The 50 Greatest Singles in Rock and Roll

[rockysigman]

bowiglou said:

[glow=red,2,300]whispers into ken's ear[/glow]


Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore

I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.

I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.

[bowiglou]

kenholzman said:

Bowiglou -- may your FM radio be permanently stuck on your local Mexican mariachi station.

LOL!!!!!................

.........don't worry Ken, I once had something worse..an ex girlfriend who had as her fave listen the eternal Barry Manilow........I get a dermatological reaction when the moniker 'mandy' is bandied about!!!!!!

[bowiglou]

feeling a little violent today Rocky?!!!!

[RocDoc]

'Mandy'...'Brandi'

[bowiglou]

oh, I do like that Brandi song by Looking Glass...........

"Brandi, she's a fine girl".....................

[Dr. Drum]

OK, this is bloody well impossible but such as it is.

1. Elvis Presley – Mystery Train (Sun / 1955)
2. The Who – Substitute (Reaction / 1966)
3. Pere Ubu – Final Solution (Hearpen / 1976)
4. Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Radio Radio (Radar / 1978)
5. David Bowie – "Heroes" (RCA / 1977)
6. Hunters and Collectors – Throw Your Arms Around Me (White Label / 1986)
7. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart (Factory / 1980)
8. The Pogues – Fairytale of New York (Pogue Mahone / 1987)
9. Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen (Virgin / 1977)
10. The Beatles – I Saw Her Standing There (Capitol / 1963)
11. U2 – With or Without You (Island / 1987)
12. Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode (Chess / 1958)
13. Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone (Columbia / 1965)
14. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son (Fantasy / 1969)
15. XTC – Making Plans for Nigel (Virgin / 1979)
16. Joni Mitchell – Free Man in Paris (Asylum / 1974)
17. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Refugee (Backstreet / 1979)
18. Slow – Have Not Been the Same (Zulu / 1985)
19. Gary Numan – Cars (Beggars Banquet / 1979)
20. Pulp – Common People (Island / 1995)
21. The Smiths – How Soon Is Now (Rough Trade / 1985)
22. Pretenders – Back on the Chain Gang (Real / 1982)
23. Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (Capitol / 1966)
24. Split Enz – Six Months in a Leaky Boat (Mushroom / 1982)
25. Prince – Little Red Corvette (Warner Bros / 1983)
26. Bee Gees – Massachusetts (Atco / 1967)
27. The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go (CBS / 1982)
28. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels – Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly (New Voice / 1966)
29. Simon and Garfunkel – The Sounds of Silence (Columbia / 1965)
30. Rush – The Spirit of Radio (Anthem / 1979)
31. The Tokens – The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) (RCA / 1961)
32. Sly and the Family Stone – Everyday People (Epic / 1968)
33. The Kinks – You Really Got Me (Reprise / 1964)
34. Blondie – Heart of Glass (Chrysalis / 1979)
35. T.Rex – 20th Century Boy (T.Rex Wax Co. / 1973)
36. Simple Minds – Waterfront (Virgin / 1983)
37. The Cars – My Best Friend’s Girl (Elektra / 1978)
38. Roxy Music – All I Want Is You (Island / 1974)
39. Jane Siberry – Mimi On the Beach (Duke Street / 1984)
40. Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights (EMI / 1978)
41. The Beat – Save It for Later (Go Feet / 1982)
42. Abba – The Name of the Game (Polar / 1977)
43. Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) (Parlophone / 1985)
44. Guns n' Roses – Sweet Child o' Mine (Geffen / 1988)
45. Finn Bros. – Won’t Give In (Parlophone / 2004)
46. Lipps Inc. – Funkytown (Casablanca / 1981)
47. Negativland – U2 (SST / 1991)
48. Laurie Anderson – O Superman (For Massenet) (110 Records / 1981)
49. The Odds – Wendy Under the Stars (Zoo / 1991)
50. Nina Hagen – New York, New York (CBS / 1983)

[tuneschick]

This IS impossible, but this is the closest I've come to a list I can live with. I hate it already, more for what I had to leave off... and I know the order is all wrong. Here goes...

1. Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
2. Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode
3. The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
4. The Clash - London Calling
5. Kinks - Lola
6. Left Banke - Walk Away Renee
7. The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
8. Elvis Costello - Radio Radio
9. Otis Redding - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
11. The Who - I Can See for Miles and Miles
12. Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
13. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
14. Aerosmith - Dream On
15. Bob Dylan - Hurricane
16. Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
17. The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
18. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
19. Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
20. R.E.M - Losing My Religion
21. The Zombies - Time of the Season
22. Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
23. David Bowie - Space Oddity
24. The Choir - It’s Cold Outside
25. Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
26. Rod Stewart - Maggie May
27. The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
28. The Band - The Weight
29. John Lennon - Imagine
30. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
31. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
32. The Hollies - Bus Stop
33. Elton John – Tiny Dancer
34. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
35. The Searchers - Needles and Pins
36. Tommy James – Crimson and Clover
37. The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
38. Neil Young – The Needle and the Damage Done
39. XTC - Dear God
40. Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto
41. Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
42. Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
43. The Pogues – Fairytale of New York
44. The Police – Message in a Bottle
45. Blondie – Heart of Glass
46. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
47. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
48. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
49. The Demics – New York City
50. U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)

[tuneschick]

Oh, and I had to keep it to one song per artist.

Bubbling under...

Cut Your Hair - Pavement
Red - treble charger
Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
Echo and the Bunnymen - Killing Moon
Procul Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale
Paul McCartney - Maybe I’m Amazed
Carole King - It's Too Late
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Van Morrison - Brown-Eyed Girl
Del Shannon - Runaway
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
Pretenders - 2000 Miles
Led Zeppelin - All My Love
The Replacements - Bastards Of Young
Mamas and Papas - California Dreamin
CSNY - Ohio
The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball
Dion - Runaround Sue
Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City
Sloan - Underwhelmed
The Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
The Box Tops - The Letter
Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise
The Contours - Do You Love Me?
Stephen Malkmus - Jenny and the Ess-Dog
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
Modern English - Melt with You
Prince - When Doves Cry
Pulp - Common People
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air

[Dr. Drum]

I had four pages of "bubbling under"...

Nice one, tunes.

[bowiglou]

wow, great lists drum and tunes...


and tunes, you and I share very similar sentiments on the 60s artists/folksingers...

[melon1]

I just noticed that someone mentioned "Seven Bridges Road" as an acceptable Eagles song ... and I cannot disagree more. Mundane, pedestrian, cliched, my mind fails me as it attempts to come up with adjectives that describe this absolutely wretched, completely mediocre slice of country-rock that never should have seen the light of day, much less been a single inflicted on the ears of the masses.

Ken, that was me. And you're going to say that after saying that frickin' "Life In the Fast Lane" is the best Eagles song Surely that was a joke. You are truly wierd.


Musically, that is.

[Kensterberg]

Life in the Fast Lane had at least three things going for it:
1.) Henley sang it, without any annoying adnoidal harmonies from the rest of the band, which means the vocal line at least sounds good;
2.) It had some sort of topical relevance at the time;
3.) It had a catchy riff, and at least a semblance of real rock and roll energy (as opposed to the sleep-inducing drone of Seven Bridges Road).

It's so much fun to write shite about a band then it is to praise someone ... I can see why the British magazines always turn so quickly on the latest flavour of the week ... it's just more fun to build someone up and then knock 'em down.

Though in this case, it's like shooting ducks (or maybe that should be "eagles") in a barrel.

[melon1]

I forgot to add that if I had to pick the absolute worst Eagles song(and there's plenty of terrible ones) I think that's the absolute worst. Sorry.

[frag]

"Runaway" - Del Shannon
"Lightnin' Strikes" - Lou Christie
"Crimson and Clover" - Tommy James
and "Ohio" ...

Don't know how I missed these gems. I wanted to include "Dream On," but then I saw something on TV about Aerosmith and they pissed me off. U2 almost missed the list for the same reason.

tunes - Kudos on the bubbling under nod to Malkmus.

and two more great lists. Looks like "London Calling" may be the highest ranking so far. At a glance, anyway.

[Paul]

Oh man, some Eagles talk and I missed it...Now there is a band that I just really don't like. The first thing that comes to mind when I think the Eagles is that they are the ultimate meh band. I don't listen to them enough to even care about them, they are just about as average as average gets. The thing that pisses me off about them is they come off as actually taking themselves seriously, I guess a bit arrogant, but they really shouldn't cause they're just not that good. Anywho, for fun here are 5 Eagles songs I can somewhat tolorate: Can you name five? (it may not be as easy as you think)
1. Take It Easy
2. Tequila Sunrise
3. Life In the Fast Lane
4. Life Goes On (maybe that's Joe Walsh, but the Eagles did it enough for it to count)
5. Long Run

Really I just think a discussion about the Eagles has some sort of weird humor to it, can't really explain it I suppose.