100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years

[BlueFire]

I figured I'd post this since no one else did. Vh1 did another one of their specials.. and here's the list

100) Madonna - Ray Of Light
99) Norah Jones - Don’t Know Why
98) Hanson - MMMBop
97) Devo - Whip It
96) Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)
95) Oasis - Wonderwall
94) Cheap Trick - Surrender
93) Nine Inch Nails - Closer
92) Salt 'N Pepa - Push It
91) Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window
90) The Police - Roxanne
89) Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
88) Metallica - Enter Sandman
87) The Who - Who Are You
86) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
85) Eminem - My Name Is
84) Radiohead - Creep
83) Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas
82) Soft Cell - Tainted Love
81) OutKast - Ms. Jackson
80) Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
79) Destiny’s Child - Say My Name
78) Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
77) Missy Elliott - Work It
76) Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
75) The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
74) Hall & Oates - I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)
73) L.L. Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
72) John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
71) Dave Matthews Band- Crash Into Me
70) Culture Club - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
69) Mary J. Blige - Real Love
68) Chic - Good Times
67) John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack And Diane
66) Squeeze - Tempted
65) Nelly - Hot In Herre
64) The Knack - My Sharona
63) Beck - Loser
62) Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
61) Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
60) Santana feat Rob Thomas - Smooth
59) Meat Loaf-Paradise By The Dashboard Light
58) The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy & Mase- Mo Money Mo Problems
57) Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
56) Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
55) Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
54) Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
53) Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
52) The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
51) George Michael - Faith
50) Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
49) Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’
48) Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
47) Shania Twain - You’re Still The One
46) Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
45) Aerosmith -I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
44) Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
43) The Go-Go’s - Our Lips Are Sealed
42) Blondie - Heart Of Glass
41) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
40) Michael Jackson - Beat It
39) Tom Petty - Free Fallin’
38) The Clash - London Calling
37) Alicia Keys - Fallin’
36) Joan Jett - I Love Rock ‘N Roll
35) The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight
34) Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
33) Tina Turner - What’s Love Got To Do With It
32) Pearl Jam - Jeremy
31) Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg - Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang
30) Janet Jackson - Nasty
29) Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
28) Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time
27) Grandmaster Flash - The Message
26) Bon Jovi - Livin’ On A Prayer
25) Rick James - Super Freak
24) Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
23) Prince - Little Red Corvette
22) Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
21) U2 - With Or Without You
20) AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
19) Public Enemy - Fight The Power
18) R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
17) Def Leppard - Photograph
16) No Doubt - Don’t Speak
15) Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
14) Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
13) TLC - Waterfalls
12) Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
11) Van Halen - Jump
10) Madonna - Like A Virgin
09) The Police - Every Breath You Take
08) Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
07) Prince & The Revolution - When Doves Cry
06) Run-D.M.C. - Walk This Way
05) U2 - One
04) Eminem - Lose Yourself
03) Guns N’ Roses - Sweet Child O’ Mine
02) Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
01) Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit


Nirvana got #1 :D Great song..

[Jason1]

1 question: WTF is Eminem doing at no. 4?

[BlueFire]

Originally posted by Jason1
1 question: WTF is Eminem doing at no. 4? I would ask the same thing.. especially:

What is Nelly's "Hot in Herre" doing on that list at all... :shakehead

[TheGame]

I like rap, but I think that list shouldn't have included ANY from the last 3-5 years.

[yes_yes i am]

from wut i see those are all singles so im pretty sure its just sales... otherwise thats pretty dumb =\

how can u measure the greatness of a song?

[Perfect Stu]

Originally posted by yes_yes i am
how can u measure the greatness of a song?

with your opinion. facts don't play a role in preference.

I disagree with a lot of the list, but meh. They should have the 100 greatest songs from the past 50 years :D

[Bond]

I was just talking about this list with Stonecutter last night.

I think it's awful, but it is hard to make these all-in-one lists I suppose.

[Professor S]

I have so many issues with that list that I won't even bother to post them...

I just have two words... BON JOVI??????

[Stonecutter]

Every time another list comes out I have to make another decision on who the worst listmakers are.

Is it VH1

Or TV guide

both are awful

but the list does have one redeeming quality.


Originally posted by BLueFire

49) Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’


Best. Keyboard. Riff. Ever.

[Rndm_Perfection]

It's VH1, what'd you expect?

EDIT: And, Stoney C. is right about Journey.

[Xantar]

Originally posted by Bluefie

What is Nelly's "Hot in Herre" doing on that list at all...

Originally posted by The Strangler

I just have two words... BON JOVI??????

To these, I would add two more words...Britney Spears????

[TheGame]

Originally posted by Xantar
To these, I would add two more words...Britney Spears????

lol, Britney isn't all that bad... I liked her preformance at the VMAs (years ago)... and er, I have liked all of her recent videos, can't say that I like many of her songs, but nice videos. Um, yeah...

*slowly backs away from thread*

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by TheGame
I liked her preformance at the VMAs (years ago)...

You mean the one where she stripped down to a bunch of skin-colored clothes and stupid people thought she was actually almost naked?

[gekko]

You sure this list doesn't have to do anything with popularity, and not a panel of people picking the songs?

[Joeiss]

Hmm... They left out a lot of jazz tunes... Wait a minute, there aren't any Jazz songs on that! That is horrible. And they left out a lot of classical music as well... Those bastards.

[Blade Runner]

Eminem - My Name Is !? Backstreet boys!?

Wow, this list is terrible. Where is bohemian rhapsody? No csny? No hendrix? No smashing pumpkins!?

Hanson!?

*kills himself*

[NYGiant]

Gee, Juicy from Notorious BIG ain't even up there...BS

[DeathsHand]

I'm thinking this list was either made by a retarded person or it's based on something like sales... or like air time... Or something... :unsure:

[bobcat]

Where's Billy Ray Cyrus?

[nWoCHRISnWo]

Originally posted by Jason1
1 question: WTF is Eminem doing at no. 4?

You're right, he should be in the top 3.

[BlueFire]

Originally posted by nWoCHRISnWo
You're right, he should be in the top 3. No, I don't think he should be there at all :p

[GameMaster]

Originally posted by nWoCHRISnWo
You're right, he should be in the top 3.

He should be number 1. But they picked a bad song. Lose Yourself was just the theme from the movie. My Name Is is pretty good. They should have used Sing for the Moment.

[Stonecutter]

Originally posted by Blade Runner
Where is bohemian rhapsody? No csny? No hendrix?



Past 25 years, Hendrix has been dead for over 25 years.

[CrOnO_LiNk]

Originally posted by BLueFire
No, I don't think he should be there at all :p

Lose Yourself is an awesome song you know. Eminem even mentioned that the song is a sort of charm for the rap genre....

But where is Pink Floyd in that list? The guy deserves to be in there...

EDIT: Ooopps.... Number 15... Didn't see that.

[Stonecutter]

Pink Floyd is not a guy :rolleyes::banghead:

[One Winged Angel]

Nirvana deserves that #1 spot.

[Blade Runner]

Originally posted by Stonecutter
Past 25 years, Hendrix has been dead for over 25 years.
D'oh, didn't see the 25 year thing.
Pink Floyd is not a guy
lol
They should have used Sing for the Moment.
I like the song its based on a lot more. One of my friends actually had know idea it was based on the stone's song...so sad.


And i still can't believe no pumpkin song is up there.

[Jason1]

How can you call Eminem's ''Sing for the moment'' a good song when it is nothing more that rip off of another song?

[Joeiss]

OMG... You should shoot yourself in the foot if you think Pink Floyd is a guy.. OMG>. that is funny.

Another Brick on the Wall is a good song... Not their best, but I guess it was the only CD of theirs that fit into the 25 year thing.

[GameMaster]

Originally posted by Jason1
How can you call Eminem's ''Sing for the moment'' a good song when it is nothing more that rip off of another song?

Just because it's someone else's doesn't make it bad. I still like it.

But since we're talking about originals how about Way I Am.

[Stonecutter]

Originally posted by Joeiss
OMG... You should shoot yourself in the foot if you think Pink Floyd is a guy.. OMG>. that is funny.

Another Brick on the Wall is a good song... Not their best, but I guess it was the only CD of theirs that fit into the 25 year thing.

Final Cut and Division Bell were both released after The Wall. Nobody really knows any songs from those albums though so......

[Professor S]

Originally posted by Blade Runner
I like the song its based on a lot more. One of my friends actually had know idea it was based on the stone's song...so sad.

Its based on an Aerosmith song, not the Stones.

[Perfect Stu]

Originally posted by The Strangler
Its based on an Aerosmith song, not the Stones.

and a damned good one at that

Music was much better in the 60's and 70's anyway IMO.

[GameMaster]

Originally posted by Perfect Stu
and a damned good one at that

Music was much better in the 60's and 70's anyway IMO.

Nope. The Baroque Era was much better.

[Perfect Stu]

Originally posted by GameMaster
Nope. The Baroque Era was much better.

WTF? 'In My Opinion'

"Nope" infers that I was wrong. If that's what you meant then your understanding of an important yet simple meaning/concept is cloudy (if not nonexistent)

[Jason1]

Originally posted by Perfect Stu
WTF? 'In My Opinion'

"Nope" infers that I was wrong. If that's what you meant then your understanding of an important yet simple meaning/concept is cloudy (if not nonexistent)

Calm down stu...hes just disagree's with you. You people sometimes:rolleyes:

[Canyarion]

Weird list.... but I'll try the MP3s that I didn't have yet.

[Blade Runner]

Originally posted by The Strangler
Its based on an Aerosmith song, not the Stones.

Damn, you're so right. For some reason i was thinking of gimme shelter by the stones :unsure:

[Perfect Stu]

Originally posted by Jason1
Calm down stu...hes just disagree's with you. You people sometimes:rolleyes:

If I was upset, I would have included exclamation marks!!!!!! :mad: !!!!1




:sneaky:

[One Winged Angel]

*laughs at all the flaming going on


thats why I come here :)

[BlueFire]

lol... if that's the only reason then maybe IGN is the place for you. ;)

[TheGrimReaper]

Sultans of Swing should be number one, no questions asked.

[DJ Mike Hunt]

About five of these songs are only a few months old. And only about ten are actually any good. They left out -

Sonic Youth
The Replacements
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
The White Stripes
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Linda Ronstadt (Her "Blue Bayou" was so pretty)
And lots of other people

Since they did seem to remember Blondie and the Talking Heads, the entire list should have just been Blondie and the Talking Heads.

Oh, that boy of mine
By my side
The silver moon and the evening tide
Oh, some sweet day
Going to take away
This hurting inside
Well, I'll never be blue
My dreams come true
On Blue Bayou.

[Joeiss]

Originally posted by TheGrimReaper
Sultans of Swing should be number one, no questions asked.

Now that is a sweet song.

[NYGiant]

everything VH1 shows about greatest and best stuffs are always garbage

[Stonecutter]

Originally posted by TheGrimReaper
Sultans of Swing should be number one, no questions asked.

GC!

One of 3 good Dire Straits songs (the other two being Walk of Life and Money for Nothing.)

You get a shiver in the dark
It's raining in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
You feel alright when you hear that music ring


You step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Too much competition too many other places
But not too many horns can make that sound
Way on downsouth way on downsouth London town


You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
And an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing


And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
He can play honky tonk just like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
With the Sultans with the Sultans of Swing


And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
The don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
It ain't what they call rock and roll
And the Sultans played Creole


And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
And says at last just as the time bell rings
'Thank you goodnight now it's time to go home'
and he makes it fast whith one more thing
'We are the Sultans of Swing

[Canyarion]

3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
Mr Mister - Broken Wings
Nickelback - How you remind me
Alanis Moriset - Ironic
Paul Simon - Call me Al
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
Toto - Africa
Marillion - Kayleigh
Rene Klijn - Mister Blue
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philedelphia

Some French songs:
Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas
Dalida - Paroles paroles
I won't bother you with more... ;)

How's that list? :)

[GameMaster]

No Beatles or Wings! :eek:

This list is obviously incorrect. :shakehead

[DJ Mike Hunt]

Originally posted by GameMaster
No Beatles or Wings! :eek:

This list is obviously incorrect. :shakehead

I love people who can't read. Here's the 100 Greatest Songs of Rock and Roll list that VH1 put together a few years ago:


100
Papa Was A Rolling Stone
The Temptations
99
We've Only Just Begun
The Carpenters
98
La Bamba
Ritchie Valens
97
No Woman No Cry
Bob Marley
96
Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen
95
Jump
Van Halen
94
Gimme Some Lovin'
The Spencer Davis Group
93
In The Midnight Hour
Wilson Pickett
92
When Doves Cry
Prince
91
You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC
90
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On
Jerry Lee Lewis
89
Stand By Me
Ben E. King
88
Somebody To Love
Jefferson Airplane
87
Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Dylan
86
We Are The Champions
Queen
85
Roxanne
The Police
84
More Than a Feeling
Boston
83
Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones
82
Sexual Healing
Marvin Gaye
81
Gloria
Them (60's)
80
Fire And Rain
James Taylor
79
Hard Day's Night, A
The Beatles
78
Blue Suede Shoes
Carl Perkins (Rock)
77
Summertime Blues
Eddie Cochran
76
California Girls
The Beach Boys
75
Sunshine Of Your Love
Cream
74
Good Golly Miss Molly
Little Richard
73
Twist, The
Chubby Checker
72
God Only Knows
The Beach Boys
71
Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley
70
Your Song
Elton John
69
Maggie May
Rod Stewart
68
All Shook Up
Elvis Presley
67
Let's Stay Together - (long version)
Al Green
66
Rock And Roll
Led Zeppelin
65
Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Rolling Stones
64
London Calling
The Clash
63
Crazy
Patsy Cline
62
Kashmir
Led Zeppelin
61
Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles
60
Space Oddity
David Bowie
59
She Loves You
The Beatles
58
Piano Man
Billy Joel
57
Twist And Shout
The Beatles
56
Blowin' In The Wind
Bob Dylan
55
For What It's Worth
Buffalo Springfield
54
Stayin' Alive
The Bee Gees
53
Great Balls Of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis
52
Beat It
Michael Jackson
51
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Crosby, Stills & Nash
50
Wild Thing
The Troggs
49
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison
48
California Dreamin'
The Mamas & The Papas
47
Dream On
Aerosmith
46
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
45
That'll Be The Day
Buddy Holly
44
Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd
43
What'd I Say
Ray Charles
42
Every Breath You Take
The Police
41
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
40
Born To Be Wild
Steppenwolf
39
Proud Mary
Creedence Clearwater Revival
38
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
37
Rock Around The Clock
Bill Haley
36
My Girl
The Temptations
35
Walk This Way
Aerosmith
34
All Along The Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix
33
Dock Of The Bay, The (Sittin' On)
Otis Redding
32
Let It Be
The Beatles
31
Hound Dog
Elvis Presley
30
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
29
Oh, Pretty Woman
Roy Orbison
28
You Really Got Me
The Kinks
27
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
26
Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones
25
Purple Haze
Jimi Hendrix
24
Brown Sugar
The Rolling Stones
23
I Want To Hold Your Hand
The Beatles
22
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
21
I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Brown
20
Day In The Life, A
The Beatles
19
American Pie
Don McLean
18
Too Much
Elvis Presley
17
Won't Get Fooled Again
The Who
16
Layla
Derek & the Dominos
15
Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry
14
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
13
My Generation
The Who
12
Yesterday
The Beatles
11
Louie, Louie
The Kingsmen
10
Imagine
John Lennon
9
Hey Jude
The Beatles
8
Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys
7
Light My Fire
The Doors
6
Hotel California
The Eagles
5
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
4
Like A Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan
3
Stairway To Heaven
Led Zeppelin
2
Respect
Aretha Franklin
1
Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones

Where's Sam Cooke? Where's Muddy Waters? Where's the Velvet Underground? They didn't even manage to get the best Beatles songs in. I would have added sweeter ones like "Something" or "In my Life". I know it's supposed to be opinion, not fact, but they do call it the "100 Greatest", not "Our 100 Favorite". And... The Carpenters?

[GameMaster]

Originally posted by DJ Mike Hunt
I love people who can't read. Here's the 100 Greatest Songs of Rock and Roll list that VH1 put together a few years ago

And I love people who expect me to read things that weren't there when I posted. :rolleyes:

Thanks for outdated list too. Like it matters anyway. This is soley VH1's top 100. Our's would all be different. :-o

[Stonecutter]

Yeah, that 100 best list is suckey too. I'm ok with Satisfaction beating the stairway, but not Respect. I wouldn't even call Respect a rock and roll song.

[Joeiss]

Originally posted by Stonecutter
I wouldn't even call Respect a rock and roll song.

I second that.

[TheGrimReaper]

Hey, Romeo and Juliet is a good Dire Straits song.

[Stonecutter]

I was in the shower, of all places, when THE MOST glaring omission from the top 100 of the past 25 hit me.

THE RISING!

WTF?

I know it's only a year old, but come on, that song was pretty much the anthem of 9/11 and I don't think we need to make any statements on the impact of 9/11 on.....everything. How The Rising isn't in the top TEN is beyond me.

M&M in the top 10
The Rising not on the list.

HUH?

[Joeiss]

The rising? As in the... "come on up for the rising.. " that song? WTF... that song is horrible.

[yes_yes i am]

Originally posted by One Winged Angel
*laughs at all the flaming going on


thats why I come here :)


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i go there whenever i need a laugh :D