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Originally Posted by Severian
If we are being specific....
"A Day in the Life" - not a rock and roll song. This is a straight POP song, constructed like a broadway show tune. I LOVE IT. "I Want You Shes So Heavy) is my favorite Beatles song....
"Come Together" - I love this track as well, but it is more of a slow groove, bassline twist on classic soul/R&B. Not a rocker.
"God Only Knows" - not a rock song. this is a church song. BEAUTIFUL song, but not rock n roll, like Drake's Hotline Bling is NOT Hip Hop.
"You Really Got Me" - This song, if you ask Ray Davies, is a straight progression FROM Johnny B Goode. In terms of riff, lyricism, complexity and appeal, Johnny B Goode is far better.
"Like a Rolling Stone" - This is a folk song, not a rock n roll song, in structure, meter, and aim.
"Satisfaction" - so a black man invents something amazing, then some white folks from england make a watered-down version for white-ass crackers to get into without having to actually support or listen to those "horrible" blacks from America, and you think that is better than Johnny B Goode????
"All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan, Hendrix, as you like) - Hendrix took it to a new level, as geniuses do, but I bet you could ask Dylan and he would tell you that it is not a rock song like Johnny B Goode is a rock song. This is a folk song
"Search and Destroy" - Just as good as Johnny B Goode in my mind, but not as important, or influential.
"Purple Rain" - This is an R&B ballad with a rock guitar solo attached. Not a rock n roll song.
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