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SMX presents The Top 100 Classic Rock Songs
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Cornfed Hick
Ancient Mariner
"This song's original lyrics were written on LSD and had ~35 verses."
This one is driving me crazy, because I seem to recall hearing this tidbit at one point.
But I can't remember, so I'll just guess Purple Haze or Baba O'Riley.
I don't have anything better to guess than Born to Run for Usain Bolt.
It is widely rumored that this song was written about someone in Andy Warhol's entourage:
Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan (re Edie Sedgwick)
This one is driving me crazy, because I seem to recall hearing this tidbit at one point.
But I can't remember, so I'll just guess Purple Haze or Baba O'Riley.
I don't have anything better to guess than Born to Run for Usain Bolt.
It is widely rumored that this song was written about someone in Andy Warhol's entourage:
Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan (re Edie Sedgwick)
Yeah, the LSD/35 verse one is driving me crazy.
Cornfed Hick
Ancient Mariner
Wasted CLV said:
I can imagine John Lennon writing 35 verses of "Imagine" (pun intended). At some point it would get ridiculous: "Imagine there's no porno/Whatever shall we do/No way to see Bree or Sasha/Their faces caked in goo."
(To all: I am very, very sorry for that. Too much Howard Stern and Charlie Sheen this week.)
Another two-part song is Free Bird: the singing part + the extended solos.
Ha! Very good on the Imagine.
I keep thinking Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, but there are so many drug references made out of that song, it seems too cliche.
I keep thinking Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, but there are so many drug references made out of that song, it seems too cliche.
4 of 5 answers have been guessed correctly. You guys have one day to get the last one. 
Black Thunder
Ancient Mariner
Which one is missing?
Cornfed Hick
Ancient Mariner
Black_Thunder said:
I'm betting it's the 35 verse/LSD one.
Black Thunder
Ancient Mariner
cornfedhick said:
Could be, but I'm betting high stakes that's "Purple Haze".
Just wait for SMX to clear that out.
Cornfed Hick
Ancient Mariner
cornfedhick said:
Satisfaction came on the radio, and it hit me that it also repeats the first verse. I'd expect that to be higher on the list, but I'd also expect it to be ON the list, whereas I'm not so sure about the Animals.
Black Thunder
Ancient Mariner
Onhell said:
...And that would be WAY too low for a song such as that.
cornfedhick said:
Satisfaction starts with the chorus. No verse is repeated.
Cornfed Hick
Ancient Mariner
I guess I'll go down swinging with House of the Rising Sun then.
This song's original lyrics were written on LSD and had ~35 verses... (+5 to cornfedhick)
#35. Jimi Hendrix, "Purple Haze"
I saw those original handwritten lyrics - pages and pages of them! - at the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland back in 2000. They might have moved since then, since a couple more rock museums opened up and (IIRC) the Hendrix estate pulled many items out of the HOF for the new museums. Amazing how they'll put any old thing in a museum: the HOF also had the couch that Jimi sat on while practicing guitar as a teenager. A couch? Really?
It is widely rumored that this song was written about someone in Andy Warhol's entourage... (+5 to cornfedhick)
#34. Bob Dylan, "Like A Rolling Stone"
As cfh said, Edie Sedgwick. But that's just trivia. This song matters for more substantial reasons. It was just about the longest single ever released back in '65, and paved the way for other folks to write long singles. It was also (famously) Dylan's transition to electric music, for which he got booed by organic fun-hating folk fans. Remember, early rock was usually on the dumb side, even when good. Dylan effectively said "you can rock even if you're smart, too". The road which began here led to Starblind.
A 2-part song... (+5 to Wasted)
#33. Queen, "We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions"
Maybe you could call it two songs, but it's been a rare occasion when I've heard one without the other - especially on classic rock radio.
Usain Bolt... (+5 to Wasted)
#32. Bruce Springsteen, "Born To Run"
Bruce had put out two critically-acclaimed but unsuccessful albums. His live shows were becoming legendary, but to most people he was just another guy with the "new Dylan" label. He was desperate and hungry for the big time. He wrote this song as his final attempt to get it, later calling it "my shot at the title". It worked; he hit one out of the park. This is the song that made him a legend. This is the song that put him on the covers of Time and Newsweek at the same time; that's a very small club.
The first verse is sung twice...
#31. The Rolling Stones, "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
"Third verse, same as the first" is an old rock and roll tradition, and it seems that's where most of you were going. But the Stones put the same verse twice in a row: sung first by a choir, then by Mick. The single omitted the choir, and some radio stations do the same.
With this last group, we have reached the stratosphere. We're now seeing songs that often appear in top ten lists, and we still have thirty to go. In fact, Born To Run is in my own personal classic rock top ten.
More clues:
If you're not on the Stairway To Heaven, you're probably here.
They might wear turbans.
I have smokes but no matches; help, please.
Starts with sound effects.
Based on a true story.
(The songs are getting really famous; all these clues should be easy.)
#35. Jimi Hendrix, "Purple Haze"
I saw those original handwritten lyrics - pages and pages of them! - at the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland back in 2000. They might have moved since then, since a couple more rock museums opened up and (IIRC) the Hendrix estate pulled many items out of the HOF for the new museums. Amazing how they'll put any old thing in a museum: the HOF also had the couch that Jimi sat on while practicing guitar as a teenager. A couch? Really?
It is widely rumored that this song was written about someone in Andy Warhol's entourage... (+5 to cornfedhick)
#34. Bob Dylan, "Like A Rolling Stone"
As cfh said, Edie Sedgwick. But that's just trivia. This song matters for more substantial reasons. It was just about the longest single ever released back in '65, and paved the way for other folks to write long singles. It was also (famously) Dylan's transition to electric music, for which he got booed by organic fun-hating folk fans. Remember, early rock was usually on the dumb side, even when good. Dylan effectively said "you can rock even if you're smart, too". The road which began here led to Starblind.
A 2-part song... (+5 to Wasted)
#33. Queen, "We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions"
Maybe you could call it two songs, but it's been a rare occasion when I've heard one without the other - especially on classic rock radio.
Usain Bolt... (+5 to Wasted)
#32. Bruce Springsteen, "Born To Run"
Bruce had put out two critically-acclaimed but unsuccessful albums. His live shows were becoming legendary, but to most people he was just another guy with the "new Dylan" label. He was desperate and hungry for the big time. He wrote this song as his final attempt to get it, later calling it "my shot at the title". It worked; he hit one out of the park. This is the song that made him a legend. This is the song that put him on the covers of Time and Newsweek at the same time; that's a very small club.
The first verse is sung twice...
#31. The Rolling Stones, "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
"Third verse, same as the first" is an old rock and roll tradition, and it seems that's where most of you were going. But the Stones put the same verse twice in a row: sung first by a choir, then by Mick. The single omitted the choir, and some radio stations do the same.
With this last group, we have reached the stratosphere. We're now seeing songs that often appear in top ten lists, and we still have thirty to go. In fact, Born To Run is in my own personal classic rock top ten.
More clues:
If you're not on the Stairway To Heaven, you're probably here.
They might wear turbans.
I have smokes but no matches; help, please.
Starts with sound effects.
Based on a true story.
(The songs are getting really famous; all these clues should be easy.)
The 'turbans' one may be Dire Straights, Sultans of Swing