Lucas Davenport provides a list of the 100 best songs from the rock era, as selected by him, that would be suitable for a road trip playlist. The list is not in any particular order except that ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" should start any decent rock-focused road trip. A variety of rock artists from the 1960s through the 1990s are represented across multiple genres of rock music.
Lucas Davenport provides a list of the 100 best songs from the rock era, as selected by him, that would be suitable for a road trip playlist. The list is not in any particular order except that ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" should start any decent rock-focused road trip. A variety of rock artists from the 1960s through the 1990s are represented across multiple genres of rock music.
Lucas Davenport provides a list of the 100 best songs from the rock era, as selected by him, that would be suitable for a road trip playlist. The list is not in any particular order except that ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" should start any decent rock-focused road trip. A variety of rock artists from the 1960s through the 1990s are represented across multiple genres of rock music.
Lucas Davenport provides a list of the 100 best songs from the rock era, as selected by him, that would be suitable for a road trip playlist. The list is not in any particular order except that ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" should start any decent rock-focused road trip. A variety of rock artists from the 1960s through the 1990s are represented across multiple genres of rock music.
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Lucas Davenport's "Best Songs of the Rock Era" list, in no particular order,
except that, as any intelligent person knows, any decent road trip will start with ZZ Top.
1. Sharp-Dressed Man · ZZ Top
2. Legs · ZZ Top 3. Mustang Sally · Wilson Pickett 4. Superman's Song · Crash Test Dummies 5. Rock On · David Essex 6. Radar Love · Golden Earring 7. Heart of Glass · Blondie 8. White Rabbit · Jefferson Airplane 9. Somebody to Love · Jefferson Airplane 10. Layla · Derek and the Dominoes
11. Roadhouse Blues · Doors
12. House of the Rising Sun · Animals 13. Sweet Emotion · Aerosmith 14. Dude (Looks Like a Lady) · Aerosmith 15. Dancing in the Dark · Bruce Springsteen 16. Born to Run · Bruce Springsteen 17. Thunder Road · Bruce Springsteen 18. Every Breath You Take · Police 19. Heart of Saturday Night · Tom Waits 20. Hot for Teacher · Van Halen
21. Won't Get Fooled Again · Who
22. Hotel California (covers the Eagles) · Gipsy Kings 23. Give Me One Reason · Tracy Chapman 24. Down on the Corner · CCR 25. Lyin' Eyes · Eagles 26. Life in the Fast Lane · Eagles 27. Skateaway (Roller Girl) · Dire Straits 28. Mary Jane's Last Dance · Tom Petty 29. Me 'n Bobby McGee · Janis Joplin 30. Black Water · Doobie Brothers
31. I Love Rock 'n Roll · Joan Jett
32. Jack and Diane · John Mellencamp 33. The Wall (Part 2) · Pink Floyd 34. Money · Pink Floyd 35. Piano Man · Billy Joel 36. After Midnight · Eric Clapton 37. Lay Down Sally · Eric Clapton 38. You Shook Me (All Night Long) · AC/DC 39. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap · AC/DC 40. Long Cool Woman · Hollies
41. Like a Rolling Stone · Bob Dylan
42. Knockin' on Heaven's Door · Bob Dylan 43. Subterranean Homesick Blues · Bob Dylan 44. Satisfaction · Rolling Stones 45. Brown Sugar · Rolling Stones 46. Sympathy for the Devil · Rolling Stones 47. Anarchy in the UK · Sex Pistols 48. Sugar Magnolia · Grateful Dead 49. Slow Hand · Pointer Sisters 50. Sweet Dreams · Eurythmics
51. Jailhouse Rock · Elvis Presley
52. Ziggy Stardust · David Bowie 53. Night Moves · Bob Seger 54. Bye-Bye-Love · Everly Brothers 55. Purple Haze · Jimi Hendrix 56. Lola · Kinks 57. Tender is the Night · Jackson Browne 58. Louie Louie · The Kingsmen 59. Bad to the Bone · George Thorogood 60. Turn the Page (covers Bob Seger) · Metallica
61. Sweet Home Alabama · Lynryd Skynyrd
62. We Will Rock You · Queen 63. Ramblin' Man · Allman Brothers 64. Rock 'n Roll · Led Zeppelin 65. What's Love Got to Do With It · Tina Turner 66. Born to Be Wild · Steppenwolf 67. With or Without You · U2 68. Paranoid · Black Sabbath 69. Blue Morning Blue · Foreigner 70. White Wedding · Billy Idol
71. Sweet Child o' Mine · Guns 'n Roses
72. Paradise City · Guns 'n Roses 73. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (covers Dylan) · Guns 'n Roses * 74. Walk on the Wild Side · Lou Reed 75. Feel Like Makin' Love · Bad Company 76. Rock of Ages · Def Leppard 77. Brown Eyed Girl · Van Morrison 78. Devil With a Blue Dress · Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels 79. Respect · Aretha Franklin 80. I'm in the Mood · John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt
81. I Got You (I Feel Good) · James Brown
82. Unchained Melody · Righteous Brothers 83. Little Red Corvette · Prince 84. Roll Over Beethoven · Chuck Berry 85. Mr. Tamborine Man (covers Dylan) · Byrds 86. Ohio · CSNY 87. Peggy Sue · Buddy Holly 88. Great Balls of Fire · Jerry Lee Lewis 89. Pretty Woman · Roy Orbison 90. Runaway · Del Shannon
91. Walk This Way · Aerosmith / Run-DMC
92. (Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay · Otis Redding 93. Smells like Teen Spirit · Nirvana 94. Still Crazy After All These Years · Paul Simon 95. Who Do You Love? · Bo Diddley 96. One Toke Over the Line · Brewer and Shipley 97. I Wanna Be Sedated · Ramones 98. Should I Stay or Should I Go · Clash 99. Burning Down the House · Talking Heads 100. Waltz 2 / Jazz Suite · Dimitri Shostakovich