Rock Anthems

[Benji]

I want to make a new playlist based on rock anthems, you know what I'm talking about, stuff like these.

List your own favourites, include even those which have been posted already, that way I'll know the better ones.

Shoot.

[Nerf]

"Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry

"My Generation" by The Who

"You Can't Stop Rock & Roll" by Twisted Sister

"School's Out" by Alice Cooper

"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen

"It's Only Rock & Roll" by The Rolling Stones

"Rock & Roll All Nite" by KISS

"Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf

"The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy

"Back In Black" by AC/DC

"Out Ta Get Me" by Guns N' Roses

"Living After Midnight" by Judas Priest

"Jump" by Van Halen

"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

"Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple

"It's My Life" by Bon Jovi

"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath

Basically any catchy 70's singles you can get hold of by the biggest rock bands there is. Great stuff.

Edited December 7, 2006 by Nerf.

[Steeb]

Nerf is dead to me for forgetting 'Alive' by Pearl Jam.

[Rashid]

Guns N' Roses -Paradise City

Iron Buttergly -In a Gada Divida (In the Garden of Eden)

KISS -God Gave Rock and Roll To You

Lynyrd Skynyrd -Freebird

Nirvana -Smells Like Teen Spirit, Lithium

Metallica -Enter Sandman

Pearl Jam -Jeremy, Even Flow

Queen -Another One Bites The Dust, Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You

Rob Zombie -Dragula

Triumph -Fight The Good Fight

Twisted Sister -We're Not Gonna Take It, I Wanna Rock

[lari]

Foreigner - Jukebox Hero

Queen - We Will Rock You

Quiet Riot - Metal Health (Bang Your Head)

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

Judas Priest - Take on the World

Judas Priest - United

Dio - Rock'n'Roll Children

Savatage - Power of the Night

Helloween - Falling Higher

All anthemic rock songs about the power of music.

[The Future]

My Generation-The Who

Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana

Creep-Radiohead

Alive-Pearl Jam

Paradise City-Guns N Roses

Sanitarium-Metallica

We Will Rock You-Queen

I Wanna Rock N Roll-KISS

Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen

Lithium-Nirvana

[Summers]

I love this. I'm so doing the same as Benji. An Anthem Playlist > most.

[lari]

My Generation-The Who

Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana

Creep-Radiohead

Alive-Pearl Jam

Paradise City-Guns N Roses

Sanitarium-Metallica

We Will Rock You-Queen

I Wanna Rock N Roll-KISS

Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen

Lithium-Nirvana

[MDK]

Not rock n roll anthems, more indie rock anthem but should still make it onto your playlist:

Common People by Pulp

Don't look back in anger by Oasis

Bittersweet Symphony by Verve

Fools Gold by Stone Roses

Anthems for me personally:

Self Esteem by Offspring

True Believers by Bouncing Souls (absolute stonker, the lyrics should appeal to everyone, except people without friends)

Auld Lang Syne by Die Roten Rosen

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

Without paying ANY attention to what's already on the list...these are just songs that I feel have that 'anthemic feel' to them, regardless of notability (although I'm generally only into mainstream stuff to begin with)...also limiting myself to one song per artist/group, for no particular reason.

The Doors - Touch Me

AC/DC - Back in Black

Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy

Bon Jovi - It's My Life

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA

BTO - Takin' Care of Business

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Ohio

Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band

Guns 'n Roses - Paradise City

Jefferson Starship - We Built This City

The Kings - This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide

KISS - Rock And Roll All Nite

Loverboy - Working For The Weekend

Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

TPOH - I'm An Adult Now

Queen - We Will Rock You

R.E.M. - Drive

Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

Rush - Freewill

Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild

Styx - Blue Collar Man

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

T-Rex - Children of the Revolution

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

Tom Cochrane - Life is a Highway

Tom Petty - Refugee

The Tragically Hip - My Music At Work

Triumph - Fight the Good Fight

Trooper - Raise a Little Hell

U2 - New Year's Day

The Who - My Generation

EDIT: I have to say, I wasn't expecting anyone else to bring up Triumph. Nice job, Rashid!

Edited December 7, 2006 by Mr. Potato Head

[lari]

Two more:

W.A.S.P. - I Wanna Be Somebody

Axxis - Flashback Radio

Gayest anthem ever:

Accept - London Leatherboys

EDIT: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock and Roll

Edited December 8, 2006 by lari

[ZJ Penn]

Land of Confusion - Disturbed

I never even liked the band before, but this song is an anthem for me.

[lari]

You do know it's a Genesis cover?

[Farmer Reil]

To me, an anthem is a song you can sing along to as you drive along with the top down (or at least the driver-side window down ¬_¬), drumming on your car door with your free hand (because driving legally with two hands on the wheel is so not rock 'n' roll!). So with that in mind, my list would be something like this:

AC/DC - Back in Black

Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild

Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell

Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills

Bruce Dickinson - Sacred Cowboys

Judas Priest - Grinder

Judas Priest - Painkiller

Black Sabbath - Iron Man

Black Sabbath - Heaven 'n' Hell

Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

Blondie - Maria

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

Edguy - King of Fools

Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Helloween - In The Middle Of A Hearbeat (fuck you, I love it to death)

Lordi - Blood Red Sandman

Madness - Driving In My Car ¬_¬

Manowar - Metal Warriors

Megadeth - A Tout Le Monde

Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls

Motorhead - Ace of Spades

Ozzy Ozbourne - Bark At The Moon

Queen - We Will Rock You

Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar

Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back In Town

Van Halen - Jump

Whitesnake - Young Blood

And of course... *slips on asbestos suit*... The Committments - Mustang Sally (although I like the ZZ Top version).

Edited December 8, 2006 by Farmer Reil

[Toe]

Boston - More Then A Feeling

[Benji]

Not rock n roll anthems, more indie rock anthem but should still make it onto your playlist:

Common People by Pulp

Don't look back in anger by Oasis

Bittersweet Symphony by Verve

Fools Gold by Stone Roses

Anthems for me personally:

Self Esteem by Offspring

True Believers by Bouncing Souls (absolute stonker, the lyrics should appeal to everyone, except people without friends)

Auld Lang Syne by Die Roten Rosen

Everybody's going 'round talkin' 'bout the new sound.

It's still rock 'n' roll to me.

[GoGo Yubari]

"Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?" by The Ramones. Everything else I would mention has probably already been mentioned.

[YI]

"Music" by John Miles.

'Nuff Said.

[ZJ Penn]

You do know it's a Genesis cover?

[Farmer Reil]

Is Maria a cover, or was it a Blondie song and someone else covered it.

I'm sure I remember a male vocalist. But the Blondie version is awesomer.