Friday, 7 January 2000
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By The Associated Press
The 100 greatest rock 'n' roll songs, as determined by a panel
of 700 voters assembled by the music network VH1:
1. ``(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction,'' The Rolling Stones.
2. ``Respect,'' Aretha Franklin.
3. ``Stairway to Heaven,'' Led Zeppelin.
4. ``Like a Rolling Stone,'' Bob Dylan.
5. ``Born to Run,'' Bruce Springsteen.
6. ``Hotel California,'' the Eagles.
7. ``Light My Fire,'' the Doors.
8. ``Good Vibrations,'' the Beach Boys.
9. ``Hey Jude,'' the Beatles.
10. ``Imagine,'' John Lennon.
11. ``Louie Louie,'' the Kingsmen.
12. ``Yesterday,'' the Beatles.
13. ``My Generation,'' the Who.
14. ``What's Going On,'' Marvin Gaye.
15. ``Johnny B. Goode,'' Chuck Berry.
16. ``Layla,'' Derek and the Dominos.
17. ``Won't Get Fooled Again,'' the Who.
18. ``Jailhouse Rock,'' Elvis Presley.
19. ``American Pie,'' Don McLean.
20. ``A Day in the Life,'' the Beatles.
21. ``I Got You (I Feel Good),'' James Brown.
22. ``Superstition,'' Stevie Wonder.
23. ``I Want to Hold Your Hand,'' the Beatles.
24. ``Brown Sugar,'' the Rolling Stones.
25. ``Purple Haze,'' Jimi Hendrix.
26. ``Sympathy for the Devil,'' the Rolling Stones.
27. ``Bohemian Rhapsody,'' Queen.
28. ``You Really Got Me,'' the Kinks.
29. ``Oh, Pretty Woman,'' Roy Orbison.
30. ``Bridge Over Troubled Water,'' Simon & Garfunkel.
31. ``Hound Dog,'' Elvis Presley.
32. ``Let It Be,'' the Beatles.
33. ``(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay,'' Otis Redding.
34. ``All Along the Watchtower,'' the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
35. ``Walk This Way,'' Aerosmith.
36. ``My Girl,'' the Temptations.
37. ``Rock Around the Clock,'' Bill Haley & His Comets.
38. ``I Heard it Through the Grapevine,'' Marvin Gaye.
39. ``Proud Mary,'' Creedence Clearwater Revival.
40. ``Born to Be Wild,'' Steppenwolf.
41. ``Smells Like Teen Spirit,'' Nirvana.
42. ``Every Breath You Take,'' the Police.
43. ``What'd I Say,'' Ray Charles.
44. ``Free Bird,'' Lynyrd Skynyrd.
45. ``That'll Be the Day,'' Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
46. ``Whole Lotta Love,'' Led Zeppelin.
47. ``Dream On,'' Aerosmith.
48. ``California Dreamin','' the Mamas and the Papas.
49. ``Brown Eyed Girl,'' Van Morrison.
50. ``Wild Thing,'' the Troggs.
51. ``Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,'' Crosby, Stills and Nash.
52. ``Beat It,'' Michael Jackson.
53. ``Great Balls of Fire,'' Jerry Lee Lewis.
54. ``Stayin' Alive,'' the Bee Gees.
55. ``For What It's Worth,'' the Buffalo Springfield.
56. ``Blowin' in the Wind,'' Bob Dylan.
57. ``Twist and Shout,'' the Beatles.
58. ``Piano Man,'' Billy Joel.
59. ``She Loves You,'' the Beatles.
60. ``Space Oddity,'' David Bowie.
61. ``Strawberry Fields Forever,'' the Beatles.
62. ``Kashmir,'' Led Zeppelin.
63. ``Crazy,'' Patsy Cline.
64. ``London Calling,'' the Clash.
65. ``Jumpin' Jack Flash,'' the Rolling Stones.
66. ``Rock & Roll,'' Led Zeppelin.
67. ``Let's Stay Together,'' Al Green.
68. ``All Shook Up,'' Elvis Presley.
69. ``Maggie May,'' Rod Stewart.
70. ``Your Song,'' Elton John.
71. ``Heartbreak Hotel,'' Elvis Presley.
72. ``God Only Knows,'' the Beach Boys.
73. ``The Twist,'' Chubby Checker.
74. ``Good Golly, Miss Molly,'' Little Richard.
75. ``Sunshine of Your Love,'' Cream.
76. ``California Girls,'' the Beach Boys.
77. ``Summertime Blues,'' Eddie Cochran.
78. ``Blue Suede Shoes,'' Carl Perkins.
79. ``A Hard Day's Night,'' the Beatles.
80. ``Fire and Rain,'' James Taylor.
81. ``Gloria,'' Them.
82. ``Sexual Healing,'' Marvin Gaye.
83. ``Start Me Up,'' the Rolling Stones.
84. ``More Than a Feeling,'' Boston.
85. ``Roxanne,'' the Police.
86. ``We Are the Champions,'' Queen.
87. ``Tangled Up in Blue,'' Bob Dylan.
88. ``Somebody to Love,'' Jefferson Airplane.
89. ``Stand By Me,'' Ben E. King.
90. ``Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On,'' Jerry Lee Lewis.
91. ``You Shook Me All Night Long,'' AC/DC.
92. ``When Doves Cry,'' Prince & the Revolution.
93. ``In the Midnight Hour,'' Wilson Pickett.
94. ``Gimme Some Lovin','' Spencer Davis Group.
95. ``Jump,'' Van Halen.
96. ``Thunder Road,'' Bruce Springsteen.
97. ``No Woman No Cry,'' Bob Marley & the Wailers.
98. ``La Bamba,'' Ritchie Valens.
99. ``We've Only Just Begun,'' the Carpenters.
100. ``Papa Was a Rolling Stone,'' the Temptations.
Friday, 7 January 2000
NEW YORK (AP) - Every air guitarist knows the riff - da, da,
da-da-da, da-da-da - and anyone who has ever been a teen-ager
can relate to the lyrics.
The Rolling Stones' ``(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'' topped the
list of the 100 greatest rock songs in a VH1 poll of 700 people
in the music industry.
The 1965 song about rock's favorite subject - sex - has one of
the most recognizable guitar riffs in music. Keith Richards said
it came to him one night while he was sleeping.
``It kind of sticks up as an anthem for the time it was released
and for every generation that came since,'' Todd Schwartz, VH1
programming director, said after the list was released yesterday.
The Beatles had nine songs on the list, easily the most. But their
best, ``Hey Jude,'' came in at only No. 9.
``The Beatles had so many songs that the vote got divided,'' Schwartz
said.
Madonna, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, U2 and R.E.M. were shut out
of the Top 100 for the same reason: Voters couldn't decide on
one song.
Aretha Franklin's ``Respect'' came in second and Led Zeppelin's
``Stairway to Heaven,'' a staple of FM radio in the 1970s, was
third.
Rounding out the top 10 are ``Like a Rolling Stone'' by Bob Dylan;
``Born to Run'' by Bruce Springsteen; ``Hotel California'' by
the Eagles; ``Light My Fire'' by the Doors; ``Good Vibrations''
by the Beach Boys; ``Hey Jude''; and ``Imagine'' by John Lennon.
Five Stones cuts made it, with four each by Elvis Presley and
Led Zeppelin. Bob Dylan had three plus his composition ``All Along
the Watchtower,'' but voters liked Jimi Hendrix's version better.
The list's oldest song was ``Rock Around the Clock'' by Bill Haley
& His Comets, released in 1955. The newest was Nirvana's ``Smells
Like Teen Spirit,'' from 1991.
Nirvana's hit was the only one from the 1990s to make it. Schwartz
said it may be because VH1's voters were even older than the network's
usual audience. VH1 aims at age 30 and up.
Among the musicians to vote on VH1's panel were U2's Bono, Johnny
Cash, Art Garfunkel, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed and the late Curtis
Mayfield.
VH1 will count down the list in a special that runs over five
nights, starting Jan. 17, featuring video clips and interviews.
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