Greatest Song Ever Written?

[HD MM]

What do you think? The greatest, most influential, most popular song EVER. What is it?

I'm going with Stairway to Heaven

 

[Bobby]

Aretha Franklin's version of RESPECT....

 

[Juan]

"You never even call me by my name" by David Allen Coe ..just listen to the lyrics

 

[dfergie]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6uEjifqTaI&feature=related"]American Pie[/ame] by Don Mclean is high on my list...

 

[jbull1381]

I would go with George Jones and "He Stopped Loving Her Today" for a love song.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

Satisfaction

 

[Skyhi]

Talk about an impossible question.....

I'll go with A Day in the Life by The Beatles.

 

[dfergie]

"You never even call me by my name" by David Allen Coe ..just listen to the lyrics

Dang you juan, now I have that song "stuck" in my head...

 

[Paul Wozniak]

Talk about an impossible question.....

I'll go with A Day in the Life by The Beatles.

So true. Off the top of my head I would call anything from the early Chuck Berry catalog as being more influential to R'n'R then "Stairway to Heaven", which didn't influence anything. I would call the Beatles the most influential band in history, and it's not even a close call. They changed everything.

 

[HD MM]

So true. Off the top of my head I would call anything from the early Chuck Berry catalog as being more influential to R'n'R then "Stairway to Heaven", which didn't influence anything. I would call the Beatles the most influential band in history, and it's not even a close call. They changed everything.

Ok, forget about "influence".

Just greatest song, ie: lyrics and composition. It's hard to argue with SwtH.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81eSIwsLcWg"]Led Zepelin - Stairway to Heaven[/ame]

 

[Derwin0]

Dang you juan, now I have that song "stuck" in my head...

"Well I was drunk the day my Mom got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by a damned old train"

 

[Paul Wozniak]

Ok, forget about "influence".

Just greatest song, ie: lyrics and composition. It's hard to argue with SwtH.

Led Zepelin - Stairway to Heaven

No doubt it was a great song. I think there first two albums "influenced" thousands of bands, however. Maybe my favorite 2 albums of all time. They took the Blues somewhere they had never been.

 

[Skyhi]

Ok, forget about "influence".

Just greatest song, ie: lyrics and composition. It's hard to argue with SwtH.

I'd take Comfortably Numb any day of the week.

 

[sluggo]

I would have to say it's a tie between one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century (according to Wikipedia anyway, I had to look it up to see who wrote it)..."Unchained Melody". The other one would be "Stardust".

For more modern songs..."American Idiot" from Green Day and "I Don't Care" from Fall Out Boy are superb rock songs.

Following those...anything by the Grateful Dead.

 

[Pepper]

"Amazing Grace"

 

[HD MM]

I would have to say it's a tie between one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century (according to Wikipedia anyway, I had to look it up to see who wrote it)..."Unchained Melody". The other one would be "Stardust".

For more modern songs..."American Idiot" from Green Day and "I Don't Care" from Fall Out Boy are superb rock songs.

Following those...anything by the Grateful Dead.

No way. I'm all about new music, but "greatest song ever"??!

 

[lefatman]

This 62 year old gray hair would have to vote for "My Girl" by the Tempting Temptations. Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers is also right up there.

 

[cybok0]

Mine.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTrNQCYh70Y]YouTube - Pink Floyd - One Of These Days[/ame]



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73dvrir5kig]YouTube - Led Zeppelin-kashmir...the real video[/ame]



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtuvXrTz8DY]YouTube - Jackson Browne - The Load Out / Stay - Live 1978[/ame]



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xql99I1VSdI]YouTube - Roundabout[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUE5fc7eiWk]YouTube - Heart - Crazy on you[/ame]

 

[Paul Wozniak]

No way. I'm all about new music, but "greatest song ever"??!

Fall Out Boy? PUHLEEEEEEZZEEE! The Hives are a thousand times better than that band on it's worst day.

 

[teamlazyboy]

sorry guys, this is the Greatest Song in the World

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcJwz7wu8_s&feature=related]YouTube - Tenacious D - Tribute[/ame]