Best Rock Ever? Nominations, No Air Supply!

[DaveMatthews]

 

[Rome]

It's green day tomorrow I have to go around the yard to collect green waste for the city truck.
I have my Yamaha home theater blasting Ozzy crazy train.

 

[J.R.]

 

[Tom@WashDC]

Best Rock Ever! --- The Rock of Gibralter

And this 55,000 carat Opal ain't too shabby either.

 

[JedidiahStolzfus]

An amazing group of young people

 

[Taylor57]

This was pretty good.

 

[J.R.]

 

[PedalUma]

I'm Loosing You.

 

[Gionnirocket]

Eddie Van Halen trying to get laid in Nashville?

 

[Mr. Coffee]

Rush, Xanadu. Hard to get through but pretty obvious Guns 'n Roses ripped 'em off a decade later. I kind of like the fact you are almost six minutes into the song before there are any vocals:

Shonen Knife, a Japanese Punk Girl Group covering the Carpenters. I'm not making this one up:

Iron Maiden. The most metal you can get without umlauts.

 

[JedidiahStolzfus]

 

[PedalUma]

Who was/is a better female popular/rock lyricist, composer, Carole King or Carley Simon?

He walked into the party
Like you were walking on to a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf, it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself Gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and..

I feel the Earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around..

 

[JedidiahStolzfus]

I can't say that I know a song by either one.

 

[PatriciaK]

Who was/is a better female popular/rock lyricist, composer, Carole King or Carley Simon?

He walked into the party
Like you were walking on to a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf, it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself Gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and..

I feel the Earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around..

I love them both, but have to say King, just because she wrote for so many other musicians. I can't think of many songs Carly wrote that were recorded by anyone but her ...

For the voice, absolutely Carly Simon! This coming from someone who thinks John Prine's voice is great !

 

[Gionnirocket]

Who was/is a better female popular/rock lyricist, composer, Carole King or Carley Simon?

He walked into the party
Like you were walking on to a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf, it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself Gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and..

I feel the Earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around..

Who cares...
The real question is which ones singing makes you want to take her temperature?

 

[Gionnirocket]

An amazing group of young people

I wish she would stop

 

[DaveMatthews]

Who was/is a better female popular/rock lyricist, composer, Carole King or Carley Simon?

He walked into the party
Like you were walking on to a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf, it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself Gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and..

I feel the Earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around..

CK

 

[Taylor57]

Who was/is a better female popular/rock lyricist, composer, Carole King or Carley Simon?

He walked into the party
Like you were walking on to a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf, it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself Gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and..

I feel the Earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you're around..

They are both pretty awesome. Carole probably has the larger body of work. If you get a chance, watch her musical "Beautiful"-it's very good and gives you a good chronology of how prolific she is. Fun fact, Carly Simon grew up knowing Jackie Robinson and his family. They were neighbors I believe...

 

[PedalUma]

They both sang with James Taylor. In You're So Vain, Mick Jagger adds harmony toward the end. I suspect it is about him. I set the time at his vocal.

 

[PatriciaK]

They both sang with James Taylor. In You're So Vain, Mick Jagger adds harmony toward the end. I suspect it is about him. I set the time at his vocal.

"You're So Vain" was about Cat Stevens, if I remember correctly...