Blender Mag Lists the 500 Greatest Songs Since 1980 - Page 2

Grant B · 09-29-2005, 12:32 PM

This is a very strange list the more I look at it the more it sucks.
1 Clash & Ramones song each, no Bowie, no stones, i wierd Dylan song.
I thought I had everything Husker Du & X did except the songs they mentioned I never heard of.

I think they used a random song generator to do this list

David Hobbes · 09-30-2005, 10:27 AM

re: Husker Du at number 394...

the song is celebrated SUMMER not Hummer

idiots...

Bruce Hedtke · 10-01-2005, 10:42 AM

It was compiled by 18 year olds for 18 year olds. I didn't go down the list line by line (after the first 50, you realize it's going to be a list of whoever has had a radio single the past two years) but I didn't see any Boyz II Men or Tears For Fears and only one Bright Eyes. Yes, indeed, the list sucks.

Bruce

Jason Adams · 10-06-2005, 09:56 PM

Come on....Billie Jean is a pretty damn catchy song to this day.

But, I think everyone will be pissed of by this list. Hip Hop, Metal, Grunge, etc. Any Biggie fan would have Juicy or One More Chance WAYYYYY before Hypnotize. Someone should burn down Blender's headquarters.

Vickie_M · 10-14-2005, 08:20 PM

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437. "Running Up That Hill" - Kate Bush

I'd complain that it's so far down, but since there are NO Peter Gabriel songs on the list at all, I'm shocked that someone at the magazine even heard this song, let alone remembered and included it.

I can't comment on what's included otherwise, since I've probably heard less than 50 of the songs (well, I've only heard 15 of the top 100, which is where I quit counting).

Matt Birchall · 10-16-2005, 01:02 PM

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re: Husker Du at number 394...

the song is celebrated SUMMER not Hummer

idiots...

Whoops.

Blame that one on me, not Blender.

I made a typo--it may or may not have been intentional, I don't know.

At any rate, no disrespect intended toward Bob Mould.

Yee-Ming · 10-16-2005, 11:16 PM

Any so-called "Best 500" that has Macarena in it cannot be taken seriously.

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189. "Crush" - Jennifer Paige
452. "All the Things She Said" - t.A.T.u.

I hate rap and don't like hip-hop, so I won't comment on those, but how on earth could these two pop songs by one-hit wonders make a "Best 500" list either?

Also, aside from no Bowie, no Queen, no Eagles (to be fair, Eagles output post-1980 is limited), and they have the rip-off Set Adrift On Memory Bliss instead of the original, and far far superior, True -- OK, that's personal bias (being a Spandau fan), but there also seems to be way too many remakes/sampled songs out there.

As for personal bias, although I do like this

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040. "Push It" - Salt 'N Pepa

I hardly think this is "Best 40" material.

Philip Hamm · 10-17-2005, 10:24 AM

Eclectic and strange list. While "Crosseyed And Painless" is indeed an incredible song, I'd think "Burning Down The House" would rate higher for it's pop appeal and sales. It's not even there.

Lots of guilty pleasures here for me. "Borderline" is one of my favotite songs ever by anyone.

This list is Mentally HipHop Smoothed Out On The R&B-Tip With A Pop Feel Appeal To It.

Jay_B! · 10-17-2005, 02:36 PM

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I hate rap and don't like hip-hop, so I won't comment on those, but how on earth could these two pop songs by one-hit wonders make a "Best 500" list either?

just because an artist is a one hit wonder doesn't mean the one shining moment wasn't memorable. I thought "Crush" was a better late 90's teen-pop song than anything Britney, Christina or Jessica Simpson ever recorded. "All The Things She Said" was great too (as a FYI, TATU just released a new cd and the first single is climbing the dance charts, so don't automatically dismiss them), kinda had the vocal harmonies of an ABBA song.

nickGreenwood · 10-17-2005, 02:52 PM

Hurt by Johnny Cash should've been higher on the list. All I know is that Blender since they've been in exsistance has created some really crappy lists anyway.