hmm... a few of mine [video=youtube;WEQnzs8wl6E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQnzs8wl6E"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQnzs8wl6E[/video] [video=youtube;nWvdKPpVWzw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWvdKPpVWzw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWvdKPpVWzw[/video] [video=youtube;spTtowVTVLg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spTtowVTVLg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spTtowVTVLg[/video] [video=youtube;cIvs4j4IniA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvs4j4IniA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIvs4j4IniA[/video] [video=youtube;YBgulSxpPbo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBgulSxpPbo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBgulSxpPbo[/video] and this just barely scratches the surface... a better question would narrow it down by genre
Like many have said there are just to many, but the first one I thought of is Paranoid, love that whole album. What about songs like sound of silence or the fighter, is that rock or folk songs? To many to chose from. Wish you were here.
Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve. I remember hearing it in Amsterdam the day after I met the woman I'd eventually marry. Seemed to be playing everywhere we went.
You heard it long before Amsterdam if you ever heard the Andrew Oldham Orchestra's version of the Rolling Stones' "The Last Time".
As a big blues fan its hard to pick a favorite "Rock" song. I mean some of my favorite songs are played with only hand-claps. But this song, a cover of the great Robert Johnson, would be near the top of my list. [video=youtube;GtEAp-Rybl0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtEAp-Rybl0[/video]
I wasn't aware of the back story until this thread made me google it. Man, the Rolling Stones and ABKO Records come off as douches: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_Symphony#Song_credits Kind of an interesting story. Anyway, I just watched the video for the first time.
I consider this to be my all time favorite rock song. [video=youtube;pyiHe2P5irA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyiHe2P5irA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyiHe2P5irA[/video]
Curt Boettcher is a forgotten genius of that period, close to the level of Brian Wilson, Ray Davies, Phil Spector or Paul McCartney/John Lennon, in my opinion. He wrote, sang and produced for a number of groups (the most famous of which was The Association unless you count his minimal work with the Beach Boys) and his early work influenced other great song-writers of the time. If you get a chance to find it to listen, I'd highly recommend the album Begin by The Millennium, his finest '60s band in my estimation. I think Begin is a landmark album, a top-ten album of the era. Just as you said about that song (which isn't on the album, it was for another of his groups), the album feels like it meshes everything good about that musical era. But it doesn't sound derivative at all, to me...it was a piece with the times, equal parts influence and influenced.
This is the one song that can turn any bad day or anything negative for me.. into a smile. What a BEAUTIFUL song!
If I had to choose one song to listen to the rest of my life, this would probably be it. Although I'm not as into Tool as I once was (Still love them, just not obsessively so), this song still blows me away, and even more so live. [video=youtube;awYc9xvqnv0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awYc9xvqnv0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awYc9xvqnv0[/video]
oh man they played soul to squeeze and wet sand last time I saw them.. the solo to end wet sand was EPIC when John played it!
Not a huge fan but Californication is probably my favorite rock album. All great songs with minimal fillers.
This should be on every one's top ten list [video=youtube;tkJNyQfAprY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkJNyQfAprY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkJNyQfAprY[/video]
