Saturday, June 19, 2010

MORE "HELP" FOR ROLLING STONE'S 500 GREATEST

So, once I was done paring down Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs," it was down to 486.  I tried to add 14 more, but I ended up adding almost 100 more songs.  This isn't my definitive list, but it's my job to share important stuff like this with all of you. Ha ha.  In no order at all, here's the rest of the songs on my "remix" which is now at 570 songs and counting.
  • A Tribe Called Quest - "Award Tour"
  • de la soul - "Ego Trippin' (part 2)"
  • Alicia Keys - "No One"
  • Fiona Apple - "O' Sailor"
  • Ben Harper - "With My Own Two Hands"
  • The Wallflowers - "One Headlight" (although the best version of this is the one from the MTV VMA's where they were joined by Bruce Springsteen)
  • John Hiatt - "Have A Little Faith In Me"
  • Cowboy Junkies - "Miles From Our Home"
  • Jamey Johnson - "High Cost Of Living"
  • Everclear - "Strawberry"
  • Buddy & Julie Miller - "Gasoline & Matches"
  • The Replacements - "Bastards Of Young"
  • Gaslight Anthem - "The '59 Sound"
  • Steve Earle - "The Devil's Right Hand"
  • X - "Los Angeles"
  • The MC5 - "Kick Out The Jams" (how'd they miss this one?)
  • Pearl Jam - "Corduroy"
  • Rancid - "East Bay Nights"
  • Social Distortion - "I Was Wrong"
  • Jane's Addiction - "Mountain Song"
  • Nine Inch Nails - "Wish"
  • Fugazi - "Repeater"
  • Black Flag - "Rise Above"
  • Dropkick Murphys - "The State Of Massachusetts"
  • Rage Against The Machine - "Sleep Now In The Fire"
  • Faith No More - "Midlife Crisis"
  • Soundgarden - "Superunknown"
  • Primus  -"Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers"
  • Iron Maiden - "Iron Maiden"
  • Alice In Chains - "Angry Chair"
  • KISS - "Deuce (live)"
  • The Raconteurs - "Steady As She Goes"
  • Matthew Sweet - "Dinosaur Act"
  • The Jessica Fletchers - "Summer Holiday & Me"
  • Cocktail Slippers - "Sentenced To Love"
  • The Drive-By Truckers - "This Fucking Job"
  • Loretta Lynn - "Rated 'X'"
  • Lucinda Williams - "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road"
  • Emmylou Harris - "I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now"
  • Patty Griffin - "Mary"
  • Sade - "By Your Side"
  • John Legend - "Used To Love U"
  • EPMD - "Crossover"
  • Gang Starr - "You Know My Steez"
  • LL Cool J - "Rock The Bells"
  • Nas - "Made You Look"
  • Peter Tosh - "You Can't Blame The Youth"
  • Fishbone - "Ghetto Soundwave"
  • The Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Can't Stop"
  • The Afghan Whigs - "Going To Town"
  • PJ Harvey - "Long Snake Moan"
  • Florence + The Machine - "You've Got The Love"
  • The Avett Brothers - "I And Love And You"
  • Crowded House - "Distant Sun"
  • Living Colour - "Bless Those (Little Annie's Prayer)"
  • The Yardbirds - "Heart Full Of Soul"
  • Van Halen - "Mean Street"
  • Muse - "Uprising"
  • Peter Gabriel - "Solisbury Hill"
  • Wilco- "Jesus Etc."
  • Pete Yorn - "Don't Wanna Cry"
  • Kathleen Edwards - "In State"
  • Norah Jones - "What Am I To You?"
  • David Gray - "The One I Love"
  • Rilo Kiley - "Silver Lining"
  • Ben Folds - "Landed"
  • Duffy - "Stepping Stone"
  • Adele - "Chasing Pavements"
  • James Hunter - "No Smoke Without A Fire"
  • Levon Helm - "When I Go Away"
  • Ray LaMontagne - "Three More Days"
  • The Black Keys - "I Got Mine"
  • My Morning Jacket - "I'm Amazed"
  • Wyclef Jean featuring Norah Jones - "Any Other Day"
  • Raphael Saadiq - "100 Yard Dash"
  • Michael Franti & Spearhead - "Say Hey (I Love You)"
  • Mark Ronson featuring Daniel Merriweather - "Stop Me"
  • KRS-One, Kanye West, Nas and Rakim - "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)" (produced by DJ Premier)
  • Common featuring DJ Premier - "The Game"
  • N.A.S.A. featuring Kanye West, Santigold and Lykke Li - "Gifted"
  • Mary J. Blige - "Be Without You"
  • Black Star - "Definition"
  • Mos Def featuring Q-Tip and Tash - "Body Rock"
  • Talib Kweli - "Going Hard"

No comments: