d halfnote Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Here's my nomination: Leslie West showing what he can do with a sailor's hornpipe... "Nantucket Sleighride" original (if you're on a time budget, dial ahead to 3 minute mark) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aPCJzYr12Y live (Jimi-style/featuring what seem to be the sounds of actual whale slaughter) Your nominee? d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 "Mother" by the Police... ..."I Come From Nowhere" by Frank Zappa... "Zombie Woof"... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gifthorse Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Stevie's Spanking by Zappa with Vai. I dunno, I personally can't stand Zappa but Vai has some cool licks in that. The Attitude song off of Flexible. http://flagshipmile.dmusic.com/ http://www.myspace.com/gifthorse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 , by the MC5, anyone? I always thought that Led Zeppelin's cover of "Since I've Been Lovin' You" was waaay melodramatically overdone, to the point of being hysterical (and I'm a huge Led Zeppelin fan)... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changeling01960 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Earache My Eye - Cheech & Chong. The song is a parody, but that guitar riff is just downright nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSiteSucks Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Not sure it's "hardest rocking" but "Ballroom Blitz" by, uh, yeah, whatstheir name, always cracked me up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Not sure it's "hardest rocking" but "Ballroom Blitz" by, uh, yeah, whatstheir name, always cracked me up Yeah, that's pretty silly and rocking! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Not sure it's "hardest rocking" but "Ballroom Blitz" by, uh, yeah, whatstheir name, always cracked me up That would be The Sweet. That and "AC/DC" are about the only good songs they ever had. The "hardest rocking guitar" thing is what's throwing me off. Lotta mentions of some stuff that really doesn't "rock hard" but is really impressive technically... So, I'll offer two suggestions: 1) "Song #2" by Blur. Goofy song, riff slams. Nothing technically impressive about it though, so... [video:youtube] 2) "Hocus Pocus" - originally by Focus, very tasty cover by Helloween. Totally goofy song, some good hard riffing, and some very rockin' solo work on both versions. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV5InLw52U [video:youtube] (edit) Oh yes, and then there's Iron Maiden's rendition.... [video:youtube] A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splitting hare Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 The first two I thought of, "Ballroom Blitz" and "Earache My Eye" were already listed! Great minds... Reverbnation stuff More Reverbnation stuff I feel happy! I feel happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSiteSucks Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 "Are you ready Steve" and now I can't get that damn song out of my head!!!! Argh!!! ROFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzilla Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Or is Spinal Tap a given? "Am I enough of a freak to be worth paying to see?"- Separated Out (Marillion) NEW band Old band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changeling01960 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Those Chinn/Chapman songs written for Sweet such as Ballroom Blitz, Wig Wam Bam and Little Willy were goofy as hell, but the stuff they wrote themselves later on like Fox On The Run, Action, and Love Is Like Oxygen are good tunes. My old band used to dust off a cover of Fox On The Run to close our set now and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSiteSucks Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Good call Changeling! I had forgotten about those songs Thanks for the memory refresh; I'll have to go have a Youtube flashback! ROFL...too funny...what key is Love like Oxygen sung in? Man, that's high? (NOTE: I'm NOT a singer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Those Chinn/Chapman songs written for Sweet such as Ballroom Blitz, Wig Wam Bam and Little Willy were goofy as hell, but the stuff they wrote themselves later on like Fox On The Run, Action, and Love Is Like Oxygen are good tunes. My old band used to dust off a cover of Fox On The Run to close our set now and again. Did those have anything approaching what West unleashes in "Nantucket Sleighride"? Of those mentioned the only one I recall is "Little Willie" which was not even up to Slade. d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webe123 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 The silliest song with a very good rocking guitar would be the THEME SONG to the 90's TV show.... SAVED BY THE BELL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06YLubnWHGA I love the guitar part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changeling01960 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Good call Changeling! I had forgotten about those songs Thanks for the memory refresh; I'll have to go have a Youtube flashback! ROFL...too funny...what key is Love like Oxygen sung in? Man, that's high? (NOTE: I'm NOT a singer) I'm not sure what key it's in, I think the main chords are E, A, C, F, G but it may have had a Dm somewhere in the bridge. Some of those harmony vocals were sky-high. I know that they were purposely writing songs out of Brian Connolly's range at that point to try to force him out of the band. I think I can actually hit them, I haven't tried in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changeling01960 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Those Chinn/Chapman songs written for Sweet such as Ballroom Blitz, Wig Wam Bam and Little Willy were goofy as hell, but the stuff they wrote themselves later on like Fox On The Run, Action, and Love Is Like Oxygen are good tunes. My old band used to dust off a cover of Fox On The Run to close our set now and again. Did those have anything approaching what West unleashes in "Nantucket Sleighride"? Of thos mentioned the only one I recall is "Little Willie" which was not even up to Slade. I don't think so. I was just replying to the post regarding Ballroom Blitz. Early Sweet = goofy, later Sweet = good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rw2003 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 2) "Hocus Pocus" - originally by Focus, very tasty cover by Helloween. Totally goofy song, some good hard riffing, and some very rockin' solo work on both versions. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV5InLw52U I've loved this song practically all my life!!! IMO it is the winner of this thread. Watching the video had me rolling on the floor. I'm amazed out how the rest of the band plays with straight faces as the lead singer does his thing.. yodeling, whistling, flute playing, falsetto... amazing!!! "Spend all day doing nothing But we sure do it well" - Huck Johns from 'Oh Yeah' Click to Listen to Oh yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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