Good old songs

[duragezic]

I've heard a lot of good oldies songs, but not really sure on their names or artists. I can certainly recognize them though when I hear them...

Stuff like the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater...

Anyone got any specifics?

Especially ones with good guitar in them, but also just generally more popular ones that I've probably heard (I'm 21) but don't know the names of.

 

[NTB]

Most of these guys have been in several bands:

Joe Walsh (Barnstorm, James Gang, The Eagles, also some solo work)
Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream, Derek & the Dominoes, lots of solo stuff)
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)

And some others. I'll have to think about it for a minute.

As for just music from that period, I listen to it all the time; everything from the 60's up to some point in the 80s is, I believe, what is considered to be "classic rock".

Other than the bands already listed, others from the period are: ZZ Top, Heart, Led Zeppelin, Steve Miller Band, Aerosmith, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Paul Simon (and Simon & Garfunkel, for that matter) Santana, Bad Company, Van Halen, Steely Dan, and probably quite a few others I can't think of at the moment

Nate

Nathan

 

[sniperruff]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River

Ah, another good one. Trivia note: John Fogerty (who wrote most of the songs for CCR) is, I believe, the only person to ever be sued for plagarizing himself

Nate

 

[George P Burdell]

Eric Clapton - Layla

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

More: David Bowie, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Elton John, Pink Floyd, The Guess Who, Little River Band, Fleetwood Mac

 

[cardiac]

One of my favorite bands from high school in the mid-70's was the Doobie Brothers. Patrick Simmons was just awesome on guitar. Black Water, Jesus is just Alright, Long Train Running, Taking it To the Streets, etc....

Didn't get much better than that.

Other stuff from then with some great guitar: Nazareth (Hair of the Dog), Ted Nugent, Rush, Mountain (Mississippi Queen).

If you liked the one - off stuff, the Alan Parsons Project was pretty hot, as well as the Talking Heads.

Bob

 

[chuckywang]

Wow...where to begin?

 

[DainBramaged]

Here are a few songs that might fall in your category.

B. B. King - The Thrill is Gone

Bad Company - Bad Company, Ready For Love

CCR - Susie Q, Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, Green River, Fortunate Son, Run Through the Jungle, Born on the Bayou, Tombstone Shadow, Midnight Special

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet, Sultans of Swing

Eagles - Take It Easy, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Tequila Sunrise, Lyin Eyes, Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane, Wasted Time

Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast, Run to the Hills, Hallowed Be Thy Name

Jimi Hendrix - The entire "Are You Experienced?" album.

Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, You Shook Me, Dazed and Confused, How Many More Times, The Lemon Song, Heartbreaker, Living Loving Maid, Ramble On, Since I've Been Loving You, Gallows Pole, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Rock and Roll, Stairway to Heaven, Going to California, When the Levee Breaks.

Theres a start anyway.

 

[thesurge]

200- Led Zeppelin Ramble On
199 Boston - Rock And Roll Band
198 ELO - Evil Woman
197 Beatles - Eight Days A Week
196 The Firm - Radioactive
195 Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
194 CCR - Lodi
193 Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
192 AC/DC - T.N.T.
191 Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid
190 Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
189 Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
188 Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
187 Cars - Just What I Needed
186 Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams
185 Who - Bargain
184 Doors - Love Me Two Times
183 Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart
182 Cream - Strange Brew
181 Van Halen - Jump
180 Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
179 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
178 Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful
177 Billy Joel - Piano Man
176 Steve Miller - Fly Like An Eagle
175 Guess Who - No Time
174 Elton John - Rocket Man
173 Kansas - Dust In The Wind
172 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
171 Steve Winwood - Higher Love
170 Badfinger - Day After Day
169 Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
168 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
167 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
166 Who - Long Live Rock
165 Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken
164 Crosby, Stills, Nash - Teach Your Children
163 Eagles - Take It Easy
162 GFR - I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home
161 Beatles - In My Life
160 Pink Floyd - Time
159 Chicago - Saturday In The Park
158 Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul
157 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
156 Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
155 Doors - Love Her Madly
154 Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
153 ELP - From The Beginning
152 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
151 Crosby Stills Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
150 Van Morrison - Domino
149 Head East - Never Been Any Reason
148 George Harrison - When We Was Fab
147 Edgar Winter Band - Free Ride
146 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
145 Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn
144 Styx - Come Sail Away
143 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
142 Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane
141 Genesis - Home By The Sea
140 David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
139 Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time
138 CCR - Down On The Corner
137 George Harrison - What Is Life
136 Eric Clapton - Let It Rain
135 Elton John - Crocodile Rock
134 Beatles - Help!
133 Traffic - Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
132 Rolling Stones - beloved patriot Tonk Woman
131 Bad Company - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
130 ZZ Top - Legs
129 Beatles - Day Tripper
128 Cream - Crossroads
127 ELO - Telephone Line
126 Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
125 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good
124 Supertramp - Logical Song
123 Neil Young - Old Man
122 Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
121 Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida
120 Crosby, Stills, Nash - Ohio
119 Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
118 Guess Who - American Woman
117 Doors - Hello I Love You
116 Led Zeppelin - Going To California
115 Beatles - Come Together
114 Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine
113 Zombies - Time Of The Season
112 Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
111 Who - Squeeze Box
110 ELP - Karn Evil 9
109 Doobie Brothers - China Grove
108 Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
107 Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
106 Van Morrison - Moondance
105 Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
104 BTO - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
103 Yardbirds - For Your Love
102 Beatles - Revolution
101 Elton John - Daniel
100 ELO - Don't Bring Me Down
99 Beatles - Long and Winding Road
98 Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee
97 Who - Who Are You
96 CCR - Fortunate Son
95 Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way
94 Pink Floyd - Brain Damage/Eclipse
93 David Bowie - Suffragette City
92 Queen - We Will Rock You/Champions
91 Beatles - All You Need Is Love
90 Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey
89 Eagles Heartache Tonight
88 Procol Harum - Whiter Shade Of Pale
87 Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
86 ELP - Lucky Man
85 Beatles - Sgt. Pepper/With A Little Help From My Friends
84 Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
83 Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
82 Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light
81 Kinks - Lola
80 Grand Funk - We're An American Band
79 Crosby, Stills, Nash - Woodstock
78 Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
77 Tom Petty - Running Down A Dream
76 Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man
75 Beatles - Something
74 Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
73 Pink Floyd - Hey You
72 Led Zeppelin - Thank You
71 Don McLean - American Pie
70 Doors - Break On Through
69 Rod Stewart - Maggie May
68 Jimi Hendrix - Fire
67 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
66 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
65 Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
64 David Bowie - Changes
63 Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
62 Elton John - Bennie And The Jets
61 Police - Every Breath You Take
60 Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
59 Who - Pinball Wizard
58 Aerosmith - Walk This Way
57 Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady
56 Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
55 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Pt. 2)
54 Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
53 Doors - Touch Me
52 Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
51 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
50 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
49 Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
48 John Lennon - Instant Karma
47 Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
46 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
45 Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
44 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
43 Who - My Generation
42 Doors - L.A. Woman
41 Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
40 Eric Clapton - Cocaine
39 Beatles - Let It Be
38 Boston - More Than A Feeling
37 Free - All Right Now
36 Grateful Dead - Casey Jones
35 Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
34 Kinks - You Really Got Me
33 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
32 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
31 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
30 Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash
29 Aerosmith - Dream On
28 Jethro Tull - Aqualung
27 Beatles - Hey Jude
26 Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
25 Doors - Roadhouse Blues
24 Yes - Roundabout
23 Who - Behind Blue Eyes
22 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
21 Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
20 Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
19 Pink Floyd - Money
18 Grateful Dead - Truckin'
17 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
16 Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
15 Beatles - Yesterday
14 Cream - White Room
13 Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'N Roll
12 Who - Baba O'Riley
11 Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
10 John Lennon - Imagine
9 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
8 Eagles - Hotel California
7 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
6 Doors - Light My Fire
5 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
4 Beatles - A Day In The Life
3 Derek And The Dominoes - Layla
2 Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
1 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

:thumbsup: if you want more, i'll post em.

 

[NTB]

Where'd the list come from?

Nate

 

[cardiac]

Originally posted by: Garth
More: David Bowie, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Elton John, Pink Floyd, The Guess Who, Little River Band, Fleetwood Mac

Some more great ones.... I liked the Guess Who's music, with Randy Bachman, and then when he left them and formed Bachman-Turner Overdrive, they were pretty hot for a while, too.

Bob

 

[BrianH1]

Grateful Dead- Eyes of The World

 

[Spacehead]

Blue Oyster Cult
Foghat
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
J.Geils Band
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush (if you like Hendrix style guitar playing)
Thin Lizzy
Supertramp
Pat Travers


The song "Classical Gas" is great but i don't know offhand who did it.


I could go on & on...

 

[cardiac]

Originally posted by: Spacehead
Blue Oyster Cult
Foghat
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
J.Geils Band
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush (if you like Hendrix style guitar playing)
Thin Lizzy
Supertramp
Pat Travers


The song "Classical Gas" is great but i don't know offhand who did it.


I could go on & on...

Classical Gas was Mason Williams..

Blue Oyster Cult was the first concert I ever went to, and was opened by Golden Earring (Radar Love) in 1975..... God, I feel old.....

Bob

 

[NTB]

100 ELO - Don't Bring Me Down
--"Fire on High" is another good one from these guys

90 Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey
--I'm surprised this one didn't rank higher.

82 Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light
--written by Bruce Springsteen, of all people

80 Grand Funk Railroad- We're An American Band
--"I'm your Captain / Closer to Home"

50 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
--quite a few good ones from these guys. "It's Never too Late", "Snowblind Friend", "The Pusher", "Who needs Ya"...
40 Eric Clapton - Cocaine
--Try to find the live version of this one, if you can - Awesome, 8- or 9-minute long jam.

38 Boston - More Than A Feeling
--Another band I didn't think of, and one of my favorites. "Amanda", "Rock & Roll Band", "Smokin'", "Foreplay / Long Time" "Peace of Mind", "Don't Look Back", "Feelin' Satisfied", "Tell Me", and a few others, too.

35 Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
--another band with quite a few good songs. Check out "Dust in the Wind", "Hold on", and "Point of no Return", too.

32 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
--"Tuesday's Gone", "The Last Rebel", "Simple Man"

28 Jethro Tull - Aqualung
--I like "Locomotive Breath" and "Steel Monkey"

21 Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
--I like the Moody Blues, but for some reason don't care too much for this song.

Nathan

 

[Ultralight]

Alot of great ones already listed so I don't want to repeat anything, but one artist that I really like is Robin Trower. His album Bridge of Sighs has some incredible guitar work. Whatever became of him?

 

[cardiac]

Originally posted by: Ultralight
Alot of great ones already listed so I don't want to repeat anything, but one artist that I really like is Robin Trower. His album Bridge of Sighs has some incredible guitar work. Whatever became of him?

Wow, another one I loved. "Somebodies Calling" off of the "In City Dreams" album was phenominal.... AFAIK, he is still performing.....

Bob

 

[duragezic]

Wow, thanks all! A big list, but I'll definitely save it and get to checking out most of them. Now I need to find a friend who is into oldies... or maybe I just should hit up my dad, lol.


Kind of funny, I recognize some of the names listed mostly because I've heard covers of them (I mostly listen to punk). But I've also definitely heard a few of those listed, so I think they are what I'm looking for. Again, thanks a bunch... I dig this stuff.

 

[ultravox]

Great list surge ...great !

 

[thesurge]

200- Led Zeppelin Ramble On
199 Boston - Rock And Roll Band
198 ELO - Evil Woman
197 Beatles - Eight Days A Week
196 The Firm - Radioactive
195 Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
194 CCR - Lodi
193 Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
192 AC/DC - T.N.T.
191 Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid
190 Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
189 Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
188 Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
187 Cars - Just What I Needed
186 Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams
185 Who - Bargain
184 Doors - Love Me Two Times
183 Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart
182 Cream - Strange Brew
181 Van Halen - Jump
180 Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
179 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
178 Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful
177 Billy Joel - Piano Man
176 Steve Miller - Fly Like An Eagle
175 Guess Who - No Time
174 Elton John - Rocket Man
173 Kansas - Dust In The Wind
172 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
171 Steve Winwood - Higher Love
170 Badfinger - Day After Day
169 Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
168 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
167 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
166 Who - Long Live Rock
165 Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken
164 Crosby, Stills, Nash - Teach Your Children
163 Eagles - Take It Easy
162 GFR - I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home
161 Beatles - In My Life
160 Pink Floyd - Time
159 Chicago - Saturday In The Park
158 Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul
157 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
156 Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
155 Doors - Love Her Madly
154 Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
153 ELP - From The Beginning
152 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
151 Crosby Stills Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
150 Van Morrison - Domino
149 Head East - Never Been Any Reason
148 George Harrison - When We Was Fab
147 Edgar Winter Band - Free Ride
146 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
145 Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn
144 Styx - Come Sail Away
143 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
142 Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane
141 Genesis - Home By The Sea
140 David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
139 Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time
138 CCR - Down On The Corner
137 George Harrison - What Is Life
136 Eric Clapton - Let It Rain
135 Elton John - Crocodile Rock
134 Beatles - Help!
133 Traffic - Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
132 Rolling Stones - beloved patriot Tonk Woman
131 Bad Company - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
130 ZZ Top - Legs
129 Beatles - Day Tripper
128 Cream - Crossroads
127 ELO - Telephone Line
126 Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
125 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good
124 Supertramp - Logical Song
123 Neil Young - Old Man
122 Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
121 Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida
120 Crosby, Stills, Nash - Ohio
119 Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
118 Guess Who - American Woman
117 Doors - Hello I Love You
116 Led Zeppelin - Going To California
115 Beatles - Come Together
114 Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine
113 Zombies - Time Of The Season
112 Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
111 Who - Squeeze Box
110 ELP - Karn Evil 9
109 Doobie Brothers - China Grove
108 Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
107 Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
106 Van Morrison - Moondance
105 Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
104 BTO - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
103 Yardbirds - For Your Love
102 Beatles - Revolution
101 Elton John - Daniel

If anyone cares (edited my original post). :thumbsup:

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: thesurge
etc etc etc
10 John Lennon - Imagine
9 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
8 Eagles - Hotel California
7 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
6 Doors - Light My Fire
5 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
4 Beatles - A Day In The Life
3 Derek And The Dominoes - Layla
2 Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
1 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

:thumbsup: if you want more, i'll post em.

Hehe great list. I have all 500 songs that are in the full list. I dont agree with all the rankings, but damn there are some great songs in there.

25y/o guitar player here.