Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs List • Page 2

I just remembered Gasolina exists

 

you can find the full list posted as simple text here:

500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Rolling Stone Magazine version 2021) - Acclaimed Music Forums

 

Also I have NO clue what their metric is. Greatest as in best? Social impact? I cannot tell. But either way Hallelujah should be higher

 

“Royals” at 30 is absolutely insane but also the funniest thing I’ve seen on the internet this week.

 

No Bon Iver, The National, The Killers either

 

I refuse to look at this -- because I'm not gonna make myself irrationally mad for no reason -- but I came across a tweet that said "Humble" is on this, and that's not even one of the three best songs on that album, out of Kendrick's entire discography, let alone one of the 500 best pieces of music ever recorded.

 

“Thunder Road,” 110 slots too low.

 

"Dynamite" by BTS on there is an interesting choice being that the song just came out last year. Not sure I would put that in a greatest songs of all time list, and I like that song.

 

same energy

 

arcade fire also left off

ik their critical cache has plummeted recently but I would've expected to see "wake up"

 

I would read that top 100 list upside down and be fine with it.

 

“Mr. Brightside” is on there. Would have been wild if it wasn’t.

 

Jk The KIllers are on there

 

Jay-Z's only appearance on the list (as a solo artist) being "99 Problems" is predictable from RollingStone but still whack

Not even a top 25 Jay song imo

 

Also no Arctic Monkeys, Neutral Milk Hotel, Iron & Wine, Vampire Weekend, Decemberists, Tame Impala, Mount Eerie, Bright Eyes, and only one Weezer song.

And a lot of newer indie is completely off the list like Mitski, Courtney Barnett, Big Thief, Angel Olsen, St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, Waxahatchee, Phoebe, Joanna Newsom, etc.

You can only fit so much in a top 500 songs list but it's still a bit surprising.

 

I’m not surprised “All Too Well” made the top 100. I am surprised that the other Taylor Swift song on this list is “Blank Space.”

 

List completely ignores punk. Would've thought American Jesus or something could've made it on

 

God dammit, now I need to make my own top 50/100

 

I feel that aggressive music historically gets overlooked on lists like these

 

Pleasant surprise to see my favorite Kacey Musgraves song on there.

 

No Death Cab for Cutie either

 

Left of the Dial is the bold Replacements choice, but I was surprised that I didn't see Unsatisfied, Androgynous, Swinging Party, or Can't Hardly Wait

 

"Here Comes a Regular" too.

 

Missed that, good catch. Good song too.

 

Sorry, it's not on there; it should be though, and I'd have bet on it being on there before "Left of the Dial."