Here is something for you guys to chew on. Another a new Rolling Stone list

1. Johnny B. Goode: Chuck Berry (1958)
2. Purple Haze: The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
3. Crossroads: Cream (1968)
4. You Really Got Me: The Kinks (1964)
5. Brown Sugar: The Rolling Stones (1971)
6. Eruption: Van Halen (1978)
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Beatles (1968)
8. Stairway To Heaven: Led Zeppelin (1971)
9. Statesboro Blues: The Allman Brothers Band (1971)
10. Smells Like Teen Spirit: Nirvana (1991)
11. Whole Lotta Love: Led Zeppelin (1969)
12. Voodoo Child (Slight Return): The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)
13. Layla: Derek and the Dominos (1970)
14. Born To Run: Bruce Springsteen (1975)
15. My Generation: The Who (1965)
16. Cowgirl in the Sand: Neil Young with Crazy Horse (1969)
17. Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath (1970)
18. Blitzkrieg Bop: Ramones (1976)
19. Purple Rain: Prince and the Revolution (1984)
20. People Get Ready: The Impressions (1965)
21. Seven Nation Army: The White Stripes (2003)
22. A Hard Day’s Night: The Beatles (1964)
23. Over Under Sideways Down: The Yardbirds (1966)
24. Killing in the Name: Rage Against the Machine (1992)
25. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking: The Rolling Stones (1971)
26. How Blue Can You Get: B.B. King (1965)
27. Look Over Yonders Wall: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
28. Where The Streets Have No Name: U2 (1987)
29. Back in Black: AC/DC (1980)
30. (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock: Bill Haley and His Comets (1954)
31. Keep Yourself Alive: Queen (1973)
32. Sultans of Swing: Dire Straits (1978)
33. Master of Puppets: Metallica (1986)
34. Walk This Way: Aero smith (1975)
35. 1969: The Stooges (1969)
36. Interstellar Overdrive: Pink Floyd (1967)
37. That’s All Right: Elvis Presley (1954)
38. Stay With Me: The Faces (1971)
39. Black Magic Woman: Santana (1970)
40. I Can See For Miles: The Who (1967)
41. Marquee Moon: Television (1977)
42. Hideaway: John Mayall and the Blues breakers (1966)
43. Holidays in the Sun: The Sex Pistols (1977)
44. Dig Me Out: Sleater-Kinney (1997)
45. I Saw Her Standing There: The Beatles (1963)
46. Miserlou: Dick Dale and the Del-Tones (1962)
47. Panama: Van Halen (1984)
48. London Calling: The Clash (1980)
49. Machine Gun: Jimi Hendrix (1958)
50. Debaser: Pixies (1989)
51. Crazy Train: Ozzy Osbourne (1981)
52. My Iron Lung: Radiohead (1995)
53. Born on the Bayou: Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
54. Little Wing: Stevie Ray Vaughan (1991)
55. White Room: Cream (1968)
56. Eight Miles High: The Byrds (1966)
57. Dark Star: Grateful Dead (1969)
58. Rumble: Link Wray (1958)
59. Freeway Jam: Jeff Beck (1975)
60. Maggot Brain: Funkadelic (1971)
61. Soul Man: Sam and Dave (1967)
62. Born Under a Bad Sign: Albert King (1967)
63. Sweet Child O’ Mine: Guns N’ Roses (1987)
64. Freebird: Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973)
65. Message in a Bottle: The Police (1979)
66. Texas Flood: Stevie Ray Vaughan (1983)
67. Adam Raised a Cain: Bruce Springsteen (1978)
68. The Thrill is Gone: B.B. King (1958)
69. Money: Pink Floyd (1973)
70. Bullet With Butterfly Wings: Smashing Pumpkins (1995)
71. Take It or Leave It: The Strokes (2001)
72. Say It Ain’t So: Weezer (1994)
73. Summertime Blues: Blue Cheer (1968)
74. La Grange: ZZ Top (1973)
75. Willie the Pimp: Frank Zappa (1969)
76. American Girl: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
77. Even Flow: Pearl Jam (1991)
78. Stone Crazy: Buddy Guy (1970)
79. Silver Rocket: Sonic Youth (1988)
80. Kid Charlemagne: Steely Dan (1976)
81. Beat It: Michael Jackson (1982)
82. Walk--Don’t Run: The Ventures (1960)
83. What I Got: Sublime (1996)
84. Gravity: John Mayer (2006)
85. You Enjoy Myself: Phish (1988)
86. I Ain’t Superstitious: Jeff Beck (1968)
87. Red: King Crimson (1974)
88. Mona: Quicksilver Messenger Service (1969)
89. I Love Rock N Roll: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (1981)
90. How Soon Is Now?: The Smiths (1985)
91. Drunkship of Lanterns: The Mars Volta (2003)
92. Memo from Turner: Mick Jagger (1970)
93. Only Shallow: My Bloody Valentine (1991)
94. Money for Nothing: Dire Straits (1985)
95. Omaha: Moby Grape (1967)
96. New Day Rising: Husker Du (1985)
97. No One Knows: Queens of the Stone Age (2002)
98. Under the Bridge: Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)
99. Run Thru: My Morning Jacket (2003)
100. Vicarious: Tool (2006)

1953-1956: 2
1957-1960: 3
1961-1964: 4
1965-1968: 21
1969-1972: 18
1973-1976: 11
1977-1980: 8
1981-1984: 6
1985-1988: 8
1989-1992: 7
1993-1996: 4
1997-2000: 1
2001-2004: 5
2005-2008: 2

Yep, that's a Rolling Stone list, all right.

(Nice to see Stevie Ray getting some love, though.)

Where is "Willie the pimp" by Frank Zappa ?

Can someone tell me where guitar virtuosity went? As far as I can tell, the only ones carrying the torch are Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead and Jack White.

willie the pimp is #75

i like seeing chuck berry and hendrix on top, but crossroads at #3 is ridiculous

nels cline's solo on "impossible germany" is possibly my favorite of the decade

and Eruption gets its usual CGI affirmative action gloss ... poor little Crispin Glover..

I am baffled by this list take "Brown Sugar" out and add "I Can't No Satisfaction". Take "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" out and add "And Your Bird Can Sing" and take out "I Saw Here Standing There" great song and add "I Feel Fine". I don't understand why "Brown Sugar" is on this list it's basic Chuck Berry there is nothing new about it. There are plenty of Beatles songs that I would put ahead of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" even if Clapton is on guitar. "Taxman" already has the distorted funky Hendrix chord that "Purple Haze" uses greatly. For once I am happy someone gave Chuck Berry some respect.

I don't understand why "Brown Sugar" is on this list it's basic Chuck Berry there is nothing new about it...For once I am happy someone gave Chuck Berry some respect.

aye.

Now if only that kid can turn that shit into music.

this list really annoys me.
first of all i can't believe all the acclaim rolling stone is giving to such mediocre bands like aerosmith, dire straits, steely dan, etc.
you really got me is NOT a "guitar song".
dig me out. i mean really? #44? rolling stone rarely gave sleater-kinney any credibility until they broke up and said they were the best punk band of all time. better than the ramones.
my iron lung over creep just doesnt make sense.
only shallow should be much higher.
holidays in the sun is NOT guitar song because the sex pistols are not "musicians".
how soon is now should be higher because of what marr inspired in guitarists of the next decade.
while my guitar gently weeps is WAY too high.
last nite should have been on the list not take it or leave it.
this magazine has become a joke...

oh, and...
t. rex, bowie, the velvet underground should have at least made the list. just a thought-

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Holidays in the Sun makes me want to learn guitar every time I hear it. so yeah, despite its flaws, I think it is a pretty good guitar song!

I dont think thats a particularly bad list to be honest, though the metal bands are as predictable as ever. Couldnt they put different song, like Megadeths "Holy Wars" or Panteras "Cemetery Gates" in, just for a change? its not like they're unheard of! every time Rolling Stone/Q do a list, count the number of metal bands, and I'll give you one wildcard outside this order (ie if there's 3 metal bands, it'll be GnR, Sabbath and one other)

Guns N Roses
Black Sabbath
AC/DC
Metallica
Ozzy
Van Halen

then its probably either Rage Against The Machine, Judas Priest or Slayer

Steely Dan, a shit band?? :)

I miss Django Reinhardt - Limehouse Blues!