Most overrated 'classic' rock song

[gamecockcat]

I know, it's all gonna be subjective and probably too many posters will opt for 'most hated' classic rock song but I'm bored and it's snowing (again) so I'm gonna be in all weekend.

Hey Jude - The Beatles; a 2.5 minute nice tune with a 4+ minute chorus/outro that just goes on and on and on and on and...
Free Bird - Skynyrd; as above, 2.5 minute decent tune with a 4+ minute guitar solo that never seems to stop. The live version is even worse as it's a 7+ minute guitar solo. If BB King can say all that needs to be said in 4 bars, why does this song need minute after minute of triplets and guitar masturbation?
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen; not sure I'd even classify it as 'rock' music as it's more of a Broadway show tune; ridiculous lyrics and just overblown, rooster strutting, 'look how artistic/sophisticated we are' type of music; songs like this spawned the Sex Pistols so I guess it does have at least one redeeming quality

 

[cawoodsct]

 

[kyeric]

First song that came to mind was Bohemian Rhapsody.

 

[Dr. H Lecter]

Anything by Bruce Springsteen. Total talentless hack.

As to Bohemian Rhapsody....only one of the greatest songs ever produced by one of the greatest bands in history, sung by the consensus greatest Rock singer ever...... Good call (eyeroll)

 

[J_Dee]

 

[Fact_Checker]

Hey Jude sucks, the rest of these so far are just over played, not overrated. Also the answer to this is Imagine.

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

My number one most overrated classic rock song is Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven”.

A very close second is The Eagles’ “ Hotel California”.

Both make me cringe. Not sure how they so much air play back in the day.

 

[TortElvisII]

I know, it's all gonna be subjective and probably too many posters will opt for 'most hated' classic rock song but I'm bored and it's snowing (again) so I'm gonna be in all weekend.

Hey Jude - The Beatles; a 2.5 minute nice tune with a 4+ minute chorus/outro that just goes on and on and on and on and...
Free Bird - Skynyrd; as above, 2.5 minute decent tune with a 4+ minute guitar solo that never seems to stop. The live version is even worse as it's a 7+ minute guitar solo. If BB King can say all that needs to be said in 4 bars, why does this song need minute after minute of triplets and guitar masturbation?
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen; not sure I'd even classify it as 'rock' music as it's more of a Broadway show tune; ridiculous lyrics and just overblown, rooster strutting, 'look how artistic/sophisticated we are' type of music; songs like this spawned the Sex Pistols so I guess it does have at least one redeeming quality

Attacking Freebird is not a good idea.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

 

[TortElvisII]

That's a really good answer.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Attacking Freebird is not a good idea.

 

[mdlUK.1]

Attacking Freebird is not a good idea.

When these threads pop up every few months, someone invariably brings up Freebird and Hotel California. Two of the greatest songs ever. Over played? Maybe. But in no way, overrated.

 

[TortElvisII]

The great gig in the sky is a great song. However, some artists cannot cover it and do it justice.

 

[UK 82]

Hate, hate, hate Miss You by The Stones.

 

[TortElvisII]

Hate, hate, hate Miss You by The Stones.

You meant Emotional Rescue.

 

[UK 82]

You meant Emotional Rescue.

That whole album sucked. So did Some Girls.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

 

[DSmith21]

Getty Lee's voice is nails on a chalkboard. This song blows despite Neil Peart's drumming.

 

[BGCATFAN2012]

Pink Floyd Brick in the Wall

 

[It'saDoneDeal]

Just for starters...

1. Stairway to Heaven/Led Zeppelin
2. Hey Jude/The Beatles
3. You Can't Always Get What You Want/The Rolling Stones
4. Another Brick in the Wall/Pink Floyd
5. All Along the Watchtower/Jimi Hendrix
6. Hotel California/The Eagles
7. La Grange/ZZ Top
8. You Really Got Me/Van Halen
9. Layla/Derek And The Dominos
10. Riders on the Storm/The Doors
11. Won't Get Fooled Again/The Who
12. Bohemian Rhapsody/Queen
13. Dream On/Aerosmith
14. More Than a Feeling/Boston
15. Sultans of Swing/Dire Straits
16. Born on the Bayou/Creedence Clearwater Revival
17. Roundabout/Yes
18. Carry on Wayward Son/Kansas
19. Funeral for a Friend/Elton John
20. Locomotive Breath/Jethro Tull
21. I Still Haven't Found/U2
22. Magic Carpet Ride/Steppenwolf
23. Love Alive/Heart
24. Sweet Home Alabama/Lynyrd Skynyrd
25. Like A Rolling Stone/Bob Dylan
26. Purple Haze/Jimi Hendrix
27. Runnin' Down a Dream/Tom Petty
28. Let It Be/The Beatles
29. A Day in the Life/The Beatles
30. Every Breath You Take/The Police
31. Rock'n Me/Steve Miller
32. Brain Damage/Eclipse/Pink Floyd
33. Light My Fire/The Doors
34. Oh Well/Fleetwood Mac
35. Gold Dust Woman/Fleetwood Mac
36. Paranoid/Black Sabbath
37. Black Dog/Led Zeppelin
38. I've Seen All Good People/Yes
39. For What It's Worth/Buffalo Springfield
40. Black Magic Woman/Santana
41. Satisfaction/The Rolling Stones
42. You Shook Me/AC/DC
43. Bad Company/Bad Co.
44. In the Air Tonight/Phil Collins
45. Tush/ZZ Top
46. Time of the Season/The Zombies
47. Take the Long Way Home/Supertramp
48. Lonely is the Night/Billy Squire
49. My Best Friend's Girl/The Cars
50. Sweet Emotion/Aerosmith
51. Don't Fear the Reaper/Blue Oyster Cult
52. Behind Blue Eyes/The Who
53. Tom Sawyer/Rush
54. Do It Again/Steely Dan
55. Lunatic Fringe/Red Rider
56. Bad to the Bone/George Thorogood
57. From the Beginning/ELP
58. Take It Easy/The Eagles
59. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away/The Beatles
60. Pride/U2
61. Rocky Mountain Way/Joe Walsh
62. Free Fallin'/Tom Petty
63. Money/Pink Floyd
64. Over the Hills and Far Away/Led Zeppelin
65. I'd Love to Change the World/Ten Years After
66. Foreplay Longtime/Boston
67. Brown Eyed Girl/Van Morrisson
68. Free Bird/Lynyrd Skynyrd
69. Gimme Shelter/The Rolling Stones
70. Already Gone/The Eagles
71. Strawberry Fields Forever/The Beatles
72. We Will Rock You/Queen
73. Roxanne/The Police
74. The Whole Lotta Love/Led Zeppelin
75. Turn the Page/Bob Seger
76. All Right Now/Free
77. Black Water/The Doobie Brothers
78. Rhiannon/Fleetwood Mac
79. Me and Bobby McGee/Janis Joplin
80. Your Song/Elton John
81. Carry On/CSN&Y
82. Lola/The Kinks
83. I'm On Fire/Bruce Springsteen
84. Stranglehold/Ted Nugent
85. Time/Pink Floyd
86. Even In The Quietest Moments/Supertramp
87. Burnin' for You/Blue Oyster Cult
88. Just What I Needed/The Cars
89. House of the Rising Sun/The Animals
90. Live and Let Die/Paul McCartney
91. Man on the Corner/Genesis
92. Kashmir/Led Zeppelin
93. Dust in the Wind/Kansas
94. Rock 'n Roll Hootchie Koo/Rick Derringer
95. Dog And Butterfly/Heart
96. Do You Feel Like We Do/Peter Frampton
97. Jessica/The Allman Brothers
98. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic/The Police
99. China Grove/The Doobie Brothers
100. Hey Joe/Jimi Hendrix
101. Sharp Dressed Man/ZZ Top
102. Louie, Louie/The Kingsmen
103. Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Bob Dylan
104. Runnin' With The Devil/Van Halen
105. Feel Like Making Love/Bad Co.
106. Bad Moon Rising/Creedence Clearwater Revival
107. Pride and Joy/Stevie Ray Vaughan
108. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet/BTO
109. Hush/Deep Purple
110. Can't You See/Marshall Tucker
111. White Wedding/Billy Idol
112. Night Moves/Bob Seger
113. It's A Long Way to the Top/AC/DC
114. Nights in White Satin/The Moody Blues
115. Wonderful Tonight/Eric Clapton
116. What is and What Should Never Be/Led Zeppelin
117. Have You Ever Seen the Rain/Creedence Clearwater Revival
118. Comfortably Numb/Pink Floyd
119. Come Together/The Beatles
120. Angie/The Rolling Stones
121. Tiny Dancer/Elton John
122. The Joker/Steve Miller
123. Maggie May/Rod Stewart
124. Born to be Wild/Steppenwolf
125. Badge/Cream
126. Lucky Man/ELP
127. Call Me The Breeze/Lynyrd Skynyrd
128. Don't Try and Lay No Boogie Woogie/Long John Baldry
129. Good Times Roll/The Cars
130. Ramble On/Led Zeppelin
131. Money For Nothing/Dire Straits
132. Breakfast In America/Supertramp
133. Go Your Own Way/Fleetwood Mac
134. Burnin' Sky/Bad Co.
135. Owner of a Lonely Heart/Yes
136. Rocky Racoon/The Beatles
137. In My Life/The Beatles
138. Rocket Man/Elton John
139. Brass in Pocket/Pretenders
140. Renegade/Styx
141. What I Like About You/Romantics
142. Rock 'n Roll Band/Boston
143. Breakdown (Live Version)/Tom Petty
144. Up Around The Bend/Creedence Clearwater Revival
145. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys/Traffic
146. The Chain/Fleetwood Mac
147. Fire on High/ELO
148. Us and Them/Pink Floyd
149. Bridge of Sighs/Robin Trower
150. Walk This Way/Aerosmith
151. Here I Go Again/Whitesnake
152. Moving in Stereo/The Cars
153. The Ocean/Led Zeppelin
154. Eleanor Rigby/The Beatles
155. Born To Run/Bruce Springsteen
156. The Witch/The Sonics
157. Evil Ways/Santana
158. Reeling In The Years/Steely Dan
159. Don't Stand So Close To Me/The Police
160. Subterranean Homesick Blues/Bob Dylan
161. Hold On Loosely/Thirty-Eight Special
162. Free Ride/The Edgar Winter Group
163. While My Guitar Gently Weeps/The Beatles
164. Young Lust/Pink Floyd
165. The Spirit of Radio/Rush
166. Fool In the Rain/Led Zeppelin
167. Love Me Two Times/The Doors
168. Dreams/Fleetwood Mac
169. Peace of Mind/Boston
170. White Rabbit/Jefferson Airplane
171. Radar Love/Golden Earring
172. Never Been Any Reason/Head East
173. Layla (Unplugged)/Eric Clapton
174. Cold As Ice/Foreigner
175. Still You Turn Me On/ELP
176. Subdivisions/Rush
177. Fire/Bruce Springsteen
178. Life's Been Good/Joe Walsh
179. Baba O'Riley/The Who
180. Sunday Bloody Sunday/U2
181. Magic Man/Heart
182. Desperado/The Eagles
183. Green Eyed Lady/SugarLoaf
184. Rock and Roll Fantasy/Bad Co.
185. Hello, I Love You/The Doors
186. Penny Lane/The Beatles
187. Middle of The Road/Pretenders
188. Sunshine of Your Love/Cream
189. Don't Look Back/Boston
190. Boys of Summer/Don Henley
191. Norwegian Wood/The Beatles
192. Somebody To Love/Queen
193. Fly Like An Eagle/Steve Miller
194. Teacher/Jethro Tull
195. Heartbreaker/Pat Benatar
196. Bennie & The Jets/Elton John
197. Hey Baby/Ted Nugent
198. Space Oddity/David Bowie
199. Ain't Too Proud To Beg/The Rolling Stones
200. Moondance/Van Morrisson
201. Crossfire/Stevie Ray Vaughan
202. Hocus Pocus/Focus
203. Little Wing/Jimi Hendrix
204. Fly By Night/Rush
205. We're Not Going To Take It/The Who
206. Let's Go/The Cars
207. No Sugar Tonight/The Guess Who
208. Rock You Like a Hurricane/The Scorpions
209. Stop Dragging My Heart Around/Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
210. Bloody Well Right/Supertramp
211. The End/The Doors
212. Travelin' Man/Beautiful Loser/Bob Seger
213. Going To California/Led Zeppelin
214. Dance The Night Away/Van Halen
215. Frankenstein/The Edgar Winter Group
216. Walk Away/James Gang
217. New Year's Day/U2
218. Honky Tonk Women/The Rolling Stones
219. Thunder Road/Bruce Springsteen
220. Shakin/Eddie Money
221. Train Kept A Rollin/Aerosmith
222. Thick As A Brick/Jethro Tull
223. Slowride/Foghat
224. No One To Depend On/Santana
225. Crossroads/Cream
226. 1984/Jump/Van Halen
227. Shine On You Crazy Diamond/Pink Floyd
228. Let It Rain/Eric Clapton
229. You Make Lovin' Fun/Fleetwood Mac
230. Highway To Hell/AC/DC
231. Piece of My Heart/Janis Joplin
232. Wrapped Around Your Finger/The Police
233. Got Me Under Pressure/ZZ Top
234. Living In The Past/Jethro Tull
235. You Really Got Me/The Kinks
236. People Are Strange/The Doors
237. Back On The Chain Gang/Pretenders
238. Come Sail Away/Styx
239. Mother Earth Blues/Heart
240. Photograph/Def Leppard
241. You Might Think/The Cars
242. Immigrant Song/Led Zeppelin
243. Dreamer/Supertramp
244. Caught Up In You/Thirty-Eight Special
245. Into The Great Wide Open/Tom Petty
246. Breakdown/Alan Parsons Project
247. Run Through The Jungle/Creedence Clearwater Revival
248. Touch Me/The Doors
249. D'yer Maker/Led Zeppelin
250. Jumpin' Jack Flash/The Rolling Stones
251. Jamie's Cryin/Van Halen
252. Welcome To The Machine/Pink Floyd
253. Pink Houses/John Mellencamp
254. L/A/ Woman/The Doors
255. Let Me Take You Home Tonight/Boston
256. Loadout/Stay/Jackson Browne
257. Werewolves of London/Warren Zevon
258. Misty Mountain Hop/Led Zeppelin
259. Sledgehammer/Peter Gabriel
260. After Midnight/Eric Clapton
261. Take Me Home Tonight/Eddie Money
262. Walkin' On The Moon/The Police
263. Swingtown/Steve Miller
264. Feeling Alright/Joe Cocker
265. Smokin/Boston
266. Give A Little Bit/Supertramp
267. Love Her Madly/The Doors
268. You're All I've Got Tonight/The Cars
269. Hold The Line/Toto
270. Red House/Jimi Hendrix
271. Hot Rod Lincoln/Commander Cody
272. Trees/Rush
273. Lovely Rita/The Beatles
274. Going Mobile/The Who
275. Karn Evil 9/ELP
276. Jungle Love/Steve Miller
277. So Far Away/Dire Straits
278. Suite Madam Blue/Styx
279. Golden Slumbers' Medley/The Beatles
280. Walk On The Wild Side/Lou Reed
281. Iron Man/Black Sabbath
282. Jailbreak/Thin Lizzy
283. Run Like Hell/Pink Floyd
284. The Who Do You Love/George Thorogood
285. Story In Your Eyes/The Moody Blues
286. Edge of 17/Stevie Nicks
287. Smoke on the Water/Deep Purple
288. Wheel in The Sky/Journey
289. 30 Days In The Hole/Humble Pie
290. Witchy Woman/The Eagles
291. I Hear You Knocking/Dave Edmunds
292. Crystal Ball/Styx
293. White Room/Cream
294. Sympathy For The Devil/The Rolling Stones
295. I'm Your Captain/Grand Funk Railroad
296. Lookin' Out My Back Door/Creedence Clearwater Revival
297. Mr/ Tambourine Man/The Byrds
298. No One Like You/Scorpions
299. Synchronicity 2/The Police
300. All She Wants To Do Is Dance/Don Henley

 

[HymanKaplan_rivals48997]

That song literally makes me angry. THAT’S how much I hate that POS.

 

[DSmith21]

Hate, hate, hate Miss You by The Stones.

Mick was a big disco fan from all his time at Studio 54. This was the Stones ode to disco and it did suck.

 

[Kooky Kats_anon]

Mick was a big disco fan from all his time at Studio 54. This was the Stones ode to disco and it did suck.

False. Disco is awesome.

 

[kafka0117]

Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll". Makes my ears bleed

 

[mdlUK.1]

Just for starters...

1. Stairway to Heaven/Led Zeppelin
2. Hey Jude/The Beatles
3. You Can't Always Get What You Want/The Rolling Stones
4. Another Brick in the Wall/Pink Floyd
5. All Along the Watchtower/Jimi Hendrix
6. Hotel California/The Eagles
7. La Grange/ZZ Top
8. You Really Got Me/Van Halen
9. Layla/Derek And The Dominos
10. Riders on the Storm/The Doors
11. Won't Get Fooled Again/The Who
12. Bohemian Rhapsody/Queen
13. Dream On/Aerosmith
14. More Than a Feeling/Boston
15. Sultans of Swing/Dire Straits
16. Born on the Bayou/Creedence Clearwater Revival
17. Roundabout/Yes
18. Carry on Wayward Son/Kansas
19. Funeral for a Friend/Elton John
20. Locomotive Breath/Jethro Tull
21. I Still Haven't Found/U2
22. Magic Carpet Ride/Steppenwolf
23. Love Alive/Heart
24. Sweet Home Alabama/Lynyrd Skynyrd
25. Like A Rolling Stone/Bob Dylan
26. Purple Haze/Jimi Hendrix
27. Runnin' Down a Dream/Tom Petty
28. Let It Be/The Beatles
29. A Day in the Life/The Beatles
30. Every Breath You Take/The Police
31. Rock'n Me/Steve Miller
32. Brain Damage/Eclipse/Pink Floyd
33. Light My Fire/The Doors
34. Oh Well/Fleetwood Mac
35. Gold Dust Woman/Fleetwood Mac
36. Paranoid/Black Sabbath
37. Black Dog/Led Zeppelin
38. I've Seen All Good People/Yes
39. For What It's Worth/Buffalo Springfield
40. Black Magic Woman/Santana
41. Satisfaction/The Rolling Stones
42. You Shook Me/AC/DC
43. Bad Company/Bad Co.
44. In the Air Tonight/Phil Collins
45. Tush/ZZ Top
46. Time of the Season/The Zombies
47. Take the Long Way Home/Supertramp
48. Lonely is the Night/Billy Squire
49. My Best Friend's Girl/The Cars
50. Sweet Emotion/Aerosmith
51. Don't Fear the Reaper/Blue Oyster Cult
52. Behind Blue Eyes/The Who
53. Tom Sawyer/Rush
54. Do It Again/Steely Dan
55. Lunatic Fringe/Red Rider
56. Bad to the Bone/George Thorogood
57. From the Beginning/ELP
58. Take It Easy/The Eagles
59. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away/The Beatles
60. Pride/U2
61. Rocky Mountain Way/Joe Walsh
62. Free Fallin'/Tom Petty
63. Money/Pink Floyd
64. Over the Hills and Far Away/Led Zeppelin
65. I'd Love to Change the World/Ten Years After
66. Foreplay Longtime/Boston
67. Brown Eyed Girl/Van Morrisson
68. Free Bird/Lynyrd Skynyrd
69. Gimme Shelter/The Rolling Stones
70. Already Gone/The Eagles
71. Strawberry Fields Forever/The Beatles
72. We Will Rock You/Queen
73. Roxanne/The Police
74. The Whole Lotta Love/Led Zeppelin
75. Turn the Page/Bob Seger
76. All Right Now/Free
77. Black Water/The Doobie Brothers
78. Rhiannon/Fleetwood Mac
79. Me and Bobby McGee/Janis Joplin
80. Your Song/Elton John
81. Carry On/CSN&Y
82. Lola/The Kinks
83. I'm On Fire/Bruce Springsteen
84. Stranglehold/Ted Nugent
85. Time/Pink Floyd
86. Even In The Quietest Moments/Supertramp
87. Burnin' for You/Blue Oyster Cult
88. Just What I Needed/The Cars
89. House of the Rising Sun/The Animals
90. Live and Let Die/Paul McCartney
91. Man on the Corner/Genesis
92. Kashmir/Led Zeppelin
93. Dust in the Wind/Kansas
94. Rock 'n Roll Hootchie Koo/Rick Derringer
95. Dog And Butterfly/Heart
96. Do You Feel Like We Do/Peter Frampton
97. Jessica/The Allman Brothers
98. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic/The Police
99. China Grove/The Doobie Brothers
100. Hey Joe/Jimi Hendrix
101. Sharp Dressed Man/ZZ Top
102. Louie, Louie/The Kingsmen
103. Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Bob Dylan
104. Runnin' With The Devil/Van Halen
105. Feel Like Making Love/Bad Co.
106. Bad Moon Rising/Creedence Clearwater Revival
107. Pride and Joy/Stevie Ray Vaughan
108. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet/BTO
109. Hush/Deep Purple
110. Can't You See/Marshall Tucker
111. White Wedding/Billy Idol
112. Night Moves/Bob Seger
113. It's A Long Way to the Top/AC/DC
114. Nights in White Satin/The Moody Blues
115. Wonderful Tonight/Eric Clapton
116. What is and What Should Never Be/Led Zeppelin
117. Have You Ever Seen the Rain/Creedence Clearwater Revival
118. Comfortably Numb/Pink Floyd
119. Come Together/The Beatles
120. Angie/The Rolling Stones
121. Tiny Dancer/Elton John
122. The Joker/Steve Miller
123. Maggie May/Rod Stewart
124. Born to be Wild/Steppenwolf
125. Badge/Cream
126. Lucky Man/ELP
127. Call Me The Breeze/Lynyrd Skynyrd
128. Don't Try and Lay No Boogie Woogie/Long John Baldry
129. Good Times Roll/The Cars
130. Ramble On/Led Zeppelin
131. Money For Nothing/Dire Straits
132. Breakfast In America/Supertramp
133. Go Your Own Way/Fleetwood Mac
134. Burnin' Sky/Bad Co.
135. Owner of a Lonely Heart/Yes
136. Rocky Racoon/The Beatles
137. In My Life/The Beatles
138. Rocket Man/Elton John
139. Brass in Pocket/Pretenders
140. Renegade/Styx
141. What I Like About You/Romantics
142. Rock 'n Roll Band/Boston
143. Breakdown (Live Version)/Tom Petty
144. Up Around The Bend/Creedence Clearwater Revival
145. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys/Traffic
146. The Chain/Fleetwood Mac
147. Fire on High/ELO
148. Us and Them/Pink Floyd
149. Bridge of Sighs/Robin Trower
150. Walk This Way/Aerosmith
151. Here I Go Again/Whitesnake
152. Moving in Stereo/The Cars
153. The Ocean/Led Zeppelin
154. Eleanor Rigby/The Beatles
155. Born To Run/Bruce Springsteen
156. The Witch/The Sonics
157. Evil Ways/Santana
158. Reeling In The Years/Steely Dan
159. Don't Stand So Close To Me/The Police
160. Subterranean Homesick Blues/Bob Dylan
161. Hold On Loosely/Thirty-Eight Special
162. Free Ride/The Edgar Winter Group
163. While My Guitar Gently Weeps/The Beatles
164. Young Lust/Pink Floyd
165. The Spirit of Radio/Rush
166. Fool In the Rain/Led Zeppelin
167. Love Me Two Times/The Doors
168. Dreams/Fleetwood Mac
169. Peace of Mind/Boston
170. White Rabbit/Jefferson Airplane
171. Radar Love/Golden Earring
172. Never Been Any Reason/Head East
173. Layla (Unplugged)/Eric Clapton
174. Cold As Ice/Foreigner
175. Still You Turn Me On/ELP
176. Subdivisions/Rush
177. Fire/Bruce Springsteen
178. Life's Been Good/Joe Walsh
179. Baba O'Riley/The Who
180. Sunday Bloody Sunday/U2
181. Magic Man/Heart
182. Desperado/The Eagles
183. Green Eyed Lady/SugarLoaf
184. Rock and Roll Fantasy/Bad Co.
185. Hello, I Love You/The Doors
186. Penny Lane/The Beatles
187. Middle of The Road/Pretenders
188. Sunshine of Your Love/Cream
189. Don't Look Back/Boston
190. Boys of Summer/Don Henley
191. Norwegian Wood/The Beatles
192. Somebody To Love/Queen
193. Fly Like An Eagle/Steve Miller
194. Teacher/Jethro Tull
195. Heartbreaker/Pat Benatar
196. Bennie & The Jets/Elton John
197. Hey Baby/Ted Nugent
198. Space Oddity/David Bowie
199. Ain't Too Proud To Beg/The Rolling Stones
200. Moondance/Van Morrisson
201. Crossfire/Stevie Ray Vaughan
202. Hocus Pocus/Focus
203. Little Wing/Jimi Hendrix
204. Fly By Night/Rush
205. We're Not Going To Take It/The Who
206. Let's Go/The Cars
207. No Sugar Tonight/The Guess Who
208. Rock You Like a Hurricane/The Scorpions
209. Stop Dragging My Heart Around/Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
210. Bloody Well Right/Supertramp
211. The End/The Doors
212. Travelin' Man/Beautiful Loser/Bob Seger
213. Going To California/Led Zeppelin
214. Dance The Night Away/Van Halen
215. Frankenstein/The Edgar Winter Group
216. Walk Away/James Gang
217. New Year's Day/U2
218. Honky Tonk Women/The Rolling Stones
219. Thunder Road/Bruce Springsteen
220. Shakin/Eddie Money
221. Train Kept A Rollin/Aerosmith
222. Thick As A Brick/Jethro Tull
223. Slowride/Foghat
224. No One To Depend On/Santana
225. Crossroads/Cream
226. 1984/Jump/Van Halen
227. Shine On You Crazy Diamond/Pink Floyd
228. Let It Rain/Eric Clapton
229. You Make Lovin' Fun/Fleetwood Mac
230. Highway To Hell/AC/DC
231. Piece of My Heart/Janis Joplin
232. Wrapped Around Your Finger/The Police
233. Got Me Under Pressure/ZZ Top
234. Living In The Past/Jethro Tull
235. You Really Got Me/The Kinks
236. People Are Strange/The Doors
237. Back On The Chain Gang/Pretenders
238. Come Sail Away/Styx
239. Mother Earth Blues/Heart
240. Photograph/Def Leppard
241. You Might Think/The Cars
242. Immigrant Song/Led Zeppelin
243. Dreamer/Supertramp
244. Caught Up In You/Thirty-Eight Special
245. Into The Great Wide Open/Tom Petty
246. Breakdown/Alan Parsons Project
247. Run Through The Jungle/Creedence Clearwater Revival
248. Touch Me/The Doors
249. D'yer Maker/Led Zeppelin
250. Jumpin' Jack Flash/The Rolling Stones
251. Jamie's Cryin/Van Halen
252. Welcome To The Machine/Pink Floyd
253. Pink Houses/John Mellencamp
254. L/A/ Woman/The Doors
255. Let Me Take You Home Tonight/Boston
256. Loadout/Stay/Jackson Browne
257. Werewolves of London/Warren Zevon
258. Misty Mountain Hop/Led Zeppelin
259. Sledgehammer/Peter Gabriel
260. After Midnight/Eric Clapton
261. Take Me Home Tonight/Eddie Money
262. Walkin' On The Moon/The Police
263. Swingtown/Steve Miller
264. Feeling Alright/Joe Cocker
265. Smokin/Boston
266. Give A Little Bit/Supertramp
267. Love Her Madly/The Doors
268. You're All I've Got Tonight/The Cars
269. Hold The Line/Toto
270. Red House/Jimi Hendrix
271. Hot Rod Lincoln/Commander Cody
272. Trees/Rush
273. Lovely Rita/The Beatles
274. Going Mobile/The Who
275. Karn Evil 9/ELP
276. Jungle Love/Steve Miller
277. So Far Away/Dire Straits
278. Suite Madam Blue/Styx
279. Golden Slumbers' Medley/The Beatles
280. Walk On The Wild Side/Lou Reed
281. Iron Man/Black Sabbath
282. Jailbreak/Thin Lizzy
283. Run Like Hell/Pink Floyd
284. The Who Do You Love/George Thorogood
285. Story In Your Eyes/The Moody Blues
286. Edge of 17/Stevie Nicks
287. Smoke on the Water/Deep Purple
288. Wheel in The Sky/Journey
289. 30 Days In The Hole/Humble Pie
290. Witchy Woman/The Eagles
291. I Hear You Knocking/Dave Edmunds
292. Crystal Ball/Styx
293. White Room/Cream
294. Sympathy For The Devil/The Rolling Stones
295. I'm Your Captain/Grand Funk Railroad
296. Lookin' Out My Back Door/Creedence Clearwater Revival
297. Mr/ Tambourine Man/The Byrds
298. No One Like You/Scorpions
299. Synchronicity 2/The Police
300. All She Wants To Do Is Dance/Don Henley

So basically, everything most people love?

 

[TortElvisII]

So basically, everything most people love?

That's some kind of douchey rolling stone top rock and roll song list. They think they know what everyone else should listen to. It has free bird as 69. Ok.

 

[UK 82]

False. Disco is awesome.

False. Disco was the worst.

 

[Fact_Checker]

Anyone who think no good rock music has been made in the last 20 years significantly overrates the time period before then.

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

Just for starters...

1. Stairway to Heaven/Led Zeppelin
2. Hey Jude/The Beatles
3. You Can't Always Get What You Want/The Rolling Stones
4. Another Brick in the Wall/Pink Floyd
5. All Along the Watchtower/Jimi Hendrix
6. Hotel California/The Eagles
7. La Grange/ZZ Top
8. You Really Got Me/Van Halen
9. Layla/Derek And The Dominos
10. Riders on the Storm/The Doors
11. Won't Get Fooled Again/The Who
12. Bohemian Rhapsody/Queen
13. Dream On/Aerosmith
14. More Than a Feeling/Boston
15. Sultans of Swing/Dire Straits
16. Born on the Bayou/Creedence Clearwater Revival
17. Roundabout/Yes
18. Carry on Wayward Son/Kansas
19. Funeral for a Friend/Elton John
20. Locomotive Breath/Jethro Tull
21. I Still Haven't Found/U2
22. Magic Carpet Ride/Steppenwolf
23. Love Alive/Heart
24. Sweet Home Alabama/Lynyrd Skynyrd
25. Like A Rolling Stone/Bob Dylan
26. Purple Haze/Jimi Hendrix
27. Runnin' Down a Dream/Tom Petty
28. Let It Be/The Beatles
29. A Day in the Life/The Beatles
30. Every Breath You Take/The Police
31. Rock'n Me/Steve Miller
32. Brain Damage/Eclipse/Pink Floyd
33. Light My Fire/The Doors
34. Oh Well/Fleetwood Mac
35. Gold Dust Woman/Fleetwood Mac
36. Paranoid/Black Sabbath
37. Black Dog/Led Zeppelin
38. I've Seen All Good People/Yes
39. For What It's Worth/Buffalo Springfield
40. Black Magic Woman/Santana
41. Satisfaction/The Rolling Stones
42. You Shook Me/AC/DC
43. Bad Company/Bad Co.
44. In the Air Tonight/Phil Collins
45. Tush/ZZ Top
46. Time of the Season/The Zombies
47. Take the Long Way Home/Supertramp
48. Lonely is the Night/Billy Squire
49. My Best Friend's Girl/The Cars
50. Sweet Emotion/Aerosmith
51. Don't Fear the Reaper/Blue Oyster Cult
52. Behind Blue Eyes/The Who
53. Tom Sawyer/Rush
54. Do It Again/Steely Dan
55. Lunatic Fringe/Red Rider
56. Bad to the Bone/George Thorogood
57. From the Beginning/ELP
58. Take It Easy/The Eagles
59. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away/The Beatles
60. Pride/U2
61. Rocky Mountain Way/Joe Walsh
62. Free Fallin'/Tom Petty
63. Money/Pink Floyd
64. Over the Hills and Far Away/Led Zeppelin
65. I'd Love to Change the World/Ten Years After
66. Foreplay Longtime/Boston
67. Brown Eyed Girl/Van Morrisson
68. Free Bird/Lynyrd Skynyrd
69. Gimme Shelter/The Rolling Stones
70. Already Gone/The Eagles
71. Strawberry Fields Forever/The Beatles
72. We Will Rock You/Queen
73. Roxanne/The Police
74. The Whole Lotta Love/Led Zeppelin
75. Turn the Page/Bob Seger
76. All Right Now/Free
77. Black Water/The Doobie Brothers
78. Rhiannon/Fleetwood Mac
79. Me and Bobby McGee/Janis Joplin
80. Your Song/Elton John
81. Carry On/CSN&Y
82. Lola/The Kinks
83. I'm On Fire/Bruce Springsteen
84. Stranglehold/Ted Nugent
85. Time/Pink Floyd
86. Even In The Quietest Moments/Supertramp
87. Burnin' for You/Blue Oyster Cult
88. Just What I Needed/The Cars
89. House of the Rising Sun/The Animals
90. Live and Let Die/Paul McCartney
91. Man on the Corner/Genesis
92. Kashmir/Led Zeppelin
93. Dust in the Wind/Kansas
94. Rock 'n Roll Hootchie Koo/Rick Derringer
95. Dog And Butterfly/Heart
96. Do You Feel Like We Do/Peter Frampton
97. Jessica/The Allman Brothers
98. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic/The Police
99. China Grove/The Doobie Brothers
100. Hey Joe/Jimi Hendrix
101. Sharp Dressed Man/ZZ Top
102. Louie, Louie/The Kingsmen
103. Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Bob Dylan
104. Runnin' With The Devil/Van Halen
105. Feel Like Making Love/Bad Co.
106. Bad Moon Rising/Creedence Clearwater Revival
107. Pride and Joy/Stevie Ray Vaughan
108. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet/BTO
109. Hush/Deep Purple
110. Can't You See/Marshall Tucker
111. White Wedding/Billy Idol
112. Night Moves/Bob Seger
113. It's A Long Way to the Top/AC/DC
114. Nights in White Satin/The Moody Blues
115. Wonderful Tonight/Eric Clapton
116. What is and What Should Never Be/Led Zeppelin
117. Have You Ever Seen the Rain/Creedence Clearwater Revival
118. Comfortably Numb/Pink Floyd
119. Come Together/The Beatles
120. Angie/The Rolling Stones
121. Tiny Dancer/Elton John
122. The Joker/Steve Miller
123. Maggie May/Rod Stewart
124. Born to be Wild/Steppenwolf
125. Badge/Cream
126. Lucky Man/ELP
127. Call Me The Breeze/Lynyrd Skynyrd
128. Don't Try and Lay No Boogie Woogie/Long John Baldry
129. Good Times Roll/The Cars
130. Ramble On/Led Zeppelin
131. Money For Nothing/Dire Straits
132. Breakfast In America/Supertramp
133. Go Your Own Way/Fleetwood Mac
134. Burnin' Sky/Bad Co.
135. Owner of a Lonely Heart/Yes
136. Rocky Racoon/The Beatles
137. In My Life/The Beatles
138. Rocket Man/Elton John
139. Brass in Pocket/Pretenders
140. Renegade/Styx
141. What I Like About You/Romantics
142. Rock 'n Roll Band/Boston
143. Breakdown (Live Version)/Tom Petty
144. Up Around The Bend/Creedence Clearwater Revival
145. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys/Traffic
146. The Chain/Fleetwood Mac
147. Fire on High/ELO
148. Us and Them/Pink Floyd
149. Bridge of Sighs/Robin Trower
150. Walk This Way/Aerosmith
151. Here I Go Again/Whitesnake
152. Moving in Stereo/The Cars
153. The Ocean/Led Zeppelin
154. Eleanor Rigby/The Beatles
155. Born To Run/Bruce Springsteen
156. The Witch/The Sonics
157. Evil Ways/Santana
158. Reeling In The Years/Steely Dan
159. Don't Stand So Close To Me/The Police
160. Subterranean Homesick Blues/Bob Dylan
161. Hold On Loosely/Thirty-Eight Special
162. Free Ride/The Edgar Winter Group
163. While My Guitar Gently Weeps/The Beatles
164. Young Lust/Pink Floyd
165. The Spirit of Radio/Rush
166. Fool In the Rain/Led Zeppelin
167. Love Me Two Times/The Doors
168. Dreams/Fleetwood Mac
169. Peace of Mind/Boston
170. White Rabbit/Jefferson Airplane
171. Radar Love/Golden Earring
172. Never Been Any Reason/Head East
173. Layla (Unplugged)/Eric Clapton
174. Cold As Ice/Foreigner
175. Still You Turn Me On/ELP
176. Subdivisions/Rush
177. Fire/Bruce Springsteen
178. Life's Been Good/Joe Walsh
179. Baba O'Riley/The Who
180. Sunday Bloody Sunday/U2
181. Magic Man/Heart
182. Desperado/The Eagles
183. Green Eyed Lady/SugarLoaf
184. Rock and Roll Fantasy/Bad Co.
185. Hello, I Love You/The Doors
186. Penny Lane/The Beatles
187. Middle of The Road/Pretenders
188. Sunshine of Your Love/Cream
189. Don't Look Back/Boston
190. Boys of Summer/Don Henley
191. Norwegian Wood/The Beatles
192. Somebody To Love/Queen
193. Fly Like An Eagle/Steve Miller
194. Teacher/Jethro Tull
195. Heartbreaker/Pat Benatar
196. Bennie & The Jets/Elton John
197. Hey Baby/Ted Nugent
198. Space Oddity/David Bowie
199. Ain't Too Proud To Beg/The Rolling Stones
200. Moondance/Van Morrisson
201. Crossfire/Stevie Ray Vaughan
202. Hocus Pocus/Focus
203. Little Wing/Jimi Hendrix
204. Fly By Night/Rush
205. We're Not Going To Take It/The Who
206. Let's Go/The Cars
207. No Sugar Tonight/The Guess Who
208. Rock You Like a Hurricane/The Scorpions
209. Stop Dragging My Heart Around/Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
210. Bloody Well Right/Supertramp
211. The End/The Doors
212. Travelin' Man/Beautiful Loser/Bob Seger
213. Going To California/Led Zeppelin
214. Dance The Night Away/Van Halen
215. Frankenstein/The Edgar Winter Group
216. Walk Away/James Gang
217. New Year's Day/U2
218. Honky Tonk Women/The Rolling Stones
219. Thunder Road/Bruce Springsteen
220. Shakin/Eddie Money
221. Train Kept A Rollin/Aerosmith
222. Thick As A Brick/Jethro Tull
223. Slowride/Foghat
224. No One To Depend On/Santana
225. Crossroads/Cream
226. 1984/Jump/Van Halen
227. Shine On You Crazy Diamond/Pink Floyd
228. Let It Rain/Eric Clapton
229. You Make Lovin' Fun/Fleetwood Mac
230. Highway To Hell/AC/DC
231. Piece of My Heart/Janis Joplin
232. Wrapped Around Your Finger/The Police
233. Got Me Under Pressure/ZZ Top
234. Living In The Past/Jethro Tull
235. You Really Got Me/The Kinks
236. People Are Strange/The Doors
237. Back On The Chain Gang/Pretenders
238. Come Sail Away/Styx
239. Mother Earth Blues/Heart
240. Photograph/Def Leppard
241. You Might Think/The Cars
242. Immigrant Song/Led Zeppelin
243. Dreamer/Supertramp
244. Caught Up In You/Thirty-Eight Special
245. Into The Great Wide Open/Tom Petty
246. Breakdown/Alan Parsons Project
247. Run Through The Jungle/Creedence Clearwater Revival
248. Touch Me/The Doors
249. D'yer Maker/Led Zeppelin
250. Jumpin' Jack Flash/The Rolling Stones
251. Jamie's Cryin/Van Halen
252. Welcome To The Machine/Pink Floyd
253. Pink Houses/John Mellencamp
254. L/A/ Woman/The Doors
255. Let Me Take You Home Tonight/Boston
256. Loadout/Stay/Jackson Browne
257. Werewolves of London/Warren Zevon
258. Misty Mountain Hop/Led Zeppelin
259. Sledgehammer/Peter Gabriel
260. After Midnight/Eric Clapton
261. Take Me Home Tonight/Eddie Money
262. Walkin' On The Moon/The Police
263. Swingtown/Steve Miller
264. Feeling Alright/Joe Cocker
265. Smokin/Boston
266. Give A Little Bit/Supertramp
267. Love Her Madly/The Doors
268. You're All I've Got Tonight/The Cars
269. Hold The Line/Toto
270. Red House/Jimi Hendrix
271. Hot Rod Lincoln/Commander Cody
272. Trees/Rush
273. Lovely Rita/The Beatles
274. Going Mobile/The Who
275. Karn Evil 9/ELP
276. Jungle Love/Steve Miller
277. So Far Away/Dire Straits
278. Suite Madam Blue/Styx
279. Golden Slumbers' Medley/The Beatles
280. Walk On The Wild Side/Lou Reed
281. Iron Man/Black Sabbath
282. Jailbreak/Thin Lizzy
283. Run Like Hell/Pink Floyd
284. The Who Do You Love/George Thorogood
285. Story In Your Eyes/The Moody Blues
286. Edge of 17/Stevie Nicks
287. Smoke on the Water/Deep Purple
288. Wheel in The Sky/Journey
289. 30 Days In The Hole/Humble Pie
290. Witchy Woman/The Eagles
291. I Hear You Knocking/Dave Edmunds
292. Crystal Ball/Styx
293. White Room/Cream
294. Sympathy For The Devil/The Rolling Stones
295. I'm Your Captain/Grand Funk Railroad
296. Lookin' Out My Back Door/Creedence Clearwater Revival
297. Mr/ Tambourine Man/The Byrds
298. No One Like You/Scorpions
299. Synchronicity 2/The Police
300. All She Wants To Do Is Dance/Don Henley

This is the current playlist from your local classic rock radio station, isn't it?

 

[Tskware]

Anyone who think no good rock music has been made in the last 20 years significantly overrates the time period before then.

Agree 100% and I am in my 60s, listen to 2/3 stuff made in the last 20 years, maybe 3/4, I make a habit of writing down new stuff I hear on WUKY or XM Radio and then loading into Spotify. Even when I listen to the old classic rock acts, I tend to pick their lesser known songs

As previously stated above, most of these songs were/are actually great, they have just been overplayed to the zillionth degree in the last 30 years, which is why I have not listened to WKQQ (classic rock station since its very inception) in probably 20 years or more.

I will weigh in on some of the classic acts, for example, I never understood how ZZ Top, Bob Seger, or Peter Frampton ever got popular to begin with, much less have their old music still plaguing the airwaves decades later. Frampton Comes Alive drove me right up the wall in high school and has not aged well. (Naturally, I fully expect one of the next 3 posts to tell me Frampton is a musical genius )

 

[gamecockcat]

Lots of good comments.

I think the three I mentioned, in my opinion, are overrated songs, not just overplayed. Free Bird is a decent song that just goes on too damn long and the solo isn't particularly inventive. Same for Hey Jude which is a repetitive chorus for way too long. Imagine is a great call, too. Bohemian Rhapsody is so overrated and fits more in a Broadway production than a rock show.

And there are many, many others as has been pointed out.

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

I will weigh in on some of the classic acts, for example, I never understood how ZZ Top, Bob Seger, or Peter Frampton ever got popular to begin with, much less have their old music still plaguing the airwaves decades later. Frampton Comes Alive drove me right up the wall in high school and has not aged well. (Naturally, I fully expect one of the next 3 posts to tell me Frampton is a musical genius )

I'll agree with you on Frampton and Seger. But only partially on ZZ Top. For a lot of Classic Rock bands that were around throughout the 70s and 80s, there seems to be a dividing line of their best stuff, and some sugary, made-for-radio garbage. That line happens somewhere in the late 70s. ZZ Top put out some great songs in the early 70s that (to me anyways) still stands the test of time. Especially from their Tres Hombres and Fandango albums. As they moved into the late 70s, and into the 80s they became stars of MTV and their sound changed dramatically. Compare, if you will, "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" or "Heard It On The X" with their later stuff like "Cheap Sunglasses" or "Legs". Night and day!

 

[It'saDoneDeal]

This is the current playlist from your local classic rock radio station, isn't it?

No, it's actually a serious personal project I've been working on here and there for like 15 years or so. I'm trying to get up to 1,000. Here's part 2:

301. Limelight/Rush
302. Teach Your Children/CSN&Y
303. Touch Of Grey/The Grateful Dead
304. Get Trolled/Big Blew
305. Long Train Running/The Doobie Brothers
306. My Old School/Steely Dan
307. Panama/Van Halen
308. Under My Thumb/The Rolling Stones
309. One Bourbon One Scotch/George Thorogood
310. Killer Queen/Queen
311. Meatballs & Love Handles/J. Calipari
312. Dancing Days/Led Zeppelin
313. On The Turning Away/Pink Floyd
314. The Sky Is Crying/Stevie Ray Vaughan
315. Jack And Diane/John Mellencamp
316. Gimme Three Steps/Lynyrd Skynyrd
317. Hitch A Ride/Boston
318. Refugee/Tom Petty
319. Dirty Laundry/Don Henley
320. Foxy Lady/Jimi Hendrix
321. I Love Rock and Roll/Joan Jett
322. Follow The Brown Trail/Doodie Magic
323. There's No Way Out Of Here/David Gilmour
324. Don't Do Me Like That/Tom Petty
325. Squirtin' Surprise/Scuba Steve
326. Tunnel Of Love/Bruce Springsteen
327. Cold Shot/Stevie Ray Vaughan
328. Crazy On You/Heart
329. Lady Madonna/The Beatles
330. Running On Empty/Jackson Browne
331. Baby I Love Your Way/Peter Frampton
332. Legs/ZZ Top
333. Madman Across The Water/Elton John
334. Smell The Glove - Spinal Tap
335. Take The Money And Run/Steve Miller
336. Say You Love me/Fleetwood Mac
337. Sgt/ Pepper/With A Little Help/The Beatles
338. Cherry Bomb/John Mellencamp
339. Abacab/Genesis
340. When The Levee Breaks/Led Zeppelin
341. Little Wing/Stevie Ray Vaughan
342. Mississippi Queen/Mountain
343. Rock On/David Essex
344. Listen To Her Heart/Tom Petty
345. In The Mood/Robert Plant
346. Have A Cigar/Pink Floyd
347. Funk 49.James Gang
348. Tears In Heaven/Eric Clapton
349. Boys Are Back/Thin Lizzy
350. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road/Elton John
351. Life In The Fast Lane/The Eagles
352. Hey Hey What Can I Do/Led Zeppelin
353. Houses of The Holy/Led Zeppelin
354. Evil Woman/ELO
355. The Streak/Ray Stevens
356. My Generation/The Who
357. Pretending/Eric Clapton
358. It's Only Rock And Roll/The Rolling Stones
359. Bargain/The Who
360. Ain't That A Shame/Cheap Trick
361. Tequila Sunrise/The Eagles
362. Hollywood Nights/Bob Seger
363. Murder Your Parents/The Bee Gees
364. Brown Sugar/The Rolling Stones
365. Even The Losers/Tom Petty
366. Tuesday Afternoon/The Moody Blues
367. Instant Karma/John Lennon
368. My Sweet Lord/George Harrison
369. Open Your Hole/Delray Diddles
370. Landslide/Fleetwood Mac
371. Long Long Way From Home/Foreigner
372. Lodi/Creedence Clearwater Revival
373. Crazy Little Thing Called Love/Queen
374. Listen To The Music/The Doobie Brothers
375. Maybe I'm Amazed/Paul McCartney
376. Somebody To Love/Jefferson Airplane
377. Heart Of Gold/Neil Young
378. Harmony/Elton John
379. But Mister, That's Where Poop Comes From/Lucky Lucinda
380. Ice Cream Man/Van Halen
381. The House Is Rockin/Stevie Ray Vaughan
382. Rikki Don't Lose That Number/Steely Dan
383. Miss You/The Rolling Stones
384. You're My Best Friend/Queen
385. With Or Without You/U2
386. Cheap Sunglasses/ZZ Top
387. The Who Are You/The Who
388. Follow You Follow Me/Genesis
389. Shattered/The Rolling Stones
390. What's Your Name?/Lynyrd Skynyrd
391. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes/CS&N
392. Revolution/The Beatles
393. End Of The Innocence/Don Henley
394. Rock And Roll All Night/Kiss
395. It's In The Way/Eric Clapton
396. Jet Airliner/Steve Miller
397. American Girl/Tom Petty
398. You Better You Bet/The Who
399. Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid/Led Zeppelin
400. Beast Of Burden/The Rolling Stones
401. Time Has Come Today/Chambers Brothers
402. Wish You Were Here/Pink Floyd
403. Back In The Saddle/Aerosmith
404. Pee Poo in the Poo Poo/Barney
405. Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters/Elton John
406. Blinded By The Light/Manfred Mann
407. Lucy In The Sky/The Beatles
408. Fortunate Son/Creedence Clearwater Revival
409. Salsbury Hill/Peter Gabriel
410. Message In A Bottle/The Police
411. Running On Faith/Eric Clapton
412. Roll On Down The Highway/BTO
413. Back Door Man/The Doors
414. Blue Collar Man/Styx
415. Drive My Car/The Beatles
416. Lyin' Eyes/The Eagles
417. Suzie Q/Creedence Clearwater Revival
418. School/Supertramp
419. Let It Ride/BTO
420. Ride My Thunder Wang/Chin Coleman
421. Hold Your Head Up/Argent
422. Ohio/CSN&Y
423. Misunderstanding/Genesis
424. A Woman In Love/Tom Petty
425. The Wind Cries Mary/Jimi Hendrix
426. Girl's Got Rhythm/AC/DC
427. Point of Know Return/Kansas
428. Blue Morning Blue Day/Foreigner
429. Hey Nineteen/Steely Dan
430. Your Wildest Dreams/The Moody
431. Start Me Up/The Rolling Stones
432. With A Little Help From My Friends/Joe Cocker
433. Jane/Jefferson Starship
434. Traveling Riverside Blues/Led Zeppelin
435. Get Together/Youngbloods
436. Hit Me With Your Best Shot/Pat Benatar
437. Waiting On A Friend/The Rolling Stones
438. Twenty-Five Or Six To Four/Chicago
439. Foolin'/Def Leppard
440. Eminence Front/The Who
441. I Heard It Through The Grapevine/Creedence Clearwater Revival
442. Double Vision/Foreigner
443. Band On The Run/Paul McCartney
444. Back In Black/AC/DC
445. Tangled Up In Blue/Bob Dylan
446. Ballad of John And Yoko/The Beatles
447. Rock Steady/Bad Co.
448. Pink Cadillac/Bruce Springsteen
449. Learning To Fly/Tom Petty
450. Good Times Bad Times/Led Zeppelin
451. Twentieth Century Fox/The Doors
452. Aqualung/Jethro Tull
453. Ride My Seesaw/The Moody Blues
454. Waitin' For The Bus/Jesus Just Left/ZZ Top
455. Honky Cat/Elton John
456. Can't You Hear Me Knocking?/The Rolling Stones
457. Takin' Care Of Business/BTO
458. Wooden Ships/CS&N
459. Same Old Song And Dance/Aerosmith
460. Silver, Blue and Gold/Bad Co.
461. I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You/Alan Parsons Project
462. Lights/Journey
463. Forever Man/Eric Clapton
464. Dear Mr. Fantasy/Traffic
465. Southern Man/Neil Young
466. I Need A Lover/John Mellencamp
467. Communication Breakdown/Led Zeppelin
468. After Midnight (1988)/Eric Clapton
469. Suck Me Kindly/My Daddy
470. Crystal Ship/The Doors
471. Road House Blues/The Doors
472. In The City/The Eagles
473. My City Was Gone/Pretenders
474. Time Stand Still/Rush
475. Cocaine (Live)/Eric Clapton
476. Strange Brew/Cream
477. The Who'll Stop The Rain/Creedence Clearwater Revival
478. Levon/Elton John
479. End Of The Line/The Traveling Wilburys
480. Don't Stop/Fleetwood Mac
481. Born In The USA/Bruce Springsteen
482. Feelin' That Way/Anytime/Journey
483. Bad Case Of Lovin' You/Robert Palmer
484. Old Man Down The Road/John Fogerty
485. Last Child/Aerosmith
486. Dirty Work/Steely Dan
487. Kick It Out/Heart
488. Changes/Yes
489. Movin' On/Bad Co.
490. Imagine/John Lennon
491. Truckin'/The Grateful Dead
492. Walk Of Life/Dire Straits
493. Mary Jane's Last Dance/Tom Petty
494. Midnight Rider/Greg Allman
495. Pretty Woman/Van Halen
496. Jukebox Hero/Foreigner
497. Peaceful Easy Feeling/The Eagles
498. American Pie/Don McClean
499. Love The One You're With/Stephen Stills
500. Get Back/The Beatles

 

[TortElvisII]

This is great. Later stuff I agree.

 

[TortElvisII]

No, it's actually a serious personal project I've been working on here and there for like 15 years or so. I'm trying to get up to 1,000. Here's part 2:

301. Limelight/Rush
302. Teach Your Children/CSN&Y
303. Touch Of Grey/The Grateful Dead
304. Get Trolled/Big Blew
305. Long Train Running/The Doobie Brothers
306. My Old School/Steely Dan
307. Panama/Van Halen
308. Under My Thumb/The Rolling Stones
309. One Bourbon One Scotch/George Thorogood
310. Killer Queen/Queen
311. Meatballs & Love Handles/J. Calipari
312. Dancing Days/Led Zeppelin
313. On The Turning Away/Pink Floyd
314. The Sky Is Crying/Stevie Ray Vaughan
315. Jack And Diane/John Mellencamp
316. Gimme Three Steps/Lynyrd Skynyrd
317. Hitch A Ride/Boston
318. Refugee/Tom Petty
319. Dirty Laundry/Don Henley
320. Foxy Lady/Jimi Hendrix
321. I Love Rock and Roll/Joan Jett
322. Break On Through/The Doors
323. There's No Way Out Of Here/David Gilmour
324. Don't Do Me Like That/Tom Petty
325. Squirtin' Surprise/Scuba Steve
326. Tunnel Of Love/Bruce Springsteen
327. Cold Shot/Stevie Ray Vaughan
328. Crazy On You/Heart
329. Lady Madonna/The Beatles
330. Running On Empty/Jackson Browne
331. Baby I Love Your Way/Peter Frampton
332. Legs/ZZ Top
333. Madman Across The Water/Elton John
334. Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress/The Hollies
335. Take The Money And Run/Steve Miller
336. Say You Love me/Fleetwood Mac
337. Sgt/ Pepper/With A Little Help/The Beatles
338. Cherry Bomb/John Mellencamp
339. Abacab/Genesis
340. When The Levee Breaks/Led Zeppelin
341. Little Wing/Stevie Ray Vaughan
342. Mississippi Queen/Mountain
343. Rock On/David Essex
344. Listen To Her Heart/Tom Petty
345. In The Mood/Robert Plant
346. Have A Cigar/Pink Floyd
347. Funk 49.James Gang
348. Tears In Heaven/Eric Clapton
349. Boys Are Back/Thin Lizzy
350. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road/Elton John
351. Life In The Fast Lane/The Eagles
352. Hey Hey What Can I Do/Led Zeppelin
353. Houses of The Holy/Led Zeppelin
354. Evil Woman/ELO
355. In Your Eyes/Peter Gabriel
356. My Generation/The Who
357. Pretending/Eric Clapton
358. It's Only Rock And Roll/The Rolling Stones
359. Bargain/The Who
360. Ain't That A Shame/Cheap Trick
361. Tequila Sunrise/The Eagles
362. Hollywood Nights/Bob Seger
363. Changes/David Bowie
364. Brown Sugar/The Rolling Stones
365. Even The Losers/Tom Petty
366. Tuesday Afternoon/The Moody Blues
367. Instant Karma/John Lennon
368. My Sweet Lord/George Harrison
369. Open Your Hole/Delray Diddles
370. Landslide/Fleetwood Mac
371. Long Long Way From Home/Foreigner
372. Lodi/Creedence Clearwater Revival
373. Crazy Little Thing Called Love/Queen
374. Listen To The Music/The Doobie Brothers
375. Maybe I'm Amazed/Paul McCartney
376. Somebody To Love/Jefferson Airplane
377. Heart Of Gold/Neil Young
378. Harmony/Elton John
379. But Mister, That's Where Poop Comes From/Lucky Lucinda
380. Ice Cream Man/Van Halen
381. The House Is Rockin/Stevie Ray Vaughan
382. Rikki Don't Lose That Number/Steely Dan
383. Miss You/The Rolling Stones
384. You're My Best Friend/Queen
385. With Or Without You/U2
386. Cheap Sunglasses/ZZ Top
387. The Who Are You/The Who
388. Follow You Follow Me/Genesis
389. Shattered/The Rolling Stones
390. What's Your Name?/Lynyrd Skynyrd
391. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes/CS&N
392. Revolution/The Beatles
393. End Of The Innocence/Don Henley
394. Rock And Roll All Night/Kiss
395. It's In The Way/Eric Clapton
396. Jet Airliner/Steve Miller
397. American Girl/Tom Petty
398. You Better You Bet/The Who
399. Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid/Led Zeppelin
400. Beast Of Burden/The Rolling Stones
401. Time Has Come Today/Chambers Brothers
402. Wish You Were Here/Pink Floyd
403. Back In The Saddle/Aerosmith
404. Doctor My Eyes/Jackson Browne
405. Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters/Elton John
406. Blinded By The Light/Manfred Mann
407. Lucy In The Sky/The Beatles
408. Fortunate Son/Creedence Clearwater Revival
409. Salsbury Hill/Peter Gabriel
410. Message In A Bottle/The Police
411. Running On Faith/Eric Clapton
412. Roll On Down The Highway/BTO
413. Back Door Man/The Doors
414. Blue Collar Man/Styx
415. Drive My Car/The Beatles
416. Lyin' Eyes/The Eagles
417. Suzie Q/Creedence Clearwater Revival
418. School/Supertramp
419. Let It Ride/BTO
420. Ride My Thunder Wang/Chin Coleman
421. Hold Your Head Up/Argent
422. Ohio/CSN&Y
423. Misunderstanding/Genesis
424. A Woman In Love/Tom Petty
425. The Wind Cries Mary/Jimi Hendrix
426. Girl's Got Rhythm/AC/DC
427. Point of Know Return/Kansas
428. Blue Morning Blue Day/Foreigner
429. Hey Nineteen/Steely Dan
430. Your Wildest Dreams/The Moody
431. Start Me Up/The Rolling Stones
432. With A Little Help From My Friends/Joe Cocker
433. Jane/Jefferson Starship
434. Traveling Riverside Blues/Led Zeppelin
435. Get Together/Youngbloods
436. Hit Me With Your Best Shot/Pat Benatar
437. Waiting On A Friend/The Rolling Stones
438. Twenty-Five Or Six To Four/Chicago
439. Foolin'/Def Leppard
440. Eminence Front/The Who
441. I Heard It Through The Grapevine/Creedence Clearwater Revival
442. Double Vision/Foreigner
443. Band On The Run/Paul McCartney
444. Back In Black/AC/DC
445. Tangled Up In Blue/Bob Dylan
446. Ballad of John And Yoko/The Beatles
447. Rock Steady/Bad Co.
448. Pink Cadillac/Bruce Springsteen
449. Learning To Fly/Tom Petty
450. Good Times Bad Times/Led Zeppelin
451. Twentieth Century Fox/The Doors
452. Aqualung/Jethro Tull
453. Ride My Seesaw/The Moody Blues
454. Waitin' For The Bus/Jesus Just Left/ZZ Top
455. Honky Cat/Elton John
456. Can't You Hear Me Knocking?/The Rolling Stones
457. Takin' Care Of Business/BTO
458. Wooden Ships/CS&N
459. Same Old Song And Dance/Aerosmith
460. Silver, Blue and Gold/Bad Co.
461. I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You/Alan Parsons Project
462. Lights/Journey
463. Forever Man/Eric Clapton
464. Dear Mr. Fantasy/Traffic
465. Southern Man/Neil Young
466. I Need A Lover/John Mellencamp
467. Communication Breakdown/Led Zeppelin
468. After Midnight (1988)/Eric Clapton
469. Suck Me Kindly/My Daddy
470. Crystal Ship/The Doors
471. Road House Blues/The Doors
472. In The City/The Eagles
473. My City Was Gone/Pretenders
474. Time Stand Still/Rush
475. Cocaine (Live)/Eric Clapton
476. Strange Brew/Cream
477. The Who'll Stop The Rain/Creedence Clearwater Revival
478. Levon/Elton John
479. End Of The Line/The Traveling Wilburys
480. Don't Stop/Fleetwood Mac
481. Born In The USA/Bruce Springsteen
482. Feelin' That Way/Anytime/Journey
483. Bad Case Of Lovin' You/Robert Palmer
484. Old Man Down The Road/John Fogerty
485. Last Child/Aerosmith
486. Dirty Work/Steely Dan
487. Kick It Out/Heart
488. Changes/Yes
489. Movin' On/Bad Co.
490. Imagine/John Lennon
491. Truckin'/The Grateful Dead
492. Walk Of Life/Dire Straits
493. Mary Jane's Last Dance/Tom Petty
494. Midnight Rider/Greg Allman
495. Pretty Woman/Van Halen
496. Jukebox Hero/Foreigner
497. Peaceful Easy Feeling/The Eagles
498. American Pie/Don McClean
499. Love The One You're With/Stephen Stills
500. Get Back/The Beatles

Why is White Room 293? It's so good it needs to be in your top 10. Since you hate the good stuff.

 

[It'saDoneDeal]

Why is White Room 293? It's so good it needs to be in your top 10. Since you hate the good stuff.

It's definitely overrated, more so than #369 Open Your Hole by Delray Diddles (amazing ambiance here) or #396 Jet Airliner by Steve Miller Band (what a classic, and it makes me think too)... but getting past #250 Walk This Way by Aerosmith is kind of like the mendoza line of overrated and it's not at that level IMO.

 

[vhcat70]

Don't Worry, Be Happy

 

[TortElvisII]

It's definitely overrated, more so than #369 Open Your Hole by Delray Diddles (amazing ambiance here) or #396 Jet Airliner by Steve Miller Band (what a classic, and it makes me think too)... but getting past #250 Walk This Way by Aerosmith is kind of like the mendoza line of overrated and it's not at that level IMO.

Chin Coleman 420... I think you really underrate Donovan... Hurdy Gurdy Man is the best killer song ever.

 

[TortElvisII]

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Rock

 

[Dr. H Lecter]

Getty Lee's voice is nails on a chalkboard. This song blows despite Neil Peart's drumming.

Geddy