Lucas Davenport's "Best Songs of the Rock Era" list, in no
particular order, except that, as any intelligent person knows, any decent road
trip will start with ZZ Top.
- Sharp-Dressed Man · ZZ Top
- Legs · ZZ Top
- Mustang Sally · Wilson Pickett
- Superman's Song · Crash Test Dummies
- Rock On · David Essex
- Radar Love · Golden Earring
- Heart of Glass · Blondie
- White Rabbit · Jefferson Airplane
- Somebody to Love · Jefferson Airplane
- Layla · Derek and the Dominoes
- Roadhouse Blues · Doors
- House of the Rising Sun · Animals
- Sweet Emotion · Aerosmith
- Dude (Looks Like a Lady) · Aerosmith
- Dancing in the Dark · Bruce Springsteen
- Born to Run · Bruce Springsteen
- Thunder Road · Bruce Springsteen
- Every Breath You Take · Police
- Heart of Saturday Night · Tom Waits
- Hot for Teacher · Van Halen
- Won't Get Fooled Again · Who
- Hotel California (cover the Eagles) · Gipsy Kings
- Give Me One Reason · Tracy Chapman
- Down on the Corner · CCR
- Lyin' Eyes · Eagles
- Life in the Fast Lane · Eagles
- Skateaway (Roller Girl) · Dire Straits
- Mary Jane's Last Dance · Tom Petty
- Me 'n Bobby McGee · Janis Joplin
- Black Water · Doobie Brothers
- I Love Rock 'n Roll · Joan Jett
- Jack and Diane · John Mellencamp
- The Wall (Part 2) · Pink Floyd
- Money · Pink Floyd
- Piano Man · Billy Joel
- After Midnight · Eric Clapton
- Lay Down Sally · Eric Clapton
- You Shook Me (All Night Long) · AC/DC
- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap · AC/DC
- Long Cool Woman · Hollies
- Like a Rolling Stone · Bob Dylan
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door · Bob Dylan
- Subterranean Homesick Blues · Bob Dylan
- Satisfaction · Rolling Stones
- Brown Sugar · Rolling Stones
- Sympathy for the Devil · Rolling Stones
- Anarchy in the UK · Sex Pistols
- Sugar Magnolia · Grateful Dead
- Slow Hand · Pointer Sisters
- Sweet Dreams · Eurythmics
- Jailhouse Rock · Elvis Presley
- Ziggy Stardust · David Bowie
- Night Moves · Bob Seger
- Bye-Bye-Love · Everly Brothers
- Purple Haze · Jimi Hendrix
- Lola · Kinks
- Tender is the Night · Jackson Browne
- Louie Louie · The Kingsmen
- Bad to the Bone · George Thorogood
- Turn the Page (covers Bob Seger) · Metallica
- Sweet Home Alabama · Lynryd Skynyrd
- We Will Rock You · Queen
- Ramblin' Man · Allman Brothers
- Rock 'n Roll · Led Zeppelin
- What's Love Got to Do With It · Tina Turner
- Born to Be Wild · Steppenwolf
- With or Without You · U2
- Paranoid · Black Sabbath
- Blue Morning Blue · Foreigner
- White Wedding · Billy Idol
- Sweet Child o' Mine · Guns 'n Roses
- Paradise City · Guns 'n Roses
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door (covers Dylan) · Guns 'n Roses *
- Walk on the Wild Side · Lou Reed
- Feel Like Makin' Love · Bad Company
- Rock of Ages · Def Leppard
- Brown Eyed Girl · Van Morrison
- Devil With a Blue Dress · Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
- Respect · Aretha Franklin
- I'm in the Mood · John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt
- I Got You (I Feel Good) · James Brown
- Unchained Melody · Righteous Brothers
- Little Red Corvette · Prince
- Roll Over Beethoven · Chuck Berry
- Mr. Tamborine Man (covers Dylan) · Byrds
- Ohio · CSNY
- Peggy Sue · Buddy Holly
- Great Balls of Fire · Jerry Lee Lewis
- Pretty Woman · Roy Orbison
- Runaway · Del Shannon
- Walk This Way · Aerosmith / Run-DMC
- (Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay · Otis Redding
- Smells like Teen Spirit · Nirvana
- Still Crazy After All These Years · Paul Simon
- Who Do You Love? · Bo Diddley
- One Toke Over the Line · Brewer and Shipley
- I Wanna Be Sedated · Ramones
- Should I Stay or Should I Go · Clash
- Burning Down the House · Talking Heads
- Waltz 2 / Jazz Suite · Dimitri Shostakovich
* Yeah, yeah, I know it's on the list twice. | 
