Note from Steve: Fresh on the heels of yesterday's birthday song post comes this list of songs complied by Blender magazine. I don't think some of these rankings make sense.netscape.com
Michael Jackson's Thriller has topped a new list of 'greatest songs' released since 1980.
The 1982 pop hit beat Outkast's B.O.B and Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O'mine in the new Blender magazine list.
Despite not appearing in the top 20, Prince has more entries in the 500 greatest Songs poll than any other artist, with seven.
Madonna follows closely behind with six.
The top 10 is:
1. Thriller - Michael Jackson
2. B.O.B - Outkast
3. Sweet Child O'mine - Guns N' Roses
4. One - U2
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
6. Like A Prayer - Madonna
7. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
8. Sucker Mcs - Run-DMC
9. Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
10. In Da Club - 50 Cent
Whoever decided Britney Spears belongs in the top ten oughta be tarred and feathered. She may be entertaining, but she is certainly not talented!
ReplyDelete~Carrie
Britney should have been left off for certain. Enough is enough.
ReplyDeleteThe puzzling thing about this list is that there's only four or five songs in the top ten that were bonafied hits. The rest of them actually didn't chart that high.
I'd probably have to see the full article in Blender magazine to make any sense of it.
What committee put that list together? Joy Division and Britney and GnR on the same list? As Steve noted, many of those did not chart very high. Some of the ones that DID chart high are not the shining examples of great music that they should be.
ReplyDeleteKen
The only think I can figure is that music critics have run out of things to make "best of" lists about. :-)
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