Music has always been considered as an expression in itself and the love for music is known for binding the community together. The music composers have ensured that people get to own a new playlist to suit every mood of the listeners. The music genres can be divided into various categories that include Pop songs, Rock n Roll beats, instrumental music or slow and soft songs.
Rock n Roll street style music has been loved by partygoers and the ‘Punk’ group of the society for a very long time. The trend of playing music in underground garages started long back in the early 1950s and has now developed as a favorite amongst the crowd. While there are several new rock songs being launched every day, there are a few songs that remain a classic favorite amongst the audience. Some of these classic favorites are:
1.Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
Composed by the lead guitarist Jimmy Page, the song Stairway to Heaven has managed to be in almost every list that talks about the best rock songs. This popularity is surely commendable considering that the song was never released as a single.
2. Hotel California – Eagles
The song released by the popular music group Beatles has been a favorite classic for a pop music lover and had managed to win the prestigious Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978.
3. Dream On – Aerosmith
The song was the first major hit of the band and soon became a classic radio staple.
4. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
The song was the second biggest hit single of the band and still remains in the lists of best rock songs.
5. Black Dog – Led Zeppelin
The song has released as a single and had soon captured all the charts in the country. To date, the song is considered to be amongst the greatest guitar tracks of all time.
6. Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
One of the most famous songs by the band, Comfortably Numb is renowned for featuring two guitar solos.
7. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Considered to be Lynyrd Skynyrd’s signature song, Free Bird has managed to hold a consistent position in the list of Greatest Guitar Solos of all time.
8. Another Brick in the Wall, part 2 – Pink Floyd
A protest song against rigid schooling, Another Brick in the Wall was nominated for a Grammy Award and remains to be a favourite amongst the music lovers.
9. Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones
The song is the opening track of the 1969 album ‘Let it Bleed’ and critics believe that the band has “never done anything better” when asked for a review of the song.
10. Let it Be – The Beatles
The last single released by the before McCartney’s departure, the song Let it Be is the proud owner of being the highest debut song released by the band.
11. Wish you were here – Pink Floyd
The song released to mixed reviews where some critics believed that the band could have done better while the others have hailed it be one of the greatest albums of all times.
12. Ramble On – Led Zeppelin
After almost 40 years of its launch, the song managed to stake a claim over a position in the list of Greatest Songs of All Times.
13. Time – Pink Floyd
This song speaks about the passage of time and is renowned for including the introductory passage of chiming clocks and ringing alarms.
14. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
The song is believed to be very progressive and was a staple of the band for several years during concert performances.
15. Simple Man – Lynyrd Skynyrd
The song has been a favourite since its launch and soon became the 3rd best selling digital song by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
16. Paint it Black – The Rolling Stones
The song still remains to be influential because it was the first hit song featuring a Sitar, particularly in the UK.
17. For What it’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
Often considered an anti-war song, For What it’s Worth became a well-known song preferred during protests.
18. House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
It features the story of a life that’s gone wrong and is considered to be the first folk-rock hit music.
19. Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith
This song can be very well considered as the reason behind the success of the band and resulted in a string of pop hits.
20. More than a Feeling – Boston
More than a Feeling was the lead single track of the debut album by the band and can very well be considered as a classic staple even after a period of 45 years now.
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