MASTER PIECES (SONGS)

[makane]

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

[Jonathan]

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

[gilld1]

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

[nevermore]

 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.

[D]

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

[Kujo]

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

[Walk]

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.

No way.  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. 

[journey]

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

[Nytunz]

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

[BluesGNR]

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


Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On 

[Gunner80]

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

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

Something's rotten in denmark.

[supaplex]

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

[DEAD HORSE]

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

Agreed Completely!!!   


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

[kaasupoltin]

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

[Skeletor]

the closest I could find for a "masterpiece" band is Symphony X

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

[Walk]

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.

[Thorned Rose]

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

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.

[Kujo]

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

A few weeks ago that was the greatest RHCP song ever

[Thorned Rose]

If is probably my favorite on Mars.

[Lara]

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


Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On 

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