Matt Springer
No. 4: AC/DC, ‘Back In Black’ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs
It's a lesser statistic, but somehow it speaks most loudly: AC/DC's 'Back in Black' received the RIAA's Master Ringtone Sales Award (Gold and Platinum) in 2006 and reached 2x Platinum status in 2007.
It's a Top 100 Classic Rock Song that is so omnipresent, so beloved, so kick-ass that millions want it to play every time they get a phone call.
Six-Year-Old Ethan Playing Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’ Is The Sweetest Thing You’ll See All Day
Travel anywhere in the world, from sleazy casino to posh piano bar, and the guy behind the keys will inevitably turn to that Billy Joel chestnut, 'Piano Man.' But you've never heard 'Piano Man' played with quite so much passion as when a six-year-old autistic boy named Ethan pounds it out in a truly touching duet.
No. 23: John Lennon, ‘Imagine’ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs
When John Lennon joined his fellow Beatles on August 20, 1969 for what would be their final recording session together as a band, how could he know that his greatest work lie ahead of him?
No. 34: Neil Young, ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs
Do politics belong in rock 'n' roll?
When you've got Ted Nugent making vaguely threatening statements about a sitting President...eh, maybe not so much. But when the result is a barnburner like Neil Young's 'Rockin' in the Free World,' it's hard to deny the value of self-righteous rage when it comes to penning a classic rock tune...
No. 37: Elton John, ‘Rocket Man’ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs
"She packed my bags last night, pre-flight..."
Elton John's 'Rocket Man' is not the first classic rock song about a lonely dude drifting through space. Hell, it may not even be the best, although a debate on the merits of this track versus David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' (which, hint-hint, we just might see later on in the Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list) is a conversation for another day.
No. 47: Thin Lizzy, ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs
Regardless of exactly what format the best local rock station from your teenage years favored -- the popular classics, the hard stuff, or true oldies -- odds are pretty good that Thin Lizzy's 1976 hit 'The Boys Are Back in Town' was regularly pulled out of the record stacks to accompany your evening's adventures.
No. 58: ‘The Joker,’ Steve Miller Band – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs
No in-depth discussion of the Steve Miller Band's entry on our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list, 'The Joker,' can avoid the tune's central question: What, exactly, is "the pompatus of love"?
A web search reveals that pompatus is a "neologism," or "a newly coined term, word, or phrase, that may be in the process of entering common use, but has not yet been accepted into main
No. 63: Billy Joel, ‘Piano Man’ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs
Somewhere right now, Billy Joel's 'Piano Man' is playing.
It's on a jukebox, and it's on in the produce section at your local grocery store. It's on your radio; it's in your head. It's a key component in the aural wallpaper that surrounds us every day, and it's on our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list.
Dr. John Drops New Swamp Voodoo on ‘Fallon’
If you've been curious about what mystic mumbo gumbo Dr. John and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys have been cooking up in the studio, the pair revealed a track from Dr. John's new album 'Locked Down,' produced by Auerbach, on a recent episode of 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon...
Joe Walsh Sets 2012 Solo Dates
Bruce Springsteen's been opening up his recent shows with the bold declaration that he's "the hardest-working white man in show business," but Joe Walsh may have him beat. A string of solo tour dates throughout May and the summer are just the latest additions to his packed dance card...