YOUR favorite rock song by decade

[limelight_rush]

Any Group, Any Rock Genre.

60's House of The Rising Sun - The Animals (1964)
70's Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (1979)
80's Mama - Genesis (1983)
90's Jesus He Knows Me - Genesis (1992)
00's Getting Away With It (all messed up) - James (2001)

[warthogdb]

Of course this changes about every 20 minutes. This is what was came out quickly...

50's: Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran
60's: Strychnine - the Sonics
70's: He's a Whore - Cheap Trick or anything by the Ramones
80's: Mommy's Little Monster - Social Distortion
90's: Dressed in Black - Teengenerate
00's: Who Do You Dance For - Sahara Hotnights

[Onslaught_fei]

For the moment.

60's: "Touch Me" - The Doors
70's: "Soldier of Fortune" - Deep Purple
80's: "Nosferatu" - Coroner
90's: "Elements" - Atheist
00's: "Deliverance" - Opeth

[MdrnDayWarrior]

60's: The End - The Doors
70's: Rudie Can't Fail - The Clash
80's: Natural Science - Rush
90's: Guerrilla Radio - Rage Against The Machine
00's: I Don't Love You Anymore - Bomb the Music Industry!

[sonicnerd23]

60's: "Dazed and Confused" - Led Zeppelin (1969)
70's: "And You and I" - Yes (1972)
80's: "Scene of the Crime" - Ratt (1984)
90's: "Sir Psycho Sexy" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)
00's: "Shadow on the Sun" - Audioslave (2002)

[neckermanncj]

60's: Femme Fatale- The Velvet Underground
70's: Complete Control- The Calsh
80's: Every Breath You Take- The Police
90's: Fake Plastic Trees- Radiohead
00's: Australia- The Shins

[ardshipman]

60s: Suspicious minds - Elvis Presley
70s: The Spirit of Radio - Rush
80s: Purple Rain - Prince (Technically it ain't rock, but listen to that guitar solo. Damn!)
90s: Psycho Circus - Kiss
00s: Not Falling - Mudvayne

[Stewie]

These are just some of my favs
60's: The End-The Doors
70's: Free Bird-Lynyrd Skynyrd
80's: Every Breath You Take-The Police
90's: Man In The Box-AIC
00's: Like A Stone-Audioslave

[Dalamari]

60's - Midnight Rambler by The Rolling Stones (live version off Hot Rocks is amazing)
70's - Love, Reign o'er Me by The Who
80's - Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan
90's - Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley (or Mystical Machine Gun by Kula Shaker)
00's - It's Summertime by The Flaming Lips

[Runesmith]

50s: Elvis Presley - "A Big Hunk O' Love"
60s: The Temptations - "Get Ready"
70s: David Bowie - "Starman"
80s: Depeche Mode - "See You" (or Devo's "Snowball")
90s: Nirvana - "Sliver"
00s: AFI - "The Leaving Song, Pt. 2"

[supernova1324]

60s I can see for miles-The Who
70s Don't Stop Believing-Journey
80s I Ran-Flock of Seagulls
90s Hunger Strike-Temple of the dog
00s Best of you-foo Fighters

[MronoC]

As of this very second:

'60s: "Doctor Please" by Blue Cheer
'70s: "Be My Lover" by Alice Cooper
'80s: "Heat of the Moment" by Asia
'90s: "Boris" by the Melvins
'00s: "Old College Try" by The Mountain Goats

If we weren't limited to rock, I might have chosen Jacques Brel's "Amsterdam" for the '60s.

[B. Vicious]

60's - Gimme Shelter : Rolling Stones
70's - Foreplay/Long Time : Boston
80's - Kickstart My Heart : Motley Crue
90's - Juice : Steve Vai
00's - Hearts Burst Into Fire : Bullet For My Valentine

[thedoorsdk]

Hmm, tough. I'm just gonna do whatever pops into my head.

60's: "Badge" by Cream
70's: "Layla" by Derek and the Dominos
80's: "Red Barchetta" by Rush
90's: "State of Love and Trust" by Pearl Jam
00's: "The Most Vicious Crime" by Sparta

[Lolicat]

(I'm not too big on rock in the 1950s, so I'm instead going to go with a Jazz track)
'50s: Blue Monk, Thelonious Monk

(This one changes most days, although you can bet that it will definately be Dylan, and probably still on this album)
'60s: Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan

(This is probably the best rock song ever, I can't be bothered putting the whole title, but this was poetry, Beat, fused with rock 'n' roll.)
'70s: Land, Patti Smith

(This is difficult, because there was a lot of great music made during the '80s, it just got buried under the crap. To make up for the fact I'm not really a mad guitar person, though, I choose this, probably my favourite 'guitar song' ever)
'80s: Trilogy, Sonic Youth

(This is when it gets truly difficult, all of my favourite music was made here! Because I'm listening to her, I'm choosing this track, which might be my favourite track ever, although not very 'rock'. I apologise to Bikini Kill too...)
'90s: Metal Heart, Cat Power

(Ok, this one was a little easier, this is the one song that can challenge Land for its title of best rock track ever. Also, it sounds even better in the context of its preceding track, so get the album, Sleater-Kinney deserve your love!)
'00s: Night Light, Sleater-Kinney

[onidragon]

These change constantly
60's-Heartbreaker-Led Zeppelin
70's-Let Me Go, Rock N' Roll(live)-KISS
80's-Jane Says-Jane's Addiction
90's-Rooster-Alice In Chains
00's-You Know You're Right-Nirvana

[0Bonham0]

Vodoo Chile- Jimi Hendrix
Stairway To Heaven - Zeppelin
Knockin On Heavens Door- GNR
Nothing Else Matters- Metallica
Master Exploder- Tenacious D

[Lolicat]

Knockin On Heavens Door- GNR


I detest that cover. It doesn't even sound like a protest song anymore.

[coreyrocksandrolls]

60's- Purple Haze
70's- Immigrant Song
80's- Welcome to the Jungle
90's- Smells like Teen Spirt
20's- She Builds Quick Machines

[MronoC]

60's- Purple Haze
70's- Immigrant Song
80's- Welcome to the Jungle
90's- Smells like Teen Spirt
20's- She Builds Quick Machines

do you, by any chance, compile lists at VH1 for a living?

[Lolicat]

do you, by any chance, compile lists at VH1 for a living?

Only when he's not doing features for Rolling Stone.

[tyro77]

70s-walk this way
80s-sweet child o'mine
90s-where did you sleep last night- nirvana
00s-slither

[clashcityrocker10]

Let's see what I can come up with here..

50s- "Johnny B. Goode"- Chuck Berry
60s- "My Generation"- The Who
70s- "London Calling"- The Clash
80s- "TV Party"- Black Flag
90s- "Undone (The Sweater Song)"- Weezer
00s- "I Turn My Camera On"- Spoon

All of these subject to change, especially the 90s and 00s.

[Wildwaterblues]

50s- "Johnny B. Goode"- Chuck Berry
60s- "Little Wing"-Jimi Hendrix
70s- "Whiskey in the Jar"-Thin Lizzy
80s- "Hysteria"-Def Leppard
90s- "Tonight Tonight"- Smashing Pumkins
00s- "Kissing Families" - Silversun Pickups

[GNRrockslife]

Damn, this is hard.
60's: The Kids Are Alright - The Who
70's: Ballad Of Dwight Fry - Alice Cooper
80's: Phantom Of The Opera - Iron Maiden
90's: Cryin' - Aerosmith
00's: Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong - Against Me!