Can you rock through this classic rock lyrics quiz?

By: Isadora Teich
Estimated Completion Time
5 min
Can you rock through this classic rock lyrics quiz?
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About This Quiz

In the words of the immortal Neil Young, "hey, hey, my, my, rock and roll can never die." If you are a firm believer in these words, then you've come upon the right quiz. Let's get started to find out how much you really know about classic rock.

The '70s and '80s were two of the most iconic decades in rock and roll, with bands such as The Doors, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead... and the list goes on and on. 

And, as these two decades wore on, the rock got harder, and the hair got bigger. We'll never forget the bands that made these classic rock lyrics the great songs that they are today. Even if you weren't alive in the 1970s and the 1980s, you probably spent some time listening to many of these songs... hey, maybe you had to because your parents had them blaring from the car radio all the time.

So, let's take a trip down memory lane and break out the lyrics of these musical greats to find out if you can really hang with the bands of the '70s and 80s.

How well do you think you'll do? Go ahead and take this quiz and rock on to find out! 

"You'd have me down, down, down to my knees/ Wouldn't you, Barracuda?"
Heart
ELO
Emerson, Lake, And Palmer
Jethro Tull
"Pleased to meet you/ Hope you guess my name/ But what's puzzling you/ Is the nature of my game"
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Gold Earring
Ram Jam
"I love rock 'n' roll/ So put another dime in the jukebox, baby/ I love rock 'n' roll/ So come an' take your time an' dance with me"
Jefferson Airplane
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
The Eagles
Ram Jam

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"Here comes the story of the Hurricane/ The man the authorities came to blame/ For something that he never done"
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Jake Holmes
The Buzzcocks
"Back in black/ I hit the sack/ I've been too long I'm glad to be back"
Pink Floyd
AC/DC
Journey
Ram Jam
"Mama, just killed a man/ Put a gun against his head/ Pulled my trigger, now he's dead"
Joni Mitchell
Jerry Lee Lewis
Queen
Dire Straits

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"Welcome to the Hotel California/ Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)/ Such a lovely face."
The Bangles
Fleetwood Mac
Aerosmith
The Eagles
"When I find myself in times of trouble/ Mother Mary comes to me/ Speaking words of wisdom, let it be"
Heart
Queen
AC/DC
The Beatles
"Call me (call me) on the line/ Call me, call me any, anytime"
Blondie
Jimi Hendrix
Pink Floyd
Iggy Pop and the Stooges

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"But if I stayed here with you, girl, Things just couldn't be the same. 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now, And this bird you can not change, oh, oh, oh, oh."
Metallica
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Heart
Jethro Tull
"Don't ya love her madly/ Wanna be her daddy/ Don't ya love her face"
Fats Domino
The Yardbirds
The Doors
The Eagles
"I want to fly like an eagle/ To the sea/ Fly like an eagle/ Let my spirit carry me"
The Moody Blues
Deep Purple
Blondie
The Steve Miller Band

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"He was turned to steel/ In the great magnetic field/ Where he traveled time/ For the future of mankind"
The Beach Boys
Black Sabbath
Leonard Cohen
The Coasters
"Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy, But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine/ Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola"
Jethro Tull
The Beatles
The Kinks
Elton John
"Roxanne you don't have to put on the red light/ Those days are over you don't have to sell your body to the night"
Stevie Wonder
The Police
David Bowie
Mott the Hoople

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"Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe%0DPut your ray gun to my head" /%0D"Press your space face close to mine, love%0DFreak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah"
David Bowie
Queen
Rolling Stones
Beatles
"Welcome to the jungle it gets worse here every day/ You learn to live like an animal in the jungle where we play"
The Smiths
The Cure
Guns N' Roses
Whitesnake
"Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night/ And wouldn't you love to love her?"
Heart
The Byrds
Fleetwood Mac
The Yardbirds

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"I can't explain you would not understand/ This is not how I am/ I have become comfortably numb"
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Jethro Tull
Cream
"Aqualung, my friend, don't you start away uneasy/ You poor old sod, you see it's only me"
Jethro Tull
Bad Company
King Crimson
Poison
"There's a lady who's sure/ All that glitters is gold/ And she's buying a stairway to heaven"
Led Zeppelin
David Bowie
The Rolling Stones
Def Leppard

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"We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow"
Heart
Big Star
Johnny Cash
Led Zeppelin
"Frank Zappa and the Mothers/ Were at the best place around/ But some stupid with a flare gun/ Burned the place to the ground"
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Bob Dylan
AC/DC
"London calling to the faraway towns/ Now war is declared and battle come down"
The Clash
The Smiths
B-52s
Adam and the Ants

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"Layla, I'm begging, darling, please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind."
Warren Zevon
Derek and the Dominoes
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
The Doors
"I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand/ Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain"
The Rolling Stones
Warren Zevon
Bad Company
Journey
"Sing with me if it's just for today/ Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away"
Blondie
Aerosmith
U2
The Smiths

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"Somebody went under a dock/ And there they saw a rock/ It wasn't a rock/ It was a rock lobster"
The Cure
Jimi Hendrix
T-Rex
B-52's
"Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why/ You had to hide away for so long (so long)/ Where did we go wrong?"
Jimi Hendrix
ELO
Led Zeppelin
Fairport Convention
"All the young dudes/ Carry the news/ Boogaloo dudes/ Carry the news"
Mott the Hoople
Cream
King Crimson
The Rolling Stones

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"If I could stick a knife in my heart/ Suicide right on stage/ Would it be enough for your teenage lust/ Would it help to ease the pain?"
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Fleetwood Mac
Blondie
The Rolling Stones
"Where is my mind/ Way out in the water/ See it swimmin'"
The Rolling Stones
Prince
AC/DC
The Pixies
"Thought I heard a rumblin'/ Calling to my name/ Two hundred million guns are loaded/ Satan cries 'take aim'"
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jimmy Hendrix
Queen
Pink Floyd

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"Rulers make bad lovers/ You better put your kingdom up for sale/ Up for sale"
Heart
John Denver
Genesis
Fleetwood Mac
"Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick/ The one that makes me scream" she said/ 'The one that makes me laugh' she said/ And threw her arms around my neck"
Duran Duran
David Bowie
The Cure
The Smiths
"We are the champions, my friends/ And we'll keep on fighting till the end"
T-Rex
The Cure
Jefferson Airplane
Queen

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