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FROM ROLLINGSTONE MAG: 40 SONGS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD?

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    1. Elvis Presley "That’s All Right"

2. Ray Charles "I Got A Woman"

3. Chuck Berry "Maybellene"

4. Bob Dylan "A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall"

5. The Kingsmen "Louie Louie"

6. The Ronettes "Be My Baby"

7. The Beatles "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"

8. Martha and the Vandellas "Dancing In The Street"

9. The Rolling Stones "(I Cant Get No) Satisfaction"

10. Bob Dylan "Like A Rolling Stone"

11. The Beatles "Strawberry Fields Forever"

12. The Velvet Underground "Herion"

13. Aretha Franklin "Respect"

14. Jimi Hendrix "Purple Haze"

15. Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love"

16. James Brown "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"

17. Marvin Gaye "What’s Going On"

18. John Lennon "Imagine"

19. David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust"

20. Bob Marley "I Shot The Sheriff"

21. Joni Mitchell "Help Me"

22. Bruce Springsteen "Born To Run"

23. Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"

24. The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop"

25. The Sex Pistols "Anarchy in the UK"

26. Donna Summer "I Feel Love"

27. The Sugarhill Gang "Rappers Delight"

28. Black Flag "TV Party"

29. Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"

30. Prince "When Doves Cry"

31. U2 "Pride (In The Name Of Love)"

32. Madonna "Like A Virgin"

33. Run DMC and Aerosmith "Walk This Way"

34. The Cure "Just Like Heaven"

35. Guns N Roses "Sweet Child O’ Mine"

36. Public Enemy "Bring The Noise"

37. Dr. Dre "Nuthin’ But A G Thang"

38. Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

39. Britney Spears "Baby One More Time"

40. The White Stripes "Fell In Love With A Girl"

5 thoughts on “FROM ROLLINGSTONE MAG: 40 SONGS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD?”

  2. Changed the world? Bollocks. The sound of FM radio and weddings, maybe, but not the world.
    What about some of these?
    Grateful Dead “Dark Star”
    Blind Faith “Can’t Find My Way”
    Traffic “Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys”
    Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”
    Gary Glitter “Rock & Roll Part 2”
    “Cha-Cha Slide”
    “Electric Slide”
    “Macarena”
    Part of our culture, but didn’t change the world.

  3. I’m surprised they didn’t list Bridge Over Troubled Water. It was the vehicle, for better or worse, of so much sentimentality responding to the cultural revolution.

  4. Michael beat me to it.
    Also, this list could be called “40 Songs Rolling Stone Trots Out Every Time They Have a New List of Songs to Promote.”

  5. What about “THE WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT BAND — — THE CLASH!!!”
    AGRGRAGRAG

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