Ritchie is king

man in the box- Alice in chains

Great stuff

Hallowed be thy name - IronMaiden

Fuck there is so much good hard rock music

Anything you can sing "da-na-na-na da na na na na NAH" to :)

Like Eric Clapton's "Cocaine" or "Smoke on the Water" or "Sanitarium."

:1orglaugh

beethoven's 5th concerto in d minor duh!

You know I'm right, baddog :)

I'd have to go more with a dunn, dunn, dunn, woah, woah, weeep, pow, pow pow weee-oh weee-oh

November Rain - Guns AND fucking roses

2nd page.

How about Iron Man with Sabbath to toss another one in here :)

great song :thumbsup

im an utterly surprised by some of the responses in this thread. specially by people posting ballads as "hard rock" songs? wtf

seriously like 50% of the replies just show people have no idea what music is.

All time fave "ballad"!

The very much under appreciated "Estranged" from GNR



And my other, not so old favourites when i have roadrage!

Tool - Schism


Korn - freak on a leash


System of a down - Chop suey!

Let's throw another one in the mix, ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin

I will now officially never take your opinion on music seriously. Ever.

Cannibal Corpse - Skull Full of Maggots :thumbsup
I'd find something good by Slayer too but too lazy.

Black dog - Led Zepellin

Where the Hell is Black Sabbaths Paranoid??

AC/DC anything goes

More proof that there is no accounting for taste.

I like Metallica and AC/DC

Since getting more than 2 (at most) people to ever agree on "best", I decided to with a title that was a bit easier to quantify. :upsidedow

I'll take "people who like stupid songs who think other peoples stupid songs are stupid" for $500, Alex.

See that sounds more like "boom chicka wow wow" to me, and that's more porno than rock :)

You need to change chords.

Just about anything from Led Zep .. and Black Sabbath Paranoid has to rate up there somewhere ..

Rock fucking sucks. i bet you it is the most hated music on earth.

LMAO

Best response so far!!

There is no way I could pick one favorite song in any catagory. There are some great ones in here though.

GNR - Paradise City
Metallica - One

Alex, I'll take idiots who can't contribute so they think of something snappy to say for $200

kashmir....

Sweet Child O Mine

GNR

Hands down best guitar solo ever. NO ONE can emulate that solo I have seen many try to pull it off but NO ONE has Slash's tone.

Too many to name but as far as amazing straight up hard rock songs, these come to mind (maybe I'm just conventional):

Zepplin - black dog (or rock n roll)
Sabbath - Paranoid
Hendrix - Purple Haze
GnR - Welcome to the jungle
AC/DC - Thunderstruck

I'd have a very different list for ballads and best metal songs (yes Sabbath is metal but paranoid is hard fast rock IMO).

Can't name one, but to name a few personal favorites:
Uriah Heep - Easy Livin'
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Billy Idol - White Wedding, Rebel Yell
Motorhead - Rock N Roll
Metallica - Seek & Destroy, Battery, lots more..
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark

Good one.

Well a combination of Hendrix and Dylan is a tough contestant for sure.

Deep Purple - too many great ones that are never mentioned, besides the whole Machinehead or huge ones like Fireball for example "Bloodsucker", that song always gives me shivers - best if live, but they don't play it too often, cause Ian has to be in top form to sing that one.

If I should name one - my favourite would probably be "Layla" - the original version from Derek and The Dominos, the song just always standed out, it has a whole lot of feeling and emotion in it.

Yep, pretty much sums it up. Blackmore RULES!

Props to 'Welcome to the Jungle' as someone here mentioned though. It is a great song.