In the interest of broadening my knowledge of music, I happened upon this list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, according to Rolling Stone magazine. I thought I'd have you gentlemen weigh in on this list:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080622145429/www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs
This seems much more like a list of popular classic rock songs than anything else. What are the qualifications for 'greatest?' I'm quite skeptical of this list.
ReplyDeleteNice list.
ReplyDeleteJacob- though it's certainly debatable, I think what they mean by "greatest" in this 500 is probably a combination of most popular and most influential. Though that definitely leaves it open to bias, I think that it's pretty safe to say that a lot of what we might consider "classic rock" preceded and paved the way for other genres.
I thought the spread here was pretty good, however: rock, folk, blues, soul, motown, rap, etc. The title "...of All Time" might be a stretch though. Classic orchestral and operatic work isn't really represented, as well as jazz, and I think it would be difficult to say that we would have many of the songs on this list without their influence.
399. Metallica - Enter Sandman
ReplyDeleteThere you go Jacob.
Since the list was compiled by "Rolling Stone", it just comes with the territory. I've made it through about 20.
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