Rolling Stone Top 500 Song List/ Give Me Some Feedback - Music

Tha1ChiefRocka
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DommeDamian wrote:

Lots of things

Some good picks their on your list to be sure.

Life On Mars, Heartless, most of the Michael Jackson picks, were maybe on the list at some point.

Since there was already such a large 60s & 70s bias, I had to be careful with how many songs I added by certain artists. I'd rather attempt to have a wider scope of great songwriting examples than one with 12 Bob Dylan picks like the original RS list had.

Tha1ChiefRocka
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theblueboy wrote:

I was thinking about this the other day and my three synthpop picks were: Pet Shop Boys- Its a Sin; OMD- Enola Gay and New Order - Blue Monday (but I was a bit torn between this and Temptation). Exactly the same as Tha1Chief!

If I were to add one song, at first glance it would be Blondie-Atomic

I still have a bit to absorb. Great list and playlist at first take. Think I prefer DommeDamian’s Bowie picks but I would stick with your Radiohead and REM ones. Again, pretty much identical to ones I was thinking of for my own list.

Glad to see that! Yeah, not having a Blondie song on their seems like an oversight. The REM picks are the one's that were on the RS list. Radiohead ones were slightly changed. I can't believe they didn't have a song from "In Rainbows" on there.

Tha1ChiefRocka
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CharlieBarley wrote:

Said things

Thanks for the input! Elvis was a hard artist to determine . If I Can Dream was on for awhile. Heartbreak Hotel and Suspicious Minds ended up being my picks, because they're solid examples of the very different Elvis eras.

I do have Tracks of My Tears and Wuthering Heights; some of those other suggestions were on at some point.

Tha1ChiefRocka
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BTW, my list contains some "hidden" songs among the list. Can you spot some?

One would be Changes by 2pac, because "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby & The Range is on there. So, otherwise songs that sample other stuff or contain lyrics or motifs of other artists.

CharlieBarley

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DommeDamian wrote:

CharlieBarley wrote:

Ones I would have would be:

Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Shine On U Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson
Wuthering Heights/ This Woman's Work - Kate Bush
Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry) - Etta James
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
Angie - Rolling Stones
I'm Not Like Everybody Else - The Kinks
To The End/Tender/ Coffee & TV - Blur

But overall a v good list
Sparks some good debate

I love those three songs with all my heart, and everything they musically and emotionally accomplish (I've given them all perfect track ratings), but imo, I don't think neither of those 3 have a big historical enough influence on music to be in a list like this.

Fair enough, DD
I think they are top drawer.
But I can see where you are coming from.
They are from a v specific time

I would also add
Psycho Killer by Talking Heads
And Woman In Chains by Tears For Fears feat. Oleta Adams

And also I agree with Heartless by Kanye
Solid gold classic

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CharlieBarley

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Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

Thanks for the input! Elvis was a hard artist to determine . If I Can Dream was on for awhile. Heartbreak Hotel and Suspicious Minds ended up being my picks, because they're solid examples of the very different Elvis eras.

I do have Tracks of My Tears and Wuthering Heights; some of those other suggestions were on at some point.

Sorry man
Not paying attention!
(Kate Bush and Smokey)

Yes Elvis is difficult cuz he has so many good songs
I think that Paul McCartney once said Heartbreak Hotel was his favourite song.
Or at least the song which got him into rock 'n 'roll.
He also loves God Only Knows by the Beach Boys, as many of us know.
I think he said that it's the one song he heard that he wishes he'd written.

LedZep

I'm glad you're doing better now Chief and welcome back! I have a question: did you try to make a "greatest songs" list or a personal favourites one? How much bias is there approximately?
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Tha1ChiefRocka
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Location: Kansas

LedZep wrote:

I'm glad you're doing better now Chief and welcome back! I have a question: did you try to make a "greatest songs" list or a personal favourites one? How much bias is there approximately?

The read me tries to explain, but I'll try again.

I'd say that this was an attempt to make a greatest songs list because there are a great deal of artists on here that I don't care for. But, I know that if I didn't have Elton John or Neutral Milk Hotel or a few others represented, that it wouldn't be a true list. You can tell where my own biases get into the mix pretty easily, but it wouldn't be MY list without those in there. Like "Stuck Inside of Mobile..." as a Bob Dylan pick. And E40.

Although leaving Oasis out was definitely personal bias that stayed. Very Happy

Tha1ChiefRocka
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Here's something that I had trouble with. I have Miles Davis' "On The Corner" as it has been on later editions with the first four tracks combined into one piece. I also have "The Creator Has A Master Plan" as one 30 minute piece of music, but I kept "A Love Supreme" as the RS list had it, as just the first piece. Should I have this stuff on the list? Should I make "A Love Supreme" the entire composition as it's meant to be listened to? Should I add Fishmans' "Long Season" as well?

theblueboy

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

Here's something that I had trouble with. I have Miles Davis' "On The Corner" as it has been on later editions with the first four tracks combined into one piece. I also have "The Creator Has A Master Plan" as one 30 minute piece of music, but I kept "A Love Supreme" as the RS list had it, as just the first piece. Should I have this stuff on the list? Should I make "A Love Supreme" the entire composition as it's meant to be listened to? Should I add Fishmans' "Long Season" as well?

I think its fine to have longer suits (edit: suites even Smile

)- as long as they are single tracks in a well enough recognised edition.

If they have always been marked by separate tracks I guess I would leave them that way. Personally, I would probably leave out A Love Supreme altogether, since I would never choose to listen to one of the parts on its own. Like you said, they are meant to be part of the whole.