Guns N' Roses are quite possibly the masters of this trope.
Appetite for Destruction
- "Welcome to the Jungle". No wonder why many people consider it their Signature Song.
- Definitely "It's So Easy". Especially the Epic Riff and swearing.
- "Nightrain". Sing it now: "LOADED LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN! FLYIN LIKE AN AREOPLANE! FEELIN LIKE A SPACE BRAIN ONE MORE TIME TONIGHT!!"
- "Mr. Brownstone". Never has a song about heroin kicked so much ass... (Well maybe Velvet Underground's "Heroin", but still...)
- TAKE ME DOWN TO THE PARADISE CITY WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY! Slash's favorite GNR song to the point where it often appeared in Velvet Revolver's setlist, and one of the most well known ones.
- "My Michelle". That riff... Also it was for Axl's friend of the same name.
- "Sweet Child O' Mine" has to be one of Guns N' Roses most famous songs, and for good reason. Slash's riff and solo, along with Axl's lyrics makes this song a masterpiece.
- "Rocket Queen" shows Axl's hard and soft side in the lyrics, as well as every other member's skills. Also the moaning during the bridge has to be mentioned.
- While the live part was somewhat forgettable, their cover of "Mama Kin" is somewhat notable.
- "Patience". A pretty good love song, and a great ballad.
- "Used To Love Her". It's a song about a guy who killed his girlfriend because she complained all the time.I used to love her
But I had to kill her
I had to put her six feet under
And I could still hear her complain - "You're Crazy". It was originally on Appetite, but this version was how it was originally intended.
Use Your Illusion I and II
- "November Rain". One might think that Guns n' Roses, of all bands, doing a nine-minute-long Power Ballad about a relationship dissolving in tragedy would be, at best, So Bad, It's Good and an absolute monument to the band's self-indulgence; while it is most definitely the latter, the former assumption is dead wrong. Instead, it's a weapons-grade Tear Jerker that ends with one of the greatest guitar solos ever performed.
- "You Could Be Mine", which was prominently featured in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- For being a Protest Song, "Civil War" manages to combine depressing and awesome into one, absolutely metal package.