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#100: "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Released as a single in 1970

More than anything else, I love what this song is about: the Kent State University
shootings on May 4, 1970. The Kent State students were protesting America's invasion of
Cambodia and the Vietnam War in general when the Ohio National Guard shot four
students and wounded nine others.

Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming

We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio

Gotta get down to it

Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

#99: "Born In The U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen

From the 1984 album Born In The U.S.A.

There is a severe misconception about "Born in the U.S.A." It's a

protest song (with specific references to Vietnam), not some nationalistic anthem.

Got in a little hometown jam

So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong

They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now

#98: "Whipping Post" by The Allman Brothers Band

From the 1969 album The Allman Brothers Band

"Good lord, I feel like I'm dyin'."

It's right after this line that my favorite part of "Whipping Post" begins. The bluesy guitar
riff combines with the awesome bass riff, and you're forced to settle in for a classic
Allman Bros. jam.

I'm not really a fan of Southern stuff, but I love the Allman Bros. It's too bad guitarist
Duane Allman died in 1971 of a motorcycle accident just months after the release of their
great live album At Fillmore East.

#97: "Back In Black" by AC/DC

From the 1980 album Back In Black

This song is all about its legendary guitar riff. After the death of
AC/DC singer Bon Scott in early 1980, he was replaced by Brian Johnson. "Back In
Black," the first song recorded after Scott's death, served as an announcement that the
band wasn't over despite the loss of their former lead singer.

Back in black, I hit the sack,

I've been too long, I'm glad to be back
Yes I'm let loose from the noose,
That's kept me hangin' about
I been livin like a star 'cause it's gettin' me high,
Forget the hearse, 'cause I never die
I got nine lives, cat's eyes
abusing every one of them and running wild

#96: "Sympathy For The Devil" by The Rolling Stones

From the 1968 album Beggar's Banquet

"Sympathy For The Devil" perfectly epitomizes how lyrically

talented the Rolling Stones can be. The problem is that their lyrical talent often gets
overshadowed by the "shock value" of their live shows, during which Mick Jagger runs
wild around the stage and shouts unintelligible words. In "Sympathy For The Devil," they
actually have something to say, as Jagger runs through the horrible atrocities mankind has
committed and makes you realize that "the devil" is really just the collective
maliciousness that humans display.

Please allow me to introduce myself

I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg

When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
I shouted out,
Who killed the Kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me

#95: "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam

From the 1991 album Ten

There was once a 16-year-old boy from Richardson, Texas named

Jeremy Wade Delle. After coming in late to class and being told to get an admittance slip
from the school office, Delle left the classroom only to return holding a .357 Magnum
revolver. He walked to the front of the classroom, announced "Miss, I got what I really
went for," put the barrel in his mouth and pulled the trigger.

At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops

With him on top lemon yellow sun, arms raised in a v
And the dead lay in pools of maroon below
Daddy didn't give attention
Oh, to the fact that mommy didn't care
King Jeremy the wicked...oh, ruled his world...
Jeremy spoke in class today...

Clearly I remember pickin' on the boy

Seemed a harmless little fuck
Ooh, but we unleashed a lion...
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast...
How can I forget?
And he hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurtin'...ooh, dropped wide open
Just like the day...oh, like the day I heard

Daddy didn't give affection, no...

And the boy was something that mommy wouldn't wear
King Jeremy the wicked...oh, ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today...

Try to forget this...try to forget this...

Try to erase this...try to erase this...
from the blackboard...

#94: "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan

Released as a single in 1973

It appears that Bob Dylan can actually sing every once in a while. "Knockin' On Heaven's
Door" has been covered by about two dozen notable artists, but the greatest has to go to
the original.

Mama, take this badge off of me

I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Mama, put my guns in the ground

I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

#93: "Get Up Stand Up" by Bob Marley

From the 1973 album Burnin'

Bob Marley was diagnosed with malignant melanoma (skin cancer)

in 1977. "Get Up Stand Up" is the last song Marley ever performed on September 23,
1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After the show Marley decided to fly to Germany in
order to receive treatment, but the cancer had already progressed to the terminal stage. He
died on May 11, 1981.

Preacherman, don't tell me

Heaven is under the earth
I know you don't know
What life is really worth
It's not all that glitters is gold
'alf the story has never been told
So now you see the light
Stand up for your rights

Most people think

Great God will come from the skies
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high
But if you know what life is worth
You will look for yours on earth
And now you see the light
You stand up for your rights

#92: "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison

From the 1970 album All Things Must Pass

It was typical that Harrison would write 2-3 songs per Beatles album
and Lennon or McCartney would write the rest. There is speculation that Lennon and
McCartney only allowed Harrison to include a few on each album. As a result, Harrison's
first album after the breakup of the Beatles was a triple album (the third one being a jam
session) and was well-received. "My Sweet Lord" is probably Harrison's most well-
known solo song, and is about God. Harrison had to surrender most of the money made
from the song for unintentionally plagiarizing the Chiffons' song "He's So Fine."

#91: "Under The Bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

From the 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik

The Chili Peppers were around in the '80s, but were fairly irrelevant.
"Under The Bridge," a song about Anthony Kiedis's drug use, put them on the
mainstream map.
Sometimes I feel
Like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel
Like my only friend
Is the city I live in
The city of angels
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I don't ever want to feel

Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way

Under the bridge downtown

Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away

#90: "Roundabout" by Yes

From the 1971 album Fragile

I just love how this song starts with such a comforting acoustic guitar,
then moves to a great bass performance, then into a great guitar riff, then into everything
at once. It also happens to be eight and a half minutes in length.

Along the drifting cloud the eagle searching

Down on the land
Catching the swirling wind the sailor sees
The rim of the land
The eagle's dancing wings create as weather
Spins out of hand
Go closer hold the land feel partly no more
Than grains of sand
We stand to lose all time a thousand answers
By in our hand
Next to your deeper fears we stand
Surrounded by a million years

#89: "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" by The Temptations

From the 1972 album All Directions

"Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"'s slow bass riff makes the song adds to
the song's sound very distinctive and fresh. I know this doesn't make any sense because it
was made more than thirty years ago, but somehow that's how this song sounds to me.

It was the third of September

That day I'll always remember, yes I will
'Cause that was the day that my daddy died
I never got a chance to see him
Never heard nothing but bad things about him
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth

And Mama just hung her head and said

"Son, Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
(And when he died) All he left us was a loan"

Hey Mama, is it true what they say

that Papa never worked a day in his life?
And Mama, some bad talk going around town
saying that Papa had three outside children and another wife
And that ain't right
Hey, talk about Papa doing some store front preaching
Talked about saving souls and all the time leeching
Dealing in debt and stealing in the name of the Lord

Mama just hung her head and said

"Papa was a rolling stone, my son
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
(And when he died) All he left us was a loan"

Hey Mama, I heard Papa called himself a jack of all trades

Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave?
Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bills
Hey Mama, folks say that Papa was never much on thinking
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth

And Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said

"Son, Papa was a rolling stone (Well, well, well, well)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
(And when he died) All he left us was a loan"

#88: "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater

Revival
From the 1969 album Willy And The Poor Boys

"Fortunate Son" adheres to the classic CCR formula of being short

and undeniably sweet. When the guitar kicks in shortly after the song begins, you know
that it's the start of something great. Rolling Stone ranked "Fortunate Son" higher than
any other CCR song at #99 on their list, but I still think they have a couple that are better.

Some folks are born made to wave the flag

Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays hail to the chief
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, lord

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son

It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand

Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no

It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes

Ooh, they send you down to war, lord
And when you ask them, how much should we give?
Ooh, they only answer more! more! more!

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son

It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one

#87: "The Long And Winding Road" by The Beatles

From the 1970 album Let It Be

I've always liked the fact that a full orchestra is featured in "The Long
And Winding Road," but apparently that was one of the primary reasons Paul McCartney
wanted the Beatles to be officially broken up. The orchestra was overdubbed by
legendary producer Phil Spector over the original song, which merely consisted of
McCartney's piano and Lennon's poorly played bass (McCartney was the usual bassist).
Obviously, McCartney was greatly angered that the orchestra was overdubbed without his
consent.

The long and winding road

That leads to your door
Will never disappear
I've seen that road before
It always leads me her
Lead me to your door

The wild and windy night

That the rain washed away
Has left a pool of tears
Crying for the day
Why leave me standing here
Let me know the way

#86: "Heart Of Gold" by Neil Young

From the 1972 album Harvest
 I just love the acoustic guitar in "Heart Of Gold". Everything -
harmonica, guitar, vocals, lyrics - comes together nicely. "Heart Of Gold put me in the
middle of the road. Travelling there soon became a bore so I headed for the ditch. A
rougher ride but I saw more interesting people there."

I want to live
I want to give
I've been a miner for a heart of gold
It's these expressions I never give
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old

I've been to Hollywood

I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old

#85: "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles

Released as a single in 1959

"What'd I Say" is the signature Ray Charles song. That moaning and groaning Ray does
toward the end of the song? Well, those are sexual noises.

#84: "Hurricane" by Bob Dylan

From the 1976 album Desire
 Remember that one Denzel Washington movie from 1999 called "The
Hurricane"? This is what Dylan's song is about, except he wrote it in 1975 as the boxer
Rubin Carter (nicknamed the Hurricane) was falsely convicted of triple homicide for a
second time.

The murders actually took place in 1966, and Carter had served ten years in prison before
he was granted a new trial in 1976 after Dylan rallied support for him by writing
"Hurricane." Carter was once again found guilty and was sentenced on February 9, 1976.
Dylan has not performed the song since January 25, 1976. Carter was released on parole
in 1985.

All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance

The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance
The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger
And though they could not produce the gun
The D.A. said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed

Rubin Carter was falsely tried

The crime was murder one, guess who testified?
Bello and Bradley and they both badly lied
And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool's hand?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game

Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties

Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
While rubin sits like buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell
That's the story of the Hurricane
But it won't be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he's done
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world
#83: "California Love" by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre
From the 1996 album All Eyez On Me

It wasn't until playing the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
that I realized "California Love" was adapted from Joe Cocker's song "Woman To
Woman", which appears in the game. Dr. Dre was the one primarily responsible for
writing the song, and he presented it to 2Pac upon his release from prison in 1995.

#82: "Fire And Rain" by James Taylor

From the 1970 album Sweet Baby James

How soothing is "Fire and Rain"? It's quiet acoustic guitar launched
Taylor's career and gave birth to the singer-songwriter genre.

I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again

#81: "Do You Feel Like We Do" by Peter Frampton

From the 1976 album Frampton Comes Alive
 No doubt the most memorable aspect of this song is its length, a
shocking 14 minutes. The running joke among classic rock DJs is that they play "Do You
Feel Like We Do" whenever they need to use the bathroom. Let's hope that they play the
song for more than just a nice break, as there's really only one word to describe it: classic.

#80: "Rocket Man" by Elton John

From the 1972 album Honky Chateau

Is it possible to not like "Rocket Man"? This is a classic Elton song if

there ever was one. It's actually based on the short story of the same name in Ray
Bradbury's book The Illustrated Man.

And I think it's gonna be a long long time

Till touchdown brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

#79: "Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton

From the 1992 album Unplugged

Clapton wrote this song after his 4-year-old son Conor died by falling
out a 53rd story window in New York City.

Would you know my name

If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?

Beyond the door

There's peace I'm sure
And I know there'll be no more
Tears in heaven

#78: "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley

Released as a single in 1957

Rolling Stone puts "Hound Dog" and "Heartbreak Hotel" in front of "Jailhouse Rock",
but I disagree with them. I think "Jailhouse Rock" is the definitive Elvis song.

The warden threw a party in the county jail

The prison band was there and they began to wail
The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock

#77: "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.

From the 1991 album Out Of Time

I was fooled by the title of this song. To "lose your religion" is to lose
your temper. Apparently it's an expression used in the South. I've never actually heard
anyone use it in conversation.

That's me in the corner

That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

#76: "Take It Easy" by The Eagles

From the 1972 album The Eagles

Jackson Browne actually began writing "Take It Easy" but got stuck.
He showed it to the Eagles' Glenn Frey, who came up with the "It's a girl, my lord, in a
flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me" line. Browne thought the line was
excellent and decided to say that he and Frey co-wrote "Take It Easy." Both Browne and
the Eagles have their own version of it, but the Eagles' take is significantly better, as it
became their first single and one of their most definitive songs. It's also the closest thing
to country that I've ever liked.

#75: "Under Pressure" by Queen featuring David

Bowie
From the 1982 album Hot Space

This is probably more well-known as the song Vanilla Ice ripped off.
Nevertheless, it's still a great song, and Vanilla Ice ripped off the bass guitar riff for good
reason.

#74: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana

From the 1991 album Nevermind
 This song is ranked #9 on Rolling Stone's list, and frankly I don't
understand why. Honestly, it isn't quite that good. It is the definitive grunge song, and
there hasn't been such a culture-changing song since, but as for the song itself, it doesn't
belong anywhere near the top 10.

Load up on guns
Bring your friends
Its fun to lose
And to pretend
Shes overboard
Myself assured
I know I know
A dirty word

With the lights out its less dangerous

Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido

#73: "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley

From the 1975 album Natty Dread

How cool is this story? "Though Marley likely wrote the song
himself, songwriter credits were given to 'V. Ford'. Vincent Ford was a friend of Marley's
who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown, the ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica where Marley
grew up. The royalty checks received by Ford ensured the survival and continual running
of his soup kitchen." I don't know of many people in the music business who have done
something like that.

'Cause - 'cause - 'cause I remember when a we used to sit

In a government yard in Trenchtown
Oba - obaserving the 'ypocrites - yeah! -
Mingle with the good people we meet, yeah!
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we have lost
Along the way, yeah!
In this great future, you can't forget your past
So dry your tears, I seh. Yeah!

Said - said - said I remember when we used to sit

In the government yard in Trenchtown, yeah!
And then Georgie would make the fire lights
I seh, logwood burnin' through the nights, yeah!
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge, say
Of which I'll share with you, yeah!
My feet is my only carriage
And so I've got to push on through

#72: "The Weight" by The Band

From the 1968 album Music From Big Pink

"The Weight" is just one of those songs that you absentmindedly start
singing along to. It's lyrics, though usually glossed over because of the absentminded
singing, are actually quite interesting in that they describe a purgatorial experience with
numerous biblical allusions.

I pulled into Nazareth

I was feelin' about half past dead
I just need some place
Where I can lay my head
"Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?"
He just grinned and shook my hand
And "No!" was all he said

Take a load off Fannie

Take a load for free
Take a load off Fannie
And you can put the load right on me

I picked up my bag, I went lookin' for a place to hide

When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side
I said, "Hey, Carmen, come on, let's go downtown"
She said, "I gotta go, but m'friend can stick around."

#71: "New Year's Day" by U2

From the 1983 album War

The guitar solo near the end of the song is when "New Year's Day"
just comes together. The bass is great as well, and really coalesces with the beat and
guitar, along with Bono's moaning voice.

All is quiet on New Year's Day

A world in white gets underway
I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's Day
On New Year's Day

Under a blood red sky

A crowd has gathered in black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspapers says, says
Say it's true it's true...
And we can break through
Though torn in two
We can be one

And so we're told this is the golden age

And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
Though I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes
On New Year's Day

#70: "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple

From the 1972 album Machine Head

"Smoke On The Water" features the most famous guitar riff in

history. It's considered one of the best, but most describe it as being extremely
rudimentary. Does that matter? Of course not. It's still a hell of a song.

#69: "Bennie And The Jets" by Elton John

From the 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

It turns out this song isn't live at all. Producer Gus Dudgeon added
applause and audience sounds from previous Elton concerts after the song had already
been completed.

Say, candy and ronnie, have you seen them yet

But theyre so spaced out, bennie and the jets
Oh but theyre weird and theyre wonderful
Oh bennie shes really keen
Shes got electric boots a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
Bennie and the jets

#68: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by The

Rolling Stones
From the 1969 album Let It Bleed
 Although the use of London Bach Choir (a boys choir) is pretty cool,
my favorite part of the song is the horn that plays 55 seconds into the song right after the
acoustic guitar starts.

I saw her today at the reception

A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
At her feet was a footloose man

And I went down to the demonstration

To get my fair share of abuse
Singing, were gonna vent our frustration
If we dont were gonna blow a 50-amp fuse

I went down to the chelsea drugstore

To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with mr. jimmy
And man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to mr. jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was dead

I saw her today at the reception

In her glass was a bleeding man
She was practiced at the art of deception
Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands

#67: "Dancing In The Dark" by Bruce Springsteen

From the 1984 album Born In The U.S.A.

I find "Dancing In The Dark" to be somewhat irresistable due to its

beat and use of synthesizers. The saxophone solo at the end seals the deal.
You can't start a fire
You can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark

#66: "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses

From the 1987 album Appetite For Destruction

"Sweet Child O' Mine" is about Axl Rose's girlfriend Erin Everly,
whom he married in 1990. Their marriage was annulled in 1991.

She's got a smile that it seems to me

Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I'd stare too long
I'd probably break down and cry

She's got eyes of the bluest skies

As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by

#65: "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd

From the 2001 album Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd
 I realize that "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was originally on the
Wish You Were Here album, but it was split into two tracks that bookended the album. I
simply didn't want to combine both tracks (which would be 26 minutes and 5 seconds)
into one entry on the list. Luckily, the Echoes version is edited down to one 17 minute
track, so this is the version I'm putting on the list.

#64: "The Last Resort" by The Eagles

From the 1976 album Hotel California

The finale of the Hotel California album features orchestral brilliance

in addition to describing the end result of manifest destiny and the American dream.

Who will provide the grand design?

What is yours and what is mine?
'Cause there is no more new frontier
We have got to make it here

We satisfy our endless needs and

justify our bloody deeds,
in the name of destiny and the name of God

And you can see them there,

On Sunday morning
They stand up and sing about
what it's like up there
They call it paradise
I don't know why
You call someplace paradise,
kiss it goodbye
#63: "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" by The
Beatles
From the 1965 album Rubber Soul

That strange instrument you hear throughout "Norwegian Wood" is a

sitar (played by George Harrison), a "Hindustani classical instrument." Hindustani
Classical Music originated in India 700-800 years ago. Harrison played the sitar on a
song on each of the Beatles next two albums as well: "Love You To" on Revolver (1966)
and "Within You Without You" on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). Rubber
Soul marked an advancement by the Beatles in lyrical and instrumental complexity, and
"Norwegian Wood" is a perfect example of this.

I once had a girl, or should i say, she once had me

She showed me her room, isn't it good, Norwegian wood?
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere
So i looked around and i noticed there wasn't a chair

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine

We talked until two and then she said, "it's time for bed"

She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh

I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath
And when i awoke i was alone, this bird had flown
So i lit a fire, isn't it good, Norwegian wood

#62: "Baba O'Riley" by The Who

From the 1971 album Who's Next

"Baba O'Riley" suffers from people not knowing what it's called.
Most people refer to it as "Teenage Wasteland," which obviously is incorrect. The song is
one of the first to incorporate synthesizers, and also features the unorthodox violin coda.

Out here in the fields

I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven

Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland

#61: "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder

From the 1973 album Innervisions

"Higher Ground" was covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1989,
and this version is probably more well known than Stevie Wonder's. However, I hate the
Chili Peppers' version. I think it does a major injustice to the original, and this is coming
from someone who highly respects the Chili Peppers.

People keep on learnin'

Soldiers keep on warrin'
World keep on turnin'
Cause it won't be too long

Powers keep on lyin'

While your people keep on dyin'
World keep on turnin'
Cause it won't be too long

I'm so darn glad he let me try it again

Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin'
Till I reach my highest ground
#60: "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by The Jimi
Hendrix Experience
From the 1968 album Electric Ladyland

From the moment "Voodoo Child" starts, you know you're in for a
jam. Hendrix's wah-wah guitar playing at the beginning explodes into an awesome
Hendrixesque riff. Hendrix started the song after a camera crew was in the studio and
wanted to record footage of him recording for his upcoming album. Hendrix came up
with the intro on the fly. It's hard to tell whether Hendrix wrote any of the guitar part
before recording it, as his rampaging guitar throughout feels like more of a freestyle.

Well, I stand up next to a mountain

And I chop it down with the edge of my hand
Well, I pick up all the pieces and make an island
Might even raise a little sand

#59: "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen

From the 1975 album Born To Run

There was a movie in 1958 called Thunder Road. Springsteen never

saw the movie, but says he was influenced by the poster. That doesn't make any sense to
me, but nevertheless I'm happy with the end result.

The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves

Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling, you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but, hey, you're alright
Oh, and that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets
Well now, I ain't no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey, what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well, the night's busting open, these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting on down the tracks

Oh oh, come take my hand

We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh oh oh oh, Thunder Road
Oh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey, I know it's late, we can make it if we run
Oh oh oh oh, Thunder Road
Sit tight, take hold, Thunder Road

#58: "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the

Furious Five
From the 1982 album The Message

"The Message" is the most important song in the history of hip-hop.

It was one of the earliest songs to describe the life of someone living in the ghetto, which
has since become a staple of a rap song. It's synthesizer riff and beat have endlessly
sampled over the years.

Don't push me 'cuz I'm close to the edge

I'm trying not to lose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under

#57: "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown

Released as a single in 1965

Undoubtedly people who wouldn't consider themselves music fans are familiar with "I
Got You (I Feel Good)," the signature James Brown song. Some would disagree by
preferring "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," "Get Up (I Feel Like A Sex Machine)," or
"Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud," but I would go with "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
as the best James Brown song.

#56: "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica

From the 1991 album Metallica

I'm not much of a Metallica fan, but I love "Nothing Else Matters," a
ballad void of their usual angst. The funny thing about this song is that Metallica was
accused of selling out because they made a song that wasn't the pure thrash metal their
fans had become accustomed to. Personally I'd take "Nothing Else Matters" over "Enter
Sandman" any day of the week.

Trust I seek and I find in you

Every day for us, something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they say

Never cared for games they play
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
And I know

So close, no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No, nothing else matters
#55: "London Calling" by The Clash
From the 1979 album London Calling

It took me a little while to really appreciate this one, as I'm not much
of a fan of punk. A year ago it would have not made this list, but like with so many other
songs, "London Calling" requires a certain number of listens until you really start to like
it.

The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in

Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
Cause London is burning and I live by the river

#54: "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac

From the 1977 album Rumours

"Go Your Own Way" was written by guitarist Lindsey Buckingham

about the end of his relationship with fellow Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks.

Loving you
Isn't the right thing to do
How can I ever change things
That I feel

If I could
Maybe I'd give you my world
How can I
When you won't take it from me

#53: "Aja" by Steely Dan

From the 1977 album Aja

Steely Dan tends to make songs that just sound good. That's certainly
the case with "Aja," an 8-minute jazz-rock ramble that features a saxophone solo and an
unbelievable drum performance.

#52: "Jesus Christ Pose" by Soundgarden

From the 1991 album Badmotorfinger

Evidently this song isn't anti-Christian, but rather criticizes the way
people use the image of Jesus and the "Jesus Christ Pose" (being nailed to the cross).
After looking at the lyrics, I'm not quite sure what to think.

And you stare at me

In your Jesus Christ pose
Arms held out
Like you've been carrying a load
And you swear to me
You don't want to be my slave
But you're staring at me
Like I need to be saved

Arms held out

In your Jesus Christ pose
Thorns and shroud
Like it's the coming of the lord
And I swear to you
That I would never feed you pain
But you're staring at me
Like I'm driving the nails

And you stare at me

In your Jesus Christ pose
Arms held out like it's
The coming of the lord
And would it pay you more to walk on water
Than to wear a crown of thorns
It wouldn't pain me more to bury you rich
Than to bury you poor

#51: "Desperado" by The Eagles

From the 1973 album Desperado

Despite it's popularity, "Desperado" was never released as a single.

It's popularity grew as a result of the Eagles' live performances, in which "Desperado"
was usually used to finish the show. Don Henley later remarked that "Desperado" was the
beginning of his songwriting partnership with Glenn Frey, saying "that's when we became
a team."

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?

The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?

Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you
You better let somebody love you
Before it's too late

#50: "Love Reign O'er Me" by The Who

From the 1973 album Quadrophenia
 In "Love Reign O'er Me," the final track of the double album rock
opera Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey turns in the best vocal performance I've ever heard.
The synthesizer riff that can be heard at various points throughout the album climaxes in
it's full glory, as does the guitar riff.

Only love
Can make it rain
The way the beach is kissed by the sea
Only love
Can make it rain
Like the sweat of lovers
Laying in the fields.

Only love
Can bring the rain
That makes you yearn to the sky
Only love
Can bring the rain
That falls like tears from on high

#49: "Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream

From the 1968 album Disraeli Gears

This is undoubtedly Cream's most famous song. It's distinctive guitar

riff was written immediately after Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce returned from a Jimi
Hendrix concert in 1967.

It's getting near dawn

When lights close their tired eyes
I'll soon be with you my love
To give you my dawn surprise
I'll be with you darling soon
I'll be with you when the stars start falling
I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love

I'm with you my love

The lights shining through on you
Yes, I'm with you my love
It's the morning and just we two
I'll stay with you darling now
I'll stay with you till my seas are dried up

#48: "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder

From the 1972 album Talking Book

I first heard this song about a year ago when they started playing that
Levis commercial nonstop where the guy steals the jeans off a balcony and puts them on,
only to discover that the jeans would react to the owner's movements and the guy started
involuntarily walking strangely.

Very superstitious, writings on the wall

Very superstitious, ladders 'bout to fall
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past

When you believe in things that you don't understand

Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way

Very superstitious, wash your face and hands,

Rid me of the problem, do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong
You don't wanna save me, sad is my song

#47: "Dream On" by Aerosmith

From the 1973 album Aerosmith
 Eminem sampled "Dream On" for his 2002 song "Sing For The
Moment." I wasn't familiar with Aerosmith's song at the time, so I was surprised to see
Aerosmith perform it on TV a few years ago. This is the lone Aerosmith song on the list,
because I didn't feel that "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion" were quite good enough.

Everytime that I look in the mirror

All these lines on my face gettin' clearer
The past is gone
It went by like dust to dawn
Isn't that the way
Everybody's got their dues in life to pay

I know what nobody knows

Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybodys sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Half my life is in books' written pages

Live and learn from fools and from sages
You know its true
All the things come back to you

Sing with me, sing for the years

Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away

#46: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin

Gaye
Released as a single in 1968

Most people don't really know the history of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine," so I'll
take you through it right now. It was written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield
and Barrett Strong. Gladys Knight & the Pips recorded a version of it and it became a hit
in 1967. Gaye's version became a hit in 1968. The first version I heard of it was
Creedence Clearwater Revival's 11 minute cover that appeared on their 1970 album
Cosmo's Factory.
I bet you're wondering how I knew
About you're plans to make me blue
With some other guy that you knew before
Between the two of us guys
You know I love you more
It took me by surprise I must say
When I found out yesterday
Don't you know that...

I heard it through the grapevine

Not much longer would you be mine
Oh I heard it through the grapevine
Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind
Honey, honey yeah

#45: "White Room" by Cream

From the 1968 album Wheels Of Fire

I'm fairly certain this song is about drug addiction and time spent in
addiction recovery. The train station is just a metaphor for the addiction clinic. The part
about shadows running from themselves is probably enough evidence to support the song
being about drug recovery. I find some of the lyrics to be wonderfully poetic ("Yellow
tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes") and Clapton's use of the wah-wah pedal
during the guitar solo is just awesome.

In the white room with black curtains near the station

Black-roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses run down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawn-light smiles on you leaving, my contentment

I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines

Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves

You said no strings could secure you at the station

Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning

I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back

Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves

At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd

Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings

I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd

Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves

#44: "In My Life" by The Beatles

From the 1965 album Rubber Soul

Rubber Soul really marked the beginning of the Beatles'adding lyrical

and instrumental depth to their songs. Gone are the days of "I Want To Hold Your Hand."

There are places I'll remember

All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers

There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more
#43: "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd
From the 1979 album The Wall

When you listen to "Comfortably Numb," you're listening to one of

the greatest guitar solos of all time. Roger Waters wrote most of the songs on The Wall,
but David Gilmour was the one who wrote the instrumentation of "Comfortably Numb,"
with Waters adding the lyrics. As a result, it's the only song on The Wall that doesn't fade
into or out of an adjacent track.

Hello, hello, hello

Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home?

Come on, come on down

I hear you're feeling down
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again

Relax, relax, relax

I need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding

A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying

When I was a child, I had a fever

My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am

I have become comfortably numb

#42: "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" by Creedence
Clearwater Revival
From the 1970 album Pendulum

This is a song that you wish could just go on forever. It's always such
a sad moment when this song just ends, and you realize that it's only 2 minutes and 40
seconds long.

Someone told me long ago there's a calm before the storm

I know; its been comin' for some time
When it's over, so they say, it'll rain a sunny day,
I know; shinin' down like water.

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?

I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?

Yesterday, and days before, sun is cold and rain is hard

I know; been that way for all my time
'til forever, on it goes through the circle, fast and slow
I know; it can't stop, I wonder

#41: "Sunset Grill" by Don Henley

From the 1984 album Building The Perfect Beast

By the time Henley gets to 1984, his country roots of being in the
Eagles have been left far behind. What we have here with "Sunset Grill" is a spectacular
(albeit looped) drum beat and an array of synthesizers. The last couple of minutes are a
magnificent display of horns, synthesizers, a guitar, and a piano uniting into a gorgeous
outro.
Lets go down to the sunset grill
We can watch the working girls go by
Watch the basket people walk around and mumble
And stare out at the auburn sky
Theres an old man there from the old world
To him, it's all the same
Calls all his customers by name

You see a lot more meanness in the city

It's the kind that tears you up inside
Hard to come away with anything that feels like dignity
Hard to get home with any pride
These days a man makes you somethin'
And you never see his face
But there is no hiding place

Respectable little murders pay

They get more respectable every day
Dont worry girl, I'm gonna stick by you
And someday soon
We're gonna get in that car and get outta here

#40: "Touch Me" by The Doors

From the 1969 album The Soft Parade

"Touch Me" just has an enormous amount of indefinable energy to it.

It's use of brass and strings isn't typical for a Doors song, which is precisely the reason
why it's one of my favorite Doors songs.

Now touch me, baby

Can't you see that I am not afraid?
What was that promise that you made?
Why won't you tell me what she said?
What was that promise that you made?

Now, I'm gonna love you, till the heavens stop the rain
I'm gonna love you
Till the stars fall from the sky for you and I
#39: "Purple Rain" by Prince
From the 1984 album Purple Rain

"Purple Rain" is absolutely epic in every musical sense. It's length is

8 minutes and 41 seconds. It's definitely progressive in the sense that it combines
elements of rock, pop and even gospel. I'm surprised you don't see "Purple Rain" on a
"Greatest Guitar Solos" list, because the guitar absolutely takes over midway through the
song. Then after that, orchestral strings and a piano play for the final two minutes of
song. The song was actually recorded live in Minneapolis (and then parts were
overdubbed in the studio), so that explains the audience cheering at the end of the song.
Lyrically, "Purple Rain" appears to represent an apology from one lover to another. Look,
however, at the final verse. There appears to be a spiritual component to this song as well,
and the "purple rain" could possibly be symbolic of heaven.

I never meant to cause you any sorrow

I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted to one time see you laughing
I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain

I never wanted to be your weekend lover

I only wanted to be some kind of friend
Baby I could never steal you from another
Its such a shame our friendship had to end

Honey I know, I know, I know times are changing

Its time we all reach out for something new
That means you too
You say you want a leader
But you cant seem to make up your mind
I think you better close it
And let me guide you to the purple rain

#38: "A Day In The Life" by The Beatles

From the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
 This is the last song that Lennon and McCartney worked on together.
Sgt. Pepper's was the Beatles' peak, and "A Day In The Life" was the crown jewel of the
album. After Sgt. Pepper's, each of the Beatles became very possessive of the songs they
wrote, causing Ringo Starr to briefly leave the band during the White Album recording
sessions.

I read the news today oh boy

About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords

#37: "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty

From the 1989 album Full Moon Fever

It's startling to think that "Free Fallin'" was one of the first songs on
this list that I heard, and I first heard it about three years ago. It's hard to believe that I
could have become so knowledgable about all of these songs in just three years.

She's a good girl, loves her mama

Loves Jesus and America too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
Loves horses and her boyfriend too

It's a long day living in Reseda

There's a freeway runnin' through the yard
And I'm a bad boy cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart

#36: "I Can't Tell You Why" by The Eagles

From the 1979 album The Long Run

The Eagles' sound changed dramatically from 1972 to 1979, and by

the time their last album (The Long Run) came out they had lost their early country-rock
sound entirely. "I Can't Tell You Why" has a distinctly dark mood, with Timothy B.
Schmit's high voice juxtaposed with the deep notes from his bass guitar and Glenn Frey's
perfect guitar solo to close out the song.

Look at us baby, up all night

Tearing our love apart
Aren't we the same two people
Who live through years in the dark?

Every time I try to walk away

Something makes me turn around and stay
And I can't tell you why

#35: "With Or Without You" by U2

From the 1987 album The Joshua Tree

I love the deep bass guitar (I wouldn't quite call it a "bassline")

playing throughout "With Or Without You." It just really sets the tone for the song. Also, I
just love it when Bono sings the "And you give yourself away" line (and repeats it
multiple times).

See the stone set in your eyes

See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate

On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

Through the storm we reach the shore

You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

My hands are tied

My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

#34: "Running On Empty" by Jackson Browne

From the 1977 album Running On Empty

Jackson Browne is my all-time favorite songwriter. "Running On

Empty" is one of those songs that you just like, and that's due to Browne's songwriting
genius.

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields
In sixty-five I was seventeen and running up one-o-one
I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on

Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive

Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive
In sixty-nine I was twenty-one and I called the road my own
I don't know when that road turned onto the road I'm on

#33: "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry

From the 1959 album Berry Is On Top
 "Johnny B. Goode" is one of the first rock and roll songs and is still
one of the best. The opening guitar riff just blasts a door open into my mind, and this is
coming from someone listening to it nearly fifty years after it was originally written. I
can't even begin to imagine how people reacted to it back then.

Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans

Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named of Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell

#32: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen

From the 1975 album A Night At The Opera

What a strange song "Bohemian Rhapsody" is. I've never heard

anything quite like it, which makes it incredibly difficult to place on a list like this.

Is this the real life

Is this just fantasy
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me
To me

#31: "Light My Fire" by The Doors

From the 1967 album The Doors

"Light My Fire" is one of those psychedelic rock songs that features

long instrumental solos (is that instrument a keyboard? It doesn't really sound like a
guitar). "Light My Fire" was the Door's breakthrough single, but the single version was
shortened from seven to three minutes.

You know that it would be untrue

You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher

The time to hesitate is through

No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

#30: "Yesterday" by The Beatles

From the 1965 album Help!

"Yesterday" holds the record for the most times covered, at more than
3,000 recorded versions. That strikes me as a little odd due to the song, but I guess all of
us have lost love at some point, so it's not really that surprising.

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away

Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I'm not half the man i used to be

There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play

Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

#29: "All Along The Watchtower" by The Jimi Hendrix

Experience
From the 1968 album Electric Ladyland

"All Along The Watchtower" is considered by most to be the greatest

cover of all time. Bob Dylan's original was a quiet folk song, but Hendrix replaced
Dylan's harmonica with his roaring guitar. Later on Dylan would acknowledge Hendrix's
version to be the better song.

There must be some kind of way out of here

Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief
Businessman they drink my wine
Plow men dig my earth
None will level on the line
Nobody of it is worth

No reason to get excited

The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hour's getting late

All along the watchtower

Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Bare-foot servants too
Outside in the cold distance
A wild cat did growl
Two riders were approachin'
And the wind began to howl

#28: "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who

From the 1971 album Who's Next

The scream Roger Daltrey lets out nearly eight minutes into "Won't
Get Fooled Again" has to be one of the defining moments in music history. After that
scream, the only words left in the revolution-themed song are "Meet the new boss/Same
as the old boss."

We'll be fighting in the streets

With our children at our feet
And the morals when they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgment of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

#27: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles

From the 1968 album The Beatles (The White Album)
 Most of the Beatles' songwriting ingenuity is accredited to Lennon
and McCartney, but "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is an absolute gem from guitarist
George Harrison. Eric Clapton played the lead guitar, letting Harrison just produce the
rhythm and vocals.

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping

While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps

I look at the world and I notice it's turning

While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping

While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all...
Still my guitar gently weeps

#26: "One Of These Nights" by The Eagles

From the 1975 album One Of These Nights

"One Of These Nights" is the Eagles' answer to the arrival of disco.

Glenn Frey later recalls, "We made a quantum leap with 'One Of These Nights.' It was a
breakthrough song. It is my favorite Eagles record. If I ever had to pick one, it wouldn't
be 'Hotel California'; it wouldn't be 'Take It Easy.' For me, it would be 'One Of These
Nights.'"

One of these nights

One of these crazy old nights
We're gonna find out pretty mama
What turns on your lights
The full moon is calling
The fever is high
And the wicked wind whispers and moans

You got your demons

You got desires
Well, I got a few of my own

Oo, someone to be kind to

In between the dark and the light
Oo, coming right behind you
Swear I'm gonna find you
One of these nights

#25: "Sultans Of Swing" by Dire Straits

From the 1978 album Dire Straits

This song is all about the bluesy guitar playing of Mark Knopfler.
The guitar solo at the end of the song and the riff he produces throughout the entire song
simply sound great.

#24: "Black" by Pearl Jam

From the 1991 album Ten

"Black" is one of the most emotionally powerful songs I've ever

heard. The end just has the ability to connect with my emotions every single time I hear
it. The "do-do do-do do-do-do" of Eddie Vedder's voice in unison with the piano and
electric guitar is just hypnotizing.

And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass

Of what was everything
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine

#23: "The End Of The Innocence" by Don Henley

From the 1989 album The End Of The Innocence

Ostensibly this song is about the breakup of a husband and wife:

Remember when the days were long

And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
Didn't have a care in the world
With mommy and daddy standing by
When happily ever after fails
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers dwell on small details
Since daddy had to fly

But "The End Of The Innocence" really serves as a metaphor for the plight of the farmer
during Ronald Reagan's presidency. Reagan dramatically increased defense spending
(recall his "Star Wars" program) which in turn cut funds for farmers.

O' beautiful, for spacious skies

But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie

#22: "Every Breath You Take" by The Police

From the 1983 album Synchronicity
 Apparently this song isn't really about well-intentioned love at all
(which is what most people think). It's about Sting being a stalker after the collapse of his
marriage.

Since you've gone I been lost without a trace

I dream at night I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby please

Every move you make

Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you

#21: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by

U2
From the 1987 album The Joshua Tree

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is simple enough to
understand: it's about finding spirituality. Despite it's simplicity, it's still a song that you
can't really get enough of, probably because we as listeners are always seeking
spirituality ourselves.

I believe in the kingdom come

Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
Well yes I'm still running

You broke the bonds and you

Loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Of my shame
You know I believed it

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

#20: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling

Stones
From the 1965 album Out Of Our Heads

You're probably screaming at me for putting "Satisfaction" so low on

the list (most would put it in the top five), but I don't think it's as good as everyone thinks
it is (honestly though, #20 is still really good). Nevertheless, this is probably the first
great guitar riff, and is the definitive Rolling Stones song.

#19: "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson

From the 1982 album Thriller

There was once a time when Michael Jackson wasn't referred to as

"Jacko." Jackson is said to have owned the 1980s the same way Elvis Presley owned the
1950s. Thriller was Jackson's peak, and "Billie Jean" is by far his most memorable song
from his entire career.

People always told me be careful of what you do

And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts
And mother always told me be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do 'cause the lie becomes the truth

Billie jean is not my lover

She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son

#18: "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin

From the 1975 album Physical Graffiti

Singer Robert Plant would later consider "Kashmir" to be one of

Zeppelin's greatest achievements, and there's no reason for him not to. The chorus lacks
vocals that are justly substituted for magnificent brass orchestration. Strings are
brilliantly used throughout the song against a hard rock beat.

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face

Stars to fill my dream
I am a traveler of both time and space
To be where I have been
To sit with elders of the gentle race
This world has seldom seen
They talk of days for which they sit and wait
And all will be revealed

Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace

Like thoughts inside a dream
Heed the path that led me to that place
Yellow desert stream
My shangri-la beneath the summer moon
I will return again
Sure as the dust that floats high and true
When movin' through Kashmir.

#17: "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye

From the 1971 album What's Going On
 The introspective lyrics of "What's Going On" marked a departure
from the usual '60s Motown style. The song's jazzy sound and protesting lyrics make it
Gaye's most famous work.

Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today

Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today

Picket lines and picket signs

Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on

#16: "The End" by The Doors

From the 1967 album The Doors

I first heard "The End" after watching the Vietnam movie Apocalypse
Now. In the beginning, the song plays during the background as Martin Sheen lies in his
Saigon hotel room.

This is the end

Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

Of our elaborate plans, the end

Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes...again

Can you picture what will be

So limitless and free
Desperately in need...of some...stranger's hand
In a...desperate land

#15: "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses

From the 1991 album Use Your Illusion I

At nearly nine minutes in length, "November Rain" is deservedly

considered one of music's great epics. As for what November rain actually is, it's a
metaphor for the tempestuous times during the previous relationship the song describes.

Sometimes I need some time...on my own

Sometimes I need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone

And when your fears subside

And shadows still remain
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain

#14: "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival

From the 1969 album Bayou Country
 I suspect there are many who are familiar with the "rollin' on the
river" chorus that can be heard in every other American Idol audition but don't know that
the song is actually called "Proud Mary," the signature song by CCR.

Left a good job in the city,

Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day,
And I never lost one minute of sleepin',
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.

Big wheel keep on turnin',

Proud Mary keep on burnin',
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.

#13: "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

From the 1973 album Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd

For a long time the only "Free Bird" I knew was the 4 and a half
minute version they play on the radio. It wasn't until relatively recently that I found out
the actual album version is 9 minutes in length, and features the greatest guitar solo I've
ever heard.

If I leave here tomorrow

Would you still remember me?
For I must be travelling on, now
'cause there's too many places I've got to see
But, if I stayed here with you, girl
Things just couldn't be the same
'cause I'm as free as a bird now
And this bird you can not change
Lord knows, I can't change

#12: "One" by U2
From the 1991 album Achtung Baby

There are many debated meanings of "One," but the likely meaning is
proposed by Rolling Stone in their 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time book: it's a dark
ballad about a relationship in peril and the struggle to keep it together. Some will say it's
about a gay son explaining to his father that he has HIV, which was evidently the premise
of the video.

Well it's too late

Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one
But we're not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other
One

Have you come here for forgiveness?

Have you come tor raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head?
Did I ask too much?
More than a lot?
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
We hurt each other
Then we do it again

You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt
#11: "Eminence Front" by The Who
From the 1982 album It's Hard

"Eminence Front" is the last great song by The Who and, in my

opinion, the best. It's risen in popularity recently, and there's no reason why it shouldn't,
because it just might be the most spectacular song I've ever heard. It really takes 10
listens or so to be able to take it all in. The driving guitar riff, the ongoing playing of the
keyboard, the additional deep guitar during the chorus, the fact that the vocals are only in
the right speaker, the lyrics, etc.

The sun shines

And people forget
The spray flies as the speedboat glides
And people forget
Forget they're hiding
The girls smile
And people forget
The snow packs as the skier tracks
And people forget
Forget they're hiding

Behind an eminence front

Eminence front - it's a put on

Come on join the party

Dress to kill
Won't you come and join the party
Dress to kill

#10: "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd

From the 1975 album Wish You Were Here
 As a listener, "Wish You Were Here" is as close to musical bliss as it
gets. You can just feel it resonate through your entire body. It's one of those songs that
you just don't get tired of.

How I wish, how I wish you were here

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here

#9: "Imagine" by John Lennon

From the 1971 album Imagine

There isn't much explanation needed for what this song is about or
why it is so great. All I have to say is this: I want the world to be what John Lennon asks
for it to be.

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

#8: "Hey Jude" by The Beatles

Released as a single in 1968

Paul McCartney started out with John Lennon's son Julian in my when he started writing
this song. Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia Powell, were going through a divorce and
McCartney felt for Julian during the whole ordeal. He eventually changed "Jules" to
"Jude" because "Jude" is easier to sing. Julian didn't find out the song was written for him
until almost twenty years later.

Hey Jude, don't make it bad

Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude, don't be afraid

You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain

Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder

#7: "Born To Run" by Bruce Springsteen

From the 1975 album Born To Run
 "Born To Run" was supposedly Springsteen's last-ditch effort to make
it big. He is from Asbury Park, NJ, and his first album was appropriately titled "Greetings
From Asbury Park, NJ." Springsteen claims that "Born To Run," the title track from his
third album, is about wanting to leave Asbury Park, which of course is symbolic. His first
two albums were met with critical acclaim but didn't catch on in mainstream music, and
he wanted to leave Asbury Park behind and finally make it big. That's exactly what he
did.

In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway american dream

At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
`cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

#6: "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones

From the 1969 album Let It Bleed

"Gimme Shelter" features mostly apocalyptic lyrics, with war, rape,

murder, etc. being "just a shot away." The song finishes on a positive note, however,
when Mick Jagger claims love is "just a kiss away."

Oh, a storm is threat'ning

My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away

War, children, it's just a shot away

It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost it's way

#5: "Like A Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan

From the 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited

It took me a very long time to gather appreciation for "Like A Rolling

Stone." I never thought very much of it until I saw that it was ranked by Rolling Stone as
the greatest song of all time. I decided then that I had to listen to it again, since at that
point I thought it was about the worst song I'd ever heard. Dylan's voice was horrendous,
his harmonica was annoying, and all of the instruments seemed haphazardly thrown
together.

I've since discovered that the more times you listen to "Like A Rolling Stone," the more
you like it. In fact, that's probably more true in the case of "Like A Rolling Stone" than
for any other song on this list. You have to really look at the lyrics, and then everything
else will fall into place.

Once upon a time you dressed so fine

You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal

How does it feel

How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

#4: "Hotel California" by The Eagles

From the 1976 album Hotel California

"Hotel California" just has that really distinct sound to it. There isn't
anything else that sounds like it. It also has probably the most famous guitar solo in
history.

"We wanted to write a song just like it was a movie. This guy is driving across the desert.
He's tired. He's smokin'. Comes up over a hill, sees some lights, pulls in. First thing he
sees is a really strange guy at the front door, welcoming him: 'Come on in.' Walks in, and
then it becomes Fellini-esque- strange women, effeminate men, shadowy corridors,
disembodied voices, debauchery, illusion.... Weirdness. So we thought, 'Let's really take
some chances. Let's try to write in a way that we've never written before.' Steely Dan
inspired us because of their lyrical bravery and willingness to go 'out there.' So, for us,
'Hotel California' was about thinking and writing outside the box."

Mirrors on the ceiling

The pink champagne on ice
And she said "we are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember

I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax," said the night man,
We are programmed to receive
You can checkout any time you like
But you can never leave

#3: "Let It Be" by The Beatles

From the 1970 album Let It Be
 Paul McCartney doesn't allude to the Virgin Mary when he says
"Mother Mary comes to me," he is literally talking about his mother Mary, who died
when he was 14. When McCartney had a dream about his mother, it resulted in the
inspiration for "Let It Be."

And when the night is cloudy,

There is still a light that shines on me,
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be,
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

#2: "Stairway To Heaven" by Led Zeppelin

From the 1971 album Led Zeppelin IV

It takes time to appreciate "Stairway." After enough listens, you start

to realize there isn't a single note out of place and you start to appreciate the epic
progression of the song.

And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our souls
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
#1: "Layla" by Derek And The Dominos
From the 1970 album Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

If anyone's come up with a greater guitar riff I'd like to hear it. If
anyone's come up with a greater melody on a piano I'd like to hear it. That's all I really
have to say about this song.

If you didn't already know, Layla is not a real person. The song is really about Eric
Clapton's unrequited love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of Beatle George Harrison. Boyd
would later divorce Harrison in 1977 and marry Clapton in 1979. She divorced Clapton
in 1988 after Clapton had several extramarital affairs.

Derek And The Dominos was known as Eric And The Dynamos until an announcer
mispronounced the name and the band decided to keep it. "Layla" was the only album
recorded by Derek And The Dominos due to Clapton's descent into heroin addiction,
which came about as a result of the deaths of fellow guitarists Jimi Hendrix and Duane
Allman and due to the lukewarm reviews to the album.

The List

1. "Stairway To Heaven" by Led Zeppelin

2. "Layla" by Derek & The Dominos
3. "Hotel California" by The Eagles
4. "Imagine" by John Lennon
5. "Like A Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan
6. "Let It Be" by The Beatles
7. "One" by U2
8. "Hey Jude" by The Beatles
9. "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye
10. "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry
11. "Born To Run" by Bruce Springsteen
12. "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd
13. "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones
14. "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
15. "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
16. "All Along The Watchtower" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
17. "Eminence Front" by The Who
18. "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" by James Brown
19. "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses
20. "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles
21. "Black" by Pearl Jam
22. "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin
23. "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who
24. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles
25. "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd
26. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2
27. "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
28. "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson
29. "Sympathy For The Devil" by The Rolling Stones
30. "Yesterday" by The Beatles
31. "Light My Fire" by The Doors
32. "Every Breath You Take" by The Police
33. "Purple Rain" by Prince
34. "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley & The Wailers
35. "The End Of The Innocence" by Don Henley
36. "A Day In The Life" by The Beatles
37. "The Last Resort" by The Eagles
38. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana
39. "Sultans Of Swing" by Dire Straits
40. "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
41. "Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley
42. "In My Life" by The Beatles
43. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
44. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
45. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones
46. "With Or Without You" by U2
47. "The End" by The Doors
48. "Somebody To Love" by Jefferson Airplane
49. "London Calling" by The Clash
50. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel
51. "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen
52. "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys
53. "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen
54. "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" by Otis Redding
55. "My Generation" by The Who
56. "Running On Empty" by Jackson Browne
57. "Sunset Grill" by Don Henley
58. "That'll Be The Day" by Buddy Holly and The Crickets
59. "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder
60. "Respect" by Aretha Franklin
61. "Time" by Pink Floyd
62. "Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream
63. "Dream On" by Aerosmith
64. "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown
65. "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley & The Wailers
66. "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty
67. "The Weight" by The Band
68. "Jesus Christ Pose" by Soundgarden
69. "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
70. "Baba O'Riley" by The Who
71. "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses
72. "I Can't Tell You Why" by The Eagles
73. "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang
74. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" by The Beatles
75. "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley
76. "The Tracks Of My Tears" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
77. "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac
78. "White Room" by Cream
79. "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys
80. "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks
81. "Purple Haze" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
82. "Fire And Rain" by James Taylor
83. "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.
84. "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder
85. "The Boxer" by Simon and Garkunkel
86. "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple
87. "American Pie" by Don McLean
88. "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield
89. "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green
90. "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and The Papas
91. "Love Reign O'er Me" by The Who
92. "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
93. "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane
94. "Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan
95. "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos" by Public Enemy
96. "House Of The Rising Sun" by The Animals
97. "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath
98. "Achilles Last Stand" by Led Zeppelin
99. "Lose Yourself" by Eminem
100."Desperado" by The Eagles
101."Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran
102."Anarchy In The U.K." by The Sex Pistols
103."Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin
104."Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton
105."Come Together" by The Beatles
106."Mr. Tambourine Man" by The Byrds
107."Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees
108."Knockin' On Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan
109."Shake, Rattle & Roll" by Big Joe Turner
110."You Can't Always Get What You Want" by The Rolling Stones
111."Maggot Brain" by Funkadelic
112."Touch Me" by The Doors
113."Hurricane" by Bob Dylan
114."Something" by The Beatles
115."Rocket Man" by Elton John
116."Aja" by Steely Dan
117."Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd
118."Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers
119."Whipping Post" by The Allman Brothers Band
120."Heartbreaker" by Led Zeppelin
121."New Year's Day" by U2
122."Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley
123."Walk This Way" by Run DMC
124."Hallowed Be Thy Name" by Iron Maiden
125."I Fought The Law" by The Bobby Fuller Four
126."Jeremy" by Pearl Jam
127."Roadhouse Blues" by The Doors
128."Here Comes The Sun" by The Beatles
129."Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" by The Temptations
130."Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks
131."Wake Up" by Rage Against The Machine
132."Jungleland" by Bruce Springsteen
133."Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman
134."School Days" by Chuck Berry
135."Back In Black" by AC/DC
136."One Of These Nights" by The Eagles
137."Everyday People" by Sly and The Family Stone
138."La Grange" by ZZ Top
139."I Can't Explain" by The Who
140."Green Onions" by Booker T. & the MG's
141."When Doves Cry" by Prince
142."The Thrill Is Gone" by B.B. King
143."Stan" by Eminem
144."Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley
145."Yellow Ledbetter" by Pearl Jam
146."Street Fighting Man" by The Rolling Stones
147."Stand By Me" by Ben E. King
148."Nights In White Satin" by The Moody Blues
149."Money" by Pink Floyd
150."Piano Man" by Billy Joel
151."Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker
152."Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin
153."Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles
154."Blueberry Hill" by Fats Domino
155."Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard
156."Roundabout" by Yes
157."California Love" by 2Pac and Dr. Dre
158."I Can See For Miles" by The Who
159."Born In The U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen
160."All Apologies" by Nirvana
161."My Girl" by The Temptations
162."Little Wing" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
163."In The Midnight Hour" by Wilson Pickett
164."Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode
165."Reach Out I'll Be There" by The Four Tops
166."Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley
167."The Harder They Come" by Jimmy Cliff
168."Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac
169."Honky Tonk Women" by The Rolling Stones
170."Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
171."Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica
172."Bennie And The Jets" by Elton John
173."Dancing In The Street" by Martha & The Vandellas
174."Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles
175."Heart Of Gold" by Neil Young
176."Pictures Of You" by The Cure
177."Get Up Stand Up" by The Wailers
178."Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison
179."The Sound Of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel
180."Ramble On" by Led Zeppelin
181."Marquee Moon" by Television
182."The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby & The Range
183."Fight The Power" by Public Enemy
184."Talk Shows On Mute" by Incubus
185."Miss You" by The Rolling Stones
186."Do You Feel Like We Do" by Peter Frampton
187."Bulls On Parade" by Rage Against The Machine
188."Dancing In The Dark" by Bruce Springsteen
189."Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits
190."My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison
191."Under The Bridge" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
192."Ziggy Stardust" by David Bowie
193."I Want To Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles
194."Foxey Lady" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
195."Paranoid Android" by Radiohead
196."Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
197."Maybellene" by Chuck Berry
198."Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears For Fears
199."Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" by The Clash
200."Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)" by Pink Floyd