These are my songs. I have to put "Tomorrow Never Knows" because in my mind the sounds, the textures, the and the recording techniques go way beyond what was normally associated with pop and rock music. They basically one -upped everyone in rock music with "Tomorrow Never Knows" and that includes Frank Zappa. Instead of the usual backdrop of standard rock instruments they created a backdrop of psychedelic sounds using a series of loops, drones, and electronic effects. I think they even took a segment of "Taxman" and put it backwards on "Tomorow Never Knows". The song influenced everyone from Hendrix to the Byrds to even modern electronic artists like Kraftwerk and the Chemical Brothers.

1- Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
2- Eight Miles High- The Byrds
3- You Really Got Me- The Kink
4- Stairway To Heaven- Led Zeppelin
5- Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones
6- Strawberry Fields Forever- The Beatles
7- My Generation, the Who
8- Shapes of Things- The Yardbirds
9- Third Stone From the Sun- Jimi Hendrix Experience
10- Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan
11- All Along The Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix
12- Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd
13- Long Tally Sally- Little Richard
14- Whiter Shade of Pale- Procol Harum
15- Born to be wild, Steppenwolf
16- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
17- Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
18- Light My Fire - Doors
19- Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground
20- A Day In The Life - Beatles
21- 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
22- Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
23- The End- The Doors
24- White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
25- Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
26- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

27- Journey to the Center of the Mind- the Amboy Dukes
28- Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
29- Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
30- Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
31- Layla - Derek & the Dominos
32- Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
33- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills and Nash
34- American Pie - Don McLean
35- Space Oddity - David Bowie
36- Baba O'Riley - The Who
37- Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
38- Won't Get Fooled Again - Who
39- Hey Jude - Beatles
40- Hound dog –Elvis Presley
41- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
42- Roundabout - Yes
43- For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
44- The House Of The Rising Sun - Animals
45- Paranoid- Black Sabbath
46- Sympathy for the Devil- The Rolling Stones.
47- Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
48- Blitzkrieg - Ramones
49- I Can See for Miles- The Who
50- Psychotic Reaction - Count Five

Dad?

I'm one of the oldest folks submitting lists on AM, and my draft list includes more songs from the 90's and 00's than I've seen on the two lists submitted so far. Some of us are more patient in allowing for these "new" tunes to ripen for a decade or two before we prematurely place them on our All-time greatest lists. Others are less circumspect perhaps.

I was thinking about putting a Radiohead song "Karma Police" or "Paraniod Andriod" interestingly two of their more Beatles influenced songs.

I think the thing is Rock Music is not as popular as hip-hip or dance orientated pop music. Rock Music was the thing as recent as Brit-Pop and alternative rock but it's popularity has been surpassed. I like bands like Animal Collective or Coldplay but where are the great bands?

The Beatles made the strange, risky and unmatchable transition from been completely Pop-y to convert into a great experimental and creative band. From "Love, Love me Do" to Sgt. Pepper there was a total risky transtition that end up well. Shame that not a single pop-rock band has not really able to do that today.

People need to realize that groups like the Kinks, The Stones, and the Yardbirds were making some of their greatest music and still were making a huge dent on the pop charts. Rock Music today is absent from the pop charts.

Some bands are accessible and clever, but not so innovative.

Others performers, perhaps Radiohead and Beck are lest enamored with accessibility and challenge their listeners. These are the performers who may be judged as most influential years from now. Do either Radiohead or Beck fit in to a "rock" genre?

I continue to consider putting "Creep" and "Loser" in my top 50. I'm a big fan of transitions, and Creep has some striking transitions in my opinion. It seems to me that the composition of "Loser" is not constrained by normative practices.

Radiohead are one of the most popular bands in the world while making great music...

I would probably have Creep or Paranoid Andriod in my top 100.

Everyone has influences. People like the Velvet Underground who I think are OK absorbed established techniques and were influenced by musicians before them. What came out was distinctive but it didn't come out of nothing. I think "Creep" sounds very much in the Alternative rock vein. My favorite Beck track is "New Pollution".


The first thing I look for in a song if it has good melodies and does it sound good like the guitars or the vocals. I don't always think how innovative a song is a requirement on how great song is.

I fear listyguy's head might explode if I contribued to this.

Radiohead are one of my favorite bands but for some reason they get criticized for being to influenced by other bands. In my opinion the more musicians you absorb the better band you are. It doesn't mean you are a copy cat band.

I would like to see your list. It's probably different from my list but that's OK. It would be boring if everone had the same songs. I doubt everyone would agree on my top 10 songs.

This is kind of misleading. At least in America, they're more of a cult band, a "musician's musician". The average pop fan probably has no idea who they are and if they do, their knowledge probably consists of "Creep", not "Pyramid Song". They sell albums, but I doubt most consumers are album-buyers like most AMers; the game has shifted to single downloads for just about everyone else.

I would argue that are few acts who are consistently producing quality hit singles; Kanye West was for a while, Lil Wayne has had a few but he is very inconsistent. Interestingly, I would say that, in hip-hop at least, the producer is more important than the rapper. Timbaland, The Neptunes, Scott Storch, Swizz Beatz, The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, etc., etc., have all produced a number of hits with a respectable AM-ranking. And I don't think it matters that they aren't "rock".

I would like to see your list. The end list needs a diversity of songs to enhance it's apeal.

I would have to say Radiohead are one of the least criticized bands for sounding like other bands.

Is there anybody working on a list that? So far I've only gotten 2 lists from this site (excluding mine) but I have 15 in all.

I can provide my list if you want it. But, prefer to give it to you next week.

50 Style Council My Ever Changing Moods
49 Genesis Behind The Lines
48 Yes I've Seen All Good People
47 Satriani, Joe The Crush of Love
46 OutKast Hey Ya
45 Lynyrd Skynyrd I Never Dreamed
44 Band The Weight
43 Arcade Fire Rebellion (Lies)
42 Metallica Enter Sandman
41 Roxy Music More Than This
40 Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime
39 Derek & The Dominos Layla
38 LCD Soundsystem Someone Great
37 Young, Neil Southern Man
36 Gabriel, Peter In Your Eyes
35 John, Elton Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
34 Crosby, Stills & Nash Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
33 Costello, Elvis (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
32 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
31 New Order True Faith
30 Steely Dan Don't Take Me Alive
29 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
28 Coltrane, John My Favorite Things
27 Marley, Bob No Woman, No Cry
26 Mitchell, Joni Both Sides Now
25 Velvet Underground I'm Waiting For The Man
24 U2 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
23 Jackson, Michael Beat It
22 Morrison, Van Moondance
21 Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water
20 Radiohead Creep
19 R.E.M. Losing My Religion
18 Clash London Calling
17 Smiths How Soon Is Now?
16 Pink Floyd Us And Them
15 Franklin, Aretha Respect
14 Doors Light My Fire
13 Prince When Doves Cry
12 Who Behind Blue Eyes
11 Bowie, David Changes
10 Beatles Hey Jude
9 Wonder, Stevie As
8 Beach Boys Good Vibrations
7 Gaye, Marvin What's Going On
6 Springsteen, Bruce Born To Run
5 Dylan, Bob Like A Rolling Stone
4 Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven
3 Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil
2 Hendrix, Jimi All Along The Watchtower
1 Beatles Let It Be

You don't know what you are talking about. Miley is GREAT!!!

Don't hate.

Thanks for the list Henery. As for Madaline, if you are actually 6, you'll get over miley in like a year. If you are someone else just trying to be funny...

I enjoy the Herman's Hermits spelling of my first name

She really is six and she really does think Miley is GREAT, but I had to help her with the technical stuff.

I would rather have her interested in (and loving) the music designed to appeal to her age group than not listening to music. It is kind of catchy. (For you purists, her brother, age 8, loves the Beatles best).

When is Madeline's dad going to provide listguy with a list?

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