The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time According to Rolling Stone

[Auggie]

The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

For the first time in 17 years, we've completely remade our list of the best songs ever. More than 250 artists, writers, and industry figures helped us choose a brand-new list full of historic favorites, world-changing anthems, and new classics

www.rollingstone.com

 

[crudog]

Hate these lists. I realize fodder is the main product from their creation and it can be fun, but 500 is too large/vague to even take an honest stab at it. When we do, however, we realize we all have different tastes. I appreciate all the song writers and musicians that have created the fabric of the background of our lives. ?????

 

[Auggie]

Most here will not agree but then again it is nearly an impossible task. Of course this list is heavy on "Woke" artists while country and heavy metal are very under represented. The top 10

1. Aretha Franklin: Respect
2. Public Enemy: Fight the Power
3. Sam Cooke: A Change is Going to Come
4. Bob Dylan: Like a Rolling Stone
5. Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
7. The Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever
8. Missy Elliot: Get Ur Freak On
9. Fleetwood Mac: Dreams
10. Outkast: Hey Ya

Not sure the songs listed above by Dylan, The Beatles, or Fleetwood Mac are even their best let alone top 10 of all time. And then you have Missy Elliot and Outkast in the top 10?!? I get wanting the 21st century represented but there is a lot better out there that Get Ur Freak on and Hey Ya.

 

[Yappi]

I would turn the station if most of those songs came on the radio.

 

[Qcity]

The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

For the first time in 17 years, we've completely remade our list of the best songs ever. More than 250 artists, writers, and industry figures helped us choose a brand-new list full of historic favorites, world-changing anthems, and new classics

www.rollingstone.com

Easy to understand that Top 10 ......................coming from the publication that fell for, and promoted, the false ivermectin story out of Oklahoma.

No thanks.

 

[Gardens35]

Every Top 500 countdown I've listened to ends with either Stairway to Heaven or Freebird.

 

[ohiopup]

This just in: Rolling Stone names Bishop Sycamore (Columbus, OH) top high school football program in the nation.

:>---

EGA

 

[BlackHawk]

Every Top 500 countdown I've listened to ends with either Stairway to Heaven or Freebird.

Smoke on the Water!

 

[vamp2syd]

So I guess SOD's Speak English or Die did not make the list..... I mean, that track has some killer riffs!!!!!!

 

[BlackHawk]

What? No MMMBop? I'm outraged!

Seriously though, I've never understood the love for Aretha Franklin's "Respect". #1 greatest song of all-time? Personal tastes differ of course, but I've never been a huge fan of that song. A Top Ten (or Top 500) list is highly subjective. I doubt if I could even list my personal Top Ten "Favorite" songs let alone the 500 "Greatest" songs of all-time.

 

[Crusaders]

Lol

 

[Gardens35]

Smoke on the Water!

Alex, I'll take "What is the first song you learn to play on your guitar?" for 200.

 

[said_aouita]

It's awesome P.E. influenced so many people who were allowed to vote, but I would have gone 'Can't truss it' over 'Fight the Power' as for top three. imo...

 

[Steel Valley FB]

POS list by a POS publication.

 

[Yappi]

Here is a list created by a computer that used analytical software:

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
2. Imagine - John Lennon
3. One - U2
4. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
5. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
6. Hey Jude - The Beatles
7. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
8. I Can't Get No Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
9. God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols
10. Sweet Child O'Mine - Guns N' Roses

Not saying it is perfect but I prefer the computer picking over Rolling Stone by a very large margin.

 

[clarkgriswold]

Yikes, the Rolling Stone list is awful. Yappi's computer driven list is better.

 

[EagleGuy]

Agreed. Still, I'll take the monkey with the dart board.

 

[cabezadecaballo]

Hate these lists. I realize fodder is the main product from their creation and it can be fun, but 500 is too large/vague to even take an honest stab at it. When we do, however, we realize we all have different tastes. I appreciate all the song writers and musicians that have created the fabric of the background of our lives. ?????

Here is a list created by a computer that used analytical software:

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
2. Imagine - John Lennon
3. One - U2
4. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
5. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
6. Hey Jude - The Beatles
7. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
8. I Can't Get No Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
9. God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols
10. Sweet Child O'Mine - Guns N' Roses

Not saying it is perfect but I prefer the computer picking over Rolling Stone by a very large margin.

Any list that doesn’t have the Stones’ “Can’t you hear me knocking” in the top three is meaningless

 

[SayMyName]

Any list that doesn’t have the Stones’ “Can’t you hear me knocking” in the top three is meaningless

Hands down the best Stones song....

 

[Upside]

Any list that doesn’t have the Stones’ “Can’t you hear me knocking” in the top three is meaningless

The way that song transitions shows how versatile that band is. Bobby Keys' sax at the end is amazing.

 

[cabezadecaballo]

The way that song transitions shows how versatile that band is. Bobby Keys' sax at the end is amazing.

Can’t go wrong when you put that with a frustrated booty call. Too bad the lifestyle continued take its toll on them a bit harder after that era

 

[cjb5656]

Did the song “Fancy Like” make the list? It must be a great song if Applebee’s adopted it as their de facto anthem. ?

 

[Thavoice]

All RS wanted was people to talk about them as most of us probably didnt even realize they were still a thing.

As far as the top 10?

Lord that is atrocious.

 

[mthornton]

Here is their the 2004 list for comparison:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/