DC's "It's A Long Way To The Top" is my favorite song of theirs...But I would not classify it as the best ever..

I would think that for a song to be the "BEST ROCKING EVER" it has to be played LIVE and LOUD....

MY honorable mention list is

"I'm Going Home" ...Ten Years After...performed at Woodstock

"Thirty Days In the Hole"...Humble Pie Live

"Who Knows"..Band Of Gypsy's...

"Alive And Well"...Edgar Winters White Trash

"Young Man Blues"..The WHO..Live at Leeds.

"Soul Sacrifice.." Santana..at Woodstock...

But the Best of the Best is down to 3 choices..

1. Jumpin Jack Flash..Stones..Get Yer YA YA's Out from the 1969 American Tour

2. Midnight Rambler..Stones ..Ditto

3. Sympathy For The Devil...Stones Ditto

And the winner for the Best of the Best of the Best ISSSSS..

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL

And why is that my choice....cause...no really.. somebody got themselves murdered after that song was played at Altamont... As Jagger said about that song...that audiences always got a little weird after they played that song...and talk about stirring up something primitive...and being hypnotic

Now I would say that the studio and later live versions don't compare to that moment in time in 1969. One has to watch and listen to those performances...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yayclsjIW38&feature=related

It's a natural reflex for me to crank the radio knob up when I hear the opening riff to GnR's "Paradise City." That song ROCKS!!!

"The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands" God you got to love those lyrics....

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No such thing as the greatest, but me likey my guitar licks dirty and sweaty.

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It's not Layla without Skydog, though.

It didnt start here, but its in the theme
AC/DC
On the road to RockN Roll
YouTube - AC/DC - Its A Long Way To The Top If Ya Wanna Rock And Roll
YouTube - AC/DC - For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

Not to be outdone cant forget the Zeppelin
YouTube - Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
YouTube - Led Zeppelin Black Dog 1973
YouTube - Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same

some Deep Purple
YouTube - Deep Purple - Highway Star[Original Live]
YouTube - Deep Purple - Space Truckin' - New York 1973.......

There are many more but some of these are my favorites

Just a tad more "rocking" than ol' Chuck's version.

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Randy

Or maybe a little Pat Traverse...

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Randy

Y & T...

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Randy

If you have some time here is the movie in Hi Quality.
Song remains the same this is the first part , you can follow the links
YouTube - Led Zeppelin - Documentary - (Part 1 of 14)

i will end this.

the who- wont get fooled again
or perhaps the whole album, who's next

close tie would be deep purple- burn, the whole album except one song

2 of the best album/songs.

Yes, this one has game...

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But if we are going to talk Rock, you can't leave these boys out....

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Maybe somebody here can search better than I? Alvin Lee, 10 years after...woodstock 1969.

Ahhh, Altamont...the death of peace & love...

I like The Cult, but one of my fave "most rockingest songs of all time" is "The Core" by Clapton

But there are tons of great "most rockingest songs of all time"

Sympathy for the Devil
Behind Blue Eyes
My Wife
Back In Black
Twilight Zone (When the Bullet hits the Bone)

Hmmm, tough one... toss-up between these two.....

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No mention yet of ZZ TOP!

It is hard to beat La Grange. It has to be near the top of the list.

My other favorite has been mentioned, Highway Star, by Deep Purple from the live album Highway Star. I play that on the way to every autocross. It is one of the best "go fast" songs ever.