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The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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FurmanCock
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Ok, Rolling Stone has Elton John's Tiny Dancer in at #47. Tiny Dancer in the top 50 greatest songs of all time, really? And Fight the Power by Public Enemy at #2?
I guess mileage may vary.
I guess mileage may vary.
There are some definite head scratchers on this list for sure. Right off the bat, any song released within the past 5 years should not be on the list. There may be some great songs in this period, but haven't yet had the test of time. Maybe add them to the list in 10 years if they hold up.
You could make the case that Elton John has other songs that may be Top 50. But Tiny Dancer?
FurmanCock
Grand Poohbah
Exactly. Elton and Bernie have written some great pop tunes, but...
Clearly, RS would have benefitted from just skimming our "What music are you listening to" thread.
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Lists like this are always going to get shredded because they include songs that will not be to everybody's tastes. I appreciate that the weight of the cultural importance of a song is leaned on in these rankings, though - those guys and gals certainly have a better idea of the "weight" a song has in its genre, whether or not I care for that particular genre itself.
That said, Tiny Dancer is overrated as %^&*.
That said, Tiny Dancer is overrated as %^&*.
I will be honest...I only looked at the top 50 and could not help but shake my head at some of them so I wondered how rolling stone arrived at their numbers...it seemed that some were more for cultural importance as opposed to actually being a good song (which I realize is 100% subjective)...I mean don't get me wrong I love me some outkast but two in the top 50 seemed a little strange as well
The more I thought about the list, the more brilliant I think it is. Why? Because they have to lace in enough entries from 5 or 6 decades of music fans to make it relevant for everyone - so that they can look and find "their song" in there somewhere. Then the arguing begins, just like above ... "who the hell is X? How is that crap better than the worst Beatles song?" etc etc. Either way, we're talking about the list, which is all they want.