And the greatest song ever is......

[j]

My favorite rock song would be 'Brand New Cadillac' by the Clash:  it's not 'great' (i.e., grand) but it's a perfect example of the genre:  fast, meaningless, blazing guitars and pounding drums, and a dirty word for the rebel in you.

Nice... I love that song so much.

 

[PHV]

This changes all the time, but if you want to talk rock song, almost nothing does it for like like The Who - Baba O'Reilly.

That song live is like lightning in a bottle. Their version at Madison Square Gardens right before old thunderfingers died is incredible... still sends chills up my spine when Townshend hits those power chords after the opening verses.

 

[linux_pro]

The greatest song ever composed or written was undoubtedly:

Elogy in G Minor
Rachmaninov

OR:

Gnossiennes No. 1 - 5
Erik Satie


Both are brilliant jewels in an otherwise foul and deluded century. How interesting then to note that were both were composed in times of great personal duress.

 

[linux_pro]

PS - I should add here, speaking of great music, that thacrozaag or whatever his name is (Koji Attwood), played quite possibly the most moving rendition of Etude Op 10 No 4 by Chopin that I have ever heard. As my current lady friend and I both noted, it had quite a punk-rawk feel to it, very lively, beautifully rendered, it was perfection.

Thank you Koji for sharing it on your site (the whitekeys site).

Am listening to the mp3 now as I regenerate user passwords.