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This is  dedicated to all rock, metal songs that we "fans" of music consider  'em as MASTER PIECES  (this is not a best riff or best lyric thread)

Just to name a few

Guns N' Roses - Estranged
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Pantera - Floods
Black Sabbath - Megalomania
Deep Purple - Bloodsucker
Rush - La Villa Estrangiato
Iron Maiden -  Hallowed be thy name
Judas Priest -  Victim of Changes
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Van Halen - Aint talkin bout love
Steve Vai - For the love of God
Elton John - Funeral for a friend/ Love lies bleeding
The Beatles - Happiness is a warm gun
The Doors - The soft Parade
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Led Zeppelin - Achiless last Stand

Let me know what songs you consider MASTER PIECES : ok:
 

Here's a couple off the top of my head/

The Rolling Stones - Memory Motel
Guns N' Roses - November Rain
The Beatles - Across the Universe
Motley Crue - Primal Scream
Megadeth - Sweeting Bullets

Dust In The Wind

i'm still confused as to who originally plays it.. but MAN is it a fucking awsome song to listen to when you're high!  :peace:

I'll have to agree with
Guns N' Roses - Estranged
Metallica - Master of Puppets

Still got the blues by Gary Moore is one of my fav songs ever.

Agalloch - In the Shadow of our Pale Companion
Agalloch - And the Great Cold Death of the Earth
Pain of Salvation - A Trace of Blood
Dream Theater - Metropolis pt. 1
Devin Townsend - Deep Peace
Winds - In All Reflections
Nick Cave - Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?
Nick Cave - Far From Me
Tom Waits - Invitation to the Blues
Tom Waits - Innocent when you Dream
Jeff Buckley - Lover, you Should've Come Over

danzig 4:
cant speak, goin down to die, little whip

Uriah Heep - July Morning
Deep Purple - Child In Time
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Queen - Innuendo
Guns n' Roses - Coma

A masterpiece? :confused:


I love Megadeth but that song, hell that ALBUM, makes me cringe - i'm embarrased to be heard listenening to that track - sounds sooo cheesy and so retarded 'hello me its me again' :nervous:

Velvet Underground - heroin
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
anything by mozart
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
Frank Zappa - Muffin Man
The Doors - L.A woman
SnoopDogg - LodiDodi
Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan
The Cult - Rain
Pink Floyd - Shine On you Crazy diamond
Marilyn Manson - Lunchbox
Tool - No Quarter (i know its a Zep cover-? but this version is a masterpiece)
Danzig - Mother
Skinny Puppy - Killing Game
Insane Clown Posse - What is a Juggalo?
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World

Haha yeah, that's actually a great song. One of the few Snoop Dogg tracks I like.

Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Guns N' Roses - Estranged
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Janes Addiction - Three Days

Kansas, I believe. To the OP - nice subject btw.? Anyway, a few of my choices:

Foo Fighters - Everlong
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Beach Boys - God only knows
Nirvana - Lithium
Oasis - Wonderwall (not a huge fan of them or anything, just thing it's a great song)
LL Cool J - Mama said knock you out (Awesome)

David Bowie- Space Oddity
Eric Clapton- Layla
Cream- Sunshine of your love
GNR- Estranged + November Rain

Queen - Bohemian Rhaposody
GNR - Estranged, NR, & Coma
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Guns n' Roses - Estranged
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Frank Zappa - Stink Foot
Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything For Love
Dave Matthews Band - Don't Drink the Water
Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream
Blaze - Meant to Be
Helloween - A Tale that Wasn't Right
Motley Crue - Bittersuite
Wolfsbane - Die Again
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Breaking the Girl
Bruce Dickinson - Navigate the Seas of the Sun

Gn'R Come and Estranged
Ozzy - No More Tears
Pantera - Cemetery Gates
Black Sabbath - War Pigs, Iron Man

Jeff Buckley - Lover, you Should've Come Over

Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland, Backstreets, Born to Run, The River, Racing in the Streets, Darness on The Edge of Town, Badlands

Guns n' Roses - Estranged, Coma, Welcome to the Jungle, Nightrain, Paradise City

The Rolling Stones - GIMME SHELTER, Shine a Light, Memory Motel, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Sway, Wild Horses, Brown Sugar, Winter, You Cant Always get What you Want and many MANY more

Aerosmith - Dream On, Kings and Queens, Draw the Line, Janies got A Gun, Toys in the Attic, Rats in the Cellar, Nobody's Fault

U2 - Where the Streets Have no Name, With or Without You, I Still Havent found What Im looking For, ONE, Running To Stand Still, Red Hill Mining Town, BAD

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven, Going to California, Thats the Way, Since I've been Loving You

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesdays Gone, Freebird

The Beatles - Hey Jude

ACDC - Back in Black, Shoot to Thrill, Hells Bells

The Who - Baba O' Riley

Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one. For me PS is a masterpiece, the crue were maturing quite well before the split in 1992. :peace:

Every album after Rust in Piece is cringe-worthy.

Bah... every death metal album you listen to is cringe worthy.  :P

GN'R - Estranged
GN'R - You Could Be Mine
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Neil Young - Southern Man
Neil Young - Old Man
Neil Young - Like a Hurricane
Neil Young - Grandpa's Interview
The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
Izzy Stradlin - Shuffle It All
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
Aerosmith - Nobody's Fault

Metallica - The Call of ktulu
Soundgarden - Like Suicide
Stone Temple Pilots - No Memory
Foo Fighters - Still
U2 - One
Koji Kondo - Overworld

Radiohead-Pyramid Song, The Bends, Paranoid Android
Hendrix-Vodoo Child, If 6 was 9
Dylan- Visions of Johanna
Grateful Dead- Friend of the Devil
U2- Joshua Tree the entire album
Metallica- Sanitarium

 what makes The Beatles and Led Zeppelin be the 2 integral bands to 20th century music and beyond is that their whole body of work is built almost entirely on master piece songs.

Guns N Roses "Estranged" "Coma"

Prince "Little Red Corvette" "Do Me Baby" "Adore" "1999" "When Doves Cry,Purple Rain,Sign O The Times, 7,Most Beautiful Girl In The World,The Holy River,Million Days,Erotic City,Lets Go Crazy,The Continental,


Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under The Bridge,My Friends,Soul to Squeeze,Otherside,Californication,Dosed,Dont Forget Me,Tear,Venice Queen,Wet Sand,Hard To Concentrate,Slow Cheetah,Stadium Arcadium,Tell Me Baby

The Beatles - A  Day In The Life
John Lennon - Imagine
Oasis - Master Plan
GnR - Estranged
Bruce Dickinson - Tears Of The Dragon
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Judas Priest - Beyond The Realms Of Death
Eric Clapton - Layla
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Roy Orbison - Crying
Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

No way.  :rofl: Both the Beatles and Led Zeppelin made plenty of silly songs and mediocre songs. Both bands had masterpieces, but most of their songs either needed improvement or needed to be aborted. Most masterpiece type bands are those that put out an album or two and then break up. Bands that stay around for long enough will experiment and eventually make bad songs.

That said, the closest I could find for a "masterpiece" band is Symphony X. They constantly put forward amazing musicianship, original songs, and interesting lyrical themes. None of their albums is bad, and most of their songs could be considered masterpieces, at least technically. Death comes close to being a masterpice band, but the mediocre Individual Thought Patterns album takes them down.  :no:

GN'R - November Rain ~ Sweet Child O' Mine ~ Civil War ~ (many others)
Beatles - In My Life ~ Yesterday
Billy Joel - Piano Man ~ New York State of Mind ~ Only the Good Die Young
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven ~ Immigrant Song ~ When The Levee Breaks
John Lennon - Imagine
Queen - Bohemian Rhaposody ~ Under Pressure
Aerosmith - Dream On
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven ~ Layla
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry ~ Redemption Song ~ Three Little Birds
Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door ~ Like A Rolling stone ~ Blowin' In The Wind
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge ~ Scar Tissue
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
Pearl Jam - Black ~ Jeremy
Radiohead - Creep ~ Karma Police
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt ~ Closer ~ Head Like A Hole
Pink Martini - Sympathique
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds

Tool - Lateralus (the whole album)
Tool - ?nima (the whole album)

I can't believe that not one person mentioned the greatest song of all time....


Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hihi:

Only two for GN'R!? Yet 13 for prince :puke:

Something's rotten in denmark.

gnr - nov. rain, estranged, coma, don't cry
queen - bohemian rhapsody, innuendo, show must go on
led zep - stairway to heaven
metallica - sanitarium, fade to black
aerosmith - amazing, angel, i don't want to miss a thing
iron maiden - fear of the dark
ac/dc - thunderstruck

Agreed Completely!!!  : ok: 


I would like to add Hey hey , my my from Neil Young  : ok:

Excluding Gn'R (they have too many masterpieces ;)):

- Hanoi Rocks - Tootin Bec Wreck
- Hanoi Rocks - Mental Beat
- The Clash - London Calling
- Hurriganes - Mister X
- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Beatles - Something
- Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

Hmmm yeah, there's more but I'm too tired to post them all :hihi:

By the way, since you're such a Symphony X fan, what do you think of Nevermore? I find they have a similar sound and feel to them as some Sym X songs - sort of like a ballsier version of Symphony X :)

Nevermore=Neverchug. Chug chug chug. Their guitars are downtuned stupidly low and they rely heavily on groove instead of memorable riffs. The production only amplifies this. They are simply too modern. Symphony X isn't a stranger to shiny production, but they can back it up and they don't overdo it. I listen to a lot of classic thrash, so I always end up comparing Nevermore to it, unfavorably. Symphony X, however, has good songwriting skills, so they often surpass their shred predecessors, like Cacophony. They don't go too overboard on the solos, etc.

As much as I like you D, and Bon Jovi ...

1 album like Stadium Arcadium can't have that many masterpieces. The RHCP alone don't have that many. You guys are really blowing SA out of proportion.

^ On that note, what happened to the song "If"?

A few weeks ago that was the greatest RHCP song ever ???

If is probably my favorite on Mars.

OMG...
As much as I respect Celine Dion and her amazing voice, this is the worst song ever!  ::)

This is simple...

half the songs on Oasis' "Definatley Maybe"
half the songs on Oasis' "What's the Story Morning Glory"

lol Oasis do rule

Rush - Tom Sawyer  :yes:

~ The Beatles - In My Life (plus about a million others  :P)
~ Nirvana - All Apologies
~ Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (A truly perfect song  : ok:)
~ The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
~ Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
~ Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
~ New Order - Blue Monday
~ Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
~ Creed - My Sacrifice (what...? It's a great song!!!  :rofl:)

Live at Woodstock, Oh yes.


I'll throw Californication in the hat too.

GN'R - Estranged
Led Zep - The Lemon Song, Kashmir
Bon Jovi - Dry County & My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia
Aerosmith - Dream On
George Harrison - Here Comes The Sun
Stones - Paint It Black

Fuck, there's too many to name :peace:

Lynyrd Skynyrd-Freebird
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Simple Man
Iron Maiden-Blood Brothers

GN'R - Estranged, November Rain, Coma & all the others

Led Zeppelin - Kashmere

Nine Inch Nails - Closer, March Of The Pigs

Tori Amos - Crucify, Happy Phantom

Beethoven - No9

AC/DC - Thunderstruck

The Beatles - Helter Skelter

John Lennon - Working Class Hero

The Doors - Riders On The Storm

Survivor - Burning Heart

Judas Priest - Night Crawler

Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun, Same Old Song And Dance, Dude Looks Like A Lady

L.A. Guns - Sex Action

Skid Row - In A Darkened Room, Youth Gone Wild, I Remember You

/lastroots

Iron Maiden - Infinite Dreams - Hallowed be thy name
Guns N Roses - Locomotive - Estranged - November Rain
Helloween - Number 1 - Mankind - Future World
Megadeth - Sweating Bullets - Foreclosure of a Dream - Hangar 18
Queen - Bohemian Raphsody - Innuendo - Prophet song
Aerosmith - Dream On

David Bowie - Sweet thing (both album and live versions are awsome a real gem)
David Bowie - Width of a Circle
David Bowie - Rock N' Roll Suicide, Moonage Daydream, Ziggy Stardust
GNR - Jungle, Estranged, Coma, Garden of Eden (overlooked fantastic lyrics)
GNR - Sweet Child
Queen - Stone cold crazy, 
NIN - The Wretched
NIN - We're in this together now
Faith no more - Epic, Midlife Crisis
Stones - Gimme Shelter
U2 - One, Bullet the blue sky
Marilyn Manson - Reflecting God, Coma White, Beautiful People
The Beatles - A day ina life,

This thread is stupid... it's just a list of a bunch of people's favourite songs.  Izzy tried to make a comment on something and basically got told to keep his opinion to himself.

Bah... most threads in this section are pointless- so this is really nothing new.

Then DONT POST!  ::)

Nah dont waste your time asking what they have to do  ;)
Just keep posting  :)

: ok:



Aerosmith - Back in The saddle  :yes:

Eminem - Sing For The Moment, Stan.
Nirvana - Lithium, Heart-Shaped Box and In Bloom.
Scorpions - Wind Of Change
Oasis - The Masterplan and Married With Children.
RHCP - Californication.
Faith No More - We Care A Lot.

You guys want a masterpiece...........this is a song by Steppenwolf called "Monster" that I almost can guarantee had some sort of influence on GNR.  It clocks in around 10 minutes long.  Very GNR-like.

Agreed. SA really wasn't too much special and I don't understand the huge hype. Your opinion though.

I'd have trouble naming any masterpiece songs.. classical music is really the "masterpiece" genre... (technically)

But, I've always thought Locomotive captured the emotion Axl was trying to convey so well..

What some people on this board need to understand is that theres a difference between a masterpiece and just a song you like.

Agalloch - In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion.

A TRUE masterpiece of a song. They're an awesome folk metal band, and that song is 15 minutes of the most melancholy and bleak music you'll ever hear. It's EPIC, it can make you feel empty inside or warm and fuzzy depending how you approach it. The song amazes me everytime I hear it, it's just a song that reminds you how great music can be and it's a shame that most other bands can't produce ART like this.

whatever ::)


hers ONE.................THE DOORS -  the end

Aaahhhh The End - one of the greatest of the great...

shine on you crazy diamond,comfortably numb,wish you were here / pink floyd
free bird / Lynyrd Skynyrd
one / u2
estranged / guns n' roses
bohemian rapsody / queen
riders on the storm,light my fire / the doors
purple rain / prince
10,000 days & wings for marie &viginty tres / tool
working class hero,imagine / john lennon
nights in white satan / moody blues
hotel california / the eagels
layla / eric clapton
child in time / deep purple
dream on / aerosmith
losing my religion / r.e.m.
fade to black / metallica
and others I can't remember now... :beer:

maybe not all these songs are MASTERPIECES,but yeah,they are popular,excelent songs....it's all matter of taste.

 

The choice of Vigini Tres confuses me - but otherwise a great list.

oh well,thanks.

and about Viginti Tres.....When you play Viginti Tres + Wings for Marie (wings pt1) simultaneously /w 10 000 days (pt2)
you get a perfect metamorphosis of those songs into one totally new experience.
"Viginti Tres" is Latin for "twenty-three", which is a symbol of synchronicity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_23_enigma
I'll send u PM later /w link for that mp3 file, if you want. :)

Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
Guns N' Roses - November Rain
Guns N' Roses - Estranged
Metallica - One
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd - Hey You
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
The Doors - Break On Through (To the Other Side)
The Doors - Light My Fire
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

Personal choices:
Whole Lotta Rosie                                  AC/DC
Desperado                                              Eagles
Freebird                                                 Lynrd Skynyrd
Woman                                                  John Lennon
Comfortably Numb                                 Pink Floyd
November Rain, YCBM,
Sweet Child of Mine                               Guns N Roses
I Wanna Be Sedated                             Ramones
Love Of My Life       
Bohemian Rapsody                                Queen
Lithium                                                   Nirvana
Stairway To Heaven                               Led Zeppelin
Streets Have no Name                           U2
Ball & Chain                                            Janis Joplin
Beauty & the Beast                                Stevie Nicks

Love all these tracks, may not be classics to everyone, but they are to me Oh and

Gimme some lovin                                  Spencer Davis Group

well, i'd say that my fave songs ATM they change depending on my general mood really, but they are:
fade to black-metallica, that song makes me wanna cry
cemetary gates by pantera so fekin' amazin'
everlong by the foo's is a great song, just so pretty
and then theres the obvious gn'r ones, november rain, estranged etc. i would consider them works of art yes hehehe
master of puppets is an amzing song, but i'm not sure if i would consider it a 'master piece', i suppose i would to a certain extent, depending on what you see as master piece. if i love a song i amkes me wanna cry because i love it so much,i dont love master of puppets that much, despite its amazing ness.
i love dead horse,because its good to get yourself out of a bad mood. but theres a difference between songs you love and songs you think are master pieces as someone before ha spointed out.

Since this is the masterpices songs I'll post this one Good  : ok:
Locomotive rehearsal with Jeff Beck  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMq3G8rdWlk&search=guns%20n%20roses

Actually no  :nervous:
But Im gonna see it now, Is a good song to make karaoke  :hihi:

TOOL - aenima