[Chi-townChief]

For the greatest of all time, I'd have to go with "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry with Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" and, of course, Elvis' "Hound Dog" right up there near the top as well. IMHO, I think Skynyrd's best tune is "Gimme Three Steps."

And, as disussed some time ago, my choices for the greatest obscure rock numbers are "I Want Candy" by the Strangeloves and, for the ballad, "Smokey Places" by the Corsairs.

[Hatteras]

"The opening guitar lick is one of the most recognizable and electrifying intros in the history of popular music, right up there with the first notes of "Ohio," "Layla," "Baba O'Reilly" and "Revolution."

Sorry, gotta go with "Satisfaction" on the opening guitar lick.

[nuconvert]

"Sweet Home Alabama" is the greatest rock and roll song of all time"

Oh Brother! It doesn't belong in the top 1,000

[gridlock]

Dixie Chicken by Little Feet for she-done-me-wrong...

Thunder Road by Springsteen for a general pick--me-up...

[Bear_Slayer]

Everybody knows the first line

Turn it up

[Bahbah]

"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Jerry Lee Lewis.(Just my two cents.)

[SMARTY]

What was the Chuck Berry tune (and a lot of artists did it, too) 'Back Here in the USA)? All time favorite. Is that the exact title? LOOOOVVVE Chuck Berry!

[AlbertWang]

I remember October 20, 1977. It was a dark and hard night.

A friend of mine told me that if you live long enough you'll regret being alive. For me that happened the day I heard Simple Man made into a beer commercial. Skynyrd was about whiskey, not cheap St Louis beer.

[PzLdr]

"I Wonder Why" by Dion and the Belmonts, "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry, "Just Like Romeo and Juliet" by the Reflections (All guaranteed to cheer me up)

Opening Guitar riffs: "Needles and Pins" by the Searchers, "When You Walk in the Room" by the Searchers, "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones, "That'll Be the Day" by Buddy Holly and the Crickets, "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" by the Byrds. "Little Sister" and Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley.

I think your choices are largely determined by when you grew up - or got older in my case.

[Huck]

Turn it up!

[Paisan]

Can't argue with you there. Not to detract from Elvis, but Chuck Berry, IMHO, is the real King of Rock 'n Roll...

[ncdrumr]

Best opening guitar lick for me: Barracuda by Heart.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Sorry, but the all-time champ is "Louie, Louie"!

BTW, "I Want Candy" is a great song.

[cyncooper]

One of my favorite and obscure rock songs is "No Milk Today" by Hermans Hermits.

Go figure.

I still have my 45.

[P8riot]

The opening guitar lick is one of the most recognizable and electrifying intros in the history of popular music,

And easy to play too.

[SVTCobra03]

House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
Bad Moon Arising - Creedence

[Datahead]

Gotta be All Right Now by Free... simple, clean, straight-ahead guitar rock. Never heard a live club band who could do it justice though.

[Rudder]

Sweet Home Alabama ranks right up there with the other sappy classics, like "Achey Breaky Heart."

[P8riot]

My favorite is a toss-up between "Listen To the Music", by the Doobie Brothers, and "25 Or 6 to 4" by Chicago.

I can't count the number of tickets I got when I was kid, just because either of those two songs were on the radio when I was behind the wheel.

[zip]

ping

[biblewonk]

Pantera, Down, Manson, Korn, White Zombie.