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Well I've gotten into more classic rock lately, and purchased GNR - Appetite For Destruction and AC/DC - Highway to hell. I already have Ozzy Ozbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz and David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust on my list of albums to acquire, and I was hoping that the classic rock lovers here could give me some more suggestions to add to the list. I know Z already told me to get Queen - A Night At The Opera and Aerosmith - Rocks. So please help me out my fellow swampies.

 

*goes off huming Paradise City*

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Forgive me for using the term Classic Rock very loosely in my choices(because I just shove it under my awesomeness category) but in the end, I hope you'll thank me because I'm listing staples I feel everyone should have. :D Get a pen and open up itunes (or whatever), my lad.

 

*takes deep breath*

 

 

AC/DC - Back In Black

 

AC/DC - Hells Bells

 

AC/DC - Thunderstruck

 

AC/DC - TNT

 

AC/DC - Who Made Who

 

Aerosmith - Eat The Rich

 

Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion

 

Aerosmith - What It Takes

 

Alice Cooper - Schools Out For The Summer

 

Animals - House of the Rising Sun

 

Black Sabbath - Iron Man

 

Black Sabbath - Crazy Train

 

Blues Traveler - Secret Agent Man

 

Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69

 

Chris Isaak - Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing

 

Credence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner

 

Credence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

 

Credence Clearwater Revival - Brown Eyed Girl

 

Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love

 

David Bowie - Golden years

 

David Bowie - Major Tom

 

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

 

David Bowie - Under Pressure

 

Death By Stereo - Little Fighter

 

Deep Purple - Smoke Over Water

 

Def Leopard - Pour Some Sugar On Me

 

Dick Dale - Miserlou

 

Don Mclean - American Pie

 

Donovan - Sunshine Superman

 

Doors, The - Riders On The Storm

 

Duran Duran - A View To A Kill

 

Eagles - Hotel California

 

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

 

GNR - Welcome to the Jungle

 

GNR - Live and Let Die

 

GNR - Don't Cry

 

GNR - Sweet Child O' Mine

 

GNR - Pantience

 

GNR - November Rain

 

GNR - You Could Be Mine

 

GNR - Yesterdays

 

GNR - Civil War

 

George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone

 

Hollies - Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress

 

Huey Lewis & The News - Hip To Be Square

 

Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

 

Jimmy Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

 

Jimmy Hendrix - Little Wing

 

Jimmy Hendrix - Purple Haze

 

Kinks, The - All Day And All Of The Night

 

Kinks, The - You've Really Got Me

 

Knack, The - My Sharona

 

Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

 

Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore

 

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

 

Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop

 

Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

 

Led Zeppelin - Ramble On

 

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

 

Led Zeppelin - Black Mountain Side

 

Led Zeppelin - Tangerine

 

Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

 

Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman

 

Roy Orbison - Dream Baby

 

Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

 

Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

 

Safaris - Wipe out

 

Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane

 

Styx - Lady

 

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

 

Troggs - Wild Thing

 

Tesla - Love Song

 

Ted Nugent - Stranglehold

 

Tom Petty - Last Dance With Mary Jane

 

Tom Petty - Waiting Is The Hardest Part

 

Tom Petty - Won't Back Down

 

Tommy Tutone - 867-5309

 

Verve, The - Bittersweet Symphony

 

Ventures - Walk Don't Run

 

Van Halen - Eruption

 

Van Halen - Jump

 

Van Halen - Panama

 

 

 

*huff huff huff* I'm sure I'll think of more later. Have fun!

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That is quite a list Rhett. Thanks man :thumbsup:

 

Btw, Ozzy did Crazy Train on his own and not with Sabbath if I'm not mistaken >.> <.<

 

Yes.

 

And Rhett there's an extra 'e' in Creedence Clearwater Revival. :p

 

Another good CCR song is Fortunate Son.

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I've been listening to the Guitar Hero 2 sound track a hell-uv-a-lot lately. My favorite songs:

 

 

"Hangar 18" - Megadeth (Song turns awesome at 2:50)

 

"Institutionalized" - Suicidal Tendencies (Just like it...)

 

"Misirlou" - Dick Dale (Fast....)

 

"Beast and the Harlot" - Avenged Sevenfold (Most pure rock song I've heard)

 

"Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band (Not heavy at all, fun)

 

"Madhouse" - Anthrax (Starting is funny)

 

"Who Was in My Room Last Night?" - Butthole Surfers (Very catchy)

 

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" - The Rolling Stones (Addictive song)

 

"Woman" - Wolfmother (Catchy stuff)

 

"Psychobilly Freakout" - The Reverend Horton Heat (Crazy)

 

"Elephant Bones" - That Handsome Devil (Funny lyrics)

 

"Gemini" - Brian Kahanek

 

"Jordan" - Buckethead

 

"Stop!" - Jane's Addiction

 

"Less Talk More Rokk" - Freezepop (Starts out good, gets kinda annoying later though)

 

And this...

 

"Yes We Can" - Made in Mexico

 

I actually never listened to it before on my Zen but when I fell asleep with the thing on I woke-up during this song. I thought I was getting attacked by ghosts or something.

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The Beatles - Everything. EVERYTHING. At the very least, Strawberry Fields Forever.

 

Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand, Stairway to Heaven, Nobody's Fault but Mine, No Quarter, The Song Remains the Same, The Immigrant Song, and Black Dog.

 

The Who - Baba O'Riley, I Can See for Miles, Happy Jack, and Pinball Wizard.

 

ACDC - Back in Black, You Shook Me All Night Long

 

GNR - Sweet Child o' Mine

 

Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing, Castles Made of Sand, Purple Haze, Voodoo Child, Machine Gun, All Along the Watchtower, and Bold as Love.

 

Van Halen - Panama, Jump, You Really Got Me, and Ain't Talkin' Bout Love.

 

Rush - Tom Sawyer, Subdivisions.

 

Pixies - Where is my Mind?, Debaser, Monkey Gone to Heaven.

 

Pink Floyd - Time, Comfortably Numb, Interstellar Overdrive, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and Dogs.

 

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

 

Metallica - Pretty much all of the Master of Puppets album, One, Enter Sandman.

 

Megadeth - Pretty much all of Rust in Peace, in particular Hangar 18 and The Punishment Due.

 

Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses, Sunshine of your Love.

 

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Wooden Ships, Shadow Captain, and Daylight Again. Possibly Woodstock, but I'd much rather recommend the Joni Mitchell original version.

 

Bruce Springsteen - The River, Born to Run, Born in the USA.

 

Prince - Purple Rain

 

Funkadelic/Parliament - Maggot Brain(YESYESYESYESYESYES! If you love sweet awesome epic [insert adjectives of praise ad infinitum] guitar work, listen to the song.)

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I gotta go but...

 

Elton John - Captain Fantastic

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd - Animals

 

Those are all albums as well as the 2 I listed before, because as you go through classic rock you'll find the best songs are the ones you never hear on the radio ;)

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I'm talking albums here:

 

T.Rex ~ The Slider (amazing Classic Rock/Glam Rock album)

Ramones ~ Ramones, Road To Ruin, Rocket To Russia, Brain Drain, Pleasant Dreams (Incredible 70s Punk Rock band, the godfathers of Punk and almost all the alternative scene that came after)

Judas Priest ~ British Steel, Screaming For Vengeance

Nazareth ~ Hair of the Dog, Expect no Mercy

Dire Straits ~ Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms

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Bon Jovi - Livin' on a prayer

 

WHOAAAAAAAA LIVIN' ON A PRAYYYER TAKE MAH HAND WE'LL MAKE IT AHHH SWEAAARRR WHOAAAAAAAA

 

YEAH \m/

 

Also, listen to Dio - Rainbow in the Dark, Rush - Spirit of Radio, and Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine.

 

Not sure if that all fits under classic rock, but w/e it's all good stuff.

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Sweet Child o Mine is my favorite song, ever.

 

Guitar Hero songs not withstanding...

 

Billy Joel - Piano Man

 

Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire

 

The Hollies - Long Cool Woman

 

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky

 

Any Pink Floyd/Led Zeppelin/Queen

 

Jimi Hendrix - Red House

 

Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle (Seal's cover of the same song on the Space Jam soundtrack is nice. Personally I like Seal's cover because that's what I grew up with)

 

The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic

 

The Police - Roxanne

 

The Monkees - Daydream Believer

 

Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

 

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

 

Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

 

Cat Stevens - Peace Train

 

If you're looking into a general soundtrack of badassity - Remember the Titans has a good mix of classic rock and soul/disco stuff.

 

 

I might get more stuff later. My tastes are kinda varied in terms of classic rock though.

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I agree with Zed (<3), what should be named are albums, not specific songs. Not only are most albums a single experience, with a certain feel or mood to each and every one, one might also discover new favourite songs that never were played on the radio.

 

 

 

As far as AC/DC goes, Highway to Hell and Back in Black are definetly the very peak of their albums so far. Also worth a check-out are the live albums If You Want Blood (You've Got It) and AC/DC LIVE.

 

Deep Purple are also really worth checking out, especially their Mk II line-up albums, like Machine Head and In Rock. They have what I think is the perfect blend between driving rythms, a hard-hitting yet melodic dynamic between guitar and organ, and solid, high-pitched screamed vocals with just witty enough lyrics.

 

Led Zeppelin cannot go unmentioned, and although a lot of people say IV is the best album, I find I prefer II, because of the harder edge it has.

 

The Rolling Stones are also givens, I can sit and listen to Beggar's Banquet and Exile on Main Street over and over, and never cease to be amazed by the energy the band produces in their music.

 

 

Far too few people are aware of The Doors. They play psychedelic blues rock that grips you by the heart, and just wont let go. If you can, check out their selftitled album.

 

 

 

That's it for now, do tell if you want more, or more indepth about a band... <.<

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Definitely look into Rush. There's a lot of good stuff there. It's so good I don't even know where to start reccommending stuff, their popular songs and lesser-known songs are equally good, but it's definitely not often radio-worthy (satellite radio ftw) and can be a major acquired taste. Natural Science, Tom Sawyer, Earthshine, The Spirit of Radio, 2112, Something for Nothing...you've got me started and I won't shut up now :D.

 

Look into IV and II by Led Zeppelin, and basically everything the other people have said. It's all good.

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Queen. Just listen to them. Platinum Collection is great but I'd definitely suggest "A Night at the Opera" with "The Prophet's Song" being their best song :D

 

Also:

 

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (more prog rock I guess, but still great)

Electric Light Orchestra

Styx

Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin

Jethro Tull

THE BEATLES

 

I'll think of more after I go though my music library :D

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TBH, I was hoping for more Album Suggestions than Specific songs.

 

Thanks everyone for all the advice though. My next purchases are going to be Blizzard Of Ozz and The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust, then hopefully Led Zeppelin II or IV.

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Far too few people are aware of The Doors. They play psychedelic blues rock that grips you by the heart, and just wont let go. If you can, check out their selftitled album.

:thmbup1: Or maybe have a listen to Morrison Hotel or the L.A. Woman album if your looking for some pure good old fashioned rock n' roll.

 

Suicidal Tendencies - Prime Cuts (Just to cover the basic ST stuff.)

 

Carnivore - Retaliation - (If your into Type O Negative & want to hear them before they took the heavier vampire influenced feel)

 

Iron Maiden - Killers & Number of the Beast

 

Misfits - Static Age & Earth A.D.

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TBH, I was hoping for more Album Suggestions than Specific songs.

 

Thanks everyone for all the advice though. My next purchases are going to be Blizzard Of Ozz and The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust, then hopefully Led Zeppelin II or IV.

 

 

I prefer IV, if I remember correctly.

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