Heres my opinion of the 50 greatest rock songs that changed rock music (not in order from least to greatest):
1. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3. Bye Bye Love - The Cars (the everly brothers song is not rock)
4. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
5. Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
6. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
7. I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
8. Rock and Roll All Night - Kiss
9. Rocka Rolla - Judas Priest
10. Painkiller - Judas Priest
11. God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols (has youtube banned there videos? I cant find one barely at all!)
12. Just What I Needed - The Cars
13. Back In Black - AC/DC
14. Dangerous Basturd - Love Fist (it was 2002 when Rockstar Games put that song in Vice City (game), it sounded like a 80's song. If purverted video game makers can make glam metal revival, then so can real rock bands!)
15. Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Gay Cyrus (It was when the first country song, sounded like a cookie-cutter style pop song singer crying.)
16. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (marks when Physedelic rock and hard rock combined and later became the post genre of heavy metal, called heavy rock.)
17. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (all i should have to say is "Heavy metal thunder"! 1968.)
18. Lick It Up - Kiss
19. Get Back - The Beatles
20. Strawberry Rainfields Forever - The Beatles
21. My Best Friends Girl - The Cars (The first song ever to be mixed Art rock, Rockabilly and Power pop)
22. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
23. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
24. Barbie Girl - Aqua (The song could be described as" Bubblegum pop", but i prefer "annoying wave".)
25. Everyday - Buddy Holly
26. La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
27. Twist and Shout - The Beatles (i know they covered the song, but this version was more popular, plus, the song sounds exactly like a english La Bamba)
28. The Little Black Egg - Nightcrawlers (At first listen, it sounds folk rock, but then you start to think it's nursery rhyme pop because of the lyrics. Then after listening to it again, you realize it's Garage rock.)
29. Heart Of Glass - Blondie
30. Walk This Way - Run DMC/Aerosmith (one of the first Rap rock songs to recieve huge credit and FM airplay)
How about you guys decide the rest. Just comment on the blog and give me a list for who you think the next 20 should be! You dont have to have a blogger account, you can go under Anonymous. Please Comment!
