How many Marvin Gaye songs on the list. He should at least have 3, What's Going On, Inner City Blues and Let's Get It On

I'll b very interested as 2 C what the 23 Beatles songs r.
I don't really know what the premise was in putting this list
2gether..but if songs like 'Love me do', 'She loves you & 'I want to hold your hand' are 'all' included I find it a bit odd, because (2 me at least) they r the same 'musical' statement & their cultural resonance is interchangeable ..so therefore I think it undermines a list that aimes 2 b a 'comprehensive' one.. . Not that any such list can b comprehensive but still...u know.. .

As 4 Bowie, like 'Sound & Vision', anyone?

How many Marvin Gaye songs on the list. He should at least have 3, What's Going On, Inner City Blues and Let's Get It On

In the end, it's just a list made up of other's opinions, so I shouldn't get bent out of shape over it.

AnckSuNamun said:

But you look cool when you're all bent out of shape.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 80
Let's Get It On - 167
Sexual Healing - 231
What's Going On - 4

Anxiety said:

I hate to play the contrarian all the time, but...


My belief is just that this is a reflection of the fact that the Beatles musical legacy continues to tower over everything that’s been created since their day. They wrote and recorded several dozen perfect pop songs that have become standards in a fairly short period of time. I honestly feel that, if anything, they’re probably under-represented on this list, as another 23 Beatles songs of equal quality could easily have been dropped into it.

The Beatles stand above every other popular music artist of the second half of the century IMO. I don’t see the Rolling Stones or Bob Dylan as being their peers. The Beatles peers are Cole Porter, Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin - genuine artists who've created a body of work that will transcend the trends of their time.

AnckSuNamun said:

But you look cool when you're all bent out of shape.

newpower99 said:

They really have no clue! I can't even begin to tell you what's wrong with all of that.

vashti1999 said:

I'm sure you could easily find two or four more songs of theirs that would belong on that list

btw, which Prince songs were on there?

jacktheimprovident said:

I would've added Space Oddity and Ashes To Ashes at the very least.

Cheap Trick's "Surrender" at #465. Please. There is NO FREAKING WAY that there are 464 songs better than this. Top 10? No. Probably not even Top 50. But #465? Come on. Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By" is #70 for crying out loud. Corporate magazines DO suck!!!

Stax said:

"Walk On By" vs. Cheap Trick. i think they got it about right.

GrayKing said:

Your high.

Stax said:

nah. one is a modern standard beautifully written by Burt Bacharach and gorgeously sung by Dionne Warwick. the other is by Cheap Trick.

GrayKing said:

Actually it was written by Bacharach and Hal David and it is not even Warwick's best song, much less the 70th best song EVER. Her best, IMHO, is Theme from The Valley Of the Dolls. Even Say a Little Prayer is WAY better than the supper schmaltzy Walk on By. I could be wrong, however. I'll check it out with the Psychic Friends Network and get back to you.

Stax said:

you do that, and i'll sit here waiting for Cheap Trick to be any good

Hendrix really got dissed on this list. It is a real quaint list of picks. If you notice, a lot of the judges are record execs. And, most of the songs on the list were big hit singles, not just good songs. Nothing really obscure on the list. Good to see, "A Change Gonna Come" so high on the list. Have to agree with that one.

Nirvana get overrated once again. Smells Like Teen Spirit in the top ten!! Shocking. Do you know how many punk bands they borrow from?

Hendrix really got dissed on this list. It is a real quaint list of picks. If you notice, a lot of the judges are record execs. And, most of the songs on the list were big hit singles, not just good songs. Nothing really obscure on the list. Good to see, "A Change Gonna Come" so high on the list. Have to agree with that one.

Nirvana get overrated once again. Smells Like Teen Spirit in the top ten!! Shocking. Do you know how many punk bands they borrow from?

Stax said:

"Walk On By" vs. Cheap Trick. i think they got it about right.