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Bronx BombersBronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
edited November 2011 in Other Music
I was talking about this with a buddy from work today, anyone remember the top 500 countdown on WNEW that always ended on July 4th. I used to look forward to this every year, such great memories. There was always a few question marks with some of the selections but on the whole I thought they did a fantastic job year in and year out. I really wish I could find some of the lists from the 80's, the only ones Ive seen are from 91 and 96. Heres the list from 96, a few songs by the boys cracked the top 100.


1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

3. The Beatles - Hey Jude

4. The Eagles - Hotel California

5. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

7. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

8. Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

9. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

10. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

11. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

12. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

13. The Who - Baba O'Riley

14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

15. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

16. The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

17. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

18. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

19. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

20. John Lennon - Imagine

21. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

22. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

23. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

24. Billy Joel - Piano Man

25. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

26. The Doors - Light My Fire

27. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

28. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post

29. The Beatles - Revolution

30. Aerosmith - Dream On

31. Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

32. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

33. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

34. Van Morrisson - Moondance

35. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

36. The Kinks - Lola

37. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

38. The Doors - The End

39. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile/Slight Return

40. Pink Floyd - Money

41. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

42. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

43. Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida

44. Cracker - Low

45. Pink Floyd - Time

46. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

47. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita

48. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

49. The Doors - L.A. Woman

50. Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

51. Van Morrisson - Into the Mystic

52. The Beatles - Let It Be

53. The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band

54. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

55. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

56. The Who - Pinball Wizard

57. The Allman Brothers - Jessica

58. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

59. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

60. The Grateful Dead - Truckin'

61. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

62. Pearl Jam - Black

63. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

64. The Police - Roxanne

65. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

66. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

67. The Allman Brothers - Blue Sky

68. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

69. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

70. Steely Dan - Aja

71. Soul Asylum - Black Gold

72. U2 - Bad

73. The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen

74. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

75. Allman Brothers - Melissa

76. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

77. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

78. Allman Brothers - One Way Out

79. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

80. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

81. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

82. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil #9

83. Don McLean - American Pie

84. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

85. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

86. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

87. Van Halen - Jump

88. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

89. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

90. Yes - Close to the Edge

91. The Who - Who Are You

92. The Beatles - Helter Skelter

93. Bob Seger - Night Moves

94. The Band - The Weight

95. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

96. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus

97. The Beatles - Yesterday

98. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

99. The Eagles - Take It Easy

100. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia

http://www.rocklists.com/alltime48.html

Comments

  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,674
    edited December 2024
    I'm currently listening to the spiritual successor to the Firecracker 500, Q104.3's annual Top 1043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time Thanksgiving-week countdown. Earlier in the countdown (which started on Tuesday morning and is currently up to No. 78), one of the DJs commented that Pearl Jam fans had "shown up" in the voting this year. The biggest example I've seen yet of this is that "Better Man," which was No. 859 last year, came in at No. 91 this year. No other song yet played in this year's top 100 was even outside the top 200 last year, let alone the top 800.

    Incidentally, the aforementioned No. 78 is Pearl Jam-adjacent: "Magic Man" by Heart. (EDIT: This song was also well outside the top 200 last year. Maybe it was Seattle that "showed up" for this New York-based countdown.)
    Post edited by BF25394 on
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  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,674
    "Black" up from No. 253 to No. 73.
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,348
    Are you guys talking about WNEW in NY? 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,674
    josevolution said:
    Are you guys talking about WNEW in NY? 
    Yes and no. The original Firecracker 500 was on WNEW. The Top 1,043 countdown that I'm referencing is on WAXQ 104.3.

    "Alive" ended up in the top 40. That was the highest-placing Pearl Jam song. It was way up from where it was last year.
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,674
    Highest-placing songs from the '90s or later:

    23. "Enter Sandman" (1991)
    37. "Alive" (1991)
    55. "November Rain" (1991)
    62. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)
    73. "Black" (1991)
    80. "Nothing Else Matters" (1991)
    91. "Better Man" (1994)
    92. "Everlong" (1995)

    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,492
    Bronx Bombers said:
    I was talking about this with a buddy from work today, anyone remember the top 500 countdown on WNEW that always ended on July 4th. I used to look forward to this every year, such great memories. There was always a few question marks with some of the selections but on the whole I thought they did a fantastic job year in and year out. I really wish I could find some of the lists from the 80's, the only ones Ive seen are from 91 and 96. Heres the list from 96, a few songs by the boys cracked the top 100.


    1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

    2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

    3. The Beatles - Hey Jude

    4. The Eagles - Hotel California

    5. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

    6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

    7. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    8. Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

    9. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

    10. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

    11. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

    12. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

    13. The Who - Baba O'Riley

    14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

    15. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

    16. The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

    17. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

    18. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

    19. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

    20. John Lennon - Imagine

    21. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

    22. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

    23. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

    24. Billy Joel - Piano Man

    25. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

    26. The Doors - Light My Fire

    27. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

    28. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post

    29. The Beatles - Revolution

    30. Aerosmith - Dream On

    31. Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

    32. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

    33. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

    34. Van Morrisson - Moondance

    35. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

    36. The Kinks - Lola

    37. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

    38. The Doors - The End

    39. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile/Slight Return

    40. Pink Floyd - Money

    41. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

    42. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

    43. Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida

    44. Cracker - Low

    45. Pink Floyd - Time

    46. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

    47. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita

    48. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

    49. The Doors - L.A. Woman

    50. Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

    51. Van Morrisson - Into the Mystic

    52. The Beatles - Let It Be

    53. The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band

    54. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

    55. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

    56. The Who - Pinball Wizard

    57. The Allman Brothers - Jessica

    58. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

    59. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

    60. The Grateful Dead - Truckin'

    61. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

    62. Pearl Jam - Black

    63. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

    64. The Police - Roxanne

    65. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

    66. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

    67. The Allman Brothers - Blue Sky

    68. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

    69. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

    70. Steely Dan - Aja

    71. Soul Asylum - Black Gold

    72. U2 - Bad

    73. The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen

    74. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

    75. Allman Brothers - Melissa

    76. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    77. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

    78. Allman Brothers - One Way Out

    79. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

    80. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

    81. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

    82. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil #9

    83. Don McLean - American Pie

    84. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

    85. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

    86. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

    87. Van Halen - Jump

    88. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

    89. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

    90. Yes - Close to the Edge

    91. The Who - Who Are You

    92. The Beatles - Helter Skelter

    93. Bob Seger - Night Moves

    94. The Band - The Weight

    95. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

    96. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus

    97. The Beatles - Yesterday

    98. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

    99. The Eagles - Take It Easy

    100. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia

    http://www.rocklists.com/alltime48.html
    Not 1 Elvis, Beach Boys or Metallica song in the top 100?
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,674
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Bronx Bombers said:
    I was talking about this with a buddy from work today, anyone remember the top 500 countdown on WNEW that always ended on July 4th. I used to look forward to this every year, such great memories. There was always a few question marks with some of the selections but on the whole I thought they did a fantastic job year in and year out. I really wish I could find some of the lists from the 80's, the only ones Ive seen are from 91 and 96. Heres the list from 96, a few songs by the boys cracked the top 100.


    1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

    2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

    3. The Beatles - Hey Jude

    4. The Eagles - Hotel California

    5. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

    6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

    7. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    8. Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

    9. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

    10. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

    11. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

    12. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

    13. The Who - Baba O'Riley

    14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

    15. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

    16. The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

    17. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

    18. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

    19. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

    20. John Lennon - Imagine

    21. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

    22. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

    23. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

    24. Billy Joel - Piano Man

    25. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

    26. The Doors - Light My Fire

    27. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

    28. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post

    29. The Beatles - Revolution

    30. Aerosmith - Dream On

    31. Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

    32. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

    33. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

    34. Van Morrisson - Moondance

    35. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

    36. The Kinks - Lola

    37. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

    38. The Doors - The End

    39. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile/Slight Return

    40. Pink Floyd - Money

    41. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

    42. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

    43. Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida

    44. Cracker - Low

    45. Pink Floyd - Time

    46. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

    47. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita

    48. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

    49. The Doors - L.A. Woman

    50. Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

    51. Van Morrisson - Into the Mystic

    52. The Beatles - Let It Be

    53. The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band

    54. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

    55. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

    56. The Who - Pinball Wizard

    57. The Allman Brothers - Jessica

    58. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

    59. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

    60. The Grateful Dead - Truckin'

    61. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

    62. Pearl Jam - Black

    63. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

    64. The Police - Roxanne

    65. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

    66. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

    67. The Allman Brothers - Blue Sky

    68. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

    69. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

    70. Steely Dan - Aja

    71. Soul Asylum - Black Gold

    72. U2 - Bad

    73. The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen

    74. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

    75. Allman Brothers - Melissa

    76. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    77. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

    78. Allman Brothers - One Way Out

    79. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

    80. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

    81. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

    82. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil #9

    83. Don McLean - American Pie

    84. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

    85. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

    86. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

    87. Van Halen - Jump

    88. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

    89. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

    90. Yes - Close to the Edge

    91. The Who - Who Are You

    92. The Beatles - Helter Skelter

    93. Bob Seger - Night Moves

    94. The Band - The Weight

    95. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

    96. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus

    97. The Beatles - Yesterday

    98. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

    99. The Eagles - Take It Easy

    100. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia

    http://www.rocklists.com/alltime48.html
    Not 1 Elvis, Beach Boys or Metallica song in the top 100?
    The list you're quoting is from 1996.

    This year's list had two Metallica songs in the top 100. (See my post two spots above.) Anyway, this is as-voted-by-listeners so you get what you get. I definitely heard "Jailhouse Rock" earlier in the countdown this year.
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,492
    BF25394 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Bronx Bombers said:
    I was talking about this with a buddy from work today, anyone remember the top 500 countdown on WNEW that always ended on July 4th. I used to look forward to this every year, such great memories. There was always a few question marks with some of the selections but on the whole I thought they did a fantastic job year in and year out. I really wish I could find some of the lists from the 80's, the only ones Ive seen are from 91 and 96. Heres the list from 96, a few songs by the boys cracked the top 100.


    1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

    2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

    3. The Beatles - Hey Jude

    4. The Eagles - Hotel California

    5. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

    6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

    7. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    8. Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

    9. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

    10. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

    11. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

    12. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

    13. The Who - Baba O'Riley

    14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

    15. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

    16. The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

    17. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

    18. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

    19. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

    20. John Lennon - Imagine

    21. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

    22. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

    23. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

    24. Billy Joel - Piano Man

    25. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

    26. The Doors - Light My Fire

    27. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

    28. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post

    29. The Beatles - Revolution

    30. Aerosmith - Dream On

    31. Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

    32. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

    33. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

    34. Van Morrisson - Moondance

    35. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

    36. The Kinks - Lola

    37. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

    38. The Doors - The End

    39. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile/Slight Return

    40. Pink Floyd - Money

    41. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

    42. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

    43. Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida

    44. Cracker - Low

    45. Pink Floyd - Time

    46. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

    47. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita

    48. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

    49. The Doors - L.A. Woman

    50. Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

    51. Van Morrisson - Into the Mystic

    52. The Beatles - Let It Be

    53. The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band

    54. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

    55. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

    56. The Who - Pinball Wizard

    57. The Allman Brothers - Jessica

    58. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

    59. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

    60. The Grateful Dead - Truckin'

    61. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

    62. Pearl Jam - Black

    63. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

    64. The Police - Roxanne

    65. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

    66. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

    67. The Allman Brothers - Blue Sky

    68. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

    69. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

    70. Steely Dan - Aja

    71. Soul Asylum - Black Gold

    72. U2 - Bad

    73. The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen

    74. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

    75. Allman Brothers - Melissa

    76. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    77. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

    78. Allman Brothers - One Way Out

    79. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

    80. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

    81. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

    82. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil #9

    83. Don McLean - American Pie

    84. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

    85. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

    86. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

    87. Van Halen - Jump

    88. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

    89. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

    90. Yes - Close to the Edge

    91. The Who - Who Are You

    92. The Beatles - Helter Skelter

    93. Bob Seger - Night Moves

    94. The Band - The Weight

    95. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

    96. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus

    97. The Beatles - Yesterday

    98. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

    99. The Eagles - Take It Easy

    100. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia

    http://www.rocklists.com/alltime48.html
    Not 1 Elvis, Beach Boys or Metallica song in the top 100?
    The list you're quoting is from 1996.

    This year's list had two Metallica songs in the top 100. (See my post two spots above.) Anyway, this is as-voted-by-listeners so you get what you get. I definitely heard "Jailhouse Rock" earlier in the countdown this year.
    Ahhh ok.  I guess as we get older the olderish songs go. But having the Beatles and no Beach Boys is unusual.
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,674
    edited December 2024
    tempo_n_groove said:
    BF25394 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Bronx Bombers said:
    I was talking about this with a buddy from work today, anyone remember the top 500 countdown on WNEW that always ended on July 4th. I used to look forward to this every year, such great memories. There was always a few question marks with some of the selections but on the whole I thought they did a fantastic job year in and year out. I really wish I could find some of the lists from the 80's, the only ones Ive seen are from 91 and 96. Heres the list from 96, a few songs by the boys cracked the top 100.


    1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

    2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

    3. The Beatles - Hey Jude

    4. The Eagles - Hotel California

    5. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

    6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

    7. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    8. Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

    9. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

    10. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

    11. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

    12. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

    13. The Who - Baba O'Riley

    14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

    15. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

    16. The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

    17. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

    18. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

    19. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

    20. John Lennon - Imagine

    21. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

    22. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

    23. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

    24. Billy Joel - Piano Man

    25. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

    26. The Doors - Light My Fire

    27. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

    28. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post

    29. The Beatles - Revolution

    30. Aerosmith - Dream On

    31. Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

    32. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

    33. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

    34. Van Morrisson - Moondance

    35. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

    36. The Kinks - Lola

    37. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

    38. The Doors - The End

    39. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile/Slight Return

    40. Pink Floyd - Money

    41. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

    42. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

    43. Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida

    44. Cracker - Low

    45. Pink Floyd - Time

    46. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

    47. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita

    48. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

    49. The Doors - L.A. Woman

    50. Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

    51. Van Morrisson - Into the Mystic

    52. The Beatles - Let It Be

    53. The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band

    54. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

    55. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

    56. The Who - Pinball Wizard

    57. The Allman Brothers - Jessica

    58. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

    59. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

    60. The Grateful Dead - Truckin'

    61. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

    62. Pearl Jam - Black

    63. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

    64. The Police - Roxanne

    65. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

    66. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

    67. The Allman Brothers - Blue Sky

    68. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

    69. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

    70. Steely Dan - Aja

    71. Soul Asylum - Black Gold

    72. U2 - Bad

    73. The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen

    74. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

    75. Allman Brothers - Melissa

    76. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    77. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

    78. Allman Brothers - One Way Out

    79. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

    80. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

    81. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

    82. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil #9

    83. Don McLean - American Pie

    84. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

    85. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

    86. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

    87. Van Halen - Jump

    88. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

    89. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

    90. Yes - Close to the Edge

    91. The Who - Who Are You

    92. The Beatles - Helter Skelter

    93. Bob Seger - Night Moves

    94. The Band - The Weight

    95. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

    96. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus

    97. The Beatles - Yesterday

    98. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

    99. The Eagles - Take It Easy

    100. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia

    http://www.rocklists.com/alltime48.html
    Not 1 Elvis, Beach Boys or Metallica song in the top 100?
    The list you're quoting is from 1996.

    This year's list had two Metallica songs in the top 100. (See my post two spots above.) Anyway, this is as-voted-by-listeners so you get what you get. I definitely heard "Jailhouse Rock" earlier in the countdown this year.
    Ahhh ok.  I guess as we get older the olderish songs go. But having the Beatles and no Beach Boys is unusual.
    I wasn't able to listen to the entire countdown, so I can't state with authority that the Beach Boys are nowhere on it, but they definitely didn't make the top 100. I'd have "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" in my personal top 100 (comfortably), but I didn't vote.

    As great and as influential as the Beach Boys are/were (including on the Beatles), the Beatles stand alone in terms of popularity and influence across multiple generations of rock listeners. The station that runs this countdown still runs "Breakfast with the Beatles" every Sunday morning, as do other classic-rock stations around the U.S. There's no equivalent for the Beach Boys.

    In this countdown, 91 of the songs were by the Beatles' members, either as a group or in their post-Beatles careers. I think the runner-up was Led Zeppelin with 48 appearances.
    Post edited by BF25394 on
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,492
    BF25394 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    BF25394 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Bronx Bombers said:
    I was talking about this with a buddy from work today, anyone remember the top 500 countdown on WNEW that always ended on July 4th. I used to look forward to this every year, such great memories. There was always a few question marks with some of the selections but on the whole I thought they did a fantastic job year in and year out. I really wish I could find some of the lists from the 80's, the only ones Ive seen are from 91 and 96. Heres the list from 96, a few songs by the boys cracked the top 100.


    1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

    2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

    3. The Beatles - Hey Jude

    4. The Eagles - Hotel California

    5. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

    6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

    7. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    8. Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

    9. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

    10. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

    11. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

    12. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

    13. The Who - Baba O'Riley

    14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

    15. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

    16. The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

    17. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

    18. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

    19. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

    20. John Lennon - Imagine

    21. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

    22. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

    23. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

    24. Billy Joel - Piano Man

    25. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

    26. The Doors - Light My Fire

    27. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

    28. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post

    29. The Beatles - Revolution

    30. Aerosmith - Dream On

    31. Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

    32. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

    33. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

    34. Van Morrisson - Moondance

    35. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

    36. The Kinks - Lola

    37. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

    38. The Doors - The End

    39. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile/Slight Return

    40. Pink Floyd - Money

    41. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

    42. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

    43. Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida

    44. Cracker - Low

    45. Pink Floyd - Time

    46. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

    47. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita

    48. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

    49. The Doors - L.A. Woman

    50. Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

    51. Van Morrisson - Into the Mystic

    52. The Beatles - Let It Be

    53. The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band

    54. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

    55. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

    56. The Who - Pinball Wizard

    57. The Allman Brothers - Jessica

    58. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

    59. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

    60. The Grateful Dead - Truckin'

    61. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

    62. Pearl Jam - Black

    63. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

    64. The Police - Roxanne

    65. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

    66. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

    67. The Allman Brothers - Blue Sky

    68. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

    69. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

    70. Steely Dan - Aja

    71. Soul Asylum - Black Gold

    72. U2 - Bad

    73. The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen

    74. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

    75. Allman Brothers - Melissa

    76. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    77. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

    78. Allman Brothers - One Way Out

    79. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

    80. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

    81. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

    82. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil #9

    83. Don McLean - American Pie

    84. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

    85. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

    86. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

    87. Van Halen - Jump

    88. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

    89. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

    90. Yes - Close to the Edge

    91. The Who - Who Are You

    92. The Beatles - Helter Skelter

    93. Bob Seger - Night Moves

    94. The Band - The Weight

    95. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

    96. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus

    97. The Beatles - Yesterday

    98. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

    99. The Eagles - Take It Easy

    100. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia

    http://www.rocklists.com/alltime48.html
    Not 1 Elvis, Beach Boys or Metallica song in the top 100?
    The list you're quoting is from 1996.

    This year's list had two Metallica songs in the top 100. (See my post two spots above.) Anyway, this is as-voted-by-listeners so you get what you get. I definitely heard "Jailhouse Rock" earlier in the countdown this year.
    Ahhh ok.  I guess as we get older the olderish songs go. But having the Beatles and no Beach Boys is unusual.
    I wasn't able to listen to the entire countdown, so I can't state with authority that the Beach Boys are nowhere on it, but they definitely didn't make the top 100. I'd have "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" in my personal top 100 (comfortably), but I didn't vote.

    As great and as influential as the Beach Boys are/were (including on the Beatles), the Beatles stand alone in terms of popularity and influence across multiple generations of rock listeners. The station that runs this countdown still runs "Breakfast with the Beatles" every Sunday morning, as do other classic-rock stations around the U.S. There's no equivalent for the Beach Boys.

    In this countdown, 91 of the songs were by the Beatles' members, either as a group or in their post-Beatles careers. I think the runner-up was Led Zeppelin with 48 appearances.
    Wouldn't it be nice is a top 10 all time for me.  Should never be out of that.

    I have found that these lists are just like Rolling Stone Magazines lists other than the lack of Beach Boys songs, to be very Beatles heavy.
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,674
    tempo_n_groove said:

    I have found that these lists are just like Rolling Stone Magazines lists other than the lack of Beach Boys songs, to be very Beatles heavy.
    The Beatles are, objectively speaking, the biggest band in rock history, so that's how it's going to be.

    One thing that differentiates this list from many of the Rolling Stone lists is that the RS lists are usually created by a relatively small number of people, whereas this one is voted on by tens of thousands of people. It's a pretty good snapshot of what classic-rock fans like.
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,492
    BF25394 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:

    I have found that these lists are just like Rolling Stone Magazines lists other than the lack of Beach Boys songs, to be very Beatles heavy.
    The Beatles are, objectively speaking, the biggest band in rock history, so that's how it's going to be.

    One thing that differentiates this list from many of the Rolling Stone lists is that the RS lists are usually created by a relatively small number of people, whereas this one is voted on by tens of thousands of people. It's a pretty good snapshot of what classic-rock fans like.
    That would make more sense.  I always thought RS was biased.  Like Metallica sells out stadiums around the world but they don't have a song in the top 20 yet Master of Puppets is considered a masterpiece and did win Album of the year by a few publications.
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,674
    tempo_n_groove said:
    BF25394 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:

    I have found that these lists are just like Rolling Stone Magazines lists other than the lack of Beach Boys songs, to be very Beatles heavy.
    The Beatles are, objectively speaking, the biggest band in rock history, so that's how it's going to be.

    One thing that differentiates this list from many of the Rolling Stone lists is that the RS lists are usually created by a relatively small number of people, whereas this one is voted on by tens of thousands of people. It's a pretty good snapshot of what classic-rock fans like.
    That would make more sense.  I always thought RS was biased.  Like Metallica sells out stadiums around the world but they don't have a song in the top 20 yet Master of Puppets is considered a masterpiece and did win Album of the year by a few publications.
    Well, I mean any subjective list will be biased. It's pretty much the definition of subjective. The listener-voted list is biased, too; it's just that the bias gets watered down the more people you have contributing. There's probably still a level of bias in the listener-voted list (e.g., the voters probably skew disproportionately to a certain age cohort).
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,492
    BF25394 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    BF25394 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:

    I have found that these lists are just like Rolling Stone Magazines lists other than the lack of Beach Boys songs, to be very Beatles heavy.
    The Beatles are, objectively speaking, the biggest band in rock history, so that's how it's going to be.

    One thing that differentiates this list from many of the Rolling Stone lists is that the RS lists are usually created by a relatively small number of people, whereas this one is voted on by tens of thousands of people. It's a pretty good snapshot of what classic-rock fans like.
    That would make more sense.  I always thought RS was biased.  Like Metallica sells out stadiums around the world but they don't have a song in the top 20 yet Master of Puppets is considered a masterpiece and did win Album of the year by a few publications.
    Well, I mean any subjective list will be biased. It's pretty much the definition of subjective. The listener-voted list is biased, too; it's just that the bias gets watered down the more people you have contributing. There's probably still a level of bias in the listener-voted list (e.g., the voters probably skew disproportionately to a certain age cohort).
    You know what.  How many younger kids put on the radio and are voting?
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,674
    tempo_n_groove said:
    BF25394 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    BF25394 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:

    I have found that these lists are just like Rolling Stone Magazines lists other than the lack of Beach Boys songs, to be very Beatles heavy.
    The Beatles are, objectively speaking, the biggest band in rock history, so that's how it's going to be.

    One thing that differentiates this list from many of the Rolling Stone lists is that the RS lists are usually created by a relatively small number of people, whereas this one is voted on by tens of thousands of people. It's a pretty good snapshot of what classic-rock fans like.
    That would make more sense.  I always thought RS was biased.  Like Metallica sells out stadiums around the world but they don't have a song in the top 20 yet Master of Puppets is considered a masterpiece and did win Album of the year by a few publications.
    Well, I mean any subjective list will be biased. It's pretty much the definition of subjective. The listener-voted list is biased, too; it's just that the bias gets watered down the more people you have contributing. There's probably still a level of bias in the listener-voted list (e.g., the voters probably skew disproportionately to a certain age cohort).
    You know what.  How many younger kids put on the radio and are voting?
    Well, there definitely aren't a lot of kids listening to classic-rock radio, that is for sure, unless they're listening to it in their parents' car.
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,221
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Bronx Bombers said:
    I was talking about this with a buddy from work today, anyone remember the top 500 countdown on WNEW that always ended on July 4th. I used to look forward to this every year, such great memories. There was always a few question marks with some of the selections but on the whole I thought they did a fantastic job year in and year out. I really wish I could find some of the lists from the 80's, the only ones Ive seen are from 91 and 96. Heres the list from 96, a few songs by the boys cracked the top 100.


    1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

    2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

    3. The Beatles - Hey Jude

    4. The Eagles - Hotel California

    5. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

    6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

    7. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    8. Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

    9. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

    10. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

    11. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

    12. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

    13. The Who - Baba O'Riley

    14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

    15. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

    16. The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

    17. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

    18. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

    19. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

    20. John Lennon - Imagine

    21. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

    22. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

    23. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

    24. Billy Joel - Piano Man

    25. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

    26. The Doors - Light My Fire

    27. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

    28. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post

    29. The Beatles - Revolution

    30. Aerosmith - Dream On

    31. Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

    32. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

    33. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

    34. Van Morrisson - Moondance

    35. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

    36. The Kinks - Lola

    37. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

    38. The Doors - The End

    39. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile/Slight Return

    40. Pink Floyd - Money

    41. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

    42. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

    43. Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida

    44. Cracker - Low

    45. Pink Floyd - Time

    46. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

    47. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita

    48. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

    49. The Doors - L.A. Woman

    50. Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

    51. Van Morrisson - Into the Mystic

    52. The Beatles - Let It Be

    53. The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band

    54. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

    55. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

    56. The Who - Pinball Wizard

    57. The Allman Brothers - Jessica

    58. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

    59. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

    60. The Grateful Dead - Truckin'

    61. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

    62. Pearl Jam - Black

    63. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

    64. The Police - Roxanne

    65. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

    66. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

    67. The Allman Brothers - Blue Sky

    68. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

    69. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

    70. Steely Dan - Aja

    71. Soul Asylum - Black Gold

    72. U2 - Bad

    73. The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen

    74. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

    75. Allman Brothers - Melissa

    76. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    77. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

    78. Allman Brothers - One Way Out

    79. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

    80. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

    81. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

    82. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil #9

    83. Don McLean - American Pie

    84. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

    85. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

    86. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

    87. Van Halen - Jump

    88. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

    89. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

    90. Yes - Close to the Edge

    91. The Who - Who Are You

    92. The Beatles - Helter Skelter

    93. Bob Seger - Night Moves

    94. The Band - The Weight

    95. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

    96. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus

    97. The Beatles - Yesterday

    98. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

    99. The Eagles - Take It Easy

    100. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia

    http://www.rocklists.com/alltime48.html
    Not 1 Elvis, Beach Boys or Metallica song in the top 100?
    And not 1, but 2 Alanis Morrissette songs. How ironic.
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  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,674
    Poncier said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Bronx Bombers said:
    I was talking about this with a buddy from work today, anyone remember the top 500 countdown on WNEW that always ended on July 4th. I used to look forward to this every year, such great memories. There was always a few question marks with some of the selections but on the whole I thought they did a fantastic job year in and year out. I really wish I could find some of the lists from the 80's, the only ones Ive seen are from 91 and 96. Heres the list from 96, a few songs by the boys cracked the top 100.


    1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

    2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

    3. The Beatles - Hey Jude

    4. The Eagles - Hotel California

    5. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

    6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

    7. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    8. Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

    9. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

    10. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

    11. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

    12. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

    13. The Who - Baba O'Riley

    14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

    15. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

    16. The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

    17. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

    18. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

    19. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

    20. John Lennon - Imagine

    21. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

    22. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

    23. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

    24. Billy Joel - Piano Man

    25. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

    26. The Doors - Light My Fire

    27. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

    28. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post

    29. The Beatles - Revolution

    30. Aerosmith - Dream On

    31. Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

    32. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

    33. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

    34. Van Morrisson - Moondance

    35. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

    36. The Kinks - Lola

    37. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

    38. The Doors - The End

    39. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile/Slight Return

    40. Pink Floyd - Money

    41. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

    42. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

    43. Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida

    44. Cracker - Low

    45. Pink Floyd - Time

    46. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

    47. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita

    48. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

    49. The Doors - L.A. Woman

    50. Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

    51. Van Morrisson - Into the Mystic

    52. The Beatles - Let It Be

    53. The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band

    54. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

    55. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

    56. The Who - Pinball Wizard

    57. The Allman Brothers - Jessica

    58. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

    59. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

    60. The Grateful Dead - Truckin'

    61. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

    62. Pearl Jam - Black

    63. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

    64. The Police - Roxanne

    65. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

    66. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

    67. The Allman Brothers - Blue Sky

    68. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

    69. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

    70. Steely Dan - Aja

    71. Soul Asylum - Black Gold

    72. U2 - Bad

    73. The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen

    74. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

    75. Allman Brothers - Melissa

    76. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    77. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

    78. Allman Brothers - One Way Out

    79. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

    80. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

    81. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

    82. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil #9

    83. Don McLean - American Pie

    84. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

    85. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

    86. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

    87. Van Halen - Jump

    88. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

    89. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

    90. Yes - Close to the Edge

    91. The Who - Who Are You

    92. The Beatles - Helter Skelter

    93. Bob Seger - Night Moves

    94. The Band - The Weight

    95. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

    96. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus

    97. The Beatles - Yesterday

    98. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

    99. The Eagles - Take It Easy

    100. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia

    http://www.rocklists.com/alltime48.html
    Not 1 Elvis, Beach Boys or Metallica song in the top 100?
    And not 1, but 2 Alanis Morrissette songs. How ironic.
    Again, though, that list was from 1996. Alanis did not make the top 100 in 2024.
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,221
    BF25394 said:
    Poncier said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Bronx Bombers said:
    I was talking about this with a buddy from work today, anyone remember the top 500 countdown on WNEW that always ended on July 4th. I used to look forward to this every year, such great memories. There was always a few question marks with some of the selections but on the whole I thought they did a fantastic job year in and year out. I really wish I could find some of the lists from the 80's, the only ones Ive seen are from 91 and 96. Heres the list from 96, a few songs by the boys cracked the top 100.


    1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

    2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

    3. The Beatles - Hey Jude

    4. The Eagles - Hotel California

    5. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

    6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

    7. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    8. Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

    9. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

    10. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

    11. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

    12. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

    13. The Who - Baba O'Riley

    14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

    15. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

    16. The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

    17. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

    18. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

    19. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

    20. John Lennon - Imagine

    21. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

    22. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

    23. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

    24. Billy Joel - Piano Man

    25. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

    26. The Doors - Light My Fire

    27. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

    28. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post

    29. The Beatles - Revolution

    30. Aerosmith - Dream On

    31. Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

    32. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

    33. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

    34. Van Morrisson - Moondance

    35. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

    36. The Kinks - Lola

    37. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

    38. The Doors - The End

    39. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile/Slight Return

    40. Pink Floyd - Money

    41. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

    42. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

    43. Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida

    44. Cracker - Low

    45. Pink Floyd - Time

    46. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

    47. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita

    48. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

    49. The Doors - L.A. Woman

    50. Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

    51. Van Morrisson - Into the Mystic

    52. The Beatles - Let It Be

    53. The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band

    54. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

    55. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

    56. The Who - Pinball Wizard

    57. The Allman Brothers - Jessica

    58. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

    59. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

    60. The Grateful Dead - Truckin'

    61. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

    62. Pearl Jam - Black

    63. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

    64. The Police - Roxanne

    65. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

    66. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

    67. The Allman Brothers - Blue Sky

    68. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

    69. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

    70. Steely Dan - Aja

    71. Soul Asylum - Black Gold

    72. U2 - Bad

    73. The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen

    74. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

    75. Allman Brothers - Melissa

    76. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    77. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

    78. Allman Brothers - One Way Out

    79. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

    80. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

    81. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

    82. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil #9

    83. Don McLean - American Pie

    84. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

    85. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

    86. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

    87. Van Halen - Jump

    88. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

    89. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

    90. Yes - Close to the Edge

    91. The Who - Who Are You

    92. The Beatles - Helter Skelter

    93. Bob Seger - Night Moves

    94. The Band - The Weight

    95. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

    96. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus

    97. The Beatles - Yesterday

    98. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

    99. The Eagles - Take It Easy

    100. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia

    http://www.rocklists.com/alltime48.html
    Not 1 Elvis, Beach Boys or Metallica song in the top 100?
    And not 1, but 2 Alanis Morrissette songs. How ironic.
    Again, though, that list was from 1996. Alanis did not make the top 100 in 2024.
    I am aware. But Ironic does not belong at #68 on any list of greatest rock songs at any time in history.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,674
    Poncier said:
    BF25394 said:
    Poncier said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Bronx Bombers said:
    I was talking about this with a buddy from work today, anyone remember the top 500 countdown on WNEW that always ended on July 4th. I used to look forward to this every year, such great memories. There was always a few question marks with some of the selections but on the whole I thought they did a fantastic job year in and year out. I really wish I could find some of the lists from the 80's, the only ones Ive seen are from 91 and 96. Heres the list from 96, a few songs by the boys cracked the top 100.


    1. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

    2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

    3. The Beatles - Hey Jude

    4. The Eagles - Hotel California

    5. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla

    6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird

    7. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    8. Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)

    9. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

    10. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

    11. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

    12. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

    13. The Who - Baba O'Riley

    14. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

    15. The Beatles - A Day in the Life

    16. The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

    17. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland

    18. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

    19. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

    20. John Lennon - Imagine

    21. Jethro Tull - Aqualung

    22. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

    23. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

    24. Billy Joel - Piano Man

    25. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

    26. The Doors - Light My Fire

    27. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

    28. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post

    29. The Beatles - Revolution

    30. Aerosmith - Dream On

    31. Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

    32. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone

    33. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

    34. Van Morrisson - Moondance

    35. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

    36. The Kinks - Lola

    37. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away

    38. The Doors - The End

    39. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile/Slight Return

    40. Pink Floyd - Money

    41. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

    42. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue

    43. Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida

    44. Cracker - Low

    45. Pink Floyd - Time

    46. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

    47. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita

    48. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

    49. The Doors - L.A. Woman

    50. Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

    51. Van Morrisson - Into the Mystic

    52. The Beatles - Let It Be

    53. The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band

    54. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

    55. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

    56. The Who - Pinball Wizard

    57. The Allman Brothers - Jessica

    58. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

    59. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

    60. The Grateful Dead - Truckin'

    61. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

    62. Pearl Jam - Black

    63. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

    64. The Police - Roxanne

    65. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

    66. The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

    67. The Allman Brothers - Blue Sky

    68. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

    69. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

    70. Steely Dan - Aja

    71. Soul Asylum - Black Gold

    72. U2 - Bad

    73. The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen

    74. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

    75. Allman Brothers - Melissa

    76. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    77. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

    78. Allman Brothers - One Way Out

    79. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

    80. Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

    81. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

    82. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil #9

    83. Don McLean - American Pie

    84. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

    85. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale

    86. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

    87. Van Halen - Jump

    88. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me

    89. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

    90. Yes - Close to the Edge

    91. The Who - Who Are You

    92. The Beatles - Helter Skelter

    93. Bob Seger - Night Moves

    94. The Band - The Weight

    95. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

    96. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus

    97. The Beatles - Yesterday

    98. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

    99. The Eagles - Take It Easy

    100. The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia

    http://www.rocklists.com/alltime48.html
    Not 1 Elvis, Beach Boys or Metallica song in the top 100?
    And not 1, but 2 Alanis Morrissette songs. How ironic.
    Again, though, that list was from 1996. Alanis did not make the top 100 in 2024.
    I am aware. But Ironic does not belong at #68 on any list of greatest rock songs at any time in history.
    I've never been a fan of the song (or of the artist) but, if there was ever a time, it was 1996.
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
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