Top Ten Original Rock Songs

The Top Ten
1 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

SO sick and tired of seeing this at number 1 on the top tens. Freddie and Queen were good, but not the greatest. Even if you think that LZ stole a few licks, The Beatles are far above Queen, along with Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, and even Frank Sinatra were better than Freddie, whose voice absolutely GRATES after about 10 minutes.

2 Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
3 Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

This isn't original. But it isn't ripped off either. Giovanni Battista Granata, Bach, Henry Purcell also played a same kind of melodic line. Its just a common pattern. Did the classical composers rip off each other? Also don't forget Jimmy Page played it before meeting Randy California. He composed it in 1968 when he wrote the song for Cartoone. So, not its not a rip off of Taurus.

@zxm - look, Taurus by Spirit came out on January 22, 1968. Whatever Jimmy Page wrote in 1968, it wasn't between Jan 1-21, 1968. It was later.

Umm, a song with a ripped off part in it can't be called original (Taurus by Spirit).

Original ha! This is arguably a song ripping off from Taurus.

4 Come Together - The Beatles
5 Back in Black - AC/DC
6 We Will Rock You - Queen
7 Money - Pink Floyd
8 Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
9 Pictures of Home - Deep Purple

It has 5 solos on each instrument of the band, including a bass solo (in 1972! ).
This is more than original. How many songs of the 70s on this list have 5 solos on different instruments?

10 Highway Star - Deep Purple

The first metal guitar solo that was based on classical music

The Contenders
11 Highway to Hell - AC/DC
12 Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
13 Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

My favorite song

14 Light My Fire - The Doors
15 A Day in the Life - The Beatles

Monumental and totally original song.

16 Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
17 Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
18 Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
19 Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
20 Hotel California - Eagles
21 Runnin with the Devil - Van Halen
22 Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones
23 Innuendo - Queen

Quite original and also good

24 March of the Black Queen - Queen
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