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This is not an easy question to answer, but here goes:

Joe Walsh- Life's Been Good (lyrically it personifies the rock & roll live fast, die young mentality, not one of my favorites but the definition of the lifestyle is in there)
Kiss- Rock & Roll All Night LIVE (and this only applies to the live version; I do not like any Kiss music but this is quite possibly the greatest live music spectacle I've ever witnessed)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- My Friends (just simple and beautiful)
Nine Inch Nails- Hurt (feel the pain and sorrow; Johnny Cash did a great cover of this also and the Cash video is hauntingly perfect)
Pink Floyd- Hey You (hey you, out there on the road always doing what you're told....hits way too close to home to ever get away from those lyrics)
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Simple Man (listen daily)

I know I'm in a different generation with some of these, but everyone has their reasons and the music that speaks to them. How could anyone ever pick just one? I'm up to 23 gigs of music and I still find more I like every day.

P.S. thanks for reminding me of The Allman Brothers.

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I still remember the night we all sat around on my friends porch tripping on mushrooms and smoking something other than cigars. A mutual friend came over with the brand new Led Zep album. We put it on the turntable and proceeded to have our minds blown away.

http://www.whatihearyousayingis.com/zoso.jpg

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the end....by the doors
ten years gone...by zeppelin

a few that come to mind

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Lot of good songs on here.
My only question is how many of them are pure rock and roll and how many are just a$$kicking rock?

I've always felt that there is a difference between the two.

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:chr

Good man! That's my fave Zep tune, right there.

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I'm listening to a Buddy Guy version right now.

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My personal favorite LZ tune: When the Levee Breaks

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I think I'd have to pick Hey, Hey, What Can I do - Zeppelin

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Can't go wrong, there. Top 10 for sure!

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Hey now. You're from western PA. You're supposed to vote for Donnie Iris' Ah Leah! or Tough World. :D

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Today's #1 Lou Reed-Rock and Roll - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArRex...eature=related :banger

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Gotta be "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry. Whenever I think of "traditional" rock & roll, this song is always the first that pops into my head.

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maybe not be the "best ever" but it is awesome for sure.

Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

:banger

All the players on that tune are tearing it up. And it is great from a composition stand point too. You can knock off some points for no vocals but still I think it deserves a mention.

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Sweet Home Alabama by Lynard Skynard

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Freebird!:banger:

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This one too!

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The bride and I had this conversation Saturday. IMHO Sweet Home Alabama is the best American rock song. (Although Free Bird was my high school class song and I still love it.)

I love The Who's Behind Blue Eyes. I guess that's because I am the evil man behind blue eyes.;)

But I gotta say I think U2's Bad is my favorite all time rock song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPyhYczii8I Don't bother watching, just relax and listen.

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Well, I just got through listening to Electric Ladyland for the umpteenth-hundred time, and I have to stand by what I said - it is Voodoo Child, Voodoo Child, Lord knows that it's Voodoo Child. It taps into all the roots of American music, then blows them all away. Between that song and Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue", one can learn everything essential in our musical culture.

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Here's the scene...I'm in the eletric chair with one song request left. Give me a damn nice pair of headphones and put "Wish You Were Here" in. To top it off, play the Gold SBM CD version. Pull the handle as the winds blow at the end...

This tune automatically puts me in a diferent mood for 5 minutes. It reminds me of many things and most often reminds me of my college days. The beautiful 12-string intro and the haphazard rhyming lines, along with the subtle piano and organ make for a solid recording. It fades in, does what it was meant to do, and fades away. How could you ask for more?

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Another one I thought of:

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

Riders on the Storm

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I just listened to The Stooges doing Raw Power. I can't think of anything else to say.

MCS

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I am with you on the Pink Floyd. They have a very special talent for taking you wherever they want you to be for the duration of a song.

I can still listen to the "Animals" album on repeat for days without thinking of changing it. :chr

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My second choice - yep, yep, yep!!!:tu

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2 come to mind;
Jimi Hendrix-Manic Depression=Old school azz kickin
Judas Priest-Painkiller=http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hpUx05hyHY&feature=related This version gets the blood flowing:banger

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Should I stay or Should I go

The Clash

There are so many i Like thats the first that popped in to my Head

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Welcome to the Jungle
Hotel California (if that's a rock & roll song) Guitar Hero anyone :D

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A couple come to mind.

Call me the breeze - Skynyrd's version
Billy Powell on piano ... yessir.

Layla ... love Clapton and Allman playing together.

Queen - the show must go on. Great Lyrics, singing by Freddy and may's guitar.

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Yeah, me too - but I much prefer the guitar dual they have in Key To The Highway. IMHO, the best song on that album, by far.

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The best thing about threads like this one is that someone is bound to remind you of a song you love but have somehow forgotten about. This one is killer! thanks hotreds :D

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Great song there.

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I'm more of a metal fan, but Rock and Roll All Nite by Kiss.

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Here's todays #1. Crossroads-Cream:banger

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Search and Destroy by Iggy and the Stooges.

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Oh yeah baybeee!!!!


MCS

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the Cradle will Rock!!!

Van Halen

"have you Seen juniors Graaades??!!!"

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Does Jimi get credit for this one or Bob Dylan for writing it and making the original recording?

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Word, brotha!

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edited because I goofed up the chain of quoted posts....

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Especially near and dear to my heart because of the DeeTroit connection. Iggy's Dad taught at a Dearborn High School local to me, Fordson High in east Dearborn. Dearborn, Detroit, we are all in the same Metro area of the motor city so....We stick together __________________

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Whoa, digging up an old thread Ron.

Like most here have stated, depends on the day. For me, it’s You Really Got Me - VH. Iconic riff, you know what song it is instantly.