# Your top three rock and roll songs of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 28, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884 "2024-11-28T01:07:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/81 "2024-12-02T02:58:15Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I’d put in K.D. Lang’s cover of [“Hallelujah”](https://youtu.be/P_NpxTWbovE) Oh, and her duet with Roy Orbison on his “Crying” _“Cry-yi-yi-i-ing…over you…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/82 "2024-12-02T03:09:03Z")
Is there anyone else on this board who even knows The 77s?! Nice choice BTW ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/83 "2024-12-03T16:42:18Z")
> [@Mars\_Horizon](#): > > Is there anyone else on this board who even knows The 77s?! I think @Thudlow_Boink and I put about half of _Sticks and Stones_ onto the various mmm song polls around a year or so ago. I don’t know that anyone besides us ever voted for one of them, but they were there. Finding some new-to-me song thanks to a Doper’s recommendation is one of the quiet joys of hanging around here, and I’m glad to pull some of my obscure favorites out for others to maybe get into. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/84 "2024-12-03T22:10:27Z")
“Sultans of Swing,” Dire Straits “Fall on Me,” R.E.M. “Inca Roads,” Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention > [@cieskokid](#): > > The Rover - Led Zeppelin Love this. > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Behind Blue Eyes - The Who And this. (ETA - Ha! We’re in sync, it seems.) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/85 "2024-12-03T22:11:48Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > “Sultans of Swing,” Dire Straits > “Fall on Me,” R.E.M. > “Inca Roads,” Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention Interesting but valid choices. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/86 "2024-12-03T22:18:34Z")
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf Baba O’Riley - The Who Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/87 "2024-12-04T00:05:28Z")
Supper’s Ready-Genesis Strawberry Fields Forever-The Beatles Start Me Up-The Rolling Stones No particular order ---
**Author:** ![MeepersC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meepersc/32/12088_2.png) [@MeepersC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeepersC)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/88 "2024-12-04T01:32:02Z")
Thunderstruck - AC/DC Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers Mama I’m Coming Home - Ozzy Osborne ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/89 "2024-12-04T02:33:33Z")
[Young Blood - by The Coasters](https://youtu.be/bDs3d55Y-_8?si=T41gmvWi64rLK0b8) [Hide Your Love - by The Rolling Stones](https://youtu.be/KDZlKql3TIo?si=VjpS_myFDEiL5oAs) [Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out - by Bruce Springsteen](https://youtu.be/LOkQsVJV8ts?si=UflwVY8l04lqDrts) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/90 "2024-12-04T15:21:58Z")
Probably conflating “Ride Captain Ride” with “Closer To Home”. I used to get them confused a lot too. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/91 "2024-12-04T19:01:27Z")
As of this second: “Gimme Shelter” - Stones “The Price You Pay” - Springsteen “Please Please Me” - Beatles ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/92 "2024-12-04T20:00:35Z")
Without counting, just by reading the whole thread, I have the impression that “Gimme Shelter” is the most mentioned song by far. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/93 "2024-12-04T22:44:07Z")
It’s a good’un. I gave Honky Tonk Women the nod as it’s more straight ahead rock and roll. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/94 "2024-12-05T02:22:27Z")
“Revolution” - The Beatles (the first record I ever bought…a 45) “Honky Tonk Women” The Rolling Stones (He couldn’t catch me to tell me to slow down. Bellevue circa 1969) Not sure about the third one…yet. I do love “Gimme Shelter,” but that one came later for me. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/95 "2024-12-05T02:45:08Z")
My own favorite Stones song is “Shattered.” Bite the Big Apple! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/96 "2024-12-05T03:20:35Z")
Don’t mind the maggots. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/97 "2024-12-05T03:21:40Z")
I have the album _Some Girls_ with Lucille Ball on it. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/98 "2024-12-05T05:10:49Z")
[Leon Russell - A Song For You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37dw2r45Xzg) [Faces - Ooh La La](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUGKx_kWaVk) [The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH71AAxXmM) The answer is subject to change in the next 15 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/99 "2024-12-05T05:14:09Z")
Hell, the results would have been different if the title was “Your three top rock and roll songs of all time”. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884/100 "2024-12-05T05:19:34Z")
Dolly Parton - Jolene Willie Nelson - Too Sick to Pray A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-rock-and-roll-songs-of-all-time/1010884.md?page=6)