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Rolling Stone 500

I have a few quarrels with this list. this may come off as a rant, but they're really discussion starters.

1. Why are most of the songs from the 60s and 70s? Do recent songs really suck that much? or are all the judges just old farts?

2. Why are many of the songs from the 90s from rap groups like the Beastie Boys, Eminem and Dr. Dre?

3. hmmm... Rolling Stone chose numerouos songs with "Rolling Stone" in the title or songs by the Rolling Stones. :odd:

Discuss!
 
I can't believe that there is not a SINGLE Alice In Chains song on that list. Blasphemy.
 
Event Horizon
1. Why are most of the songs from the 60s and 70s? Do recent songs really suck that much? or are all the judges just old farts?
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Every heard the phrase, "to withstand the test of time?" These are songs that made popular music change in one way or the other. No amount of inclusion in movie soundtracks or TV commericials has diluted their impact.

2. Why are many of the songs from the 90s from rap groups like the Beastie Boys, Eminem and Dr. Dre?
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Oh please, Sabotage was #475. It should have been higher. And that was the only Beastie Boys song on the 500 list.

As for Dre and Eminem...You've got me there. I can't stand him: There's nothing extraordinary about him, unless the state of hip-hop is that freakin' bad in the past 5 years. Then again, maybe I'm missing something.

On the other hand...This one surprised me: It never was once played on the radio!
417 **** tha Police N.W.A. 1989
 
Eruption/You Really Got Me is not on that list, nor is any Van Halen song. How massively influential songs and bands like that get left off the list, while crap like Hey Ya get on is just beyond me.
 
At least Radiohead had two entries :indiff:

Oh, and as for the whiney whiners whining about no "rap or otha kool stuf" making the list, consider this. Will Eminem still be played in 50 years time? I think not.
 
Surely one major flaw in this list is that most songs are those made famous from a singles release. I would have thought the greatest songs are those that are the best that particular band/songwriter etc produced. Certainly many would have been a single, but not as many as this list suggests.

There's far too many Rolling Stones songs. I personally never liked them, though that's more to do with Jaggers vocals than the actual songs. And I don't think all the Beatles songs are merited (I can't stand Yesterday).
Nice to see Thin Lizzy creeping in at 499!

I'd much prefer a top 500 albums.
 
I can't believe "Hey Ya" made a list of Top 500 Rock Songs. That is pure crap. Also, Aretha Franklin. She may have been great, I don't doubt that, but not "Rock".
xAkirax2004
Yet another piss poor list from Rolling Stone.

Ack.
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I couldn't agree more. Rolling Stone haven't produced a decent list of anything yet. In fact, I wouldn't trust them with my Grocery List.
 
no satriani, no santana, no steve vai, and no Judas Priest. It really *must* be a ****ty list. I can't believe they have NWA but not Public Enemy. That's like an insult to rap to say that NWA was a better group or had better songs than PE
 
emad
no satriani, no santana, no steve vai, and no Judas Priest. It really *must* be a ****ty list. I can't believe they have NWA but not Public Enemy. That's like an insult to rap to say that NWA was a better group or had better songs than PE
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Fight the Power and Bring da Noise are both on the list, last I saw.

Hey Ya still has no place on this list.
 
pupik
Fight the Power and Bring da Noise are both on the list, last I saw.
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I didn't see them there i guess

Hey Ya still has no place on this list.
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yup, I don't think any rap song from the past 5 or 6 years has any place in being one of the greatest songs of all time... at least none of the ones i've heard.
 
emad
yup, I don't think any rap song from the past 5 or 6 years has any place in being one of the greatest songs of all time... at least none of the ones i've heard.
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I agree. Rap at least used to have a meaning and a purpose, but now it's mainly a bunch of crappy songs with no purpose at all. It went mainstream and the record companies pushed lame artists.
 
Agreed. I am actually 140 times more angry over this list, than over the Top 100 Guitarist list. God I hate Rolling Stone.
 
If anyone wants to be even more puzzled about rolling stone, have a look at their Guitarist list.

1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11 Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

Eddie Van Halen at #70? Someone go to the Rolling Stone office and blast Eruption at them. David Gilmore at #82? Angus Young at #96? WTF????? According to that list, Joni Mitchell is a better guitarist than Angus Young, David Gilmore, and Randy Rhoads. I think that says it all.

Now I know what to read if I want my blood to boil. A Rolling Stone list!
 
SJR has influences of rock in it Hence Hank III's contribution to the band, sjr is so varied in genres they are the ultimate band
 
Hmm, I see your point. But this is mainly commercial bands. If SJR are so underground, it wouldn't be good for this Underground Image they have being in a Rolling Stone list.
 
HATEKORE
this list is wrong, there is no mention of superjoint ritual
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Wow, the voice of reason has spoken, since a 14-year-old would certainly make a better list, since he's made independent music choices for 18 months now! Have the balls to listen to music that none of your friends listen to, and come back and write a better list...

So a band that's been recording albums for 3 years now is the best of all time? You have a lot to learn, kid.
 

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