OT: Your All-Time Favorite Rock "Anthems"

[BigBird]

Still a ways to go until the season starts, so let's consider this urgent question, knowing that the future of planet Earth depends on your answer!

Most of us grew up in the rock era, and have (or have had) a string of favorite songs. What were the classic rock songs that you loved back in the day, but still deserve your love today? And, if you choose to, add a phrase explaining the why, or how, or who.

 

[BigBird]

10. Paint it Black, Rolling Stones (drum along, and at the bridge, just try to re-enter on the same beat as Charlie Watts does. You won't.)

9. The Story In Your Eyes, Moody Blues (is it thinly veiled "Jesus Rock?" Could be.)

8. Piano Concerto #1, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (just.plain.awesome.)

7. Once or Twice, Chicago (loved to crank it up on my Bose 901 II's. It just rips)

6. Manhole, Grace Slick (ironically, the best thing Slick ever did was a never-shot film score that was the least heard; today, the vinyl LP is a collector's item)

5. Tobacco Road, Blues Magoos (with Ralph Scala's keyboard work, it was wild and cool at the same time)

4. Soul Sacrifice, Santana (Carlos was and still is a great talent, a unique sound then and now)

3. Layla/fast version, Derek and the Dominoes (so classic, and so classy-unless you know the back story. Hint: Layla was a real person.

2. The Whistler, Jethro Tull (Ian Andersen tops even himself with a rockin' penny whistle)

1. Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who (Keith Moon's drumming is just unreal, as is Entwhistle's clean and fast bass run. The Who was way ahead of their time. Way ahead.

 

[8893]

 

[Adesmar123]

1910 Fruitgum Company
Yummy Yummy Yummy

 

[Kaizen]

 

[Aluminny69]

Rocking it, Old School!!!

Hail, hail rock and roll
Deliver me from the days of old
Long live rock and roll
The beat of the drums, loud and bold
Rock, rock, rock and roll
The feelin' is there, body and soul.

 

[Gus Mahler]

BigBird:

Can you define anthem, please?

I'm pleased to agree with you on Layla and Won't Get Fooled Again.

 

[MilfordHusky]

 

[MilfordHusky]

Definitely an ANTHEM.

 

[MilfordHusky]

 

[MilfordHusky]

 

[MilfordHusky]

 

[Kaizen]

BigBird:

Can you define anthem, please?

I'm pleased to agree with you on Layla and Won't Get Fooled Again.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[MilfordHusky]

Another version with maybe even more star power.

 

[BigBird]

BigBird:

Can you define anthem, please?

I'm pleased to agree with you on Layla and Won't Get Fooled Again.

Someone once called "Stairway to Heaven" the "rock national anthem." Then, merchandisers of all sorts gradually started referring to the more iconic and long-enduring songs as "rock anthems." More than that would be a guess from here.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Fabulous laser show.

 

[Gus Mahler]

OK . . .

Hey Jude
Layla
Won't Get Fooled Again
Question - Moody Blues
Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? - CCR
I Wanna Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Like a Rolling Stone - Dylan
Stairway to Heaven

Those are anthems, baby.

 

[uconnfan68]

One of the biggest regrets on my life... missing Woodstock for summer classes.

 

[lne001]

What? Rock Anthems and no mention of Queen.

 

[Kaizen]

One of my favorite

 

[Kaizen]

 

[BigBird]

OK . . .

Hey Jude
Layla
Won't Get Fooled Again
Question - Moody Blues
Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? - CCR
I Wanna Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Like a Rolling Stone - Dylan
Stairway to Heaven

Those are anthems, baby.

Cool list. I've been sitting here, checking out the responses, and thinking that I shouldn't have stopped at ten.

 

[Kaizen]

How can we forget this?

 

[Kaizen]