# Rollingstone's 500 (!) greatest songs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollingstones-500-greatest-songs/279397>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 12, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollingstones-500-greatest-songs/279397 "2004-12-12T03:33:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollingstones-500-greatest-songs/279397/41 "2004-12-14T15:36:30Z")

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And what about Hall and Oates? I believe they practically invented “blue-eyed soul.” A list of 500 songs surely has room for “Sara Smile”, one of the coolest songs evah.

(If they’re on the list and I missed it, please ignore preceding post.)

I don’t mind “Be My Baby” on the list, but I think it should be flipped for position with “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” in terms of impact and having something to say worth listening to.

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**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollingstones-500-greatest-songs/279397/42 "2004-12-14T18:27:16Z")

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**feather** : nope, they’re not on it. By the way, you most probably have noticed that you can rank by artist as well…which makes it simpler to see if your fave has made the cut or not.

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**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollingstones-500-greatest-songs/279397/43 "2004-12-14T19:06:46Z")

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These lists always get me agitated. I think two comments will suffice. First, the two best rock songs of all time are ranked relatively low, Sweet Jane, and Bobby McGee deserve better. Second, R. Kelly and the execrable “I believe I can fly” made the list. That, my friends, is a travesty.

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**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollingstones-500-greatest-songs/279397/44 "2004-12-14T19:42:35Z")

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> [@omni-not](#):
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> Other comments from the Peanut Gallery?

IMHO, that list is as cutting edge as the [Saturday Evening Post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287146)

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollingstones-500-greatest-songs/279397/45 "2004-12-14T19:45:44Z")

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> [@rinni](#):
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> It’s nice that they appreciate the greatness which is The Beach Boys - God Only Knows. I love that song, but it seems that hardly anyone I know has heard of it, oddly enough!

Some people know. It was used to good effect in the last scenes of _Love Actually_ and _Boogie Nights_.

What did you expect from Rolling Stone? It hasn’t been exactly the cutting edge of counterculture in what, 30 years or more.

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