Acceptable Selections from Rolling Stone's *new* Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ...
Yet Another Top XX Songs List Epic Fail
~ Disclaimer ~
My usual suggestion -- Stop pitting genre against genre.
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So many great artists and songs left of this list.
This is, of course, inevitable.
Exhaustive lists don't work out well.
Personally, there are artists and songs (that shall not be named here) that I just do not need to hear ever again. They are played out for me. I suspect they're played out for a lot of folks. Maybe we should try one of these lists without the seemingly "required" tracks. Just a thought.
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Here's the Rolling Stone (so-called) Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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Below is the list of tracks (and suggested tracks in lieu of those selected) that I feel good about being on this list.
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[from] Top 50
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
Robyn - Dancing on My Own
Kanye West - Runaway
Lorde - should be 'Tennis Court'
MJ - should be 'Thriller'
The Temptations - My Girl
Prince - When Doves Cry
Radiohead - should be something off their first two albums
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Madonna - Like a Prayer
TayTay - like half her catalogue
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
The Beatles - Yesterday
Beyoncé - Formation, yes (also, Sorry)
Leonard Cohen, 'Hallelujah' (Rufus Wainwright does it better)
Guns N' Roses, 'Sweet Child O' Mine'
Jay Z - other tracks
Bee Gees, 'Stayin' Alive'
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 'Maps'
David Bowie - maybe
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
REM - Losing My Religion
Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place
Drake feat. Majid Jordan, 'Hold On, We're Going Home'
Journey, 'Don’t Stop Believin’'
Tina Turner, 'What's Love Got to Do With It'
Otis Redding - should be 'These Arms of Mine'
Ariana Grande, 'Thank U, Next'
James Taylor, 'Fire and Rain'
Green Day, 'Basket Case'
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Sonic Youth, 'Teenage Riot'
R.E.M., 'Nightswimming'
The Rolling Stones, 'Wild Horses
David Bowie, 'Changes'
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Johnny Cash, 'Ring of Fire'
Britney Spears, '...Baby One More Time'
Rage Against the Machine, 'Killing in the Name'
Hole, 'Doll Parts'
Don Henley, 'Boys of Summer'
U2, 'With or Without You'
Boston, 'More Than a Feeling'
The Rolling Stones, 'Paint It, Black'
Eminem feat. Dido, 'Stan'
The Smiths, 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out'
Whitney Houston, 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)'
Metallica, 'Master of Puppets' (yeah sure some Metallica track -- how about 'ONE'?)
Nine Inch Nails, 'Closer' (should be 'HURT')
Radiohead, 'Karma Police'
ABBA, 'Dancing Queen'
AC/DC, 'You Shook Me All Night Long'
Phil Collins, 'In the Air Tonight'
TLC, 'No Scrubs'
The Police, 'Every Breath You Take'
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Taylor Swift, 'Blank Space'
Prince, 'Little Red Corvette'
The Grateful Dead, 'Box of Rain'
Soundgarden, 'Black Hole Sun'
The Cars, 'Just What I Needed'
Elton John, 'Bennie and the Jets'
The Cure, 'Pictures of You'
Diana Ross, 'I'm Coming Out'
Elvis Costello, 'Alison'
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Foo Fighters, 'Everlong'
Wilco, 'Heavy Metal Drummer'
Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre and Queen Pen, 'No Diggity'
Nicki Minaj, 'Super Bass'
Queen and David Bowie, 'Under Pressure'
Rush - should be 'Closer to the Heart'
Carly Rae Jepsen, 'Call Me Maybe'
Fall Out Boy, 'Sugar, We’re Goin Down'
Blue Öyster Cult - should be 'Burnin for You'
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Toto, 'Africa' (let's be honest Weezer reclaimed this)
Lana Del Rey - maybe 'Fuck it I love you'
Bon Jovi, 'Livin' on a Prayer'
Beck - should be 'Girl'
Mazzy Star, 'Fade Into You'
Peter Gabriel, 'Solsbury Hill'
Santana, 'Oye Como Va'
Weezer - should be 'Say it ain't so'
Lil Wayne - other tracks (how about 'Right Above It'??)
Solange, 'Cranes in the Sky'
The Weeknd - other tracks ('Sidewalks' probably)
Guns N' Roses, 'Welcome to the Jungle'
The Pixies, 'Where Is My Mind?' (should be 'Wave of Mutilation')
Cyndi Lauper, 'Time After Time'