It was the most influential song in rock history, for two reasons:
It wasn’t just a cheesy love song, and - a remarkably underrated thing that we take for granted today - like all the early Beatles songs, they wrote it themselves.
It created modern rock and roll.
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Replies to: "Help!"
- What are the most important songs in these last 75 years of rockNroll? - jimbasil - 5:07am 12/20/25
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- Help! - Chris94 - 11:17am 12/21/25
- Band The Weight [NT] - Frankx - 10:39am 12/21/25
- London Calling - The Clash - Rooney - 8:08am 12/21/25
- Blue Monday [NT]
- Iggle - 10:18pm 12/20/25
- Yes. Yes. Yes. - Rooney - 8:06am 12/21/25
- Rocket 88, Maybellene, Satisfaction, Blitzkrieg Bop [NT]
- The Woj - 5:56pm 12/20/25
- I wanna be sedated. [NT] - PaND - 9:38pm 12/20/25
- Excellent! [NT] - jimbasil - 9:29pm 12/20/25
- Important in what way? [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 2:16pm 12/20/25
- you're a smart guy, figure it out. [NT]
- jimbasil - 5:37pm 12/20/25
- If I defined the concept of "important" in the context of your post, you'd hate it, no matter what - iairishcheeks - 5:41pm 12/20/25
- I wouldn't let Jim's imbecility prevent you from offering some selections. - MAS - 9:26pm 12/20/25
- If I defined the concept of "important" in the context of your post, you'd hate it, no matter what - iairishcheeks - 5:41pm 12/20/25
- you're a smart guy, figure it out. [NT]
- jimbasil - 5:37pm 12/20/25
- Time - Pink Floyd [NT] - ghostwriter - 2:14pm 12/20/25
- SiriusXM named Stairway to Heaven as THE most important rock song [NT]
- MarkHarman - 2:03pm 12/20/25
- Do you agree with this? [NT]
- jimbasil - 5:37pm 12/20/25
- No. [NT] - MarkHarman - 8:43pm 12/20/25
- Zep has a number of songs better than that.. IMHO [NT]
- Frankx - 2:56pm 12/20/25
- Over the hills and far away [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:43pm 12/20/25
- Do you agree with this? [NT]
- jimbasil - 5:37pm 12/20/25
- "yesterday" by the beatles; then "help". if you're over 80, you'll understand. [NT] - und67 - 11:17am 12/20/25
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry...Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Bro's...The Way It Is - - TyroneIrish - 11:00am 12/20/25
- Muskrat Love - Captain & Tennille - TakethetrainKnute - 9:18am 12/20/25
- “It’s Your Thing” Isley Brothers 1969 - Hensou - 9:53am 12/20/25
- I'm surprised you didn't find Stay Awhile as that moment. [NT] - jimbasil - 9:26am 12/20/25
- Ohio — CSN; Fire and Rain — James Taylor, American Pie— Don McLean - conorlarkin - 6:33am 12/20/25
- This is the defining song in our times and it's not even close. [NT]
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- ELP - 12:06pm 12/20/25
- Bwahahaha [NT] - Frankx - 2:30pm 12/20/25
- This is the defining song in our times and it's not even close. [NT]
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- ELP - 12:06pm 12/20/25
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