In 2004 Rolling Stone Magazine came out with a 500 greatest list. Over the years I have tried to listen to a few songs here and there from the list to broaden my own horizons. It has been an experience. Some of the songs were life-affirming, others not so much. That is the thing with art or music. It makes you feel something, good or bad. I certainly got the feels from many of these songs. It was a great experience.
Favorites? Pretty much anything by Sam Cooke or The Kinks and I now can say without any shred of doubt in my mind that I despise Neil Young’s music. No offense Neil, but you sing like you have marbles in your mouth.
Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling StonesImagine by John LennonWhat’s Going On by Marvin GayeRespect by Aretha FranklinGood Vibrations by The Beach BoysJohnny B. Goode by Chuck BerryHey Jude by The BeatlesSmells Like Teen Spirit by NirvanaWhat’d I Say by Ray CharlesMy Generation by The WhoA Change Is Gonna Come by Sam CookeYesterday by The BeatlesBlowin’ In The Wind by Bob DylanLondon Calling by The ClashI Want To Hold Your Hand by The BeatlesPurple Haze by The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceMaybellene by Chuck BerryHound Dog by Elvis PresleyLet It Be by The BeatlesBorn To Run by Bruce SpringsteenBe My Baby by The RonettesIn My Life by The BeatlesPeople Get Ready by The ImpressionsGod Only Knows by The Beach BoysA Day In The Life by The BeatlesLayla by Derek And The Dominos(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay by Otis ReddingHelp! by The BeatlesI Walk The Line by Johnny CashStairway To Heaven by Led ZeppelinSympathy For The Devil by The Rolling StonesRiver Deep – Mountain High by Ike & Tina TurnerYou’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ by The Righteous BrothersLight My Fire by The DoorsOne by U2No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley & The WailersGimme Shelter by The Rolling StonesThat’ll Be The Day by Buddy HollyDancing In The Street by Martha And The VandellasThe Weight by The BandWaterloo Sunset by The KinksTutti Frutti by Little RichardGeorgia On My Mind by Ray CharlesHeartbreak Hotel by Elvis PresleyHeroes by David BowieBridge Over Troubled Water by Simon And GarfunkelAll Along The Watchtower by Jimi HendrixHotel California by EaglesThe Tracks Of My Tears by The MiraclesThe Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious FiveWhen Doves Cry by PrinceAnarchy In The U.K. by Sex PistolsWhen A Man Loves A Woman by Percy SledgeLouie Louie by The KingsmenLong Tall Sally by Little RichardA Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol HarumBillie Jean by Michael JacksonThe Times They Are A-Changin’ by Bob DylanLet’s Stay Together by Al GreenWhole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On by Jerry Lee LewisBo Diddley by Bo DiddleyFor What It’s Worth by Buffalo SpringfieldShe Loves You by The BeatlesSunshine Of Your Love by CreamRedemption Song by Bob Marley & The WailersJailhouse Rock by Elvis PresleyTangled Up In Blue by Bob DylanCrying by Roy OrbisonWalk On By by Dionne WarwickCalifornia Girls by The Beach BoysPapa’s Got A Brand New Bag by James BrownSummertime Blues by Eddie CochranSuperstition by Stevie WonderWhole Lotta Love by Led ZeppelinStrawberry Fields Forever by The BeatlesMystery Train by Elvis PresleyI Feel Good by James BrownMr. Tambourine Man by The ByrdsI Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin GayeBlueberry Hill by Fats DominoYou Really Got Me by The KinksNorwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) by The BeatlesEvery Breath You Take by The PoliceCrazy by Patsy ClineThunder Road by Bruce SpringsteenRing Of Fire by Johnny CashMy Girl by The TemptationsCalifornia Dreamin’ by The Mamas & The PapasIn The Still Of The Nite by The Five SatinsSuspicious Minds by Elvis PresleyBlitzkrieg Bop by RamonesI Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For by U2Good Golly, Miss Molly by Little RichardBlue Suede Shoes by Carl PerkinsGreat Balls Of Fire by Jerry Lee LewisRoll Over Beethoven by Chuck BerryLove And Happiness by Al GreenFortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater RevivalYou Can’t Always Get What You Want by The Rolling StonesVoodoo Child (Slight Return) by Jimi HendrixBe-Bop-A-Lula by Gene VincentHot Stuff by Donna SummerLiving For The City by Stevie WonderThe Boxer by Simon And GarfunkelMr. Tambourine Man by Bob DylanNot Fade Away by Buddy HollyLittle Red Corvette by PrinceBrown Eyed Girl by Van MorrisonI’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) by Otis ReddingI’m So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank WilliamsThat’s All Right by Elvis PresleyUp On The Roof by The DriftersDa Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) by The CrystalsYou Send Me by Sam CookeHonky Tonk Women by The Rolling StonesTake Me To The River by Al GreenShout (Parts 1 And 2) by The Isley BrothersGo Your Own Way by Fleetwood MacI Want You Back by The Jackson 5Stand By Me by Ben E. KingHouse Of The Rising Sun by The AnimalsIt’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World by James BrownJumpin’ Jack Flash by The Rolling StonesWill You Love Me Tomorrow by The ShirellesShake, Rattle & Roll by Big Joe TurnerChanges by David BowieRock & Roll Music by Chuck BerryBorn To Be Wild by SteppenwolfMaggie May by Rod StewartWith Or Without You by U2Who Do You Love by Bo DiddleyWon’t Get Fooled Again by The WhoIn The Midnight Hour by Wilson PickettWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps by The BeatlesYour Song by Elton JohnEleanor Rigby by The BeatlesFamily Affair by Sly & The Family StoneI Saw Her Standing There by The BeatlesKashmir by Led ZeppelinAll I Have To Do Is Dream by The Everly BrothersPlease by PleasePurple Rain by PrinceI Wanna Be Sedated by RamonesEveryday People by Sly & The Family StoneRock Lobster by The B-52’sLust For Life by Iggy PopMe And Bobby McGee by Janis JoplinCathy’s Clown by The Everly BrothersEight Miles High by The ByrdsEarth Angel (Will You Be Mine) by The PenguinsFoxey Lady by Jimi HendrixA Hard Day’s Night by The BeatlesRave On by Buddy HollyProud Mary by Creedence Clearwater RevivalThe Sound Of Silence by Simon And GarfunkelI Only Have Eyes For You by The Flamingos(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley And His CometsI’m Waiting For The Man by The Velvet UndergroundBring The Noise by Public EnemyI Can’t Stop Loving You by Ray CharlesNothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O’ConnorBohemian Rhapsody by QueenFolsom Prison Blues by Johnny CashFast Car by Tracy ChapmanLose Yourself by EminemLet’s Get It On by Marvin GayePapa Was A Rollin’ Stone by The TemptationsLosing My Religion by R.E.M.Both Sides, Now by Joni MitchellDancing Queen by ABBADream On by AerosmithGod Save The Queen by Sex PistolsPaint It, Black by The Rolling StonesI Fought The Law by The Bobby Fuller FourDon’t Worry Baby by The Beach BoysFree Fallin’ by Tom PettySeptember Gurls by Big StarLove Will Tear Us Apart by Joy DivisionHey Ya! by OutKastGreen Onions by Booker T. & The MG’sSave The Last Dance For Me by The DriftersThe Thrill Is Gone by B.B. KingPlease Please Me by The BeatlesDesolation Row by Bob DylanI Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) by Aretha FranklinBack In Black by AC/DCWho’ll Stop The Rain by Creedence Clearwater RevivalStayin’ Alive by Bee GeesKnocking On Heaven’s Door by Bob DylanFree Bird by Lynyrd SkynyrdWichita Lineman by Glen CampbellThere Goes My Baby by The DriftersPeggy Sue by Buddy HollyMaybe by The ChantelsSweet Child O’ Mine by Guns N’ RosesDon’t Be Cruel by Elvis PresleyHey Joe by Jimi HendrixFlash Light by ParliamentLoser by BeckBizarre Love Triangle by New OrderCome Together by The BeatlesPositively 4th Street by Bob DylanTry A Little Tenderness by Otis ReddingLean On Me by Bill WithersReach Out I’ll Be There by Four TopsBye Bye Love by The Everly BrothersGloria by ThemIn My Room by The Beach Boys96 Tears by Question Mark And The MysteriansCaroline, No by The Beach Boys1999 by PrinceYour Cheatin’ Heart by Hank WilliamsRockin’ In The Free World by Neil YoungSh-Boom by The ChordsDo You Believe In Magic? by The Lovin’ SpoonfulJolene by Dolly PartonBoom Boom by John Lee HookerSpoonful by Howlin’ WolfWalk Away Renée by The Left BankeWalk On The Wild Side by Lou ReedOh, Pretty Woman by Roy OrbisonDance To The Music by Sly & The Family StoneGood Times by ChicHoochie Coochie Man by Muddy WatersMoondance by Van MorrisonFire And Rain by James TaylorShould I Stay Or Should I Go by The ClashMannish Boy by Muddy WatersJust Like A Woman by Bob DylanSexual Healing by Marvin GayeOnly The Lonely (Know How I Feel) by Roy OrbisonWe Gotta Get Out Of This Place by The AnimalsI’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better by The ByrdsI Got A Woman by Ray CharlesEveryday by Buddy HollyPlanet Rock by Afrika BambaataaI Fall To Pieces by Patsy ClineThe Wanderer by DionSon Of A Preacher Man by Dusty SpringfieldStand! by Sly & The Family StoneRocket Man by Elton JohnLove Shack by The B-52’sGimme Some Lovin’ by The Spencer Davis GroupThe Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher by Jackie WilsonHot Fun In The Summertime by Sly & The Family StoneRapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill GangChain Of Fools by Aretha FranklinParanoid by Black SabbathMack The Knife by Bobby DarinMoney Honey by The DriftersAll The Young Dudes by Mott The HoopleHighway To Hell by AC/DCHeart Of Glass by BlondieParanoid Android by RadioheadWild Thing by The TroggsI Can See For Miles by The WhoHallelujah by Jeff BuckleyOh, What A Night by The DellsHigher Ground by Stevie WonderOoo Baby Baby by The MiraclesHe’s A Rebel by The CrystalsSail Away by Randy NewmanTighten Up by Archie Bell & The DrellsWalking In The Rain by The RonettesPersonality Crisis by New York DollsSunday Bloody Sunday by U2Roadrunner by The Modern LoversHe Stopped Loving Her Today by George JonesSloop John B by The Beach BoysSweet Little Sixteen by Chuck BerrySomething by The BeatlesSomebody To Love by Jefferson AirplaneBorn In The U.S.A. by Bruce SpringsteenI’ll Take You There by The Staple SingersZiggy Stardust by David BowiePictures Of You by The CureChapel Of Love by The Dixie CupsAin’t No Sunshine by Bill WithersYou Are The Sunshine Of My Life by Stevie WonderHelp Me by Joni MitchellCall Me by Blondie(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love And Understanding? by Elvis Costello & The AttractionsSmokestack Lightning by Howlin’ WolfSummer Babe by PavementWalk This Way by Run-D.M.C.Money (That’s What I Want) by Barrett StrongCan’t Buy Me Love by The BeatlesStan by Eminem feat. DidoShe’s Not There by The ZombiesTrain In Vain by The ClashTired Of Being Alone by Al GreenBlack Dog by Led ZeppelinStreet Fighting Man by The Rolling StonesGet Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley & The WailersHeart Of Gold by Neil YoungOne Way Or Another by BlondieSign ‘O’ The Times by PrinceLike A Prayer by MadonnaDo Ya Think I’m Sexy? by Rod StewartBlue Eyes Crying In The Rain by Willie NelsonRuby Tuesday by The Rolling StonesWith A Little Help From My Friends by The BeatlesSay It Loud — I’m Black And I’m Proud by James BrownThat’s Entertainment by The JamWhy Do Fools Fall In Love by Frankie Lymon & The TeenagersLonely Teardrops by Jackie WilsonWhat’s Love Got To Do With It by Tina TurnerIron Man by Black SabbathWake Up Little Susie by The Everly BrothersIn Dreams by Roy OrbisonI Put A Spell On You by Screamin’ Jay HawkinsComfortably Numb by Pink FloydDon’t Let Me Be Misunderstood by The AnimalsWish You Were Here by Pink FloydMany Rivers To Cross by Jimmy CliffAlison by Elvis CostelloSchool’s Out by Alice CooperHeartbreaker by Led ZeppelinCortez The Killer by Neil YoungFight The Power by Public EnemyDancing Barefoot by Patti SmithBaby Love by The SupremesGood Lovin’ by The RascalsGet Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine by James BrownFor Your Precious Love by Jerry ButlerThe End by The DoorsThat’s The Way Of The World by Earth, Wind & FireWe Will Rock You by QueenI Can’t Make You Love Me by Bonnie RaittSubterranean Homesick Blues by Bob DylanSpirit In The Sky by Norman GreenbaumWild Horses by The Rolling StonesSweet Jane by The Velvet UndergroundWalk This Way by AerosmithBeat It by Michael JacksonMaybe I’m Amazed by Paul McCartneyYou Keep Me Hangin’ On by The SupremesBaba O’Riley by The WhoThe Harder They Come by Jimmy CliffRunaround Sue by DionJim Dandy by LaVern BakerPiece Of My Heart by Big Brother And The Holding CompanyLa Bamba by Ritchie ValensCalifornia Love by 2PacCandle In The Wind by Elton JohnThat Lady (Part 1 And 2) by The Isley BrothersSpanish Harlem by Ben E. KingThe Locomotion by Little EvaThe Great Pretender by The PlattersAll Shook Up by Elvis PresleyTears In Heaven by Eric ClaptonWatching The Detectives by Elvis CostelloBad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater RevivalSweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by EurythmicsLittle Wing by Jimi HendrixNowhere To Run by Martha And The VandellasGot My Mojo Working by Muddy WatersKilling Me Softly With His Song by Roberta FlackComplete Control by The ClashAll You Need Is Love by The BeatlesThe Letter by The Box TopsHighway 61 Revisited by Bob DylanUnchained Melody by The Righteous BrothersHow Deep Is Your Love by Bee GeesWhite Room by CreamPersonal Jesus by Depeche ModeI’m A Man by Bo DiddleyThe Wind Cries Mary by The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceI Can’t Explain by The WhoMarquee Moon by TelevisionWonderful World by Sam CookeBrown Eyed Handsome Man by Chuck BerryAnother Brick In The Wall, Part II by Pink FloydFake Plastic Trees by RadioheadHit The Road Jack by Ray CharlesPride (In The Name Of Love) by U2Radio Free Europe by R.E.M.Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton JohnTell It Like It Is by Aaron NevilleBitter Sweet Symphony by The VerveWhipping Post by The Allman Brothers BandTicket To Ride by The BeatlesOhio by Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungI Know You Got Soul by Eric B. & RakimTiny Dancer by Elton JohnRoxanne by The PoliceJust My Imagination by The TemptationsBaby I Need Your Loving by Four TopsBand Of Gold by Freda PayneO-o-h Child by Five StairstepsSummer In The City by The Lovin’ SpoonfulCan’t Help Falling In Love by Elvis PresleyRemember (Walkin’ In The Sand) by The Shangri-LasThirteen by Big Star(Don’t Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster CultSweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd SkynyrdEnter Sandman by MetallicaKicks by Paul Revere And The RaidersTonight’s The Night by The ShirellesThank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly & The Family StoneC’mon Everybody by Eddie CochranVisions Of Johanna by Bob DylanWe’ve Only Just Begun by CarpentersI Believe I Can Fly by R. KellyIn Bloom by NirvanaSweet Emotion by AerosmithCrossroads by CreamMonkey Gone To Heaven by PixiesI Feel Love by Donna SummerOde To Billie Joe by Bobbie GentryThe Girl Can’t Help It by Little RichardYoung Blood by The CoastersI Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) by Four TopsThe Boys Of Summer by Don HenleyFuck Tha Police by N.W.ASuite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills & NashNuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang by Dr. DreIt’s Your Thing by The Isley BrothersPiano Man by Billy JoelLola by The KinksBlue Suede Shoes by Elvis PresleyTumbling Dice by The Rolling StonesWilliam, It Was Really Nothing by The SmithsSmoke On The Water by Deep PurpleNew Year’s Day by U2Mitch Ryder:Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly by Mitch RyderEverybody Needs Somebody To Love by Solomon BurkeWhite Man In Hammersmith Palais by The ClashAin’t It A Shame by Fats DominoMidnight Train To Georgia by Gladys Knight & The PipsRamble On by Led ZeppelinMustang Sally by Wilson PickettBeast Of Burden by The Rolling StonesAlone Again Or by LoveLove Me Tender by Elvis PresleyI Wanna Be Your Dog by The StoogesPink Houses by John MellencampPush It by Salt-N-PepaCome Go With Me by The Del-VikingsKeep A Knockin’ by Little RichardI Shot The Sheriff by Bob Marley & The WailersI Got You Babe by Sonny & CherCome As You Are by NirvanaPressure Drop by Toots & The MaytalsLeader Of The Pack by The Shangri-LasHeroin by The Velvet UndergroundPenny Lane by The BeatlesBy The Time I Get To Phoenix by Glen CampbellThe Twist by Chubby CheckerCupid by Sam CookeParadise City by Guns N’ RosesMy Sweet Lord by George HarrisonAll Apologies by NirvanaStagger Lee by Lloyd PriceSheena Is A Punk Rocker by RamonesSoul Man by Sam & DaveRollin’ Stone by Muddy WatersOne Fine Day by The ChiffonsKiss by PrinceRespect Yourself by The Staple SingersRain by The BeatlesStanding In The Shadows Of Love by Four TopsSurrender by Cheap TrickRunaway by Del ShannonWelcome To The Jungle by Guns N’ RosesSearch And Destroy by The StoogesIt’s Too Late by Carole KingFree Man In Paris by Joni MitchellOn The Road Again by Willie NelsonWhere Did Our Love Go by The SupremesDo Right Woman, Do Right Man by Aretha FranklinOne Nation Under A Groove by FunkadelicSabotage by Beastie BoysI Want To Know What Love Is by ForeignerSuper Freak by Rick JamesWhite Rabbit by Jefferson AirplaneLady Marmalade by LabelleInto The Mystic by Van MorrisonYoung Americans by David BowieI’m Eighteen by Alice CooperJust Like Heaven by The CureI Love Rock N’ Roll by Joan Jett And The BlackheartsGraceland by Paul SimonHow Soon Is Now? by The SmithsUnder The Boardwalk by The DriftersRhiannon by Fleetwood MacI Will Survive by Gloria GaynorBrown Sugar by The Rolling StonesYou Don’t Have To Say You Love Me by Dusty SpringfieldRunning On Empty by Jackson BrowneThen He Kissed Me by The CrystalsDesperado by EaglesShop Around by The MiraclesMiss You by The Rolling StonesBuddy Holly by WeezerRainy Night In Georgia by Brook BentonThe Boys Are Back In Town by Thin LizzyMore Than A Feeling by Boston
