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We recently put the WCBS-FM all-time Top 1001 songs up as a tribute to that great station that went down the tubes because some radio "genius" decided that the so-called Jack format would do better than the greatest oldies in the history of rock and roll. Their reasoning goes something like this: The youth are into iPods. This format is like having your iPod on the radio. Question: If someone has an iPod why would they want to listen to the radio? Answer: They don't and its idiotic programming moves like this one that has killed radio. I didn't say moves like this are killing radio, I said KILLED it because it's over, Jack. Yeah, Jack is just another oldies format without calling it that. They play a bunch of old records from the last 20 years. There are some great tunes in the batch, but why eliminate all the great stuff that came before it?

Satellite and your own collections (iPod, CD's, whatever) are the only places to hear the history of rock and roll.

After we ran the list, our staff musical guru Leon Tsilis suggested we run a similar one covering the great rock album cuts. They were played mostly – first progressive, then on AOR FM stations – from the late 60's through the late 70's. After that, a lot of these cuts became staples in the so-called Classic Rock format. Like Jack, Classic Rock is just another name for oldies. This time in the form of old rock album cuts. Classic Rock stations generally don't go deep and pretty much stick to the more popular tunes.

Since our hit singles list came from New York station WCBS-FM, we decided to run the WNEW-FM Classic 500 that was broadcast on Memorial Day Weekend 1997. The list was sent to the staff here at the site and then the stuff hit the fan. Based on all the discussion and input, we came up with our own definition of classic rock and our very own Top 500, but first some of the discussion that took place during the creation of the list:

Number 500 on WNEW's list was Fun, Fun, Fun by The Beach Boys. Trouble right from the start? A hit single to be sure, but not classic rock. If you are going to include The Beach Boys on the list (which we do) you have to go to their mid-to-late 70's album period. Off to a bad start? Just to give you an overview, we skip all the way to the top ten on their list:

10. Hotel California - The Eagles
9. Light My Fire - The Doors
8. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
7. Baba O'Riley - The Who
6. Hey Jude - The Beatles
5. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
4. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
3. Layla - Derek & The Dominos
2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
1. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Right off the bat, Leon eliminated over 230 songs saying they were hit singles not classic rock. We all agreed that a song like Fun, Fun, Fun was a hit single and didn't belong on the list, but there were several others such as Hey Jude that fit both categories. So most of his changes stuck, but there were several that stayed on the list.

Leon, Dr. Music, Professor Brian "Bondito" McAlley, Ray and Mike D'Ariano, along with Dr. Philip Lombard, Dean of Advanced Popular Culture Studies at E.F.U., and former FM rock DJ "Lady" Jane Rushmore participated in the creation of our list and the discussion surrounding it. Here are some highlights from the areuonsomething.com staff comments:

Dr. Lombard: What do you think of WNEW's Top Ten?

Lady Jane: How can you have an all-time classic rock top ten without mentioning Bob Dylan? Ridiculous. Springsteen's in there, great bar band, probably the best, but when he went solo he was just the poor man's Dylan. Layla, ok, Derek and The Dominos were sort of a one-hit wonder, unless you count Bell Bottom Blues which was kind of Tiny Dancer sideways, nice work from Dwayne Allman there, but Clapton, with the long career that he's had, never topped Cream, you know?

Mike D: Fuck Eric Clapton, fuck The Who, fuck Bruce Springsteen and fuck The Eagles.

Dr. Lombard: A bit harsh, but I don't feel The Eagles belong in the Top Ten. Although their music was part of the soundtrack of the 70's, along with Springsteen, it doesn't hold up well in the 2000s. Clapton and The Who deserve to be there, but at least (laughs) you didn't rip into The Stones' Satisfaction.

Mike D: You old timers are gonna love this: fuck Satisfaction!

Ray D: (laughing): Satisfaction may not be the best thing they ever did, but it was the best rock record released by anybody at that time. There was a big difference between It's My Party by Leslie Gore, or even I Want To Hold Your Hand and Satisfaction. It was and still is a great, great record.

Professor Bondito: The Stones did it all. You could say The Beatles and The Who did also, but the Stones covered so much musical territory that it is astonishing.

Mike D: I love The Rolling Stones more than the average Joe. I'll be seeing them five times in four states on their upcoming tour, but Satisfaction is the most overrated pop/rock song in the history of the genre!

Lady Jane: What about Stairway To Heaven?

Dr. Music: I just have to tell you how sickening it is to see yet another list with Stairway To Heaven at the top. Nobody's a bigger Zep fan than myself, but my sweet lord.

Ray D: George Harrison! Just kidding, but familiarity breeds contempt. Stairway is a masterpiece, but radio wore it out. They ruined the song by playing it once an hour for the last 30 years. As much as I love The Beatles, and I do, I don't have to ever hear them again. The first four million times was enough. Same with Satisfaction and a lot of other stuff

Mike D: Satisfaction shouldn't even be on a Top Ten list of Rolling Stones songs. Calling it one of the best rock songs of all time is absurd.

Mike's Rolling Stones Top Ten
1. Sympathy For The Devil
2. You Can't Always Get What You Want
3. Let It Bleed
4. Jumpin' Jack Flash
5. Honky Tonk Woman
6. Tumblin' Dice
7. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
8 Dead Flowers
9 Paint It Black
10. Every other song on Beggars Banquet,
Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street

Professor Bondito: The Stones could rock just as hard or harder than any other band, they could mesmerize your soul with their incredibly soulful ballads, and of course, they have been together longer than any other band and continue to tour and record quality material. Looking back at their recording catalog, one has to marvel at the vast array of styles that were covered, from R&B to rock to psychedelic to disco and so on and so on. The Stones definitely deserve to be called the greatest rock and roll band of all time.

Dr. Lombard: If you could pick only one, who would you pick as the all-time classic rock artist?

Dr. Music: Here's my take on the thing, Classic Rock is a product of something that came before it. If you say that Zeppelin are classic rock giants, then you might say that Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf, among many others, are The Fathers of Classic Rock. But, many people won't see, or admit to that. If you say The Beatles, you must ask where Pop ends, and Classic Rock begins, or even if there is a difference. Are the Beatles a rock band, or a pop band? I see them as the greatest pop band to ever exist.

Lady Jane: Helter Skelter, Revolution, the fast version, all the early stuff – Twist & Shout. They could rock out with the best of them.

Dr. Lombard: Classic rock, like Top 40 rock before it takes in many styles and forms of musical creative expression. Crosby, Stills and Nash for example are light years away from Zeppelin and yet they both absolutely fit into the classic rock bag. Both their debut albums came out at the same time by the way.

Lady Jane: And I played them both on my show, but you didn't play them together. You'd do a Jeff Beck, Yardbirds, Zep set and then maybe something countryish from Dylan, and Canned Heat and Crosby, Stills and Nash. The thing of it is all those artists were played during one show. We were a progressive rock format. All this so-called classic rock stuff is just those old tunes.

Dr. Music: So, without being ridiculous here, I think that the band we hear the most on classic rock radio and that has the most original style, should be considered the all-time classic rock artist. For me that band is Pink Floyd. If you're talking about classic rock, I think you have to call Zeppelin, classic blues rock. The Beatles, classic pop rock. Dylan and CSN and sometimes Y, classic folk rock, but Pink Floyd, they were something that no one ever heard before, but were still accepted in rock and roll circles. Hit after hit, and never once did they sound like anyone else. That's rare. It's classic because it's been played consistently for a good number of years, and it is definitely, without question rock.

Ray D: I get your point, but I really think The Beatles are the act and here's why. It was their daring that changed everything. Those guys and their producer George Martin had the balls to go for it. They showed Floyd, ELO, Queen, and everybody else that all bets were off. You could do whatever you could think of. They opened the floodgates.

Mike D: Personally, I always think of fairly well known tunes from 1964 to 1974 when I hear the term classic rock. Since the WNEW list contained songs by U2, R.E.M. and other 80s bands, it's obvious that they use some other criteria. That said, for this list I define classic rock simply as any song, more than a decade old, that still sounds great.

Lady Jane: I like that, but I think we should take our cue from the Beatles and not be confined to any regulations. Maybe there's some great tunes from two years ago that should be on our list. Didn't Dave Matthews or Coldplay or somebody else record something incredible? (laughs) Maybe not, but does something have to wait 10 years to be classic? Maybe, I don't know. (laughs) But like, WNEW's list ignores a lot of great stuff. I mean, you can go back 20-25 years. Isn't punk classic rock now? I mean Television and The Ramones and that whole scene down at CBGB's was like a hundred years ago. It's classic stuff! What about jam bands? Isn't Warren Haynes classic rock? I'll be damned if he isn't. The guy's in the Allmans, The Dead, Phil Lesh and Friends, and his own band Mule! (laughs) He may be the ultimate classic rock artist. (laughs) My point is we should be wide open in our choices.

Dr. Lombard: Well said, and I think everyone should take that into consideration when you hand in your choices for the list. So who do you feel is the classic rock artist of all time?

Mike D: Well, The Ramones, who saved rock and roll from itself, are an option, but I'm going to go with Guns N' Roses. I've loved this band since the first time I heard them in 1987 when I was eight years old. I was surprisingly into music at that age. I had a collection of albums and cassettes from bands that I still love today, like Kiss, AC/DC, Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe, and others, but Guns N' Roses were the first band that came along and just blew me away. They just changed everything for me as far as my perception of what a great rock and roll band should be. It was just pure, no bullshit rock with more attitude to it than anything before it, and anything since. Plus, they were dangerous. From the riots that broke out during the screenings of Blackboard Jungle in the late 50's to the violence at Altamont in the late 60's as ugly as it is, most of the great moments in rock and roll are dangerous ones. Guns N' Roses as a band were as out of control as it ever got. Everything from showing up at The Grammy's drunk and cursing on live TV to overdosing, dying, and being brought back to life, they did it. Riots, backstage brawls with other bands, lawsuits, assaults, they did it. There was never a time when that family, bring the kids, attitude that surrounds The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith today, ever seeped into The Guns N' Roses legacy. I mean, Jesus, as out of control as Aerosmith were, when they toured with Guns N' Roses they had to hire private security just to keep the GNR party away from them!

Finally, just to address the obvious, I know there would be no Guns N' Roses without The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, but those bands wouldn't exist without Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson. So what difference does it make? All rock music is derivative. Guns N' Roses were just the last great act in a long line of incredible rock bands. It's just my opinion that they did it best.

Dr. Lombard: Leon, you've been quiet, who do you feel is the all-time best?

Leon: Classic rock artist of all time? My vote would have to go to Jimi Hendrix considering he's the most proficient dead artist of all time.

Dr. Lombard: How about all-time best classic rock album?

Dr. Music: This is a tough one. I will go with my heart on this one and say Who's Next from The Who. I could go with something like Dark Side Of The Moon, which is probably the right choice, but Who's Next was such a thorough and thought out record of rock and roll. It's not one of the earliest originators of the classic rock genre, but probably the first, complete record of the genre. Complete meaning concept, production quality, band talent, etc.

Professor Bondito: Exile On Main Street is my choice. It's the Stones at their peak, and it all comes together on this amazing double LP consisting of rock, soul, blues, and reggae. Brilliantly produced by Jimmy Miller, the album is a culmination of what The Stones are all about and what rock is all about. Every song stands on its own as a classic, and there's 18 in all.

Ray D: Pepper. The record changed the way records were made forever. Right down to the cover. A Day In The Life? Doesn't get any more classic than that.

Mike D: Use Your Illusion 1 & 2 by Guns N' Roses. Most people would argue that the band's debut album Appetite For Destruction was their best. I disagree. I think that hands down, Appetite is the greatest debut album in the history of rock and roll. I mean, The Beatles, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones first albums were almost entirely cover songs. Guns N' Roses on the other hand were playing probably their three most loved songs, Paradise City, Welcome To The Jungle, and Sweet Child O' Mine. There's no doubt that it's an incredible record, but they topped it.

Use Your Illusion 1 & 2 came out as two separate albums on the same day in September 1991. Combined, they check in over two and a half hours. That's longer than Exile On Main Street and Blonde on Blonde, classic double albums by The Stones and Dylan combined.

There are so many great tracks on the albums that it would take hours to cover them all. There's the acoustic stuff and the electronic stuff (okay that one song does kinda suck) but there's also heavy stuff, covers of Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan songs, and a slew of things with that sleazy trademark Slash sound and the soaring vocal of Axl Rose. But what makes the album incredible are the epics.

In order of appearance, November Rain, Coma, Civil War, Breakdown, and Estranged – five of the greatest songs of all time. Imagine the artistry of Pink Floyd and the majestic bombast of Queen tied together. That's what Guns N' Roses were all about. Oh, and by the way, the shortest tune of that group clocks in at over seven minutes. All together they could have been one 45 minute album, which would have been great. Instead they are surrounded by 25 other songs and become part of the greatest rock album of all time.

Lady Jane: The White Album for its variety. I thought of it while listening to Mike describe Use Your Illusion 1 and 2. It reminded me of how I felt back in that November's rain when the Beatles double album came out. It is brilliant. Those four-color photos of the guys hung on the studio wall for years. It is a true classic rock album and was from the day it was released.

Dr. Lombard: Let's take a shot at the all-time classic rock tune.

Dr. Music: You know, the first band that come to mind when I think of classic rock is Zeppelin, and the first tune is Whole Lotta Love. But Zeppelin is more blues than anything else, and Whole Lotta Love is really an unaccredited, embellished cover of Willie Dixon's You Need Love, as Bring It On Home was also a steal for Zep, along with countless others. I guess I would have to go with something from early on that gave us a blueprint to work from. Vocals with some attitude, crunchy guitars instead of the jangling we were used to hearing, and a sort of teen angst that is totally representative of what the genre is all about. That tune for me is Satisfaction from The Stones. I don't really like the tune, but it was really the first of its kind, I think.

Lady Jane: Fire by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. (laughs) Kidding, oh how can you pick just one? I have to go for something that goes through a lot of changes and takes awhile. Mountain Jam by The Allman Brothers? I mean, we're talking classic, right?

Professor Bondito: The Stones' Brown Sugar. I always thought that if an alien came down from outer space and wanted to hear what rock and roll was all about, I would play him (or it) Brown Sugar. It has all the ingredients that make up the perfect rock and roll record; the infectious guitar lick, the irresistible dance beat, the pounding rhythm section, the scorching sax solo, and of course, the unmistakable vocal harmonies of The Glimmer Twins. Produced by Jimmy Miller, it's my choice of the greatest rock and roll tune ever recorded.

Mike D: On a hot summer day without a cloud in the sky the answer is Blue Sky by The Allman Brothers Band, particularly the live version with Dickie Betts and Warren Haynes on guitars. "You're my blue sky, you're my sunny day."

After hanging up on a friend you've just had an argument with the answer is Positively 4th Street by Bob Dylan: "You got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend." When you're 16, failing 2 classes in school, just got dumped by your first real girlfriend and don't really fit in even among your own friends, the answer is Salvation by Rancid: "When I got the music I got a place to go." When you're participating in exactly the kind of pretentious, self-serving, but kinda fun best-of list that you personally lambaste Rolling Stone magazine for putting together every single time they try, the answer is clearly It's Only Rock and Roll by The Stones. "I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it."

Ray D: I love Positively 4th Street. The lines "I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes, and just for that one moment I could be you. Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes. You'd know what a drag it is to see you" may be the most honest line ever written in a rock song, but my all-time favorite is Like A Rolling Stone. The lyrics are sensational, but forget the words. This is just one of the best sounding records of all time. I still turn it up whenever I hear it on the radio.

Leon: Freebird.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's all about to happen! Here is the
ARE YOU ON SOMETHING CLASSIC ROCK TOP 500!

500. Autobahn - Kraftwerk
499. I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
498. Some Kind Of Wonderful - Grand Funk Railroad
497. I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After
496. Bluebird - Buffalo Springfield
495. Bungle In The Jungle - Jethro Tull
494. Eyes Of The World - Grateful Dead
493. Rudie Can't Fail - The Clash
492. What's On My Mind - Kansas
491. L.A. Woman - The Doors
490. I'm Broken - Pantera
489. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
488. I Want To Conquer The World - Bad Religion
487. Around The Dial - The Kinks
486. Omaha - Moby Grape
485. Suzie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival
484. Flute Thing - The Blues Project
483. Anarchy In The UK - Sex Pistols
482. Under Pressure - Queen
481. Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders
480. Monterey - Eric Burdon & the Animals
479. Bullit - The Misfits
478. My War - Black Flag
477. Southern Man - Neil Young
476. Hard To Handle - The Black Crowes
475. High Flying Bird - Richie Havens
474. We'll Burn The Sky - Scorpions
473. Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
472. On The Road Again - Canned Heat
471. Keep It Warm - Flo & Eddie
470. Waiting For A Friend - The Rolling Stones
469. U.S. Blues - Grateful Dead
468. Say Goodbye To Hollywood - Billy Joel
467. Madman Across The Water - Elton John
466. Simple Twist of Fate - Bob Dylan
465. Johnny Hit & Run Paulene - X
464. Theme For An Imaginary Western - Mountain
463. Reasons To Be Cheerful (Pt.3) - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
462. Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman
461. Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers
460. Life Is A Carnival - The Band
459. Miracles - Jefferson Starship
458. Allison - Elvis Costello
457. Sonic Reducer - The Dead Boys
456. Mama Kin - Aerosmith
455. Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Santana
454. Seven Turns - The Allman Brothers
453. Death Or Glory - The Clash
452. Unity - Operation Ivy
451. Tales Of Brave Ulysses - Cream
450. Cold As Ice - Foreigner
449. Woman From Tokyo - Deep Purple
448. Lily, Rosemary & The Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan
447. Us & Them - Pink Floyd
446. Set The Twilight Reeling - Lou Reed
445. What I Got - Sublime
444. Melissa - The Allman Brothers
443. Tom Sawyer - Rush
442. Badlands - Bruce Springsteen
441. She Talks To Angels - The Black Crowes
440. Kate Is Great - The Bouncing Souls
439. Freedom - Rage Against The Machine
438. Up On Cripple Creek - The Band
437. All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
436. Estranged - Guns N' Roses
435. Sugar Magnolia - Grateful Dead
434. I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
433. Basket Case - Green Day
432. Wolfman's Brother - Phish
431. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
430. Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash
429. Roundabout - Yes
428. Visions Of Johana - Bob Dylan
427. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
426. Frizzle Fry - Primus
425. Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
424. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
423. Tweeter & The Monkey Man - Traveling Wilburys
422. Oh Sweet Nothing - The Velvet Underground
421. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
420. Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
419. Rock & Roll Stew - Traffic
418. Burnin' For You - Blue Oyster Cult
417. Angie - The Rolling Stones
416. Southbound - The Allman Brothers
415. Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
414. Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
413. Cross-Eyed Mary - Jethro Tull
412. Tempted - Squeeze
411. Beast Of Burden - The Rolling Stones
410. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
409. One After 909 - The Beatles
408. Shake It Up - The Cars
407. Whiskey In The Jar - Metallica
406. I Love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett
405. Bad Company - Bad Company
404. Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters - Elton John
403. Westbound Sign - Green Day
402. Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young
401. Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
400. Radio Ga Ga - Queen
399. Because The Night - Patti Smith
398. Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers
397. She's A Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
396. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
395. 5:15 - The Who
394. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
393. Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
392. Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones
391. Badge - Cream
390. Crazy On You - Heart
389. Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones
388. Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
387. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John
386. Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
385. Jessica - The Allman Brothers
384. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
383. I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton
382. Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
381. Shine On Brightly - Procol Harum
380. Happy Jack - The Who
379. My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
378. If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues
377. Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
376. I'm Going Home - Ten Years After
375. California Saga - The Beach Boys
374. Destroyer - The Kinks
373. Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones
372. Back In The Saddle - Aerosmith
371. Phoenix - Wishbone Ash
370. No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
369. Clamptown - The Clash
368. Spirits In The Material World - The Police
367. Dead Flowers - The Rolling Stones
366. Sail On Sailor - The Beach Boys
365. Oye Como Va - Santana
364. La Grange - ZZ Top
363. Getting Better - The Beatles
362. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - The Rolling Stones
361. The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
360. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Joe Cocker
359. American Girl - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
358. Funk #49 - The James Gang
357. Radar Love - Golden Earring
356. Playing In The Band - Grateful Dead
355. Time Bomb - Rancid
354. Luxury - The Rolling Stones
353. Conquistador - Procol Harum
352. More Than A Feeling - Boston
351. Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan
350. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
349. New Year's Day - U2
348. Society's Child - Janis Ian
347. Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
346. Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
345. Come Dancing - The Kinks
344. Have A Cigar - Pink Floyd
343. I Feel Free - Cream
342. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
341. Sample In A Jar - Phish
340. Jane Says - Jane's Addiction
339. Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) - The Hollies
338. The Four Horsemen - Metallica
337. Refugee - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
336. Fame - David Bowie
335. No Time Like The Right Time - The Blues Project
334. Heart of Gold - Neil Young
333. Supper's Ready - Genesis
332. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know - Blood, Sweat & Tears
331. Spirit In The Night - Bruce Springsteen
330. Apache Rose Peacock - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
329. All My Love - Led Zeppelin
328. Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
327. 30 Days In The Hole - Humble Pie
326. She Said She Said - The Beatles
325. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
324. Final Solution - Pere Ubu
323. American Woman - The Guess Who
322. Can't Get Enough - Bad Company
321. I'm So Tired - The Beatles
320. So Begins The Task - Manassas
319. Judy Is A Punk - The Ramones
318. Isn't It A Pity - George Harrison
317. The Shape I'm In - The Band
316. Salvation - Rancid
315. Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks
314. I Can See For Miles - The Who
313. Back In Black - AC/DC
312. Dy'er Ma'ker - Led Zeppelin
311. Ride My See-Saw - The Moody Blues
310. Draw The Line - Aerosmith
309. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
308. Bell Bottom Blues - Derek & The Dominos
307. Midnight Rider - The Allman Brothers
306. Wild Side - Mötley Crüe
305. Only You Know and I Know - Dave Mason
304. War Pigs/Luke's Wall - Black Sabbath
303. Give A Little Bit - Supertramp
302. Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
301. Penny Lane - The Beatles
300. Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
299. Patience - Guns N' Roses
298. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge
297. Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills & Nash
296. Presence Of The Lord - Blind Faith
295. Down With Disease - Phish
294. Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces
293. With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
292. Alone Again Or - Love
291. Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
290. Fight The Good Fight - Triumph
289. Heartache Tonight - The Eagles
288. Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
287. Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies
286. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
285. Icarus (Borne On Wings Of Steel) - Kansas
284. Rock And Roll Fantasy - Bad Company
283. Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
282. The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
281. Kiss The Blues Goodbye - Grinderswitch
280. Season Of The Witch - Al Kooper/Stephen Stills (Super Session)
279. It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
277. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
276. Hold Your Head Up - Argent
275. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
274. Piece Of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company
273. What's Your Name? - Lynyrd Skynyrd
272. Tough Enough - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
271. Down By The River - Neil Young
270. Tuesday Afternoon - The Moody Blues
269. Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
268. Make Me Smile - Chicago
267. Eight Miles High - The Byrds
266. Already Gone - The Eagles
265. Heroes - David Bowie
264. Taxi - Harry Chapin
263. Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
262. We're Not Gonna Take It - The Who
261. I Don't Wanna Go Home - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
260. We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
259. Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Slade
258. Love Reign O'er Me - The Who
257. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
256. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
255. Stay With Me - The Faces
254. Watching The Wheels - John Lennon
253. People Are Strange - The Doors
252. Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
251. Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles
250. Mississippi Queen - Mountain
249. Wild Thing - The Troggs
248. Train In Vain - The Clash
247. Reeling In The Years - Steely Dan
246. Going Up The Country - Canned Heat
245. The Weight - The Band
244. 7&7 Is - Love
243. Riders On The Storm - The Doors
242. I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home - Grand Funk Railroad
241. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
240. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
239. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
238. All Right Now - Free
237. Space Oddity - David Bowie
236. Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith
235. Shake Down Street - Grateful Dead
234. Question - The Moody Blues
233. Get Together - The Youngbloods
232. Sun King Medley - The Beatles
231. Within You Without You - The Beatles
230. Let's Spend The Night Together - The Rolling Stones
229. Join Together - The Who
228. Alive - Pearl Jam
227. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
226. Long Promised Road - The Beach Boys
225. Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
224. Personality Crisis - The New York Dolls
223. Paper Sun - Traffic
222. I Hear You Knockin' - Dave Edmunds
221. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
220. 25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago
219. So Whatcha Want - The Beastie Boys
218. Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones
217. Pickin' Up The Pieces - Poco
216. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & the Animals
215. Why Don't You Get A Job - Offspring
214. Get Back - The Beatles
213. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
212. Glass Onion - The Beatles
211. Rock & Roll All Night - Kiss
210. After Midnight - Eric Clapton
209. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
208. Message In A Bottle - The Police
207. Tush - ZZ Top
206. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd
205. Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
204. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
203. Why Go - Pearl Jam
202. Dogs - Pink Floyd
201. Nervous Breakdown - Black Flag
200. Bitch - The Rolling Stones
199. My Sharona - The Knack
198. Kickstart My Heart - Mötley Crüe
197. 2000 Light Years From Home - The Rolling Stones
196. Rock On - David Essex
195. Life By The Drop - Stevie Ray Vaughan
194. Old Man - Neil Young
193. Runnin' On Empty - Jackson Browne
192. Just What I Needed - The Cars
191. Bouncing Around The Room - Phish
190. Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie
189. Way Of The World - Wishbone Ash
188. Love Me Two Times - The Doors
187. Piece Of My Heart - Big Brother & the Holding Company
186. Strange Brew - Cream
185. Young Livers - Rocket From The Crypt
184. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
183. Jimmy Jazz - The Clash
182. Travelin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
181. Turn The Page - Bob Seger
180. I Got A Feeling - The Beatles
179. Dust In The Wind - Kansas
178. Saw Mill River - Ox
177. I Don't Wanna Hear It - Minor Threat
176. Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa
175. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
174. Bargain - The Who
173. Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
172. Surrender - Cheap Trick
171. Centerfold - The J.Geils Band
170. Time - Pink Floyd
169. Love Her Madly - The Doors
168. Amazing - Aerosmith
167. Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker
166. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake and Palmer
165. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
164. Listen To The Music - The Doobie Brothers
163. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
162. There Goes Another Love Song - The Outlaws
161. The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
160. #1 Hit Song - The Minutemen
159. Squeeze Box - The Who
158. The Wind - Circus Maximus
157. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Young
156. Push On Till The Day - Trey Anastasio
155. Life - Sly & The Family Stone
153. Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead
152. Redemption Song - Bob Marley
151. Legs - ZZ Top
150. November Rain - Guns N' Roses
149. Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
148. Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
147. Crossroads - Cream
146. Carry On - Crosby, Stills & Nash
145. Coma - Guns N' Roses
144. Levon - Elton John
143. Bird Song - Grateful Dead
142. Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
141. Young Americans - David Bowie
140. Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
139. The Logical Song - Supertramp
138. Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
137. In A Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
136. Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
135. Lola - The Kinks
134. Anything But Me - Phish
133. White Room - Cream
132. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
131. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
130. Hello I Love You - The Doors
129. Get It On (Bang A Gong) - T Rex
128. A Salty Dog - Procol Harum
127. Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N' Roses
126. Sandi (4th Of July Asbury Park) - Bruce Springsteen
125. House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
124. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
123. Going Mobile - The Who
122. Natural Thing - UFO
121. Band On The Run - Wings
120. Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid - Led Zeppelin
119. In The City - The Jam
118. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan
117. Revolution - The Beatles
116. I Can't Quit Her - Blood, Sweat & Tears
115. Kick Out The Jams - MC5
114. Who Are You - The Who
113. No Pride - Green Day
112. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
111. Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
110. Don't Think Twice It's Alright - Bob Dylan
109. Enter Sandman - Metallica
108. Maggie's Farm - Rage Against The Machine
107. I've Seen All Good People: Your Move/All Good People - Yes
106. Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead
105. A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
104. Roxanne - The Police
103. Sgt.Pepper/With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
102. Suffragette City - David Bowie
101. Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann
100. Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
99. Empty Pages - Traffic
98. One - U2
97. 10th Avenue Freezeout - Bruce Springsteen
96. Civil War - Guns N' Roses
95. Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
94. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
93. I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag - Country Joe & the Fish
92. Hey You - Pink Floyd
91. Rock Steady - Bad Company
90. I Never Dreamed - Lynyrd Skynyrd
89. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
88. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
87. Walk This Way - Aerosmith
86. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
85. With Or Without You - U2
84. Changes - David Bowie
83. Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
82. It's Only Rock And Roll (But I Like it) - The Rolling Stones
81. Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix
80. Burn Down The Mission - Elton John
79. Shattered - The Rolling Stones
78. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
77. Come Together - The Beatles
76. Fire - Jimi Hendrix
75. Dazed & Confused - Led Zeppelin
74. Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
73. Touch Me - The Doors
72. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
71. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
70. Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
69. Champagne Supernova - Oasis
68. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
67. Victim of Changes - Judas Priest
66. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
65. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
64. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
63. Rosalita - Bruce Springsteen
62. Casey Jones - Grateful Dead
61. Wah Wah - George Harrison
60. Whipping Post - The Allman Brothers
59. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
58. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
57. Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
56. Look At Little Sister - Stevie Ray Vaughan
55. Soulshine - Gov't Mule
54. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
53. Rocket Man - Elton John
52. I Am The Walrus - The Beatles
51. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
50. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
49. God Save The Queen - The Sex Pistols
48. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
47. Mountain Jam - The Allman Brothers
46. Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones
45. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
44. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
43. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
42. Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
41. Oh Sweet Nothin' - The Velvet Underground
40. The Real Thing - Phil Lesh & Friends
39. A Day In The Life - The Beatles
38. Truckin' - Grateful Dead
37. Journey To The End Of East Bay - Rancid
36. Seek & Destroy - The Stooges
35. Working Class Hero - John Lennon
33. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John
32. Call Me The Breeze - Lynyrd Skynyrd
31. Dream On - Aerosmith
30. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
29. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
28. Let It Be - The Beatles
27. Rock & Roll - Led Zeppelin
26. If You Want Blood, You Got It - AC/DC
25. Killing In The Name Of - Rage Against The Machine
24. Born On The Bayou - Creedence Clearwater Revival
23. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
22. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
21. Money - Pink Floyd
20. London Calling - The Clash
19. Farmhouse - Phish
18. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - Bob Dylan
17. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
16. Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
15. What It Takes - Aerosmith
14. Layla - Derek & The Dominos
13. Light My Fire - The Doors
12. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
11. Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen
10. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
9. Baba O'Riley - The Who
8. Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
7. Hey Jude - The Beatles
6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
5. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
4. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3. Blue Sky (Live) - The Allman Brothers
2. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
1. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan