jakobnicholas Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 TIME'S ALL-TIME 100 SONGS "Our critics pick the most extraordinary English-language pop recordings since the beginning of TIME magazine in 1923. Here are 100 (unranked) songs of enduring beauty, power and inventiveness" (Should be noted that it was decided to limit an artist to only one song.) 2000s Janelle Monae TightropeMissy Elliott Get Ur Freak OnOutkast Hey Ya!Arcade Fire Wake UpKanye West Gold DiggerLil Wayne Georgia BushLCD Soundsystem All My FriendsBeyonce Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)Lady Gaga Bad Romance 1990s Sinead OConnor Nothing Compares 2 UPet Shop Boys Being BoringNirvana Smells Like Teen SpiritRichard Thompson 1952 Vincent Black LightningWu-Tang Clan C.R.E.A.M.A Tribe Called Quest ScenarioThe Notorious B.I.G. JuicyTupac Shakur California Love (Remix)Pulp Common PeopleRadiohead Paranoid Android 1980s Joy Division Love Will Tear Us ApartGeorge Jones He Stopped Loving Her TodayMichael Jackson Billie JeanNew Order Blue MondayPrince KissMetallica Master of PuppetsR.E.M. Its the End of the World as We Know ItLucinda Williams PineolaPublic Enemy Fight the PowerMadonna Borderline 1970s The Melodians Rivers of BabylonJames Brown Get Up (I Feel like Being a) Sex MachineLed Zeppelin Immigrant SongBlack Sabbath Iron ManJoni Mitchell A Case of YouThe Who Baba ORileyStevie Wonder SuperstitionDolly Parton JoleneBig Star September GurlsBonnie Raitt Angel from MontgomeryFela Kuti ZombieBruce Springsteen Thunder RoadQueen Bohemian RhapsodyDonna Summer I Feel LoveBee Gees Stayin' AliveDavid Bowie HeroesRamones I Wanna Be SedatedFleetwood Mac DreamsPeter Tosh Equal RightsParliament One Nation Under a GrooveVelvet Underground Rock & RollLoretta Lynn Coal Miners Daughter 1960s Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick BluesPatsy Cline CrazyRoy Orbison CryingThe Ronettes Be My BabyThe Beatles I Wanna Hold Your HandAstrud Gilberto The Girl from IpanemaThe Supremes Where Did Our Love Go?The Beach Boys God Only KnowsAretha Franklin I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through the GrapevineThe Band The Night They Drove Old Dixie DownBig Mama Thornton Ball n ChainJackson 5 I Want You BackThe Rolling Stones Gimme ShelterCrosby, Stills and Nash Suite: Judy Blue EyesOtis Redding I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues 1950s Les Paul How High the MoonKitty Wells It Wasnt God Who Made Honky Tonk AngelsElvis Presley Jailhouse RockOdetta Take This HammerFrank Sinatra I've Got You Under My SkinChuck Berry Johnny B. GoodeRay Charles What'd I Say 1940s Woody Guthrie This Land Is Your LandLena Horne Stormy WeatherThe Andrews Sisters Boogie Woogie Bugle BoySpike Jones Der Fuehrers FaceBing Crosby White ChristmasBetty Hutton It Had to Be YouMahalia Jackson Move On Up a Little HigherHank Williams Cold, Cold HeartElla Fitzgerald Baby Its Cold OutsideDoris Day Sentimental Journey 1930s Ethel Merman I Got RhythmCab Calloway Minnie the MoocherDuke Ellington It Dont Mean A Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing)Louie Armstrong Star DustFred Astaire Cheek to CheekRay Heatherton Where or WhenJudy Garland Over the Rainbow 1920sAl Jolson My MammyBessie Smith St. Louis BluesPaul Robeson Ol Man RiverThe Carter Family Wildwood Flower Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jakobnicholas Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Lists are kinda fun to debate, as this one will be. If Michael Jackson can get 2 songs (solo and Jackson 5), why not Lennon or McCartney? If pop culture phenoms like "Hey Ya" or "Single Ladies" can get a mention, then why not an 80's nugget like "Don't Stop Believing" or "Don't You Forget About Me"? It seems like a lot of earlier selections cancelled out later selections. Did Neil Young not get a song 'cause Dylan, The Band and Crosby/Stills/Nash got a song? No Replacements because Big Star got one? The 90's and 00's is too heavy on rap and Top 40 pop in my opinion. And the mix of popular ("Get UR Freak On", "Borderline"), obscure ("Vincent Black Lightning", "Being Boring") and obvious ("Superstition", "Johnny B Good", "Jailhouse Rock", "Over the Rainbow" ) is random and annoying. No Elton John. No U2. No White Stripes, etc....oh well. Overall, not a bad representation of 90 years of music, I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 No Robert Johnson either.MASSIVE oversight, by any standards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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