Name me some classic rock/hard rock songs

[kag]

I hate today's music... and after reading another thread, I freaked out again on how much I don't know a lot about classic [hard] rock music.

I already know the big hits from like Metallica, Megadeth, The Scorpions (I got Deadly Sting [2CD] and it's *awesome*), Guns 'n Roses, Iron Maiden, Ozzy... and I'm a huge AC/DC fan...

But I feel like I'm missing a lot of other great bands because I'm too young and I didn't really listen to that type of music until I was 16-17 years old... so I wasn't into that stuff when it was big.

I'd like to know the best hits from the big bands like Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, The Who... except for the stuff Ozzy recorded under his name, Smoke on the Water and The Wall, I've never listened to any of those bands...

Help me become rock litterate!

 

[Zenmervolt]

Kansas, Rush, Yes, Bob Seger, Black Crows, The Kinks, Head East, The Band, CSN&Y, Derek and the Dominos, The Eagles, Electric Light Orchestra, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Foreigner, Hart, Molly Hatchet, REO Speedwagon, Sammy Hagar, Styx, Ted Nugent, Tom Petty, Warren Zevon.

That's all who come to mind right now.

ZV

EDIT: Better to just buy albums (originals, not compilations) by the bands and listen to them. The best songs are rarely on the compilations.

 

[freakflag]

Sabbath:
War Pigs
Children of the Grave
Sweet Leaf
Into The Void

 

[kag]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Kansas, Rush, Yes, Bob Seger, Black Crows, The Kinks, Head East, The Band, CSN&Y, Derek and the Dominos, The Eagles, Electric Light Orchestra, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Foreigner, Hart, Molly Hatchet, REO Speedwagon, Sammy Hagar, Styx, Ted Nugent, Tom Petty, Warren Zevon.

Wow wow wow. That's too much right now.
At least give me some specific albums hehehe

 

[glen]

Black Sabbath - Paranoid, War Pigs

Pink Floyd - Wish you Were Here, Another Brick in the Wall, lots of stuff - you can't go wrong with any old album

Led Zeppelin - all but about 5 of the songs are absolute rock classics - ANY album will be amazing.

Deep Purple - Black Knight

Fleetwood Mac - go by the album Rumours, and grab a copy of the song "Hold Me," and you have a large chuck of them covered.

The Who - Behind Blue Eyes, Let My Love Open the Door, Rough Boys, We Won't Get Fooled Again, Overture From Tommy, Baba O'Riley, I'm going mobil, happy jack, i can see for miles, i can't explain, Squeeze Box, join together, magic bus, Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand, My Generation, I'm A Boy, my generation, my wife, see me, feel me, Armenia City In The , Sister Disco,sparks, substitute, summertime blues, the real me, the seeker, Pinball Wizard, It's a boy, Tommy Can You Hear Me, Sensation, I'm Free, We're Not Gonna Take It

 

[ThePresence]

Dude, just get some Beatles.

 

[Ns1]

pink floyd- wish you were here, comfortably numb, another brick in the wall, money, time

 

[Ornery]

I'm a huge Bowie and Brian Eno fan, but I doubt you'd care for Eno. I have to recommend Ziggy Stardust as a must listen album. Like it says on the back of the cover, "To be played at maximum volume" Really, the guitar work of Mick Ronson is delicious.

After savoring that, check out Diamond Dogs. Damn, that album still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck! :Q

 

[hpkeeper]

OH c'moN!!!!

how has anyone not mentioned Van Halen???

Eruption
Running with the Devil
Dance the night away
Jump
Panama
Hot for teacher
ain't talkin' 'bout love
Jamie's Cryin'

and the latter...

Humans being



How about a little Twisted Sister?

- we're not gonna take it
- I wanna rock

Judas Priest
- breakin' the law
- you've got another thing comin'

 

[kag]

Thanks, keep them coming!

 

[labrat25]

Van Halen: Hot for the Teacher, Mean Streets

Sammy Hagar: Red, Sympathy for the Human (personal favorite)

Montrose

 

[freakflag]

Ronny James Dio:
Last In LIne
Holy Diver

 

[hpkeeper]

I dunno if they fit in your category...

But Aerosmith...

they had a lot of songs around that time

- Sweet emotion
- Love in an elevator
- Walk this way
- back in the saddle


just to name a few.


KISS

- Detroit Rock City
- I wanna Rock and roll all night

Poison

- every rose has it's thorn
- talk dirty to me

WhiteSnake

- Here I go again
- Slide it in


Edit: I'm only 20... and I love all the bands that I've named, I'm right in your listening range there Kag

 

[kag]

Oh ya... I forgot about KISS, I have quite a few songs from them. I have Human Beings from Van Halen on my Twister (the movie) CD and it's an awesome song!

 

[Kalvin00]

Def Leppard:
Bringin' on the Heartbreak
Pour some sugar on me
Foolin'
Photograph

 

[hpkeeper]

ZZ top -

-Gimme all your lovin'
-Sharp Dressed Man
-Tush
-Legs
- Cheap Sunglasses
- LaGrange

 

[kag]

Oops, forgot ZZ Top too... I have their greatest hits CD

 

[hpkeeper]

Kag, how do you feel about 90's music?

Like soundgarden, stone temple pilots, earlier Red Hot Chili Peppers?

 

[kag]

Depends which band -- I didn't really listen to those bands you quoted at the time, but like Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun is a great song... and Audioslave was my favorite band last summer. My roommate listens to RHCP and I don't hate it.

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: kag
Depends which band -- I didn't really listen to those bands you quoted at the time, but like Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun is a great song... and Audioslave was my favorite band last summer. My roommate listens to RHCP and I don't hate it.

definitely check out some old school RHCP.... there new stuff is good, but BloodSugarSexMagic is a must have

 

[AlienCraft]

Deep Purple - Hush, Highway Star (song titles)
Journey - Journey (the first Album)
Robin Trower- The Bridge of Sighs (Album)

 

[Pepsi90919]

Fleetwood Mac - go by the album Rumours, and grab a copy of the song "Hold Me," and you have a large chuck of them covered.

i want to shoot you.

rumours is not representative of that band's best work.

 

[datalink7]

Led Zeppelin - I, II, III, IV
The Eagles - Greatest Hits
The Rolling Stones - Greatest Hits
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Final Cut, The Wall, The Division Bell,
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Elton John - Mad Man Across The Water
U2 - Joshua Tree
Tom Petty - Greatest Hits

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Fleetwood Mac - go by the album Rumours, and grab a copy of the song "Hold Me," and you have a large chuck of them covered.

i want to shoot you.

rumours is not representative of that band's best work.

Fleetwood Mac seems to think it is.
Infact it is the 8th best selling album of all time.
It has sold more copies that the Beatles White Album.
Fleetwood Mac even take 4 songs from it for their Greatest Hits album.
And 8 songs from it for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac.



Rumours
1. Second Hand News
2. Dreams
3. Never Going Back Again
4. Don't Stop
5. Go Your Own Way
6. Songbird
7. Chain
8. You Make Loving Fun
9. I Don't Want to Know
10. Oh Daddy
11. Gold Dust Woman

Greatest Hits
1. Rhiannon
2. Don't Stop *
3. Go Your Own Way *
4. Hold Me
5. Everywhere
6. Gypsy
7. You Make Loving Fun *
8. As Long as You Follow
9. Dreams *
10. Say You Love Me
11. Tusk
12. Little Lies
13. Sara
14. Big Love
15. Over My Head
16. No Questions Asked

The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Disc: 1

1. Monday Morning
2. Dreams *
3. You Make Loving Fun *
4. Go Your Own Way *
5. Rhiannon
6. Say You Love Me
7. I'm So Afraid
8. Silver Springs
9. Over My Head
10. Never Going Back Again *
11. Sara
12. Love In Store
13. Tusk
14. Landslide
15. Songbird
16. Big Love (Live, 1997)
Disc: 2

1. The Chain *
2. Don't Stop *
3. What Makes You Think You're The One
4. Gypsy
5. Second Hand News *
6. Little Lies
7. Think About Me
8. Go Insane (Live, 1997)
9. Gold Dust Woman *
10. Hold Me
11. Seven Wonders
12. World Turning
13. Everywhere
14. Sisters Of The Moon
15. Family Man
16. As Long As You Follow
17. No Questions Asked
18. Skies The Limit
19. Paper Doll

 

[Cerb]

Step 1: get bass. Some headphones and earbuds will do, but you NEED tight bass to properly listen to Led Zeppelin, Pink FLoyd, and EL&p at the least. The character and presence is totally different w/ and w/o decent bass.

Deep Purple:
Made in Japan (album). Great album. That's the live rip of SMoke on the Water you hear. The whole album is fantastic.
Hey Joe
Mistreated

Pink Floyd:
DSotM, of course.
IMO, The Final Cut is best, but you really can't go wrong.

Led Zeppelin:
The Ocean
Black Dog
Dancing Days
Dazed and Confused
Gallows Pole
Heartbreaker
Immigrant Song
In My Time of Dying
Kashmir
Moby Dick / Bonzo's Montreaux
No Quarter
Stairway, of course
The Battle of Evermore
Achilles last Stand
The Rain Song
The Wanton Song
Travelling Riverside Blues
When The Levee breaks
Your Time is Gonna Come
How Many More Times
Carouselambra
Black Mountain Side
Tea For One

Beatles:
their last five albums. Pick and choose; everyone I know has vastly different preferences, but likes the last five they made.

Queen:
A Night at the Opera (the ONLY bad song is God Save the Queen...you WILL bow down to The Prophet's Song!)
Jazz and A Day at the Races are great, too.

Aerosmith:
Toys in the Attic (no bad songs on that thing, IMO)

Warren Zevon:
I need to get some more. I have yet to hear anything by him I didn't like. RIP

Rainbow:
Rainbow (good)
Rainbow Rising (absolutely amazing...listen to Tarot Woman and Stargazer and you get hooked, and will forever love Dio)

Steppenwolf:
Jupiter's Child
The Pusher
Your Wall's Too High
It's Never Too Late
From Here to there Eventually
Everybody's Next One
The Ostrich
Desperation
Forty Days and Forty Nights (check out Muddy Waters while you're at it)
Monster - Suicide - America

Meatloaf:
Bat Out Of Hell (duh)
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
Paradise by the Dashboard Lights
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

Jethro Tull:
Thick as a Brick (album)
Aqualung
Cross-eyed Mary
Hymn 43
Locomotive Breath

Frank Zappa:
Apostrophe (album)(you just got to listen to sh!t about Nanook's favorite baby seal getting baten with a lead-filled snowshoe)

Grand Funk Railroad:
Inside Looking Out
Heartbreaker
On Time
Mean Mistreater

Emerson, Lake and Palmer:
Emerson, Lake and Palmer (album)(odd, but good)
Brain Salad Surgery (album)
You've heard it, you just might not know it.
"Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
We're so glad you could attend
come inside, come inside
There behind the glass stands a real blade of grass
move along, move along
Come inside, the show's about to start
Garunteed to blow your head apart!
Rest assured you'll get your money's worth
Greatest show in Heaven, Hell or Earth
You gotta see show, it'd a dynamo!
You gotta see the show, it's rock & roll!"
-Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression part 2, from Brain Salad Surgery.
And it has cool HR Giger cover art to boot

Elton John:
Holy Moses
Levon
Burn Down the Mission
Daniel
Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)

...that's all I can think of right now.