Rolling Stone Top 500 Song List/ Give Me Some Feedback

[Tha1ChiefRocka]

I would actually like to try and make a more collaborative list between myself and the members of BEA in regards to a top 500 songs list (or 550). I don't know how to go about this, because I can't ask you all to create a list of your own 500 greatest songs (that'd be ludicrous), but I'm interested to know your feelings on this list. What are my worst choices and takes? Best? Roast me, toast me, I don't care. If there is a band that you care about immensely that is not featured or I chose the "wrong" song from your favorite artist, what should I have put instead? I'm genuinely curious. I know that there has to be some major blind spots present. 1. because I'm a dummy & 2. because this was a a hasty exercise. ANY feedback would be appreciated. I know it's a silly exercise, but I feel like we could make a great group of music together.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/...sp=sharing

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3GaJw...374d984bd3

(Also for anybody who looks at this, I'm happy to be back and contributing to the site once again. I'm at a much better place in my life right now.)

[Hayden]

[baystateoftheart]

Those links broke, so here they are again:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/...sp=sharing

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3GaJw...374d984bd3

Glad you're back and doing better!

Maybe we could start with an established list (perhaps a top 100 to be more manageable - could be BEA songs, Rolling Stone songs, RYM singles, etc.) and then vote x number of songs on and off the island each week until a majority is satisfied with the list.
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[baystateoftheart]

Based on the songs I know, these are mostly great selections. Best choice is a many-way tie. Worst choice contenders include Kansas and Mercy as a top-three Kanye song.
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[DommeDamian]

Dapper job, Chief. Better than Rolling Stone by landslides for sure. I think it's great you haven't ranked them, because there's always room for more information about each track's influence. What I know of scrolling through the list, here are both songs that should be and shouldn't be on (and I try to be objective and not drag my own opinion into it, but it can be hard sometimes).


Should be (as of now, not with any musicians that isn't already included):
2Pac - Changes
AC/DC - Back In Black
Aretha Franklin - A Natural Woman
Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
Beach Boys - California Girls
Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right To Party!
Beatles - Yesterday
Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Beatles - All You Need Is Love
Beatles - Hey Jude
Beatles - Come Together
Beatles - Let It Be
Beck - Devil's Haircut
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
Bill Withers - Lean On Me
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Bob Dylan - Hurricane
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
Bob Marley - Is This Love
Bruce Springsteen - The River
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City
Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn!
Byrds - 8 Miles High
Coldplay - Clocks
Coldplay - Fix You
CCR - Fortunate Son
CCR - Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Cure - Fascination Street
Daft Punk - Da Funk
Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
David Bowie - Life On Mars
David Bowie - Changes
David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Bowie - Starman
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
DMX - Ruff Ryders Anthem
DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
Doors - Break On Through
Doors - The End
Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E.
Dr. Dre - The Next Episode
Elton John - Rocket Man
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
Eminem - My Name Is
Eminem - Stan
Eminem - The Real Slim Shady
Eminem - Without Me
Eminem - Love The Way You Lie
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
Frank Sinatra - My Way
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours
Gorillaz - Dirty Harry
Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N Roses - Paradise City
Hank Williams - Ramblin' Man
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man
Ice Cube - No Vaseline
James Brown - I Feel Good
Jay-Z - 99 Problems
Joy Division - Disorder
Justin Timberlake - Senorita
Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
Justin Timberlake - My Love
Kanye West - Gold Digger
Kanye West - Heartless
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin You
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
Lorde - Royals
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Michael Jackson - Bad
Michael Jackson - Black Or White
Michael Jackson - They Don't Care About Us
Michael Jackson - Earth Song
Minutemen - Viet Nam
My Chemical Romance - Dead!
My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words
Nelly - Hot In Herre
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Nick Cave - Do You Love Me
Nick Drake - River Man
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
Notorious BIG - Big Poppa
NWA - Fuck Tha Police
OutKast - Ms. Jackson
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
Pixies - Debaser
Playboi Carti - Magnolia
Playboi Carti - wokeuplikethis
Police - Every Breath You Take
Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - We Are The Champions
Radiohead - Karma Police
REM - Everybody Hurts
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Run DMC - It's Tricky
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Sam Cooke - What A Wonderful World
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Suicide - Ghost Rider
Talk Talk - Life Is What You Make It
Tom Waits - Martha
Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum
Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour
U2 - Where The Streets
U2 - Within You Without You
U2 - Mysterious Ways
U2 - One
Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
Velvet Underground - The Gift
Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
White Stripes - 7 Nation Army
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Songs by artists not included that should be on:
Blur - Parklife
Blur - Song 2
Craig David - 7 Days
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Oasis - Live Forever



Shouldn't:
Alice DJ - Better Off Alone
American Football - Never Meant
Angel Olsen - Shut Up And Kiss Me
Autechr - Rae
Basic Channel - Phylyps Trak
Bee Gees - I Started A Joke
Blink-182 - Adam's Song
Boards of Canada - Everything You Do
Bob Marley - Caution
Bonnie Prince Billy - I See A Darkness
Britney Spears - Toxic
Brockhampton - HEAT
Burzum - Drunkelheit
Byrds - You Ain't Goin Nowhere
Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me
Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom
Daddy Yankee - Gasolina
David Bowie - Sound And Vision
Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed
Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick
Dismemberment Plan - A Life of Possibilities
Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
DJ Screw - My Mind Went Blank
Donovan - Wear Your Love Like Heaven
Drake - Know Yourself
E-40 - Dusted And Disgusted
Earl Sweatshirt - Hive
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Everything But The Girl - Missing
Frank Sinatra - When No One Cares
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
Gerry Raffety - Baker Street
Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Gorguts - Obscura
Gucci Mane - Lemonade
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
Jay-Z - Can I Get A...
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Kanye West - Mercy
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
King Crimson - Starless
Knife - Full of Fire
Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Mornin
Kyuss - Gardenia
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
Lorde - Green Light
Low - Lullaby
Mayhem - Deathcrush
The Microphones - The Moon
Minutemen - History Lesson 2
Mission of Burma - That's When I Reach
Mos Def - Mathematics
Mountain Goats - Up The Wolves
My Chemical Romance - Helena
Nelly - Country Grammar
Neurosis - Locust Star
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945
Nick Cave - I Need You
Nirvana - About A Girl
OutKast - B.O.B
Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Pharcyde - Passin Me By
Phoebe Bridgers - Motion Sickness
Playboi Carti - Shoota
Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good
Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Radiohead - Idioteque
Raincoats - Fairytale In The Supermarket
REM - Radio Free Europe
Robyn - Dancing On My Own
Rolling Stones - Doo Doo Doo
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
Silverapples - Oscillations
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Happening
Sleater Kinney - I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
Spice Girls - Wannabe
Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen
Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
Susumu Hirasawa - Parade
SZA - Good Days
They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
Tim Buckley - Pleasant Street
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Tyler The Creator - See You Again
UGK - Int'l Players Anthem
Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Wilco - Jesus Etc
Xiu Xiu - I Love The Valley
Yves Tumor - Keroscene
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[theblueboy]

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.

[CharlieBarley]

Some of your picks are spot on, Chief:

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath (the most scary song ever?)
Beatles are good
Dylan is good but I would have Mr Tambourine Man in there
Sweet Harmony by Beloved is a top pick
As is Bela Lugosi by Bauhaus
Your Bowie and Eno I agree with (although I would add Changes and Space Oddity)

Alice Deejay is a classic
Dee Lite, Depeche Mode, Digable Planets all good
Donna Summer top tune
Ditto Maggot Brain 4 Tops, INXS.
MIA, Lovin Spoonful all great
Neil Young picks v good
Biggie is spot on
Metallica is ace
A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke one of my all-time fave songs

I agree with many of D Damian's picks
And Atomic by Blondie, as suggested by Blueboy, is an all-time classic

I must be one of the only people (apart from Domme D) who doesn't dig Suspicious Minds by Elvis.
Technically speaking it's a good song but it never lit my fire
I prefer American Trilogy, Old Shep. Heartbreak Hotel, That's Alright Mama, If I Can Dream, Mystery Train and Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley

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

[DommeDamian]

[Tha1ChiefRocka]