Comments on: Two Chuck Berry’s, but no Little Richard?

By: Mark Poling

Mark Poling — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:06:45 +0000

Goodness gracious great balls a’fire!

Not.

By: Roberts

Roberts — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:03:27 +0000

Excuse me. “Man On the Moon”.

By: Roberts

Roberts — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:59:59 +0000

Now if you don’t care for Country music, then I would submit REM, “Man in the Moon”.

That one gets me everytime I hear it.

By: Roberts

Roberts — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:57:58 +0000

Don Williams. The man wrote my theme song: Good Ol' Boys Like Me.

By: Kyda Sylvester

Kyda Sylvester — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:22:44 +0000

Imagine. No. 3. Cack.

By: doublecola

doublecola — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:51:27 +0000

The list by Rolling Stone was compiled from votes by 172 critics and musicians that included Brian Wilson, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and others.

Sure, it’s bent toward the 60′s but that really was the rock music explosion–rock, folk rock, country rock, Pyschodelic, Blues Rock, I’d argue Heavy Metal started there (Born to Be Wild, Jumpin’ Jack Flash). Of course, there have been great songs written in the past 15 years, but I’m not sure they can compare overall with the music from the sixties. I do think Imagine is out of time. It was a nice song, but it seems so quaint now. Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone is brilliant as is Satisfaction. Though, like someone else said, where is Gimme Shelter? To me, that is the greatest rock song ever.

I probably would have put a Buddy Holly song in there as well as U2′s I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. I Wanna Be Sedated by the Ramones should be there as well. Oh, well…these lists are really only meant to get people talking anyway–and to sell magazines. Every mag now has to have lists–all are marketing gimmicks.

By: Jack Tanner

Jack Tanner — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 19:24:07 +0000

Bob Dylan and no Led Zep or G’n'R – that tells you all you need to know – it was compiled by people who like Muzak.

By: RogerA

RogerA — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:23:29 +0000

Ummmm—I thought U2 was a spy plane

By: RogerA

RogerA — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:22:29 +0000

I second the shock at no Buddy Holly!!!! On the other hand, I guess I have graduated to old Fartdom because the last great rock and roll band I ever heard was Credence.

By: Slubgob

Slubgob — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:48:05 +0000

Boomer nostalgia overcomes good taste once again.

“Imagine” doesn’t hold a candle to any other Beatles song. The lack of songs in the top 20 past when boomers stopped listening to the radio is disappointing. There have been some fantastic songs written in the past 15 years:

“Ghost” by the Indigo Girls

“Where the Streets Have No Name” by U2

“In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel

Jann Wenner doesn’t seem to realize that he’s a joke. He’s what we 80s children think of when we hear the phrase “aging boomer hippie.”