Another list that we've seen before just in different order...BUT I actually kinda like this list...only because they finally give props to the man himself: CHUCK BERRY. He's the at the #1 slot and I think it's way overdue that he gets top billing in one of these lists. Oh yeah...and our Stones make it on the list too.

Intro for the Top 100:

This is what makes a great rock & roll guitar sound: an irresistible riff; a solo or jam that takes you higher every time you hear it; the final power chord that pins you to the wall and makes you hit "play" again and again. Every song here has those thrills. But these are rock's greatest guitar moments because of what's inside the notes: hunger, fury, despair and joy, often all at once. You hear the blues, gospel and rockabilly that came before, transormed by the need to say something new and loud, right away. Rock & roll has been the sound of independence for half a century. The guitar is still its essential, liberating voice. This list shows the 100 reasons why:

100 Tool - "Vicarious"
99 My Morning Jacket - "Run Thru"
98 Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Under the Bridge"
97 Queens of the Stone Age - "No One Knows"
96 Husker Du - "New Day Rising"
95 Moby Grape - "Omaha"
94 Dire Sraits - "Money for Nothing"
93 My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow"
92 Mick Jagger - "Memo from Turner"
91 The Mars Volta - "Drunkship of Lanterns"
90 The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?"
89 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - "I Love Rock N Roll"
88 Quicksilver Messenger Service - "Mona"
87 King Crimson - "Red"
86 Jeff Beck - "I Ain't Superstitious"
85 Phish - "You Enjoy Myself"
84 John Mayer - "Gravity"
83 Sublime - "What I Got"
82 The Ventures - "Walk -- Don't Run"
81 Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
80 Steely Dan - "Kid Charlemagne"
79 Sonic Youth - "Silver Rocket"
78 Buddy Guy - "Stone Crazy"
77 Pearl Jam - "Even Flow"
76 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "American Girl"
75 Frank Zappa - "Willie the Pimp"
74 ZZ Top - "La Grange"
73 Blue Cheer - "Summertime Blues"
72 Weezer - "Say It Ain't So"
71 The Strokes - "Take It Or Leave It"
70 Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
69 Pink Floyd - "Money"
68 B.B. King - "The Thrill is Gone"
67 Bruce Springsteen - "Adam Raised A Cain"
66 Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Texas Flood"
65 The Police - "Message in a Bottle"
64 Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Freebird"
63 Guns n' Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine"
62 Albert King - "Born Under a Bad Sign"
61 Sam And Dave - "Soul Man"
60 Funkadelic - "Maggot Brain"
59 Jeff Beck - "Freeway Jam"
58 Link Wray - "Rumble"
57 Grateful Dead - "Dark Star"
56 The Byrds - "Eight Miles High"
55 Cream - "White Room"
54 Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Little Wing"
53 Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Born on the Bayou"
52 Radiohead - "My Iron Lung"
51 Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
50 Pixies - "Debaser"
49 Jimi Hendrix - "Machine Gun"
48 The Clash - "London Calling"
47 Van Halen - "Panama"
46 Dick Dale and the Del-Tones - "Miserlou"
45 The Beatles - "I Saw Her Standing There"
44 Sleater-Kinney - "Dig Me Out"
43 The Sex Pistols - "Holidays in the Sun"
42 John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - "Hideaway"
41 Television - "Marquee Moon"
40 The Who - "I Can See for Miles"
39 Santana - "Black Magic Woman"
38 The Faces - "Stay With Me"
37 Elvis Presley - "That's All Right"
36 Pink Floyd - "Interstellar Overdrive"
35 The Stooges - "1969"
34 Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
33 Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
32 Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing"
31 Queen - "Keep Yourself Alive"
30 Bill Haley and His Comets - "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock"
29 AC/DC - "Back in Black"
28 U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name"
27 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - "Look Over Yonders Wall"
26 B.B. King - "How Blue Can You Get"
25 The Rolling Stones - "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
24 Rage Against the Machine- "Killing in the Name"
23 The Yardbirds - "Over Under Sideways Down"
22 The Beatles - "A Hard Day's Night"
21 The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
20 The Impressions - "People Get Ready"
19 Prince and the Revolution - "Purple Rain"
18 Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"
17 Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath"
16 Neil Young with Crazy Horse - "Cowgirl in the Sand"
15 The Who - "My Generation"
14 Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run"
13 Derek and the Dominos - "Layla"
12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
11 Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love"
10 Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
09 The Allman Brothers Band - "Statesboro Blues"
08 Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven"
07 The Beatles - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
06 Van Halen - "Eruption"
05 Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar"
04 The Kinks - "You Really Got Me"
03 Cream - "Crossroads"
02 Jimi Hendrix - "Purple Haze"
01 Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode

I find it kind of hard to believe that "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" wouldn't be included on a list such as this. It is a fairly all-inclusive list, though.

What a load of crap

Same as usual, too Anglo-Saxon-influenced.
Where is Jamaica? Denmark? Finland? Etc.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2008-06-03 03:32 by Tumblin_Dice_07.

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I find it kind of hard to believe that "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" wouldn't be included on a list such as this. It is a fairly all-inclusive list, though.

Well as much as it is an iconic riff...it's hardly as fun to play as the what they chose: "Brown Sugar" and "Can't You Hear Me Knockin" After playing the opening riff to Satisfaction you're practically done and the fun kinda tapers off. BS or CYHMK is a ride all the way and I think that's what the point of this particular list...as predictable as it is.

without a doubt, one of the dummest lists ever.... no satisfaction? yet in almost all other rolling stone mags, they vote satisfaction as the #1 or #2 song of all time? what is the point of these lists they keep coming up with.... they keep changing their minds... stupid

Looks like it was drawn from a hat.

A paper hat.

I hate these kind of lists. Boooooooooring.

Take this instead: Steppenwolf "Born.." (Promo video).. Great guitar song

92 Mick Jagger - "Memo from Turner"

Interesting choice. Not a bad list I think, but would that be the best guitar songs ever? Well, when it comes to ranking music it's rather subjective, isn't it?
You fellas should calm down and put on SAL, play it loud and everything's gonna be just fine.

What about JJF?? According to keef the song he likes best to play...

As a list of songs with focus on guitarplayin it's not that wrong!
(See Justins post for Satisfaction).

Of course like always with these lists you could name 100 other songs as well . .

Then, CC, it'd rather be called "100 Great.. ", right?

"Brown Sugar" at No5.....
Hey Yeah!!! that's what the Aussie bush can bring out of a boy...



ROCKMAN

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without a doubt, one of the dummest lists ever.... no satisfaction? yet in almost all other rolling stone mags, they vote satisfaction as the #1 or #2 song of all time? what is the point of these lists they keep coming up with.... they keep changing their minds... stupid

different criteria

A couple of oversights, but its a pretty good collection of songs nonetheless. Some surprisingly fresh inclusions too as well as a few predictable choices.

Brown Sugar - No mention of keith - jagger riff and later Keith put in Open G on electric - sorry keith

CYHMK - again not friendly to keith but our man Taylor got the INK - way to go
Rolling Stones Mag - taylor finally gets some INK.


play that guitar boy

28 U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name"?

Come on. There are more interesting U2 songs to choose than THAT one.

Only ONE Stones song? Is that right? How is Stairway To Heaven a 'great riff' or 'jam' when it's a load of crap?

What a horrible stupid list. The last 15 or so make sense. How My Morning Jacket made it on here is - it just shows how stupid some people are.

Only you could post such a thread Openg!

I've never understood lists like this. How can you make a sort of statistical list of something that is ENTIRELY subjective. Sure, you're bound to get agitated. But it's not even worth responding really..

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dj
I find it kind of hard to believe that "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" wouldn't be included on a list such as this. It is a fairly all-inclusive list, though.

Well as much as it is an iconic riff...it's hardly as fun to play as the what they chose: "Brown Sugar" and "Can't You Hear Me Knockin" After playing the opening riff to Satisfaction you're practically done and the fun kinda tapers off. BS or CYHMK is a ride all the way and I think that's what the point of this particular list...as predictable as it is.

Point taken, Justin.

I thought Keith played both rhythm parts at the beggining of Cant You Hear Me Knocking..?

A lot of these choices seem as though they felt compelled to include a song, any song, by certain performers. But they made lousy choices. For example, while I can certainly see including a Clash song, I'd have gone with Complete Control. Or Expressway to Your Skull instead of Silver Rocket for Sonic Youth. Or Like a Hurricane instead of Cowgirl for Neil Young. Or Anarchy instead of Holidays for the Pistols. Etc.

And Marquee Moon should have been much higher. And I Heard Her Call My Name should have been in there, period. "And then my mind split open..."