Re: Top 500 Songs
"Thath ridiculuth" as Daffy Duck would say.
U2 is 2? *
REM is 4? (I like REM but still...)
Robbie Wlliams is 5? (Ex-squeeze me?)
The Verve is 8? (Good song, but c'mon...)
I guess the boneheads who made the list never heard of the Beatles, or Pink Floyd, or Elvis, or any of a dozen other better bands.
*U2. Pffffft. Corporate rock at it's very best with Mr. Sunglasses Bono hobnobing with any politician and sucking up to every camera he sees. Good grief!
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They're all semi-slow ballady stuff... I don't have a taste for that. Where's the room for the adrenal, fast, fun songs that make up the meat of a good band's work? Is this the stuff that you listen to in the car, at work, or at home? I don't know if I'm conveying this idea properly. I feel my opinion is that the best songs are those that streamline and perfect the band's general formula. Examples would be "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Street Fighting Man", "El Phantasmo and the Chicken-Run Blast-o-Rama", you get the picture. Maybe.
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The list is a joke, what rubbish up there.
lol! Those boneheads would be the British public - those who listen to virgin anyway.I guess the boneheads who made the list never heard of the Beatles, or Pink Floyd, or Elvis, or any of a dozen other better bands.
And in these charts it is always pop songs and a few rock songs, there are never metal songs or real alternative songs which are just as 'great'. Where is hallowed be thy name or fear of the dark by Iron Maiden?! Or master of puppets or unforgiven 2 by Metallica? Or end of all hope or wishmaster by Nightwish? etc, etc. These lists are all rubbish.
- Not to mention one of the best songs ever, and THE best imo - chop suey by System of a down.
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INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
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Probably stems from the demographic... white 25-35 year olds mainly.
Anyone seen any other lists of this type, eg: in Kerrang! Jag?
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oh dear
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Well, I agree that Bono is a first-class attention grabber and annoying as such oftentimes, but he is a front man after all--that's what they tend to do. I don't think U2's early works were "Corporate Rock,"--not by a long shot. Boy, Sunday Bloody Sunday, and my favorite: The Unforgettable Fire, were all very good albums, imo.Originally Posted by Beirut
Lol, I'm really laggin' ... I haven't even heard some of the songs in the top 10. And, except for #1, I'm rather surprised to see the ones listed. Oh well, I guess I have to keep in mind that such lists reflect the opinions of the middle of the human bell curve, so no big deal to me.
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Well im happy, Zep has ascended to their rightful position.
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Yes, Stairway is The Greatest Song Ever™.Well im happy, Zep has ascended to their rightful position.
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Freebird it 353rd! Damn brits!
I say the South should invade England for this disgrace.
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You cannot be serious! That's pretty shocking...
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Stairway to Heaven? .. Best ever? .. Come off it there were better Zeppelin tracks than that. I preferred the version released by Rolf Harris.
As for best track ever, that is simply too difficult or even impossible to answer. There have been far too many superb songs
.........Orda
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which part. I was serious about the 1st part but not the second sorry i was bored and changed the font around.
Why do you hate Freedom?
The US is marching backward to the values of Michael Stivic.
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Bring it on... we will repel you with Robbie Williams, Craig David, Girls Aloud and a host of other bland pop stars! They certainly repel me!
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Well.. nobody for this song I can't get no SATISFACTION!! hey hey that's what I'd say
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Bring it on... we will repel you with Robbie Williams, Craig David, Girls Aloud and a host of other bland pop stars! They certainly repel me!
ROFL!
I agree with Capo here, Free Bird belongs in the top ten...
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Please. Most of Britain doesn't deserve to live for voting Robbie Williams in the top 10.
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That is the biggest load of BS I've ever read.
Nirvana - Come As You Are is the ONLY song by one of the most influential band of the 90's on the list? Where is Rape Me? Heart Shaped Box? Lithium? Smells Like Teen Spirit? Dumb? This list is total arse the moment it left the majority of Nirvana tracks out....that fact it was somewhere like 343 or something makes it more of a mockery.
I also second JAG on Nightwish, where the hell is Wishmaster? Nightquest? The Kinslayer? End of All Hope?
Obviously pop music is the only music that matters.
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