The Greatest Songs of All Time

[Richland123]

Some good choices so far.

I will add some others that are personal favorites

Kansas - Song For America
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
John Lennon - Imagine
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
The Beatles - The Magical Mystery Tour
Yes - Roundabout

[Endureth]

Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
John Williams - Imperial March

[SolarMan]

I also vote for: Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

(giving that 3+)

...and easily one of the greatest songs ever

(IMO

[dougjwray]

Imagine ~ John Lennon

A Change is Gonna Come ~ Sam Cooke

Your Cheatin' Heart ~ Hank Williams

Blowing in the Wind ~ Bob Dylan

Little Wing ~ Jimi Hendrix

[viper4000]

What a Wonderful World

[nutso42]

Alice in Chains - Rooster +1
Badfinger - Baby Blue +1
Barney - The Wheels On the Bus +1
B.B. King - Key to the Highway +1
Beatles - A Day in the Life
Beatles - Hey Jude +1
Beatles - I'm Looking Through You +1
Beatles - Let It Be +1
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour +1
Beethoven - 9th Symphony
Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots +1
Black Sabbath - Paranoid +1
Black Sabbath - War Pigs +2
Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind +1
Bob Dylan - Desolation Row +1
Bob Dylan - Hurricane +2
Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue +1
Clash - London Calling +1
Clutch - I Have the Body of a John Wilkes Booth +1
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla +1
Don Henley- The Boys of Summer +2
Eberhard Weber - Children's Song No. 1 +1
Four Tops - Walk Away Renee +2
Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower +1
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart +1
Jane's Addiction - Then She Did... +1
Jethro Tull - Aqualung +1
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick +1
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing +2
John Williams - Imperial March +1
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart +1
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son +1
Kansas - Song For America +1
King Crimson - Starless
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog +2
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir +1
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven +1
Led Zeppelin - The Ocean +1
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World +1
Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin +2
Pink Floyd - Hey You +1
Police - Message In a Bottle +1
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody +2
Queen - Somebody To Love +1
Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter +1
Rush - Freewill +1
Rush - Limelight +1
Rush - Spirit of Radio +2
Rush - Tom Sawyer +1
Rush - YYZ +2
Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come +1
Talking Heads - Once In a Lifetime +2
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher +2
Who - Love (Reign O'er Me) +1
Who - Won't Get Fooled Again +2
Yes - Roundabout +2

BEST EVER (+3 apiece)
Beatles - Across the Universe
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
John Lennon - Imagine

[kevmc28]

U2 - "Gloria"
Replacements - "Can't Hardly Wait"
Jane's Addiction - "Three Days"
The Cure - Untitled
Radiohead - "Electioneering"
Jimi Hendrix Experience - "The Wind Cries Mary"
Elvis Costello - "God's Comic"
The Beatles - "A Day in the Life" +2
Rush - "Time Stand Still"
Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"
The Clash - "Clampdown"
U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name"
The Beatles - "Let It Be"
Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter" +2
Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven" +2
Neil Young - "Natural Beauty"
Don Henley - "The Boys of Summer" +3
Bob Dylan - "Masters of War"
Bob Dylan - "Tombstone Blues"
Living Colour - "Type"
U2 - "New Year's Day"
Neil Young - "Thrasher"
Suzanne Vega - "The Queen and the Soldier"

[nutso42]

Alice in Chains - Rooster +1
Badfinger - Baby Blue +1
Barney - The Wheels On the Bus +1
B.B. King - Key to the Highway +1
Beatles - Hey Jude +1
Beatles - I'm Looking Through You +1
Beatles - Let It Be +2
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour +1
Beethoven - 9th Symphony
Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots +1
Black Sabbath - Paranoid +1
Black Sabbath - War Pigs +2
Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind +1
Bob Dylan - Desolation Row +1
Bob Dylan - Hurricane +2
Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue +1
Clash - Clampdown +2
Clash - London Calling +1
Clutch - I Have the Body of a John Wilkes Booth +1
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla +1
Eberhard Weber - Children's Song No. 1 +1
Four Tops - Walk Away Renee +2
Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower +1
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart +1
Jane's Addiction - Then She Did... +1
Jethro Tull - Aqualung +1
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick +1
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing +2
Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary +2
John Williams - Imperial March +1
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart +1
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son +1
Kansas - Song For America +1
King Crimson - Starless
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog +2
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir +1
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven +2
Led Zeppelin - The Ocean +1
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World +1
Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin +2
Pink Floyd - Hey You +1
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here +2
Police - Message In a Bottle +1
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody +2
Queen - Somebody To Love +1
Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking +1
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter +2
Rush - Freewill +1
Rush - Limelight +1
Rush - Spirit of Radio +2
Rush - Time Stand Still +2
Rush - Tom Sawyer +1
Rush - YYZ +2
Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come +1
Talking Heads - Once In a Lifetime +2
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name +2
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher +2
Who - Love (Reign O'er Me) +1
Who - Won't Get Fooled Again +2
Yes - Roundabout +2

BEST EVER (+3 apiece)
Beatles - Across the Universe
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
John Lennon - Imagine
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Beatles - A Day in the Life

[kevmc28]

AC/DC - "Back in Black"
Gerry Rafferty - "Baker Street"
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - "Jungleland"
Elvis Presley - "Suspicious Minds"
The Ramones - "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue"
Don McLean - "American Pie"
Boston - "More Than a Feeling"
The Cars - "Just What I Needed"

[nutso42]

AC/DC - Back in Black +2
Alice in Chains - Rooster +1
Badfinger - Baby Blue +1
Barney - The Wheels On the Bus +1
B.B. King - Key to the Highway +1
Beatles - Hey Jude +1
Beatles - I'm Looking Through You +1
Beatles - Let It Be +2
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour +1
Beethoven - 9th Symphony
Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots +1
Black Sabbath - Paranoid +1
Black Sabbath - War Pigs +2
Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind +1
Bob Dylan - Desolation Row +1
Bob Dylan - Hurricane +2
Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue +1
Boston - More Than a Feeling +2
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Jungleland +2
The Cars - Just What I Needed +1
Clash - Clampdown +2
Clash - London Calling +1
Clutch - I Have the Body of a John Wilkes Booth +1
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla +1
Don McLean - American Pie +1
Eberhard Weber - Children's Song No. 1 +1
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds +1
Four Tops - Walk Away Renee +2
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +1
Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower +1
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart +1
Jane's Addiction - Then She Did... +1
Jethro Tull - Aqualung +1
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick +1
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing +2
Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary +2
John Williams - Imperial March +1
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart +1
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son +1
Kansas - Song For America +1
King Crimson - Starless
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog +2
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir +1
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven +2
Led Zeppelin - The Ocean +1
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World +1
Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin +2
Pink Floyd - Hey You +1
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here +2
Police - Message In a Bottle +1
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody +2
Queen - Somebody To Love +1
Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue +2
Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking +1
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter +2
Rush - Freewill +1
Rush - Limelight +1
Rush - Spirit of Radio +2
Rush - Time Stand Still +2
Rush - Tom Sawyer +1
Rush - YYZ +2
Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come +1
Talking Heads - Once In a Lifetime +2
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name +2
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher +2
Who - Love (Reign O'er Me) +1
Who - Won't Get Fooled Again +2
Yes - Roundabout +2

BEST EVER (+3 apiece)
Beatles - Across the Universe
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
John Lennon - Imagine
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Beatles - A Day in the Life

[rymiraflores]

MOUNTAIN.... THEME FOR AN IMAGINARY WESTERN
MOUNTAIN...NANTUCKET SLEIGHRIDE
WEST, BRUCE AND LAING...OUT INTO THE FIELDS
FREE... Mr. BIG
FREE...REMEMBER
ROBIN TROWER.. LONG MISTY DAYS
BOSTON...MORE THAN A FEELING
QUEEN...BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
FOUR TOPS...WALK AWAY RENEE
CORRIES..AE FOND KISS
GRAHAM BONNET...ONLY ONE WOMAN
KANSAS...WHAT´S ON MY MIND

[Atoz]

Originally Posted by mogpipe

...

Baby Blue - Badfinger

+1

[jackcassruce]

As bassists of any age I would hope that "Crossroads" by Cream and " Crown of Creation " by Jefferson Airplane would be #1 and #2 as to when legitimate bass playing began in rock .

[Nev375]

This is tricky because you have to figure out what makes a song great. In my mind, it's not popularity or being well known. I based my list on how hard a song is to follow in a playlist. Seems to me, when one of the following songs play, the next one is bound to be a let down (at least to me). All of these are musical genius in various ways to me sometimes musically, and sometimes lyrically.


Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Mark Knopfler - What it Is
Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
Tracy Chapman - Bang Bang Bang


+1 U2 - Where the Streets Have no Name

[nutso42]

AC/DC - Back in Black +2
Alice in Chains - Rooster +1
Badfinger - Baby Blue +2
Barney - The Wheels On the Bus +1
B.B. King - Key to the Highway +1
Beatles - Hey Jude +1
Beatles - I'm Looking Through You +1
Beatles - Let It Be +2
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour +1
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata +1
Beethoven - 9th Symphony +2
Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots +1
Black Sabbath - Paranoid +1
Black Sabbath - War Pigs +2
Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind +1
Bob Dylan - Desolation Row +1
Bob Dylan - Hurricane +2
Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue +1
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Jungleland +2
The Cars - Just What I Needed +1
Clash - Clampdown +2
Clash - London Calling +1
Clutch - I Have the Body of a John Wilkes Booth +1
Corries - Ae Fond Kiss +1
Cream - Crossroads +1
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla +1
Don McLean - American Pie +1
Eberhard Weber - Children's Song No. 1 +1
Elbow - Grounds for Divorce +1
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds +1
Free - Mr. Big +1
Free - Remember +1
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +1
Graham Bonnet - Only One Woman +1
Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower +1
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart +1
Jane's Addiction - Then She Did... +1
Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation +1
Jethro Tull - Aqualung +1
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick +1
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing +2
Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary +2
John Williams - Imperial March +1
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart +1
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son +1
Kansas - Song For America +1
Kansas - What's On My Mind +1
King Crimson - Starless
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog +2
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir +1
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven +2
Led Zeppelin - The Ocean +1
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World +1
Mark Knopfler - What it Is +1
Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin +2
Mountain - Nantucket Sleigh Ride +1
Mountain - Theme For an Imaginary Western +1
Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter +1
Pink Floyd - Hey You +1
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here +2
Police - Message In a Bottle +1
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
Queen - Somebody To Love +1
Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue +2
Robin Trowers - Long Misty Days +1
Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking +1
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter +2
Rush - Freewill +1
Rush - Limelight +1
Rush - Spirit of Radio +2
Rush - Time Stand Still +2
Rush - Tom Sawyer +1
Rush - YYZ +2
Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come +1
Talking Heads - Once In a Lifetime +2
Tracy Chapman - Bang Bang Bang +1
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher +2
West, Bruce, and Laing - Out Into the Fields +1
Who - Love (Reign O'er Me) +1
Who - Won't Get Fooled Again +2
Yes - Roundabout +2

BEST EVER (+3 apiece)
Beatles - Across the Universe
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
John Lennon - Imagine
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Beatles - A Day in the Life
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Four Tops - Walk Away Renee
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name

[Richland123]

FYI - The Left Banke did the original "English version" of "Walk Away Renée" in 1966 (#5 Billboard Top 40). The English lyrics were composed by the group's 16-year-old keyboard player Michael Brown (real name Michael Lookofsky) and Tony Sansone.

Bob Calilli is also credited as a writer, as he originally wrote the French song "Quand un Amour Renaît" for Sylvie Vartan, and his melody is the same on both records.

The song was also a hit for the Four Tops in 1968 (#14 Billboard Top 40).

Sylvie Vartan / Quand un amour renaît

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W6rDmhtXmI

The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAh1dQu_pg

The Four Tops - Walk Away Renee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB4WwPVEv8c

[davidgoldman]

1. Satisfaction - Stones
2. My Generation - Who
3. I Can See For Miles - Who
4. Mr. Your a Better Man then I- Yardbirds
5. The Thrill is Gone - BB King

Yea, I'm old.

[zfunkman]

Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof of the Sucka') - Parliament
I Want You (She's so Heavy) - Beatles
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
Round About - Yes
Spirit of Radio - Rush
In My Time of Dying - Led Zepplin
Karn Evil 9 - ELP
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Shining Star - EWF
If You Want Me to Stay - Sly & the Family Stone

[nutso42]

AC/DC - Back in Black +2
Alice in Chains - Rooster +1
Badfinger - Baby Blue +2
Barney - The Wheels On the Bus +1
B.B. King - Key to the Highway +1
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone +2
Beatles - Hey Jude +2
Beatles - I'm Looking Through You +1
Beatles - I Want You (She's so Heavy) +1
Beatles - Let It Be +2
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour +1
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata +1
Beethoven - 9th Symphony +2
Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots +1
Black Sabbath - Paranoid +1
Black Sabbath - War Pigs +2
Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind +1
Bob Dylan - Desolation Row +1
Bob Dylan - Hurricane +2
Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue +1
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Jungleland +2
The Cars - Just What I Needed +1
Clash - Clampdown +2
Clash - London Calling +1
Clutch - I Have the Body of a John Wilkes Booth +1
Corries - Ae Fond Kiss +1
Cream - Crossroads +1
Deep Purple - Highway Star +1
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla +1
Don McLean - American Pie +1
Eberhard Weber - Children's Song No. 1 +1
Elbow - Grounds for Divorce +1
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds +1
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil 9 +1
EWF - Shining Star +1
Free - Mr. Big +1
Free - Remember +1
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +1
Graham Bonnet - Only One Woman +1
Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower +1
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart +1
Jane's Addiction - Then She Did... +1
Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation +1
Jethro Tull - Aqualung +1
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick +1
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing +2
Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary +2
John Williams - Imperial March +1
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart +1
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son +1
Kansas - Song For America +1
Kansas - What's On My Mind +1
King Crimson - Starless
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog +2
Led Zeppelin - In My Time of Dying +1
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir +1
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven +2
Led Zeppelin - The Ocean +1
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World +1
Mark Knopfler - What it Is +1
Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin +2
Mountain - Nantucket Sleigh Ride +1
Mountain - Theme For an Imaginary Western +1
Parliament - Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof of the Sucka') +1
Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter +1
Pink Floyd - Hey You +1
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here +2
Police - Message In a Bottle +1
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
Queen - Somebody To Love +1
Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue +2
Robin Trowers - Long Misty Days +1
Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking +1
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter +2
Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction +2
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil +1
Rush - Freewill +1
Rush - Limelight +1
Rush - Time Stand Still +2
Rush - Tom Sawyer +1
Rush - YYZ +2
Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come +1
Sly & the Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay +2
Talking Heads - Once In a Lifetime +2
Tracy Chapman - Bang Bang Bang +1
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher +2
West, Bruce, and Laing - Out Into the Fields +1
Who - I Can See For Miles +1
Who - Love (Reign O'er Me) +1
Who - My Generation +2
Who - Won't Get Fooled Again +2
Yardbirds - I'm a Man +1

BEST EVER (+3 apiece)
Beatles - Across the Universe
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
John Lennon - Imagine
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Beatles - A Day in the Life
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Four Tops - Walk Away Renee
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
Yes - Roundabout
Rush - Spirit of Radio

[nutso42]

I just dawned on me that out of the +3 list so far, the only one I've not heard is Four Tops' Walk Away Renee.

Looks like I need to give it a listen!