Rolling Stones Top 100 Guitar Songs

[Frau_Blucher]

Yay Ramones, Stooges, Television, The Clash, U2, Sonic Youth, MBV and....The Smiths!

100 Tool - "Vicarious"
99 My Morning Jacket - "Run Thru"
98 Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Under the Bridge"
97 Queens of the Stone Age - "No One Knows"
96 Hüsker Dü - "New Day Rising"
95 Moby Grape - "Omaha"
94 Dire Sraits - "Money for Nothing"
93 My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow"
92 Mick Jagger - "Memo from Turner"
91 The Mars Volta - "Drunkship of Lanterns"
90 The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?"
89 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - "I Love Rock N Roll"
88 Quicksilver Messenger Service - "Mona"
87 King Crimson - "Red"
86 Jeff Beck - "I Ain't Superstitious"
85 Phish - "You Enjoy Myself"
84 John Mayer - "Gravity"
83 Sublime - "What I Got"
82 The Ventures - "Walk -- Don't Run"
81 Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
80 Steely Dan - "Kid Charlemagne"
79 Sonic Youth - "Silver Rocket"
78 Buddy Guy - "Stone Crazy"
77 Pearl Jam - "Even Flow"
76 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "American Girl"
75 Frank Zappa - "Willie the Pimp"
74 ZZ Top - "La Grange"
73 Blue Cheer - "Summertime Blues"
72 Weezer - "Say It Ain't So"
71 The Strokes - "Take It Or Leave It"
70 Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
69 Pink Floyd - "Money"
68 B.B. King - "The Thrill is Gone"
67 Bruce Springsteen - "Adam Raised A Cain"
66 Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Texas Flood"
65 The Police - "Message in a Bottle"
64 Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Freebird"
63 Guns n' Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine"
62 Albert King - "Born Under a Bad Sign"
61 Sam And Dave - "Soul Man"
60 Funkadelic - "Maggot Brain"
59 Jeff Beck - "Freeway Jam"
58 Link Wray - "Rumble"
57 Grateful Dead - "Dark Star"
56 The Byrds - "Eight Miles High"
55 Cream - "White Room"
54 Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Little Wing"
53 Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Born on the Bayou"
52 Radiohead - "My Iron Lung"
51 Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
50 Pixies - "Debaser"
49 Jimi Hendrix - "Machine Gun"
48 The Clash - "London Calling"
47 Van Halen - "Panama"
46 Dick Dale and the Del-Tones - "Miserlou"
45 The Beatles - "I Saw Her Standing There"
44 Sleater-Kinney - "Dig Me Out"
43 The Sex Pistols - "Holidays in the Sun"
42 John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - "Hideaway"
41 Television - "Marquee Moon"
40 The Who - "I Can See for Miles"
39 Santana - "Black Magic Woman"
38 The Faces - "Stay With Me"
37 Elvis Presley - "That's All Right"
36 Pink Floyd - "Interstellar Overdrive"
35 The Stooges - "1969"
34 Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
33 Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
32 Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing"
31 Queen - "Keep Yourself Alive"
30 Bill Haley and His Comets - "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock"
29 AC/DC - "Back in Black"
28 U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name"
27 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - "Look Over Yonders Wall"
26 B.B. King - "How Blue Can You Get"
25 The Rolling Stones - "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
24 Rage Against the Machine- "Killing in the Name"
23 The Yardbirds - "Over Under Sideways Down"
22 The Beatles - "A Hard Day's Night"
21 The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
20 The Impressions - "People Get Ready"
19 Prince and the Revolution - "Purple Rain"
18 Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"
17 Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath"
16 Neil Young with Crazy Horse - "Cowgirl in the Sand"
15 The Who - "My Generation"
14 Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run"
13 Derek and the Dominos - "Layla"
12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
11 Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love"
10 Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
09 The Allman Brothers Band - "Statesboro Blues"
08 Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven"
07 The Beatles - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
06 Van Halen - "Eruption"
05 Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar"
04 The Kinks - "You Really Got Me"
03 Cream - "Crossroads"
02 Jimi Hendrix - "Purple Haze"
01 Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode

[Minty]

The first song that immediately came to my mind was Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear The Reaper". It should be in the top 10. How it's not on this list is beyond me.

[coop41]

Those wankers at Rolling Stone just roll out the same tired as list every six months and just rename it

[dcappe]

Seriously - does anyone read Rolling Stone?
It is as bad now as it was 25 years ago when I first read it.
I can't name one decent North American music magazine.
Mojo all the way for me.

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[coop41]

[quote][i]Originally posted by dcappe[/i]
<br>Seriously - does anyone read Rolling Stone?
It is as bad now as it was 25 years ago when I first read it.
I can't name one decent North American music magazine.
Mojo all the way for me.

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[/quote]

the Big Takeover

[Terim]

[quote][i]Originally posted by dcappe[/i]
<br>I can't name one decent North American music magazine.
[/quote]

<a href="http://www.exclaim.ca/">Exclaim!</a>

You have to skim over some sections, but the breadth is admirable and the price is right.

[djcraig]

#95 Moby Grape - "Omaha"

#92 Mick Jagger - "Memo from Turner"

#87 King Crimson - "Red"

#60 Funkadelic - "Maggot Brain"

#44 Sleater-Kinney - "Dig Me Out"

Wha?

This is obviously someone's personal, eclectic song list. The next time I hear these will be the first time.

Very subjective. How does one decide that The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" should be at #12 but "Red House", "All Along The Watchtower", "Hey Joe", "Foxey Lady", "Bold As Love" and "Fire" don't make the list?

Or that The Stones "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and "Brown Sugar" rank here but other classics including "Satisfaction" (probably THE most recognized guitar riff in history) don't?

Here's the topper:

#20 The Impressions - "People Get Ready"

The Impressions are a frickin' vocal group! The song is 2:39 and features a 13 second, rudimentary guitar fill (I wouldn't even call it a solo). WTF?

<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

[Frau_Blucher]

Shit, I wonder if it was all just a big ploy to get some internet cunts talking about it? [B)]

[djcraig]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>Shit, I wonder if it was all just a big ploy to get some internet cunts talking about it? [B)]
[/quote]

Sooo... Rolling Stone has now decided to make playing practical jokes their goal.

That's good because the whole music thing hasn't been working out for them too well lately.

[SallyLightfoot]

I know they mentioned that their criteria was subjective, but I thought that their list really sucked. They obviously limited the list to either popular rock, or critically/historically acclaimed rock.

I nearly gagged when I read U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name" at number 28. What a joke!

Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain" is recognized by critics as one of the greatest acid-soaked epic guitar solos ever. Not my favorite song of theirs, but I appreciate the guitar work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP1ZGOI7M2I

My favorite guitar band is probably the Danish band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy from back in the 90's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxXICq153pM Those guys were off the hook. In any case, imho you could easily replace 40% of that list with superior selections.

[i_like_lectric_motors]

Lots of undeserving crap on that list (although King Crimson and Maggot Brain definitely belong). Bo Diddley must be rolling over in his grave already.