'20 MUST KNOW' songs

Ok...some of us might doodle around and play a bit of this and a few chords from that,But,what are the 'gotta know' songs in a guitarists repertoire?Not the chorus or verse and various peices...but complete,full songs that every guitarist would benefit from knowing.

Alright...I'll simplify.What are the '20 MUST KNOW' songs?

I'm not gonna list 20, but for starters: Stairway to Heaven (of course!), Crazy Train, Master of Puppets, Smells like Teen Spirit...I guess those are the most obvious ones...

Ok,ten songs...twenty is a bit much.Reputation points to everyone who lists twenty though!Oh boy!

Can't forget Pink Floyd's bitw.

1. Bob to the Rescue "Giant Fighting Robot"
2. Bob to the Rescue "Call me up to Rock You"
3. Bob to the Rescue "Destroyer of Worlds"
4. Bob to the Rescue "Bob to the Rescue"
5. Bob to the Rescue "The Boxing Rabbi Steinberg"

There, the top five greatest songs ever written by me

Originally Posted by: Akiraegocentric: adj 1 centred in the ego. 2 self centred, egoistic. 3 Jolly McJollyson [] egocentrically adv. egocentricity n. egocentrism n.

:) :p

Ah come on, it wasn't that egocentric

Originally Posted by: Akira;) Jolly ******! >=o {editor's note: Akira does not listen to warnings!}

aww, now I'll NEVER know what he said!

Originally Posted by: Akira;) Jolly ******! >=o {editor's note: Akira does not listen to warnings!}

I have found new respect in your intelligence Akira.

After all these years, you are the first one to do a thing like this.

sorry for coping you

BTW, the only song you need to know is Drop it Like It's Hot by Snoop Dogg

OH COME ON!

10 songs!It can't be too hard!

i'll get it started in no particular order...

1.Back In Black-AC/DC
2.Them Bones-AIC
3.My Hero-Foo fighters
4.Master Of Puppets-Metallica
5.Shot In The Dark-Ozzy
6....and..eh..the rest of them all AC/DC tunes...yeah!

any song that's just a bit more complex and advanced than what you're currently capable of. I'm really not into learning songs (not to say that I don't learn some riffs here and there) I just learn what I want to know from the song and that's it. On guitar Mandatory Suicide is the only song I can play from start to finish and on bass the Super Mario Brothers theme is all I can do on that. I just never got into learning other peoples' music very intimately.

i think the most " have to know song is" {jin and juice} by snoop dogg

........................... :rolleyes:

lol, just play what you think will benifit you..

Smoke on the Water
Rocky Mountain Way
The Brady Bunch Theme

right
1.stairway to heaven
2.whiskey in the jar (thin lizzy version)
3.hey joe (teeth solo version)
4.surfin with the aliens
5.crossroads (claptons way)
6.one
7.when the guitar plays the blues (roy buchanan)
8.back in black
9.free bird
10.paranoid
11.wish you were here
12.maybelle (chet atkins)
13.smells like teen spirit
14.under the bridge
15.red house
16.sunshine of your love
17.colorado bulldog (paul gilbert)
18.cowboys from hell
19.steve vai- the duel for the film crossroads
20.jammin (bob marley)
there ya go

Originally Posted by: alucard0941I have found new respect in your intelligence Akira.

After all these years, you are the first one to do a thing like this.

sorry for coping you

Psh, he WISHES he came up with it. That was Eggman and I's way of poking fun at one another long before Akira picked it up. COPIER!

thank you SpeckledJim

your welcome

Originally Posted by: chucklivesoninmyheart
6....and..eh..the rest of them all AC/DC tunes...yeah!

Highway to Hell, Hells Bells, Dirty Deeds, Big Balls, T.N.T., You Shook Me All Night Long, It's A Long Way to the Top.

Of course, there are plenty of others not AC/DC. SpeckledJim covered that pretty well.

Originally Posted by: SpeckledJim
5.crossroads (claptons way)

gotta be careful with this one:

http://www.stormloader.com/users/crossroads/

Originally Posted by: konmangotta be careful with this one:

http://www.stormloader.com/users/crossroads/

What the ....?
Do you really think a song can be cursed?
I didnt read the whole thing yet, but it sounds very bizzare to me right now..

Anyways
Johnny B. Good
Sweet Home Alabama
Probably there are many others i cant think of right now
(it's not such a good idea to get up at 8:00 after a night full of alcohol and almost no sleep :( )

Originally Posted by: ZeppelinWhat the ....?
Do you really think a song can be cursed?

OK, here we go:

I am sure you are familiar with the song Silent Night. It is a historic fact that it was able to stop fighting between the British and Germans during WW1. This is an example that a song can be "blessed". I with I could write a song like that.

Several years ago a song was presented to a jury to show the state of mind of a couple fellows. These guys were making plans to break their buddy out of a county jail, they wanted to make a "switharoo" -- get their buddy out and put the jailers in his cell. According to a witness, the day before their attempt these two fellows were driving around in their car listening to a particular song non-stop several dozen times. So when they actually went to do their thing, they shot and killed two jailers. Was it that particular song that made them do it? I do not know. Oh, and that song was calling for "mo murder". Is this an example of a "cursed" song?

As for me, I hope to do a little magic every time I grab my guitar. Isn't it what we all want to do?