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[hierarchy]

Here's a few.
Fallen Leaves- Billy Talent
Jambi- Tool
Polyamorous- Breaking Benjamin
Schism- Tool
Stricken- Disturbed
Welcome Home- Coheed and Cambria

[rork]

^Welcome home is one of my all-time favorites. I've heard it live, at sunset. It was profoundly kick-ass.

[cheese killer]

all iron maiden
all megadeth
pretty fly for a white guy- offspring (hilarious)
most guns n' roses but mostly their 80s like welcome to the jungle
Billy idol
ACDC (bon scott)
spinal tap
The ramones
the men they couldn't hang

[Echnalaid]

It's The End of the World As We Know it (And I Feel Fine)- R.E.M
Monotone- Splender
Every Breath You Take- The Police
When You Were Young- The Killers
Don't Stop Believin'- Journey (Who doesn't like this song?)
Down Under- Men At Work
Top Of The World- The All American Rejects

[xbox180]

What happend to the Eagle's Hotel California, Eddie's Erouption, and Velvet Revolver's She Builds Quick Machines and you can't forget Slither... I almost forget Pride and Joy by Steive Reay.

Edited by xbox180, 05 November 2008 - 12:46 AM.

[mystefansdontflystraight]

Here's a few.
Fallen Leaves- Billy Talent
Jambi- Tool
Polyamorous- Breaking Benjamin
Schism- Tool
Stricken- Disturbed
Welcome Home- Coheed and Cambria

Yes!!! Fallen leaves is an AMAZING song. I guess Im kinda biased, becuase I live in Billy Talent's hometown, but they are a great band. They used to be my favorite before I got into metal. Im going to download some of the stuff I see here. List looks great so far.

[mind13]

Bodies(Let The Bodies Hit The Floor) By Drowning Pool

[Pokechan]

Lets see... To make a long list short,
Metallica-ALL
Linkin Park-ALL
And some other random crap.

[tatertotguy]

I love metal I can't get enough of it.

Scar the Earth- Famine
Carrion- Parkway Drive
The Sound of Truth- As I Lay Dying
Elect the Dead (whole album)- Serj Tankian
All- System of a Down
All- Disturbed

[Salmon]

Almost any Panic at the Disco, particularly from "Welcome to the Sound of PRETTY. ODD." On an entirely different note(pun not intended), I like Arch Enemy pretty well. The Last Enemy and Rise of the Tyrants by Arch Enemy... amazing.

[FERD]

any blink-182, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, System of A Down, Rush, Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, U2, Pink Floyd, Linkin Park, Black Sabbath, Wolfmother, Radiohead, Megadeth, Weezer, Rivers Cuomo, Smashing Pumpkins, Sum 41, The Sound of Animals Fighting, Circa Survive, and a lot more.

Edited by FERD, 05 November 2008 - 07:01 PM.

[nerfispwnage243]

I am very suprised noone has said some of these yet:

Any song by Dream Theater
Colors(album) and Alaska(album)-Between the Buried and Me
The Grand Conjuration-Opeth
Hourglass-Lamb of God
Laid to Rest-Lamb of God
Ashes of the Wake(song)-Lamb of God
The New Reign(whole album)-Born of Osiris
BYOB-System of a Down
Bleed-Meshuggah
Float On-Modest Mouse
Any song by Tenacious D
2007 Demo(album)-Abnormality

[Mxer4life369]

This is a big list. Every single one of these I know how to play on guitar.

Voodoo Child (I don't know why some people say it's Chile)-Jimi Hendrix
Foxy Lady-Jimi Hendrix
Sweet Home Alabama-Lynyrd Skynyrd
FREEBIRD!-Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Day that Never Comes-Metallica
Blackened-Metallica
...And Justice for All-Metallica
One-Metallica
Master of Puppets-Metallica
Enter Sandman-Metallica
Back in Black-AC/DC
Thunder-fuckin-struck-AC/DC
TNT-AC/DC
Dirty Deeds-AC/DC
Big Balls-AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long-AC/DC
Girls, Girls, Girls-Motley Crue
Saints of Los Angeles-Motley Crue
Tom Sawyer-Rush
Wanted Dead or Alive-Bon Jovi
Living On a Prayer-Bon Jovi
American Woman-Guess Who
American Woman-Lenny Kravitz
Heart Shaped Box-Nirvana
diddle Me-Nirvana
All Apologies-Nirvana
Under The Bridge-Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dani California-RHCP
LOVE ROLLERCOASTER-RHCP
Kashmir-Led Zeppelin
Stairway to Heaven-Led Zeppelin "No stairway!" "DENIED!"
Immigrant Song-Led Zeppelin
Communication Breakdown-Led Zeppelin
ThunderKiss '65-White Zombie (can't believe nobody else said this one yet)
Smoke On The Water-Deep Purple
Strutter-Kiss
Rock 'n Roll All Nite-Kiss
Love Gun-Kisss
I Wanna Be Sedated-Ramones
Blitzkrieg Bop-Ramones
Iron Man-Black Sabbath
Crazy Train-Ozzy Ozbourne (W/Randy Rhoades)
Knockin On Heaven's Door-Guns 'n Roses
Welcome to the Jungle-GNR
Sweet Child O' Mine-GNR
And MANY MORE if you buy Tyler Darrah's Greatest Hits!

Edited by Mxer4life369, 05 November 2008 - 08:45 PM.

[Foam Shooter]

I like Jimi Hendrix's songs.
Purple Haze mostly though.

Edited by Foam_Shooter, 05 November 2008 - 09:28 PM.

[sputnik]

Disturbed-Land of Confusion
Disturbed-Inside The Fire
Disturbed-Stricken
Disturbed-This Moment
Disturbed-10,000 Fists

A7x-Lost
A7x-Beast and the Harlot

Five Finger Death Punch-White Knuckles

Foo Fighters-The Pretender
Foo Fighters-Long Road to Ruin
Foo Fighters-DOA
Foo Fighters-No Way Back
Foo Fighters-Learn To Fly
Foo Fighters-Monkey Wrench
Foo Fighters-My Hero

The Alan Parsons Project-Lucifer

The Allman Brothers Band-Ramblin' Man

Bon Jovi-Blaze of Glory
Bon Jovi-Wanted Dead or Alive

Dire Straits-Money For Nothing
Dire Straits-The Man's Too Strong
Dire Straits-Walk Of Life

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer-Lucky Man
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer-Trilogy
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer-From the Beginning
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer-Hoedown

Lynyrd Skynyrd-Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd-What's Your Name
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Gimme Three Steps
Lynyrd Skynyrd-That Smell
Lynyrd Skynyrd-I Ain't The One



^Less than 1% of my iTunes Library^

[Parkway]

Have any of you guys ever heard the song Baba O' Riley by The Who? It may not have that much guitar but it is still a amazing song.

[sputnik]

Have any of you guys ever heard the song Baba O' Riley by The Who? It may not have that much guitar but it is still a amazing song.

Fuck yes.


Damn good one.

[TantumBull]

Really? No one's mentioned Heart Songs by Weezer. That is my fucking theme song.

[Rambo]

Ive been playing guitar alot lately, but i dont listen to alot of music, and all thats on the radio today isnt my definiton of rock(Well, most of it.)My favoorite songs are... So post you favorite guitar oriented songs!

So you're looking for suggestions of what to play based solely on what other people like?

I'm guessing you're looking for electric and not acoustic, so here's a short list ( they're all bands, I don't have favorite songs, for the most part ):
Torture Division - Not really guitar-centric, just good, straight death metal. Links to their site where you can download both their demos free.

The Project Hate - Same guitar player as Torture Division. but he does more "fancy" stuff in TPH - again it's death metal but it has clear techno influence which makes for a nice crossover.

Hail Of Bullets - So, Hail Of Bullets focuses on World War II to pick their [death metal] lyrics and it turns out quite well. While Ed Warby and Martin van Drunen, drums and vocals respectively, really carry the band, the guitarists they picked impress me every time I listen to the album ...Of Frost And War.

Amon Amarth - Amon Amarth also sings about war, but in a more general sense, throwing in Norse mythology wherever possible. They play death metal as well and definitely have more prominent guitar solos than a lot of death metal bands.

If you're also interested in specific guitar players that would be good to study I recommend: Jason Becker ( probably the most amazing person in the music industry ever ), Buckethead and Steve Vai. Of course there's people like Jimi Hendrix, but I just wanted to throw out a few lesser known names.


I realize I may not have answered the OP's question that well, but I'm not entirely sure what "guitar oriented" songs are... all the bands listed certainly have distinct, impressive guitars in more songs than not.

Edited by Rambo, 06 November 2008 - 12:02 PM.

[Parkway]

Have any of you guys ever heard the song Baba O' Riley by The Who? It may not have that much guitar but it is still a amazing song.

Fuck yes.


Damn good one.

LOL

[Carbon]

Boston's first album is one of the finest examples of guitar rock ever.

Other songs:

Into the Lungs of Hell - Megadeth (its brevity is partly why I enjoy it.)
Good Company - Queen (where Brian May coaxes the sound of a full Dixieland band from his guitar.)

[sam]

Remind me never to look at another music topic on here ever again.
Except for a select few, all of your music sucks.

[laxtk88]

Violent Saint: Ill Nino is my favorite song. Second favorite is This Is War!: Ill Nino. Kinda has guitar awsomeness, but it is not the primary part of the songs.

[ice]

hypnotized - system of a down

[nightfinder]

Ive been playing guitar alot lately, but i dont listen to alot of music, and all thats on the radio today isnt my definiton of rock(Well, most of it.)My favoorite songs are

Crazy train- Ozzy Osbourne ( check out this cover )

The Trooper- Iron maden
One- Metallica
Last Resort- Papa Roach
And Probably some others i can think of at the moment. So post you favorite guitar oriented songs!

Sum41 - Confusion and Frustration in modern times