Can't argue with Tabby's list.

I humbly submit one of my fave's from the 70's:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p-6sfE6_90I&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p-6sfE6_90I&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Remember boyz...

Before anybody did anything

Elvis did it all

ya, Keith Morris Black Flag teh shti. I like Nervous Breakdown too.

I only glanced through the thread, but I can't believe that there are not a least 40 posts mentioning The Who. Did anyone rock harder than The Who?

I did and can't beleave it took that long!

Absolutely.

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/byos2Tr5KrM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/byos2Tr5KrM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Say what you will about these guys, you either love them or hate them.... I really enjoy their early stuff... Of course they didn't look like anyone else, but they really had a cool vibe back then..


<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aZl0JuimvFk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aZl0JuimvFk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Detroit Rock City...well, it rocked!

any mention of Blue Oyster Cult? " Some enchanted evening"

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wnPo37KZnXA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wnPo37KZnXA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Dont forget Metallica!
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hNpQpjyc9C8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hNpQpjyc9C8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K2jfV1DzcuQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K2jfV1DzcuQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

STAND BACK!!!

YouTube - The Fabulous Thunderbirds TUFF E NUFF

Embedding was disabled so I had to link to .............THUNDERSTRUCK!!!

YouTube - AC/DC - Thunderstruck

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lMsIrKjSM6Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lMsIrKjSM6Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Not a serious entries into the all-time greatest, but not bad for their decade.

These, like Skynyrd are Southern Rock.

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A52p9jc-gOo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A52p9jc-gOo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iKv_YYzdI2w&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iKv_YYzdI2w&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

There couldn't possibly be one single best, but this thread has some great stuff in it (except for Vinman's entries).

Another good one from the classic age.

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JeRa3RtBiIU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JeRa3RtBiIU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

This guy was a shooting star, i saw him about two week before he died

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nLKxvjbWULQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nLKxvjbWULQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Super fun song to play in front of a bunch of metalheads

<object width="384" height="313"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/raA9Gso_to4&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/raA9Gso_to4&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="384" height="313" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

Can't leave out the founding fathers...

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4bB5xL577r4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4bB5xL577r4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XgDrJ5Z2rKw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XgDrJ5Z2rKw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6ofD9t_sULM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6ofD9t_sULM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
A faster, newer version, just to cool not to include..
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rwQ8MQiYFo8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rwQ8MQiYFo8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

And if it wasn't for this guy, we wouldn't have Rock & Roll as we know it..
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qZ_5ubk2H4k&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qZ_5ubk2H4k&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Anyone who played the guitar, or at least wanted too, this was the 1st song you learned:p

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Zz1gOIxHPE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Zz1gOIxHPE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

These guys are part of that foundation too..

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9sg9XI7bYrA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9sg9XI7bYrA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tj6y1PyPg84&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tj6y1PyPg84&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/20Feq_Nt3nM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/20Feq_Nt3nM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dCBT7PfAEgc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dCBT7PfAEgc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

And the REAL father...
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gbfnh1oVTk0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gbfnh1oVTk0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

This song is MONEY!!!

YouTube - AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long

and of course:
YouTube - Rush- Tom Sawyer

YouTube - Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Aint Seen Nothing Yet

YouTube - Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Oh, Boy! in HD

I guess ill be the first to admit that I like Dick............Dale :D
YouTube - Dick Dale - Nitro
YouTube - Miserlou - Dick Dale