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Thread started 05/24/05 4:36am

blackboab

100 greatest songs ever?

totally subjective(of course) even harder to judge than albums but here is the top 100 greatest songs ever released as voted for in numerous "best of" lists from music critics. interesting....the 60s seem to dominate the list(rightly in my humble opinion) but the wee man gets two songs on the list smile
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1 Bob Dylan
Like a Rolling Stone
1965
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2 The Rolling Stones
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
1965


3 The Beach Boys
Good Vibrations
1966
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4 Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
1991
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5 Aretha Franklin
Respect
1967
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6 Led Zeppelin
Stairway to Heaven
1971
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7 Marvin Gaye
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1968


8 Otis Redding
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
1968
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9 The Kingsmen
Louie Louie
1963


10 Chuck Berry
Johnny B. Goode
1958
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11 Sex Pistols
Anarchy in the U.K.
1976
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12 The Beatles
Strawberry Fields Forever
1967


13 The Kinks
You Really Got Me
1964
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14 The Who
My Generation
1965
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15 The Ronettes
Be My Baby
1963


16 Joy Division
Love Will Tear Us Apart
1980


17 Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
The Message
1982


18 Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
1971
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19 Elvis Presley
Heartbreak Hotel
1956
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20 The Righteous Brothers
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
1964


21 Ike and Tina Turner
River Deep Mountain High
1966


22 The Doors
Light My Fire
1967
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23 Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run
1975
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24 John Lennon
Imagine
1971


25 The Rolling Stones
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1968


26 The Four Tops
Reach Out (I'll Be There)
1966


27 The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man
1965
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28 Sex Pistols
God Save the Queen
1977
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29 Ray Charles
What'd I Say
1959


30 Stevie Wonder
Superstition
1972
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31 The Beatles
I Want to Hold Your Hand
1963


32 The Beatles
Hey Jude
1968


33 The Beatles
A Day in the Life
1967


34 Michael Jackson
Billie Jean
1982
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35 The Jackson 5
I Want You Back
1969


36 Martha and The Vandellas
Dancing in the Street
1964


37 Derek and The Dominos
Layla
1970
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38 Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
1955


39 The Clash
London Calling
1979
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40 The Crickets
That'll Be the Day
1957
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41 Prince and The Revolution
When Doves Cry
1984
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42 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Purple Haze
1967
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43 The Police
Every Breath You Take
1983
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44 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
The Tracks of My Tears
1965


45 The Eagles
Hotel California
1976


46 Creedence Clearwater Revival
Proud Mary
1969
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47 R.E.M.
Losing My Religion
1991
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48 Percy Sledge
When a Man Loves a Woman
1966


49 The Rolling Stones
Sympathy for the Devil
1968
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50 Bill Haley and His Comets
(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
1954


51 Al Green
Let's Stay Together
1971
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52 Elvis Presley
Hound Dog
1956
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53 Ben E. King
Stand by Me
1961


54 The Animals
House of the Rising Sun
1964


55 Beck
Loser
1993
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56 The Verve
Bitter Sweet Symphony
1997
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57 David Bowie
Heroes
1977
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58 Lou Reed
Walk on the Wild Side
1972


59 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
All Along the Watchtower
1968
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60 Simon and Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water
1970
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61 Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds
1969


62 The Beach Boys
God Only Knows
1966
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63 Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
1975
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64 Booker T. & The MG's
Green Onions
1962
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65 Del Shannon
Runaway
1961


66 New Order
Blue Monday
1983


67 The Temptations
My Girl
1964
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68 Wilson Pickett
In the Midnight Hour
1965


69 Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
1957


70 OutKast
Hey Ya!
2003
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71 Eddie Cochran
Summertime Blues
1958


72 Pulp
Common People
1995
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73 Carl Perkins
Blue Suede Shoes
1956


74 Elvis Presley
That's All Right (Mama)
1954
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75 Johnny Cash
I Walk the Line
1956
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76 Rod Stewart
Maggie May
1971
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77 Bob Marley and The Wailers
No Woman No Cry
1974
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78 Oasis
Live Forever
1994
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79 Roy Orbison
Oh, Pretty Woman
1964


80 Prince and The Revolution
Little Red Corvette
1982
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81 Buddy Holly
Peggy Sue
1957


82 Public Enemy
Fight the Power
1989
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83 Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel
1956
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84 Massive
Unfinished Sympathy
1991
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85 Chic
Good Times
1979
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86 Elvis Presley
Mystery Train
1955
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87 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
Get Ur Freak On
2001
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88 Led Zeppelin
Whole Lotta Love
1969
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89 The Kinks
Waterloo Sunset
1967
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90 Run-D.M.C.
Walk This Way
1986
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91 The Mamas and the Papas
California Dreamin'
1965
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92 Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls of Fire
1957


93 The Rolling Stones
Honky Tonk Women
1969


94 Procol Harum
A Whiter Shade of Pale
1967
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95 Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl
1967


96 Dionne Warwick
Walk On By
1964


97 Them
Gloria
1964
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98 Buffalo Springfield
For What It's Worth
1967
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99 James Brown
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
1965


100 The Bee Gees
Stayin' Alive
1977
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Reply #1 posted 05/24/05 4:47am

thesexofit

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ha. I just did a thread sorta like this.

Where is jermey jordan "right kind of love" mad It's fucking one of the best pop songs of the 90's.
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Reply #2 posted 05/24/05 5:11am

blackboab

some of my own all time favs on the list are
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3 The Beach Boys
Good Vibrations
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12 The Beatles
Strawberry Fields Forever
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18 Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
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41 Prince and The Revolution
When Doves Cry
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57 David Bowie
Heroes
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62 The Beach Boys
God Only Knows
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80 Prince and The Revolution
Little Red Corvette
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89 The Kinks
Waterloo Sunset
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worship
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Reply #3 posted 05/24/05 8:42am

danielboon

pistols got two !!

the clash only got one !

interesting the clash track being london calling,.... they got so many better tracks to choose from ,.....
cool imo.
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Reply #4 posted 05/24/05 9:25am

npgmaverick

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thesexofit said:

ha. I just did a thread sorta like this.

Where is jermey jordan "right kind of love" mad It's fucking one of the best pop songs of the 90's.



I actually prefer "Wannagirl", but maybe that's cuz of the sample. I worked with Jeremy Jordan once. He was smokin' hot, but not very nice.
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Reply #5 posted 05/24/05 9:28am

npgmaverick

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Oh, and 2 stay on topic...

4 Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
1991


F**k's sake...
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Reply #6 posted 05/24/05 9:30am

GangstaFam

Good to see Joy Division/New Order get a couple mentions. biggrin
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Reply #7 posted 05/26/05 8:49am

thesexofit

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npgmaverick said:

thesexofit said:

ha. I just did a thread sorta like this.

Where is jermey jordan "right kind of love" mad It's fucking one of the best pop songs of the 90's.



I actually prefer "Wannagirl", but maybe that's cuz of the sample. I worked with Jeremy Jordan once. He was smokin' hot, but not very nice.



Really? U worked with him? Very cool. Did u work on any songs? I love "wannagirl". So summery (as in summer) and dancey. Yeah it has a few samples biggrin

"i want a girl like u, to be with me tonight, I wanna kiss ur lips and hold u close if thats alright" cool
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Reply #8 posted 05/26/05 10:22am

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thesexofit said:

Really? U worked with him? Very cool. Did u work on any songs?


Yeah, but it was in a television capacity, not a musical one. He was promoting his 1st album.
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Reply #9 posted 05/26/05 10:24am

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npgmaverick said:

thesexofit said:

Really? U worked with him? Very cool. Did u work on any songs?


Yeah, but it was in a television capacity, not a musical one. He was promoting his 1st album.



He never did a follow up album. I think it went gold though. I remember "right kind of love" being shown after a beverly hills 90210 episode. Crafty. Loved it then, hated song and album for years, re-discovered it and love it again now.

Thats cool.
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