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Cleveland.com: 250 Greatest Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Songs (2018)

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:01 pm
by JR
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/ ... k_rol.html

Not sure if this is eligible. A single critic is credited, though he uses "we" several times in the introduction. No act allowed more than five songs. A mix of criteria for the selections.

250 Greatest Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Songs
2/26/18

250. AC/DC - "You Shook Me All Night Long"
249. Tupac Shakur - "Dear Mama"
248. Faces - "Stay with Me"
247. T-Bone Walker - "Call It a Stormy Monday"
246. U2 - "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
245. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
244. KISS - "Rock and Roll All Nite"
243. Bruce Springsteen - "The River"
242. Rush - "Tom Sawyer"
241. Elton John - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
240. Talking Heads - "Psycho Killer"
239. Neil Young - "Rockin' in the Free World"
238. Heart - "Barracuda"
237. Al Green - "Take Me to the River"
236. Bon Jovi - "Livin' on a Prayer"
235. Madonna - "Like a Virgin"
234. Dion - "The Wanderer"
233. Hall & Oates - "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"
232. John Lee Hooker - "Boom Boom"
231. Sam & Dave - "Soul Man"
230. Billy Joel - "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
229. Stevie Wonder - "Higher Ground"
228. R.E.M. - "Nightswimming"
227. Prince - "Let's Go Crazy"
226. Run-DMC - "Sucker M.C.'s"
225. Percy Sledge - "When a Man Loves a Woman"
224. Beastie Boys - "Shake Your Rump"
223. Muddy Waters - "Hoochie Coochie Man"
222. Isaac Hayes - "Theme from Shaft"
221. The Everly Brothers - "Bye Bye Love"
220. Michael Jackson - "Smooth Criminal"
219. Joni Mitchell - "A Case of You"
218. Howlin' Wolf - "Smokestack Lightning"
217. Van Halen - "Runnin' with the Devil"
216. Elvis Presley - "Don't Be Cruel"
215. Jefferson Airplane - "Somebody to Love"
214. Little Richard - "Good Golly Miss Molly"
213. Sam Cooke - "You Send Me"
212. Fleetwood Mac - "Dreams"
211. Ritchie Valens - "La Bamba"
210. Marvin Gaye - "Sexual Healing"
209. The Yardbirds - "For Your Love"
208. Prince - "Sign of the Times"
207. The Band - "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
206. Bruce Springsteen - "Badlands"
205. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'"
204. The Byrds - "Eight Miles High"
203. Queen and David Bowie - "Under Pressure"
202. Bob Dylan - "Visions of Johanna"
201. Pink Floyd - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)"
200. Green Day - "Basket Case"
199. Blondie - "Call Me"
198. Tupac Shakur - "California Love"
197. David Bowie - "Changes"
196. Pearl Jam - "Alive"
195. Eddie Cochran - "Summertime Blues"
194. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - "I Love Rock and Roll"
193. The Righteous Brothers - "Unchained Melody"
192. Del Shannon - "Runaway"
191. Tom Petty - "Free Fallin'"
190. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Under the Bridge"
189. George Harrison _ "My Sweet Lord"
188. Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
187. Madonna - "Into the Groove"
186. U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name"
185. The Clash - "Complete Control"
184. Nirvana - "All Apologies"
183. Creedence Clearwater Revival/Ike & Tina Turner River Deep - "Proud Mary"
182. Rolling Stones - "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
181. The Doors - "The End"
180. The Isley Brothers - "Shout (Part 1 & 2)"
179. Elton John - "Tiny Dancer"
178. Donna Summer "I Feel Love"
177. David Bowie - "Heroes"
176. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Little Wing"
175. Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
174. Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"
173. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "Radio Radio"
172. Blondie - "Heart of Glass"
171. Bob Dylan - "Tangled Up In Blue"
170. Pink Floyd - "Time"
169. James Taylor - "Fire and Rain"
168. The Allman Brothers Band - "Whipping Post"
167. B.B. King - "The Thrill is Gone"
166. Queen - "Another One Bites the Dust"
165. Sly & The Family Stone - "Family Affair"
164. Funkadelic - "Maggot Brain"
163. Michael Jackson - "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
162. Black Sabbath - "Iron Man"
161. Neil Young - "Heart of Gold"
160. Pearl Jam - "Jeremy"
159. Carole King "It's Too Late"
158. Paul McCartney - "Maybe I'm Amazed"
157. Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama
156. Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine"
155. Deep Purple - "Smoke on the Water"
154. Stevie Wonder - "Living for the City"
153. James Brown - "Please, Please, Please"
152. AC/DC - "Back in Black"
151. ABBA - "Dancing Queen"
150. The Clash - "London Calling"
149. The Supremes - "Baby Love"
148. Madonna - "Vogue"
147. Jackie Wilson - "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"
146. The Drifters - "Money Honey"
145. Queen - "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions
144. Dusty Springfield - "Son of a Preacher Man"
143. Otis Redding - "Try a Little Tenderness"
142. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "You Really Got a Hold on Me"
141. Eagles - "Take It Easy"
140. Ike & Tina Turner - "River Deep -- Mountain High"
139. The Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream"
138. Gladys Knight and the Pips - "Midnight Train to Georgia"
137. Metallica - "One"
136. Joni Mitchell - "Both Sides Now"
135. The Four Tops - "Reach Out I'll Be There"
134. Booker T & MGs - "Green Onions"
133. The Supremes - "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
132. Led Zeppelin - "Dazed and Confused"
131. The Police - "Roxanne"
130. The Temptations - "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
129. Guns 'N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"
128. Janis Joplin - "Me and Bobby McGee"
127. The Stooges - "Search and Destroy"
126. Big Joe Turner - "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
125. The Shirelles - "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
124. Rod Stewart - "Maggie May"
123. Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
122. Wilson Pickett - "In the Midnight Hour"
121. The Velvet Underground - "I'm Waiting for the Man"
120. The Temptations - "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
119. Curtis Mayfield - "Move on Up"
118. Aerosmith - "Dream On"
117. The Bee Gees - "Stayin' Alive"
116. Sly & the Family Stone - "Everyday People"
115. The Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'"
114. Bo Diddley - "Bo Diddley"
113. Patti Smith - "Gloria"
112. The Animals - "The House of the Rising Sun"
111. Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love"
110. Rolling Stones - "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
109. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Voodoo Child (Slight Reprise)"
108. Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock"
107. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "The Tracks of my Tears"
106. Leonard Cohen - "Suzanne"
105. James Brown - "Cold Sweat"
104. The Mamas and the Papas - "California Dreamin'"
103. The Beach Boys - "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
102. Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire"
101. Simon & Garfunkel - "The Sound of Silence"
100. Bill Haley and His Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"
99. Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
98. Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On"
97. Talking Heads - "Once In a Lifetime"
96. Bob Dylan - "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
95. Fats Domino - "Blueberry Hill"
94. The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
93. The Beatles - "Hey Jude"
92. Roy Orbison - "Only the Lonely"
91. Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
90. Rolling Stones - "Sympathy for the Devil"
89. Elton John - "Your Song"
88. Little Richard - "Long Tall Sally"
87. David Bowie - "Space Oddity"
86. Carl Perkins - "Blue Suede Shoes"
85. Etta James - "At Last"
84. Bruce Springsteen - "Thunder Road"
83. Martha & The Vandellas - "Dancing in the Street"
82. Van Morrison - "Brown Eyed Girl"
81. The Velvet Underground - "Heroin"
80. The Impressions - "People Get Ready"
79. Johnny Cash - "Folsom Prison Blues"
78. Aretha Franklin - "Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)"
77. Bob Marley - "No Woman No Cry"
76. Prince - "When Doves Cry"
75. Cream - "Crossroads"
74. Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"
73. Marvin Gaye - "Let's Get It On"
72. The Police - "Every Breath You Take"
71. The Band - "The Weight"
70. The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man"
69. Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth"
68. N.W.A. - "Straight Outta Compton"
67. The Clash - "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais"
66. Guns 'N' Roses - "Sweet Child o' Mine"
65. Al Green - "Let's Stay Together"
64. Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son"
63. The Supremes - "Stop! In the Name of Love"
62. The Stooges - "I Wanna Be Your Dog"
61. Run-DMC and Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
60. Lou Reed - "Walk on the Wild Side"
59. Ray Charles - "Georgia on My Mind"
58. Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"
57. Madonna - "Like a Prayer"
56. Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"
55. The Kinks - "Waterloo Sunset"
54. Jimi Hendrix - "All Along the Watchtower"
53. Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven"
52. Pink Floyd - "Comfortably Numb"
51. R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion"
50. Marvin Gaye - "Heard it Through the Grapevine"
49. Elvis Presley - "Heartbreak Hotel"
48. Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
47. The Eagles - "Hotel California"
46. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "The Message"
45. Beach Boys - "God Only Knows"
44. The Who - "My Generation"
43. The Kinks - "You Really Got Me"
42. The Doors - "Light My Fire"
41. Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire"
40. Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
39. Cream - "Sunshine of Your Love"
38. The Temptations - "My Girl"
37. Buddy Holly - "That'll Be the Day"
36. U2 - "One"
35. The Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back"
34. The Beatles - "Tomorrow Never Knows"
33. Sex Pistols - "Anarchy in the U.K."
32. Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"
31. David Bowie - "Life on Mars?"
30. Prince - "Purple Rain"
29. Bob Dylan - "Blowin' in the Wind"
28. The Who - "Baba O'Riley"
27. Johnny Cash - "I Walk The Line"
26. John Lennon - "Imagine"
25. Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water""
24. Chuck Berry - "Maybellene"
23. Led Zeppelin - "Kashmir"
22. Otis Redding - "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
21. Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
20. Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
19. The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever"
18. Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run"
17. Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"
16. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Purple Haze"
15. The Beatles - "She Loves You"
14. Sam Cooke - "A Change is Gonna Come"
13. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
12. The Ronettes - "Be My Baby"
11. Ray Charles - "What'd I Say"
10. Little Richard - "Tutti Frutti"
9. Aretha Franklin - "Respect"
8. Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On"
7. Elvis Presley - "Hound Dog"
6. James Brown - "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
5. Bob Dylan - "Like a Rolling Stone"
4. Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter"
3. The Beatles - "A Day in the Life"
2. The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"
1. Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode"

Re: Cleveland.com: 250 Greatest Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Songs (2018)

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:04 am
by StevieFan13
Was the guy not counting this year's class? Because otherwise there's no excuse for leaving off Nina Simone.

Re: Cleveland.com: 250 Greatest Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Songs (2018)

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:55 am
by JR
^As Bon Jovi is present, looks like he- or they- did. ;)

Re: Cleveland.com: 250 Greatest Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Songs (2018)

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:07 am
by StevieFan13
JR wrote:^As Bon Jovi is present, looks like he- or they- did. ;)
Then that is some grade-A bullshit, since I found neither Nina Simone nor Dire Straits, both of whom have songs good enough for the list over Bon Jovi (as our recent polls have shown).