Is the the best rock song of all time?

[Rum]

I heard this for the first time ever on the radio today. I don't know how the hell I have not heard it before. It has immediately gone to the top of my all time favourite rock tracks (and I'm not all that crazy about AC/DC either..well until now).

[Bella Fortuna]

I hate them. So, to answer the OP..... no.

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

AC/DC did a lot of catchy, anthemic stuff. I used to quite like them but kind of moved on from it a good few years ago.
I think the best thing about the band were Bon Scott's vocals.

[Tero]

No, it was recorded in 1968 by the Stones. Sort of. Brian was nearly dead, but appears on sigle cover. Brian's replacement had been hired, for next album. Keef played guitars and bass. Single did not even make it to the album.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_Jack_Flash

The next 4 of my top 5 are all by the famous boy band from Liverpool.

[tattuchu]

Is it a trick question?

[Rum]

No, it was recorded in about 70 by the Stones. Sort of. Brian was nearly dead, but appears on sigle cover. Brian's replacement had been hired, for next album. Keef played guitars and bass. Single did not even make it to the album.

The next 4 of my top 5 are all by the famous boy band from Liverpool.

I'm talking about hard rock. I agree that the Beatles in terms of overall 'pop' music were of course better..light years!

[Tero]

Rock is all rock. The bell shape vurve moved harder un the 70s to so called arena rock, more anthemic than the whole 60s.

[orpheus]

This, of course, has to rank very high on the list:



(I wonder what the A+ crowd would think of it?)

[Cormac]

I heard this for the first time ever on the radio today. I don't know how the hell I have not heard it before. It has immediately gone to the top of my all time favourite rock tracks (and I'm not all that crazy about AC/DC either..well until now).

Yes.

Yes, I believe it is.

[Cormac]

believe it or not, Slade were absolutely awesome back then too.

[MiM]

I actually still rather like this electrically ambivalent band. But that piece seems to be quite mediocre. Pieces like thunderstruck deliver much more both from the guitar and vocals.

[Tero]

I don't have enough on the phone here to compile 5 bands 5 songs, but we could try for that.

But Rush would have to go with Working Man, despite better lyrics later.
I guess I need riffs. For Tull the ultimate riff is To Cry You A Song, not Aqualung with the bad lyrics.

[Tero]

A kick ass Clapton perforance with Stones

[Cormac]

I don't have enough on the phone here to compile 5 bands 5 songs, but we could try for that.

But Rush would have to go with Working Man, despite better lyrics later.
I guess I need riffs. For Tull the ultimate riff is To Cry You A Song, not Aqualung with the bad lyrics.

I love Aqualung, odd lyrics and all!

[Beatsong]

No. It's too short on melody, by a long way, and the best rock songs have that as well as the whole catchy riff thing. In fact I don't even think it's ACDC's best song.

Mine would probably also be Stones. Maybe Gimme Shelter or something. Beatles? Pah... that's not rock, it's M.O.R.