1000 Greatest Rock Songs

Daft radio station The Rock recently compiled a list of the 1000 greatest rock songs according to their fans. Hilariously they included easy listening acts like fucking Phil Collins and U2 as well as lame uber-stoner band Sublime and one hit wonders like Skid Row.

But I guess when you are doing a 1000 song list, you're really just going through albums listing absolutely anything that catches your eye.

But anyway here is their top 20 - no prizes for guessing who got number 1.

20 FOO FIGHTERS - Best of You
19 METALLICA - Fade to Black
18 PINK FLOYD - Another Brick in the Wall
17 PEARL JAM - Black
16 AC/DC - Thunderstruck
15 METALLICA - Nothing Else Matters
14 PEARL JAM - Better Man
13 GUNS N ROSES - Sweet Child O' Mine
12 PINK FLOYD - Comfortably Numb
11 SHIHAD - Home Again

10 LED ZEPPLIN - Stairway to Heaven
9 FOO FIGHTERS - Everlong
8 QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody
7 NIRVANA - Smells Like Teen Spirit
6 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Killing in the Name of
5 FOO FIGHTERS - All My Life
4 GUNS N ROSES - November Rain
3 AC / DC - Back In Black
2 METALLICA - ONE
1 METALLICA - ENTER SANDMAN

First of all I'm not convinced Foo Fighters should make the top 100 let alone have anything in the top 10. Shihad shouldnt be that high either - who are they kidding? Actually if you drop those three out and spread the Metallica out a bit its not a bad list by moving the next ones up - its ridiculous that Pink Floyd and The Who don't feature.

So here is my top 10

10. The Who - Baba O'Reilly
9. AC/DC - Back in Black
8. Led Zepplin - Stairway to Heaven
7. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
6. David Bowie - Under Pressure
5. Metallica - Enter Sandman
4. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Neil Young - Hey Hey My My
2. Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine
1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit