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Anonymous asked in Entertainment & MusicMusicRock and Pop · 1 decade ago

Can you recommend any good classic rock songs (mainly from the 60's and 70's)?

i am a 13 year old and i listen primarily to bob dylan(he is my favourite) and i also have benn listening to some songs of rolling stones, led zeppelin, pink floyd and some of ther songs are very good and i don't like modern forms of music like my friends do. So can you recommend some good classic rock songs from these bands and some other bands too.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Ok i am very experienced in this area and a have a ginormous array of hippie tunes here goes:

    Sweet Emotion Aerosmith

    Come Together Aerosmith

    Dream On Aerosmith

    School's Out Alice Cooper

    Trouble no More the Allman Brothers Band

    Mr. Customs Man by Arlo Guthrie

    Live for the music Bad Company

    All the lonely People, Get Back, Day Tripper, Across the Universe,I get by with a little help from my friends, Yesterday, All by the Beatles

    Paranoid Black Sabbath

    Gone in the Wind, the times are a changing, Talkin WWIII Blues, It aint me babe, Like a rolling Stone (I'm Sure You Know are all by Dylan)

    Fire Lake by bob seger

    War Pigs by Cake

    Going up the Country Canned Heat (My fave) (On Woodstock Movie)

    Down on the Corner, Have you ever seen the rain by CCR

    Rock the Casbah by the clash

    Sea of madness, Long time gone, both by CSNY

    Black Water, China Grove, Listen to the Music By the Doobie Brothers

    The Severed Garden, The End, Touch Me, Love me two times, When the music's over, Love Street, Summers Almost Gone,.Peace Frogs, Five to One, Light my fire, love her madly, riders on the storm, The Unknown Soldier ARE ALL BY the Doors (watch the movie by oliver stone called the doors)

    War (what is it good for) by edwin starr

    Slow ride by foghat

    if you're going to san fransisco (on forrest gump)

    All right now and you aint seen nothin yet by free

    We can change the world Graham Nash

    Castles made of sand, fire, hey joe, spanish castle magic, all along the watchtower all by the great Jimi Hendrix oh and purple haze :) :)

    Lets go get stoned by Joe Cocker

    imagine by john lennon

    Do a little dance KC & the Sunshine Band (great sound)

    Over the hills & far away and stairway to heaven Led Zeppelin

    Free Bird & Sweet Home Alabama by LynYrd SkynYrd (spell it right LOL)

    Love hurts Nazereth

    horse with no name and after the gold rush by niel young

    Do you feel like i do by peter frampton (& his talking gutair)

    this one goes out to the one i love REM

    Freedom by Richie Havens (woodstock once again)

    Wild horses, get off my cloud, im free, satisfaction by the rolling stones

    Magic Carpet Ride, Stop hey whats that sound, and monster by Steppenwolf

    Free Falling & life is a highway by Tom Petty

    Free Ride

    Why cant we be friends by war

    my generation, see me feel me, magic bus, baba o'riely, behind blue eyes, eminence front, join together, Quadrophenia, Summertime blues all by the who (GREAT)

    Tush & low rider by ZZ top

    Also..Rock n roll train, cant stop rock n roll, back in black, hell's bells highway to hell, rock n roll aint noise pollution, thunderstrauck & TNT all by AC/DC

    Living on the edge & back in the saddle again Aerosmith

    Rock n Roll fantasy, electric land, live for the music, by bad company

    I am the walrus, let it be -the beatles

    The byrds turn turn turn

    Cream: sunshine of your love & white room

    wont get fooled again the who

    snowblind by styx

    smoke 0n the water by deep purple

    hotel california & life in the fast lane by the Eagles

    Voodoo child Jimi Hendrix

    thats all i feel like typing

    these are all tunes i listen to reguarly and they are all great.

    I'm only 16 but these are all great hippie era tunes.

    Trust me i am an experienced hippie

    also anything by these artists:

    Joan Baez

    Greatful Dead

    Janis joplin

    jefferson airplane

    jim morrison

    john lennon

    journey

    the lovin spoonful

    the moody blues

    blind faith

    buffalo springfield

    the byrds

    cream

    Cat stevens

    thats all i can think of.

    comfortably numb, stop, goodbye blue sky, time, and wish u were here are all by pink floyd

    Source(s): my amazing musical library of greatness
  • 1 decade ago

    Pink Floyd is a category all by themself. A few of theirs from the early 70's are Time, Money, Wish You Were Here, Shine on You Crazy Diamond. The Wall from 1979 is full of huge songs by them. Here is a list of songs that I think defined the era that aren't just the same old songs that everyone would put on a list:

    Let It Be - The Beatles

    Happy Together - The Turtles

    Time of the Season - The Zombies

    Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

    She's a Rainbow - Rolling Stones

    White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

    Taxi - Harry Chapin

    I Got a Name - Jim Croce

    Day After Day - Badfinger

    Free Bird, Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

    American Woman - The Guess Who

    We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad

    Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel

    Daydream Believer - The Monkees

    Sugar, Sugar - The Archies

    Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon

    Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

    Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers

    Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

    The Weight - The Band

    In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans

    Leaving On a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul, & Mary

    Make It With You - Bread

    Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

    Joy to the World - Three Dog Night

    American Pie - Don McLean

    You're So Vain - Carly Simon

    I hope that gives you a start. The list could go on forever.

    Source(s): My ITunes library
  • M
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Back in the awful 80s,I used to listen to a lot of classic rock(mainstream 80s music was terrible). Thse were some of my faves:

    "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult.

    "Takin' Care of Buisiness" by BTO

    A LOT of Neil Young solo stuff,especially the late 70s

    About a half-dozen ELO tunes,including "Turn to Stone","Magic" and "Evil Woman".

    A LOT of Aerosmith

    The Sex Pistols,The Clash and The Ramones are not considered "classic rock",they're punk bands,but they did their thing in the 70s,so I'm putting them on the list. Also,the Damned,Generation X,the Slits,Johnny Thunders,Television,Patti Smith,the list goes on and on...

    I hope I helped. Every big city has a classic rock station.If yours doesn't,find one online. The best dvice I can give anyone about music is;just kep listening and you'll find what you're looking for. Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    Beatles

    - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

    - Abbey Road

    listen to those cd's and you wont be disappointed

    The Allman Brother's Band

    - Ramblin Man

    - Jessica

    The Doors

    - Light my fire

    - Break on through

    - riders on the storm

    - Hello I love you

    - love street

    The Grateful Dead

    - Truckin

    - Casey Jones

    - Sugar Magnolia

    - Franklin's Tower

    Jefferson Airplane

    - Somebody to Love

    - White Rabbit

    Jimi Hendrix

    - Purple Haze

    - All along the watchtower

    - Voodoo Child

    The Animals

    - House of the rising sun

    The Mama's and Papa's

    - California Dreamin

    - Monday, Monday

    Lynyrd Skynyrd

    - Sweet Home Alabama

    The Moody Blues

    - Tuesday Afternoon

    The Kinks

    - You really got me

    - lola

    - sunny afternoon

    The Who

    - Baba O'riley

    - pinball wizard

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I've always liked Credence Clearwater Revival (CCR) for real rock & roll. You might Robin Trower's "Bridge of Sighs". Jimmy Hendrix & Janis Joplin are also classic. And of course Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock & Roll".

    I commend you on your taste.

  • sonj
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    You have Dylan and Floyd so have a good taste.

    Queen would be my next choice.

    If you like any Irish influences try Jethro Tull

    Good on you for being different to your friends.

    Stay with what you like.

    Ah yes. Credence rocks!

  • Jill
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    1. Angie – This song was originally released in 1973 on the Stone's Goats Head Soup album. Rumor has it that Jagger penned this song about Angie Bowie, the wife of David Bowie, after a tryst between the two.

    2. Miss You- This song, from the 1978 album Some Girls, had a somewhat different sound than most of the Stone's songs. This song was released in the midst of the disco era, and while the Stone's later released an album which a much more disco-like feel (1980's Emotional Rescue), this was the first taste of a more pop-sounding Rolling Stones. This method worked for the Stones, too, as the album Some Girls went to number 1 on the Billboard charts.

    3. Sympathy for the Devil— 1968's Beggar's Banquet spawned some great Stone's songs, but the most memorable is "Sympathy for the Devil". Speaking as the voice of Lucifer, Jagger and Co. caused quite a ruckus with this song, thought of by many as an anthem for evil. Legend has it that this was the song that was being played by the Stone's during their 1968 concert at Altamont, when an 18 year old was fatally stabbed by member's of the Hell's Angels gang (actually the Stone's were singing their classic "Under My Thumb" at the time). In any event, a song that causes such commotion should definitely make any top 10 list.

    4. (I Can't get No) Satisfaction - - In 1966 the Rolling Stones performed this hit song on the Ed Sullivan Show. This is one of their most popular and easily recognizable songs.

    6. Start Me Up- 1981 found a new breed of Stones fans with the release of the album Tattoo You. The main hit on this album was "Start Me Up", which featured a great guitar hook.

    7. Jumpin' Jack Flash- This song didn't make the final cut for the Stone's Beggar's Banquet album, but it was later released as a single. It was then found on the greatest hits compilation, Through the Past Darkly (Big Hits Volume 2). The songs on this collection were dedicated to the late Brian Jones, one of the original members of the Stones.

    8. Mother's Little Helper- This song, from the 1966 album Aftermath, starts out with the lyrics "What a drag it is getting old". It then goes on to be an ode to the drudgery of being a housewife - the housewife then goes on to get a little "help" to get through her day, in the form of taking "little yellow pills". This was a very revolutionary song at the time and it's still a classic today.

    9. Shattered- Another hit from the Some Girls album, this song paints a not-so-pretty picture of New York City, but it's done in an irresistible way with the "shadoobie" chorus. Sure, Jagger takes pot shots at the city where "love and hope and sex and dreams are still surviving on the streets" but that didn't stop this song from getting tons of airplay in the U.S.

    10. Wild Horses- This song was featured on 1971's legendary Sticky Fingers. For Jagger, the lyrics were supposedly an ode to his then-love, Marianne Faithful. This song, a ballad, remains one of the Stone's most beautifully written and touching songs.

    6. Start Me Up- 1981 found a new breed of Stones fans with the release of the album Tattoo You. The main hit on this album was "Start Me Up", which featured a great guitar hook.

    7. Jumpin' Jack Flash- This song didn't make the final cut for the Stone's Beggar's Banquet album, but it was later released as a single. It was then found on the greatest hits compilation, Through the Past Darkly (Big Hits Volume 2). The songs on this collection were dedicated to the late Brian Jones, one of the original members of the Stones.

    8. Mother's Little Helper- This song, from the 1966 album Aftermath, starts out with the lyrics "What a drag it is getting old". It then goes on to be an ode to the drudgery of being a housewife - the housewife then goes on to get a little "help" to get through her day, in the form of taking "little yellow pills". This was a very revolutionary song at the time and it's still a classic today.

    9. Shattered- Another hit from the Some Girls album, this song paints a not-so-pretty picture of New York City, but it's done in an irresistible way with the "shadoobie" chorus. Sure, Jagger takes pot shots at the city where "love and hope and sex and dreams are still surviving on the streets" but that didn't stop this song from getting tons of airplay in the U.S.

    10. Wild Horses- This song was featured on 1971's legendary Sticky Fingers. For Jagger, the lyrics were supposedly an ode to his then-love, Marianne Faithful. This song, a ballad, remains one of the Stone's most beautifully written and touching songs.

    6. Start Me Up- 1981 found a new breed of Stones fans with the release of the album Tattoo You. The main hit on this album was "Start Me Up", which featured a great guitar hook.

    7. Jumpin' Jack Flash- This song didn't make the final cut for the Stone's Beggar's Banquet album, but it was later released as a single. It was then found on the greatest hits comp

  • 1 decade ago

    how was bowie not one of those^answers!?

    lets dance was seventies i think, all of his music is great though

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