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The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

acidboy

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Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Let the debate begin!
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anyway, since the list is too long, here are the topnotchers: 1. Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan 2. Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones 3. Imagine, John Lennon 4. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye 5. Respect, Aretha Franklin 6. Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys 7. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry 8. Hey Jude, The Beatles 9. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana 10. What'd I Say, Ray Charles 11. My Generation, The Who 12. A Change Is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke 13. Yesterday, The Beatles 14. Blowin' in the Wind, Bob Dylan 15. London Calling, The Clash 16. I Want to Hold Your Hand, The Beatles 17. Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix 18. Maybellene, Chuck Berry 19. Hound Dog, Elvis Presley 20. Let It Be, The Beatles 21. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen 22. Be My Baby, The Ronettes 23. In My Life, The Beatles 24. People Get Ready, The Impressions 25. God Only Knows, The Beach Boys 26. A Day in the Life, The Beatles 27. Layla, Derek and the Dominos 28. (Sittin on) the Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding 29. Help!, The Beatles 30. I Walk the Line, Johnny Cash 31. Stairway To Heaven, Led Zeppelin 32. Sympathy for the Devil, The Rolling Stones 33. River Deep - Mountain High, Ike and Tina Turner 34. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', The Righteous Brothers 35. Light My Fire, The Doors 36. One, U2 37. No Woman, No Cry, Bob Marley and the Wailers 38. Gimme Shelter, The Rolling Stones 39. That'll Be the Day, Buddy Holly and the Crickets 40. Dancing in the Street, Martha and the Vandellas 41. The Weight, The Band 42. Waterloo Sunset, The Kinks 43. Tutti-Frutti, Little Richard 44. Georgia on My Mind, Ray Charles 45. Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley 46. Heroes, David Bowie 47. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel 48. All Along the Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix 49. Hotel California, The Eagles 50. The Tracks of My Tears, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
 

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I have always considered American Pie to be the best song of all time and it is not even on this list.
 

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Last time I saw a top songs of 1900-2000 list, The Streets Have No Name was #1 and One was in the top 10... interesting to see their position in this list. Boys of Summer at 416... wow.
 

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well yeah, of course the top two spots are direct tie-ins to the magazine.

that's the whole raison d'etre for the list. there's the top 2, and all the rest are filler to make you think they've given it an honest effort.

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IIRC this was voted on by the editors, readers, recording artists, and studio execs. This list is totally FUBARed because of this dichotomy between music geeks, average top 40 joes, and people with ulterior motives.

That being said, I think that they are relatively close to having one of the most comprehensive lists out there.
 

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Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim
IIRC this was voted on by the editors, readers, recording artists, and studio execs. This list is totally FUBARed because of this dichotomy between music geeks, average top 40 joes, and people with ulterior motives.

That being said, I think that they are relatively close to having one of the most comprehensive lists out there.

QFE. The very idea of any kind of objective top 500 list is totally flawed, but that said, I think the RS one is about as good as it would get.
 

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Spasticus Autisticus- Ian Dury and his Blockheads
 

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they are almost as in touch as conne and the grammy awards.
 

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i'd put all along the watchtower at 1, with Simon & Garfunkel's Sound of Silence somewhere up there too. Metallica's Master of Puppets in top 10, probably Queen's Bohemian rhapsody and Led Zepp's Stairway to Heaven or Kashmir

There's a lot of the rolling stones on this list...

i would have thought some MJ songs would be higher.
 

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