Your Top Three Rock Classics.

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Black Dog - Led Zep.
Paint it Black - The Stones
We Will Rock You - Queen

IMHO to qualify as 'Rock", and in addition to the usual criteria of loud, fast and moderately objectionable, the song must include a longish, virtuoso guitar solo that one inexplicably finds oneself humming, for no reason, many years later.

[TheDecepticon]

Tin Soldiers - Stiff Little Fingers
The Winner takes it All - ABBA
anything from The Clash or Sex Pistols.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Purple Haze..Hendrix
Stairway to Heaven..Zeppelin
Black Dog....Zeppelin..

[casstony]

Fortunately there's so much to choose from I can choose something different:

Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
Ram Jam - Black betty
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

[TrevorW]

Tea for the Tilleyman- Cat Stevens
Jesus Christ Super Star
War of the Worlds

[beren]

Being a Gen-Xer I'll go with some 90's music

Pearl Jam-Evenflow, Third eye blind- Semi charmed life, Alanis Morrisette- You Oughta know.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous

IMHO to qualify as 'Rock", and in addition to the usual criteria of loud, fast and moderately objectionable, the song must include a longish, virtuoso guitar solo that one inexplicably finds oneself humming, for no reason, many years later.

Does it have to be guitar? How about drums, like In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida or Spoonful (Live) where you find yourself beating it out on anything handy.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Steve,

That performance is incredible. I love it.

H

[Octane (Humayun)]

In the same vein as Steve, these make up my favourite music, ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhSLhQEnESs

If you get through the first part, make sure you watch part two, as that's where the fun starts.

Mind. Blown.

H

[jimmywrangles (James)]

Touch too Much - AC-DC.
Breakin the law - Judas Priest.
Number 3 is hard...ummmm
The Prophets song - Queen.
Great thread.

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

Cassandra Sherbert
Short Changed Again Finch
Living in the Seventies Skyhooks

Boy am I old by Me

Can I have another go?

[MrB (Simon)]

This is near on impossible to do!
My #1 was easy... I can remember exaclty where I was and what I was doing when I first heard it.. 22 years ago!
The memory is like a 100 megapixel photo to me.. crisp and clear.
It perfectly meets Peter's requirement:

Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous

IMHO to qualify as 'Rock", and in addition to the usual criteria of loud, fast and moderately objectionable, the song must include a longish, virtuoso guitar solo that one inexplicably finds oneself humming, for no reason, many years later

Solo starts at 2:00 onwards..... genius

EPIC - Faith No More(1989) (Wikipedia)
La Grange - ZZ Top(1973) - Back when they were good!
The Distance - Cake(1996)

#'s 2 and 3 were just the next two that came to my head. But still great rock tracks.

edit: the eagle-eyed among us might notice the shirt Mike Patton is wearing in the video, and work out where I get my IIS username from

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

Does it have to be guitar? How about drums, like In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida or Spoonful (Live) where you find yourself beating it out on anything handy.

Its difficult to hum a drum solo (tho' inadhadadavida is one of the exceptions). I'm not entirely sure I'm comfortable with "beating it out on anything handy". Particularly in public.
I did have a couple of mates at High School and Uni who were band drummers and they were always playing a solo!

[cybereye (Mario)]

Evie parts 1, 2 & 3 by Stevie Wright..

[lacad01 (Adam)]

1. Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
2. Money - Pink Floyd
3. Paranoid Android - Radiohead

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Well, being a child of the 80's there isnt really much "rock" music that I like, regardless of anyone who thinks Michael Jackson was rock.....it wasnt. Oh well, I know I am a sad case....

OK, so for true rock music, and keeping in mind I am a pop 80's tragic, here are my favourites, strange as they may seem;

1) Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
2) In The End - Linkin Park
3) Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit

My top three rock music songs seem to be from thrash/metal bands....but, I think its coz they are truly awesome songs...

Cheers

Chris

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by Screwdriverone

Well, being a child of the 80's there isnt really much "rock" music that I like, regardless of anyone who thinks Michael Jackson was rock.....it wasnt. Oh well, I know I am a sad case....

OK, so for true rock music, and keeping in mind I am a pop 80's tragic, here are my favourites, strange as they may seem;

1) Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
2) In The End - Linkin Park
3) Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit

My top three rock music songs seem to be from thrash/metal bands....but, I think its coz they are truly awesome songs...

Cheers

Chris

Excuse my ignorance but is #3 a cover of the Who song?

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

No idea David?

Just like the Halle Berry film clip version.....mmmmm

never listened to the Who. (dont hurt me)

Cheers

Chris

[that_guy (Tony)]

damn it!! forgot about Alice Cooper gah!

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Excuse my ignorance but is #3 a cover of the Who song?

Absolutely. Originally appeared on "Who's Next". Track 16 on the CD. I don't have the LP here.