Blender Mag Lists the 500 Greatest Songs Since 1980 (1 Viewer)

[Matt Birchall]

001. "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson
002. "B.O.B." - Outkast
003. "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
004. "One" - U2
005. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
006. "Like a Prayer" - Madonna
007. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division
008. "Sucker MCs" - Run-D.M.C.
009. ". . .Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears
010. "In Da Club" - 50 Cent
011. "My Name Is" - Eminem
012. "The Message" - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
013. "Fight for Your Right" - Beastie Boys
014. "You Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC
015. "Hey Ya" - Outkast
016. "I Want It That Way" - Backstreet Boys
017. "Super Freak" - Rick James
018. "I'm Coming Out" - Diana Ross
019. "Just Like Heaven" - The Cure
020. "The Show" - Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew
021. "Fight the Power" - Public Enemy
022. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" - Def Leppard
023. "It's Like That" - Run-D.M.C.
024. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" - Prince
025. "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" - Dr. Dre
026. "Hypnotize" - Notorious B.I.G.
027. "Just a Friend" - Biz Markie
028. "Cars" - Gary Numan
029. "Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliott
030. "99 Problems" - Jay-Z
031. "I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By (Puff Daddy Remix) - Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige
032. "Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
033. "No Diggity" - Blackstreet
034. "Mybabydaddy" - B-Rock and the Bizz
035. "Crosseyed and Painless" - Talking Heads
036. "It Takes Two" - Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
037. "Bootylicious" - Destiny's Child
038. "I Love Rock & Roll" - Joan Jett
039. "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" - Geto Boys
040. "Push It" - Salt 'N Pepa
041. "In the Air Tonight" - Phil Collins
042. "Got Your Money" - Ol' Dirty Bastard
043. "Hurt" - Johnny Cash
044. "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" - Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
045. "Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye
046. "Fuck tha Police" - N.W.A.
047. "I Want to Know What Love Is" - Foreigner
048. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" - Pixies
049. "Lose Yourself" - Eminem
050. "Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran
051. "All Apologies" - Nirvana
052. "Wonderwall" - Oasis
053. "Beat It" - Michael Jackson
054. "Middle of the Road" - The Pretenders
055. "The Scientist" - Coldplay
056. "Poison" Bell Biv Devoe
057. "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys
058. "Karma Police" - Radiohead
059. "How Soon is Now?" - The Smiths
060. "Missing You" - John Waite
061. "Ignition (Remix)" - R. Kelly
062. "Just Can't Get Enough" - Depeche Mode
063. "Beautiful Day" - U2
064. "Say My Name" - Destiny's Child
065. "Enter Sandman" - Metallica
066. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" - Lauryn Hill
067. "The Boys of Summer" - Don Henley
068. "That's the Joint" - Funky 4 + 1
069. "You're Still the One" - Shania Twain
070. "Summer of '69" - Bryan Adams
071. "Criminal" - Fiona Apple
072. "The Humpty Dance" - Digital Underground
073. "House of Jealous Lovers" - The Rapture
074. "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand
075. "Head Like a Hole" - Nine Inch Nails
076. "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" - The Gap Band
077. "Girls, Girls, Girls" - Motley Crue
078. "A Stroke of Genius" - Freelance Hellraiser
079. "Losing My Religion" - R.E.M.
080. "Hot in Herre" - Nelly
081. "Galang" - M.I.A.
082. "Yeah!" - Usher
083. "To Hell with Poverty" - Gang of Four
084. "Borderline" - Madonna
085. "Drop It Like It's Hot" - Snoop Dogg
086. "Work It" - Missy Elliott
087. "Into the Groove" - Madonna
088. "Pull Up to the Bumper" - Grace Jones
089. "Rockin' in the Free World" - Neil Young
090. "That's Entertainment" - The Jam
091. "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" - Queens of the Stone Age
092. "Heartbeat" - Taana Gardner
093. "Cut Your Hair" - Pavement
094. "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" - P.M. Dawn
095. "Unsatisfied" - The Replacements
096. "True Faith" - New Order
097. "Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson
098. "When You Were Mine" - Prince
099. "Come As You Are" - Nirvana
100. "Bring the Noise" - Public Enemy

101. "I Got a Man" - Positive K
102. "Losing My Edge" - LCD Soundsystem
103. "Sabotage" - Beastie Boys
104. "Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns N' Roses
105. "Fascinated" - Company B
106. "Little Red Corvette" - Prince
107. "Fell in Love with a Girl" - The White Stripes
108. "Still Not a Player" - Big Punisher
109. "Creep" - Radiohead
110. "Toxic" - Britney Spears
111. "Planet Rock" - Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force
112. "Round and Round" - Ratt
113. "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O'Connor
114. "Crazy in Love" - Beyonce
115. "Gin & Juice" - Snoop Dogg
116. "Violet" - Hole
117. "Paid in Full" - Eric B. & Rakim
118. "Cars with the Boom" - L'Trimm
119. "How I Could Just Kill a Man" - Cypress Hill
120. "Get Low" - Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz
121. "In the End" - Linkin Park
122. "All I Wanna Do" - Sheryl Crow
123. "Formed a Band" - Art Brut
124. "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" - Elton John
125. "Rockit" - Herbie Hancock
126. "It Was a Good Day" - Ice Cube
127. "Bulls on Parade" - Rage Against the Machine
128. "Milkshake" - Kelis
129. "I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock of Seagulls
130. "Mama Said Knock You Out" - LL Cool J
131. "Freedom" - George Michael
132. "Waltz #2 (XO)" - Elliott Smith
133. "Through the Wire" - Kanye West
134. "Believe" - Cher
135. "Daughter" - Pearl Jam
136. "Word Up!" - Cameo
137. "Brimful of Asha" - Cornershop
138. "Up the Bracket" - The Libertines
139. "The Breaks" - Kurtis Blow
140. "Shook Ones Pt. 2" - Mobb Deep
141. "Maps" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
142. "Everybody Wants You" - Billy Squier
143. "Lit Up" - Buckcherry
144. "The Body Rock" - The Treacherous Three
145. "Beautiful" - Christina Aguilera
146. "Goodies" - Ciara
147. "Everybody Knows" - Leonard Cohen
148. "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" - En Vogue
149. "You Oughta Know" - Alanis Morissette
150. "Don't You Want Me" - Human League
151. "Run" - Ghostface feat. Jadakiss
152. "I Fee For You" - Chaka Khan
153. "Ordinary World" - Duran Duran
154. "Stay" - Lisa Loeb
155. "Not Dark Yet" - Bob Dylan
156. "Double Dutch Bus" - Frankie Smith
157. "Around the World" - Daft Punk
158. "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" Jay-Z
159. "Birth, School, Work, Death" - The Godfathers
160. "Temptation" - New Order
161. "Danger! High Voltage" - Electric Six
162. "Jump" - Van Halen
163. "Sister Christian" - Night Ranger
164. "The Look of Love" - ABC
165. "Bye Bye Bye" - 'N Sync
166. "Start Me Up" - Rolling Stones
167. "Breathe" - Faith Hill
168. "Juicy" - Notorious B.I.G.
169. "When Doves Cry" - Prince
170. "Girls & Boys" - Blur
171. "Ms. Jackson" - Outkast
172. "Flava in Ya Ear" - Craig Mack
173. "Ready or Not" - The Fugees
174. "Fuck and Run" - Liz Phair
175. "Made You Look" - Nas
176. "Murder (Or a Heart Attack)" - Old 97's
177. "California" - Phantom Planet
178. "Jam on It" - Newcleus
179. "The Sound of Settling" - Death Cab for Cutie
180. "Top Billin'" - Audio Two
181. "Our Lips Are Sealed" - The Go-Go's
182. "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne
183. "Janie's Got a Gun" - Aerosmith
184. "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" - Lucinda Williams
185. "Fade Into You" - Mazzy Star
186. "You Don't Love Me (No No No)" - Dawn Penn
187. "Killin' Time" - Clint Black
188. "Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" - Grandmaster Flash
189. "Crush" - Jennifer Paige
190. "Shake Your Rump" - Beastie Boys
191. "Bastards of Young" - Replacements
192. "I Thing" - Amerie
193. "Walk This Way" - Run-D.M.C.
194. "If You Leave" - OMD
195. "More Than This" - Roxy Music
196. "U Can't Touch This" - MC Hammer
197. "Love Removal Machine" - The Cult
198. "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" - Los Del Rio
199. "Debaser" - Pixies
200. "The Seed (2.0)" - The Roots

201. "Building a Mystery" - Sarah McLachlan
202. "Deep Cover" - Dr. Dre
203. "Rid of Me" - PJ Harvey
204. "Let's Kill Saturday Night" - Robbie Fulks
205. "Take Your Mama" - Scissor Sisters
206. "This Love" - Moron 5
207. "Friends in Low Places" - Garth Brooks
208. "Work for Love" - Ministry
209. "It Wasn't Me" - Shaggy
210. "Oh Sherrie" - Steve Perry
211. "Dude" - Beenie Man
212. "Last Nite" - The Strokes
213. "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" - Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks
214. "I Will Follow" - U2
215. "Life is a Highway" - Tom Cochrane
216. "Scenario (Remix)" - A Tribe Called Quest
217. "Move Your Feet" - Junior Senior
218. "Seven Nation Army" - White Stripes
219. "Get Busy" - Sean Paul
220. "Semi-Charmed Life" - Third Eye Blind
221. "Academy Fight Song" - Mission of Burma
222. "Mundian to Back Ke (Jay-Z Remix)" - Panjabi MC
223. "Two of Hearts" - Stacey Q.
224. "Once in a Lifetime" - Talking Heads
225. "Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman
226. "Alright" - Supergrass
227. "Where's Your Head At" - Basement Jaxx
228. "Hate to Say I Told You So" - The Hives
229. "Edge of Seventeen" - Stevie Nicks
230. "Wild Thing" - Tone-Loc
231. "Sour Times" - Portishead
232. "They Want EFX" - Das EFX
233. "Black and White" - The DB's
234. "Here I Go Again" - Whitesnake
235. "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" - Jermaine Stewart
236. "Where is my Mind?" - The Pixies
237. "Set It Off" - Strafe
238. "Everybody Hurts" - R.E.M.
239. "Do You Miss Me" - Jocelyn Enriquez
240. "All the Small Things" - Blink-182
241. "Bittersweet Symphony" - The Verve
242. "I Can't Live Without My Radio" - LL Cool J
243. "Being Boring" - Pet Shop Boys
244. "Institutionalized" - Suicidal Tendencies
245. "I'm Not OK (I Promise)" - My Chemical Romance
246. "Rump Shaker" - Wreckz-N-Effect
247. "Downtown Train" - Tom Waits
248. "Careless Whisper" - George Michael
249. "For Lovers" - Wolfman featuring Pete Doherty
250. "Move Ya Body" - Nina Sky
251. "Don't Believe the Hype" - Public Enemy
252. "Born in the U.S.A." - Bruce Springsteen
253. "La Di Da Di" - Doug E. Fresh
254. "Big Pimpin'" - Jay-Z
255. "A Pretty Girl is Like" - Magnetic Fields
256. "Looking for the Perfect Beat" - Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force
257. "C'Mon N' Ride It (The Train)" - Quad City DJs
258. "Genius of Love" - Tom Tom Club
259. "Kiss" - Prince
260. "Going Back to Cali" - LL Cool J
261. "Call Me" - Blondie
262. "Islands in the Stream" - Kenny Rogers featuring Dolly Parton
263. "Ace of Spades" - Motorhead
264. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" - Whitney Houston
265. "I Want Your (Hands on Me)" - Sinead O'Connor
266. "Free Fallin'" - Tom Petty
267. "Malibu" - Hole
268. "With or Without You" - U2
269. "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" - The S.O.S. Band
270. "Flex" - Mad Cobra
271. "Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey
272. "Rock the Casbah" - The Clash
273. "Keep Me in Your Heart" - Warren Zevon
274. "Brilliant Disguise" - Bruce Springsteen
275. "Real Love" - Mary J. Blige
276. "Hold On Loosely" - .38 Special
277. "I Want You" - Elvis Costello
278. "Stan" - Eminem
279. "Rock 'N' Roll High School" - The Ramones
280. "Just Like a Pill" - Pink
281. "Sexy Boy" - Air
282. "Oh Boy" - Cam'ron
283. "Lips Like Sugar" - Echo and the Bunnymen
284. "Down By the Water" - PJ Harvey
285. "Don't Tell Me" - Madonna
286. "I've Been Waiting" - Matthew Sweet
287. "Head Over Heels" - Tears For Fears
288. "One Armed Scissor" - At the Drive-In
289. "You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)" - Dead or Alive
290. "Only Shallow" - My Bloody Valentine
291. "People Who Died" - The Jim Carroll Band
292. "Larger Than Life" - Backstreet Boys
293. "Connection" - Elastica
294. "Black" - Pearl Jam
295. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" - Yes
296. "Save Me" - Aimee Mann
297. "November Rain" - Guns N' Roses
298. "I Need to Know" - Marc Anthony
299. "Smooth Criminal" - Michael Jackson
300. "Everything Zen" - Bush

301. "In Between Days" - The Cure
302. "Loser" - Beck
303. "Kissing the Lipless" - The Shins
304. "Hot for Teacher" - Van Halen
305. "Pretty in Pink" - Psychedelic Furs
306. "Say Yes" - Elliott Smith
307. "I Get Around" - Tupac
308. "Hold Me Now" - Thompson Twins
309. "Ex-Factor" - Lauryn Hill
310. "Firestarter" - The Prodigy
311. "Come Pick Me Up" - Ryan Adams
312. "Smooth Operator" - Sade
313. "Bawitdaba" - Kid Rock
314. "Love Vigilantes" - New Order
315. "Every Breath You Take" - Police
316. "California Stars" - Billy Bragg and Wilco
317. "White Flag" - Dido
318. "Ha" - Juvenile
319. "Genie in a Bottle" - Christina Aguilera
320. "Tyrone" - Erykah Badu
321. "Jane Says" - Jane's Addiction
322. "Constant Craving" - k.d. lang
323. "Black Steel" - Tricky
324. "Slack Motherfucker" - Superchunk
325. "Jump Around" - House of Pain
326. "Battery" - Metallica
327. "Slow Jamz" - Kanye West featuring Twista and Jamie Foxx
328. "Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta" - Geto Boys
329. "Potholes in my Lawn" - De La Soul
330. "Can't Deny It" - Fabolous
331. "Waiting for the Sun" - The Jayhawks
332. "I Wonder if I Take You Home" - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
333. "Cannonball" - The Breeders
334. "Teen Age Riot" - Sonic Youth
335. "Everybody Everybody" - Black Box
336. "Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper
337. "Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
338. "Outfit" - Drive-By Truckers
339. "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" - Gwen Guthrie
340. "Song 2" - Blur
341. "What Have You Done for Me Lately" - Janet Jackson
342. "Seether" - Veruca Salt
343. "Passionate Kisses" - Lucinda Williams
344. "Freaks Come Out at Night" - Whodini
345. "Still Tippin'" - Mike Jones
346. "Block Rockin' Beats" - Chemical Brothers
347. "Girls" - Beastie Boys
348. "Independent Women Part 1" - Destiny's Child
349. "Roxanne Roxanne" - U.T.F.O.
350. "Stacy's Mom" - Fountains of Wayne
351. "Buffalo Gals" - Malcolm McLaren
352. "Heart Shaped Box" - Nirvana
353. "Games Without Frontiers" - Peter Gabriel
354. "Army of Me" - Bjork
355. "Save It For Later" - English Beat
356. "Atomic Dog" - George Clinton
357. "Never Too Much" - Luther Vandross
358. "Wall of Death" - Richard and Linda Thompson
359. "I Wish" - Skee-Lo
360. "Help You Ann" - Lyres
361. "Show Me Love" - Robyn
362. "Fix Up, Look Sharp" - Dizzee Rascal
363. "Tainted Love" - Soft Cell
364. "Buddy Holly" - Weezer
365. "Rock Box" - Run-D.M.C.
366. "I Touch Myself" - Divinyls
367. "Paranoid Android" - Radiohead
368. "Seven Year Ache" - Rosanne Cash
369. "Teenage Dirtbag" - Wheatus
370. "Voices Carry" - 'Til Tuesday
371. "Roam" - B-52's
372. "Party Up (Up in Here)" - DMX
373. "Whip It" - Devo
374. "Rosa Parks" - Outkast
375. "Purple Rain" - Prince
376. "Portions for Foxes" - Rilo Kiley
377. "Black Hole Sun" - Soundgarden
378. "Devil's Right Hand" - Steve Earle
379. "Hero Takes a Fall" - The Bangles
380. "Rebellion (Lies)" - The Arcade Fire
381. "Portland, Oregon" - Loretta Lyn feauring Jack White
382. "Let's Get Serious" - Jermaine Jackson
383. "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
384. "Straight Outta Compton" - N.W.A.
385. "Message of Love" - The Pretenders
386. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
387. "Are You That Somebody" - Aaliyah
388. "When I Come Around" - Green Day
389. "Shake Ya Ass" - Mystikal
390. "Never Say Never" - Romeo Void
391. "Underneath Your Clothes" - Shakira
392. "Interstate Love Song" - Stone Temple Pilots
393. "Jump" - Kris Kross
394. "Celebrated Hummer" - Husker Du
395. "Doin It" - LL Cool J
396. "Touch Me I'm Sick" - Mudhoney
397. "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" - Pavement
398. "Harvest Moon" - Neil Young
399. "C'Mon C'Mon" - Von Bondies
400. "I Wanna Go Back" - Eddie Money

401. "Ray of Light" - Madonna
402. "South Bronx" - Boogie Down Productions
403. "Back in Black" - AC/DC
404. "Bad Boys" - Inner Circle
405. "Stupid Girl" - Garbage
406. "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" - Indeep
407. "Freak Scene" - Dinosaur Jr.
408. "Tom Sawyer" - Rush
409. "Rebel Without a Pause" - Public Enemy
410. "Rough Boys" - Pete Townshend
411. "Ride" - The Vines
412. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" - Prince
413. "Fallin'" - Alicia Keys
414. "Flagpole Sitta" - Harvey Danger
415. "Waterfalls" - TLC
416. "Chop Suey" - System of a Down
417. "Situation" - Yaz
418. "Rumors" - Timex Social Club
419. "I'm on Fire" - Bruce Springsteen
420. "Southern Hospitality" - Ludacris
421. "Murder She Wrote" - Chaka Demus & Pliers
422. "Sex Style" - Kool Keith
423. "Last Goodbye" - Jeff Buckley
424. "We're the Desperate" - X
425. "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It to Me)" - Jay-Z
426. "Where It's At" - Beck
427. "That's the Way Love Goes" - Janet Jackson
428. "Bad Reputation" - Freedy Johnston
429. "Cry Me a River" - Justin Timberlake
430. "Closing Time" - Semisonic
431. "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" - The Smiths
432. "There She Goes" - The La's
433. "Cornflake Girl" - Tori Amos
434. "Walking on Thin Ice" - Yoko Ono
435. "Let Me Go" - Heaven 17
436. "Grindin'" - Clipse
437. "Running Up That Hill" - Kate Bush
438. "Pretend We're Dead" - L7
439. "Feel So Good" - Ma$e
440. "You Get What You Give" - New Radicals
441. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
442. "Square Biz" - Teena Marie
443. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - U2
444. "Tell Me Why" - Wynonna Judd
445. "Rebel Girl" - Bikini Kill
446. "Just an Illusion" - Imagination
447. "Do You Realize??" - Flaming Lips
448. "Player's Anthem" - Junior M.A.F.I.A.
449. "Steal My Sunshine" - Len
450. "Smooth" - Santana featuring Rob Thomas
451. "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)" - Nelly
452. "All the Things She Said" - t.A.T.u.
453. "Don't Wanna Know Why" - Whiskeytown
454. "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" - D'Angelo
455. "Lover I Don't Have to Love" - Bright Eyes
456. "Too Drunk to Fuck" - The Dead Kennedys
457. "Right Here" - Go-Betweens
458. "Come Out and Play" - Offspring
459. "Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones
460. "P.S.K. What Does it Mean?" - Schoolly D
461. "Hail Mary" - Makaveli (aka Tupac)
462. "Judy and the Dream of Horses" - Belle and Sebastian
463. "Hate It or Love it" - The Game
464. "Trapped in the Closet" - R. Kelly
465. "Let the Music Play" - Shannon
466. "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-A-Lot
467. "Brick" - Ben Folds Five
468. "Papa Don't Preach" - Madonna
469. "Radiation Vibe" - Fountains of Wayne
470. "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" - Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth
471. "Hunger Strike" - Temple of the Dog
472. "Small Stakes" - Spoon
473. "Autumn Sweater" - Yo La Tengo
474. "Gigantic" - Pixies
475. "I Alone" - Live
476. "Strictly Business" - EPMD
477. "C.R.E.A.M." - Wu-Tang Clan
478. "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" - Busta Rhymes
479. "Santa Monica" - Everclear
480. "Guilty Conscience" - Eminem
481. "Lake of Fire" - Meat Puppets
482. "Man on the Moon" - R.E.M.
483. "Passing Me By" - Pharcyde
484. "I Wanna Be Adored" - Stone Roses
485. "We are All on Drugs" - Weezer
486. "Can't Stand It" - Wilco
487. "Regulate" - Warren G
488. "Murderer" - Buju Banton
489. "Da' Butt" - E.U.
490. "History Lesson Part II" - Minutemen
491. "Common People" - Pulp
492. "Here Comes the Hotstepper" - Ini Kamoze
493. "Born Slippy (Nuxx)" - Underworld
494. "I'll Be You" - Replacements
495. "Don't Speak" - No Doubt
496. "1979" - The Smashing Pumpkins
497. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" - The Darkness
498. "Somebody's Baby" - Jackson Browne
499. "I Dont' Want to Miss a Thing" - Aerosmith
500. "Yellow" - Coldplay

 

[AnthonyC]

Worst. Countdown. Ever.

 

[Jeff_A]

Holy crap does that have some crap in it!

 

[GuruAskew]

It's impossible to compile a list like this without causing debate but damn, there's some stupid stuff on that list. I mean, "Come As You Are" by Nirvana is two spots BENEATH "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson? "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand is in the top 75? Britney Spears in the top 10?

 

[Carl Miller]

What, no Milli Vanilli?

 

[Chris Tedesco]

Horrible List, very insulting to music lovers everywhere!

 

[Rob_D]

I stopped reviewing the list after spots #1 and #2. Horrible.

 

[Stu Rosen]

Unless you read the title as "Greatest [Rock] Songs since 1980," it seems a fairly representative list. That doesn't mean I agree with the choices or their ranks, but looking at the list, it does seem to cover the territory. If you measure "greatest" by the degree to which the songs "rock," then I can understand your frustration.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I don't have a problem with non-rock. I have a problem with crap, and this list includes a whole bunch of it.

 

[Grant B]

At least I know not to buy that magazine.

Little dead birds have better music taste

 

[Matt Birchall]

Oatsdad!


You know, in a sidebar, they actually pointed out the fact that no Bowie songs made their list.

 

[Robin_B]

How was this list compiled?

Personally I feel you need to wait at least 10 years before a song can be considered for a greatest of all time list. Mind you most of the songs on that list that are older than 10 years don't deserve to be on any list with the word "greatest" in the title.

 

[Rachael B]

THe most deserving song on the list is Too Inebriated To Copulate by the Dead Kennedys...otherwise, it's mostly suck city.

 

[John Kilduff]

If they had called it "The 500 Greatest POP Songs Since 1980" then it would've made sense. As it stands, I can't support this list, despite the fact that I enjoy many of the songs on here.

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

One more note: Why did they choose their Ministry song to be "Work For Love"? Couldn't they have chosen "Jesus Built My Hot Rod" instead?

 

[FeisalK]

i suspect a large partition plastered with Billboards top100 from the last 20 years, and a few darts.

 

[Jon_Are]

Within the top ten, I said "WHAT???" six times.

Never bought an issue of Blender.

Never will.

Jon

 

[Jay_B!]

I don't think the list is that bad.

like a lot of people here, I am not a big fan of hip hop, but come on, just because you hate it doesn't mean it's had a major impact in the past 25 years.

Why is it that a list must be 99% pretentious indie rock to count? Since You've Been Gone is by far the most listenable song ever to come out of American Idol, I'd rather see that there than something but Clay Aikan.



Take Me Out was my #2 favorite single of 2004.

I hate Britney but come on... enough time has passed that apparently she isn't going anywhere. It's like people are still waiting for Madonna to just disapear, it isn't happening.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Lists like this are always debate fodder (that's their raison d'etre, IMO), but this one is just bizarre. I've never seen such a strange mix of music on the same list.

Did the article say anything about how they came up with the list?

 

[GuruAskew]

Actually, her music isn't nearly as successful as it has been in the past and her public image is already at the "point of no return", her white-trash behavior and idiot husband have ruined her in the eyes of her fans. Even celebrities like Michael Jackson and Marlon Brando have found it nearly impossible to get past that negative public opinion in order to express their talents and Britney Spears is no Michael Jackson or Marlon Brando. If her career isn't at the end of the road, I don't know what is.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I think it's too early to say where her career will go, but I agree that right now, she's more famous as a celebrity than as a performer. For all Madonna's extracurriculars, she always delivered hits and made sure her music was prominent. Britney's done worse and worse with each successive album and her music has become superfluous.

Again, Madonna does teach us you shouldn't rule out an alleged flavor of the month, and since Brit's been a star for quite a while, it's premature to call her a hasbeen. However, I don't think she's going to maintain a longterm musical career ala Madonna - she'll be a celebrity curiosity and that's about it...