One Rock Song From Every Year The Last 70 Years (1951-2021)
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Here’s a list of every song used in the video:
1951: Rocket “88” - Ike Turner/Jackie Brenston
1952: Rock N’ Roll Blues - Anita O’Day
1953: The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim
1954: Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
1955: Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino
1956: Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
1957: Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
1958: Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
1959: Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
1960: The Twist - Chubby Checker
1961: It’s Gonna Work Out Fine - Ike & Tina Turner
1962: Love Me Do - The Beatles
1963: Surfin’ U.S.A. - The Beach Boys
1964: The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
1965: My Generation - The Who
1966: Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
1967: Light My Fire - The Doors
1968: All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
1969: Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
1970: Paranoid - Black Sabbath
1971: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
1972: Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
1973: Dream On - Aerosmith
1974: Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
1975: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
1976: Hotel California - Eagles
1977: The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
1978: Runnin’ With The Devil - Van Halen
1979: Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 - Pink Floyd
1980: Back in Black - AC/DC
1981: Tom Sawyer - Rush
1982: Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash
1983: Every Breath You Take - The Police
1984: For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica
1985: Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
1986: Livin’ On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
1987: Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns ‘N’ Roses
1988: Orange Crush - R.E.M.
1989: Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue
1990: Wind of Change - Scorpions
1991: Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
1992: Creep - Radiohead
1993: Daughter - Pearl Jam
1994: Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
1995: Wonderwall - Oasis
1996: 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
1997: Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
1998: Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
1999: All The Small Things - Blink-182
2000: In The End - Linkin Park
2001: Chop Suey! - System of a Down
2002: Can’t Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2003: Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
2004: Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
2005: Beverly Hills - Weezer
2006: When You Were Young - The Killers
2007: The Pretender - Foo Fighters
2008: Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
2009: Check My Brain - Alice In Chains
2010: Tighten Up - The Black Keys
2011: Make It Stop (September’s Children) - Rise Against
2012: Feels Like We Only Go Backwards - Tame Impala
2013: Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys
2014: Screen Shot - Swans
2015: Failure - Breaking Benjamin
2016: Prayers / Triangles - Deftones
2017: Highway Tune - Greta Van Fleet
2018: Jumpsuit - Twenty One Pilots
2019: Unsainted - Slipknot
2020: Atlas Falls - Shinedown
2021: Wasted On You - Evanescence
I believe Johnny B Goode was originally performed in 1955 by Marty McFly
AKA Calvin Klein.
Bullshit. Yeah I know you are joking but the movie basically intended to take away rock roots from Black People. I also know it's just a movie but as Hollywood tries to push progressive shit down in our troat, who the fuk knows if they did these same shit back in the day but with different target? I mean, today Hollywood os following some sort of progressist agenda, in the past black people were always the first ones to die in movies. I'm saying It in the wrong place, in a confuse way and English not being my first language just makes everything worse so you guys can bullshit me
Marty Who? It was performed by Calvin Klein
@@malaquiasselvagem4397 wtf is wrong with you??!
"Your kids will love that."
Over half of these bands have had a tragic death somewhere along the line.
yeah literally like 70% of the bands in here. lynyrd skynyrd had it the worst though
That's Rock and roll for ya
Rip Eddie Van Halen
Lynyrd Skynyrd had the most tragic experience
RIP Bon Scott and Malcolm Young
The 70s were insane with the amount of classics dropping.
The shift that Nirvana 1991 and Linkin Park 2000 did is crazy.
1989: Mötley Crüe (kickstart my heart) 1990 1991: Nirvana (Smells like Teen Spirit)
Sabbath in 1970 too
Black Sabbath 1970 drastic too
@@Ob1tuber - that song's about reunified Germany.
@@chrisrj9871 oh, I did not know that, I thought “Winds of Change” was just another ballad
I love how Rock suddenly changed as soon as we hit the 70s!
I bet it has to do with the advances in guitar effect technologies like pedals and distortion
It's cause the songs this video shows after the 70s are not in fact rock, but rather metal most of them. Metal does come from rock, but they are in fact, not the same
Yeah that's what black Sabbath does to music
I'd say 1964/5 was a bigger change.
@@johnmartinez7440 nah. The changes throughout 69 by itself when you really get down to it are CRAZY. I've personally always seen this as the big turning point.
Crazy how i have no idea of what is going on since 2010 and that i listen everyday to 60-70-80's classics
Fr
It’s normal, just like every high school students need to learn Newton’s law
@@user-be8np3fs7s I couldn't make a better example
I was recognizing all songs, but then I got to 2006 and only recognized two after that, and only because I'm a big fan of those bands (Deftones and Evanescence).
Not really. If you only listen to mainstream music, then of course you’re going to miss out on rock music that was released after the point when big record companies stopped supporting it.
Was born in 2010 and was lucky enough to have been raised listening to Zeppelin, Sabbath, and Eagles
Oh god, 2010 kids are fourteen now, I’m so old.
@@suikablayet that’s what my mom always says lol
kids born after the 2000's being in highschool makes me feel old and I'm not even 20!
I was born the EXACT same year and I grew up on almost all the 60s, 70s and a little bit of 80s. Maybe I'm your long lost brother?🤔
@@Republic_Of_Vicoria_Official that’s so cool! I’d be your long lost sister though 😆
Born in 2003, but lucky enough to grow up listening to the 70-80's classics. Now to this day I still think this is indisputably the best music genre, from start to finish. Long Live Rock!
I was born late 2000s and my dad liked metal a lot which ended up having me hear some metal as a toddler and become a metal fan. First metal song I heard was linchpin by fear factory
I was born in 2010 I've grown up listening to the classics of rock through the 60's - 70's
@@livtomlinsonsame love the Beatles and Zeppelin
im gonne be teh first to say it but the 70s and 80s music was so mid especially compared to the 60s.
2010s person here, love 80s - 90s rock and metal i learned guitar and my dad introduced me to rock
the shift between 1990 and 1991 is spectacular
And from 1969 to 1970
True but Teen Spirit was at the tail end of 91, most of the year was still big on hair metal. 1992 and early 93 had some 80s style songs charting too
@@oneironaut.indigo Nah it's usually about 2-3 years into a decade that it develops its own musical identity. 1970-71 was still pretty hippie 60s, 80-81 still pretty 70s etc
@@xennial80sxberner yeah thats true! Thats what actually happened
@@xennial80sxberner As an 80s hater, i'd actually say that the very late 70s is already too 80s.
The way every song in the 90s sounds different from the last just shows how diverse this genre is
91-94 was all grunge. I don't believe it sounds that different. I lived through that decade, and the music was great!
You’re kidding right?
Now you know just how bad rock music has become in the last 30 years.
@@williammarriott6131 Let the kids have their songs and memories. I don't slag on my dad's love of Glen Miller. And I now understand why big band became a thing so I can appreciate it for what it was doing, big band was before good amplifiers and they needed to break through the noise of dance halls Then as radios became more powerful and we had more diverse record companies across the world with an integrated distribution model more niche genres appeared. Cut to the 1960s, solid state components for electronic equipment boosted the innovation in amps, keyboards and pedals. This giving musicians many different paths including the first mainstream forays into what is now electroninica/techno 1970s saw the refinement of the tech and an explosion of genres into the mainstream, you had virtuoso players giving ideas to the builders of equipment on a regular basis now. Late 70s saw two factions in every genre. In funk/dance/disco music those who couldn't afford instruments payed down the roots of hip hop In country you had the beginning of the spilt of ' roots/outlaw/americana country ' and what is now pop country with their bigger productions. ( At this time country artists could switch between the two' Electronica became its own thing and was very diverse depending on which city it was created in. Rock had the biggest splits and diversity across every sub genre there will never be a time when one music genre splits into many different types of sub-genres that each have their own sub genres as with the period between 77-82. Because of the way we've consumed music since 2008 or so, there won't be another group where everyone upon hearing it knows who made it regardless of if they are a fan of the genre or not. We're not going to have mass memories of certain music anymore. The music we grew up with always leaves a profound mark upon our brain chemistry. We have associated feelings and memories when it comes to music, much of that gets hard wired when we were young and just getting our freedom from our parents control of the radio dial
to be fair “rock” encompasses like half of all popular music over the past 60 years
60's & 70's was when rock music was at it's peak, at least for me.
100%
💯 Love Vietnam War rock 1960~1970 I love 🩷
I am completely and utterly convinced that 70s rock reigns supreme.🤘🏻
yes
You’re ducking right!
70’s walked so the 80’s 90’s and 00’s could fuckin sprint
@@azdabomb TRUTH🙌🏻
70s is basically when rock hit puberty
Need this specifically as a Spotify Playlist, perfect examples of rock throughout the ages
Someone created this playlist on Spotify. It has the same title. I dont know if I can paste here link but just letting you know. Because i had the same thought when i listened to this yesterday 😉
Rock of ages rock of ages 😎 keep a Rollin rock n rollin
Thank you, came for these comments, and found the playlist with the same title
@@k.a.t.566 I can't find it :(
Какие века, тут же промежуток в пару десятков лет
Funny thing is, the first decade or two of Rock here would be considered more like pop nowadays but that was the way rock was back in the day, the 70s are where Rock changed forever
Yes. In the early 60s the terms "rock" and "pop" were interchangeable. Then a division occured at some point. And only one branch could take each name.
It changed when bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple started making music
That’s when pop just meant popular music.
@@amr4336 I think the most startling illustration may be Sonny & Cher. They started out as a "Rock band." And nobody questioned that they were. Then, almost overnight, the definition of "rock band" changed. 🤯 And they were no longer it. (Leaving them asking "Now what are we supposed to do?)
while they experimented tecnology and guitar effects and amps, check from example Cotton Crop Blues from 1954 or rumble from 1958 a song witout lyrics banned from the radio, back then many of those songs were scandals, i will say change in terms of noise since 1964, from the 60s listen for example the sonics, many material from the who, the stooges, mc5, blue cher, small faces, high tide or hendrix!.
3:23 - When you realise that one of the members of the Guns 'N' Roses has a t-shirt of Metallica
Somewhere out there there's a photo of a Metallica member wearing a motöhead t-shirt
“One of the members” he says. That’s fucking slash
1950s had such a happy vibe, can we keep that going?
agreed
nah. 90s was better.
@@Stranger_Box1Смотря где
I feel like that’s come back with the indie genre being really big
I was born i 88. I would give almost anything to have been young when Zeppelin, Sabbath, Stones and the other greats were in their prime. That music just hits different
Then you would be as old as me, and that is not a good thing.
I was born in 2001 and I want the same thing as well, everything started going downhill in early 10's, 70's were the peak.
@@mantiwa Imo it’s 60s u can’t beat beatles plus beach boys That’s my opinion tho
@@zon6158 beatles and 60s overall is overrated as hell in my opinion. Happy songs with acoustic guitars dont cut it for me. 70s is prime rock music
@@zon6158 sorry but in 60s the sound quality was terrible and the beatles sound like minions in every song they released
Its a shame that rock nowadays is not a big as it was in the 70s and 80s
I think it had something to do with being rebel music, back then parents would blow their lids if their kids were listening to rock and over time rock was no longer what you listend to piss off your parents now its gangster rap
@@chameleonproductions9883 yeah, i agree. But, it is a shame. Rock is so small nowadays
or even the 90s
this is is definitely a controversial opinion i have, but i think most rock now days sounds the same
Coz that time is the peak of rock and the fan of rock music also big at that time
Born in 90's, grow up with Linkin Park. Hybrid theory was the first ever album i bought. Still listening every day. Rip Chester...
R.I.P Chester Bennington, he was a legend, a angel, a devil and a singer. We love you Chess ❤
There's only 58 more years until the 80's are back!
whenever a karaoke show i go to does an 80's theme i jokingly ask if i can sing anything from the 2080's or 1880's
@@theimortal1974 I though that was just me! That’s the best! Though I do it with themed parties
This is definitely the roaring 20’s then, but not in a good way so far…
I ll be 74… an old lady :(
58 more years, til we need to find 58 more KISS-carbon copies.
I feel like this video really shows that rock can be whatever you want it to be.
Which is why I love Rock so much. It is ever-changing. Ever-evolving.
Michael Jackson's "Rock with You" pretty much proved that already.
Yeah because the first couple decades sounded more bluesy jazz than rock.
For sure. It was the original breakthrough from folk music and classic music and now it's such a broad term (in a good way). By the end of this video every new song is almost a completely different genre it's crazy.
2:12 I really love the Queen and their music, especially Bohemian Rhapsody🥰 How I miss Freddie Mercury😭
Queen posser here.
70s and 80s best time in music for me
When it hit 2000 my heart broke all over again. Haven’t been able to hear that song without tearing up since he left. Chester, you are so so missed.
I also wonder how it can not be compared to any other song I saw in this video. I still listen to in the end and numb every single day and never get bored of them, God bless Chester for spreading joy among millions of people
Lots of these amazing bands lost someone. I can't get over Chester and Chris Cornell being gone. I've been listening to Chris every single day for two years.
RIP Chester
Rip Chester. its sad it ended how it did
@@fdgod4975 because that song has meaning to you personally its the same for people who where fans of lets say queen when freddy died their music is uncomparable for them
The 70s were 50 years ago and they still rock
60-70 Full !
True
The 60's & 70's were THE BEST decades for rock, once we hit the 80's it started going downhill
@@DrBarbequeSaucewhat are you talking about? if so why 80s and 90s throwback are currently on nostalgic trend
@@_ttntp_0428 I'm talking about a matter of opinion
the difference between early 60s rock and late 60s rock is amazing
From surfing to actual rock
can’t imagine how old are these songs. Long Before I was born. and many of them I still listen now.
1:45 Paranoid by Black Sabbath will forever be iconic :)
3:41 Smells like teen spirit by nirvana will forever be iconic two
2:45 Rush Tom Sawyer best ever
Iron Man is more iconic. I like it better anyway.
Isn’t even their best song. Sabbath bloody sabbath is or even NIB
Not even close to their best song imo
I was born in 1999 but there are many times i wish I was around in the 70’s and 80’s. In my opinion; rock had its best years from the start till around 1995..
You are not wrong! And I spent mt teen lives in 80/90 So, yeah!
Sad but true.
In my opinion there are also some great rock songs in the early 2000's... but since then rock has become far less popular.
In my opinion, rock was amazing from the early 60s up till the early 2000s. Then it lost popularity and there aren’t as many bangers out there.
The late 60s were the best to my mind.
Queen band ❤ miss you Freddi Mercury
it's incredible the fact that in 1979 another brick in the wall was released and one year later back in black was released
I am a rock fan... but all the songs between 2009 - 2020 ... never heard one of them. I am probably getting old... Damnit!
Even never heard of the artists
don’t worry i am 17 and hadn’t heard of many either.. would recommend looking into arctic monkeys and greta van fleet though they make some great music!
I didnt now the rock songs from 1995 to 2021 so i think i dont have music culture
Don't feel bad. I had maybe 3 songs I hadn't heard up to 2009. Nothing after. First my back, now this...
Don’t worry your not alone
I love how its all calm rock and suddenly nirvana comes up
Idk man, for whom the bell tolls was before Nirvana lol, but unless you mean thr sing right before smelly teen
Mötley Crüe
Well, Black Sabbath is not what you would call calm.
Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Metallica, GnR, Motley Crue calm?
isnt that grunge
i love how two of these songs, from completely different times and backgrounds, both feature dave grohl
I really Love the 70s.
The Beach Boys, what an underrated rock band. They paved the way for high quality and psychedelic music with their album Pet Sounds in the pop rock scene. In 1966 nobody was ready to hear a song like Good Vibrations. I hope some people will consider this group as one the best rock bands from the early-mid 60's :-)
Early-mid 60s? Really? All most all of their stuff from the mid 60s to late 70s is awesome!
@@alittleguy8114 I agree with you, I listen their albums sunflower, smile, holland, friends, etc... This is maybe the most creative era for them.
Its JoJo reference)
There cover of California dreamin is funky as fuck
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You can really hear the change from the pre-2000s era and the 2000s+ era. Not many of the newer songs have the same feel :(
True. The older ones are classics and masterpieces. Mostly from the 50s to 70s. I call that the Golden Age of music.
@@lrfcarreviews2570 right! but come on man you gotta agree 80s rock is very sick too!!! from metalica to guns n rosses to AD/DC, Europe, and...... but in general I believe 80s is in general *THE* golden era of music. mostly cus of Micheal Jackson but whatever
Alot of the 2000s+ Era songs aren't even rock though.
Kind of disagree, cause I was born in 2002 and I think for people my age the songs especially in the 2000s also create a special feeling 🤷♀️
@@Jaunty_jules 80s rock was great also! AC/DC, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses absolutely! Michael Jackson was great also. Not too crazy about the later pop music that emerged in the 80s but the classic rock and heavy metal sounded awsome!
Once we hit the 2010s the core of rock feels like it has been lost to time. And I grew up with those songs.
Man the shift from hair metal to grunge was wicked man! So many awesome bands from both eras!
I'm glad the Black Keys were mentioned, they're very underrated
fr i love the black keys
Everything before Attack and Release is practically forgotten
suprisingly we're more familiar with the oldies than nowadays rock
The old songs broke new ground and innovated all of music
i would give anything in the world to be alive in the 70s and 80s to hear their live music back then
my mom was 1 when elvis died and never got to see him in concert and i would live in rags to see elvis at the louisiana hayride or the international hotel
The best album by Pink Floyd appeared in 1973. It's one of the best 50 albums by far. Many bands didn´t represent a thing, however they were weirdly chosen.
Well, that made me feel old. Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, RHCP, they all seem to have come out so recently. I was in highschool or college when that stuff was coming out and in it's heyday. That was 25 years ago.
I know, right? About 2010 I was talking to a teenager. I asked him his name, he said "Cobain." That *really* made me feel old! 🙂
I turned 16 in July 95. It just doesn't seem long ago..lol
@@augustrodriguez8023 Yeah, I was 15 in 95.
The music of the late sixties and early seventies is the best. That particular era was just great music along with great writing.
I would agree with that. The late 50s was good too. The early 60s was a change period. In the late 60s, you had the Beach Boys, and even WW2 singers around - like Frank Sinatra, who could still bash out a great song.
the sixties is when elvis started his new sound at vegas and also If I can dream is such a meaningful song ps i am an elvis weeb
@@peace-nowBeatles and Hendrix too
1999-2004 had my favorite songs. Such a good era for rock music.
I really like how you used so many different bands ❤️.
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I was born in 1951. I am blessed that my teens and young adulthood were in the time of some of the best music ever. I think most of the 2000s all sound alike.
Somebody who grew up in the 2000s could definitely feel the same about music from when you were young. Nevertheless, none of you would be more or less correct than the other.
@@henroriro I don't know. My granddaughter is learning guitar and she's playing Van Morrison, Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac.
I know, When I was young, you would hear new songs from the Beach Boys, Four Tops, Supremes, all on the same night. They would all be instant hits.
The 60s and 70s were the birth of modern pop music, a format still being used today.
The first few got me in tears. How could I never have listened to rocket 88?
I appreciate the work that went into this
I feel 1994 Green Day (Dookie era) would be a better match, than the newer stuff. Although (for me) the (earlier) Offspring is missing.
70's and 80s and 90s are untouchable
Iron Maiden's hay day 🙌🙌
60s too
I did not like the 90s grunge garbage, 50s to 80s for me
What an awesome collection! ❤️
Would have loved to have seen more AC/DC, Guns n' Roses, Bon Jovi, Nirvana, R. E. M. (like "Losing my Religion) and Metallica songs but it was good, loved the trancision from the songs that were kinda Elvis to the 70s and 80s
i agree that it kinda went from the classic like chuck berry little richard and elvis to the bands who were inspired by them
Man, The Who were so ahead of their time. Pete Townshend is an underrated genius. Also, nice work Dave Grohl and Pat Smear, two appearances!
And The Doors are timeless
Good catch, anybody else get two appearances? I think maybe Ike Turner.
I don’t think anyone can really explain rock and roll. maybe pete townshend.
Yeah, I forget that that was 1965. Kind of bonkers in hindsight.
Ike Turner had two appearances as well!
I'm glad you picked Light My Fire by The Doors It was the song of the summer of love 😘
Lol
1970: Layla (Derek And The Dominos) 1971: Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin 1972: Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple) 1973: literally everything 1974: Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1975: Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) 1976: Hotel California (Eagles) 1977: Psycho Killer (Talking Heads) 1978: Running With The Devil (Van Halen) 1979: literally everything 1980: You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC)
73 would have put The Dark Side of The Moon... But I realized that's an album lol
Layla over Paranoid? I also think AC/DC got atleast 10 better songs then any from the Back in Black album.
'73 is such a golden age for rock, lot of albums dropped that year.
1973 - Sabbra Cadabra 1979 - Comfortably Numb
I love how it goes from quiet Fleetwood Mac to extremely loud Van Halen and then back to quiet again the next year. Just goes to show how ahead of its time the Van Halen band was.
Then after Pink Floyd came the extremely loud, AC/DC
Rock music has always been my favorite ❤️ im born in 88, so i grew up with the more modern rock music.. but man the rock in the 70's and 80's are quality 👌
Thank you for putting this together. Some great selections here, as difficult as it would have been to only reference an artist once. What is noticeable, in my opinion, is the sea-change when moving into the 2000s; a couple of the selections aside, the whole genre seems to fall off a cliff edge
I wouldn't be so harsh. There are many good rock artists from the early 2000's and now. It's just that the picks on this list are kinda.. meh.
@@milenak8138 you could go to Muse for example in early 2000's, Rammstein off the list also. Quite a few bands that couldn't make it are worth listening too in the 2000's.
@@alexgabou1609 I agree. I even mentioned Rammstein in my other comment as one of the great bands that were left out. And Muse absolutely should have make this list!
It’s not really that it’s just the hits are pretty bland. Arctic Monkeys gets a bad rap from ppl who only heard Do I Wanna know bc they have much better songs (505, Mardy Bum, Four out of Five). Also this list left the strokes out which is criminal bc last nite and reptilia are bangers
Nickleback was the only real rock music in the early 2000s…
the evolution of rock never ceases to amaze me
I was touched by the fact that the last 15 years of my life were packed into 6.46 minutes. Of course, this list can be added to this much more, but it's still a nice compilation, thank you 🤘
That was a big swing from the 50s to the 60s, went from "how do I use a guitar" to house of the rising sun. That was the turning point. Also glad to see a Black Keys nod, they really keeping rock going now adays.
‘Keeping rock going’ is about the biggest overstatement I have ever heard
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I think black keys are OK, bands like Arctic Monkeys, the Strokes, Inhaler, Great Van Fleet are really keeping it alive tho
@@loganr6353 again, no not quite. They’re all very solid bands, but you gotta understand that rock as a whole, including the harder and heavier sub genres, it’s far from dead. There are some massive bands that are a little heavier than stuff like arctic monkeys, but are doing just as much for rock. Shinedown, Skillet, A7X, Korn. I’d really recommend giving some harder stuff a listen cause yes, it’s heavier, but the good stuff is still very melodic
Hell yeah I love The Black Keys :)
I was shocked hearing some of the stuff from the early 50s. I always thought that rock was basically created by Little Richard in the mid 50s, but there were some pretty rocking songs that had come out before he ever released any music.
Bro rock was invented in the 40s
Really cool from you to include Swans. Hope more people will discover Michaels music
Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of my favorite bands
The '50s and '60s defined rock and roll for me. Those r my favorite decades for the genre
For me it's the 90s and 80s period
Sound quality was kind of trash for most of the music back then
@@haridj8532 I prefer the space and reverb in the production of that time to the overly-compressed and quantized sound of today’s production. It’s warmer, more organic.
For me 70-80, Prog Rock Era
Not all music from the 50s and 60s had terrible sound quality and, even so, it doesn't even matter bc I feel like what truly matters is the sound from instruments as well as the message and tone.
1:50 MY FAVOURITE SONG!!!!!!!!!!
That's an absolutely outstanding selection! I would have picked either "Last in Line" or "Round and Round" for 1984. But *shrug* that's the only one that tripped me up in a list of seventy-one songs -- pretty damn awesome match to my tastes.
With bands only able to appear once on the list, I think it is better to choose a band that had at least a few solid hits, wherever possible. 1984 was a big year for Prince, with his Purple Rain album. When Doves Cry and Let's Go Crazy are both from that year. While not strictly a rock artist, I think that Prince is more deserving to appear on a list such as this than Ratt or Dio. For the following year, 1985, I have no objection to including your song "Things Can Only Get Better". Edit: Others on here have mentioned "Born in the USA" as a good pick for 1984. That would work, too.
2:20 damn i didnt know jesus was in the eagles
1977-1978 is quite the change 😂 van halen set the whole world on fire
That first album is a wild one, when you put yourself in the mindset of the late 70s and most mainstream rock being influenced by disco (BeeGees) and soft rock (Fleetwood Mac) this would have sounded like, well, an Eruption 😉
An Halen introduced that horrible 80s hair rock style with Eddie’s soulless guitar playing
The late 70s was the birth of punk rock yet he didn’t include a single punk rock song in the video
From my observation seems like iconic good rock songs were harder to come by after high speed internet came about. And I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Just made room for more music and helped leveled the playing field.
Rock is in a pretty sorry state right now. The last 10 years or so there hasn't been that many good popular rock songs. In the late 00s punk and emo rock were at their height. But rock became pretty stale after that in the mainstream music. Metal is doing very well though, nightwish, sabaton, amaranthe. Lot of good stuff also without grunts.
The choices from 2009 onwards were puzzling to me. Didn't feel like a good representation.
@@donder91 Rock sort of evolved into metal the way I see it
@@dogwithabeard263 I'd say they coexisted around the 80s to 00s
@@DarthAxolotlAgreed, I’d say as early as the 70s actually. What I meant is that metal began to grow and improve and rocket began to become less impressive.
The cool video!)
Great video
It feels very nice that this video has almost everyone that needs to be included. I think you still should have included The Strokes like the last video and Iron Maiden should've been included but other than that I can't think of many iconic rock artists that weren't included.
The strokes for 2001 would’ve been more fitting with their hit song “Last Nite” I agree
Personally, I’d put “Born in the USA” instead of “For Whom the Bell Tolls” for 1984, just seems a bit more iconic and era-defining
I would have like to see KISS, Boston, zz top
i feel like royal blood could’ve been used for the later years
@@jagerbomb182 oh yeah, KISS and Boston would be good ones too
the strokes deserved a spot here😭😭
They should have gotten the 2020 slot since SOAD got 2001
Genuinely surprised to see 2014, never expected to see Swans, great pick
I got excited when I saw that too
Great Songs!!!
This to me is just how many do I recognise from my dad playing them
Wow seeing The Deftones show up in 2016 is fantastic
dude so much thank u are the best
Still can’t get over how stacked the 90s was for music. Soundgarden, Nirvana, Radiohead, Foo Fighters. One of the best decades, right behind the 60s. Kurt Cobain was truly the John Lennon of Gen X.
@Itz_fairyrosalynnxoxo There is if you go looking for it. I listen to lots of underground rock groups that are completely modern.
early 90s is easily the best time in rock history. you have all the grunge bands alongside Metallica, guns n roses, Green Day, etc all still releasing great stuff
So like Lennon he's completely overrated?
Everything between 1999-2010 just had me nostalgic.
The pretender is my favourite song, thanks for having it on here!!
Thanks a lot for doing this awesome work :) I like you say one song and not the greatest or best!
I almost fell out of my chair when I saw 2014 Swans. They are an Industrial Punk band from the '70's. I have seen them twice in Denver at The Bluebird with Michael Gira and Jarboe was still in the band. Jarboe is a powerful presence. Michael was cool. When he found out we had traveled from Montana to see them he refunded our tickets and bought us a beer.
I would put the Pixies in 1989. The Band shaped the entire rock sound of the 90's'.
Notice how Dave Grohl showed up twice, that’s cause he’s a true legend
And that overlooks the Foo's best album, in my opinion, The Color and Shape from 1997.
So did Ike Turner
@@janderson8401 yeaahhhhhh
He's literally shït compared to people like Freddie Mercury and David Gilmore
Pat Smear crying in the back
Thks ! We can hear difference between Rock n Roll and Rockabilly 😊
Cool stuff
Arctic monkeys was the last song I know and enjoyed and it was like 2013 it think. Either I’m getting old or rock music is dying.
i mean its really all about taste. The last song that i recognised on that list was in 2017 but i think that is only because of their distinct led Zep sound. But i agree that rock music is slowly going downhill but im sure it will eventually rise back to some glory, like most genres!
Not dying, just going underground.
You’re just getting old
How about Bowie's Blackstar?
@@julesisdumb9995 never listened to it heard good things about it though
The fact that you included Mötley Crüe is awesome
Holy, I was thinking the same thing, they're my favorite and I was watching this thinking there was no chance considering the previous songs
Van Halen too
Hanoi Rocks would've deserved it more
For Nirvana fans, listen to ‘She Said’ by The Jins. It’s like a whole new Nirvana song and the band is aware of it
One really good song will bring rock music back. We haven't had any in the last decade.
Great list, great songs. Rock-music = real music. No time for anything else. Thank you!
I love rock music but this isn't the only genre to exist
@@ishaanbhattacharya9405 Love blues , Jazz, and Country as well!!!!!. FORGET hip slop and crap!!!!!.
@@mikeweizer3149 Modern country is the worst thing man has created
@@mikeweizer3149 have you ever taken the time to listen to hip hop?
@@grady1370 of course not. 99% of the people in the comment sections of older "classics" just live in their bubble and don't ever try to find new music because the top 100 is shit and they somehow think that reflects everything. It's always been shit to some people. These dumbasses don't realize that we have access to literally every song ever made for free and they still can find anything to listen to other than their top hits from high school and college.
Aaah, the 2000's
This list is awesome! But I was kinda waiting for "The final countdown" as well. Anyway, a great list of great songs. Gotta add some of these to my playlist.
60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and maybe some early 2000s we’re definitely the best time in my opinion was the best time for music