Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs #334-343

436. Alone Again Or, Love - Didn't recognize it. The :30 clip at amazon.com rang no bells and didn't impress, so . . .

437. Love Me Tender, Elvis Presley - I really like this one. It's a bit more bare-bones Elvis and I think it's a nice change of pace from all the rockin' and rollin'. Kind of reminds me of some of his gospel stuff.

438. I Wanna Be Your Dog, The Stooges - I've just never been able to get into much punk and this song is no different for me.

439. Pink Houses, John Cougar Mellencamp - It's the 80's, so it's kind of a fixture in my head. Enjoyable, but I think more of it as background music to my youth than anything.

440. Push It, Salt-n-Pepa - Before S-n-P repackaged themselves as MTV hotties years later, they were pretty bad-@ss and this was one of the reasons why.

441. Come Go With Me, The Del-Vikings - A nice song, but it sort of gets lost with all the similar doo-wop songs of the era.

442. Keep a Knockin', Little Richard - High energy and just shows why Little Richard was so much fun. And it always reminds me of that scene in Christine where someone is try to break into the car and this song starts playing on the radio.

443. I Shot the Sheriff, Bob Marley and the Whailers - Classic anthem and while I'm not saying I prefer Clapton's version, it's just the one that sticks with me, probably because I listen to a lot of classic rock and I just hear it more.

444. I Got You Babe, Sonny and Cher - Once again a song I equate with a movie - Groundhog Day. I think I like the song because of the movie, but without the movie; it'd just be another OK song to me.

445. Come As You Are, Nirvana - I pretty much loathe Nirvana, so that'll probably be my blanket statement for all the Nirvana songs that I'm sure are on this list.

 

437. Love Me Tender, Elvis Presley

Elvis was very effective at rockabilly, much less so at crooning. And this is crooning like has never been crooned before.

442. Keep a Knockin', Little Richard

Little Richard has any number of great songs that could be on this list.

444. I Got You Babe, Sonny and Cher

Yeah, right . . .

By the way, great to see this thread back! I always enjoyed it!

 

Or even Dave Matthew's cover, which I really love.

 

I didn't even know Dave Matthews did a cover, I'll have to look for it...

 

Just look on any of his live albums, it's a popular one.

Next ten:

426. Smoke on the Water, Deep Purple

427. New Year's Day, U2

428. Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels

429. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, Solomon Burke

430. White Man in Hammersmith Palais, The Clash

431. Ain't It a Shame, Fats Domino

432. Midnight Train to Georgia, Gladys Knight and the Pips

433. Ramble On, Led Zeppelin

434. Mustang Sally, Wilson Pickett

435. Beast of Burden, The Rolling Stones

Sorry to say that Midnight Train is the only one that I know of off the top of my head, but it's a good one. High likelihood that I know the Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin and the U2 one, but I can't think of them at the present moment.

 

427. New Year's Day, U2

Meh. Not one of their best.

431. Ain't It a Shame, Fats Domino

Rollicking good time had by all. Very worthy

433. Ramble On, Led Zeppelin

Well, hard to pick a best Zeppelin, but this is a great song by any standards.

434. Mustang Sally, Wilson Pickett

Never been as enamored with this as some seem to be.

435. Beast of Burden, The Rolling Stones

Likeable enough, but again, not one of their best.

 

426. Smoke on the Water, Deep Purple Iconic

427. New Year's Day, U2 Not bad

428. Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels Great stuff

429. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, Solomon Burke Can't place this one

430. White Man in Hammersmith Palais, The Clash Haven't heard this

431. Ain't It a Shame, Fats Domino Iconic

432. Midnight Train to Georgia, Gladys Knight and the Pips Ditto

433. Ramble On, Led Zeppelin Great song

434. Mustang Sally, Wilson Pickett I disagree with Rogue, 'Wicked Pickett' is...wicked

435. Beast of Burden, The Rolling Stones Once saw a hilariously funny video of this with Bette Midler and Mick Jagger

 

Okay, the next round:
I know some of these:

414. Young Blood, The Coasters

415. I Can't Help Myself, The Four Tops
- Yes

416. The Boys of Summer, Don Henley
- Yes

417. **** tha Police, N.W.A.

418. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Crosby, Stills and Nash

419. Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang, Dr. Dre

420. It's Your Thing, The Isley Brothers

421. Piano Man, Billy Joel
- Should be higher.

422. Lola, The Kinks

423. Blue Suede Shoes, Elvis Presley

- Yes

 

414. Young Blood, The Coasters Great fun

415. I Can't Help Myself, The Four Tops
- Not my favorite of theirs

416. The Boys of Summer, Don Henley
- Not top 500

417. **** tha Police, N.W.A. Not my favorite Police

418. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Crosby, Stills and Nash Not my favorite C,S & N, I prefer "Wasted on the Way"

419. Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang, Dr. Dre Haven't heard this

420. It's Your Thing, The Isley Brothers Yes

421. Piano Man, Billy Joel
- I prefer "Allentown"

422. Lola, The Kinks Iconic

423. Blue Suede Shoes, Elvis Presley Ditto

 

417. **** tha Police, N.W.A.

Australian radio station JJJ was one of the only stations in the world to play this when it was released. The government soon got wind of it, and banned the song. The station's response? They played another NWA song, "Express yourself" for 24 hours straight.

 

Ramble On - I'm hoping this isn't the only Zep song on there - there are much better. Much better songs that are also more known.

 

Ha, I love both those songs.

 

That's awesome.

 

This week:

404. Visions of Johanna, Bob Dylan

405. We've Only Just Begun, The Carpenters

406. I Believe I Can Fly, R. Kelly
- Eh, this song's just sorta annoying.

407. In Bloom, Nirvana

408. Sweet Emotion, Aerosmith
- Sure

409. Crossroads, Cream

410. Monkey Gone to Heaven, Pixies

411. I Feel Love, Donna Summer

412. Ode to Billie Joe, Bobbie Gentry

413. The Girl Can't Help It, Little Richard

I'm actually not familiar with many of those.

 

Sweet Emotion and Crossroads are deserving, but the rest?

There are many better Dylan songs.

And The Carpenters? Can this be serious?

 

Crossroads is the only one I know; it's a darn good electric blues number.

 

Crossroads, is that a cover of a blues song?

EDIT: Yes! It's a cover of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues.

 

You have to wonder if the original will be in; it's better than the Cream cover.

Anyway, that's a fairly uneven bunch.

 

**** The Police should be much higher on the list.

Good to see Nuthin but a G Thang though.



And how did R. Kelly's corny ass song about flying get on here?!?!

 

The only one I recognize is the stupid power ballad "I Believe I Can Fly". No.

 

Alrighty, up next:



394. Can't Help Falling in Love, Elvis Presley

395. Remember (Walkin' in the Sand), The Shangri-Las

396. Thirteen, Big Star

397. (Don't Fear) the Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult

398. Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd

399. Enter Sandman, Metallica

400. Kicks, Paul Revere and the Raiders

401. Tonight's the Night, The Shirelles

402. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), Sly & the Family Stone

403. C'mon Everybody, Eddie Cochran

I only know Don't Fear the Reaper, which is an excellent song, definently should be on there, and Sweet Home Alabama. I like this one, it seems like it should be up higher, but it definently is played too much. Especially by KFC for their retarded commercials.

 

394. Can't Help Falling in Love, Elvis Presley

Most certainly. An iconic love song.

395. Remember (Walkin' in the Sand), The Shangri-Las
396. Thirteen, Big Star

Huh?

397. (Don't Fear) the Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult
398. Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Both should be higher.

399. Enter Sandman, Metallica

A good song, but questionable on this list.

400. Kicks, Paul Revere and the Raiders

Good pop song, but doesn't belong here.

401. Tonight's the Night, The Shirelles
402. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), Sly & the Family Stone
403. C'mon Everybody, Eddie Cochran

Couldn't they do any better than these second rate songs?

 

394. Can't Help Falling in Love, Elvis Presley

Very good.

395. Remember (Walkin' in the Sand), The Shangri-Las

Don't know this one.

396. Thirteen, Big Star

Or this.

397. (Don't Fear) the Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult

Or this.

398. Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Iconic.

399. Enter Sandman, Metallica

Don't know it.

400. Kicks, Paul Revere and the Raiders

Very good song.

401. Tonight's the Night, The Shirelles

Don't know it.

402. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), Sly & the Family Stone

Good song.

403. C'mon Everybody, Eddie Cochran

Don't know it.

 

396. Thirteen, Big Star

Hmm, odd to see this here; Big Star is mostly (unjustly) forgotten. Their debut, #1 Record, is a great album, as is their follow up, Radio City. This one is off their debut; it's a quite beautiful acoustic ballad. But I'd rather have One More Chance or Don't Lie to Me or Ballad of El Goodo on the list over this one.

398. Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Classic. Definitely deserving.

399. Enter Sandman, Metallica

Brilliant. I'd say its deserving.