Kevin Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 On Wednesday, Rolling Stone magazine named "Like a Rolling Stone" ~Bob Dylan as the "best rock and roll song of all time." "No other pop song has so thoroughly challenged and transformed the commercial laws and artistic conventions of its time, for all time," ~ Senior editor David Frike Certainly it's a great song, but are you all content with this choice or the magazine's reasoning ? Thoughts ? :guitar: :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 No, great song, but not THE greatest. Now the runner- up "Satisfaction", top 5 for sure. I'll have to see the entire list, as I think most of us will before you get too many replies Kevin. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 The top ten list of Rolling Stone mag is somehow ridiculous for me... of course, these 10 songs are great, but... only "Hey Jude" by Beatles? And only "Satisfaction" for Rolling Stones? No CCR? No Bob Seger? No... no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImThatGuyToo Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Do you happen to know what issue of Rolling Stone the list is published in? My roommate has a subscription... I disagree with their choice of Like a Rolling Stone as the greatest... but then again, these lists are there to incite conversation, I mean here we are all discussing Rolling Stone magazine. I'd say their plan worked though, we can agree on that at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielj Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Stairway To Heaven should definetly be there, and I know we say it a lot, but Freebird too. Moondance by Van Morrison perhaps, and Wish You Were here by Pink Floyd makes a very good feeling well up inside of me. It might sound corny, but I love it :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 "Like a Rolling Stone" isn't even one of Dylan's ten best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielj Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt_Acid Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 David Frike is tehn00b. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasyRider Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 "Rolling Stone magazine" "Like a Rolling Stone" I think they like the song because it has "Rolling Stone" in the title.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt_Acid Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 That's the first thought that came to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpride09 Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Stairway To Heaven should definetly i find it hard to believe it's not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdL Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Like A Rolling Stone - the best ever! What an excellent and obvious choice. And it's included on Highway 61 Revisited which some (including me) regard as the finest rock album ever made. I was in my teens at the time "Like A Rolling Stone" was released it was positively ground breaking and not just because it broke the "singles must be 3 minutes long" rule. If you consider some of the other hits that we had to put up with in 1965 like "Tossing & Turning" by the Ivy League or "I'll Never Find Another You" by the Seekers you'll see what I mean. And to think that "Like A Rolling Stone" was kept out of the number one slot by Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe". When Bruce Springsteen inducted Dylan into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 he described how he felt when he heard "Like A Rolling Stone" for the first time, finishing with, "Dylan was a revolutionary. Bob freed your mind the way Elvis freed your body". You had to be there in 1965 to know what I mean. Well done Bob (but we knew it all along). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy1 Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Fantastic song? Oh yeah. Best ever? Oh no. I'ts all subjective of course, my best and your best are gonna be very different. I'd agree with Satisfaction (but then you all knew I would) but there's a lot of best songs. Best in what way? Music, Lyrics, Popularity? Although I remember many a night a bunch of us drunk or whatever, singing Like a Rolling Stone at the top of our lungs and thinking then it was the best song ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy1 Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 :sleepy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 It's not even a rock song. It's a folk song. Rolling Stone magazine is a joke. When will people realize that they don't need another source to tell them what music is best? Don't they know themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdL Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 A folk song? Like "Barbra Ellen"? Oh dear!!! :sleepy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 I guess Bob Dylan didn't know what he was talking about, kinda like you. The only thing rock-n-roll about Like a Rolling Stone is it's title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 It´s a good song, sure... but not the BEST... why not stairway to heaven? what about the Floyd? And "Don´t answer me", Alan Parsons? And "Smoke on the water"? And "Please Mr. Postman" And why the three first Beatles songs are MCCartney´s? is it worth it talking about old Rolling Stone alzheimer magazine? We all know which are our top songs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 which issue is it in? Although I usually never agree with them, I really like lists, because they give me an excuse to get angry! Like many have said, Like A Rolling STone isn't even a rock song, it's a folk song. Oh well, it's hard to pick 500 best songs. But thenn, why did they even try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincegillstwin Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 I wonder where Muskrat Love came in on the survey? Always #1 in my book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Love Will Keep Us Together is a much better tune. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Does anyone know where "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" placed? I wonder if it still holds the record for most airplays in the U.S. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 From what I've heard, #180 is "Hey Ya" many different emoticons for that ranking: :: :: :: :beady: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImThatGuyToo Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Hahahaha! If "Hey Ya" made the list, and they put a folk song as number 1, Muzik is right, there's absolutely no way we should trust Rolling Stone mag. As to them liking it because it mentions their title, that was my first thought as well. If anyone should put together the list, I say it should be a crack team of Songfacts junkies. And come on, no Stairway *and* no Freebird? As much as I think Stairway to Heaven's overrated, at least I can count on it to be rated! In my opinion Achilles' Last Stand is *my* number one rock and roll song. It has everything going for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Does anyone know where "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" placed? I wonder if it still holds the record for most airplays in the U.S. ? Win, Place or Show. How about "Bohemian Rhapsody?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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