Moonbeam's list had so many great songs, but the highlight for me was viewing his videos. I can't wait for him to entertain us with more videos.
I will start tonight with my top 1000 songs and hope to add more in the next day or so. I look forward to reading your comments.
Comment Guide
CR = Classic Rock
Jazz
CM=Classical Music
Non-CR - at least Henry doesn't think that this song is CR
Soul
I recommend that all those who did not put STH in their top 500 take strides to avoid most of the CR tunes discussed below.
NB - many of the comments are not my original comments but taken from various other sources.
Given the very clear instructions from Moonbeam, I plan to place hyperlinks on this page for the songs on YouTube, as soon as I can.
1 Led Zeppelin / Stairway To Heaven
2 Jimi Hendrix / All Along The Watchtower
3 Who / Behind Blue Eyes
4 Bruce Springsteen / Born To Run
5 Beatles / Yesterday
6 Rolling Stones / Start Me Up
7 Beatles / Let It Be
8 Marvin Gaye / Let's Get It On
9 Simon & Garfunkel / Bridge Over Troubled Water
10 Rolling Stones / (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
11 Beach Boys / Good Vibrations
12 Eric Clapton / Let It Rain
CR- Clapton's vocals work pretty well on this song which is not as heavy on fast paced and raucous guitar leads. The interplay between the rhythm guitar and drums works well for me. A simple yet poignant lyrical moment for me is provided at 1:52, "now I know the secret, there is nothing that - I lack if I give my love to you, you'll surely give it back." I also appreciate the bass and piano interplay in the song.
13 Carlo Maria Giulini: London Symphony Orchestra / Beethoven: Symphony #9 In D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral" - 2. Molto Vivace
14 Who / The Song Is Over
CR - The transition from @ 1:59 through 2:34 captivated me and I thoroughly enjoyed Keith Moon's contributions in drums in this portion of the song. I also very much enjoy the interplay between Townsend and Daltry on vocals. The end of this song shares some quote from another Who song, "Pure and Easy" which I believe was on their compilation album entitled "Odds and Sods."
15 Isley Brothers / That Lady
Soul - The wah wah guitar is awesome throughout, but especially starting at @ 2:20. The vocals are delivered with power that interplays well with the guitar. The song has pulsating energy. Admittedly the lyrics are a bit trite.
16 Elton John / Tiny Dancer
17 Who / Pinball Wizard
18 Eagles / One Of These Nights
19 Elton John / Your Song
20 Derek & The Dominos / Layla
21 Eagles / Hotel California
22 Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell / Ain't No Mountain High Enough
23 Steely Dan / Reelin' In The Years
24 Beatles / Hey Jude
25 Clash / London Calling
26 Beatles / Help!
27 Stevie Wonder / As
28 Allman Brothers Band / Blue Sky
CR - Dicky Betts first lead vocal performance with the ABB. The song is about his native american girlfriend. Betts' very smooth and flowing lead guitar solo starts at @ 1:07. Duane Allman joins in later with some nice interchange between the two leads thereafter.
29 Janos Ferencsik / Beethoven: Symphony #9 In D Minor, IV. Finale: Presto - Allegro Assai
30 Beatles / Can't Buy Me Love
31 Van Morrison / Moondance
32 Rolling Stones / Sympathy For The Devil
33 Eagles / Take It Easy
34 Who / We're Not Gonna Take It
35 Marvin Gaye / What's Going On
36 James Taylor / You've Got A Friend
37 Who / Won't Get Fooled Again
38 Temptations / My Girl
39 Supremes / Stop! In the name of love
40 Chicago / Questions 67 And 68
CR (considered Jazz Fusion by wikipedia) - Great interplay of horns, drums, guitar and vocals. I wish that the blazing guitar in this song that starts at about 0:14 and pops in at various other times throughout the song was mixed a bit more prominently. I hear it fine on my computer speakers, but not in the car or in the living room
Nice bridge starting at @ 2:33.41 Todd Rundgren / Hello It's Me
42 Crosby, Stills & Nash / Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
43 John Lennon/ Imagine
44 Lynyrd Skynyrd / Free Bird
45 Elton John / Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
CR - Elton and Bernie Taupin's Opus starts off a bit slow and hauntingly. It patiently builds up adding different instruments along the way. At @ 1:55 the song becomes more recognizable as a Taupin composition as Elton starts playing the piano. Nice transition at @ 5:00. Folks who are interested in recording engineers, may be interested in the performance by David Hentschel on the synthesizer in this song.
46 Radiohead / Creep
47 Queen / Bohemian Rhapsody
48 Tears for Fears/ Everybody Wants to Rule the World
49 Elton John / [url =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsozyGR6Eo4]Grey Seal[/url]
CR- the lyrics are wide open to interpretation and some have said that this song is about repressive religious and educational traditions in the UK and elsewhere. I enjoy the tight composition and execution by Elton and his band. There is an earlier version that was not quite as rockin'.
50 Aretha Franklin / Respect
51 America / A Horse With No Name
52 Eagles / Best Of My Love
53 Police / Every Breath You Take
54 James Taylor / Fire And Rain
55 Bonnie Raitt / I Can't Make You Love Me
56 U2 / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
57 Soundgarden / Black Hole Sun
58 Bob Seger / Against The Wind
59 Genesis / Behind The Lines
60 Stevie Wonder / Another Star
Soul - from the wonderful Songs in the Key of Life album
61 Todd Rundgren / Can We Still Be Friends
CR- The song is generally assumed to be about Rundgren's breakup with long-time companion Bebe Buell in 1977.
62 Santana / The Game Of Love
63 Beatles / Eight Days A Week
64 Stevie Wonder / Golden Lady
CR- this song effectively tugs my emotional strings
65 Beach Boys / God Only Knows
66 Band / The Weight
67 Al Green / Let's Stay Together
68 Michael Jackson / Billie Jean
69 Steely Dan / Don't Take Me Alive
CR- Larry Carlton rocks on this song.
70 Blind Faith / Presence Of The Lord
71 Led Zeppelin / The Song Remains The Same
72 Joe Jackson / You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)
CR?-Not sure if this fits in anyone's CR bin. But, in my mind it's more pop jazz. Nice composition with telling lyrics, tasty but not overpowering guitar and horns that are pleasantly integrated.
73 Santana / Smooth
74 Todd Rundgren / I Saw The Light
75 Steely Dan / Kid Charlemagne
CR- The guitar solo by jazz-fusion guitarist Larry Carlton was ranked #80 in the list of the 100 greatest guitar songs by Rolling Stone. The lyrics were loosely inspired by the exploits of the infamous 1960s San Francisco-based LSD chemist Owsley Stanley. In 2007, Kanye West released the song "Champion" on his double-platinum album Graduation that samples Kid Charlemagne extensively.
76 Yes / I've Seen All Good People
CR- The first portion of the song is sometimes broken out as a song entitled "Your Move." The bass, guitar, drums and vocals starting at @ 3:30 and through @ 4:50 are a treat for me.
77 Don Henley / The Heart Of The Matter
CR - if you dislike the Eagles you probably shouldn't bother with this one. There is an excellent article about this song at http://www.mbird.com/2010/07/don-henley ... of-matter/ .
78 Jackson Browne / The Pretender
CR - Sarcastic lyrics are Browne's specialty. In this song they include "the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor" One critic had this to say about The Pretender - "the song's defeatist tone demands rejection, but it is also a quintessential statement of its time, the post-Watergate '70s; dire as that might be, you had to admire that kind of honesty, even as it made you wince."
79 Red Hot Chili Peppers / Otherside
CR?- This song is apparently about the deadly struggle with Heroin addiction that afflicted a former RHCP band member.
80 Doobie Brothers / Takin' It To The Streets
CR - great vocals by Michael McDonald on a rather straightforward song
81 Bad Company / Ready For Love
82 Style Council / You're The Best Thing
CR/Soul - Weller's vocals were superb here, some have said that his styling here is similar to Smokey Robinson's.
83 Allman Brothers Band / Jessica
84 Billy Joel / Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
CR- From Joel's powerhouse Stranger album
85 Steely Dan / Rikki Don't Lose That Number
86 Doors / Touch Me
CR - Morrison's vocals are especially powerful on this song
87 Cat Stevens / Wild World
88 Yes / Yours Is No Disgrace
CR - Very tight intoduction by the bass and drummer. Steve Howe was brilliant in the early Yes years, lightening transition at @ 0:41, and then some understated guitar from Mr. Howe. The lyrics are thought to be about Viet Nam warriors overcoming their guilt from their conduct in the war.
89 Moody Blues / The Story In Your Eyes
CR- The song features a repeated electric guitar riff, a propulsive yet elegant bass line, and Justin Hayward on lead vocals, while incremental use of a Mellotron and a choral background generates an expansive, rhapsodic sound.
90 Pretenders / Show Me
CR - there is some speculation that this song was written with Chrissie thinking about her first born child.
91 Pink Floyd / The Great Gig In The Sky
CR - Fantastic female orgasmic vocals
92 Steve Winwood / While You See A Chance
CR- Winwoods vocals are superb
93 Carly Simon / The Right Thing To Do
CR - pop folk more than rock - part of the singer/songwriter movement in the early 1970's that was the foundation of my love for album oriented rock
94 Linda Ronstadt / When Will I Be Loved
CR- with a country twist. Ronstadt was the darling of the mid-70's. The critics raved even though she rarely authored a song.
95 Foreigner / Waiting For A Girl Like You
96 Pink Floyd / Us And Them
97 Beatles / A Hard Day's Night
98 Allman Brothers Band / Ramblin' Man
99 B.B. King / The Thrill Is Gone
100 Lynyrd Skynyrd / That Smell
101 Stevie Wonder / You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
102 Jim Croce / Time In A Bottle
103 Elton John / Rocket Man
104 Queen / We Are The Champions
105 Who / Love, Reign O'er Me
106 Rascals / Good Lovin'
107 Billy Joel / Honesty
CR-straightfoward and poignant lyrics. One point made by the song is that there is an inherent lack of shame even in the closest of relationships. The song was nominated in the category for Song of the Year at the 22nd Grammy Awards held on February 27, 1980
108 Neil Young / Southern Man
109 Bad Company / Can't Get Enough
110 Michael Jackson / Beat It
111 Beatles / Got To Get You Into My Life
112 Dire Straits / Sultans Of Swing
113 Rolling Stones / Brown Sugar
114 Who / I Can See for Miles
115 McLean, Don / American Pie
116 Beatles / While My Guitar Gently Weeps
117 Rod Stewart / Maggie May
118 Carole King It's Too Late
119 Van Halen / Jump
120 Peter Gabriel / In Your Eyes
121 Simon & Garfunkel / The Sound Of Silence
122 Bee Gees / How Deep Is Your Love
123 Righteous Brothers / You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
124 Temptations / Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
125 Stevie Wonder / Superstition
126 Police / Roxanne
127 Supremes / You can't hurry love
128 U2 / With Or Without You
129 Marvin Gaye / Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
130 U2 / Where The Streets Have No Name
131 Boston / More Than A Feeling
132 Temptations / Just My Imagination
133 Jefferson Airplane / Somebody To Love
134 Beatles / Something
135 Rolling Stones / Street Fighting Man
136 Deep Purple / Smoke On The Water
137 David Bowie / Changes
138 Neil Young / Heart Of Gold
139 Beatles / Here Comes The Sun
140 Aerosmith / Dream On
141 Lynyrd Skynyrd / Sweet Home Alabama
142 Tears for Fears / Mad World
143 Claude Debussy / Clair De Lune
144 Pascal Roge / Satie: Gymnopedie #1
CM-I believe that I re-discovered this great song because someone else rated it highly during the all-time poll. But, my understanding is that the song still didn't make the top 1000 this year.
145 Foo Fighters / Everlong
146 Simon & Garfunkel / The Only Living Boy In New York
147 Steely Dan / My Old School
148 Todd Rundgren / Compassion
CR - some see dharma in the lyrics of this song and the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh.
149 Chicago / Beginnings
CR- early Chicago - not that intersting in terms of horns or musical phrasing compared to the higher ranked CTA songs, but still works very well for me.
150 Beat / I Confess
CR?- I put this in the 1980's new wave, ska categories
151 Genesis / Home By The Sea
CR- from the pop side of Genesis with Phil Collins doing vocals. This song is said to have been particularly popular in Eastern Asia, because of its use of the pentatonic scale, which contains 5 notes per octave and is the basic scale of Chinese music.
152 Marshall Tucker Band / Heard It In A Love Song
CR-southern rock -
153 Joe Jackson / It's Different For Girls
CR-Joe's lyrics here are spot on as far as I'm concerned
154 Todd Rundgren / Just One Victory
CR- one of my favorites from the AWATS album
155 Stevie Wonder / Creepin'
CR/Soul Are Minnie Riperton's harmonies an asset?
156 Chicago / Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
CR- another great song on the CTA album. Considering various aspects of time is a mind trip. You may want to consult with the author Brian Greene regarding this matter.
157 Carole King I Feel The Earth Move
CR- One of the greatest songwriters of all time. Jon Landau's review of the album Tapestry (1971) for Rolling Stone praised King's voice on this track, saying it negotiates turns from "raunchy" to "bluesy" to "harsh" to "soothing", with the last echoing the development of the song's melody into its chorus.
158 Allman Brothers Band / Melissa
CR-southern rock again. The song was not written for a woman named Melissa. The song was written before Gregg came up with the name. He said he was standing in line at a grocery store when he overheard a woman yelling to her young daughter who had scampered off, "Oh, Melissa! Melissa, come back, Melissa". He liked the name and decided it was a perfect fit for the song.
159 Third Eye Blind / Motorcycle Drive By
CR?- my favorite 3EB song - The lyrics are open to a wide variety of interpretations. One that makes sense is that the singer wants to build a relationship that is more committed and his friend is not interested in making the change.
160 Led Zeppelin / Over The Hills And Far Away
161 Journey / Somethin' To Hide
CR-Perry's vocal are powerful but may be a bit too sweet and conventional for some. If you think your loved one needs to fess up, you might want to put this song in your playlists for prodding purposes
162 Yes / Starship Trooper
CR-This is a 3 part song. Part 1, Life Seeker, was written by John Anderson. Part 2, Disillusion (starting at @ 3:15), was written by Chris Squire, and part 3, Wurm, is an instrumental by Steve Howe. The song hits a nice groove at @ 4:40. Also in Jackson's top 200. Perhaps non-STH lovers should give this one a try. The spacey, electronic-sounding guitar effect in "Starship Trooper" was achieved via a flanger, a device that was relatively new at the time of the recording.
163 Utopia / Love Is The Answer
CR- John Ford Coley was quoted as saying: "Of all the songs we released as singles, that was my favorite. The song first of all had a classical base, and the middle had a gospel section which I loved.
164 Stevie Wonder / You've Got It Bad Girl
soul? - Stevie charts a clear course for her to have it good at the end of the song. Some folks love Stevie's Moog synths on this song.
165 McLachlan, Sarah / Building A Mystery
CR? - Vocals - This song made McLachlan the recipient of the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1998, beating Mariah Carey, Shawn Colvin, Paula Cole and Jewel.
166 Steely Dan / Doctor Wu
167 Elton John / Levon
168 Kansas / Dust In The Wind
169 Journey / Lights
170 Beatles / Michelle
171 Doobie Brothers / China Grove
CR - some STH types might find this one interesting musically. The lyrics are a bit convoluted and based in part on a piano progression that was thought to be a bit asian in tone.
172 Steely Dan / Parker's Band
CR? - Nice horns in this song. Musically, the song doesn’t so much swing as it shuffles fast and hard. The shuffling comes courtesy of an amazing drummers’ summit meeting of both Jeff Porcaro and Jim Gordon. Jim Hodder, still the official drummer of Steely Dan at the time, was regulated to backup vocal duty. I don’t think any description of this song is complete without mention of that brief, magical bridge that seems to veer the song off course about 1:34 into it and ends up making a perfect landing back into the main melody. It’s something that Steely Dan got very good at doing over time, an overlooked aspect of their genius, in my view.
173 Beat / Doors Of Your Heart
Ska? - a reggae-fused love ballad with all of the ska and pop pomp that The Beat were so apt at incorporating. An example of the group's collective genius, "Doors of Your Heart" is an excellent cross fusion of ska, reggae, soul and, of course, jazz.
174 Todd Rundgren / The Last Ride
CR- from the Todd album. Pretty expansive musically for a 5 minute song. Give it a try.
175 Junior Walker & The All Stars / What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
CR-soul. At first Motown didn’t want to release the single, which broke from the usual formula by featuring Walker on vocals as well as sax. Finally the company relented when DJs made the record popular, and the single eventually reached #4 on the Hot 100, and #1 on the R&B Chart.
176 Guess Who / These Eyes
CR- Burton Cummings is great in this song. The song is noted for its repeated long section which starts in C Major, then goes up a whole tone to D Major, then up a whole tone again in E Major, and in the Coda, finally, to F Sharp Major, before the fade, with the words: "These Eyes/ Are Crying./ These eyes have seen a lot of love but they're never gonna see another love like I had with you".
177 Simply Red / Holding Back The Years
CR?-Frontman of the group, Mick Hucknall, wrote the song when he was seventeen, while living at his father's house. The chorus did not come to him until many years later.[1] His mother left the family when he was three; the upheaval caused by this event inspired him to write the song.
178 Cat Stevens / How Can I Tell You
CR-folksy ballad
179 Spandau Ballet / True
CR-my first wedding dance song - way too long for that purpose by the way. Considered in part a tribute to Marvin Gaye.
180 Kansas / Carry On Wayward Son
CR- lots of scales - but rocks
181 Who / The Real Me
CR-from the great Quadrophenia album
182 Carly Simon / Legend In Your Own Time
CR -this one has some emotional pull for me
183 Three Dog Night / One
CR- compelling vocals
184 Seals & Crofts / Diamond Girl
CR-nice energy with a relaxing vibe. There is twenty second segment before the end that gets a bit repetitous for me, but it's not enough of a problem to stop my overall enjoyment.
185 Todd Rundgren / We Gotta Get You A Woman
186 America / Ventura Highway
CR- If Sister Golden Hair made the top 1000, perhaps some might also enjoy this song.
187 Linda Ronstadt / Heat Wave
CR- great urgency in Ronstadt's vocals on this song
188 Joe Jackson / Breaking Us In Two
CR- Jackson catches me again
189 Billy Joel / Only The Good Die Young
CR- great song from Joel's best album.
190 Steve Winwood / Back In The High Life
CR-Winwood had a winning formula in 1986, but I prefer some songs from the Arc of a Diver album
191 Jethro Tull / Locomotive Breath
192 Red Hot Chili Peppers / Californication
193 Crosby, Stills & Nash / Wooden Ships
CR-great harmonies. the song seems to deal with ever-present fears of an apocalyptic nuclear war.[citation needed] In this interpretation, the words of the song depict the horrors confronting the survivors of a nuclear holocaust in which the two sides have annihilated each other. A man from one side stumbles upon a man (or woman, as in Jefferson Airplane's version) from the other side and asks him/her, "Can you tell me, please, who won?" Since the question has no real meaning in the circumstances (or even at all), it is left unanswered. To stay alive, they share purple berries that have presumably not been poisoned by radiation. The lyrics beg "silver people on the shoreline" to "let us be"; these are commonly held[by whom?] to be men wearing radiation suits.[citation needed] As wooden ships are carrying the survivors away, radiation poisoning kills those who have not made it aboard
194 Cat Stevens / Morning Has Broken
CR-mood setter, can be viewed as a prayer of thanks.
195 Eagles / The Last Resort
CR- a gem from the great Hotel California Album. "We satisfy our endless needs and justify our bloody deeds in the name of destiny and in the name of God. And you can see them there on Sunday morning and sing about what it's like up there. They call it paradise i don't know why. You call someplace paradise kiss it good bye" Some view the lyrics as a history of when the colonists came to America and BELIEVED it was their right by God that they owned that land, and that everyone else, even those who lived there before (and those brought there against there will (not mentioned)) had no rights were sub-human and should be treated like animals. Yet "they sit in church and sing about what it's like up there."
196 Bad Company / Movin' On
CR-Paul Rodgers is another fantastic vocalist
197 Eagles / Try and Love Again
198 Cat Stevens / Father And Son
199 Genesis / Throwing It All Away
200 Blood, Sweat & Tears / You've Made Me So Very Happy
not quite CR because of jazz elements - the BS&T with David Clayton Thomas was not as critically acclaimed as the Al Kooper album, but I greatly prefer the Thomas version of BS&T
201 Jefferson Starship / Miracles
202 Queen / Somebody To Love
CR-Mercury's vocals soar again. Written by Mercury at the piano, "Somebody to Love" is a soul-searching piece that questions God's role in a life without love. Through voice layering techniques, Queen was able to create the soulful sound of a 100 voice choir, with that of only three voices; Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor. Deacon did not sing on the album’s track. Mercury’s fascination and admiration for Aretha Franklin was a major influence for the creation of this song.
203 Scaggs, Boz / Georgia
CR- a mid-seventies singer songwriter with some jazz elements. A San Francisco Bay Area favorite.
204 Creedence Clearwater Revival / Down On The Corner
205 Isley Brothers / For The Love Of You (Part 1 & 2)
Soul - the Isleys had some great songs.
206 Van Halen / Dance The Night Away
207 Fleetwood Mac / Over My Head
208 America / Sister Golden Hair
209 Supremes / My World Is Empty Without You
210 Billy Joel / My Life
211 Supremes & Temptations / I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
212 Blue Oyster Cult / (Don't Fear) the Reaper
213 Santana / Evil Ways
214 Third Eye Blind / Semi-Charmed Life
215 Journey / Don't Stop Believin'
216 Beach Boys / California Girls
217 Who / Baba O'Riley
218 Simon & Garfunkel / The Boxer
219 Cream / Sunshine Of Your Love
220 Kinks / Lola
221 Aerosmith / Walk This Way
222 Elvis Costello / Alison
223 Fleetwood Mac / Dreams
224 Beach Boys / I Get Around
225 Fleetwood Mac / Go Your Own Way
226 Creedence Clearwater Revival / Who'll Stop the Rain
CR- Lyrically, "Who'll Stop the Rain" breaks into three verses, with a historical, recent past, and present tense approach. All three verses allude to a sense of unending malaise, pondered by "good men through the ages", "Five Year Plans and New Deals/wrapped in golden chains", and the Woodstock generation. The malaise is not defined, but appears to allude to a sense, that man's problems have to be dealt with by those who wish to fix them, and no ancient philosophers, money promising government, nor Flower Power generation can merely push them off by thought, money nor communal love. The song's universal topical appeal made it unusual in the time of its release and gives it a quality, that helps it maintain its popularity 40 years later.
227 Steppenwolf / Born To Be Wild
228 Rolling Stones / Paint It Black
229 Lovin' Spoonful / Summer In The City
230 Eric Clapton / Tears In Heaven
231 Foreigner / I Want To Know What Love Is
232 Creedence Clearwater Revival / Proud Mary
233 Beatles / A Day In The Life
234 Style Council / My Ever Changing Moods
CR-Weller's vocals are spot on again
235 Otis Redding / (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
236 Chuck Berry / Johnny B. Goode
237 Nirvana / Smells Like Teen Spirit
238 Bob Dylan / Like A Rolling Stone
239 Beatles / Get Back
240 Pat Benatar / Hit Me With Your Best Shot
241 Stevie Wonder / Living For The City
242 Led Zeppelin / Black Dog
243 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas / Dancing In The Street
244 Bill Withers / Lean On Me
245 Billy Joel / Piano Man
246 Fleetwood Mac / Rhiannon
247 Supremes / You Keep Me Hangin On
248 Beach Boys / Sloop John B
249 Blondie / Heart Of Glass
250 Sly & The Family Stone / Family Affair
251 Beatles / Getting Better
252 Bee Gees / Stayin' Alive
253 Lou Reed / Walk On The Wild Side
254 Sufjan Stevens / Chicago
255 Clash / Train In Vain
256 Wings / Band On The Run
257 Pink Floyd / Shine On You Crazy Diamond - All parts
258 Tom Petty / Refugee
259 Grateful Dead / Truckin'
CR- This song has been recognized by the United States Library of Congress in 1997 as a national treasure. The song is associated with the blues and other early 20th century forms of folk music
260 Jimi Hendrix / Little Wing
261 Joe Jackson / Is She Really Going Out With Him?
262 Cars / Just What I Needed
263 Bachman-Turner Overdrive / You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
264 O'Jays / Love Train
265 Supertramp / The Logical Song
266 Bob Seger / Night Moves
267 Eagles / Take It To The Limit
CR-from the One of These Nights album that I first heard when I was working late at night on chemical waste treatment special lab project at SUNY at Stony Brook
268 Rolling Stones / Jumpin' Jack Flash
269 Wham! / Careless Whisper
270 Beach Boys / Fun, Fun, Fun
271 Linda Ronstadt / You're No Good
272 Carly Simon / You're So Vain
273 Sister Sledge / We Are Family
274 Joe Jackson / Steppin' Out
275 Billy Joel / Just The Way You Are
276 Stevie Wonder / For Once In My Life
277 U2 / Sunday Bloody Sunday (live)
278 My Chemical Romance / Welcome to the Black Parade
279 Stevie Wonder / Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
280 Thin Lizzy / The Boys Are Back in Town
281 Santana / Europa
CR-this song always moves me. The guitar cries as it does on many Santana and Satriani songs. Upon seeing his friend was suffering a bad experience whilst high on mescaline, Santana composed a piece titled "The Mushroom Lady's Coming to Town". This precursor contained the first lick to "Europa".
282 Stevie Wonder / I Was Made To Love Her
283 Bruce Springsteen / Dancing In The Dark
284 Human League / Don't You Want Me
285 Boston / Hitch A Ride
286 Five for Fighting / 100 Years
287 Carlo Maria Giulini / Beethoven: Symphony #9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral" - 1. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
CM-not sure if the version I have referenced in the URL is the Giulini version, but it is still very good.
288 Jim Grosjean / Bach: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
CM-not sure if the version I have referenced in the URL is the Grosjean version, but it is still very good.
289 Kenneth Dowley / Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 - Hallelujah Chorus
CM-not sure if the version I have referenced in the URL is the Dowley version, but it is still very good.
290 Jackson Browne / The Load-Out / Stay
291 Chicago / 25 Or 6 To 4
CR
292 Rascals / A Beautiful Morning
CR - very enjoyable optimistic song. Some rave about the bass line, but I do not find it to be particularly special.Perhaps this song should be paired with Morning Has Broken for early risers
293 Todd Rundgren / A Dream Goes On Forever
294 Linda Ronstadt / Alison
295 Joe Satriani / Always With Me, Always With You
CR - the under-appreciated virtuouso strikes my enjoyment chord with this song. I prefer the live version which is close to 10 minutes long. At @ 2:10, Joe is cooking for about 30 seconds.
296 Carly Simon / Anticipation
297 Supremes / Back In My Arms Again
298 Mel & Tim / Backfield In Motion
299 Bad Company / Bad Company
300 Todd Rundgren / Bang The Drum All Day
301 Who / Bargain
CR- another great song from the Who's Next album. It's a a love song, although the intended subject of the song is God rather than a woman. Author John Atkins praised song's strength and melody as well as The Who's performance of the song. Atkins goes on to say that "'Bargain' radiates sheer dynamism and excitement, and the brilliance of the playing turns the song into a masterpiece
302 Joe Jackson / Be My Number Two
303 Todd Rundgren / Be Nice To Me
304 Derek & The Dominos / Bell Bottom Blues
305 Billy Joel / Big Shot
306 Doobie Brothers / Black Water
CR- great harmony interplay. The song is characterized by the melodious a cappella section, with lyrics that are perhaps the most well known in the entire song, which sing: "I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland/Pretty mama, come and take me by the hand." These lines are also featured in the Train song, "I Got You" (from Save Me San Francisco). "Black Water" is also noted for its instrumental violin section.
307 Stevie Wonder / Blame It On The Sun
Soul - another great track from the Talking Book album
308 Style Council / Boy Who Cried Wolf
CR- Weller strikes again with lyrics that stay true to the classic tale. His vocals seem to have a more baritone depth to them in this song. Some great vocal/guitar matching melody starts at @ 3:25.
309 Pink Floyd / Brain Damage
CR-lots of synthesizers but given that it's Pink Floyd my conjecture is that the non-disco synths will not work for Moonbeam.
310 Supertramp / Breakfast In America
311 Matchbox Twenty / Bright Lights
312 Blind Faith / Can't Find My Way Home
CR-Winwood makes his presence felt in this "Super" group.
313 Frankie Valli / Can't Take My Eyes Off You
314 Utopia / Caravan
315 Harry Chapin / Cat's In The Cradle
CR-Chapin's stprytelling is superb in this father-son classic.
316 Anita Baker Caught Up In The Rapture
Soul - awesome vocals - she was meteoric in 1986
317 Todd Rundgren / Chain Letter
CR - one of my favorites from the consistently good Ballad album. Some say that this song is a tongue-in-cheek response to the feminist critics of his "We Gotta Get You a Woman" song. Nice transition at @ 0:50.
318 Association / Cherish
319 Chicago / Color My World
320 Matchbox Twenty / Could I Be You
321 Utopia / Crybaby
322 Shondells / Crystal Blue Persuasion
CR- a pop hit that first moved me when I was 13 and still does today. According to James's manager, James was actually inspired by his readings of the Book of Ezekiel, which (he remembered as) speaking of a blue Shekhinah light that represented the presence of the Almighty God, and of the Book of Isaiah and Book of Revelation, which tell of a future age of brotherhood of mankind, living in peace and harmony.
323 Steely Dan / Dirty Work
324 Matchbox Twenty / Disease
325 Thomas Dolby / Dissidents
CR?- Great thundering bass intro, intriguing lyrics. Dissidents" steps in cautiously and conjures images of blacklisted authors and ugly snow, gray from oppression. Here and elsewhere, Matthew Seligman's bass is a welcome addition -- throughout the album his work is lavish, growling, popping through octaves, funk-a-fied and twinkling with harmonics.
326 Beatles / Do You Want To Know A Secret
327 Fleetwood Mac / Don't Stop
328 Joe Jackson / Don't Wanna Be Like That
CR-New wave from the late 1970's - sets a nice rebellious tone for me.
329 Foreigner / Double Vision
330 Todd Rundgren / Dust In The Wind
CR-semi-live performance with Brecker brothers and a smooth message of contrition.
331 Santana / Everything's Coming Our Way
CR- while the vocals are a bit subdued, apparently they are performed by Carlos himself.
332 Chicago / Feelin' Stronger Every Day
333 Todd Rundgren / Fidelity
CR-heartfelt song from Todd
334 Jimi Hendrix / Freedom
CR - The lyrics "Keep on pushing straight ahead..." towards the end of the song are most likely a reference to the Curtis Mayfield song "Keep On Pushing" from the album of the same name.
335 Emerson, Lake & Palmer / From The Beginning
CR-with Yes EL&P were key artists in a genre known as "classical" rock before the term classic rock was used in a much more sweeping manner. Nice clean acoustic guitar at the "beginning" followed by a distinctive closing synthesizer solo from Keith Emerson (starting perhaps at @ 2:15 or more likel at @ 3:05), accompanied by overdubbed random synthesizer-generated effects.
336 Billy Joel / Get It Right The First Time
CR- great sentiment
337 Youngbloods / Get Together
CR-used to perform this with the folk mass group at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ardsley, NY back in the early 1970's
338 Brenton Wood / Gimme Little Sign
339 Supertramp / Give A Little Bit
340 Blood, Sweat & Tears / God Bless The Child
CR or Jazz? - I love David Clayton Thomas' vocals and the horns on this version. If you listen to only one song on this list, this might be the one to give a try.
341 Third Eye Blind / God Of Wine
342 Supertramp / Goodbye Stranger
343 Isley Brothers / Groove With You
344 Matchbox Twenty / Hand Me Down
345 Alanis Morissette / Head Over Feet
346 Tears for Fears / Head Over Heels
347 Yes / Heart of the Sunrise
CR- Yes demonstrates their compositional and instrumental skill sets in this wonderful song. The song begins with a churning, bass-heavy riff that alternates between 6/8 and 3/4 time (in the same way as "America" from Leonard Bernstein's score for the musical West Side Story). After one full sequence, it merges into a new, slightly funky section in 4/4 that lasts for a minute and a half. It afterwards breaks back into three full cycles of the main riff. At around 3:25, after the final cycle, the song switches to a much softer style, where Jon Anderson begins singing. This section starts in 6/8 but includes many individual sequences, including a quirky 5/8 riff that appears in various speeds and arrangements. The song gradually builds in intensity, eventually including the main riff interspersed with the other sections.
348 Pat Benatar / Heartbreaker
349 Style Council / Heavens Above
CR-Weller gem after his two best Style Council albums. Nice use of horns on this song, especially in the intro. Excellent skeptical lyrics and call to action.
350 Steely Dan / Hey Nineteen
351 Todd Rundgren / Hideaway
352 Elton John / Honky Cat
353 Todd Rundgren / Hope I'm Around
CR- straightforward but enjoyable song from Todd
354 Who / How Many Friends
CR- my favorite from the somewhat disappointing Who By Numbers album
355 Ambrosia / How Much I Feel
356 Style Council / How She Threw It All Away
CR-nice use of horns and flute with Weller's great vocals.
357 Marvin Gaye / How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
358 Third Eye Blind / How's It Going To Be
359 Seals & Crofts / Hummingbird
360 Stevie Wonder / I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
CR- another winner from the Talking Book album. The song starts as a simple piano intro, then a verse in minor scales before the harmonized vocal chorus where the writer explains that he believes that his latest love will last forever. The end of the song is a groovier part with muted distorted Clavinet.
361 Eagles / I Can't Tell You Why
362 Lynyrd Skynyrd / I Never Dreamed
CR-another Southern Rock gem. The lead guitar by Steve Gaines is legendary.
363 Shondells / [ url = ] [/url]I Think We're Alone Now
CR-first won me over \when I was 11 years old
364 Cat Stevens / If I Laugh
365 Matchbox Twenty / If You're Gone
366 Todd Rundgren / It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
CR - Todd does all the vocals and plays all the instruments on this gem.
367 Linda Ronstadt / It's So Easy
368 Billy Joel / It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
369 Bee Gees / I've Gotta Get A Message To You
370 Todd Rundgren / Izzat Love?
371 Third Eye Blind / Jumper
372 Styx / Lady
373 Fleetwood Mac / Landslide
374 Bob Dylan / Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
CR- my favorite story song from Dylan. Hearing the lyrics read to her by Dylan just after they had been written, is thought to be the inspiration for the 1975 Joan Baez song, "Diamonds & Rust" - which is based on their own relationship ten years earlier.
375 Doobie Brothers / Listen To The Music
376 Todd Rundgren / Long Flowing Robe
377 Supremes / Love Is Here And Now You're Gone
378 Elton John / Madman Across The Water
379 Heart / Magic Man
380 Three Dog Night / Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
381 Utopia / Mated
382 Genesis / Misunderstanding
383 Utopia / Mimi Gets Mad
384 Janis Joplin / Move Over
385 Wings / My Love
386 Steam / Na Na Hey Hey
387 Beatles / No Reply
388 Todd Rundgren / No World Order 1.1
CR?- more like Todd's rap experiment. Unfortunately, I have not yet found an appropriate URL for this song. I love the many messages in this song, including:
Everybody wants peace on the earth, children sheltering
Calling every man, every woman
We're gonna take control of our own bodies
Peace breaks out in the battle of the sexes
We start to learn what the other one expects is
We stay away from what the other one rejects is
And have respect for individual perspectives
We're gonna break out of this cycle of dependency
And liberate each other from a hopeless life of drudgery
And face up to the truth as we dispel all of this secrecy
And simplify the situation when we learn to speak plainly
We're gonna take control of the machinery
Bad little actors that chew up the scenery"
389 Supremes / Nothing but heartaches
390 Neil Young / Old Man
391 Buffalo Springfield / On The Way Home
392 Joe Jackson / One More Time
CR- Joe is incredulous in this song after the bridge at 2:12 he sings: Tell me one more time, your tears are only sad confusion
And tell me it's just been so long and that is all
And tell me one more time that love was only my illusion
You never answered to my call"
393 Steely Dan / Only A Fool Would Say That
CR- is this song a counterpoint to Lennon's Imagine? If so, then listguy should be on board
Is the man with a dream, Martin Luther King, Jr.?394 Jim Croce / Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)
395 Who / Overture/ It's A Boy
CR- the fidelity on the YouTube version I found is not particularly good
396 Todd Rundgren / Parole
CR-pretty straightforward rocker for Todd.
397 Journey / Patiently
CR-the first Journey album with Perry (Infinity) was a treat for me at the age of 22, when I was in Grad school at Stanford. Pateintly is the first song Perry and Neal Schon wrote together. Perry wrote the lyrics, in which he expresses the sadness of being on the road and away from home, while also expressing admiration for the band's fans.
398 Boston / Peace Of Mind
399 Cat Stevens / Peace Train
400 Steely Dan / Peg
401 Joe Jackson / Pretty Girls
402 Cranberries / Promises
403 Todd Rundgren / Property 1.0
404 Moody Blues / Question
405 Todd Rundgren / Real Man
406 Elton John / Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
407 Who / Sensation
408 Bob Welch / Sentimental Lady
409 Turtles / She'd Rather Be With Me
410 Style Council / Shout To The Top
CR-Weller gem on the second of the great Style Council albums. Weller appears to be expressing his concerns about Thatcherism and its detrimental impact on the typical worker.
411 Wings / Silly Love Songs
412 Aretha Franklin / Since You've Been Gone
413 Carole King / So Far Away
414 Atlanta Rhythm Section / So In To You
415 Sheryl Crow / Soak Up The Sun
416 Linda Ronstadt / Someone To Lay Down Beside Me
CR-I love the lyrics and the vocal delivery from Linda on this song. It is most touching when you are not coupled and happy with your partner. Fortunately, it's been many decades since I've felt that way.
417 Todd Rundgren / Sometimes I Don't Know What To Feel
CR-most times I'm not sure what to feel. Just need to let it happen.
418 Band / Stage Fright
419 Grateful Dead / Sugar Magnolia
CR- The song's line "she don't come and I won't follow" echoes the folk song, "Sourwood Mountain", which includes the line "she won't come and I won't call 'er."
420 Seals & Crofts / Summer Breeze
421 Beach Boys / Surfer Girl
422 James Taylor / Sweet Baby James
CR- Taylor's vocal are stunningly clean. Some have speculated that this song is in part about Taylor's nephew also named James Taylor.
423 Anita Baker / Sweet Love
424 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young / Teach Your Children
425 Billy Joel / Tell Her About It
426 Linda Ronstadt / That'll Be The Day
427 Carly Simon / That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
428 Third Eye Blind / The Background
429 Steely Dan / The Boston Rag
430 Style Council / The Cost of Loving
431 Joe Satriani / The Crush of Love
CR-the guitar sings from the start of this song.
432 Jackson Browne / The Fuse
433 Utopia / The Ikon
434 Don Henley / The Last Worthless Evening
435 Style Council / The Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter)
CR-Weller gem on the second of the great Style Council albums. Great vocal with his wife at the time, Dee C Lee.
436 Who / The Punk And The Godfather
CR-one of the better tracks from Quadrophenia. Pete Townsend said that part of the songs meaning was a conversation between a first generation mod and a second generation mod. he used the example of a conversation between himself and paul weller from the jam (the leader of a mod band during the punk era). his description was along the lines of...
PT: well, we made you.
PW: yes, but now you have this to deal with.
Read more at http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/ ... 7IrVQYk.99 "
437 Band / The Shape I'm In
438 Striesand, Barbara / The Way We Were
439 Blue Öyster Cult / Then Came The Last Days Of May
CR - "Then Came the Last Days of May" is based on a true story, when three friends were killed in a drug deal gone bad in California.
440 Heart / These Dreams
441 Todd Rundgren / Time Heals
442 America / Tin Man
443 Stevie Wonder / Tuesday Heartbreak
444 Matchbox Twenty / Unwell
445 Jethro Tull / Up To Me
446 Bob Seger / We've Got Tonight
447 George Harrison / What Is Life
448 Lynyrd Skynyrd / What's Your Name
449 Journey / Wheel In The Sky
450 Beatles / When I'm Sixty-Four
451 Derek and the Dominos / Why Does Love got to be so sad?
CR - Duane Allman played guitar on this song. Clapton invited him to play after seeing him perform with the Allman Brothers. Clapton called Allman the "catalyst" for the Layla album. This song is rated as the 53rd greatest underrated rock song by digitaldreamdoor
452 Jethro Tull / Wind-Up
453 Al Stewart / Year Of The Cat
454 Stevie Wonder / You And I
455 Billy Joel / You May Be Right
456 Queen / You're My Best Friend
457 Jackson Browne / Doctor My Eyes
458 Tom Petty / Don't Do Me Like That
459 Peter Gabriel / Don't Give Up
CR-(art rock according to Wikipedia) One of Gabriel's move moving story songs w/Kate Bush on vocals with Peter. According to Steve from Ottawa "The song is in 6/4 time with the bassline accenting the 1 and 4, with the melody line accenting 1 and 5. It gives it a great tension with everything hanging up in the air on the 4 and then coming down to resolve on the 1. To me that, and the busy melody line punctuating a sparse, airy background, gives the verse it's great feel.. it really creates an air of solitude I think, which is broken in the verse & bridge when the voices come together on the 1&5.. a great integration of the music with the lyrics. At the end it breaks into a groove in 4/4 I guess cause everything's gonna be alright after all..
"460 Stevie Wonder / Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
461 Cranberries / Dreams
462 Bread / Everything I Own
CR- a song about David Gates' deceased father
463 Temptations / I Can't Get Next To You
464 Supremes / I Hear a Symphony
465 Pointer Sisters / I'm So Excited
466 REO Speedwagon / Keep On Loving You
467 Foo Fighters / Learn To Fly
468 Lou Christie / Lightnin' Strikes
CR-captivating vocal performance. Christie's real name is Luigi Alfredo Giovanni Sacco, and he is best known for three separate strings of pop hits in the 1960s, including his 1966 hit, "Lightnin' Strikes", and his three octave vocal range. Lightnin' Strines maintains a swinging pop/rock feel with stomping drumbeats and a muscular brass arrangement but adds inspired touches like the heavenly bells and tinkling piano used on the pre-chorus bridge. However, the true star of the song is Christie's pop-operatic lead vocal: he comes on like a sweet Romeo during the verses but launches into a wailing falsetto on the chorus that perfectly captures the song's underlying tension. All these elements gel beautifully to create a song that many pop fans consider to be the ultimate in 1960s pop psychodrama. Unfortunately, the youtube versions that I found had lousy fidelity.
469 Doobie Brothers / Long Train Runnin'
470 Bob Seger / Mainstreet
471 UB40 / Red Red Wine
472 Yes / Roundabout
CR-from the Fragile album - great use of harmonic effect when not fully depressing the string on the acoustic guitar.
473 Billy Joel / Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
474 Supremes / Someday We'll be together
475 Jimmy Eat World / The Middle
476 Bruce Hornsby / The Way It Is
477 Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell / Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
478 Red Hot Chili Peppers / Scar Tissue
479 Eagles / Life In The Fast Lane
480 Edgar Winter / Free Ride
481 Steely Dan / Aja
482 Beatles / All My Loving
483 Stevie Wonder / Too High
484 Beatles / I Will
485 Stevie Wonder / I Wish
486 Keith Jarrett / Part I
487 Stevie Wonder / Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
488 Dire Straits / Money For Nothing
489 Janet Jackson / When I Think of You
490 Elton John / Crocodile Rock
491 Johan Sebastian Bach / No. 6 Allegro
492 Eagles / New Kid In Town
493 Meat Loaf / Paradise By The Dashboard Light
494 Blink-182 / What's My Age Again?
495 Steve Miller / Fly Like An Eagle
496 Oasis / Don't Look Back in Anger
497 Johan Sebastian Bach / No. 3, Allegro moderato
498 Steely Dan / Boston Rag
499 Beyonce / Irreplacable
500 Guess Who American Woman
501 O'Sullivan, Gilbert Alone Again (Naturally)
502 Buckley, Jeff Hallelujah
503 Robinson, Smokey I Second That Emotion
504 Rascals People Got To Be Free
505 Oasis Champagne Supernova
506 Beat Save It For Later
507 Yes Owner of a Lonely Heart
508 Winwood, Steve Higher Love
509 Miller, Steve The Joker
510 Clapton, Eric I Shot The Sheriff
511 Dion Abraham, Martin And John
512 Beatles We Can Work It Out
513 Blood, Sweat & Tears Spinning Wheel
514 Presley, Elvis Love Me Tender
515 Stewart, Rod Tonight's The Night
516 Blink-182 All the Small Things
517 Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb
518 Staple Singers I'll Take You There
519 Blondie One Way Or Another
520 Turtles Happy Together
521 Band Up On Cripple Creek
CR- could be worth a try if you like any other songs from the Band
522 Hall and Oates She's Gone
523 Beach Boys Wouldn't It Be Nice
524 Temptations I Wish It Would Rain
525 Steely Dan Do It Again
526 Squeeze Tempted
CR-great lyrics and Paul Carrack vocal and composition. Tempted was written in a cab on the way to Heathrow, I just wrote down what I saw and how I felt as we wormed our way through the traffic. I also must have anticipated a good time on tour as the chorus suggests. Believe it or not, I think I heard the word "Lesbian: as described in the following: This song is about the lead singer's girlfriend who leaves him for a woman. This is verified by the subliminal whispering of "lesbian" repeatedly at the end of the song in the phrase "tempted by the fruit of another, tempted but the truth is discovered (lesbian)." It's quite suble but quite noticable if you listen for it.
527 Gray, Dobie Drift Away
528 Beatles All You Need Is Love
529 Def Leppard Photograph
CR- high energy, rocker. With its strong, passionate vocal from Elliott and great guitar riffs from Collen, the song’s unforgettable melody engraves its way into your head. Like it or not, similar to a photographic image, it refuses to be ignored.
530 Pink Floyd Money
531 Hendrix, Jimi Foxey Lady
532 Doors People Are Strange
533 Jethro Tull Aqualung
534 John, Elton Candle In The Wind
535 Beatles The Long And Winding Road
536 Rolling Stones Angie
537 Collins, Phil In The Air Tonight
CR- The recording is notable for its atmospheric production and macabre theme. Collins wrote the song about the anger he felt after divorcing his first wife, Andrea, in 1979. Musically, it's an extraordinarily striking record, because almost nothing happens in it ... It's the drum sound in particular that's amazing. You don't hear it at all for the first three + minutes of the song ... then there's that great doo-dom doo-dom doo-dom comes in (at @3:14 - suspiciously Pi), and the drums come in half way through the song, setting the template for all the Eighties drum songs after that.
538 Costello, Elvis (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
CR/New wave - great song - sorry to see it drop out of the top 1000. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked this version of the song as the 284th best song of all time.
539 Madonna Holiday
540 Postal Service Such Great Heights
541 Cooke, Sam Wonderful World
542 Fine Young Cannibals She Drives Me Crazy
543 Mitchell, Joni Help Me
544 Supremes Baby Love
545 Byrds Turn! Turn! Turn!
546 Clash Should I Stay Or Should I Go
547 Blondie Call Me
548 Franklin, Aretha (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
549 Reeves, Martha & The Vandellas Heatwave
550 Madonna Borderline
551 Presley, Elvis In the Ghetto
552 Rolling Stones You Can't Always Get What You Want
553 Rascals Groovin
554 Beatles Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
555 Cheap Trick Surrender
556 Blur Out of Time
CR?
557 Free All Right Now
CR- the song that Stanford still plays when the score a touchdown. Any Rose Bowl fans?
558 Simon & Garfunkel Mrs. Robinson (From The Motion Picture "The Graduate")
559 Turner, Tina What's Love Got To Do With It
560 Beach Boys Surfin' U.S.A.
561 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
562 U2 New Year's Day
563 Dylan, Bob Positively 4th Street
564 Wells, Mary My Guy
565 Rolling Stones Wild Horses
566 Monkees I'm A Believer
567 Joplin, Janis Me & Bobby McGee
568 AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long
569 Sam & Dave Soul Man
570 Robinson, Smokey The Tears Of A Clown
571 Franklin, Aretha Chain Of Fools
572 Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
573 U2 Pride (In The Name of Love)
574 Wilson, Jackie Higher And Higher
575 Hendrix, Jimi Hey Joe
576 Pretenders Brass In Pocket
577 Hendrix, Jimi Purple Haze
578 Love Alone Again Or
579 Beatles Penny Lane
580 Cline, Patsy Crazy
581 Soft Cell Tainted Love
582 Gaye, Marvin Sexual Healing
583 Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Women
584 Beatles She Loves You
585 Buffalo Springfield For What It's Worth
586 Morrison, Van Brown Eyed Girl
587 Mamas & The Papas California Dreamin'
588 Cooke, Sam A Change Is Gonna Come
589 U2 One
590 Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love
591 Ferdinand, Franz Take Me Out
592 Pulp Common People
593 Haley, Bill & The Comets Rock Around The Clock
594 Prince When Doves Cry
595 R.E.M. Losing My Religion
596 Robinson, Smokey The Tracks of My Tears
597 Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There
598 Doors Light My Fire
599 Jackson 5 I Want You Back
600 Beatles I Want To Hold Your Hand
601 Kinks You Really Got Me
602 Beatles Hello, Goodbye
603 Beatles With A Little Help From My Friends
604 Beach Boys Help Me, Rhonda
605 Young, Neil Only Love Can Break Your Heart
606 Beatles Back In The U.S.S.R.
607 Satie, Erik Gymnopedies No. 1
608 Righteous Brothers (You're My) Soul And My Inspiration
609 Young, Neil Alabama
610 Carmen, Eric All By Myself
611 Matchbox Twenty All I Need
612 Eagles Already Gone
613 Blood, Sweat & Tears And When I Die
Jazz? - I love this version and think that DCT's vocals are amazing. Written by Laura Nyro.
614 Cranberries Animal Instinct
615 Wings Another Day
616 Journey Any Way You Want It
617 Estefan, Gloria Anything For You
618 Harrison, George Awaiting On You all
619 Barenaked Ladies Baby Seat
620 Steely Dan Babylon Sisters
621 Grand Funk Railroad Bad Time
622 Steely Dan Barrytown
623 King, Carole Beautiful
624 Van Halen Beautiful Girls
625 Clarkson, Kelly Because Of You
626 American Breed Bend Me, Shape Me
627 Matchbox Twenty Bent
628 Gabriel, Peter Big Time
629 Hendrix, Jimi Bold As Love
630 Rundgren, Todd Bread
CR-powerful message for me. I hear the cries of children at night
I watch their faces grow sallow with hunger
Who draws the line between what's wrong and right
And when I ask my life is for
It's all been for nothing
Save your regrets for the dead, but for the living
Give them love and give them bread
One more hungry mouth to be fed
Remember the living
Give them love, give them bread"
631 Linkin Park Breaking the Habit
632 Foo Fighters Breakout
633 Rundgren, Todd Can't Stop Running
634 Hendrix, Jimi Castles Made Of Sand
635 Beck, Jeff Cause We've Ended as Lovers
CR or Jazz - what's your take. The song apparently first appeared on the album "Stevie Wonder presents Syreeta" which came out in 1974. Jeff Beck then included the song on the album of the same name as the haunting instrumental that has become even more famous.
636 Steely Dan Chain Lightning
CR- Steely Dan cranks out another great song. One interpretation of the song is that it describes a Hitler youth rally.
637 Erasure Chains Of Love
CR- great vocals. The song, written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, is an uptempo dance-oriented synthpop track with Clarke's signature analogue sound and Bell's lyrics about breaking through any restrictions or stereotypes of what love should be. The lyrics allude subtly to Bell's desire for wider acceptance of homosexual couples, his pain evident from the opening lines "How can I explain when there are few words I can choose/How can I explain when words get broken".
638 Styx Come Sail Away
639 Supremes Come See About Me
640 Springsteen, Bruce Cover Me
641 Poco Crazy Love
642 Orleans Dance With Me
643 Beach Boys Dance, Dance, Dance
644 John, Elton Daniel
645 Third Eye Blind Deep Inside Of You
646 Ronstadt, Linda Desperado
647 Chicago Dialogue
CR- the lyrics grabbed me - but may seem contrived to others. The first part is more interesting to me than Part II - In Part I, the song's lyrics are a dialogue between two young people with different views. The first person (whose lines are sung by Terry Kath) is very concerned about events of the early 1970s, such as war, starvation, and "repression... closing in around." The second person (whose lines are sung by Peter Cetera) maintains that "everything is fine." Musically, the song is also a dialogue between Terry Kath's rhythm guitar and Peter Cetera's bass, which is all the more interesting as the songwriting credit went to keyboardist Robert Lamm. As Part I comes to a close, Terry Kath's character embraces the other character's worldview, saying "you know you really eased my mind; / I was troubled by the shapes of things to come." The response: "Well, if you had my outlook your feelings would be numb - you'd always think that everything was fine." The version I have is only 5 minutes long and starts to get a bit repetitive at @ 4:12.
648 Ronstadt, Linda Different Drum
649 Band Don't Do It
650 Taylor, James Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
651 Boston Don't Look Back
652 Dire Straits Down To The Waterline
CR-Knopfler guitar on this song includes some masterful fingerpicking that appear to complete the guitar efforts that are faded out on Sultans of Swing.
653 Train Drops of Jupiter
654 Pink Floyd Eclipse
655 Beat End of the Party
CR- from the Special Beat Service album. Like "Save It for Later" this song was on the Beat's last album because Dave Steele finally relented and allowed it to be recorded. Steele objected to both songs because they were too old school rock and not new wave/ska.
656 Santana Everybody's Everything
657 Style Council Fairy Tales
658 Simon & Garfunkel Fakin' It
CR- The running time of the song was actually 3 minutes and 14 seconds. Radio stations at the time resisted playing songs lasting longer than three minutes, so Paul Simon had the time "faked" to read 2:74 on the label. During some hashish reverie Simon was thinking to himself, "I'm really in a weird position. I earn my living by writing songs and singing songs. It's only today that this could happen. If I were born a hundred years ago I wouldn't even be in this country. I'd probably be in Vienna or wherever my ancestors came from--Hungary--and I couldn't be a guitarist-songwriter. There were none. So what would I be? "First of all," I said, "I surely was a sailor." Then I said, "Nah, I wouldn't have been a sailor. Well, what would a Jewish guy be? A tailor." That's what it was. I would have been a tailor. And then I started to see myself as like, a perfect little tailor. Then, once, talking to my father about my grandfather, whom I never knew--he died when my father was young--I found out that his name was Paul Simon, and I found out that he was a tailor in Vienna. It wiped me out that that happened. It's amazing, isn't it? He was a tailor that came from Vienna.
659 Barenaked Ladies Falling For the First Time
660 Simon & Garfunkel For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
CR- Paul Simon has said that the song is not about an imaginary girl Emily, but about a belief, while the song "Overs" (from the album Bookends) is about the loss of that belief. Garfunkel's soaring vocals here foreshadow his efforts in Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
661 Beatles For No One
662 Stevens, Cat Foreigner Suite
663 Who Getting In Tune
CR- Rolling Stone Magazine critic John Mendelsohn praises the dynamics of the song in the way it alternates lyrical passages with more powerful rock passages, increasing the effect of both.[6] Mendelsohn also praises Daltrey's singing.[6] Sputnik Music's review calls "Getting in Tune" an "awesome song," particularly praising Moon's drumming and how Moon "keeps the groove" throughout the entire song.[7] Allmusic critic Tom Maginnis praises the song's arrangement as "brilliant" and praises "the band's mastery of dynamics, tension, and release techniques coalescing seamlessly with strong, memorable melodies."
664 Harrison, George Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
665 Who Going Mobile
CR- guitarist and songwriter Townshend handled the vocals on the song.[1][2][5] Instrumentation includes acoustic guitar, bass guitar and drums.[1] A VCS 3 synthesizer is also overdubbed on part of the song.[1][2] Further, on his guitar solo, Townshend plays the instrument through an envelope follower, a type of ARP synthesizer that produces what Townshend describes as a "fuzzy wah-wah sound."[2][4][6] Author Chris Charlesworth describes the effect as being as if Townshend is playing underwater. Allmusic critic Tom Maginnis describes Entwistle's bass playing on the song as "ultra-fluid" and Moon's drumming as "exuberant."
666 Beatles Good Day Sunshine
667 Harrison, George Got My Mind Set On You
668 Blondie Hanging On The Telephone
669 Jackson, Joe Happy Ending
670 Hollies He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
671 Lewis, Huey & The News Heart And Soul
672 Wonder, Stevie Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away
673 Rundgren, Todd Heavy Metal Kids
674 Wonder, Stevie He's Misstra Know It All
675 Holman, Eddie Hey There Lonely Girl
676 Pink Floyd Hey You
677 Toto Hold the Line
678 Argent Hold Your Head Up
679 Seger, Bob Hollywood Nights
680 Buble, Michael Home
681 Steely Dan Home At Last
CR-one of my favorites from the Aja album. Listen for Bernard Purdie's drumming here; that beat is so distinctive that it's called the ""Purdie Shuffle,"" even among people who don't listen to Steely Dan. This song is based on the epic novel The Odyssey by Homer. The hero, Ulysses, is trying to get home across the ocean after the Trojan War, but the gods keep making it difficult:
""Though the danger on the rocks is surely past,
still I remain tied to the mast""
These lyrics refer to an incident where Ulysses had all his crew block their ears so they wouldn't hear the Sirens' song and crash the boat on the rocks, but Ulysses kept his ears open and had his crew tie him to the mast so he wouldn't dive off the boat."
682 Simon & Garfunkel Homeward Bound
683 Fray How to Save a Life
684 Jackson, Michael Human Nature
685 Ronstadt, Linda Hurt So Bad
685 Simon & Garfunkel I Am A Rock
687 Fleetwood Mac I Don't Wanna Know
688 King Crimson I Talk To The Wind
689 Third Eye Blind I Want You
690 Beatles I Want You (She's So Heavy)
691 Petty, Tom I Won't Back Down
692 Fagen, Donald I.G.Y
693 England Dan & John Ford Coley I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
694 Croce, Jim I'll Have to Say I Love You In A Song
695 Davis Group, Spencer I'm a Man
696 Jackson, Joe I'm The Man
697 U2 In God's Country
698 Allman Brothers Band In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
CR- Parts of this solo would draw comparison to John Coltrane and his sheets of sound, others to Miles Davis' classic Kind of Blue album. Duane Allman biographer Randy Poe wrote that "[Allman]'s playing jazz in a rock context" reflected the emerging jazz fusion movement, only in reverse. Allman himself told writer Robert Palmer at that time, "that kind of playing comes from Miles and Coltrane, and particularly Kind of Blue. I've listened to that album so many times that for the past couple of years, I haven't hardly listened to anything else." Almost two decades later, Palmer would write of the Allmans, "that if the musicians hadn't quite scaled Coltrane-like heights, they had come as close as any rock band was likely to get." Rolling Stone would say in 2002 that the song's performance found the musicians "lock[ed] together ... with the grace and passion of the tightest jazz musicians," while in 2008, it said the trills, crawls, and sustain of the guitar work represented "the language of jazz charged with electric R&B futurism."
699 Squeeze In Quintessence
CR- The song has the loose pub-rock vibe of one of producer's (Dave Edmunds') albums, powered by energetically strummed acoustic guitars and Paul Carrack's garagey organ. Lyrically, the song is a breathless torrent of syllables, poking gentle fun at the nervy, awkward and somewhat pretentious adolescent that's their subject. As in many of the best Squeeze songs, Glenn Tilbrook's choirboy chirp and Chris Difford's dry croak are used simultaneously throughout the song, a vocal trademark that's one of the group's most unique assets.
700 Genesis In Too Deep
701 Utopia Intro/Mister Triscuits
CR- Intro and Mister Triscuits are two Powell compositions the first being a pyrotechnic comedy sketch by means of a duel between Powell's synth and Rundgren's guitar
702 Beatles It Won't Be Long
703 Who I've Had Enough
704 April Wine Just Between You And Me
705 Simon & Garfunkel Keep The Customer Satisfied
CR- great song from the Bridge Over Troubled Water album
706 Seals & Crofts King Of Nothing
707 Steely Dan King of the World
CR-post nuclear holocaust theme makes this one a bit edgy. King Of The World was written after Becker and Fagen watched the 1962 film "Panic In The Year Zero!"
708 Wonder, Stevie Knocks Me Off My Feet
709 Beach Boys Kokomo
710 Beatles Lady Madonna
711 Clapton, Eric Let It Grow
CR - Clapton played the dobro on this. A dobro is a type of acoustic guitar with a raised bridge and resonator cone which produces a moaning sound. Some have said that this song is about Clapton's efforts to overcome his heroin addiction.
712 Townshend, Pete Let My Love Open The Door
713 Grass Roots Let's Live For Today
714 Scaggs, Boz Lido Shuffle
715 Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe
716 Led Zeppelin Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)
717 Bee Gees Lonely Days
718 America Lonely People
719 Yes Long Distance Runaround
CR- great song from the Fragile album. Jon Anderson wrote the lyrics to this song while allegedly remembering his encounters with religious hypocrisy and competition he experienced in attending church regularly as a youth in northern England. "Long time / waiting to feel the sound" was a sentiment toward wanting to see a real, compassionate, non-threatening example of godliness.
720 Wonder, Stevie Looking For Another Pure Love
721 Doors Love Her Madly
CR- The song was composed by the band’s guitarist, Robby Krieger.
722 Sweet Love is Like Oxygen
CR-pop song that grabbed be when I was 22. Sweet guitarist Andy Scott wrote this and was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for the composition. It lost to "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty.
723 Beatles Lovely Rita
724 Wonder, Stevie Love's In Need Of Love Today
725 Journey Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
726 Style Council Luck
CR-another great song from Weller at his Style Council peak
727 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Lucky Man
728 Aerosmith Mama Kin
729 Costello, Elvis Man Out Of Time
CR-Man Out Of Time was the product of a troubling dialogue that Costello had with himself that continued through his more regretful moments. "I recall looking at my reflection in the frozen window of a Scandinavian tour bus without any idea who the hell I was supposed to be. I was trying to think or feel my way out of a defeated and exhausted frame of mind to something more glorious. This was resolved in song, one shivering, hungover morning in the manicured gardens of a remote Scottish hotel. The house in which we were staying had played a very minor part in one of Britain’s most notorious political scandals, apparently serving briefly as a bolt-hole for one of the disgraced protagonists. I actually delighted at the thought of this sordid history; it suited my mood. I can’t say that the words and ideas that emerged from these experiences were exactly welcome news to some of the band members. Like I could give a damn."
730 Beatles Maxwell's Silver Hammer
731 Matthews, Dave Mother Father
732 Beatles Mother Nature's Son
733 Cowboy Junkies Musical Key
CR- One of Margo Timmins' best vocal efforts.
734 Heart Never
735 Fagen, Donald New Frontier
736 Moody Blues New Horizons
737 Wonder, Stevie Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing
738 Rundgren, Todd Number 1 Lowest Common Denominator
CR-some weirdness from Todd on this song. Some have indicated that he is punning Jimi Hendrix in this song.
739 Beatles Octopus's Garden
740 Beatles Oh! Darling
741 Allman Brothers Band One Way Out
742 Santana Oye Como Va
743 Joel, Billy Prelude/Angry Young Man
CR-loved this when Billy did it live at Stony Brook in 1976
744 Led Zeppelin Ramble On
745 Browne, Jackson Redneck Friend
CR- Elton John plays piano on the song, but is credited as "Rockaday Johnnie," supposedly due to the fact that John was in the United States without a work permit at the time. If you know what these lyrics are about - let the rest of the gang in on the joke.
746 Supremes Reflections
747 Foo Fighters Resolve
748 Cross, Christopher Ride Like The Wind
749 Browne, Jackson Rock Me On The Water
750 Santana Samba Pa Ti
751 Chicago Saturday In The Park
752 Wonder, Stevie Saturn
753 Simon & Garfunkel Scarborough Fair/Canticle
754 Blind Faith Sea Of Joy
755 Beatles She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
756 Pink Floyd Sheep
757 Joel, Billy She's Always A Woman
758 Tower of Power So Very Hard to Go
CR/soul-with jazz/horn - a San Francisco Bay area favorite - The story here is sad; it's about saying goodbye to a relationship. This works as a national anthem for those who had to exit a relationship a little sooner than they had planned. That point is driven home by Bruce Conte's Steve Cropper-like emotional and blues-based guitar fills. The horn chart here is also reminiscent of Al Green's "Tired of Being Alone." Later, band co-founder and saxophonist Stephen "Doc" Krupa stated that some of the lyrics had a double meaning for the departed group members. Whether this is an elegy for exiting bandmates or an unerring look at a relationship, "So Very Hard to Go" works to point of being a painful, emotional roller coaster of a listen.
759 Linkin Park Somewhere I Belong
760 Red Hot Chili Peppers Soul To Squeeze
761 Allman Brothers Band Southbound
762 Pink Floyd Speak To Me/Breathe
763 Classics IV Spooky
764 Utopia Stand For Something
765 Ocean, Billy Suddenly
766 Jackson, Joe Sunday Papers
767 Rundgren, Todd Sweeter Memories
768 Doobie Brothers Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
769 Supertramp Take The Long Way Home
770 Genesis Taking It All Too Hard
771 Chapin, Harry Taxi
772 Young, Neil Tell Me Why
773 Gabriel, Peter That Voice Again
774 Sinatra, Frank That's Life
775 Moody Blues The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?) : Time To Get Away
776 Henley, Don The End Of The Innocence
777 Winwood, Steve The Finer Things
778 Beatles The Fool On The Hill
779 Supremes The Happening
780 Lewis, Huey & The News The Heart Of Rock & Roll
781 Eagles The Long Run
782 Style Council The Paris Match
CR-a wistful ballad that showcases Tracey Thorn singing lyrics that contain some French in a soulful, sad manner. Such words as "Empty nights with nothing to do/I sit and think every thought is for you," best sum up the melancholy nature of this song, which marks one of the furthest departures from the Jam that Weller ever recorded. There is a version without Tracey Thorn at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuhWXamkfw8 - but I find the Thorn version to be far superior.
783 Fogelberg, Dan The Power Of Gold
784 Led Zeppelin The Rain Song
785 Browne, Jackson The Road And The Sky
786 Utopia The Road To Utopia
787 Joel, Billy The Stranger
788 Rundgren, Todd The Verb "To Love"
789 Kansas The Wall
790 Sinatra, Frank The Way You Look Tonight
791 Collective Soul The World I Know
792 Croce, Jim These Dreams
793 Steely Dan Third World Man
794 Beatles This Boy
795 Grateful Dead Till The Morning Comes
796 Ronstadt, Linda Tracks Of My Tears
797 Dire Straits Tunnel Of Love
798 Meat Loaf Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
799 Who Underture
800 Red Hot Chili Peppers Universally Speaking
801 Joel, Billy Until The Night
802 Shocking Blue Venus
803 Eagles Victim Of Love
804 Santana Victory Is Won
805 Wonder, Stevie Visions
806 Browne, Jackson Walking Slow
807 Eagles Wasted Time
808 Mason, Dave We Just Disagree
CR-written by Jim Krueger - a rational break up song
809 Heart What About Love
810 Led Zeppelin What is and What Should Never Be
811 Beach Boys When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
812 Journey Who's Crying Now
813 Association Windy
814 Eagles Witchy Woman
815 Wings With a Little Luck
816 Rundgren, Todd Woman's World
817 Rundgren, Todd Wondering
CR-a newer song from Todd that works for me
818 Beatles Yellow Submarine
819 Poco You Better Think Twice
CR- Richard Furay's band sounds great on this song
820 Baker, Anita You Bring Me Joy
821 Weller, Paul You Do Something To Me
822 Beatles You Never Give Me Your Money
823 Gaye, Marvin You're A Wonderful One
824 Tower of Power You're Still A Young Man
CR- with some Jazz and horn elements. Another San Francisco Bay area favorite
825 Barry, Len 123
826 Monae, Janelle Cold War
827 Striesand, Barbara Evergreen
828 Lynyrd Skynyrd Gimme Three Steps
CR-standard that you should hear at least once before dismissing it. Lots of fun.
829 Traveling Wilburys Handle With Care
830 Chicago Hard To Say I'm Sorry
831 Balin, Marty Hearts
832 Ronstadt, Linda Love Has No Pride
833 America Only In Your Heart
834 Ronstadt, Linda Ooh Baby Baby
835 Bass, Fontella Rescue Me
836 Bad Company Rock Steady
837 Winter, Edgar Round & Round
838 King, Carole Smackwater Jack
839 Doobie Brothers South City Midnight Lady
840 Sinatra, Frank Strangers in the Night
841 Baez, Joan The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
842 Temptations The Way You Do The Things You Do
843 Stevens, Cat Tuesday's Dead
844 King, Carole Way Over Yonder
845 Houston, Whitney Where Do broken Hearts Go
846 Rundgren, Todd Where Does the Time Go
847 King, Carole Where You Lead
848 Houston, Whitney You're Still My Man
849 Mountain Nantucket Sleighride
CR-worth a listen if you are an STH lover
850 Benatar, Pat Love Is A Battlefield
851 Carey, Mariah Vision Of Love
852 U2 Even Better Than The Real Thing
853 Three Dog Night Joy To The World
854 Kool and The Gang Celebration
855 Jackson 5 ABC
856 Smashmouth All Star
857 Beatles And I Love Her
858 Stories Brother Louie
CR-racial tensions in the 1970's
859 Young, Neil Cowgirl In The Sand
860 Morrison, Van Domino
CR- might work if you're a Van fan
861 Police Don't Stand So Close To Me
862 Winter, Edgar Frankenstein
863 Browne, Jackson Here Come Those Tears Again
864 Rascals [ url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuKeSUUK-A4]How Can I Be Sure?[/url]
CR-goes well with Todd's - Sometimes I Don't Know How to Feel
865 Ace How Long
866 Jethro Tull Hymn 43
867 Supremes I'm livin' in shame
868 Morissette, Alanis Ironic
869 Ozark Mountain Daredevils Jackie Blue
870 Band King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
CR-I may have to place this song higher next time. The vocals seem to have a sense of urgency.
871 Cranberries Linger
872 Electric Light Orchestra Livin' Thing
CR- is this really about abortion? Or is it about a love that's alive?
873 Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride
874 Bread Make It with You
CR- sweetly intoxicating vocal from David Gates (no relation to Bill)
875 Buffett, Jimmy Margaritaville
876 Simon, Paul with Garfunkel, Art My Little Town
CR-I remember singing this song with my buddy Kenny Cohen on the chair lifts when I went skiiing for the first time (in icy Vermont)
877 Squeeze Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
CR- great song from the lyrical specialists Difford and Tillbrook
878 Hendrix, Jimi Red House
879 Hall & Oates Rich Girl
880 Springsteen, Bruce Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
881 Wonder, Stevie Sir Duke
882 Ian, Janis Society's Child
883 Zombies Time Of The Season
884 Gaye, Marvin Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
885 Rolling Stones Under My Thumb
886 Joel, Billy Uptown Girl
887 Foreigner Urgent
888 Franklin, Aretha Baby, I Love You
889 Eagles Lyin' Eyes
890 Pretenders Talk Of The Town
891 Spinners Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
892 Rolling Stones Ruby Tuesday
893 Interpol Evil
894 Police Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
895 Pink Floyd Time
896 Hendrix, Jimi Fire
897 Who The Magic Bus
898 Beatles I Feel Fine
899 Beach Boys Caroline, No
900 10cc The Things We Do For Love
901 Simon, Paul You Can Call Me Al
902 Bowie, David Suffragette City
903 Clapton, Eric After Midnight
904 Bee Gees Night Fever
905 Mayfield, Curtis Superfly
Soul - title track from Rolling Stones 72nd best album of all time
906 Heart Crazy On You
907 Red Hot Chili Peppers By The Way
908 Green, Al Love and Happiness
Soul - starts off so soft and then gets funky. Green's vocals are a treat.
909 Clapton, Eric Wonderful Tonight
CR- many women that I know love this song
910 Coldplay Clocks
911 Hendrix, Jimi The Wind Cries Mary
912 Bachman-Turner Overdrive Takin' Care of Business
913 Morrison, Van Wild Night
914 Who 5:15
915 Starr, Ringo It Don't Come Easy
916 Presley, Elvis Can't Help Falling In Love
917 Doors Hello, I Love You
918 Four Tops It's the Same Old Song
919 Doobie Brothers What A Fool Believes
920 Browne, Jackson Running On Empty
921 Coltrane, John My Favorite Things
922 Rasberries Go All The Way
923 Lightfoot, Gordon If You Could Read My Mind
924 Dylan, Bob All Along The Watchtower
925 Creedence Clearwater Revival Have You Ever Seen the Rain
926 Rolling Stones It's Only Rock 'N' Roll
927 Foo Fighters Monkey Wrench
928 Hendrix, Jimi Manic Depression
929 Allman Brothers Band Whipping Post
930 Simon, Paul 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
931 Robinson, Smokey Ooo Baby Baby
932 Pink Floyd Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)
933 No Doubt Don't Speak
934 Roxy Music More Than This
935 Dylan, Bob Hurricane
936 Creedence Clearwater Revival Up Around The Bend
937 Young, Neil Down By The River
938 Beatles And Your Bird Can Sing
939 Spinners I'll be around
940 Eagles Desperado
941 LCD Soundsystem Someone Great
942 Young, Neil Cinnamon Girl
943 Who The Kids Are Alright
944 Beat Mirror In The Bathroom
945 Led Zeppelin Heartbreaker
946 Zevon, Warren Werewolves Of London
947 Dylan, Bob I Want You
948 Queen We Will Rock You
949 Beatles Day Tripper
950 Wings Jet
951 Jackson, Michael Rock With You
952 Gabriel, Peter Sledgehammer
953 Isaak, Chris Wicked Game
954 McCartney, Paul Maybe I'm Amazed
955 Sly & The Family Stone Hot Fun In The Summer Time
956 Dylan, Bob Knockin' On Heaven's Door
957 Bowie, David Fame
958 Summer, Donna Hot Stuff
959 Rolling Stones Let's Spend The Night Together
960 Dion A Teenager In Love
961 Brubeck, Dave Take Five
962 Joplin, Janis Piece Of My Heart
963 Wonder, Stevie Higher Ground
964 Band The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
965 Police Message In a Bottle
966 Madonna Papa Don't Preach
967 LaBelle, Patti Lady Marmalade
968 Dylan, Bob Just Like A Woman
969 Petty, Tom Free Fallin'
970 Ellington, Duke Take the "A" Train
971 Franklin, Aretha Think
972 Zombies She's Not There
973 Rolling Stones Miss You
974 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
975 Beatles Come Together
976 Orbison, Roy In Dreams
977 Pretenders Back on the Chain Gang
978 Rolling Stones Tumbling Dice
979 John, Elton Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
980 Costello, Elvis Watching The Detectives
981 O'Jays Back Stabbers
982 Doors Riders On The Storm
983 Melvin, Harold And The Bluenotes If You Dont Know Me By Now
984 Clash Rock The Casbah
985 Morissette, Alanis You Oughta Know
986 Led Zeppelin Kashmir
987 Chapman, Tracy Fast Car
988 Led Zeppelin Rock and Roll
989 Smith, Patti Because The Night
990 Gaynor, Gloria I Will Survive
991 Bon Jovi Livin' On A Prayer
992 Creedence Clearwater Revival Bad Moon Rising
993 Jackson, Michael Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
994 Beatles Revolution 1
995 Henley, Don The Boys of Summer
996 Beatles Ticket To Ride
997 Beatles Paperback Writer
998 Dylan, Bob Tangled Up In Blue
999 AC/DC Highway to Hell
1000 Supremes Where Did Our Love Go
