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Top 500 Rock and Roll Songs
©2001 P.Williams and About Classic Rock. Revisions ©2004

500 George Thorogood - Move It On Over
499 Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
498 Joe Cocker - The Letter
497 Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World
496 Kingsmen - Louie Louie
495 Humble Pie - Thirty Days In The Hole
494 Beatles - I Should Have Known Better
493 Bob Seger - Old Time Rock And Roll
492 Santana - Evil Ways
491 Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
490 Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City
489 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
488 Amboy Dukes - Journey To The Center Of The Mind
487 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
486 Sly/Family Stone - Dance To The Music
485 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q
484 Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
483 Eric Clapton - Forever Man
482 Hollies - Bus Stop
481 Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady
480 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
479 Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
478 Tom Petty - Free Fallin' 2
477 Neil Young - Southern Man
476 Crosby, Stills Nash - Helplessly Hoping
475 Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
474 Santana - Black Magic Woman
473 Eagles - One Of These Nights
472 Canned Heat - On The Road Again
471 Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time
470 Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend
469 Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia
468 Jethro Tull - Bungle In The Jungle
467 Beatles - Glass Onion
466 John Fogerty - Old Man Down The Road
465 Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
464 Moody Blues - The Voice
463 Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger
462 Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
461 Bob Seger - Turn The Page
460 ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
459 Eric Clapton - Layla ( Unplugged)
458 Cheap Trick - Dream Police
457 Pink Floyd - Breathe
456 Doors - The End
455 Foghat - Slow Ride
454 Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
453 Beatles - Ballad Of John And Yoko
452 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
451 Pete Townshend - Rough Boys
450 Foreigner - Cold As Ice
449 Deep Purple - Woman From Toyko
448 Jethro Tull - Living In The Past
447 Beatles - Lucy In The Sky w/ Diamonds
446 Crosby Stills Nash - Wooden Ships
445 Led Zeppelin - All Of My Love
444 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
443 CCR - Up Around The Bend
442 Allman Brothers - Melissa
441 Outlaws - Green Grass & High Tides
440 Bruce Springsteen - Spirit In The Night
439 Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way
438 Beatles - Please Please Me
437 Steve Miller - The Joker
436 Dire Straits - So Far Away
435 Queen - Tie Your Mother Down
434 Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
433 Rolling Stones - Beast Of Burden
432 Van Morrison - Wild Night
431 Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down
430 Led Zeppelin - Dy'er Ma'ker
429 Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
428 Bob Dylan - Just Like A Woman
427 Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well
426 Beatles - Norwegian Wood
425 U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
424 Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
423 Van Halen - Dance The Night Away
422 Rolling Stones - Mother's Little Helper
421 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
420 Rick Derringer - Rock 'N Roll Hootchie Koo
419 Boston - Peace Of Mind
418 Focus - Hocus Pocus
417 Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
416 Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You
415 ELO - Strange Magic
414 Animals - It's My Life
413 Jethro Tull - Cross-Eyed Mary
412 Cream - Badge
411 Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil
410 Cars - My Best Friend's Girl
409 Doors - 20th Century Fox
408 Tom Petty - Refugee
407 Bad Company - Bad Company
406 Deep Purple - Highway Star
405 Neil Young - Rockin In The Free World
404 Elton John - Madman Across The Water
403 America - Horse With No Name
402 Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do?
401 Who - Substitute
400 Bruce Springsteen - Pink Cadillac
399 Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
398 Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight
397 Chicago - Make Me Smile
396 Doors - Waiting For The Sun
395 Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff
394 Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
393 Queen - Fat Bottom Girls
392 Who - You Better You Bet
391 Badfinger - Baby Blue
390 Grand Funk Railroad - Bad Time
389 Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
388 Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
387 Edgar Winter - Frankenstein
386 Paul McCartney - Jet
385 Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
384 Yes - Wonderous Stories
383 Steve Winwood - Arc Of A Diver
382 Rush - Tom Sawyer
381 Steely Dan - Dirty Work
380 Canned Heat - Goin' Up The Country
379 Van Halen - Runnin' With The Devil
378 Bad Company - Movin' On
377 Santana - Oye Como Va
376 ZZ Top - La Grange
375 Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
374 Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary
373 Tom Petty - American Girl
372 Alice Cooper - School's Out
371 James Gang - Funk #49
370 Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
369 Golden Earring - Radar Love
368 Moody Blues - Story In Your Eyes
367 Paul McCartney - Another Day
366 The Boxtops - The Letter
365 Genesis - We Can't Dance
364 Who - Going Mobile
363 T. Rex - Band a Gong (Get It On)
362 Cat Stevens - Wild World
361 Steely Dan - Josie
360 Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me
359 Elton John - Funeral/Love Lies Bleeding
358 Procol Harum - Conquistador
357 U2 - New Year's Day
356 George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone
355 ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
354 Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
353 Styx - Blue Collar Man
352 Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
351 ELO - Livin' Thing
350 Heart - Barracuda
349 Hollies - Long Cool Woman
348 Beatles - Hard Day's Night
347 David Bowie - Fame
346 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
345 Guess Who - Share the Land
344 America - Sister Golden Hair
343 Who - Magic Bus
342 Bruce Springsteen - Going Down
341 Chicago - Beginnings
340 CCR - Proud Mary
339 Rolling Stones - Get Off My Cloud
338 Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
337 Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
336 Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
335 Badfinger - No Matter What
334 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
333 Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
332 BTO - Takin' Care Of Business
331 Boston - Foreplay/Long Time
330 Zombies - She's Not There
329 Elton John - Tiny Dancer
328 John Fogerty - Centerfield
327 Beatles - We Can Work It Out
326 Kinks - Destroyer
325 Who - My Wife
324 Uriah Heep - Easy Livin'
323 Steve Miller Band - Take The Money And Run
322 Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw
321 Pink Floyd - Young Lust
320 Derek & Dominoes - Bell Bottom Blues
319 Allman Brothers - Midnight Rider
318 Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise
317 Steely Dan - FM (No Static At All)
316 Supertramp - Give A Little Bit
315 Beatles - Penny Lane
314 Rolling Stones - Play With Fire
313 Bob Seger - Against The Wind
312 Paul Simon - Kodachrome
311 Crosby, Stills, Nash - Long Time Gone
310 Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop
309 Elton John - Levon
308 Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
307 Argent - Hold Your Head Up
306 James Gang - Walk Away
305 Deep Purple - Hush
304 The Band - Up On Cripple Creek
303 ELO - Fire On High
302 Bad Company - Can't Get Enough
301 CCR - Green River
300 Beatles - Paperback Writer
299 Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For You
298 Who - The Kids Are Alright
297 Rush - New World Man
296 Styx - Renegade
295 Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
294 Foghat - Fool For The City
293 Nazareth - Love Hurts
292 Byrds - So You Wanna Be A Rock 'N Roll Star
291 Alice Cooper - Eighteen
290 Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand
289 Who - I Can See For Miles
288 Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
287 Guess Who - Laughing
286 Steely Dan - Rikki Don't Lose That Number
285 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4
284 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
283 Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away
282 Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
281 Rolling Stones - Heartbreaker
280 Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon
279 Rascals - Good Lovin'
278 Badfinger - Come And Get It
277 Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light
276 Doobie Brothers - Black Water
275 Byrds - Eight Miles High
274 Eagles - Already Gone
273 Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
272 Beatles - She Loves You
271 CCR - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
270 Who - Eminence Front
269 George Harrison - All Those Years Ago
268 David Bowie - Young Americans
267 Steve Miller - Jet Airliner
266 Beatles - Strawberry Fields
265 Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
264 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
263 Doors - People Are Strange
262 Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me
261 Elton John - Your Song
260 Yes - Long Distance Runaround
259 Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
258 Heart - Magic Man
257 Bad Company - Feel Like Makin' Love
256 Country Joe & the Fish - Fixin' To Die Rag
255 Cat Stevens - Peace Train
254 Mountain - Mississippi Queen
253 ELO - Turn To Stone
252 Troggs - Wild Thing
251 Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot
250 CCR - Heard It Through The Grapevine
249 Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm
248 Seals and Crofts - Summer Breeze
247 Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years
246 Rascals - People Got To Be Free
245 Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense/Peppermints
244 Beatles - Twist And Shout
243 Band, The - The Weight
242 Allman Brothers - Whipping Post
241 Doors - Riders On The Storm
240 Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
239 David Bowie - Space Oddity
238 Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy
237 Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally
236 Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
235 Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
234 Moody Blues - Question
233 Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla
232 Beatles - Sun King Medley
231 Who - 5:15
230 Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
229 CCR - Bad Moon Rising
228 Cheap Trick - Surrender
227 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
226 Elton John - Honky Cat
225 Steely Dan - Do It Again
224 Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
223 Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
222 Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
221 Chicago - Colour My World
220 Beatles - Golden Slumbers Medley
219 Who - I Can't Explain
218 Kinks - A Well Respected Man
217 Beatles - Get Back
216 AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
215 Guess Who - These Eyes
214 Kiss - Rock 'N Roll All Night
213 Eric Clapton - After Midnight
212 Pink Floyd - Us And Them
211 Rolling Stones - Angie
210 George Harrison - I Got My Mind Set On You
209 Heart - Crazy On You
208 ZZ Top - Tush
207 Tom Petty - Breakdown
206 Lynryd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
205 Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
204 Beatles - Ticket To Ride
203 Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
202 Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
201 Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night
200 Led Zeppelin Ramble On
199 Boston - Rock And Roll Band
198 ELO - Evil Woman
197 Beatles - Eight Days A Week
196 The Firm - Radioactive
195 Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
194 CCR - Lodi
193 Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
192 AC/DC - T.N.T.
191 Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid
190 Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
189 Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
188 Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
187 Cars - Just What I Needed
186 Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams
185 Who - Bargain
184 Doors - Love Me Two Times
183 Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart
182 Cream - Strange Brew
181 Van Halen - Jump
180 Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
179 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
178 Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful
177 Billy Joel - Piano Man
176 Steve Miller - Fly Like An Eagle
175 Guess Who - No Time
174 Elton John - Rocket Man
173 Kansas - Dust In The Wind
172 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
171 Steve Winwood - Higher Love
170 Badfinger - Day After Day
169 Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
168 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
167 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
166 Who - Long Live Rock
165 Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken
164 Crosby, Stills, Nash - Teach Your Children
163 Eagles - Take It Easy
162 GFR - I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home
161 Beatles - In My Life
160 Pink Floyd - Time
159 Chicago - Saturday In The Park
158 Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul
157 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
156 Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
155 Doors - Love Her Madly
154 Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
153 ELP - From The Beginning
152 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
151 Crosby Stills Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
150 Van Morrison - Domino
149 Head East - Never Been Any Reason
148 George Harrison - When We Was Fab
147 Edgar Winter Band - Free Ride
146 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
145 Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn
144 Styx - Come Sail Away
143 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
142 Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane
141 Genesis - Home By The Sea
140 David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
139 Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time
138 CCR - Down On The Corner
137 George Harrison - What Is Life
136 Eric Clapton - Let It Rain
135 Elton John - Crocodile Rock
134 Beatles - Help!
133 Traffic - Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
132 Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman
131 Bad Company - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
130 ZZ Top - Legs
129 Beatles - Day Tripper
128 Cream - Crossroads
127 ELO - Telephone Line
126 Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
125 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good
124 Supertramp - Logical Song
123 Neil Young - Old Man
122 Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
121 Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida
120 Crosby, Stills, Nash - Ohio
119 Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
118 Guess Who - American Woman
117 Doors - Hello I Love You
116 Led Zeppelin - Going To California
115 Beatles - Come Together
114 Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine
113 Zombies - Time Of The Season
112 Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
111 Who - Squeeze Box
110 ELP - Karn Evil 9
109 Doobie Brothers - China Grove
108 Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
107 Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
106 Van Morrison - Moondance
105 Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
104 BTO - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
103 Yardbirds - For Your Love
102 Beatles - Revolution
101 Elton John - Daniel
100 ELO - Don't Bring Me Down
99 Beatles - Long and Winding Road
98 Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee
97 Who - Who Are You
96 CCR - Fortunate Son
95 Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way
94 Pink Floyd - Brain Damage/Eclipse
93 David Bowie - Suffragette City
92 Queen - We Will Rock You/Champions
91 Beatles - All You Need Is Love
90 Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey
89 Eagles Heartache Tonight
88 Procol Harum - Whiter Shade Of Pale
87 Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
86 ELP - Lucky Man
85 Beatles - Sgt. Pepper/With A Little Help From My Friends
84 Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
83 Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
82 Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light
81 Kinks - Lola
80 Grand Funk - We're An American Band
79 Crosby, Stills, Nash - Woodstock
78 Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
77 Tom Petty - Running Down A Dream
76 Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man
75 Beatles - Something
74 Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
73 Pink Floyd - Hey You
72 Led Zeppelin - Thank You
71 Don McLean - American Pie
70 Doors - Break On Through
69 Rod Stewart - Maggie May
68 Jimi Hendrix - Fire
67 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
66 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
65 Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
64 David Bowie - Changes
63 Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
62 Elton John - Bennie And The Jets
61 Police - Every Breath You Take
60 Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
59 Who - Pinball Wizard
58 Aerosmith - Walk This Way
57 Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady
56 Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
55 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Pt. 2)
54 Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
53 Doors - Touch Me
52 Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
51 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
50 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
49 Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
48 John Lennon - Instant Karma
47 Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
46 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
45 Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
44 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
43 Who - My Generation
42 Doors - L.A. Woman
41 Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
40 Eric Clapton - Cocaine
39 Beatles - Let It Be
38 Boston - More Than A Feeling
37 Free - All Right Now
36 Grateful Dead - Casey Jones
35 Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
34 Kinks - You Really Got Me
33 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
32 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
31 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
30 Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash
29 Aerosmith - Dream On
28 Jethro Tull - Aqualung
27 Beatles - Hey Jude
26 Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
25 Doors - Roadhouse Blues
24 Yes - Roundabout
23 Who - Behind Blue Eyes
22 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
21 Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
20 Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
19 Pink Floyd - Money
18 Grateful Dead - Truckin'
17 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
16 Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
15 Beatles - Yesterday
14 Cream - White Room
13 Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'N Roll
12 Who - Baba O'Riley
11 Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
10 John Lennon - Imagine
9 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
8 Eagles - Hotel California
7 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
6 Doors - Light My Fire
5 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
4 Beatles - A Day In The Life
3 Derek And The Dominoes - Layla
2 Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
1 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

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Interesting Post !



OP, I've seen MANY variations of this list. #4 is very suprising however ! I find it interesting that such a song is even in the top 100. (Not based on my own like, or dislike) Freebird is usually in, or around the top 5, in the lists I've seen

maybe i missed it in the list, but i know im old enough to expect to see guns and roses, or vanhalen on a classic rock list....i do see crazy train and that was long after vanhalen 1 and 2........this is a great list though, but one must define "classic" to me cause there should be more songs from the early eighties on here (i see addicted to love and U2)...maybe i just miossed the bands i was looking for......and also i think nirvana and metallica are now classic in the vein that they are time pieces that changed a generation....



ooooooops just found 2 vanhalen tunes so scratch that...still looking for guns and roses

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I am with you guys... this is interesting, but I don't agree with the choices. Many don't seem to fit my idea of 'classic rock', and I would place a number of these higher than they appear.

Freebird, I agree, is ranked to low on the list. Funny, soon as I saw that one, I went and 'tried' to sing it. Great song!!

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Well- TOO LATE. I already picked my choice off your list OP- I wasn't sure what qualified as "classic rock"....... I didn't think CCR was in that category. But it was , and that's what I chose.

SO DON'T GO SAYIN' THE LIST IS WRONG NOW GUYS !!!!

Please tell me CCR IS classic rock, or I'm gonna have to go uncheck the "theme" off of my sub.

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CCR is about as classic, as classic gets.



Yet depending on the age of the listener, the top 10 might list Nirvana, Pearl Jam, or Metallica.




Only thing pretty agreed upon is that the top 5 songs will usually contain some variation of Led Zep, the Who, and Skynyrd.


I just can't believe that A day in the life, would win over a classic Beatles ballad such as I want to hold your hand. Yet this is based upon todays airplay of classic rock likely. Some lists consist of amount of time a song was at the top of the charts. You can be certain of course, those of us that loved the Beatles would never consider A day in the life to be an example of even one of their better works


Now maybe I'm missing something, yet I can't beleive there is nothing entered within the top 500 from the Hermans Hermits, or the Monkies.
Mrs Brown you've got a lovely daughter was HUGE, as was "I'm a believer"

Is Pat Benetar considered Classic Rock?? cuz i can atttempt "We Belong" that'll be my first THEME song I think

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Hmmmmm... good question.

I'd say yeah, Crystal. Go For IT !!

Do you think the Mamas & Papas is "theme"? I checked Oldies... but was sorta not sure what to do about "theme". HELP

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"Hit me with your best shot" would be considered classic rock, so I suppose alot of her stuff would be.

Oh, cool. so I guess I'm okay with that one. It's not like I have a BUNCH of classic rock I sing, haha.

I could have done a Skynyrd tune I guess. But CCR was fun, so I'll leave it as "theme".

Thank you Steven for clarifying for me.

Crystal- yeah, you should sing that one. It's a great song.

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! I actually DID sub "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" a long time ago.... something possesed me and MADE me do it... ! it was horrible, so yes I think "We Belong" is better suited to me

Ok... then I guess I'll go practice!!

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Wow... As a theme, 'Classic Rock' sure cuts a broad swath don't it.

Now I'd better get to listenin'...

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OP, I think classic rock means nothing more than a time period. Not a particular style. Whenever you see Styxx or John Denver ranked next to Van Halen and Iron Butterfly to me this indicates that style has little to do with such a classification of the music genre. Classic rock is probably 50's to early VERY 80's. Tears in Heaven of course is 80's. seems that one and a few like it snuck in