Title: SCOM voted #6 Guitar song by Q Magazine Post by: Beowulf on February 17, 2005, 05:59:44 PM From Q #224 March 2005
These are Q's [a U.K. magazine's] choices for the top 100 guitar songs of all time. Some good tracks overall, but I'm not sure how Korn and U2's "Vertigo" got included. GNR made #6. I'm fairly certain that they limited each artist to one song on the list. 1. Jimi Hendrix ? Purple Haze 2. The Rolling Stones ? Jumpin? Jack Flash 3. Led Zeppelin ? Whole Lotta? Love 4. Nirvana ? Smells Like Teen Sprit 5. The Beatles ? Helter Skelter 6. Guns N? Roses ? Sweet Child Of Mine 7. The Who ? Won?t Get Fooled Again 8. The White Stripes ? Seven Nation Army 9. The Kinks ? You Really Got Me 10. The Stone Roses ? I Am The Resurrection 11. Black Sabbath ? Paranoid 12. Deep Purple ? Smoke On The Water 13. The Stooges ? I Wanna Be Your Dog 14. Blur ? Song 2 15. Radiohead ? Creep 16. AC/DC ? Whole Lotta? Rosie (Live) 17. John Lee Hooker ? Boom Boom 18. The Velvet Underground ? Sweet Jane 19. Cream ? Sunshine Of Your Love 20. Oasis ? Supersonic 21. Pixies ? Debaser 22. Metalica ? Master Of Puppets 23. Aerosmith ? Walk This Way 24. Rage Againsed The Machine ? Killing In The Name 25. Pink Floyd ? Shine On You Crazy Diamond 26. Sex Pistols ? Pretty Vacant 27. Motorhead ? Ace Of Spades 28. The Smiths ? How Soon Is Now 29. Van Halen ? Eruption 30. Red Hot Chilli Peppers ? Can?t Stop 31. Ramones ? Blitzkrieg Bop 32. Neil Young ? Like A Hurricane 33. Queen ? Now I?m Here 34. The Clash ? White Riot 35. My Bloody Valentine ? You Made Me Realise 36. T.Rex ? Get It On 37. Fleetwood Mac ? Albatross 38. Thin Lizzy ? The Boys Are Back In Town 39. MC5 ? Kick Out Thejams 40. Prince ? Purple Rain 41. Franz Ferdinand ? Take Me Out 42. Chuck Berry ? Johnny B. Goode 43. Derek And The Dominos ? Laya 44. Muse ? Stockholm Syndrome 45. Public Image ? Public Image 46. Beastie Boys ? Sabotage 47. The Darkness ? I Believe In A Thing Called Love 48. Can ? Mother Sky 49. Howlin? Wolf ? Smokestack Lightnin? 50. The Byrds ? Eight Miles High 51. Television ? Marquee Moon 52. Gang Of Four ? At Home He?s A Tourist 53. Captain Beefheart ? Big Eyed Beans From Venus 54. The Hives ? Hate You Say I Told You So 55. Elvis Presley ? Hound Dog 56. David Bowie ? Heroes 57. R.E.M. ? The One I Love 58. U2 ? Vertigo 59. Echo And The Bunnymen ? Rescue 60. Lynyrd Skynyrd ? Freebird 61. The Yardbirds ? Shape Of Things 62. Slade ? Cum On Feel The Noise 63. Joy Division ? Shadowplay 64. Bo Diddley ? Bo Diddley 65. Iron Maden ? Phantom Of The Opera 66. The Strokes ? Last Night 67. Smashing Pumpkins ? Cherub Rock 68. The Sonics ? Strychnine 69. Sonic Youth ? Teenage Riot 70. Queens Of The Stoneage ? No One Knows 71. Funkadelic ? Maggot Brain 72. The Cult ? She Sells Sanctuary 73. The Jam ? Going Underground 74. John Lennon ? Cold Turkey 75. Faith No More ? Everything?s Ruined 76. Boston ? More Than A Feeling 77. Eddie Cochran ? Summertime Blues 78. Dinosaur Jr. ? Freak Scene 79. PJ Harvey ? 50 Ft Queenie 80. Bob Dylan ? All Along The Watchtower 81. Magazine ? Shot Both Side 82. Verve ? Slide Away 83. The Only Ones ? Another Girl Another Planet 84. Sly And The Family Stone ? I Want To Take You Higher 85. Joan Jett And The Blackhearts ? I Love Rock And Roll 86. Spaceman 3 ? Revolution 87. Link Ray And His Ray Men ? Rumble 88. Husker Du ? Friend, You?ve Got To Fall 89. Dick Dale & His Del Tones ? Misirlou 90. Siouxsie & The Banshees ? Hong Kong Garden 91. Interpol ? Obstacle 1 92. ZZ Top ? La Grange 93. Korn ? Blind 94. Foo Fighters ? All My Life 95. Steely Dan ? Reelin? In The Years 96. The Shadows ? Apache 97. Suede ? Animal Nitrate 98. The Jesus And Mary Chain ? Sidewalking 99. Richard And Linda Thompson ? Shoot Out The Lights 100. The Osmands ? Crazy Horses |