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Subject: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ('90s Songs)

Written By: Kyle8TNu on 06/05/06 at 3:55 am

I was looking at Rolling Stone's List of their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and I noticed that there were not that many '90s Songs on there. To my surprise, there were 3 songs on the list from the '00s. Anyway, I filtered out the '90s songs from the list and i'll post them here

9 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 1991

36 One - U2 1991

162 Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor 1990

169 Losing My Religion - R.E.M. 1991

200 Loser - Beck 1994

256 Paranoid Android - Radiohead 1997

259 Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley 1994

286 Summer Babe - Pavement 1992

331 I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt 1991

346 California Love - Tupac Shakur 1996

353 Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton 1992

376 Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead 1995

382 Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve 1997

399 Enter Sandman - Metallica 1991

406 I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly 1996

407 In Bloom - Nirvana 1991

419 Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang - Dr. Dre 1993

445 Come As You Are - Nirvana 1991

455 All Apologies - Nirvana 1993

475 Sabotage - Beastie Boys 1994

497 Buddy Holly - Weezer 1994

I have to admit, I don't understand the appeal of "California Love" by Tupac. How on earth does this song make the list? The Beat in the song is kind of nice, but that shouldn't be good enough to get your song on this list ???

I'm also surprised that "Loser" by Beck was High on the list. But i'm glad to see "In Bloom" by Nirvana gettin' some love as the Second best Nirvana Song on the List

By the way, for those curious, the 3 Songs from the '00s that made the list were...

166 Lose Yourself - Eminem 2002

180 Hey Ya! - Outkast 2003

290 Stan - Eminem 2000

Subject: Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ('90s Songs)

Written By: agoraphobicwhacko on 06/05/06 at 8:17 am

The list just isn't credible. you cannot have a list like that and not have Guns N Roses on it. Yeah, one of their 80's song is probably in their Top 500, but November Rain should be on that list. Also, excluding Soundgarden is what really makes this list laughable. Three Nirvana songs, but no Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains?? Gimme a break.

Subject: Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ('90s Songs)

Written By: velvetoneo on 06/05/06 at 12:13 pm

Songs that should be on the list, IMO, (proving how boomer-biased and male-biased Rolling Stone is, IMO):

"Winter"-Tori Amos.
"Cloud on My Tongue"-Tori Amos.
"Hey Jupiter"-Tori Amos
"Stratford-on-Guy"-Liz Phair
"Soap Star Joe"-Liz Phair
"1969"-The Smashing Pumpkins
"Vogue"-Madonna.

Subject: Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ('90s Songs)

Written By: Trimac20 on 06/05/06 at 12:44 pm

As much as I love the 60s, the R.S. list was far too 60s-biased. So it's not really a credible comparison...

Subject: Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ('90s Songs)

Written By: Sister Morphine on 06/05/06 at 3:38 pm

The list was compiled by people in the industry and it was based on chart position, sales, and overall longevity. A lot of the songs you all wanted on this list haven't been around long enough, or haven't had good sales or haven't had decent chart position. Overal influence of the band I believe was also taken into account.

Hence why you're going to have more older songs than current ones. I admit it's subjective, but it's interesting to see where some industry people rank everything.

Subject: Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ('90s Songs)

Written By: JohnDoe on 06/05/06 at 6:44 pm

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