Without Elvis we aren't even having this discussion.

Sep 18, 2014
1:55:04am

PolarisPrime

He is the icon of all modern Rock and Blues. The Eagles are probably the benchmark for modern country even though they weren't a country band.

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What is the most influential song of all time?

canadiancougar624

9/18/14 12:13am

Agree on Hotel California and Teen Spirit, I'd add Rolling Stones "Satisfaction"

billyrust

9/18/14 12:23am

Agree on Satisfaction.

lightmann

9/18/14 12:56am

the star spangled banner.

Snorky

9/18/14 12:24am

I expect to get flamed for this but I have often whished that

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 2:23am

Consider yourself flamed!

Coug Eastwood

9/18/14 8:01am

I don't like it personally, but Imagine is up there.

ClackamasCoug

9/18/14 12:32am

I don't like it personally, but Stairway to Heaven is up there.

ClackamasCoug

9/18/14 12:33am

Thriller?

garyfan

9/18/14 12:44am

One certainly reshaped junior high school dances.

MarkGrace

9/18/14 12:48am

probably some primordial chant where man discovered the dominant and tonic

franklyvulgar

9/18/14 12:48am

(grin) Awesome.

LeftOfNormal

9/18/14 1:39am

Go ahead and laugh -- not the most, but one of the most -- The Beatles:

lightmann

9/18/14 12:50am

Why would anyone laugh?

MarkGrace

9/18/14 12:51am

it's more the way the song was recieved at the time, than the song itself.

lightmann

9/18/14 12:55am

The older I get the more I think the Beatles were opportunists

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 1:57am

Maybe, but they did things with chord progressions that were simply not done in

LeftOfNormal

9/18/14 2:03am

The magic chords.

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 2:14am

I'd say they were both. To say they weren't trend setters is crazy talk.

lightmann

9/18/14 9:05am

Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. Rapture by Blondie.

HawkCat

9/18/14 12:58am

RE: What is the most influential song of all time?

So it goes...

9/18/14 1:38am

Without Elvis we aren't even having this discussion.

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 1:55am

Happy Birthday to You

AxelDC

9/18/14 1:46am

I think as far as changing/shaping/influencing the music industry

So it goes...

9/18/14 1:47am

Not albums. Songs.

Supercoug

9/18/14 7:12am

Bethovens 9th and it's not even close.

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 2:12am

Not disagreeing with you , but it irks me when someone says, 'and its not close'

fbguru

9/18/14 7:26am

It was picked at the number one song in history.

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 10:56am

Additional

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 10:27pm

Marquee Moon - Television

BigD Coug

9/18/14 5:10am

I don't see how it could be anything but Smells Like Teen Spirit

Supercoug

9/18/14 5:11am

Many songs were more influential than Smells Like Teen Spirit - it definitely

BigD Coug

9/18/14 5:34am

We're only talking about a song. One single song.

Supercoug

9/18/14 7:11am

I was a freshman in college - does that make me too old?

BigD Coug

9/18/14 7:39am

Yes, you are old.

Supercoug

9/18/14 10:08pm

If Kobain had not killed himself

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 10:30pm

It was the trend setter for a single genre of music

PolarisPrime

9/18/14 1:00pm

Something by Velvet Underground or Sgt. Peppers by Beatles

BlackBart

9/18/14 5:57am

CELEBRATE... Really added life to Osama's demise!

coug almighty

9/18/14 6:18am

Straight outtta Compton

WDaddy

9/18/14 6:19am

Very influential

BlackBart

9/18/14 8:11am

Johnny B. Goode

Faceman

9/18/14 7:00am

Happy Birthday

spugeddy24

9/18/14 7:07am

Vanilla Ice- Ice Ice Baby

kalifi

9/18/14 7:47am

Without this song, Eminem may never have burst onto the scene and

Faceman

9/18/14 8:10am

Probably too difficult to truly measure influence. However, I would suggest

Coug Eastwood

9/18/14 8:18am

Rapper's Delight by Sugar Hill Gang

TomPetty

9/18/14 8:30am

Changed my life.

El Fuego

9/18/14 9:14am

Outkast - Hey Ya. Eminem - Real Slim Shady or My Name is

Memmo

9/18/14 10:03am

In terms of reshaping the music industry?

Finngirl

9/18/14 11:13am

"A one-man rescue team for the music business."

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