I’m not an expert, but these are undeniably correct. Please reserve the comment section for agreements only. Thank you.
Rapid fire, mildly chronological. I have to know at least 10ish songs to include the band.
The Beatles
- Let It Be – What’s more boring than picking Let It Be by the Beatles to lead off this post.
- A Day in the Life
- I Am the Walrus
The Rolling Stones
- Beast of Burden
- Sympathy for the Devil
- Gimme Shelter
Led Zeppelin
- When the Levee Breaks
- Good Times Bad Times
- The Ocean
The Kinks
- Lola
- Full Moon
- Do it Again
Pink Floyd
- Comfortably Numb
- Brian Damage / Eclipse
- Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Billy Joel
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
- New York State of Mind
- The Stranger
Elton John
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Rocket Man
- Tiny Dancer
TOOL
- Fourty Six and 2
- Lateralus
- Ænima
Pearl Jam
- Yellow Ledbetter
- Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
- Better Man
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Breaking the Girl
- Can’t Stop
- Soul to Squeeze
Oasis
- Champagne Supernova
- Half the World Away
- Go Let it Out
Green Day
- Jesus of Suburbia
- Welcome to Paradise
- Basket Case
Weezer
- Say it Ain’t So
- Burndt Jamb
- Perfect Situation
Blink-182
- Feeling This
- Boxing Day
- What’s My Age Again
Incubus
- Pardon Me
- Are You In?
- Promises, Promises
Radiohead
- Just
- Paranoid Android
- No Surprises
Modest Mouse
- Talking Shit on a Pretty Sunset
- Missed the Boat
- Best Room
Third Eye Blind
- Motorcycle Drive By
- Deep Inside of You
- Slow Motion
Dispatch
- Hey, Hey
- Two Coins
- The General
Linkin Park
- Papercut
- One Step Closer
- Don’t Stay
Dr. Dog
- From
- That Old Black Hole
- Bring My Baby Back to Me
AWOLNATION
- Knights of Shame
- All I need
- Hollow Moon
Twenty One Pilots
- Holding on to You
- Trees
- Migraine
The Black Keys
- Weight of Love
- Little Black Submarines
- Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be
Young the Giant
- Cough Syrup
- Amerika
- Mind Over Matter
As Ben has been saying “I think this is the post that’s gonna make the blog go viral“
Thank you for scrolling.
No phish?
TLDR — Beatles suck.
Good post young man, happy belated 29th you’re obviously going after the 50-plus demographic Market with this post oh, and the kid who said the Beatles sucks is obviously musically tone deaf PS you forgot Drive
My responses using only the bands from your list and 10 known songs parameters. Old school haters gonna hate.
Green Day
1. Jesus of Suburbia
2. Restless Heart Syndrome
3. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Weezer
1. Mexican Fender
2. Feels Like Summer
3. Say It Ain’t So
Blink 182
1. Feeling This (of course)
2. What’s My Age Again?
3. I Miss You
Linkin Park
1. High Voltage
2. Don’t Stay
3. Hit the Floor
AWOLNATION
1. Knights of Shame
2. THISKIDSNOTALRIGHT
3. Jailbreak
Twenty One Pilots
1. Migraine
2. Fairly Local
3. Fall Away
The Black Keys
1. Breaking Down
2. Shine A Little Light
3. Gold on the Ceiling
Young The Giant
1. Superposition
2. Heat of the Summer
3. Mind Over Matter
A high-quality post! Although, I would have liked to see more reasoning for your picks. I mostly agree with your top 3 expect for my following snubs; The Beatles: In My Life, Led Zeppelin: Kashmir, Billy Joel: Goodnight Saigon (night, night, night), Dr. Dog: Mirror, Mirror, and Young the Giant: Something to Believe In.
On a side note you should listen to Black Sabbath. I recently started listening to them and broh they have so many bangers. Their first 6 albums (1970-1976) are all solid. I’m surprised their songs aren’t played more on classic rock radio/playlists. I think they get categorized as just being a metal band but they definitely have a very bluesy rock groove to a lot of their songs. Tons of great riffs and transitions. I know you’ve heard War Pigs (GH), Iron Man, and Paranoid but I would also recommend these songs (by age order) to get a better sense of their work; The Wizard, Planet Caravan, Sweet Leaf, Lord of This World, Snowblind, A National Acrobat, Sabbra Cadabra, Megalomania, and The Writ. Lots of songs, but I think you will like them.