You can try. You'll have until 8am if you're in bed when ur turn comes up.

I would have taken MrWookie's comment as a compliment.

...a complement to what?

Rock and Roll has no such limitations. I can appreciate the (technologically forced) efficiency of a three-minute gut-shot as much as anyone. But using it as some kind of aesthetic battering ram for rationalizing your personal prejudices, such as calling the Allman Brothers "self-indulgent jam band garbage", is hipster doofus proselytizing at it's most hilarious.

"Whipping Post" (and I'm thinking primarily of the Fillmore version, since that is the most famous) is long, but it rewards immensely. No wasted notes, no artifice. You may prefer your mess in easily digestible nuggets, but songs that allow for exploration and nuanced expression are no less valid.

Wait a sec...if nyc is on the clock at 2:15, then I go on the clock at 6:15, or 8?

lol fixed by edit. Thanks for noticing.

"Echoes" was a surprise, if only for the fact it wasn't really a signature song. And the daveT pick was definitely a daveT pick, and that's a good thing.

we give him until 8

I like this idea!

Hey, Dom, can I still get in on this one?

FU Spreadsheet.
I've never listened to a Katy Perry song.
(I have watched a video though )

RR sniped the pick I decided on last night. Had much the same "dangerous" attraction. Lol religious Midwest.

Well, this is a no-brainer, for me, anyway. I've long held the greatest song in the Rock and Roll canon is "Gimme Shelter", by the Rolling Stones, and I see no reason to disavow that singular truth, now.




Fighting a bit of a summer cold this morning, plus I have to run off and do some work. So I'm going to cheat on my write-up a little, and crib my own mess, from the album draft.

There you have it...the greatest song in Rock and Roll, from the Greatest Album in Rock and Roll. If you have not heard the thing, I suggest you go and find a copy, and put it on. Turn off all the lights, grab a bottle of brown liquor, preferably named after a fine southern gentleman, hunker down with the one you love, rut like a fevered weasel, and stare down the apocalypse like a man.

I’m going to momentarily take this draft out of the pre-1975 era.

The late 90’s and early 00’s were a dark period for rock ‘n roll. Boy bands such as 98 Degrees and rock pretenders like Creed dominated the charts and fought for the hearts and minds of a youth that had never known honest, soulful, pure rock music. Real rock fans were forced into hiding, with nothing more than memories and alcohol-based support groups to reminisce about the older days.

Enter a 7-note riff, using an octave pedal to create a sound deeper than any guitar should go.








Round 1: Seven Nation Army, The White Stripes



This song rocks. Pure and simple. Jack White is one of only a few modern day guitarists that can be identified by a single note. His wailing guitar on this track, along with the primal drumming, was all that was necessary to bring rock fans out of hiding.

I’ll admit there was one other band that helped revive rock in the early part of the 00’s, but there was no other song that brought instrument-based music back into the conversation.

The nyc999 RNR Mixtape
Seven Nation Army

Steamraise pm'd

Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin


I don't care about the accusations of plagiarism.

These guys in their early years (before they got too full of themselves) were unbelievable.

I had their first four albums on vinyl when they came out. Still today some of my favorite listening.

Damn I love watching Page in action

That 20 second solo at 1:42 is wonderful.

What I like about Page is he makes it look so effortless and he looks like he's having a good time.

The Who - Baba o'Riley
that teenage wasteland song

Will update when I'm not getting busted out of a tournament

Dom, and others, I've gone ahead and added myself to the end of the spreadsheet. First two picks all set to go.

picked on first page...


Gene Chandler... Duke of Earl



hikeeba is up...

Duke of Earl confirmed unstoppable

might wanna do some kind of writeup, MSchu18

I like the White Stripes pick. Great song, outside the box of where this draft had been, and something that's now practically ubiquitous at sporting events around the country.

I have always wrestled with this versus Sympathy as the greatest Stones song so I am glad this made the first round.

Gimme Shelter was definitely on my short list. And I think it's ahead of Sympathy. One of the best intros in rock history. The first 1:30 of this song is just perfection. So glad they added black women singing in the background. Gives the song an extra layer of awesome.

It's said that Joey Ramone mastered his fast downward picking by playing Communication Breakdown over and over again.