The best rock song of all time is.....

[jagoff]

Shiny, Happy People

[Bubbagump]

This is so subjective but I'll bite...

'Jesus Built My Hotrod' gets my vote.

Bubbagump

[Oski]

I don't care what it is, as long as it has a lot of cow bell.

[Ice Man]

I'm sorta impartial to "Highway to the Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins.

[ArchAngel71857]

I got a fever.

And the only prescription

is MORE COW BELL!


-AA

[jagoff]

When I am done with you, you will be wearing gold plated diapers!

[Oski]

[ QUOTE ]
I got a fever.

And the only prescription

is MORE COW BELL!


-AA

[/ QUOTE ]

...And of course, you got the perfect avatar to match! Totally classic skit.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

http://needsmoarcowbell.com/oyster.gif
http://needsmoarcowbell.com/

[nolanfan34]

[ QUOTE ]
I got a fever.

And the only prescription

is MORE COW BELL!


-AA

[/ QUOTE ]

I want you to explore the studio space this time. Really explore it.

OT, but this reminds me, I think the SNL best of Will Ferrell 2 was incredibly disappointing.

Best rock song...so subjective, but one of my favorites would be Pinball Wizard.

[Sponger15SB]

[ QUOTE ]

Best rock song...so subjective, but one of my favorites would be Pinball Wizard.

[/ QUOTE ]

ooo man my neighbors just got to listen to me blast that song.....

uh best rock song?

not sure if this is really "rock" but rolling stones "under my thumb" is my fav.

but for like a real rock song, lets go with aerosmith "sweet emotion"

[Sponger15SB]

[ QUOTE ]
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http://needsmoarcowbell.com/

[/ QUOTE ]

can a mod delete this post i think i'm gonna tear a muscle from laughing so hard when i see his avatar and this are the same.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Well... I guess it depends on whether the question really is 'best', or 'greatest'. If it's 'greatest', then it's got to be something classic, hugely popular, and/or uber-influential, something Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Beatles, Queen, or Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", etc. For this, I'm going to state the obvious and cite "Stairway to Heaven". Since this question is 'best', I'm going to have to say it's Radiohead's "Paranoid Android". It's just a bit shy on popularity and influence to be considered for greatest, but it's definitely the best. Honorable mention goes to the Smashing Pumpkins for "Zero", "Rocket", "Drown", and "Bullet With Butterfly Wings". It's so hard to name just one - or even 4 or 5.

[MEbenhoe]

Ahh that reminds me of a classic moment over J-Term this year. My dorm was almost completely empty cuz most people are still home but I had to be there cuz I'm on the track team. Anyways one night I hooked up my roommates stereo to my computer, and his stereo is immensely loud. I blasted Dont fear the reaper over those speakers at maximum volume and the song could be heard anywhere in my four floor, two wing dorm. It was a beautiful moment.

[Alobar]

anything by brain adams....that guy can really wail

[Michael Davis]

American Pie if it counts. Otherwise Stairway to Heaven.

-Michael

[Ice Man]

Impossible. American Pie is folk music.

"Highway to the Danger Zone," man! Either that or the song the Nerds play in the Frat contest in "The Revenge of the Nerds."

[Rushmore]

"Jesus Built My Hotrod" is a novelty song, a gimmick, and is therefore disqualified.

You might be able to squeeze "Just One Fix" past the committee, though.

[Boris]

I forgot about that one. Used to rock to that song on the way to the ski hill.

[Rushmore]

[ QUOTE ]
Best rock song...so subjective, but one of my favorites would be Pinball Wizard.

[/ QUOTE ]

Dear Sir,
I am a big Nolan fan myself. I have enjoyed many of your posts.
I will, however, never read another, as I am exteremely dismayed by the above-referenced quote.
Man, I, well, I'm speechless.

[Rushmore]

[ QUOTE ]
Since this question is 'best', I'm going to have to say it's Radiohead's "Paranoid Android".

[/ QUOTE ]

A beautiful, wonderful song, indeed, but certainly not "rock."

[Schneids]

Foo Fighters - "Everlong"

** Again disclaimer 20-year-old who cannot stand a majority of "classic rock" **

[nolanfan34]

[ QUOTE ]
Dear Sir,
I am a big Nolan fan myself. I have enjoyed many of your posts.
I will, however, never read another, as I am exteremely dismayed by the above-referenced quote.
Man, I, well, I'm speechless.

[/ QUOTE ]

Hmm. Not a Who fan? Given the amount of inflammatory comments posted on this site, I certainly hope I wasn't the first person to post something meriting this response from you!

I guess the lyrics could be offensive...I apologize if that's the case. Didn't mean anything by it.

On the other hand, if you're merely offended by my musical tastes, well, I never claimed to have any in the first place!

Other favorites of Nolanfan:

- Break on Through, The Doors
- Sympathy for the Devil, The Rolling Stones
- Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen

I do like The Who as well.

[Rushmore]

It's gotta be one of the following:

Layla (Derek and The Dominos)
Time Has Come Today (The Chambers Brothers)
When The Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin)
War Pigs (Black Sabbath)
Mouth For War (Pantera)
Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones)
Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
Looking At You (The MC5)
Raw Power (Iggy and The Stooges)


There are more, but I gotta go now.

[Rushmore]

OK, you are reinstated, just for knowing that it's the inane lyrics and the involvement with a "Rock Opera" which stupefied me.

[Rushmore]

That's a great selection from the modern rock catalogue, whether you're 20 or 10 or 50.

No need to apologize for that for which most would kill.

[nolanfan34]

[ QUOTE ]
OK, you are reinstated, just for knowing that it's the inane lyrics and the involvement with a "Rock Opera" which stupefied me.

[/ QUOTE ]

*whew*

I forgot about the rock opera part. Being 28 I wasn't exactly around when it came out. /images/graemlins/grin.gif I guess this leaves Styx off the list too, right?

I was going to mention Gimme Shelter, but wasn't 100 percent sure I had the title right - didn't want to risk further wrath from the collective forum.

[wayabvpar]

Among the contenders-
Gimme Shelter
Paint It Black
Stairway To Heaven
You've Got Another Thing Comin' (Heavy Metal division)
Don't Fear The Reaper
Baba O'Riley
Behind Blue Eyes
Train In Vain
Under Pressure (does this qualify as rock?)
Paradise By The Dashboard Lights (operatic rock division)

I am sure I have left off any number of good tunes, but those are in the running for sure.

[Bubbagump]

[ QUOTE ]
"Jesus Built My Hotrod" is a novelty song, a gimmick, and is therefore disqualified.

[/ QUOTE ]

Novelty song! Says who? The rock gestapo?

That song is a great modern rock tune that also gives a nod to artists of the past like Jerry Lee Lewis who paved the way for artists that came after.

[ QUOTE ]
You might be able to squeeze "Just One Fix" past the committee, though.

[/ QUOTE ]

While I love "Just One Fix and just about every other song Alain Jorgensen has cranked out, I wouldn't classify this as one of the greats of all time. The main riff, while cool, is kind of cliche.

This is kind of why I prefaced my nomination by saying how subjective this whole thing is.

Anyways, 'Jesus Built My Hotrod' is my nomination and I'm sticking to it. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Cheers,

Bubbagump

[Ice Man]

Here's a few

* Dazed and Confused
* When the Levee Breaks
* Nobody's Fault But Mine
* Paranoid
* See Me, Feel Me (From Woodstock)
* I'd Love to Change the World (From Woodstock)
* Vodoo Child

* Take my Breath Away.

[Myrtle]

From this old geezer………….

……..No bullchit, raw, unabashed, “you GOTTA move when-U-hear-‘em” Rock & Roll tunes??………….

Face to Face – Pete Townshend
Pinball Wizard – The Who
Radar Love – Golden Earring
Stairway to Heaven – Led Zepplin
White Punks on Dope – Tubes
You Can’t Always Get What You Want – Rolling Stones
I Can See for Miles – The Who
The Sandman – America
Paradise by the Dashboard Lights – Meat Loaf
Devil with the Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly – Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
When the Bullet Hits the Bone – Golden Earring
Cosmic Debris – Frank Zappa (Damn…....the WHOLE effin Album is pure genius!!)
Locomotive Breath – Jethro Tull
Freedom Rider – Traffic
Shining Star – Earth, Wind & Fire
LA Woman – The Doors
Take me to the River – Talking Heads
Knife Edge – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Bodhisattva – Steely Dan
Bringing Home the Bacon – Procol Harum

For chits & giggles…….Let’s throw in some classic Pop-Rock to boot………

Papa was a Rolling Stone – Temptations
Timothy Leary’s Dead –Moody Blues
Happy Together – The Turtles
Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye
Still, You Turn me On – Emerson Lake & Palmer
God Bless the Child – Blood, Sweat & Tears
Aquamarine - Carlos Santana

………Man…..THIS IS TOO MUCH FUN!!

No Poker tonight…..gonna be rippin tunes for the rest of the night!

[Rushmore]

[ QUOTE ]
While I love "Just One Fix and just about every other song Alain Jorgensen has cranked out, I wouldn't classify this as one of the greats of all time. The main riff, while cool, is kind of cliche.

[/ QUOTE ]

Cliche, or definitive? Hmmmm. From the Ministry catalogue, I would have to go with Burning Inside.

Anyway, obviously it's subjective, until, of course, we begin discussing songs that transcend opinion, and simply ARE great.

For greatness, I stick to my list.

For subjectivity, I submit the following:

Debaser (The Pixies)
The Rover (Led Zeppelin)
Blood Promise (live version) (SWANS)
Bad Penny (Big Black)
Forty-Six and Two (Tool)
The Becoming (Nine Inch Nails)
What We All Want (Gang of Four)
No More Heroes (The Stranglers)
Letdown (Radiohead)
Mutiny In Heaven (The Birthday Party)

I guess this is another thread.

[kdog]

Dazed and Confused.

I could add a hundred more easily but they'd all be tied for second.

[Myrtle]

oops.........

Lunatic Fringe - Red Ryder

/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[mike l.]

green bubble raincoated man by amon duul 2

[MicroBob]

gimme shelter - rolling stones
sympathy for the devil - rolling stones
LA woman - the doors
who are you - the who
born on the bayou - CCR

other miscellaneous nominations (some of them a bit goofy):
crimson and clover - tommy james and the shondels
roxanne - the police
sweet jane - venvet underground
tangerine - led zep
dazed and confused - led zep
99 red balloons - Nana
rebel rebel - david bowie
saturday night's all-right for fighting - elton john
lust for life - iggy pop
uptight - stevie wonder
space cowboy - steve miller band (which i saw the smashing pumpking cover in a small club before they were big)
i will follow - u2
cannonball - the breeders
i don't care - magnapop
back in black - acdc






okay...i'm done...at least for now.

[cold_cash]

Ozzy - Crazy Train, and it's not close.

[cold_cash]

I lied. It IS close - between Crazy Train, and Breakin' the Law.

[Andy B]

U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

[Andy B]

I'm always amazed when people tout "Stairway to Heaven" as one of the all-time great songs. Bonham has a couple of magnificent licks during the bridge, but I find it otherwise ho-hum. I'm not a big Zeppelin fan, but it seems to me that it's the third- or fourth-best song on side one of their fourth album.

[Bill Murphy]

I refuse to reply to the original poster, due to the utter gayness of his choice, so I'll reply to you:

"The Rover" by Led Zeppelin

Fave U2 song: Bad

[Bill Murphy]

"The Rover (Led Zeppelin)"

Great minds, n all... /images/graemlins/cool.gif We're not alone, either. I know yea Zep fans & music critics who agree, at least as far as it being Zep's finest studio moment.

FWIW Jimmy Page once said he considered The Rover to have his best guitar work, although Tea For One is his favorite Zep track.

I think Ministry hugs, but "Vex & Siolence" may be the coolest song title ever.

[Bill Murphy]

"5:15" & "Loving Cup", respectively. Best Stones radio hit: "Heartbreaker" over "Let's Spend The Night Together" by the heighth of a coke-encrusted razor blade. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[Bill Murphy]

I once did the same thing with Achilles Last Stand, in an empty Christmas '85 Air Force barracks. Watched the first Nightmare On Elm St. by masel that night, too... /images/graemlins/shocked.gif /images/graemlins/shocked.gif /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

All that snow blowing 'cross them pitch black, barren Illinois fields; footsteps echoing down the halls... /images/graemlins/blush.gif

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[baggins]

[ QUOTE ]
I don't care what it is, as long as it has a lot of cow bell.

[/ QUOTE ]

hmmm.... GNFNR's I Think About You?

[bugstud]

AC-DC - Back in Black
Zep - Black Dog
Sabbath - Paranoid
Ozzy - Crazy Train (I like Over the Mountain a lot more, though)

And two personal favs that will get jeered:
Alice in Chains - Nutshell
Metallica - Orion

[Andy B]

My personal favorite song title is "Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?" by the Bonzo Dog Band.

[baggins]

yeah. sorry, but R.E.M.'s not gonna make this list...

umm. here goes. I'll stop when I get tired...

pretty much anything by Zep EXCEPT for Stairway or Dyer Maker could be on this list...

Zep - When The Levee Breaks, In My Time of Dying, Hey Hey What Can I Do?, Travelling Riverside Blues, Black Mountainside, Whole Lotta Love, Over The Hills and Far Away, The Rain Song (my personal favorite song of all time), Bring It On Home, Dazed And Confused, Communication Breakdown, Fool in the Rain, Ramble On, Moby Dick, No Quarter.

Black Sabbath - Paranoid, Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, After Forever, Supernaut, Sweet Leaf, Children of the Grave, Faeries Wear Boots, War Pigs, Into The Void, Snowblind

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

Guns N F'in Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine, Night Train, Welcome to the Jungle, I Think About You, Used To Love Her, Patience (maybe not rockin enough, I don't know), Civil War, Pretty Tied Up, You Could Be Mine, Breakdown, Coma, Estranged, November Rain, 14 Years, Dead Horse, Yesterdays, Knockin on Heaven's Door

Other personal picks...
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You Fallettinme Be Mice Elf (Again)
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Pantera - Mouth for War, The Badge, Use My Third Arm, 5 Minutes Alone
The Beastie Boys - No Sleep Til Brooklyn, Fight For Your Right, Sabotage (these are their most 'rock'like tracks...)
The Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K.
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale
The Who - Can't Explain
The White Stripes - Fell in Love With a Girl, You're Pretty Good Lookin' (for a girl)
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday, All I Want Is You, Running To Stand Still, Where The Streets Have No Name
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion, Rag Doll, F.I.N.E., Love in an Elevator, Walk This Way
Ministry - Scarecrow, Just One Fix
Nine Inch Nails - Wish, Down in It, Head Like a Hole, Kinda I Want To, Sin, March of the Pigs, Big Man With a Gun, Reptile (pretty much ALL of Pretty Hate Machine...)
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze, Voodo Chile, Crosstown Traffic, Fire

Ok... I am tired now...

maybe more tomorrow.

[anatta]

oh man that is funny...

[ZeeJustin]

Great selection. The way you define greatest, I'll certainly agree with stairway to heaven.

My personal favorites:

Disarm (Smashing Pumpkins)
Paranoid Android (Radiohead)
White Discussion (Live)
Jeremy (Pearl Jam)
Yellow Ledbetter (Pearl Jam)
Thief (Our Lady Peace)
Sunurn (Muse)
Banana Phone (Raffi)
Mr. Jones (Counting Crows)
Round Here (Counting Crows)
Smells like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
You Know You're Right (Nirvana)
Closer (Nine Inch Nails)

Oh yeah, you also have good taste in comedy. Cowbell is pure gold /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Schneids]

[ QUOTE ]

You Know You're Right (Nirvana)


[/ QUOTE ]

Very high on my personal list as well.

[TylerD]

Suprised no-one has said Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana, it may not be the best, but it is certainly a "classic". Also I would add agree with Rushmore about Debaser - Pixies, and Schneids about Everlong - Foo Fighters and would also add Fight Test - The Flaming Lips and 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins.

[Redmen62]

Now we're speakin' my language.

First of all, the greatest rock song of all time is Gimme Shelter. Now that that's out of the way:



Black Dog
Baba O' Reilly
Born to Run
Roadhouse Blues
Comfortably Numb

As for favorites:

Interstate Love Song- Stone Temple Pilots
Naveed- Our Lady Peace
One More Astronaut- I Mother Earth
Last Goodbye- Jeff Buckley
Everlong- Foo Fighters
Mayonaise- Smashing Pumpkins
With or Without You- U2
Nautical Disaster- The Tragically Hip
Locked in the Trunk of a Car- The Tragically Hip
Little Bones- The Tragically Hip
The Grudge- Tool
Psychopomp- The Tea Party
Jesus Christ Pose- Soundgarden
Know Your Enemy- RATM
Fake Plastic Trees- Radiohead
Iris- Live
Estranged- Guns and also Roses
Shine- Collective Soul

Jeez, this could take a while.

- Redmen62

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Great list, but you missed a couple -

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
She Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

and maybe not one of the best, but one that I always liked:

Battleship Chains - The Georgia Satellites.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Stairway to Heaven.


I heard Robert Plant interviewed once and he said he absolutely hated the song. He said they always referred to it as "that damned wedding song we play."

[mrbaseball]

Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

[RollaJ]

Unforgiven
Sweet Child
Patience
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Hurricain

F**Kshop by 2LiveCrew /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Cptkernow]

"Southern Man"

Neil Young.

[Cptkernow]

"With or Without You- U2"

Moderator please delete this as it is a POP record.

[ArchAngel71857]

[ QUOTE ]
Great list, but you missed a couple -

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
She Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

and maybe not one of the best, but one that I always liked:

Battleship Chains - The Georgia Satellites.

[/ QUOTE ]

Thunder Road. yes.

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. (as opposed to Bohemian Rhapsody by another band).

-AA

[Turning Stone Pro]

If You Wanna Rock and Roll

AC/DC, on "High Voltage", 1975.

[jagoff]

Every Rose has it's Thorn- Poison
Pour Some Sugar on Me- Def Leppard
Push the Little Daisies- Ween
Electric Barbarella- Duran Duran
Seperate Ways- Journey
Balls- AC/DC
Wait- White Lion

Alright enough of the gay ones

Jane Says- Jane's Addiction
Booze Me up and Get Me High- Ween
Paint it Black- The Rolling Stones
Let it Be- The Beatles
Walk- Pantera
Ohio- CSNY
I Want You to Want Me- Cheap Trick
Hurricane- Bob Dylan
My Own Summer (Shove It)- Deftones

[astroglide]

my understanding of the story on ohio is that CSNY were set to play at the protest, before people got shot. they showed up and it happened before they played, neil young literally wandered off into the woods, and came back a short period later with that song. pretty amazing if it's true, the song is ridiculously good.

[Sponger15SB]

what is up with all you people and gimme shelter?

the song has like 5 lines besides the constantly repeated

"its just a shot away" pshhhh not even top 8 rolling stones songs. top 10, maybe.

[astroglide]

agreed. mother's little helper, for example, blows that song away. street fighting man is probably my favorite stones song.

[swimfan]

Bitchin' Camaro - Dead Milkmen

[Uston]

I Want You to Want Me- Cheap Trick

I thought you said enough of the gay ones?

[jagoff]

Oops! Must have keyed that in wrong /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[Chah Ngo]

Of course the best cowbell songs are:
"Hair of the Dog"
"Low Rider" and
"Dont Fear (the Reaper)"

[crash]

I agree with this completely. If you were to rate kick-ass hard rock songs on a scale of 1 to 100, good use of a cow bell would add at least five points.

[ArchAngel71857]

[ QUOTE ]
When I am done with you, you will be wearing gold plated diapers!

[/ QUOTE ]

What does that even mean?

-AA

[crash]

how can you leave off "Honky Tonk Women" and "Mississippi Queen"?

[Chah Ngo]

I discussed "Honky Tonk Women" with a friend and we agreed that while the cowbell is good, it just isn't loud enough. Never considered "Mississippi Queen".
"Dance the Night Away" was another also ran.

[James Boston]

The Stones' b-sides (for lack of a better term) blow some of their "hits" away.

Dead Flowers
Let It Bleed
Loving Cup
Surprise, Surprise

many more

[Ray Zee]

maybe you guys and girls need to go back a few years and listen to real music like try a little tenderness by otis redding. may not be the best but will make anyones skin get goose bumps.

[WEASEL45]

iron maiden
hallowed be thy name

[Myrtle]

I Hear ya, Ray..........and agree.

Problem (as stated in earlier post) is that R&B, Soul & Motown need their own categories.....

[jagoff]

I want you to really explore the space. I am telling you...YOU'RE GONNA WANT THAT COWBELL!!!

[DPCondit]

Voodoo Chile - Hendrix

Honorable mention:

Mississippi Queen - Mountain
In My Time of Dying - Zeppelin
Still Alive and Well - Johnny Winter

[DPCondit]

Otis, that's some good stuff.

[jagoff]

Everytime I hear that song, which is really, really good BTW, I think of Pretty in Pink or whatever that movie was with that douche singing it at the record store. That has soured that song for me forever!

I decided to go back in time and check out some 60/70's songs and I like the Grassroots "Temptation Eyes". Got a good beat and I can dance to it!

[astroglide]

i don't consider debaser even in the running for best PIXIES song much less best song

[andyfox]

.

[Sloats]

.

[Gabe]

You probably are talking about Otis Redding's version of the song that was recorded live in Paris. It was originally released many years ago on "Stax Volt Review Live in Paris." Now I think the same recording of the song is available on "Stax Volt Review Live in Europe."

Do you have the original vinyl?

If you only have the studio version you shoud check out the live version.

[sfer]

Be My Baby, The Ronettes

[Aces McGee]

Nothing personal, Andy, but I have never understood why people like this song so much.

-McGee

[Boylermaker]

Head On - The Jesus and Mary Chain

[andyfox]

On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely place (background)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year
Any time of year (background)
You can find it here
You can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany twisted
She's got the Mercedes bends
She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain
Please bring me my wine
He said
We haven't had that spirit here since 1969
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely Place
Such a lovely Place (background)
Such a lovely face
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
What a nice surprise (background)
Bring your alibies

Mirrors on the ceiling
Pink champagne on ice
And she said
We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
Relax said the nightman
We are programed to recieve
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave


-I'll leave it for others to elaborate. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[sfer]

Reading the lyrics seals it. I'm with Aces. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[gmunny]

I really was not much of a rock fan, until I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit, so that gets my vote.

It may not make the list of top 100, but I am partial to Red Barchetta by Rush...
G$

[J_V]

by Creed? LOL..JK

[Mano]

I prefer the Johnny Cash version.