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
U2 Where the streets have no name
U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday
2Pac Keep your head up
2Pac Dear mama
Prince Purple Rain
RED RED RED :mad: >> Guns&roses Sweet child of mine << :mad: RED RED RED
The doors The end

Good for you its interesting that but the above are some of "MY" favourite songs of all time!
I read the thread and spotted a good few tracks that i dont particularly like but i dont come on hear stuffing it down the persons throat!

Zaph

Wouldn't worry too much Punto, anyone who doesn't like Redemption Song doesn't have too much credibility

D!ve^Bomb!

mmmmm,

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb,
Pink Floyd - Fletcher Memorial
Pink Floyd - ALL of shine on you crazy diamond
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon(well it's basically one long song)
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin
Jeff Buckley - Halleghua(sp)
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Radiohead - Blackstar
Radiohead - The Bends
Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Hendrix - all along the watchtower
Hendrix - Fire
GNR - Estranged (blows the **** out of all of their other songs)
Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
Zeppelin - Bring it on Home
Zeppelin - Since i've been loving you
Zeppelin - Since i've been loving you
Zeppelin - The Battle Of Evermore
Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven
Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
RATM - Killing in the Name
RATM - Testify
The Eagles - Hotel California
Thin Lizzy - Waiting For An Alibi
Metallica - Memory Remains (from S&M)
Metallica - Hero
Metallica - Fuel (from S&M)

Thats all that comes to mind at the mo:)

andrew

In a recent poll by TV station Planet rock the top 100 classic rock songs were:

1 LED ZEPPELIN Stairway to Heaven
2 LYNYRD SKYNYRD Freebird; suprised it hasn't been mentioned before (except by me) in this thread
3 QUEEN Bohemian Rhapsody
4 DEEP PURPLE Smoke On The Water
5 BLACK SABBATH Paranoid
6 LED ZEPPELIN Whole Lotta Love
7 EAGLES Hotel California
8 LED ZEPPELIN Rock and Roll
9 AC/DC Highway To Hell
10 JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE All Along The Watchtower
11 DEREK & THE DOMINOES/ERIC CLAPTON Layla
12 LYNYRD SKYNYRD Sweet Home Alabama
13 Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb
14 GUNS N ROSES Sweet Child Of Mine
15 DOORS Riders On The Storm
16 CREAM White Room
17 PINK FLOYD Money
18 AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long
19 DOORS Break On Through (To The Other Side)
20 DIRE STRAITS Sultans Of Swing
21 PINK FLOYD Wish You Were Here
22 LED ZEPPELIN Ramble On
23 AC/DC Hells Bells
24 WHO Won't Get Fooled Again
25 RAINBOW Since You've Been Gone
26 AC/DC Back in Black
27 ZZ TOP Gimme All Your Loving
28 HAWKWIND Silver Machine
29 BAD COMPANY Can't Get Enough
30 FREE Wishing Well
31 CREAM Badge
32 BAD COMPANY Feel Like Makin' Love
33 DEEP PURPLE Strange Kind Of Woman
34 MEATLOAF Bat Out Of Hell (Full Length Version)
35 BOSTON More Than A Feeling
36 DEEP PURPLE Woman From Tokyo
37 THIN LIZZY Waiting For An Alibi
38 AC/DC Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
39 ZZ TOP Sharp Dressed Man
40 ROLLING STONES Sympathy For The Devil
41 WHITESNAKE Here I Go Again
42 FOCUS Hocus Pocus
43 CREAM Sunshine Of Your Love
44 PINK FLOYD High Hopes
45 GOLDEN EARRING RADAR LOVE
46 CREAM I Feel Free
47 BLUE OYSTER CULT (Don't Fear)The Reaper
48 AC/DC Thunderstruck
49 QUEEN We Will Rock You
50 BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
51 GUNS N ROSES Paradise City
52 WHO Pinball Wizard
53 BON JOVI Livin' On A Prayer
54 ALICE COOPER School's Out
55 ARGENT Hold Your Head Up
56 QUEEN Killer Queen
57 WHO You Better, You Bet
58 DAVID BOWIE Starman
59 ROLLING STONES Brown Sugar
60 WHO Substitute
61 VAN HALEN Jump
62 T REX Get It On
63 GUNS N ROSES Welcome To The Jungle
64 WHO Who Are You
65 ZZ TOP Legs
66 RAINBOW I Surrender
67 DAVID BOWIE Rebel Rebel
68 JOE WALSH Rocky Mountain Way
69 Beatles Get Back
70 ROLLING STONES It's Only Rock And Roll
71 BRYAN ADAMS Summer Of '69
72 YES Owner Of A Lonely Heart
73 STATUS QUO Down
74 URIAH HEEP Easy Livin'
75 DAVID BOWIE Jean Genie
76 AEROSMITH Love In An Elevator
77 ROLLING STONES Let's Spend The Night Together
78 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Born To Run
79 QUEEN One Vision
80 DEF LEPPARD Let's Get Rocked
81 DAVID BOWIE Heroes
82 QUEEN Now I'm Here
83 ALICE COOPER Poison
84 RAM JAM Black Betty
85 GENESIS Mama
86 EAGLES Life In The Fast Lane
87 STATUS QUO Rockin' All Over The World
88 YARDBIRDS Heart Full Of Soul
89 BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD For What Its Worth
90 BON JOVI Keep The Faith
91 R E M The One I Love
92 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Born In The USA
93 QUEEN/DAVID BOWIE Under Pressure
94 RUSH The Spirit Of Radio
95 EUROPE The Final Countdown
96 PINK FLOYD Another Brick In The Wall
97 LED ZEPPELIN Communication Breakdown
98 U2 Pride (In The Name Of Love)
99 AEROSMITH Walk This Way
100 QUEEN Don't Stop Me Now

What do youse think?

Shrimp

1 LED ZEPPELIN Stairway to Heaven ??

I wouldn't agree with you there.. like good song.. but not needed to be so long...

goin'_to_the_PS

Come sweet child o' mine was first for best riff in total guitar mag

*adele*

sweet child o mine is my fave

Shrimp

I Detest Guns N' Roses...

treefingers

Shrimp wrote:

I Detest Guns N' Roses...

makes 2 of us.....

oxis

All great songs folks, particularly the doors songs, but my personal favouite has to be:

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man.

andrew

Ah come on! The length of the song makes it better! you cant have a world class song in just 3 minutes! (theres exceptions, I know) The song builds up over time getting better and better until the solo and the last verse, its great

paulmartin

Great to see Rock And Roll get roecognition as one of Led Zep's best songs in that poll. My top ten:

1. Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
2. Metallica - Fade To Black
3. Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
4. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
5. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. U2 - Bad
7. Guns n Roses - Civil War
8. Metallica - (Welcome Home) Sanitarium
9. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Otherside
10.Johnny Cash - Hurt

Jonny Arson

This has to be one of the most pointless threads ever. There must be about 20,000 different opinions to this one. Maybe it should be rephrased ''your personal favourite song of all time.''

Dinner

Jimmy Eat World - Episode IV
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Lots of people covered it - Hallelujah (Its in the first Shrek film)
Mest - Jaded (These Years)


There is more, but thats all for now