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Top 10 American Rock Songs

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    Early Beach Boys is straight up lifted from Chuck Berry.

    Surfin USA is Sweet Little Sixteen reworked.



     
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    Stresm of consciousness, these are the first things that popped in my head. (BTW, Red Ryder is Canadian, I believe).







    Not sure they'd stand up to scrutiny, but that's where my mind went.
     
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    I had a plethora of songs to add to this list until I saw Beach Boys categorized as Rock. Aren't they Pop? F' it I will put one of my favorite songs on this list: "Mother" by Danzig.


     
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    Golden Earring are from the Netherlands.
     
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    Thought the same thing. BB rock? This is so subjective, because the definition of 'Rock' has evolved over the years to a point where the Beach Boys are now considered easy listening. Great song, btw.

    I feel like you would get a PhD if you really took the time to break down the true definition of Rock and then apply it to every song ever to compile an inarguable comprehensive list, sort of like a statistical all-time best NBA player list. And people would still argue it.

    Here's a list. Subtract non-American bands:

    https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songsddd.html

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     
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    Here's my list: Top 10 most Influential Or Quintessential American Rock Songs (not necessarily my fav)

    1. Eagles -Hotel California
    2. Creedence - Fortunate Son
    3. Tom Petty - Free Fallin (really you could group his top 5 songs as a tie)
    4. Lynard Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (hate this song)
    5. Nirvana - Smells like Teen Spirit
    6. Aerosmith - Dream on
    7. Bruce - Born in the USA
    8. Journey - Don't Stop Believin
    9. Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
    10. Guns n Roses - Sweet Child of Mine

    .............

    I tried to think of what my top 10 favorite American Rock songs would be, and I quickly realized I really don't like American Rock much at all. I think there are some of the greatest musicians of all time out of the US, but rock music really has its best work out of the UK. I think Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is such a rarity in popular music to be at the level that you really only saw coming out of England at the time. It's a shame Americans don't have more affection for Wilson and the Beach Boys.

    Anyways, those top three Eagles, Creedence, Petty really are the quintessential American Rock sounds of our nations history with rock music, and its really not even close. The only exception is Nirvana and Guns n Roses who are the only artists here to heavily rely on guitar pedals for distortion. The guitar tone, the gain level of the guitar coming straight from an amp, the chord structures, the lead guitar driven songs, the lyric structure.... that's it IMO.
     
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    Ramones (punk)
    Allman Bros (southern)
    Talking Heads (new wave?)
    Metallica (metal)
    Nirvana (grunge)
    Bob Dylan (folk)
    Creedence (60's rock? other bands here, but not the ****ing Eagles)
    Springsteen (NE Rock)
    (just me) Grateful Dead (Hippie Rock)
    ...

    Aha! Ha! Either Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly.
     
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    You talk sh@t about my beach boys song and out of all the Fugazi songs you pick this one? Off their 4th best album?

     
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    Me either. Then **** happened, then I heard my phone ringing and vibrating in the tub of crap and I found it after an hour of sillyness. That gave me a new appreciation of Good Vibrations, it's a fantastic ****ing song.
     
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    Tuesday's Gone is better than Freebird

    15 Allman Bros songs are better than Ramblin' Man

    ZZ Top is a good call, whoever did that. Just Got Paid.

    If you have to Aerosmith, and not do a cover, it's Sweet Emotion, maybe Dream On, but nah, it's Sweet Emotion

    eta: the Eagles and Journey suck equal amounts of ass.
     
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    nope dream on. which doesnt really sound like aerosmith which is why i like the song probably.
     
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    Sweet Emotion is the intro to Dazed and Confused, that's why it gets my vote.
     
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    yeah for sure. i like sweet emotion also just not as much. not much else i truly like from that band. Dazed is one of my 20 favorite movies. "Mitchy Mitchy Mitchy..."
     
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    Great soundtrack.

    "Obanion? I ****ing hate that guy."

    eta: like you said "not much else" and I said earlier "no covers"

    They do rock the hell, especially live, out of "Train Kept a Rollin" and "Come Together"
     
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    Lou Reed - Intro / Sweet Jane (live from Rock 'n Roll Animal)


    Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (live from One More from the Road)


    George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Move It On Over (Hank Williams cover)


    ZZ Top - La Grange


    Van Halen - Running with the Devil
     
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