Greatest Song of all Time - Rolling Stone Mag
 

Bob Dylan's classic, Like a Rolling Stone, has been voted the greatest song of all time.

The 1965 hit topped a list in Rolling Stone Magazine, which also featured tunes by The Beatles and The Who.

The Fab Four and the Stones account for most songs on the list, chosen by 172 artists including Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello and K D Lang.

More than 200 of the tunes were penned in the swinging sixties, and 144 were written the following decade. The 1980s, known for glam rock and bad fashion, could offer just 55 songs.

And there were only three songs from the current decade. Eminem's Lose Yourself reached number 166, and the controversial rapper also came in at number 290 with Stan.

OutKast's memorable hit from last year, Hey Ya, came in at number 180.

Dylan's hit was followed by the Rolling Stones' (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction and John Lennon's Imagine.

Aretha Franklin came in at number five with her chart topper Respect. She is followed by the Beach Boys with Good Vibrations and then Chuck Berry's Johnny B Goode.

The Beatles get their first entry at number eight with Hey Jude - bound to spark debate over whether the tune is the best ever Beatles number.

Just behind the Beatles is Nirvana, with Smells Like Teen Spirit the only offering from recent years in the top 20.

Can't seem to find the full list yet....


Here are the top 20 songs from Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time:

Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones

Imagine, John Lennon

What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye

Respect, Aretha Franklin

Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys

Johnny B Goode, Chuck Berry

Hey Jude, The Beatles

Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana

What’d I Say, Ray Charles

My Generation, The Who

A Change is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke

Yesterday, The Beatles

Blowin’ in the Wind, Bob Dylan

London Calling, The Clash

I Want to Hold Your Hand, The Beatles

Purple Haze, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Maybellene, Chuck Berry

Hound Dog, Elvis Presley

Seems like they've made a list of the most recognizable songs, not the "greatest" songs. :shrug:

UGH. It's like "jaundice that fell off the stage," as Stevie would say...

Is there criteria for this stuff, or is just a few opinions by the critics? I'm guessing pure opinion...

These lists are such a snooze fest. They seem more and more meaningless as more are created.

The sexiest men alive list is more interesting to me ;-)

:lol:

For some reason, I'm willing to bet that someone here on The Ledge will take a cue form you and actually create one for a new thread. :lol:

I've completely lost interest in this maketing ploy. :shrug:

I'm sure you'd be singing a different tune if it was a sexiest man list and George Clooney was on it. :laugh:

Sucks that his pop lost the Senate race, too.

People announced theirs this morning on Today, Jude Law is The Sexiest Man Alive, according to Peeps mag.

:laugh: I think he's rather impish. :laugh:

I was going to see Alfie because Susan Sarandon and Jane Krakowski are in it, who I both find incredibly beautiful, but when I saw he was the star, I balked. I'm SO sick of seeing his face. :nod:

I was happy to see "London Calling" on there, though. One of my faves evahhhh.

Ugh - I really don't see the appeal of Jude Law..I really don't find him attractive at all...

Same goes for Colin Farell...blech - I don't get the appeal at all..:shrug: ..not that anyone mentioned Colin Farrell...but I just thought I'd mention him...

Colin, Jimmy Iovine called and wants his unibrow back! :woohoo:

Seems to me that every time they come out with these "sexiest" lists, the men are always scrubs and the women are blonde bimbos. They should let me compile these lists, they'd actually have class. :laugh:

And I've heard that Alexander is a monstrosity of a film, truly wretched in a Gigli kind of way.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Damn. Funniest thing I've heard all day....

And I agree about those lists...I rarely agree with the men or women they put on there....but I find them quite meaningless anyway...

Pfffttt...
 

I like reading them. :laugh: Mostly just because I can't believe the dogs they put on those lists and I like laughing at their inclusions! I mean, Colin Farrell? I've seen more attractive rats. Hootchie Spears? Oy vey. Johnny Depp? Great actor, but he looks like a ferret. Keira Knightley? I like some meat with my bone, thankyouverymuch.

Still, yours would have Nicole Kidman at the top, and i can't, in good conscience, let that happen... :laugh: and speaking of ratface...

I think Nicole Kidman is beautiful. I wouldn't have her at the top, but she'd be on there. Very elegant and classy. She needs to eat a few more pork chops, though.

Maybe I should make my own list. :lol:

You SHOULD make your own list....could be interesting reading ;)

:laugh: I have another month off of work, why not? :laugh:

I'd like to see yours, especially if you think Colin Farrell is a dog. That's a sure sign that you've got some taste. :lol:

Whatdidya expect...
 

from Rolling Stone...The magazine that made sucking up/sucking ass an American passtime!

The late Nirvana singer/guitarist Kurt GO-BANG could've crapped in a hat and sold it to these braindead mindwads and they would've kissed that pile faster than anything in history...And they wouldve said it was the #1 song EVER!

Nirvana comparable to the Beatles...Yeah right!

Brian "Boom Boom...Out goes the lights" j.

You work? And Colin Farrell is a dog. One of those ratfaced dogs...

Wow - a month off work?

I got for the British men personally - my favorites are Kenneth Brannagh and Colin Firth :nod:

No, a magical fairy pays my rent and bills. :laugh:

I've worked mostly from home for about a year (even though I still have a desk at work, wonder how thick the dust is :laugh: ). I took two months off for family reasons, though, and I'm making the most of it. ;)

You should check out Jake Weber, he makes my heart go all a-flutter. *swoon* I get weak in the knees.

British ladies...let's see... Helen Mirren is stunning and very sexy (especially that voice...mmm). Helena Bonham Carter is gorgeous, but a little too pale at the moment. :laugh:

Kate Winslet?

Yup, she's a beaut, too. She looked especially good in Quills, even though she was a laundry maid.

I always thought that Julia Sawalha (Saffy) from AbFab was gorgeous back in her younger days.

The images coming up on a Google image search are definitely kind to Julia, she looks great.

I also think Kate is gorgeous and it pisses me off when people say she is fat. She's no rail but she is NOT FAT! I've been told I look like her. :D

Dude!!!
 

I don't understand the mentality that you have to be a rail to be attractive. :shrug: Honestly, I prefer people who look like human beings, not plastic surgery casualties. And good looks do not equal attractiveness. I've always though Camryn Manheim was incredibly sexy becaus eo fher attitude, her views on life, and her confidence. Love her.

I saw Kate Winslet on Charlie Rose, and she was soooo self absorbed and very, very talkative. bleah! If she was younger, Charlotte Rampling would win.
And what about the lady who played Queen Elizabeth? Kate Blachett, but i just realized she's australian, right? darn!

Ask Santa for one! :p

I like Winslet. She seems very down to earth to me. Charlotte Rampling was stunning back in the day. But she's aged very gracefully.

Still, the sexiest Brits are Helen Mirren and Jake Weber. Hands down. :nod:

she's not down to earth. She's just "well rounded" and they don't necessarily go hand in hand...but anyway
What do people who work at home do? What kind of jobs are those? how do you get them?

I know! I can't wait to see Ocean's 12. I need a little escapism. :)

He hasn't been in anything for a long while, eh? The last thing I saw him in was that awful flick with Zeta Jones. :sorry:

ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That and the Nicholas Cage one about the treasure map on the back of the Const. I also want to see the Depp movie about Barrie. ALL of those will be "escapism for [my] very survival" :cool:

LMFAO! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That made me slap my desk. There are far better things to come out of Ireland than Colin Farrell. I like Johnny Depp but every time I see him now I will think "ferret." :lol:

Oooh. I do like Colin Firth.

I think...
 

my "escapism' movies would be the "Sponge Bob Square-pants Movie" & "Team America" :laugh:

Brian "Rolling Stone magazine use #666-Great litter box liner" j.