Which of these songs screams "RAWK!" most to you?

[SweetZombieJesus]

I'm writing a thing for my friend's zine that tries to pin down just what it is about rock n roll that makes me go weak in the knees, and I came up with a short list of rock songs that I think most speak to that feeling, and picking one to be the one I deconstruct to try and explain it. Right now I'm leaning towards "Rumble" but I'm open to use another one on the list.

[FlashHarry]

1. "Spread it Around," by The Bags!!!

Man, some tough choices there. Stooges... I'd say 'Search and Destroy,' even though it's a bit of a cliche. (I'm a street-walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm/I'm the runaway son of the nuclear a-bomb.)

[Tredge]

2. RAWK!

"Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth says that for me.

[FlashHarry]

3. I'd put "U-Mass" by the Pixies up there, too. Just for the riff.

[FlashHarry]

4. Damn! or "He's Waiting," by The Sonics...

Sorry, SZJ, I don't mean to hijack your thread...

[SweetZombieJesus]

5. Don't sweat it dude, all good choices

Hijack away, since we won't get to have a beer and talk music when I'm in town.

[maveric]

6. Charlies choice! HELTER SKELTER!!

Rocks!

[SweetZombieJesus]

7. I GOT BLISTERS ON ME FINGERS! = ROCK!

I still contend that this song invented punk and metal all in one fell swoop.

[mitchum]

25. It certainly invented metal...

the template for Led Zeppelin's sound is right there in that song

[Richardo]

37. Tell me, tell me, tell me your answer, you may be a lover but ...

...you ain't no dancer. Look out!


Another :thumbsup: :thumbsup: for Helter Skelter...

[FarLeftRage]

8. All are great choices

but Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower" does it for me.

[lfairban]

13. I'll second that.

n/t

[FlashHarry]

9. One more: Jailbreak by AC/DC

Gobs and gobs of guitar tone. The maracas make it for me, though.

[ThorsteinVeblen]

10. Sin City by AC/DC

[Wickerman]

11. Hey Hey My My

Hey Hey My My(Into The Black) or Drive Back, both Neil Young

sorry, he hapens to be on the changer tonight and love those powerchords.

or, Silver Rocket, Sonic Youth - yep, DayDreamNation is in the changer too.

[flamingyouth]

12. Props for including the Stooges

Best RAWK band ever.

[rppper]

14. HEY HO...LETS GO!!!!!!

ANY ramones song sends me flying into a writhing, twisting, hopping 3 chord spasm.......

GABBA GABBA HEY!!!



RIP Joey and Dedee.......

[AmandaRuth]

15. the red and the black

by BOC

[Wickerman]

17. or even the Minutemen's version!

[AmandaRuth]

34. i have a

I have a couple of friends who, years ago, went to a mm show because they had heard they might play some boc or maybe it was that one of the mm was a boc fan, and came away convinced the MM were the saviors of rock, and then proceed to devour anything MM. I was too busy with little kids to pay attention at the time, but my time is my own now, I should track some down, and give a listen. I sure like the influence.

[Wickerman]

35. Double Nickels on the Dime

Great starting point. Or Mersh Project. Had D Boon lived they might justa saved rock.

[NightTrain]

16. What dipshit came up with "RAWK," anyway?

The "word" looks ugly and sounds stupid.

It's ROCK, goddammit! ROCK, ROCK, ROCK!!!

[FlashHarry]

18. Nope, it's RAWK.

'Rock' just doesn't cut it--unless it's paired with the prefix 'super'--as in Super-Rock. Actually, it's a pretty common spelling amongst garage/punk/psych afficionados.

[NightTrain]

20. I have a radical idea

How about calling the music ROCK & ROLL?

Granted, that's an extremely bizarre suggestion, but why not give it a try? Who knows, y'all might just like it!

[HEyHEY]

21. Look at it this way

Had it ben called Roll and Rock we'd all be saying, "Hey man do you dig roll music?"

[HEyHEY]

19. Out of all the stones tunes - you pick satisfaction...bleach

Oh wait this'll probably start a flame fight..never mind ...good show! But what is good about rock....well, I chose MC5 because I love that heavy industrial break your organs guitar sound.

[mitchum]

22. "Kick Out The Jams" even though I don't care for much of MC5's...

official recorded output. Now, those bootleg videos of live shows are another matter entirely...

runnerup: The Stooges' "Loose"

[bif]

41. I'll second "Kick out the Jams!

Mother F*#@ers! If you ever saw the Five live-that would clinch iut!

[carpetbagger]

23. "All Day and All of the Night" (Kinks version)

Carnal, great solo, power chords of three and only three different kinds in the verses, great drum fills, steady and fast beat.

Runners-up: Satisfaction, Train Kept a Rollin (Yardbirds version), Jailhouse Rock, Roadhouse Blues.

[Terwilliger]

24. Here I am....RAWK you like a Hurricane!!!

WHOA! Bad 80's flashback! :freak:

[CanuckAmok]

26. SHAKE APPEAL!! But Raw Power is great, too...

All good pics, by the way. I don't often come across a DU poll in which I'd select "all of the above", but this is one.

I also enjoy Jesus Lizard's version of "Sunday You Need Love", because it's absolutely the most rawking slide guitar solo ever recorded.

Also see: "Top Fuel", by the Dijits, and "Coma America", by Amen

[RandomKoolzip]

27. "Ain't Talking 'bout Love," The minutemen version, not Van Halen

Either that or "TV Eye" by the Stooges; that fucking yell that opens the song, then the yelp that follows the entrance of the guitar, never fail to get me out of my chair and dancing up and down!

[ACK]

28. Minutemen

Good choice one of my fav bands of all time and Mike Watt is the greatest punk bassist ever.

[RandomKoolzip]

30. "I'll put it in simple words: WORKING MEN ARE PISSED!!!"

It just doesn't get better than D. Boon, man.

[catzies]

40. I see your Mike Watt but I raise you John Doe, sorry.

Great opening riff from "The World's a Mess, it's in My Kiss" for starters. And how about White Girl?

[CanuckAmok]

29. Now that I think about it...

The Birthday Party do a killer version of the Stooges' "Loose". It's awesome, and includes Nick Cave's gutteral "LOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRDD" at the end of it, where TV Eye would pick up on the LP.

[Wickerman]

36. I ain't got time to fuck around

Fuck You. I love that song.

[PittPoliSci]

31. PULSATING TO THE BACK BEAT!

BLITZKREIG BOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[emulatorloo]

32. Other List

Beatles - REVOLUTION single - John's amazing vocal, that overblown overdriven guitar, "Don't you know its gonna be all Right"

McCartney JET - amazingly poetic lyrics about a lover who won't take risks for love, driving bass line.

Gang of 4 - I FOUND THAT ESSENCE RARE - just a beat that kills me, makes me want to jump up just thinking about it. I just revisited all my Gang of 4 vinyl. . .boy did they RAWK!

Stones - JUMPING JACK FLASH - It's a gas gas gas.

Bowie - SUFFRAGETTE CITY

[Shakespeare]

33. Stop! by Jane's Addiction

Tattooed Love Boys by the Pretenders ain't bad, either...or Heard it on the X by ZZ Top...

[geniph]

38. Allman Brothers, Whipping Post

something about those unison guitars gets me every time. Das ist hook-laden!

[catpower2000]

39. Out of these..easily "Kick Out the Jams"...but

what is that song from the 80's, hair metal, where he's like

"I wanna rawk! (RAWK!)" dum dum DUM dum dum DUM "I WANT TO rawk! (RAWK!)...etc

That's pretty rawkin, too. :)

Cat