"We Will Rock You" is clearly #1 on any rock anthems list. But, you could tell due to the simplicity of the song they were nonchalant about playing it.
He's singing 10 seconds at a time at a very controlled output. Singing entire songs with long, connected phrases, chorus', verses are actually where the challenge is
Some omissions that definitely raised an eyebrow for me: Boston - More Than A Feeling The Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son Also, some other songs that deserve mention: Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Taking Care of Business The Guess Who - American Woman Billy Idol - Rebel Yell Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town Dire Straits - Money For Nothing The Police - Message In A Bottle
Here is Rick Beato’s list: #20- “I Love Rock N’ Roll” by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts #19- “Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake #18- “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd #17- “Cum On Feel the Noize” by Quiet Riot #16- “Alive” by Pearl Jam #15- “Rock and Roll All Nite” by Kiss #14- “Do You Feel Like We Do” by Peter Frampton #13- “Free Fallin’” by Tom Petty #12- “It’s Only Rock’N’Roll” by The Rolling Stones #11- “Dream On” by Aerosmith #10- “Drift Away” by Dobie Gray #9- “Pour Some Sugar on Me” by Def Leopard #8- “Pride (In the Name of Love)” by U2 #7- “Panama” by Van Halen #6- “Man In the Box” by Alice In Chains #5- “Enter Sandman” by Metallica #4 -“Livin’ on A Prayer” by Bon Jovi #3- “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey #2- “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC #1- “We Will Rock You” by Queen Also, can you make a “That’s What Makes This Song Great” on Santana sometime in the future?
One of the most enjoyable of all Rick's "Top 20" themes - really cheered me up and made my evening. Great to see Rick and friends enjoying themselves together. 10/10
Technically, the singer is talented and has good range, BUT the overall tone and sound of his voice is annoyingly unappealing. I almost stopped watching/listening. It turned me off that badly!
I know, when he started to talk about the no.1 i thought straight away of that song especially when he said about it being played at sporting events but nope he picked the wrong one.
Considering that Layne Staley didn't want to sing when they put the band together I consider the fact that the band pushed him to sing was the absolute best "putting a band together" decision of all time.
Baba O’riley was the first song I thought of. To me, it defines what a rock anthem is. Simple, bombastic, and youthful. Maybe it’s the big dramatic crashing cymbals, the piano pounding out the opening chords, or the way the intro builds into the iconic verses. It’s hard to put it in words, but it’s just got that undeniable anthemic quality to it.
@@breakingthelaw7974 frankly I’m not a huge fan of Baba O’riley. The piano is overly-basic and repetitive, and the closing solo on the violin was an odd choice. I get what you’re saying about the song being overplayed (maybe even cliché), but for a song to be a rock anthem it needs to have that quality of being instantly recognizable by the masses. There’s more to than that even. I wouldn’t consider Starway to be anthemic. It’s maybe the most iconic rock song ever written, but its more of a soaring musical journey than a power anthem. I can think of a dozen better and even more popular rock songs than Baba, but that doesn’t necessarily make them anthems IMO.
That's actually a good call. It's too intellectual, though, I think. It's too complex. It's the reason why "Bohemian Rhapsody" isn't on here. Too many moving parts. A banger, to be sure. But The Who are an iconic, anthem-y band. What could go on that list? "Who are You?" No, not aggressive enough. Maybe "Won't Get Fooled Again"? "Magic Bus" is too psychedelic. "Pinball Wizard" is too tied to the movie.
...and he hung in there through these sessions. The guys can play as long as they have energy. The voice has limited ability and endurance by comparison. The fact that he did a good version of Perry and Mercury just lends credibility to Beato"s work.
Okay... not hating or judging but I felt like these songs deserved a better singer. I wasn't going to say anything until I saw these comments. He is good in his own right so dont think im bashing or anything because i know this was just a list and he couldn't exactly pull an A list singer. I know for sure the video could have been better with someone else.
I thought so too. Being able to jump into the middle of a song and pretty much nail it isn't easy. Singing these songs requires putting at least a little emotion into your voice and I was impressed with how he could turn it on and off at will.
We will Rock you was is from 1977 ,,,,, What can i say ,,, The 70s were ROCKN ,, Tons of great bands and songs came out in my youth years But now im a Christian and my likes have changed , ,Jesus Christ ROCKS now ,,,
Not only does ACDC "You Shook Me All Night Long" have a supremely singable chorus, it also has one oc the greatest lines in rock......"she told me to come but I was already there"..........pure rock and roll.
OMGWTFLOL doesn’t matter if you like ‘em bro by definition they’re rock anthems! He put the cheesefest living on a prayer on it. The list is garbage...free fallin, sweet home Alabama 🤣 not even close to rock anthems, not even rock!
I’m a VIP Charter pilot and have flown many celebrities including Joan Jett. She stands out as a cool rocker but also a down to Earth person who, when introduced, took her sunglasses off and looked me in the eye as she shook my hand. That is unheard of in my profession, as we are usually treated as “the help.” It was a refreshing experience and something that most people don”t see.
1 Queen - We Will Rock You 2 Metallica - Seek And Destroy 3 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 4 Neil Young - Keep On Rockin 5 Lynrd Skynrd - FreeBird 6 Don McLean - American Pie 7 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild 8 Twisted Sister - Were Not Gonna Take It 9 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 10 Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil 11 ACDC - Hells Bells 12 Kiss - I Want To Rock All Night 13 Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane 14 Europe - The Final Countdown 15 Eric Clapton - Layla 16 The Who - My Generation 17 Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right To Party 18 White Lion - When The Children Cry 19 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll 20 White Stripes - 7 Nation Army
21: No one like you (Scorpions) 22: eye of the tiger 23: hold the line 24: juke box hero 25: smoke on the water 26: take on the world (Judas Priest) 27: run to the hills 28: should i stay or should i go 29: broken heart (White Lion) 30: All right now
You were definitely reading my mind. Of all the AC/DC songs to make it in the list without the word ROCK in the title. No Zeppelin included, would definitely include ROCK AND ROLL in that list.
@@angelinadigrazzia5401 lol....did you see his face when he was done? He can certainly sing a lot of stuff...but I think that was a bit out of his comfort range...I doubt he would want to do an entire Journey set. If he did, he'd need about a week to recover his voice.
Had to be Queen, and they also have another, We Are the Champions. Some others I would mention are: Judas Priest - Take On All the World Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back in Town Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water Status Quo , - Caroline. Great video, and your man there has a great voice 👍👍
“We Are The Champions", "Hey Jude", "Living After Midnight", "Carry On My Wayward Son", "I still haven't found what i'm looking for", "Crazy Nights", "Rock and Roll Radio", "Smells like teen spirit", "Born to Be my Baby", "Al you need is love"...
First, just wanted y'all to know that y'alls “Drift Away” was killer. Made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Thanks. Second, funny story. The local kid checked out the book _Dino-Basketball_ from the library this week. In it, during the halftime show, the carnivorous dinosaurs sing ”We will, we will, chomp you!” I took the opportunity to teach her the cadence and stomp-stomp-clap. So when we were watching together, and it got to No. 1, I knew what it would be and started stomp-stomp-clapping. The grin on her face when y'all were doing it too really made my day, so thanks for that too. Finally, I gotta say, I think Boston got robbed on this one. How is The Ultimate Song - “More Than a Feeling” - not one of the Top 20 Rock Anthems?
Rick you probably will never read this but I have been watching your channel for a very long time, what can I say your the bollocks lots of love from Blighty (that’s England) by the way, keep doing what you do brother! A few years ago I had a series of strokes which affected my speech and memory, your channel has helped me regain so many of those previously lost memories, thank you!
@@jasonpatrickdeleon4701 would be one of mine, champagne supernova also but britpop seems to have passed America by. I've never heard van Halen and 'panama' that I can think of
I'm on song #10, all the while thinking ... what about Queen "we will rock you"? 1982 best live show of my life, and I've been to a lot of shows. 1st show, Jackson 5, Tower of power and Sly and the family stone. Kansas city 1972ish...lol
Great ones! Just a few I miss: "All right now", "Smoke on the water", "Hey Jude", "Born to be wild", "We're an American band" and "Rock you like a hurricane".
Definitely more than Sweet Child oh Mine which I'm appalled they even mentioned. I'm so sick of that song being overplayed. And I actually don't like that opening riff. Paradise City is a much better song and I felt it was the best song on the album when it was first released (before they even became famous).
The song i missed the most on this list is Another Brick in the wall. I feel like everyone one knows that and would sing along as well. Another amazing list!
I totally agree with this; had the same choice. ALSO - Won't Get Fooled Again!! Hell, it's even a political song, which should have made it a no-brainer as a rock "anthem"!
Tom Cass I respect you and Ricks choice in music But is it is of my opinion that grunge hip-hop and rap have destroyed music and has lowered the bar for musicianship which would include people that can actually sing. Case in point, I have friends in mind that I love dearly, however, when I was in bands with them back in the day we wouldn’t even let them sing back up let alone leads. Now they are the lead singers in their own band the bar has sadly been lowered and trust me their vocal abilities have not improved one bit
Tom Cass Musicianship as a whole is horrible I completely disagree with you, however no Neil Young is a horrible singer, however I don’t think anybody has ever stated that he’s a great singer and you do make a very strong point about bar bands yes it is very hard to find a good singer. I have been a lead singer and guitarist for 40 years and I have toured with some very well-known artists in my career I’m not saying that I’m in authority but I still stand by my statement that musicianship is dead. I’ve played with younger players and they lack a lot of vital tools thanks to RUclips, tableture and digital technology. Nowadays you can sit in your room all by yourself with ProTools etc. never play with a band in your life and put together some type of a demo album playing with a band and other musicians as an art form it is a skill unto itself. People make fun of hairbands all the time but some of the best melodic shred masters came out of that era
So glad I found you, great group, what a voice Jason has. I could replace a few with Free, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Slade, everyone forgets Family with Hung Up Down, not forgetting David Bowie with Jean Genie. Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love, OK 1969 but they were the original game changers. Rock on guys, encore!
Seeing all your heads bobbing on "Enter Sandman" says it all--and left an indelible impression! LOL. Fun, entertaining and so great to see the love of music so alive on this channel!
Carry On Wayward Son IS the definition of rock anthem. Living on a prayer makes it. Not carry on wayward son. I'd switch them out. Carry On once eclipsed stairway to heaven as the most played classic rock song ever.
It's a great list, but I have some honorable mentions of my own. "All the young dudes-Mott the Hoople, The boys are back in town-Thin Lizzy, We are the champions-Queen, Bring your daughter to the slaughter-Iron Maiden, Rock you like a hurricane-Scorpions". Much love, Rick.
Rick: "When I think of grunge, this is really the only band that come to mind..." Cobain: "Really?" Vedder: "Now, seriously dude?" Cornell: "You're joking right?!"
I obviously don't know what web browser you use, but just to say, it astounds me that I still to this day see comments like this on youtube pages lamenting the ads, when I've never had to deal with that. Mozilla Firefox has the "AdBlockPlus" free plugin, I've had this for what must be at least a decade now, I've literally never had to experience an ad. And I know it's relatively popular, but I'm surprised it's not even way more well known than it is. Though even with other browsers, I'd be shocked if they didn't at least have something similar in their arsenal, a way to combat them. I've then even been bummed with some videos I've put up on my own channel and others complain about an ad (or more) in them, but that I had nothing to do with that as the uploader whatsoever. Granted, when it comes to other certain particular websites, more have in the last few years gotten to where the site won't let you view more than the very top of it if you have an ad blocker, but if it's something I want to see bad enough I just do the "white list" thing on an individual basis (I've got probably less than 10 sites I've done that with), but RUclips's never done that. I've never not been able to see something leaving the plug-in activated.
Drift Away is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in my life. I love the message of the song, and it's just a feel good song for when you're going through a rough time. Perfect choice for this list!
*sees Freddie Mercury in the thumbnail* Me: "Oh Bohemian Rhapsody must be #1" Beato: "this song is played at every sporting event ever" Me: "Oh, it's gotta be We are the Champions" Beato: *stomp stomp clap* Queen is the king of rock anthems man
Actually, the moment sporting events were mentioned I realised that, even though there aren't really singable chorus lyrics, Seven Nation Army is one hell of an anthem. I'd personally go as far as to put it alongside, or at least a close second to We Will Rock You. The singbility of that melody and the drive Seven Nation Army has is fascinating, at least to me.
Personally, I've heard seven nation army a hell of a lot more in sporting events in comparison to we will rock you, and I think you're right, it's at least on the same level of not better than we will rock you
Exactly, once he started talking about sporting events I was 100% sure it's gonna be Seven Nation Army, We Will Rock You didn't even cross my mind, honestly.
Fantastic covers guys! My additions: Queen - We Are The Champions Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking and Don't You Forget About Me Guns 'n Roses - Welcome To The Jungle (blockers, I know ;) )
@@robgraham5016 Saw them live three times in Amsterdam, one time the song lasted fifteen minutes because of the crowd singing along endlessly. The band loved it! :D
@@r3furbish3dbrain12 So did Brian Ferry. Well: their loss. One of the biggest anthems of the 80s if you ask me and I'm glad Simple Minds did it, whether they were the writers or not; I'm interested in the performing, not the writing. Lots of famous bands performed songs that they didn't write themselves; hell: probably more than half of the biggest hits in history haven't been written by the performers themselves. I can understand their reluctance though, saying they only wanted to play material that they'd written themselves. If that's your thing as a band, it's your thing. Simple as that. It just shows how mistaken even the biggest musicians can get.
@@darrelstevens9707 Yes! That was immediately what came to my mind. I loved every minute of Live from Daryl's House so if Rick can come up with a way of doing live cover without running afoul of RUclips and the musicians of the song then that will be awesome. The "what makes this song great" where they do a live cover at the end of the segment.
Roberth Pascal - I would too but then I am terribly Pink Floyd biased so they’d probably be in slots 20 to 1. I can see why it’s not in Rick B’s list but I probably would have had it in mine.
@Mark: Although those songs are often played together, We Are the Champions really deserves to at least sit in second place all on its own. Definitely should not be missing from an all time anthem list.
My 11 year old granddaughter asked for and received both drums and an acustic guitar for Christmas, she wants to play music when she grows up, her dad is a drummer, so hes teaching her but I am sharing this video with her to show her that she can do anything she puts her mind to!!
Shocked that the Alice Cooper group's "School's Out" wasn't at least mentioned. A true anthem and is still so well known almost 50 years since its release.
Absolutely! Freddie is the standard by which all other lead singers are measured. His charisma and command of the audience are still unmatched. His stage presence is still wowing new generations.
Holy crap, that's the first time I've understood Pearl Jam lyrics! :) You know it's really working when the first impulse is to yell at your monitor, "No, don't stop!" A solid 20 Rick.
May I submit for your consideration, "School's Out"? Alice Cooper himself admitted that he wanted to write rock anthems. He wrote several, but this is the one that really hit home.
Rick, I just found you and am binge watching all of your videos! My favorite so far was the 70s and 80s one hit wonders. I’m 63 now so that music makes me happy! 😎👍 You’re so easy to watch and listen to with your enthusiasm and knowledge. Thank you for sharing your passion!
Serious props to Jason Tillery for his outstanding range.
great Dobie Grey imitation
I loved their version of Man in the Box !
Wow, really, really good.
crazy impressive
Looks like DSB almost did him in...
The best part of this is just watching 4 talented buddies having fun.
"We Will Rock You" is clearly #1 on any rock anthems list. But, you could tell due to the simplicity of the song they were nonchalant about playing it.
Sean Necker I think it’s 5, don’t forget the drummer
@@rufashaochicken I know im late but the drummer and the singer are the same person
Edit: In most cases its just Rick
This singer is brilliant... screams his lungs out and soon as the song is over... just looks as if nothing ever happened.
He does a good job of covering the other singers' styles.
I concur
Man’s singing Alice In Chains and AC/DC like their songs were written for him.
He doesnt rip off the original yet he sounds so good!
He's singing 10 seconds at a time at a very controlled output. Singing entire songs with long, connected phrases, chorus', verses are actually where the challenge is
I would give #2 to Queen too with We are the champions, both of their anthems are the most famous
No dout. I´ve the same opinion. It´s like 2 in ONE Long live to "The Queen"
id put 1 as seven nation army, surprised I haven't seen anyone mention it yet
Also Bohemian Rhapsody, the video of fans singing it at Green Day concert gave me goosebumps.
I honestly thought that was gonna be number one but I don't blame Rick for putting We Will Rock You on number one instead
You would also put round and round by RATT on this list
Man, if I had a room like yours I would literally never go outside
Same
Plus the skill to use all that equipment and friends to jam with...
My room isnt even 1% as cool as Rick's, and I already never leave..
i always think it
Really, how many times have you seen him outside his studio? Like 2-3 clips sitting in a lawn chair?
We should start a band.
We did haha!
Rick Beato
Please do a covers band gig 🙏
Of course, we should start a band!! What's it gonna be called?
yes please
Ya think?!? ;-)
ok this dude can sing everything.
Dude has some pipes for sure!!
@Philip Betts uk song writer and performer ok?
Reminds me of Stevie Winwood
Annoying AF IMO
Yeah, and with ease apparently...
just listened to "pour some sugar on me" for the first time and i think your performance sounds ten times better!
The guy doing the singing can really wail. He’s great as a lead singer. Unique voice
Yeah Jason is great!!
Where's his channel or IG tho??? Great voice
Wow, I was thinking, “it’s nice Steve Gutenberg found a second career.”
he's a goofball and i love it
He is SO great!! What’s his name???
One of my favorites-Cheap Trick “Surrender”-“mommy’s all right, daddy’s all right, they just seem a little weird”
The live version, of course. :)
Yes. Geez. How is that not on this video. The definition of an anthem
'Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away.' I'd also include Dream Police, but not sure if it classifies as an anthem.
everybody gangsta till rick pulls out the upright bass
I'm going to let the word "gangsta" remain with that angry genre that rhymes low brow juvenile words. They play instruments on this channel
@@johnconway6976 you mean rap? You can't be serious? Wtf kinda elitist bs is that?...
@@johnconway6976 I bet I could guess your favorite number
This made me laugh. Good game.
@@johnconway6976 You gotta be trolling.
This guy has some incredible range. Almost no breaks on the high notes. That takes talent!
Very good cover band singer.
Some omissions that definitely raised an eyebrow for me:
Boston - More Than A Feeling
The Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
Also, some other songs that deserve mention:
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Taking Care of Business
The Guess Who - American Woman
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
The Police - Message In A Bottle
I’m not sure message in a bottle is really a sing along Anthem?
Trooper- We're here for a Good Time
AC/DC Thunderstruck
I'd add Heat of the Moment by Asia.
Matteo Gian ew, but also, you’re right
Here is Rick Beato’s list:
#20- “I Love Rock N’ Roll” by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
#19- “Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake
#18- “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
#17- “Cum On Feel the Noize” by Quiet Riot
#16- “Alive” by Pearl Jam
#15- “Rock and Roll All Nite” by Kiss
#14- “Do You Feel Like We Do” by Peter Frampton
#13- “Free Fallin’” by Tom Petty
#12- “It’s Only Rock’N’Roll” by The Rolling Stones
#11- “Dream On” by Aerosmith
#10- “Drift Away” by Dobie Gray
#9- “Pour Some Sugar on Me” by Def Leopard
#8- “Pride (In the Name of Love)” by U2
#7- “Panama” by Van Halen
#6- “Man In the Box” by Alice In Chains
#5- “Enter Sandman” by Metallica
#4 -“Livin’ on A Prayer” by Bon Jovi
#3- “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey
#2- “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC
#1- “We Will Rock You” by Queen
Also, can you make a “That’s What Makes This Song Great” on Santana sometime in the future?
Where is paradise city ?
Agreed about older Santana, he was on fire in the 60's 70's and into the 80's but he's been soul-dead for a couple decades.
BluesLicks101 Supernatural was a great comeback album though
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts*
Wilander Xavier He mentioned at the end why he doesn’t do GnR in his videos.
"How many instruments do you play?"
Rick: "Yes"
One of the most enjoyable of all Rick's "Top 20" themes - really cheered me up and made my evening.
Great to see Rick and friends enjoying themselves together. 10/10
Agreed--I may like this approach better than snippets from the actual artists
This singer is incredibly versatile, very talented.
I was about to say exactly that !
This band is epic 😎 the singer is mint every song is on point whats his name
and flat
@@dank1j he didn't ask but ok
Technically, the singer is talented and has good range, BUT the overall tone and sound of his voice is annoyingly unappealing. I almost stopped watching/listening. It turned me off that badly!
We are the Champions is THE DEFINITION of an anthem. How could it possibly not be there?
I know, when he started to talk about the no.1 i thought straight away of that song especially when he said about it being played at sporting events but nope he picked the wrong one.
I fuckin hate it, it's too overplayed
@@petisebestyen88 Wild guess, but I think that's because it's anthemic.
@@petisebestyen88 That doesn't make it any less of a rock anthem
Possibly because it's a difficult song to sing.
That guy can sing his ass off. That rendition of 'man in the box' was killer.
Considering that Layne Staley didn't want to sing when they put the band together I consider the fact that the band pushed him to sing was the absolute best "putting a band together" decision of all time.
Came to say the same thing. Guy really killed every song
And he's a sweater vest away from looking like my kid's English teacher
Baba O’riley was the first song I thought of. To me, it defines what a rock anthem is. Simple, bombastic, and youthful. Maybe it’s the big dramatic crashing cymbals, the piano pounding out the opening chords, or the way the intro builds into the iconic verses. It’s hard to put it in words, but it’s just got that undeniable anthemic quality to it.
Well it sure is a great song, however, it falls in the same category as Stairway to Heaven.
@@breakingthelaw7974 frankly I’m not a huge fan of Baba O’riley. The piano is overly-basic and repetitive, and the closing solo on the violin was an odd choice. I get what you’re saying about the song being overplayed (maybe even cliché), but for a song to be a rock anthem it needs to have that quality of being instantly recognizable by the masses. There’s more to than that even. I wouldn’t consider Starway to be anthemic. It’s maybe the most iconic rock song ever written, but its more of a soaring musical journey than a power anthem. I can think of a dozen better and even more popular rock songs than Baba, but that doesn’t necessarily make them anthems IMO.
and " LOVE REIGN O'ER ME."
Won’t get fooled again is missing
That's actually a good call. It's too intellectual, though, I think. It's too complex. It's the reason why "Bohemian Rhapsody" isn't on here. Too many moving parts. A banger, to be sure.
But The Who are an iconic, anthem-y band. What could go on that list? "Who are You?" No, not aggressive enough. Maybe "Won't Get Fooled Again"? "Magic Bus" is too psychedelic. "Pinball Wizard" is too tied to the movie.
Sh*t, this singer is f***ing awesome, his voice's so powerful and unique
Nailed the Pearl Jam song, sounds just like Eddie
...and he hung in there through these sessions. The guys can play as long as they have energy. The voice has limited ability and endurance by comparison. The fact that he did a good version of Perry and Mercury just lends credibility to Beato"s work.
Okay... not hating or judging but I felt like these songs deserved a better singer. I wasn't going to say anything until I saw these comments. He is good in his own right so dont think im bashing or anything because i know this was just a list and he couldn't exactly pull an A list singer. I know for sure the video could have been better with someone else.
I thought so too. Being able to jump into the middle of a song and pretty much nail it isn't easy. Singing these songs requires putting at least a little emotion into your voice and I was impressed with how he could turn it on and off at will.
Auto tuned wedding singer nothing more. Would have rather heard nails down a chalk board
We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You are the two biggest anthems. They have been a sporting event default go-tos for decades now.
We are the Champions is clearly #1. No question about it.
Hehe, used to be "Rock 'n Roll" by Gary Glitter.
I think biggest athem is stairway to heaven
@@krzeslo1620 Try playing that during the time-out 😂
They have just become "cringy" being ovrplayed at events IMO.
Still love the songs tho
The guitar parts on "We will rock you" truly slayed!!
We will Rock you was is from 1977 ,,,,, What can i say ,,, The 70s were ROCKN ,, Tons of great bands and songs came out in my youth years But now im a Christian and my likes have changed , ,Jesus Christ ROCKS now ,,,
Not only does ACDC "You Shook Me All Night Long" have a supremely singable chorus, it also has one oc the greatest lines in rock......"she told me to come but I was already there"..........pure rock and roll.
Anthem- Europe The Final Countdown
Survivor-Eye of theTiger
dewdew34 totally agree. They should have been 1 & 2 followed by Boston more than a feeling!
If he would have picked either of those 2 cheesefests, I would have unsubscribed.
OMGWTFLOL doesn’t matter if you like ‘em bro by definition they’re rock anthems! He put the cheesefest living on a prayer on it. The list is garbage...free fallin, sweet home Alabama 🤣 not even close to rock anthems, not even rock!
Eye of the tiger 100000000%
life is life too
I’m a VIP Charter pilot and have flown many celebrities including Joan Jett. She stands out as a cool rocker but also a down to Earth person who, when introduced, took her sunglasses off and looked me in the eye as she shook my hand. That is unheard of in my profession, as we are usually treated as “the help.” It was a refreshing experience and something that most people don”t see.
Joan Jett is metal with manners? Awesome👏
The singer could comfortably cover for any rock frontman ever and still sound right
1 Queen - We Will Rock You
2 Metallica - Seek And Destroy
3 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
4 Neil Young - Keep On Rockin
5 Lynrd Skynrd - FreeBird
6 Don McLean - American Pie
7 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
8 Twisted Sister - Were Not Gonna Take It
9 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
10 Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
11 ACDC - Hells Bells
12 Kiss - I Want To Rock All Night
13 Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
14 Europe - The Final Countdown
15 Eric Clapton - Layla
16 The Who - My Generation
17 Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right To Party
18 White Lion - When The Children Cry
19 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll
20 White Stripes - 7 Nation Army
The dude on vocals kills it everytime
Agree
He's really knocking it out of the park with every song. Considering how diverse this list is, dude is incredibly versatile.
21: No one like you (Scorpions) 22: eye of the tiger 23: hold the line 24: juke box hero 25: smoke on the water 26: take on the world (Judas Priest) 27: run to the hills 28: should i stay or should i go 29: broken heart (White Lion) 30: All right now
You were definitely reading my mind. Of all the AC/DC songs to make it in the list without the word ROCK in the title. No Zeppelin included, would definitely include ROCK AND ROLL in that list.
Happy to see someone mentioning Take On The World! But I prefer United
Live is life (Opus)
Agree
I would consider the final countdown in the list too.
No Guns, no party, Btw this dude who is singing is absolutely outstanding.
Bozex sucks that they block everything... probably because of Axl, lol
I like this singer as well. I wish Journey would have asked him to b their lead singer rather than Arnel Pinea!
@@angelinadigrazzia5401 lol....did you see his face when he was done? He can certainly sing a lot of stuff...but I think that was a bit out of his comfort range...I doubt he would want to do an entire Journey set. If he did, he'd need about a week to recover his voice.
Had to be Queen, and they also have another, We Are the Champions.
Some others I would mention are:
Judas Priest - Take On All the World
Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back in Town
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Status Quo , - Caroline.
Great video, and your man there has a great voice 👍👍
Avenged Sevenfold: Hail to the king
All British
“We Are The Champions", "Hey Jude", "Living After Midnight", "Carry On My Wayward Son", "I still haven't found what i'm looking for", "Crazy Nights", "Rock and Roll Radio", "Smells like teen spirit", "Born to Be my Baby", "Al you need is love"...
Hey Jude and We Are The Champions should be Top 2
"Hey Jude" is the one I thought was the inexcusable absence. Everybody sings along with that because you don't need to know any words.
That looks a lot more like my list than Ricks does
Al You Need is Love?
Hey Jude, We Are the Champions, I agree. Is Good Vibrations a Rock Anthem or something else?
Whoever he is, that guy is one hell of a singer to do all of those particular songs.
I think first place would be a split between “We Will Rock You” AND “We Are The Champions”
Totally agree. UMG being their usual dick selves claiming on this.
I was thinking the same thing while watching this.
People say it is subjective...they are wrong. You are correct.
Great list of songs, and good job on the performance.
i 100% disagree. i can recognize that the songs are well written, but freddie mercury ruins queen
Patrick McPheeters Runs Queen ... fixed that for you. :)
I knew you could not leave off "We Will Rock You". Queen- my all time favorite! Thank you!
Man in the Box gave me chills. Y'all nailed it.
Joe Misek agreed this song is epic!!
Yeah that rendition was cool af
Rick: I'm making a top 20 rock anthems
Queen: Hold my Greatest Hits albums
:D :D :D Ha! Good one.
I was 100% sure that #1 was going to be We Are The Champions
@@eskilseter "We Are The Champions" might be a Ballad and not an Anthem.
Well played, Sir :)
Not really an anthem
“More than a feeling“ should also be in the list imho.
I was surprised that is wasn't included, given Rick's love for Boston. Too hard to sing for it to be included, perhaps?
We will rock you #1 and We are the Champions??????
or longtime, maybe both lol - they are both in my top ten driving around burning one songs
Was thinking the same thing - should really have been in the Top 5.
More than a Feeling should be on EVERY list.
"Dream On" was the theme tune of my junior/senior prom ! I'll never forget such a magical night.
You’re lucky that they had good music when you were growing up
First, just wanted y'all to know that y'alls “Drift Away” was killer. Made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Thanks.
Second, funny story. The local kid checked out the book _Dino-Basketball_ from the library this week. In it, during the halftime show, the carnivorous dinosaurs sing ”We will, we will, chomp you!” I took the opportunity to teach her the cadence and stomp-stomp-clap. So when we were watching together, and it got to No. 1, I knew what it would be and started stomp-stomp-clapping. The grin on her face when y'all were doing it too really made my day, so thanks for that too.
Finally, I gotta say, I think Boston got robbed on this one. How is The Ultimate Song - “More Than a Feeling” - not one of the Top 20 Rock Anthems?
I loved that song and forgot it... used to play Drift Away a lot in the 70's. I think i still have the song book it was in.
That "Drift Away" was actually Beyond Killer. That upright bass just gave me the chills! Just WOW!
True dat. He killed it.
Same here. Gave me goosebumps.
I believe you guys need to release that one as a cover in itself. Fantastic rendition!
Rick you probably will never read this but I have been watching your channel for a very long time, what can I say your the bollocks lots of love from Blighty (that’s England) by the way, keep doing what you do brother! A few years ago I had a series of strokes which affected my speech and memory, your channel has helped me regain so many of those previously lost memories, thank you!
Thanks Mark!!
You was wrong
@@Yourfavoritesalad were
@@javierfernandez6030 how
Twist and Shout, Satisfaction, Highway To Hell, Radar Love, My Generation, Whole Lotta Love, Alright Now, Paranoid, Wonderwall, She Sells Sanctuary, School's Out, Layla, Purple Haze, Seven Nation Army.
and Lola to my mind the original and one of the best
There's too many great songs, every single one of those is equally awesome!
Start me up the rolling stones
Layla and sultans
Black hole sun
The singer in this video is an ABSOLUTE BEAST!!! He nails every voice and style!!!! The guitar players......Jezzzzz these guys are sooo great!!!
The greatest rock anthem of all time can faithfully be performed with no instruments, but only if you have enough people.
The magic of Queen everyone.
I really wish he could do more of their songs cause they’re tied with Nirvana for my favorite band
dont look back in anger by oasis also 😊
@@jasonpatrickdeleon4701 would be one of mine, champagne supernova also but britpop seems to have passed America by. I've never heard van Halen and 'panama' that I can think of
@@JosephMensman same
I'm on song #10, all the while thinking ... what about Queen "we will rock you"? 1982 best live show of my life, and I've been to a lot of shows. 1st show, Jackson 5, Tower of power and Sly and the family stone. Kansas city 1972ish...lol
Great choices! Couple that I thought of too are “Summer of 69”, “Crazy Train”, and “Baba O’Reilly”
@@iliketrains3495 Its only teenage wasteland .. Hmm
I was thinking a Who song too, but yeah there’s really no hook to sing along to in Baba O’Reilly.
Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't have a Who song on the list.
For The Who, how about "We Won't Get Fooled Again" ???
WMR Photography my generation
Here’s to Rick actually getting to keep the Ad revenue. 🤟
Rick is just having a good ol’ time in his fancy studio and we’re along for the ride. I Think he’s a genius.
Great ones! Just a few I miss: "All right now", "Smoke on the water", "Hey Jude", "Born to be wild", "We're an American band" and "Rock you like a hurricane".
Hey jude rock?
“We’re an American band” is possibly the most American rock n roll song ever made
"Rock you like a hurricane" was the first song that came to mind
@@sukhchainsingh1776 It includes an electric guitar and it was made by a rock band so I think it’s included
Were an American band would have been perfect.....Im gonna have to go listen to it now.....
Holy crap Jason is good! He holds his own on every one of those songs!
I thought the same!!
Agreed, only real stretch imo was Steve Perry..would be for almost anyone..
Came to the comments and to find this exact comment! Couldn’t agree more. Dude rocks🤘🏻
I get that Gn'R aren't friendly to this stuff, but Paradise City is the definition of "rock anthem". It absolutely deserves mentioning at least.
Definitely more than Sweet Child oh Mine which I'm appalled they even mentioned. I'm so sick of that song being overplayed. And I actually don't like that opening riff. Paradise City is a much better song and I felt it was the best song on the album when it was first released (before they even became famous).
Ditto.
I say we just bury GnR in the back yard and never mention them again.
Yes...absolutely
Without a doubt, it is the definition of a rock anthem.
These musicians are stunning. Especially the singer. Can't get enough of his voice.
The song i missed the most on this list is Another Brick in the wall. I feel like everyone one knows that and would sing along as well. Another amazing list!
it's not because it's one of the best rock song of all time that it's an anthem. The chorus is kind of bleak to fedarate people like an anthem does
I totally agree with this; had the same choice. ALSO - Won't Get Fooled Again!! Hell, it's even a political song, which should have made it a no-brainer as a rock "anthem"!
Totally AGREE!!!
The trooper - Smoke on the water - Seven nation army - White room - Satisfaction - Freebird
I dont know about Seven Nation Army. Everyone knows the tune, but only a fraction knows the title, let alone the lyrics
@@michalszerszen9638 There are no lyrics. It's just the bassline that's the anthem. Oh, oh oh-oh-oh ohhh, ohhh.
I love Rick but h3 always has to throw in that bullshit Grunge CRAP.
Tom Cass I respect you and Ricks choice in music But is it is of my opinion that grunge hip-hop and rap have destroyed music and has lowered the bar for musicianship which would include people that can actually sing. Case in point, I have friends in mind that I love dearly, however, when I was in bands with them back in the day we wouldn’t even let them sing back up let alone leads. Now they are the lead singers in their own band the bar has sadly been lowered and trust me their vocal abilities have not improved one bit
Tom Cass Musicianship as a whole is horrible I completely disagree with you, however no Neil Young is a horrible singer, however I don’t think anybody has ever stated that he’s a great singer and you do make a very strong point about bar bands yes it is very hard to find a good singer. I have been a lead singer and guitarist for 40 years and I have toured with some very well-known artists in my career I’m not saying that I’m in authority but I still stand by my statement that musicianship is dead. I’ve played with younger players and they lack a lot of vital tools thanks to RUclips, tableture and digital technology. Nowadays you can sit in your room all by yourself with ProTools etc. never play with a band in your life and put together some type of a demo album playing with a band and other musicians as an art form it is a skill unto itself. People make fun of hairbands all the time but some of the best melodic shred masters came out of that era
Your singer nailed all of it -- especially Pearl Jam. Wow! Talented guy.
That was my thought. I would like to hear him sing the whole song.
Yes
With the amount of reverb on that Mike anyone could sound good
Yeah, he has a very Eddie Vedder-ish voice.
So glad I found you, great group, what a voice Jason has. I could replace a few with Free, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Slade, everyone forgets Family with Hung Up Down, not forgetting David Bowie with Jean Genie. Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love, OK 1969 but they were the original game changers. Rock on guys, encore!
Rick: posts a video
RUclips: “We Will We Will Block you”
Clever
Did this happen?
Queens are notorious for copyright claiming
Ha ha ha!
That was actually really witty
Seeing all your heads bobbing on "Enter Sandman" says it all--and left an indelible impression! LOL. Fun, entertaining and so great to see the love of music so alive on this channel!
What a trip down memory lane. I'm a 66-year-old female. I'm smiling ear to ear. Thank you, Rick.
Me too❤
Carry On Wayward Son IS the definition of rock anthem. Living on a prayer makes it. Not carry on wayward son. I'd switch them out.
Carry On once eclipsed stairway to heaven as the most played classic rock song ever.
I’m also 66. Aren’t we lucky we had such fun tunes?
As a 14 year old who recently started getting really into rock, I didn't realize how many of these songs I've already heard before
It's a great list, but I have some honorable mentions of my own. "All the young dudes-Mott the Hoople, The boys are back in town-Thin Lizzy, We are the champions-Queen, Bring your daughter to the slaughter-Iron Maiden, Rock you like a hurricane-Scorpions".
Much love, Rick.
The Boys Are Back in Town and Jailbreak are two of the greatest anthems. Every time they come on in the radio I can't help but sing along.
@@arthurias7693 Jailbreak!!! I missed that one. Good call.
@@arthurias7693 Cowboy never got the play but it's another great from Lizzy
Mott the Hoople. I like it good call. Rick could do a top thirty.
Rick: "When I think of grunge, this is really the only band that come to mind..."
Cobain: "Really?"
Vedder: "Now, seriously dude?"
Cornell: "You're joking right?!"
facts eddy tho
When anyone else...ever...thinks of grunge the first band they think of is Nirvana. Anyone.
Grunge=Nirvana
Nirvana gets my vote.
@@laramiebahr5746 no, i think in pearl jam
*Ad interrupts them singing "We Will Rock You."*
Really, RUclips?
I guess that's the reason why Google trashed that "Don't be evil" passus.
Actually he’s the in charge of where it’s placed he’s just not in charge of what goes there
I obviously don't know what web browser you use, but just to say, it astounds me that I still to this day see comments like this on youtube pages lamenting the ads, when I've never had to deal with that. Mozilla Firefox has the "AdBlockPlus" free plugin, I've had this for what must be at least a decade now, I've literally never had to experience an ad. And I know it's relatively popular, but I'm surprised it's not even way more well known than it is. Though even with other browsers, I'd be shocked if they didn't at least have something similar in their arsenal, a way to combat them. I've then even been bummed with some videos I've put up on my own channel and others complain about an ad (or more) in them, but that I had nothing to do with that as the uploader whatsoever.
Granted, when it comes to other certain particular websites, more have in the last few years gotten to where the site won't let you view more than the very top of it if you have an ad blocker, but if it's something I want to see bad enough I just do the "white list" thing on an individual basis (I've got probably less than 10 sites I've done that with), but RUclips's never done that. I've never not been able to see something leaving the plug-in activated.
Same reaction
SERIOUSLY. WTF YT???
Drift Away is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in my life. I love the message of the song, and it's just a feel good song for when you're going through a rough time. Perfect choice for this list!
Maybe I'm too old for this crowd, but "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf and "School's Out" by Alice Cooper would've been in my top 20.
Are you older than Rick? (1962) :)
Schools out is mint
I don't know about Leo, but I sure am, and I second his list - and add "Bad to the Bone". (1950)
School’s out should’ve been in this list, I agree
@@dakoob9837 True dat!
*sees Freddie Mercury in the thumbnail*
Me: "Oh Bohemian Rhapsody must be #1"
Beato: "this song is played at every sporting event ever"
Me: "Oh, it's gotta be We are the Champions"
Beato: *stomp stomp clap*
Queen is the king of rock anthems man
Facts
Queen is everywhere 🙌🏽❤️
I thought for sure “We Are The Champions”
@@wademartin4209 same
Never any doubt it was "We Will Rock You"
Everyone is sleeping on the fact that Rhett NAILED that Pride riff. Perfect tone, strumming, delay, everything.
Agreed the step-in The Edge! 9:39
Excellent choice...no one could command an audience like Freddie
Actually, the moment sporting events were mentioned I realised that, even though there aren't really singable chorus lyrics, Seven Nation Army is one hell of an anthem. I'd personally go as far as to put it alongside, or at least a close second to We Will Rock You. The singbility of that melody and the drive Seven Nation Army has is fascinating, at least to me.
Personally, I've heard seven nation army a hell of a lot more in sporting events in comparison to we will rock you, and I think you're right, it's at least on the same level of not better than we will rock you
Also we are the champions but i guess only 1 song per band.
Came on to comment this very same thing... Seven Nation Army should have been top 10, if not top 5 or #1.
Exactly, once he started talking about sporting events I was 100% sure it's gonna be Seven Nation Army, We Will Rock You didn't even cross my mind, honestly.
I thought it was gonna be We are the champions... but then I watch a lot of f1
I feel like "We are the Champions" also should have been somewhere in the list.
We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions should go together, always.
Seriously.. Peter frickin Frampton over THAT? Come on Rick...
i was waiting for Start Me Up. it is played at all kinds of sporting events....which also begs the question....where is Crazy Train?
@@arthurias7693 Those two songs are fused. You put one on the list they are both there. So YES, Peter Frickin Frampton!
@@kilgoretrout3966 Crazy train definitely should had been there.
Fantastic covers guys!
My additions:
Queen - We Are The Champions
Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking and Don't You Forget About Me
Guns 'n Roses - Welcome To The Jungle (blockers, I know ;) )
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me - YES good one!
@@robgraham5016 Saw them live three times in Amsterdam, one time the song lasted fifteen minutes because of the crowd singing along endlessly. The band loved it! :D
@@r3furbish3dbrain12 So did Brian Ferry. Well: their loss. One of the biggest anthems of the 80s if you ask me and I'm glad Simple Minds did it, whether they were the writers or not; I'm interested in the performing, not the writing. Lots of famous bands performed songs that they didn't write themselves; hell: probably more than half of the biggest hits in history haven't been written by the performers themselves.
I can understand their reluctance though, saying they only wanted to play material that they'd written themselves. If that's your thing as a band, it's your thing. Simple as that.
It just shows how mistaken even the biggest musicians can get.
Great minds think alike with Simple Minds. I also put Ghostdancing on my list from them.
Agreed!
Awesome list Rick! Your vocalist did a great job! 60 yrs old, and listening to Rock since I was 5!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
This is like four dads getting the band back together, I hope I'll be able to do this some time.
That’s it! “The Four Dads!”
If I had that singer's voice, I'd never shut up
:-D
I personally don't like his voice! Sounds a bit like a Kermit the frog with health issues
@@TheMelody911 Sound a little bit like Ozzy Osbourne to me hah
his voice is like a freaking chameleon.
He needs to learn how to hold a microphone properly. The rest of the musicians are wonderful though
Hey here's a fun idea:
What if the four of you and Jack Jones put together a rick beato channel house band to record covers and originals!?
Rick's House.
@@darrelstevens9707 Yes! That was immediately what came to my mind. I loved every minute of Live from Daryl's House so if Rick can come up with a way of doing live cover without running afoul of RUclips and the musicians of the song then that will be awesome. The "what makes this song great" where they do a live cover at the end of the segment.
That’d be awesome actually
You mean Jack Jones that sang the love boat theme?
@@darrelstevens9707 with Rick and the Beatos
I could listen to Jason sing allll day long! What a voice!!
I'd actually consider "Another brick in the wall" as top 20 material in this category.
Exactly! See my same reply!
Comfortably numb would be a better pick . Lighters out an everything .
edmundscycles1 Noo ABITW is much better as a singalong, the ”We don’t need no education” is much easier to sing and arguably more iconic too.
I really can't stand pink floyd, but I do have to agree with you. That was for sure a huge anthem.
Roberth Pascal - I would too but then I am terribly Pink Floyd biased so they’d probably be in slots 20 to 1. I can see why it’s not in Rick B’s list but I probably would have had it in mine.
I was sure No1 was going to be Queen but I was expecting him to say “We Are The Champions”.
@Mark: Although those songs are often played together, We Are the Champions really deserves to at least sit in second place all on its own. Definitely should not be missing from an all time anthem list.
Yes, that is exactly what I thought.
'We Will Rock You' feels like the intro to 'We Are The Champions'... That's how it seems to be presented on 'News Of The World'.
Exactly what I was thinking!!!!
Me too.
Tillery needs some kind of recognition here for covering that wide a spectrum of styles and ranges. That was impressive.
For a more modern one for a sing along rock anthem, which beats almost any other song and it's all the lyrics too, is the Killers Mr Brightside
Indeed. There’s “We Will Rock You” and then everything else.
Brian Mays' solo kicks butt.
But then, everything he does kicks butt!
Along with Bohemian Rhapsody and as mentioned We Are The Champions, Queen really have a lock on this rock anthem thing.
How I wanted Rhett to channel some Brian May for a nice, super compressed solo.
Ah yes, the anthem of the braindead.
Well said.
Jason has a fantastic voice. He did a great job on all of these songs. He doesn't sound like anyone but himself, and that's a good thing!
“This song is over 13 minutes long and has 5 Guitar Solos”
Pink Floyd: *Laughs In Echoes and Dogs*
youuu´ve got to be crazy
@Christian Martinez you gotta sleep on your toes
@@nateds7326 and when you're on the street
@@johkar2170 you've got to be able to pick out the easy meat,
@@nateds7326 with your eyes closed
My 11 year old granddaughter asked for and received both drums and an acustic guitar for Christmas, she wants to play music when she grows up, her dad is a drummer, so hes teaching her but I am sharing this video with her to show her that she can do anything she puts her mind to!!
I'd give my right arm to be able to sing like this guy what a voice. How is he not in every rock band ever.
I’ll keep my arm
Shocked that the Alice Cooper group's "School's Out" wasn't at least mentioned. A true anthem and is still so well known almost 50 years since its release.
Should be #1
I red your comment then agrred and missed "Another brick in the wall" also
It's not as well known as you think it is!
@@nana-ld4cr Not well known? Really?
I think 4.5 million sold sigles and 31 million (!!) LPs speaks for themself.... ;-)
Copyright ®
When you say rock anthem, I think of only one song: We Will Rock You. Undeniable.
I think we will rock you is the greatest song of all time because of the way it brings people together
THE Problem is, for this list.. QUEEN are Blockers...
Absolutely! Freddie is the standard by which all other lead singers are measured. His charisma and command of the audience are still unmatched. His stage presence is still wowing new generations.
Actually I thought it would be We are the Champions...
@@gillesthibault429 serious question from a non-native english speaker, what do you mean by blockers?
Holy crap, that's the first time I've understood Pearl Jam lyrics! :) You know it's really working when the first impulse is to yell at your monitor, "No, don't stop!" A solid 20 Rick.
He absolutely transforms into other singers. What an incredible gift.
Ikrrr. During the alive part he legit became Eddie vedder
He is very impressive for sure.
However, the well mixed delay, reverb, double tracks, etc, make up a large portion of why it sounds so good.
Indeed! Although he got mixed up at one point - Free Fallin' is Tom Petty, not Steve Winwood. ;D
I’m better.
The singer KILLED man in the box, so impressed, what a great song RIP Layne Staley, he had a incredible voice
I'd pay good money to see Rick and his friends cover Pearl jam
Yea that sounded epic
Yeah but you'd be able to understand the words...so it wouldn't sound like PJ at all
Beato's Beat Boy's soon commin to an arena in your area!!
Singer sounds like Bo Bice.
Pearl Jam sucks
If rock music was still a genre that sold millions, Jason Tillery would be super rich! Cause he has an awesome rock voice.
I need to put this here: "We Are The Champions" by Queen is by far the G.O.A.T. if we're talking about rock anthems.
It's kind of the same song as Rick's pick. There isn't a break between them and they always get played together.
Yes. But copyright lawyers would fleece Rick to infinity if he told (and played) the truth.
If Queen hadn't been no. 1 with WWRY, they would still have been no. 1 with this song. Or Radio Ga Ga. Or several others!
I think if we did a top 20 bands that have monetized their catalog in tv ads, Queen probably wins again.
The U2 vocals here are very spot on. It’s pretty incredible to hear someone do Bono like that.
Yeah that was particularly excellent.
May I submit for your consideration, "School's Out"? Alice Cooper himself admitted that he wanted to write rock anthems. He wrote several, but this is the one that really hit home.
Rick, I just found you and am binge watching all of your videos! My favorite so far was the 70s and 80s one hit wonders. I’m 63 now so that music makes me happy! 😎👍 You’re so easy to watch and listen to with your enthusiasm and knowledge. Thank you for sharing your passion!
This list really needs "Rock You Like A Hurricane".
So fucking right
Oh my god YES
dobie gray "drift away" is NOT a rock anthem... ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE is the Definition of a Rock Anthem!
Was just going to gripe about the omission of Scorpions r.y.l.a.h, then I saw your comment, and all I can do is agree!
Drop Pearl Jam "Alive" - insert Scorpions, "Rock You Like A Hurricane"
When “don’t stop believin” comes on...everyone is a small town girl, livin in a lonely world ❤️
Ha ha!
Well said, well said.
❤️
Except us city boys
Dude...Dobie Grey!!! that was a totally unexpected picks of one of my all time favorite tunes. I will be smiling all day about this one
And having heard Bon Jovi play it years ago, it is a great anthem live
I was surprised too. I think more people like it than we think.
"Drift Away" is one of my personal "anthems"!
I wanna get lost in your rock n’ roll...
It really is anthemic as well. The chorus has that inspirational feel. Rick on stand up bass and the band unplugged was sweet.
We're Not Gonna Take It AND I Wanna Rock were both great 80s rock anthems !!! At least one should have been on the list !