When was the compiler of such a list born? Where did he or she grow up (and is that person a he or a she)? Did siblings or flatmates put that person off some artists or genres for ever? Was the listener at a high or low point in their life when they first heard those songs on the radio, and did they live in an era when radio was listened to?
It's pointless to argue that that one song, singer or group is better than another. I agree with a comment that I once read on Youtube: Music is not a competitive sport.
Still, it's fun to peruse lists. People love to post their picks of "The Best Songs of All Time". A great example is Charles Olney's list of Beatles songs.
Anyway, the following is the music that I resonate with. These are the songs I regard as rock classics by virtue of the fact that I like their hooks, riffs, lyrics and whatnot. For the record, I was born in 1957, I'm male, I grew up in an English-speaking country (not the UK or USA). Those facts and others have a bearing on the music that moves me now.
Doubtless, there's a lot of great music that I'll have forgotten to include. Remind me, please! Who are the artists I've so glaringly overlooked? Give me the titles of their best work and I'll give those tunes a listen. I shan't damn them unheard. And whether or not I decide to insert them as new favorites, I promise to be polite when I voice my opinion.
This is an ongoing project. It promises to remain in a state of flux. On with the show . . .
It turns out that the majority of the music that I enjoy originates with a small number of artists. Two thirds of my list of 1000 was written and or performed by a grand total of about 30 individuals and groups.
The Beatles contribute 86 songs
Jethro Tull 56
The Doors 47
Ten Years After 38
Led Zeppelin 34
Oasis 33
U2 32
Neil Young 26
The Moody Blues 25
The Rolling Stones 25
The Beach Boys 24
Jimi Hendrix 23
Stephen Stills 23
David Bowie 19
Joni Mitchell 19
Pink Floyd 18
The Who 18
Tim Buckley 16
Yes 16
The Byrds 15
Crosby Stills and Nash 14
Steely Dan 14
Split Enz 12
The B52s 12
Black Sabbath 12
Canned Heat 12
Deep Purple 11
Buffalo Springfield 10
Another dozen individuals/groups make my list at least 5 times. They are: Paul McCartney, Police, Simon and Garfunkel, Traffic, Carlos Santana, Cream, Crowded House, Janis Joplin, Kinks, Love, Midnight Oil and Frank Zappa.
Apart from those, there are another 50 - revered and respected musicians such as Queen, Jefferson Airplane, Bob Dylan, and John Lennon - who wrote or performed at least two numbers that impress me but whose other output doesn't strike enough of a chord.
Add to that another 80 or so 'one-hit wonders' and my list is complete.
And so, without further ado, may I introduce NOT the Best Rock Songs of All Time (one of the few lists that doesn't have Stairway to Heaven in first place (although it does appear quite near the top)).
2 Jimi Hendrix 1983 a merman I should turn out to be
3 Ten Years After I can't keep from crying sometimes
4 Led Zeppelin Stairway to heaven
5 Beatles Hard day's night
6 Doors An American prayer (full album)
7 Beatles Lucy in the sky with diamonds
8 Crosby Stills and Nash Déjà vu
9 Doors Crystal ship
10 Pink Floyd The great gig in the sky
11 Byrds Everybody's been burned
12 Crosby Stills and Nash Long time gone
13 Jimi Hendrix Pali gap
14 Beatles A day in the life
15 Led Zeppelin No quarter
16 Rolling Stones Gimme shelter
17 Jethro Tull Sweet dreams
18 Crosby Stills and Nash Suite Judy blue eyes
19 Paul McCartney Maybe I'm amazed
20 Who Baba O'Riley
21 Jethro Tull We used to know
22 Neil Young Don’t let it bring you down
23 Jethro Tull A love story
24 Jimi Hendrix Spar spangled banner
25 Oasis Wonderwall
26 Yes Close to the edge
27 Beach Boys Let's go away for a while
28 Crosby Stills and Nash Woodstock
29 Jimi Hendrix Purple haze
30 Who See me hear me (listening to you)
31 Steely Dan Rikki don't lose that number
32 Doors Break on through
33 Jethro Tull With you there to help me
34 Beach Boys God only knows
35 Doors L.A. woman
36 David Bowie Letter to Hermione
37 Ryuichi Sakamoto The last emperor
38 Jefferson Airplane Somebody to love
39 Traffic The low spark of high heeled boys
40 Janis Joplin Summertime
41 Crosby Stills and Nash Carry on/questions
42 Carlos Santana Soul sacrifice
43 Doors When the music's over
44 Lynyrd Skynyrd Free bird
45 Who Bargain
46 Led Zeppelin Black dog
47 Michael Jackson Billie Jean
48 Doors Light my fire
49 Johnny Cash Hurt
50 Doors The soft parade
51 Neil Young Cowgirl in the sand
52 Stills Young Band Make love to you
53 Led Zeppelin Whole lotta love
54 U2 Sunday boody Sunday
55 Doors People are strange
56 U2 Vertigo
57 Beach Boys Good vibrations
58 Beatles Strawberry fields forever
59 Pink Floyd Atom heart mother
60 Who I'm free
61 Oasis Bag it up
62 Ten Years After Help me
63 Beatles Come together
64 Beatles Things we said today
65 Jimi Hendrix Voodoo chile
66 Oasis Columbia
67 Who Won’t get fooled again
68 Carlos Santana She's not there
69 Oasis Supersonic
70 Deep Purple Smoke on the water
71 Ten Years After I'd love to change the world
72 Who Behind blue eyes
73 Jethro Tull A time for everything?
74 Stranglers Golden brown
75 Beatles Abbey Road medley
76 Rolling Stones Sympathy for the devil
77 Jethro Tull Look into the sun
78 Cream White room
79 U2 Electrical storm
80 Buffalo Springfield Broken arrow
81 Yes And you and I
82 Rolling Stones Jumping Jack flash
83 Buffalo Springfield Mr Soul
84 Status Quo Pictures of matchstick men
85 Jethro Tull Reasons for waiting
86 Crosby Stills and Nash Wooden ships
87 Led Zeppelin Ramble on
88 U2 New Year's Day
89 Yes I've seen all good people
90 Neil Young Southern man
91 Doors Who scared you?
92 Jethro Tull For a thousand mothers
93 Jimi Hendrix Hey baby
94 Ten Years After One of these days
95 Neil Young The loner
96 U2 Magnificent
97 Oasis Stop crying your heart out
98 Yes Siberian khatru
99 Ten Years After Let the sky fall
100 Beach Boys Girl don’t tell me
101 Yes Heart of the sunrise
102 Oasis Slide away
103 U2 Gloria
104 Neil Young Cinnamon girl
105 Doors The end
106 Jethro Tull A new day yesterday
107 Black Sabbath Sweet leaf
108 Beatles I want you (she's so heavy)
109 Shakti & John Mclauchlin Natural elements (entire album)
110 Stephen Stills Move Around
111 U2 Even better than the real thing
112 Ten Years After You give me loving
113 Derek and the Dominos Layla
114 Led Zeppelin What is and what should never be
115 Rolling Stones Street fighting man
116 Split Enz Walking down a road
117 Bo Hansson Lothlorien
118 Jethro Tull Jeffrey goes to Leicester square
119 Tim Buckley Get On Top
120 Led Zeppelin Heartbreaker
121 Doors Love me two times
122 Focus Hocus pocus
123 Byrds Eight miles high
124 Pharrell Williams Happy
125 Beatles Got to get you into my life
126 Steely Dan Kings
127 Beach Boys I just wasn't made for these times
128 Jimi Hendrix Machine gun
129 Tim Buckley No man can find the war
130 Doors I can’t see your face in my mind
131 Jimi Hendrix Wild thing
132 U2 Until the end of the world
133 Beatles Tomorrow never knows
134 Black Sabbath Lord of this world
135 Rolling Stones Bitch
136 Jethro Tull A song for Jeffrey
137 Led Zeppelin Battle of evermore
138 Janis Joplin Ball and chain
139 David Bowie Space oddity
140 Beach Boys Surf's up
141 Beatles Eleanor Rigby
142 Queen Bohemian rhapsody
143 Ten Years After Here they come
144 Doors My eyes have seen you
145 Led Zeppelin Rain song
146 U2 Where the streets have no name
147 Jethro Tull Alive and well and living in
148 Carlos Santana Black magic woman
149 Kinks You really got me
150 Marvin Gaye What's going on?
151 Stephen Stills To a flame
152 Jefferson Airplane Today
153 Doors Peace frog
154 Beatles I'm happy just to dance with you
155 Oasis The turning
156 Jethro Tull Nothing is easy
157 Doors Not to touch the earth
158 Led Zeppelin The song remains the same
159 Doors 5 to 1
160 Jethro Tull Up the pool
161 Doors Strange Days
162 Beatles The night before
163 Neil Young Like a hurricane
164 Doors Unknown soldier
165 Cream Sunshine of your love
166 Pink Floyd Breathe (in the air)
167 Rolling Stones Paint it black
168 Jimi Hendrix Little wing
169 Doors You're lost, little girl
170 Who Pinball wizard
171 Deep Purple Lazy
172 Buffalo Springfield For what it's worth
173 Doors Love her madly
174 Jethro Tull Cheap day return
175 Beatles I'll be back
176 Mamas and Papas California dreaming
177 Marvin Gaye Ain't no Mountain High Enough
178 Carlos Santana Oye como va
179 Doors Been down so long
180 David Bowie Modern love
181 Who I can see for miles
182 Stephen Stills 4 and 20
183 Jimi Hendrix Like a rolling stone
184 Beatles Can't buy me love
185 Jethro Tull To cry you a song
186 Black Sabbath Wheels of confusion
187 Melanie Kafka Look what they've done to my song ma
188 Amy Winehouse Back to Black
189 Jethro Tull Nothing to say
190 Steppenwolf Born to be wild
191 U2 I will follow
192 Jethro Tull Rainbow blues
193 Oasis Live forever
194 Ten Years After A sad song
195 Jethro Tull Mother Goose
196 U2 One
197 Focus Sylvia
198 Jethro Tull Christmas song
199 Yes Awaken
200 Moody Blues Lost in a Lost World
201 Byrds Renaisance Fair
202 Stephen Stills Cherokee
203 Jethro Tull Singing all day
204 Joni Mitchell The jungle line
205 Love A house is not a motel
206 Beatles I'm only sleeping
207 Pink Floyd Summer '68
208 Split Enz Under the wheel
209 Traffic Rainmaker
210 Pink Floyd Money
211 Split Enz Stranger than Fiction
212 Stephen Stills The treasure (take 1)
213 Jim Morrison Wait for morning
214 Crosby Stills and Nash Guinnevere
215 Doors Indian summer
216 Jimi Hendrix Stone free
217 Shocking Blue Venus
218 Rolling Stones I can't get no) satisfaction
219 Deep Purple Concerto for group and orchestra
220 Jethro Tull Living in the past
221 Beatles Hey Jude
222 Doors Waiting for the sun
223 Cream Badge
224 Yes Roundabout
225 Split Enz Titus
226 Doors Love Street
227 Black Sabbath Snowblind
228 Neil Young I am a child
229 Rolling Stones Heartbreaker
230 Beatles Glass onion
231 Crosby Stills and Nash Ohio
232 Black Sabbath Supernaught
233 Moody Blues Gypsy
234 David Bowie Let's dance
235 Doors Universal mind
236 Jimi Hendrix Gypsy boy
237 Split Enz Maybe
238 Beatles Something
239 Stephen Stills It doesn't matter
240 Rolling Stones We Love You
241 Beatles Revolution
242 Neil Young Country girl
243 Pink Floyd Us and Them
244 Buffalo Springfield Stop listen what's that sound?
245 Black Sabbath Under the sun/every day comes and goes
246 Jefferson Airplane White rabbit
247 Nirvana Smells like teen spirit
248 Beach Boys In my room
249 Amy Winehouse Rehab
250 Oasis Whatever
251 Crosby Stills and Nash Almost cut my hair
252 Doors Soul kitchen
253 Led Zeppelin Achilles last stand
254 Pink Floyd Time
255 Beatles Back in the USSR
256 Janis Joplin Kosmic blues
257 Animals House of the Rising Sun
258 Doors Hello, I love you
259 Jethro Tull Life's a long song
260 Led Zeppelin Misty mountain hop
261 Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe
262 Beatles Eight days a week
263 Traffic Hidden Treasure
264 Oasis Gas panic
265 Deep Purple Hush
266 Jethro Tull Nursie
267 Ryuichi Sakamoto Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
268 Tim Buckley Phantasmagoria in two
269 Deep Purple Black night
270 Beach Boys Pet sounds
271 Janis Joplin Piece of my heart
272 Moody Blues The story in your eyes
273 Jethro Tull Teacher
274 Oasis The shock of the lightning
275 Beach Boys The warmth of the sun
276 Beatles Norwegian wood
277 Byrds Thoughts and Words
278 Doors Changeling
279 Rolling Stones Angie
280 Jimi Hendrix Johnny B. Goode
281 David Bowie Life on Mars
282 John Lennon Imagine
283 Moody Blues Ride my seesaw
284 Janis Joplin One good man
285 Doors Take it as it comes
286 Beady Eye Flick of the finger
287 Beach Boys I know there's an answer
288 Moody Blues Nights in White Satin
289 Jethro Tull Bouree
290 Oasis Falling down
291 Moody Blues The best way to travel
292 Neil Young Down by the river
293 Jethro Tull Sossity, you're a woman
294 Beatles Within you without you
295 Doors WASP (Texas radio and the big beat)
296 Creedence Clearwater Revival Fortunate son
297 Pete Townsend Rough boys
298 Jimi Hendrix All along the watchtower
299 Paul McCartney Bluebird
300 Beatles Happiness is a warm gun
301 Jim Morrison Soft Wild Promises
302 Beatles If I fell
303 Led Zeppelin Four sticks
304 Pink Floyd Funky dung
305 Split Enz Spellbound
306 Beach Boys All summer long
307 Beatles No reply
308 Canned Heat On the road again
309 Yes/Byrds I see you
310 Laura Nyro Eli's coming
311 Love Andmoreagain
312 Melanie Kafka Birthday of the sun
313 Beatles I should have known better
314 Tim Buckley Hallucinations
315 Beach Boys Don't talk (put your head on my shoulder)
316 Canned Heat Going up the country
317 Cream Dance the Night Away
318 Jimi Hendrix Are you experienced?
319 Jimi Hendrix Manic depression
320 Beatles While my guitar gently weeps
321 Steely Dan Do it again
322 Arzachel Queen St. Gang
323 Neil Young I've been waiting for you
324 Blind Faith Can't find my way home
325 Beatles Penny lane
326 Serge Gainsbourg Initials BB
327 Beatles It's for you
328 Stephen Stills Both of Us
329 Beatles Anytime at all
330 David Bowie China girl
331 Jimi Hendrix Freedom
332 Beatles Helter skelter
333 Police Message in a bottle
334 Split Enz Jamboree
335 Led Zeppelin Since I've been loving you
336 Jethro Tull My Sunday feeling
337 Beatles Wait
338 Beach Boys Caroline no
339 Curtis Mayfield Move on up
340 Deep Purple Strange kind of woman
341 Frank Zappa Peaches en Regalia
342 Beatles Girl
343 Thunderclap Newman Something in the air
344 Led Zeppelin Going to California
345 Beatles I am the walrus
346 Jim Morrison Can you hear me?
347 Jimi Hendrix Drifting
348 Oasis Acquiesce
349 Deep Purple Wring that neck
350 Beatles Dear Prudence
351 U2 Zoo station
352 Tim Buckley Pleasant street
353 Doors The end of the night
354 Pink Floyd Speak to me/ breathe
355 Beatles Ticket to ride
356 Ten Years After 50,000 miles beneath my brain
357 Crosby Stills and Nash You don’t have to cry
358 Pink Floyd Shine on you crazy diamond
359 Byrds Why?
360 Led Zeppelin Thank you
361 Beach Boys You still believe in me
362 Beatles Here comes the sun
363 Joni Mitchell Cold blue steel and sweet fire
364 Paul Simon 50 ways to leave your lover
365 Jethro Tull Thick as a brick
366 Focus In the house of the king
367 David Bowie John I'm only dancing
368 U2 Iris
369 Stephen Stills Right now
370 Ten Years After Standing at the station
371 Oasis Underneath the sky again
372 Zombies Time of the season
373 U2 Staring at the sun
374 Jimi Hendrix Fire
375 Beatles Get back
376 Oasis The Hindu times
377 Ten Years After Slow blues in C
378 U2 Bullet the blue sky
379 Pink Floyd Any colour you like
380 Neil Young The needle and the damage done
381 Ten Years After Going to try
382 U2 Elevation
383 Beatles And your bird can sing
384 Joni Mitchell Banquet
385 Tom Petty Mary Jane's last dance
386 Yes South side of the sky
387 Jethro Tull Wond'ring aloud
388 Buffalo Springfield Expecting to fly
389 Neil Young After the goldrush
390 Moody Blues The word om
391 U2 Beautiful day
392 Jethro Tull Up to me
393 Deep Purple Child in time
394 Black Sabbath Into the void
395 Jethro Tull Inside
396 Moody Blues Candle of Life
397 Richie Havens Freedom
398 Split Enz Time for a change
399 U2 Two hearts beat as one
400 Moody Blues House of four doors
401 Led Zeppelin Babe I'm going to leave you
402 Ten Years After I'm going home
403 David Bowie Unwashed and somewhat slightly dazed
404 Jim Morrison The white blind light
405 Rolling Stones Monkey man
406 David Bowie Cygnet Committee
407 Joni Mitchell Edith and the kingpin
408 Carole King I feel the earth move
409 Joao Gilberto Girl from Ipanema
410 Byrds Triad
411 Melanie Kafka Lay down (candles in the rain)
412 Frank Zappa Uncle Remus
413 Simon and Garfunkel In my little town
414 David Bowie Aladdin sane
415 Police Does everyone stare
416 Seals and Crofts Summer breeze
417 Doobie Brothers Jesus is just alright
418 Janis Joplin Move over
419 Beatles There's a place
420 Byrds It happens each day
421 Beatles Fixing a hole
422 David Bowie Wild-eyed boy from freecloud
423 Bill Withers Ain't no sunshine
424 Beatles I want to hold your hand
425 Jimi Hendrix I don’t live today
426 Jethro Tull Back to the family
427 Peddlers Girlie
428 Serge Gainsbourg L'homme a tete de chou
429 Steely Dan Only a fool would say that
430 Beatles Help
431 Rolling Stones 2000 light years from home
432 Yes Yours in no disgrace
433 Who Amazing journey/Sparks
434 Tim Buckley Sweet surrender
435 Blue Oyster Cult Don’t fear the reaper
436 Beatles Sergeant pepper's lonely hearts band
437 Frank Zappa Hungry freaks, daddy
438 U2 The miracle
439 Yes Long distance runaround
440 Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg Je t'aime . . . Moi non plus
441 Deep Purple My woman from Tokyo
442 Led Zeppelin Kashmir
443 Moody Blues I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band
444 Marvin Gaye Heard it through the grapevine
445 Steam Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye
446 Ten Years After Good morning little school girl
447 Bob Dylan Hurricane
448 Who Who are you
449 Beach Boys All this is that
450 Byrds So you want to be a rock and roll star
451 Frank Zappa Willie the Pimp
452 Love Alone again or
453 Buffalo Springfield Rock and roll woman
454 Police Walking on the moon
455 Pink Floyd Wish you were here
456 David Bowie Cat people
457 Neil Young Old man
458 Jethro Tull The whistler
459 Stephen Stills Love the one you're with
460 Joni Mitchell Chelsea morning
461 Beatles Long, long, long
462 Rolling Stones Waiting on a friend
463 Stranglers (Get a ) Grip (on yourself)
464 Tim Buckley Carnival song
465 Ten Years After Once there was a time
466 Ten Years After As the sun still burns away
467 Bob Marley Jamin'
468 Oasis Champagne supernova
469 Cream Tales of brave Ulysses
470 David Bowie Lady grinning soul
471 Beach Boys That's not me
472 Paul Simon Graceland
473 Oasis Rock and roll star
474 Buffalo Springfield Nowadays Clancy can’t even sing
475 Paul Simon Boy in a bubble
476 Pink Floyd Have a cigar
477 Jethro Tull Pibroch (Cap in hand)
478 David Bowie Oh, you pretty things!
479 Hollies Bus stop
480 Deep Purple Highway star
481 Crosby Stills and Nash Daylight again
482 Bee Gees Night fever
483 Led Zeppelin Rock and roll
484 Neil Young Cortez the killer
485 Stills Young Band 12/8 blues
486 Police Every little thing she does is magic
487 Monkees I'm a believer
488 Oasis The nature of reality
489 Ten Years After I woke up this morning
490 Split Enz Amy
491 Beach Boys Don’t worry baby
492 Jean Pierre Mirouze Sexopolis
493 Byrds My back pages
494 Jethro Tull Aqualung
495 Nirvana Come as you are
496 Moody Blues Visions of paradise
497 David Bowie Heroes
498 Police Every breath you take
499 Jethro Tull Coronach
500 GODSPELL Bless my lord
501 Led Zeppelin The rover
502 Pink Floyd Remember a day
503 Joni Mitchell Barangrill
504 Doors Shaman's blues
505 Love Red telephone
506 Beatles Yer blues
507 Traffic Many a mile to freedom
508 U2 Miracle drug
509 Stephen Stills Old times good times
510 Beatles Because
511 Emmerson Lake and Palmer From the beginning
512 Police Synchronicity
513 Who Substitute
514 David Bowie Where are we now?
515 Jimi Hendrix The wind cries Mary
516 Led Zeppelin Bring it on home
517 Split Enz So long for now
518 Jethro Tull Dun ringill
519 Beatles She said she said
520 Canned Heat Fried hockey boogie
521 Doors Wintertime love
522 Neil Young Tell me why
523 Joni Mitchell All I want
524 Oasis Some might say
525 U2 Original of the species
526 Jimi Hendrix Red house
527 Led Zeppelin When the levee breaks
528 Pink Floyd Welcome to the machine
529 Ten Years After No title
530 Canned Heat London Blues
531 Beatles Please please me
532 Joni Mitchell A case of you
533 John Lennon Oh my love
534 Oasis The masterplan
535 Split Enz Split ends
536 Yes Survival
537 Doors Touch me
538 Beach Boys I'm waiting for the day
539 Midnight Oil Best of both worlds
540 Doors Unhappy girl
541 Moody Blues The actor
542 U2 Discotheque
543 Jethro Tull Beggar's farm
544 Beatles If I needed someone
545 Neil Young Hey hey, my my (into the black)
546 Who Go to the mirror
547 Led Zeppelin Nobody's fault but mine
548 Crowded House World where you live
549 Moody Blues Nice to be Here
550 Joni Mitchell In France they kiss on main street
551 Oasis Ain't got nothing
552 King Crimson Moonchild
553 U2 Ground beneath her feet
554 Jimi Hendrix Third stone from the sun
555 10cc Art for art's sake
556 Emmerson Lake and Palmer Karn evil 9
557 Jimi Hendrix In from the storm
558 Tom Petty Running down a dream
559 Black Sabbath After forever
560 Carlos Santana Stone flower
561 Yes Starship trooper
562 Hollies The air that I breathe
563 Joni Mitchell Help me
564 Oasis Go let it out
565 Doors I looked at you
566 Rolling Stones Under my thumb
567 Beatles Think for yourself
568 Deep Purple Space trucking
569 Oasis I'm outta time
570 Ten Years After Love like a man
571 U2 Mysterious ways
572 Funkadelic I'll stay
573 Moody Blues Have you heard?
574 Doors Orange County suite
575 Guess Who No time
576 Oasis My big mouth
577 Bee Gees Staying alive
578 Canned Heat Let's work together
579 Jimi Hendrix Castles made of sand
580 Neil Young Keep on rocking in the free world
581 U2 Pride (in the name of love)
582 David Bowie It's no game
583 Stephen Stills Go back home
584 Joni Mitchell California
585 Blind Faith Sea of joy
586 Beatles I feel fine
587 R.E.M. The one I love
588 Traffic Rock and roll stew
589 Moody Blues Voices in the sky
590 Oasis Don’t look back in anger
591 Alvin Lee The bluest blues
592 Gil Scott-Heron The revolution will not be televised
593 Yes The gates of delirium
594 Midnight Oil Beds are burning
595 Jethro Tull Hymn 43
596 Crowded House Four seasons in one day
597 Beach Boys Heroes and villains
598 Creedence Clearwater Revival Midnight special
599 Oasis Who feels love?
600 Moody Blues Isn't life strange?
601 Led Zeppelin Moby Dick
602 Joni Mitchell Don’t interrupt the sorrow
603 Jethro Tull My god
604 Led Zeppelin In the evening
605 Kinks Waterloo sunset
606 Byrds Have you seen her face?
607 Tim Buckley Make it right
608 Doors Running blue
609 Simon and Garfunkel So long Frank Lloyd Wright
610 David Bowie Memory of a free festival
611 Louis Armstrong We have all the time in the world
612 Split Enz Hard act to follow
613 B52s Rock lobster
614 Beatles Magical mystery tour
615 Joni Mitchell Lesson in survival
616 Stills Young Band Fontainebleau
617 Police Regatta de blanc
618 Thin Lizzie The boys are back in town
619 Beatles Rain
620 Rolling Stones Sister Morphine
621 B52s Dirty back road
622 Bob Dylan Balad of a thin man
623 Ten Years After She lies in the morning
624 Stephen Stills Black coral
625 U2 Gone
626 Herman's Hermits No milk today
627 Beatles I'll cry instead
628 Yes Looking around
629 Beatles In my life
630 Kinks Lola
631 Who My generation
632 Steely Dan Peg
633 Dione Warwick Walk on by
634 Stevie Wonder Living for the city
635 Thin Lizzie Don't believe a word
636 B52s 52 girls
637 Led Zeppelin In my time of dying
638 Kinks Sunny afternoon
639 R.E.M. Losing my religion
640 Ten Years After Hard monkeys
641 Lynyrd Skynyrd Simple man
642 B52s Love shack
643 Tim Buckley Goodbye and hello
644 Buffalo Springfield Pretty girl why
645 Pink Floyd Brain damage eclipse
646 Midnight Oil Outside world
647 Moody Blues Lazy day
648 Pink Floyd Free four
649 Tim Buckley I never asked to be your mountain
650 Beatles I will
651 Kinks The way love used to be
652 Midnight Oil Power and the passion
653 Moody Blues In the beginning - lovely to see you
654 Love August
655 Steely Dan Josie
656 Stills Young Band Guardian angel
657 B52s Party out of bounds
658 Canned Heat Bullfrog blues
659 Yes Beyond and before
660 Jimi Hendrix Wait until tomorrow
661 Police Roxanne
662 Ten Years After Think about the times
663 Rolling Stones 19th nervous breakdown
664 John Lennon Instant karma
665 Elton John Saturday nights alright for fighting
666 Led Zeppelin Ten years gone
667 Oasis She is love
668 Stephen Stills Bound to fall
669 Steve Miller Band Fly like an eagle
670 Led Zeppelin Living loving maid
671 Neil Young Sugar mountain
672 Ten Years After I've been there too
673 Tim Buckley Once I was
674 U2 With you or without you
675 Rolling Stones You can't always get what you want
676 Stephen Stills Pensamiento
677 Joni Mitchell Let the wind carry me
678 Doors Spanish caravan
679 Crosby Stills and Nash 49 bye-byes
680 Beatles She loves you
681 Doobie Brothers Long train running
682 Jethro Tull Play in time
683 Blind Faith Had to cry today
684 Buffalo Springfield Sit down I think I love you
685 Led Zeppelin Over the hills and far away
686 Oasis Morning glory
687 Doors Queen of the highway
688 David Bowie Rebel rebel
689 Beatles I'll follow the sun
690 Joni Mitchell Little green
691 Moody Blues For my lady
692 Procol Harum Whiter shade of pale
693 U2 Running to stand still
694 Black Sabbath War pigs
695 Crowded House Into temptation
696 Jethro Tull Wind up
697 Moody Blues The land of make believe
698 Rolling Stones Live with me
699 Doors Roadhouse blues
700 Creedence Clearwater Revival Looking out my back door
701 Traffic Hole in my shoe
702 Moody Blues Watching and waiting
703 Carlos Santana Singing winds, crying beasts
704 Simon and Garfunkel America
705 Stephen Stills Treetop flyer
706 Ten Years After Sugar the road
707 Tom Petty All you can carry
708 B52s Give me back my man
709 Beatles All you need is love
710 Black Sabbath N.I.B.
711 Blind Faith Had to cry today
712 Doors Summer's almost gone
713 Tim Buckley Down by the borderline
714 Jethro Tull Witches promise
715 Jimi Hendrix Angel
716 Link Wray Apache
717 Moody Blues Legend of a mind
718 Spencer Davis Group Gimme some loving
719 Steely Dan Don't take me alive
720 Stephen Stills Do for the others
721 Love 7 and 7 is
722 Ten Years After Me and my baby
723 Ten Years After The sounds
724 Serge Gainsbourg Ballade de melody Nelson
725 U2 Drowning man
726 Beatles I've just seen a face
727 Joni Mitchell Shades of scarlet conquering
728 Cream SWLBR
729 Beatles Not a second time
730 Donovan Wear your love like heaven
731 Doors Wishful sinful
732 Jethro Tull Cup of wonder
733 Free All right now
734 Oasis Don't go away
735 Buffalo Springfield Bluebird
736 Beatles I want to tell you
737 Jimi Hendrix Gypsy eyes
738 Crosby Stills and Nash Helplessly hoping
739 Tim Buckley Strange feeling
740 Ten Years After Convention prevention
741 Kinks All day and all of the night
742 Queen You're my best friend
743 Crowded House Fall at your feet
744 Steely Dan Midnight cruiser
745 Tom Petty Fault lines
746 U2 Every breaking wave
747 Split Enz I hope I never
748 Ten Years After Turned off TV blues
749 Steely Dan Reeling in the years
750 Led Zeppelin Good times bad times
751 Stephen Stills In the way
752 Steely Dan Pretzel logic
753 B52s Summer of love
754 B52s Private Idaho
755 Monkees I'm not your stepping stone
756 Simon and Garfunkel I am a rock
757 Michael Jackson Thriller
758 Paul McCartney Love in song
759 Spencer Davis Group I'm a man
760 B52s Theme for a nude beach
761 Canned Heat So sad (the world's in a tangle)
762 Fleetwood Mac Oh well
763 Tim Buckley Song for Jainie
764 U2 City of blinding lights
765 Boney M Sunny
766 Crowded House How will you go?
767 Yardbirds Heart full of soul
768 Cream Crossroads
769 Stephen Stills So begins the task
770 Beatles Dig a pony
771 Ten Years After Stoned woman
772 Byrds Lady friend
773 Neil Young Are you passionate?
774 Lou Reed Walk on the wild side
775 Byrds What's happening?
776 Beach Boys Here today
777 Crowded House Fingers of love
778 Traffic Light up or leave me alone
779 Beatles And you bird can sing
780 Stephen Stills Song of love
781 Eagles Hotel California
782 Youngbloods Get together
783 Ten Years After Religion
784 Joni Mitchell For the roses
785 Monkees Porpoise song
786 Beatles Savoy truffle
787 Jethro Tull Locomotive breath
788 Neil Young Ambulance blues
789 Will Smith Just the two of us
790 Thin Lizzie Do anything you want to do
791 Rolling Stones Moonlight mile
792 Jethro Tull Jack in the green
793 Ten Years After Woodchoppers ball
794 Huey Lewis The power of love
795 Neil Young Lotta love
796 Velvet Underground All tomorrow's parties
797 Joni Mitchell Blue
798 Moody Blues Are you sitting comfortably?
799 Beatles I need you
800 Traffic John Barleycorn must die
801 Steely Dan East St Louis toodeloo
802 Peter Sarstedt Where do you go to my lovely
803 Moody Blues New horizons
804 Byrds It won't be wrong
805 Curtis Mayfield Move on up
806 Link Wray Rumble
807 Lynyrd Skynyrd Searching
808 Tim Buckley Song of the magician
809 Paul McCartney Letting go
810 Beatles Nowhere man
811 Devo Whip it
812 Paul McCartney Junk
813 Beatles If I fell
814 Jimi Hendrix Foxy lady
815 Led Zeppelin Lemon song
816 Beatles Julia
817 Jimi Hendrix Bold as love
818 Beatles For the benefit of Mr Kite
819 Beatles You can't do that
820 Byrds I knew I'd want you
821 Beatles Blackbird
822 Bob Dylan Subterranean homesick blues
823 Jimi Hendrix Once had a woman
824 Queen Crazy little thing called love
825 Led Zeppelin Dazed and confused
826 Paul McCartney Band on the run
827 Van Morrison Moondance
828 Midnight Oil Short memory
829 Yardbirds For your love
830 Crosby Stills and Nash Find the cost of freedom
831 Beatles I'm looking through you
832 Beatles For no one
833 Simon and Garfunkel 59th Street Bridge song (Feeling groovy)
834 Jethro Tull Songs from the wood
835 Beatles Baby you're a rich man
836 Devo Girl u want
837 Jethro Tull Rover
838 Ringo Starr Hey baby
839 Amy Winehouse Tears dry on their own
840 Doors Wild child
841 Martha Reeves and the Vandellas Dancing in the street
842 Velvet Underground Sunday morning
843 Steely Dan Kid Charlemagne
844 Jethro Tull No lullaby
845 Rolling Stones As tears go by
846 Beatles Hey bulldog
847 Beach Boys California girls
848 Lou Reed Perfect day
849 Rolling Stones Start me up
850 Rolling Stones Dandelion
851 Frank Zappa Apostrophe
852 Verve Bittersweet symphony
853 Beach Boys Sail on sailor
854 Ten Years After Hear me calling
855 Steely Dan Bodhisattva
856 Stephen Stills Sit yourself down
857 Al Stewart Midas shadow
858 Country Joe and the Fish I feel like I'm fixing to die rag
859 Donovan Sunshine superman
860 Isaac Hayes Shaft
861 Rolling Stones Miss you
862 Led Zeppelin Immigrant song
863 Steely Dan Hey nineteen
864 Velvet Underground Femme fatale
865 Easybeats Friday on my mind
866 Canned Heat That's all right mama
867 Jimi Hendrix Hear my train a-coming
868 Seals and Crofts Diamond girl
869 Oasis Talk tonight
870 Nico The fairest of the seasons
871 Ten Years After Working on the road
872 Tom Jones What's new pussycat?
873 Goo goo dolls Iris
874 Neil Young Drifting back
875 Ben E King Spanish Harlem
876 Dave Brubeck Take five
877 U2 I still haven’t found what I'm looking for
878 Neil Young A man needs a maid
879 Survivor Eye of the tiger
880 Carole King You make me feel like a (natural woman)
881 Thin Lizzie Still in love with you
882 Who Young man blues
883 Canned Heat Whiskey-headed woman no. 2
884 Beach Boys Leaving this town
885 Beach Boys The trader
886 Doors Who do you love?
887 Rolling Stones Stray cat blues
888 Perpetual Oyster Yawning man
889 GODSPELL Day by day
890 Small Faces Tin soldier
891 John Lennon Love
892 Neil Young Walk like a giant
893 Canned Heat Time was
894 Band Chest fever
895 George Harrison What is life?
896 Who Heatwave
897 Joan Osbourne One of us
898 Arlo Guthrie Coming into Los Angeles
899 Canned Heat Shake it and break it
900 Fuzzy Duck Afternoon out
901 Animals Monterey
902 Crowded House Silent House
903 Heart Crazy on you
904 Mamas and Papas Trip, stumble and fall
905 Canned Heat My time ain't long
906 Beatles Ballad of John and Yoko
907 Jethro Tull Driving song
908 Paul Simon Duncan
909 Jethro Tull Velvet green
910 Who Summertime blues
911 Ten Years After Skoobly-oobly-doobob
912 Bachman Turner Overdrive You ain't seen nothing yet
913 Bronski Beat Small town boy
914 B52s Planet Claire
915 Midnight Oil US forces
916 Black Sabbath The wizard
917 Siouxsie And The Banshees Christine
918 Tom Jones It's not unusual
919 Pink Floyd Julia dream
920 Don McLean The day the music died (American pie)
921 Bob Dylan It's alright, ma
922 Amy Winehouse You know I'm no good
923 B52s Channel Z
924 Alvin Lee On the road to freedom
925 Rolling Stones Ruby Tuesday
926 Simon and Garfunkel Mrs Robinson
927 Alanis Morrissette Hand in my pocket
928 Paul McCartney Uncle Albert / Admiral Haley
929 Beatles I saw her standing there
930 Radiohead Everything in its right place
931 Beatles Yesterday
932 Hollies Long cool woman in a black dress
933 Simon and Garfunkel Sound of silence
934 Beatles Let it be
935 Fleetwood Mac The chain
936 Oasis Rocking chair
937 Simon and Garfunkel Kathy's song
938 Beatles It's all too much
940 Ten Years After I don't know that you don't know my name
943 Pharrell Williams Marilyn Monroe
944 Rolling Stones It's all over now
945 Dire Straits Skateaway
945 Mamas and Papas Creeque Alley
946 Oasis Let's all make believe
947 Beatles Real love
948 Alanis Morissette All I really want
948 Fine Young Cannibals Good thing
949 Jethro Tull Dharma for one
950 Gary Jules Mad world
951 10cc I'm not in love
952 Donovan Mellow yellow
953 Kiss I was made for loving you
955 Doobie Brothers Jesus is just alright with me
955 Gerry Rafferty Baker Street
956 Black Sabbath Changes
956 Led Zeppelin Houses of the holy
957 Byrds Tribal gathering
957 Mason Williams Classical gas
958 Jefferson Airplane Watch her ride
959 T Rex Jeepster
960 Floyd Cramer On the rebound
963 Clash London calling
964 Madonna Like a virgin
964 Ventures Walk don't run
965 Ten Years After I say yeah
966 Elvis Presley Heartbreak hotel
968 Culture club Mister man
969 Duran Duran Girls on film
970 Knack My Sharona
971 Maria Muldaur Midnight at the oasis
972 Queen Killer queen
972 Them Gloria
973 Jethro Tull A passion play
974 Who Blue red and grey
975 Oasis Little by little
976 Jethro Tull Fat man
977 Music Emporium Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo
978 Red Hot Chillie Peppers Under the bridge
979 Doors Hyacinth house
980 Pete Townsend Empty glass
981 Ten Years After Circles
982 Moody Blues Eternity Road
983 Who I'm a boy
984 Elvis Presley Mystery train
985 Joni Mitchell Big yellow taxi
986 Neil Young Ride my llama
987 Lynyrd Skynyrd Mr Banker
988 Paul McCartney Dear boy
989 Beatles Love me do
990 Paul McCartney Jet
991 B52s Roam
992 Carlos Santana Canto de los flores
993 Heart Barracuda
994 Ten Years After I'm coming on
995 Neil Young Will to love
996 Michael Jackson Rock with you
997 Gary Glitter Rock and Roll part 2
998 Stephen Stills Black queen
999 Jethro Tull Beltane
1000 Tim Buckley It happens every time
