# Classic Rock songs you still crank up despite hearing them a zillion times. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793 "2014-08-28T20:41:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/61 "2014-08-30T04:18:53Z")
_The Lemon Song_ by Led Zeppelin. That dirty, nasty bassline by JPJ makes me want to drop my panties, and I’m a straight man who doesn’t even wear panties. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/62 "2014-08-30T05:23:19Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > I like this post so much I want to take it out to dinner and then do nasty things to it. That post (but _not_ the poster) would let you! (Well, you know, 'cause I’m a dude, and all) More “better loud” music: Tool, Helmet and AC/DC. Eric Sardinas, Indigenous, Big Head Todd. And everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/63 "2014-08-30T06:15:34Z")
Yes, yes, YES!!! (Not the band.) Pretty much anything by Led Zeppelin. Magic Carpet Ride and Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf. Black Magic Woman by Santana. Darkness, Darkness by The Youngbloods. I’m Losing You, by Rare Earth. Street Worm, by Spirit. You Wreck Me, by Tom Petty. (Most anything by Petty, truth be told.) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/64 "2014-08-30T07:06:55Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Yes, yes, YES!!! (Not the band.) No, Really! The band! Put on _The Yes Album_, cue up _Starship Troopers_ and TURN IT THE FUCK UP! Saw **Yes** last Saturday, playing _Fragile_ and _Close to the Edge_ in their (is that right? there, they’re certainly don’t work 😕 ) entirety. Plus some other stuff. No Jon Anderson, but the kid they found to fill in was pretty good. Same timbre. He did okay. And you could understand the lyrics, not that that is a good thing, necessarily. Steve Howe is amazing. Chris Squire makes me look healthy. 😃 I drank way too much beer. Loved every second! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/65 "2014-08-30T07:25:49Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Oh, yeah, and no matter where I am or what I’m doing, whenever Ronnie tells me to “Turn it Up!” at the beginning of “Sweet Home Alabama”, I do. It’s like a game to me now. Yup. And, of course, the immortal _Free Bird_. Also: most Zeppelin–especially \*Immigrant Song \* and \*Whole Lotta Love \* \*Enter Sandman \*–Metallica (too modern to be ‘Classic Rock’ but still awesome) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/66 "2014-08-30T16:28:53Z")
_The Spirit of Radio_ by Rush. _Working Man_ by Rush. _Crazy Train_ by Ozzy. _It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)_ by AC/DC. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/67 "2014-08-30T16:56:35Z")
“Like A Rolling Stone” ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/68 "2014-08-30T17:23:34Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I know many will hate them but mostly because of events in my life that I associate with them, I will forever love the following songs; > > Rebel, Rebel by Bowie > Hotel California by The Eagles > Boys Of Summer by Don Henly (?) > Don’t Fear The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult > The Fire Down Below by Bob Seeger > > There are others, maybe I’ll post them as I remember. Ever heard the live version of Rebel Rebel from A Reality Tour? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF551z9KlA8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF551z9KlA8) Love that version. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/69 "2014-08-31T02:16:55Z")
> [@Doctor\_Who](#): > > Ever heard the live version of Rebel Rebel from A Reality Tour? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF551z9KlA8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF551z9KlA8) > > Love that version. Yep, that’s good! ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/70 "2014-08-31T03:41:03Z")
[Radar Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf53Pg2AkdY) - Golden Earring. Crankable at any time, but best if you’re driving. At night. On a long stretch of highway. [Poor Poor Pitiful Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TbfQPRgcS8) - Warren Zevon [I Only Want to Be With You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJMJSpOQEvk) - Dusty Springfield [The Real Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTwSKepkmdE) - The Who. Filled with anger and aguish, and some simply outstanding bass and drums. This is my “mental floss” song. A couple of minutes of indulgence in self-pity loud enough to flush everything out of my brain so I can start on whatever unpleasant task is before me. [American Girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyStwRYLzlI) - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. You just _have_ to beat on your steering wheel while you sing back-up (“Make it last all night!”), just like poor Catherine Martin. [Authority Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsEwK69LXjQ) - John Mellencamp, which I maintain is still one of the most perfect Rock & Roll songs ever created. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/71 "2014-08-31T04:23:41Z")
_ **Proud Mary** _. CCR. This was playing over the loudspeakers on the train the first time I traveled from Moscow to Leningrad in '75. _ **Legs** _. ZZ Top. Never fails to remind me of my favorite episode of _ **St Elsewhere** _: \*\*\*Take It Easy\*\*\*. The Eagles. One of the few really good memories I have of the '70s. _ **Born to be Wild** _. Steppenwolf. _ **Dancing in the Street** _. Martha and the Vandellas. _ **We Gotta Get Outta This Place** _ I prefer The Angels’ version to that of The Animals’. _ **Have You Ever Seen the Rain?** _ Also CCR. I crank up the last four while I’m driving and imagine I’m leading a squadron of F-100s on an air strike. Yeah! :o ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/72 "2014-08-31T04:26:04Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > [I Only Want to Be With You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJMJSpOQEvk) - Dusty Springfield Oh, yeah! :o ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/73 "2014-08-31T07:26:13Z")
Many of those already listed. And [Thin Lizzy’s Whiskey in the Jar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyQ-tScuzwM). And George Thorogood, anything. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/74 "2014-08-31T14:53:47Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **Proud Mary** _. CCR. This was playing over the loudspeakers on the train the first time I traveled from Moscow to Leningrad in '75. > […] Was that in English, or in a Russian translation? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/75 "2014-08-31T15:36:02Z")
I have SO many. Mostly from the 80’s, my heyday. “I Can’t Go For That” and “Your Kiss Is On My List” by Hall and Oates. “I Got A Line On You” by Spirit “White Wedding” and “Rebel Yell” by Billy Idol “Oye Como Va” by Santana “Real Wild Child” (?) - by Iggy Pop Anything at all by Joan Jett. (just saw her at the State Fair, still rockin’, seemed to be having a good time!) In particular, “Do You Wanna Touch” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/76 "2014-08-31T16:45:12Z")
Oh. And “Head Like A Hole” by NIN. And I’m old enough to be Trent Reznor’s mom…😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/77 "2014-08-31T17:19:12Z")
White Rabbit and Somebody to Love by Jefferson Airplane (actually the entire album) House of the Rising Sun In La Gada de Vida (or however it is spelled) Satisfaction by the Stones ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/78 "2014-08-31T17:52:25Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > White Rabbit and Somebody to Love by Jefferson Airplane (actually the entire album) > House of the Rising Sun > In La Gada de Vida (or however it is spelled) > Satisfaction by the Stones I think “Gadda” has two d’s. “House of the Rising Sun” is one of the most morose songs I’ve ever heard. I drew a special emoticon on the cover of my 45 rpm copy: a sad-faced, long-haired tearful young man. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/79 "2014-08-31T20:13:57Z")
Neither of these get airplay, but Be Careful With a Fool (Johnny Winter) I’d Love to Change the World (Alvin Lee & Ten Years After) Are full volume tunes for me ---
**Author:** ![Dodgecity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cab0a1/32.png) [@Dodgecity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgecity)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793/80 "2014-08-31T21:48:09Z")
Deep Purple’s Lazy [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dqM5L5JQseI/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGEwgUChlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDed6SIjm-yKiX4nxWDLwsfRxK0Pg "Lazy - Deep Purple") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqM5L5JQseI) Crank it every time I hear it [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-rock-songs-you-still-crank-up-despite-hearing-them-a-zillion-times/696793.md?page=5)