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Friday, June 6, 2008

Rolling Stone Top 100 Guitar Songs of All Time

This week, Rolling Stone came out with their list of 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All-Time.

I spent quite a while on their site looking at what they wrote, then, even more time watching video clips of the songs. I only got through the top 25. That brought back a lot of memories as almost all were from before 1980.

I have to admit that there were two of the top 25 I wasn't familiar with, but I am now.

Numbers 11-25. I also included the year and my comments.


11. Whole Lotta Love- Led Zeppelin-- 1969-- What a great start
12. Voodoo Child-- Jimi Hendrix-- 1968-- lesser-known, but great
13. Layla-- Derek & the Dominos-- 1970-- Eric Clapton, actually
14. Born to Run-- Bruce Springsteen 1975
15. My Generation-- Who-- 1965-- "Hope I Die Before I get Old." Too Late.
16. Cowgirl in the Sand-- Neil Young and Crazy Horse-- 1969-- Not one of my favorite ones
17. Black Sabbath-- Black Sabbath-- 1970-- my vote for scariest rock song
18. Blitzkrieg Bop-- Ramones-- 1976-- great chant at start
19. Purple Rain-- Prince-- 1984-- mighty good guitar-pickin'
20. People Get Ready-- Impressions-- 1965-- Now, that's some good old soul.
21. Seven Nation Army-- White Stripes-- 2003-- one I hadn't heard of
22. A Hard Day's Night-- Beatles-- 1964-- Let's run down the street
23. Over Under Sideways Down-- Yardbirds-- 1966-- Backwards, forwards...
24. Killing in the Name-- Rage Against the Machine-- 1992--hadn't heard of this either
25. Can't You Hear Me Knockin'-- Rolling Stones-- 1971

I Feel the Need for an Air Guitar. --RoadDog

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