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poptimistsI've still not decided (see yesterday evening's poll) about what to do with the P&J results, but it struck me reading ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
epicharmus' suggestion of a poll of polls (the very thought!) that it's frustrating the the Village Voice didn't do singles/tracks polls before 1979. How can the opinion of Poptimists towards older music be best assessed?
Not like this, probably. What we have here is a poll based on the most recent Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs Of All Time. I ran out of patience after a mere 45 songs so this is the much-pored-over cream of the "rock canon" in its single-tracked form (not in 'singles form' - a few weighty album numbers sneak in). I removed the tracks that also appeared in Pazz and Jop polls, for comparability purposes with the gigantic spreadsheet. In practise this was only THREE songs - can anyone guess which they were (without peeking at rollingstone.com)?
Anyway I thought it would be interesting to get some poptimists perspectives on the 'rock canon' as it has been handed down to us by J Wenner Esq and friends.
You get FIFTEEN picks from an inapt 45 tracks.
[Poll #907822]
The second 'week in pop' poll will appear tomorrow, for the selfish reason that I can listen to a few of the tracks in it before then.
epicharmus' suggestion of a poll of polls (the very thought!) that it's frustrating the the Village Voice didn't do singles/tracks polls before 1979. How can the opinion of Poptimists towards older music be best assessed?Not like this, probably. What we have here is a poll based on the most recent Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs Of All Time. I ran out of patience after a mere 45 songs so this is the much-pored-over cream of the "rock canon" in its single-tracked form (not in 'singles form' - a few weighty album numbers sneak in). I removed the tracks that also appeared in Pazz and Jop polls, for comparability purposes with the gigantic spreadsheet. In practise this was only THREE songs - can anyone guess which they were (without peeking at rollingstone.com)?
Anyway I thought it would be interesting to get some poptimists perspectives on the 'rock canon' as it has been handed down to us by J Wenner Esq and friends.
You get FIFTEEN picks from an inapt 45 tracks.
[Poll #907822]
The second 'week in pop' poll will appear tomorrow, for the selfish reason that I can listen to a few of the tracks in it before then.
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Meanwhile, In Britain
Date: 2007-01-16 02:51 pm (UTC)(same rules apply re. P&J era removals)
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane - The Beatles
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Be My Baby - The Ronetts
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
Hey Jude / Revolution - The Beatles
River Deep Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
Smells Like Teen Spirit - NirvanaWhats Going On - Marvin Gaye
Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Experience
You've Lost That Loving Feeling - The Righteous Brothers
I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds
God Save The Queen - The Sex Pistols
Family Affair - Sly And The Family Stone
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
Dancing In The Street - Martha And The Vandellas
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly And The Crickets
When Doves Cry - PrinceJumpin' Jack Flash - Stones
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Paperback Writer / Rain - The Beatles
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops
I Can't Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles
"Heroes" - David Bowie
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown
Imagine - John Lennon
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Runaway - Del Shannon
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Green Onions - Booker T And The MGs
Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers
Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers
Lets Stay Together - Al Green
Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman
Stay With Me - Lorraine Ellison
I Wan't You Back - The Jackson Five