Was listening to the Stones doing "I wanna be your man" earlier and man it's in your face. Especially for 1963.

I can't think of a song before it (I know Lennon/McCartney wrote it but that's a side issue) that was so full on electric and vicious. Bill's bass goes nuts Jagger 's delivery is sharp and right out in front of the mix and Keith's guitar is for want of a better description - violent. Brian's slide just adds to an already exciting atmosphere.

Pretty much the first hard rock song I know of and to think Jagger was concerned with "I hope they don't think we're a rock outfit" but listen to their second single. Out and out rock unlike the poppy "Come on".

Do instrumentals count? This one featured the hardest D chord of its day (1958). No one else had a guitar crunching like that at that time, and no one would until at least 1964.

Definitely this one:

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Greetings Raluca

released before You Really Got me

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Does this 1960 gem count?

LOL....That's Burton Cummings in back....

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This is from april 1964, including a young Ritchie Blackmore.

Not the first perhaps, but really powerful !

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Was listening to the Stones doing "I wanna be your man" earlier and man it's in your face. Especially for 1963.

I can't think of a song before it (I know Lennon/McCartney wrote it but that's a side issue) that was so full on electric and vicious. Bill's bass goes nuts Jagger 's delivery is sharp and right out in front of the mix and Keith's guitar is for want of a better description - violent. Brian's slide just adds to an already exciting atmosphere.

Pretty much the first hard rock song I know of and to think Jagger was concerned with "I hope they don't think we're a rock outfit" but listen to their second single. Out and out rock unlike the poppy "Come on".

I think your right ......don't think one of the songs posted....beat this one





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Here - back to the origin

Thanks for posting that mtaylor... Every now and then I need a dose of "the original stuff". Sometimes I don't even know that I need it. That dose hit me at just the right time this afternoon! Pat Hare... Wow!

Peace,
Mr DJA

As we say there is nothing new under the sun............great but not hard rock...hard rhythm blues maybe

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probably you really got me ... hard and slightly unhinged.

"you really got me": recorded july 1964; released august 4, 1964

"i can't explain": recorded september 1964; released december 1964

shel talmy, producer of both records said: "you really got me’ was not only the breakthrough number for north london outfit the kinks, but also a landmark recording that inspired the who’s pete townshend to compose ‘i can’t explain’, and whose influence resonates to this day.