One of the most epic rock songs of all time didn’t crack this list until #31. The first flaw was omitting Stairway To Heaven from the top 10, even the top 20. The rest of the list is iffy at best, there are many flaws, in my opinion.
Choosing 14 Rolling Stone’s songs to scatter throughout this list, however, was rather obvious.Īnyway, that’s enough with the conspiracy theories. Perhaps Rolling Stone Magazine was tooting their own horn a little bit, but attempting to do it a little under the radar, like a subliminal message. I won’t spell it out for you, but it is too much of a coincidence to ignore. The only thing fishy about this song being chosen as the number one song of all time was the title, “Like A Rolling Stone”, in relation to the name of the magazine that published this list.
It is the epitome of a rock-n-roll tune, written during the birth of rock-n-roll in 1965, and capturing all that was youthful and promising with this new style of music. It truly is one of the greatest songs of all time, and has been covered by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, and many other bands. If you don’t like Bob Dylan, listen to one of the covers of the song. I wasn’t really expecting that, considering I expected Rolling Stone would build up the anticipation of getting to the top 10 songs the further you read into the magazine, eventually discovering the greatest song of all time as selected by their panel of “judges”. Lo and behold, instead of counting down from #500 all the way to numero uno, they started with number one: Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan. I skipped the forward and moved on to the first page of the list. The forward in the magazine is written by Jay-Z. At the chance that this list would likely be an interesting, if not controversial one, I decided to purchase the magazine for the $11.99 charge. The Rolling Stone Magazines 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time 001-085Ġ01 - Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone.mp3Ġ02 - Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.mp3Ġ06 - The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations.mp3Ġ09 - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit.mp3Ġ10 - Ray Charles - What'd I Say Parts I & Ii.mp3Ġ12 - Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come.mp3Ġ14 - Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind.mp3Ġ16 - The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand.mp3Ġ21 - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run.mp3Ġ24 - The Impressions - People Get Ready.mp3Ġ25 - The Beach Boys - God Only Knows.mp3Ġ26 - The Beatles - A Day In The Life.mp3Ġ28 - Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay.mp3Ġ31 - Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven.mp3Ġ32 - Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil.mp3Ġ33 - Ike And Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High.mp3Ġ34 - Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.mp3Ġ38 - The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter.mp3Ġ39 - Buddy Holly And The Crickets - That'll Be The Day.mp3Ġ40 - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - Dancing In The Streets.mp3Ġ44 - Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind.mp3Ġ45 - Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel.mp3Ġ47 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water.mp3Ġ48 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower.mp3Ġ50 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears.mp3Ġ51 - Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - The Message.mp3Ġ53 - Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K.mp3Ġ54 - Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman.mp3Ġ56 - Little Richard - Long Tall Sally.mp3Ġ57 - Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale.mp3Ġ59 - Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'.mp3Ġ61 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakinâ´ Goingâ´ On.mp3Ġ63 - Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth.mp3Ġ66 - Bob Marley And The Wailers - Redemption Song.mp3Ġ71 - The Beach Boys - California Girls.mp3Ġ72 - James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag.mp3Ġ73 - Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues.mp3Ġ75 - Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love.mp3Ġ76 - The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever.mp3Ġ78 - James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good).mp3Ġ80 - Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine.mp3Ġ83 - The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown).mp3Ġ84 - The Police - Every Breath You Take.mp3Īs I was on a ferry several days back, I was looking through their magazine section in the gift shop and stumbled across the Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” recent print.