Jonesing for a Seriously Fun Music Podcast? We’ve Got You Covered
The Preston & Steve Show loves a good list.
Today they broke down two: The 25 Greatest Classic Rock Songs & the 20 Best Acoustic Song Intros. Both lists had some blatant omissions and the gang was quick to point those out between random stories about each song and the expected random tangents. If you’ve been craving a seriously fun music conversation, this is it.
Take a listen to the podcast, lists are posted below if you want to peek ahead:
Top 25 Greatest Rock Songs as voted by the readers of Classic Rock magazine:
1. “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen
2. “Stairway To Heaven” – Led Zeppelin
3. “Comfortably Numb” – Pink Floyd
4. “Kashmir” – Led Zeppelin
5. “Free Bird” – Lynyrd Skynyrd
6. “Hotel California” – The Eagles
7. “Smoke On The Water” – Deep Purple
8. “Tom Sawyer” – Rush
9. “Highway To Hell” – AC/DC
10. “Won’t Get Fooled Again” – The Who
11. “Whole Lotta Love” – Led Zeppelin
12. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” – Guns N’ Roses
13. “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” – Pink Floyd
14. “Gimme Shelter” – The Rolling Stones
15. “All Along The Watchtower” – Jimi Hendrix Experience
16. “Layla” – Derek & The Dominos
17. “We Will Rock You” – Queen
18. “The Boys Are Back In Town” – Thin Lizzy
19. “War Pigs” – Black Sabbath
20. “A Day In The Life” – The Beatles
21. “Whole Lotta Rosie” – AC/DC
22. “Stargazer” – Rainbow
23. “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” – Blue Oyster Cult
24. “More Than A Feeling” – Boston
25. “Born To Run” – Bruce Springsteen
Top 20 Acoustic Guitar Intros of All Time via YouTube:
- “Free Falling”
- ‘Cats in the Cradle”
- “Solsbury Hill”
- “Time in a Bottle”
- “I Stay Away”
- “Pinball Wizard”
- “Crazy on You”
- “Fire & Rain”
- “Here Comes the Sun”
- “Roundabout”
- “Scarborough Fair”
- “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”
- “Wish You Were Here”
- “Closer to the Heart”
- “Over the Hills & Far Away”
- “More Than a Feeling”
- “Norwegian Wood”
- “Angie”
- “Hotel California”
- “Stairway to Heaven”
