Best Rock Songs Ever - An attempt to remember Rock hits

Written on 6:37 AM by Rahul Mathur

You and i know what Rock is ( not the stone ) . We have been influenced by thousands and thousands of songs but still some are pure legendary. This is an original post and if you find this similar to any post then , I DONT CARE.

Lets have a look at My all time favorite Rock Songs :

• Bohemian Raphsody :

It is a song by Freddie Mercury and originally recorded by the band Queen for their 1975 album A Night at the Opera. The song is in the style of a stream-of-consciousness nightmare, and has unusual musical structure for popular music (it has no chorus, instead consisting of seemingly disjunct sections including operatic segments and an a cappella and heavy metal part). Despite this, it was released as a single and became a huge commercial success. In addition, the song is widely hailed as Queen's magnum opus, and it marked a decisive point in the band's career and set them on the way to become one of the world's most popular music groups. The single was accompanied by a groundbreaking music video (then termed a "promotional video") which helped establish the visual language of the modern music video. A truncated version of the song was included in all Queen's subsequent live concert performances (it is impossible to reproduce live in its entirety, being a complex studio creation) and still enjoys great popularity around the world. It is ranked #163 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". But people call it the best song ever written , for me it is True.
You wanna relive the moment and see the legendary freddie and his band queen sing the best rock song ever ? Here you go :

• Stairway to Heaven :
• • "Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's fourth studio album, Led Zeppelin IV. It is the most requested and most played^[3] song on FM radio stations in the United States, despite never having been released as a single there. In November 2007, through download sales promoting their recent Mothership release, the song hit #37 on the UK Singles Chart and #13 on the New Zealand Singles Chart .

• Like a Rolling Stone :
  Like a Rolling Stone" is a Bob Dylan song from the album Highway 61 Revisited. It was released as a single in 1965 and is one of the most widely recognized and influential of Dylan's songs. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it as the greatest song of all time. In his 1988 speech inducting Dylan into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen remembered, "The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody had kicked open the door to your mind". Website Acclaimed Music also ranks it #1 on its Top 3000 songs list.

• Satisfaction : I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is a hit riff-driven rock song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for The Rolling Stones and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song as number 2 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, while VH1 placed it at number 1 on its "100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll" list. In 2006 it was added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.
• ^{Purple Haze :} Purple Haze is a song recorded in 1967 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released as a single in both the United Kingdom and the United States.

  The single peaked at number three in the UK but only number 65 in the US, where it was released in June 1967, a month after the UK LP "Are You Experienced" and three months after the UK single. In March 2005, Q magazine ranked "Purple Haze" at number one in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. The Rolling Stone magazine placed the song at No. 17 in their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

• Hey Jude : Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles that was recorded in 1968. Originally titled "Hey Jules", the ballad was written by McCartney—and credited to Lennon/McCartney—to comfort John Lennon's son Julian during his parents' divorceHey Jude" was released in August 1968 as the first single from The Beatles' record label Apple Records. Over seven minutes in length, "Hey Jude" was at the time the longest single ever to top the British charts. It also spent nine weeks as number one in the United States—the longest run at the top of the American charts for a Beatles single. The single has sold approximately eight million copies and is frequently included on professional lists of the all-time best songs.
• Smells like teen spirit : Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana, and the opening track and lead single from the band's 1991 breakthrough album NevermindTeen Spirit" was Nirvana's first and biggest hit, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and placing high on music industry charts all around the world in 1991 and 1992.The song was dubbed an "anthem for apathetic kids" of Generation XIn the years since Nirvana's breakup, listeners and critics have continued to praise "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
• Hotel California :Hotel California is an album released by the American rock band The Eagles in late 1976 (see 1976 in music). Hotel California was the Eagles' fifth album of original material and became a critical success and a major commercial hit; since its release in late 1976, it has sold over 16 million copies in the U.S. alone. The album was at #1 for eight weeks in early 1977 (non-consecutively), and included two tracks which became #1 hits as singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "New Kid in Town", on February 26, 1977, and "Hotel California" on May 7, 1977.Hotel California is one of the top 15 best-selling albums of all time in any category.

• Respect : highly controversial - i blame VH1 poll for this Note - Please check out this Vh1 2000 POLL and i am sorry if i misunderstood things
  

• Respect" is a 1967 hit and the signature song of the R&B singer Aretha Franklin, written and originally released by Volt recording artist Otis Redding in 1965. While Redding wrote the song as a man's plea for respect and recognition from a woman, the roles were reversed for Franklin's version. Aretha Franklin's cover was a landmark for the feminist movement, and is often considered as one of the best songs of the Rock & Roll era, earning her two Grammy Award in 1968 for "Best Rhythm & Blues Recording" and "Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female", and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2002, the Library of Congress honored Franklins version by adding it to the National Recording Registry. It is number five on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.It was Ranked at second position in the list of Vh1 Best rock songs. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
• Good Vibrations : Good Vibrations" is a pop single by The Beach Boys. The song was composed by and produced by Brian Wilson, with lyrics by Wilson and Mike Love.Released as a single on October 10, 1966 (backed with the Pet Sounds instrumental "Let's Go Away For Awhile"), it was the band's third U.S. number-one hit, after "I Get Around" and "Help Me, Rhonda", reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1966, as well as being their first British chart-topper.

I did a lot of research for this , i spent 1 week listening to all the songs above. They arnt in Ranks or something so you all can jumble them according to your likes or dislikes. Hope you like my list and if i dont have your favourite in the list , it might be possible he isnt worth it . Lol , just kiddin , personal opinions vary don't they ? Before signing off remember , this is the collection of all time rock songs , they arn't collection of HARD ROCK songs. Keep this in mind and enjoy !

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