Top 100 songs of the last 25yrs.

[bmoeller]

Saw this on http://forums.thedieselstop.com/ubb...50&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1



Who were the morons that made up the list?



I go by "bigstretch" over there.

 

[illflem]

The list

All it shows me is the music industry hasn't produced much good stuff in the last 25 years



1. Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit



2. Michael Jackson, Billie Jean



3. Guns N' Roses, Sweet Child O' Mine



4. Eminem, Lose Yourself



5. U2, One



6. Run-D. M. C. , Walk This Way



7. Prince, When Doves Cry



8. Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You



9. The Police, Every Breath You Take



10. Madonna, Like a Virgin



11. Van Halen, Jump



12. Alanis Morissette, You Oughta Know



13. TLC, Waterfalls



14. Sinead O'Connor, Nothing Compares 2 U



15. Pink Floyd, Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)



16. No Doubt, Don't Speak



17. Def Leppard, Photograph



18. R. E. M. , Losing My Religion



19. Public Enemy, Fight the Power



20. AC/DC, You Shook Me All Night Long



21. U2, With or Without You



22. Cyndi Lauper, Time After Time



23. Prince, Little Red Corvette



24. Celine Dion, My Heart Will Go On



25. Rick James, Super Freak



26. Bon Jovi, Livin' on a Prayer



27. Grandmaster Flash, The Message



28. Britney Spears, ... Baby One More Time



29. Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U. S. A.



30. Janet Jackson, Nasty



31. Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nuthin' but a G Thang



32. Pearl Jam, Jeremy



33. Tina Turner, What's Love Got to do With It



34. Peter Gabriel, In Your Eyes



35. The Sugarhill Gang, Rapper's Delight



36. Joan Jett, I Love Rock 'n Roll



37. Alicia Keys, Fallin'



38. The Clash, London Calling



39. Tom Petty, Free Fallin'



40. Michael Jackson, Beat It



41. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Under the Bridge



42. Blondie, Heart of Glass



43. The Go-Go's, Our Lips Are Sealed



44. Gloria Gaynor, I Will Survive



45. Aerosmith, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing



46. Queen and David Bowie, Under Pressure



47. Shania Twain, You're Still the One



48. Naughty By Nature, O. P. P.



49. Journey, Don't Stop Believin'



50. Lenny Kravitz, Are You Gonna Go My Way?



51. George Michael, Faith



52. The Rolling Stones, Start Me Up



53. Marvin Gaye, Sexual Healing



54. Goo Goo Dolls, Iris



55. Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime



56. Sheryl Crow, All I Wanna Do



57. Eric Clapton, Tears in Heaven



58. The Notorious B. I. G. feat. Puff Daddy & Mase, Mo Money Mo Problems



59. Meat Loaf Paradise By the Dashboard Light



60. Santana feat. Rob Thomas, Smooth



61. Backstreet Boys, I Want It That Way



62. Pretenders, Brass in Pocket



63. Beck, Loser



64. The Knack, My Sharona



65. Nelly, Hot in Herre



66. Squeeze, Tempted



67. John Cougar Mellencamp, Jack and Diane



68. Chic, Good Times



69. Mary J. Blige, Real Love



70. Culture Club, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me



71. Dave Matthews Band, Crash Into Me



72. John Lennon, (Just Like) Starting Over



73. LL Cool J, Mama Said Knock You Out



74. Hall & Oates, I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)



75. The Ramones, I Wanna Be Sedated



76. Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)



77. Missy Elliott, Work It



78. Green Day, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)



79. Destiny's Child, Say My Name



80. Duran Duran, Hungry Like the Wolf



81. OutKast, Ms. Jackson



82. Soft Cell, Tainted Love



83. Band Aid, Do They Know It's Christmas



84. Radiohead, Creep



85. Eminem, My Name Is



86. Tracy Chapman, Fast Car



87. The Who, Who Are You



88. Metallica, Enter Sandman



89. Pat Benatar, Hit Me With Your Best Shot



90. The Police, Roxanne



91. Melissa Etheridge, Come to My Window



92. Salt-N-Pepa, Push It



93. Nine Inch Nails, Closer



94. Cheap Trick, Surrender



95. Oasis, Wonderwall



96. Beastie Boys, (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)



97. Devo, Whip It



98. Hanson, MMMBop



99. Norah Jones, Don't Know Why



100. Madonna, Ray of Light

 

[Champane Flight]

Maybe

Maybe we are too old to appreciate these songs? Naaaa. Out of 100 I would listen to eleven of them. The rest are pretty much crap. There are many good musicians/music out there right now, why must they base all there decisions on popularity? Most people wouldn't know good music if it reached out and bit them.

 

[Hale on wheels]

I guess I'm not as picky as you CF... I like 12 of them

 

[TxDieselKid]

97. Devo, Whip It

you have GOT to be kidding me... :--)

 

[RMcCulloch]

Wail,



It seems to me that the list was drawn up by a 30-year old Rock DJ.



If that's the "best", it might be even more interesting to see a list of "worst" - there might be a lot of good songs on it!



Having been exposed to most, if not quite all, of these, I'd be willing to simply re-title these as "Worst" and let it go.



BTW, I'm a Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tex Benneke, and Kenny G fan who also appreciates Alabama, Shania Twain, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Alan Jackson, Peter, Paul, and Mary, The Doors and The Mamas and the Papas.

 

[Andy Perreault]

Do these list-makers even have a clue as to who STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN is???????

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BTW, as I was reading this topic, I was listening to all 15 minutes of his live version of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile"

 

[me4osu]

Originally posted by Andy Perreault

Do these list-makers even have a clue as to who STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN is???????

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BTW, as I was reading this topic, I was listening to all 15 minutes of his live version of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile"

My sentiments exactly. I am partial to "Texas Flood". "The day the music died" was when the helicopter crashed. Even though the whole bar used to sing that song when they would play it at Eskimo Joes.

 

[bmoeller]

Originally posted by TxDieselKid

you have GOT to be kidding me... :--)

MMMBop from Hanson? WTH What a crappy song.



I listen to classic country mostly, but I still like alot of songs from other genras.



Very narrow-minded list. They missed pretty much all the great songs.

 

[Rosco]

Not one song by Lynard Skynard or the Grateful Dead, but Hall and Oates made the list. Go figure.

 

[Andy Perreault]

Originally posted by Rosco

Not one song by Lynard Skynard...

Well, in all fairness to the ones who made this list, Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crash was in '78 I believe, which is before the 25 year cutoff for this list. I know the band is still around, but their best was definitely in the mid-70's. As for the Grateful Dead, what about "A Touch of Gray"? That was put out in 1987.

I guess what goes around comes around. My folks can't stand the music I listen to, and now I'm old enough that I can't stand the music that teenagers are listening to today!

All I know is that you can't beat that good old long-haired rock and roll from the 70's. But I also like the 80's hard rock and heavy metal.

To each his own, I guess.

Andy



(P. S. , in my posting above, I guess I should have said "was" instead of "is" in my reference to S. R. V. )