Top Ten Classic Rock/Metal Songs that Were Way Ahead of Their Time
The Top Ten
1 Telstar - The Tornados
Pure Space Rock in 1962
2 I Put a Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
3 Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
4 Caledonia - Cromagnon
5 I Wanna Be Your Dog - Stooges
Sounds like a New Wave song in 1969
6 She's Lost Control - Joy Division
7 Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
8 Heart Full of Soul - The Yardbirds
9 Rumble - Link Wray
Early Distortion
10 Misirlou - Dick Dale
The Contenders
11 April - Deep Purple
1969. A song that is over 12 minutes long, classically inspired, progressive, and with a real symphonic orchestra. Currently there are such things in symphonic metal. Metallica played with a symphonic orchestra 30 years later (S&M).
12 Helter Skelter - The Beatles
One of the first metal songs.
13 Ride the Sky - Lucifer's Friend
14 Don't Stop Believing - Journey
There's nothing in this song that would be ahead its time...
15 Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
There's nothing in this song that would be ahead its time...
16 Highway Star - Deep Purple
Was one of the fastest songs of that decade.
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