Q Magazine Critics 1,001 Best Songs Ever...what a load of malarkey

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Here's the first 100:

1 One U2
2 I Say A Little Prayer Aretha Franklin
3 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
4 A Day In The Life The Beatles
5 In The Ghetto Elvis Presley
6 My Name Is Eminem
7 Creep Radiohead
8 Independent Women Part 1 Destiny’s Child
9 Live Forever Oasis
10 River Deep, Mountain High Ike & Tina Turner
11 Blue Monday New Order
12 Rebel Without A Pause Public Enemy
13 Eye Know De La Soul
14 They Reminisce Over You Pete Rock & CL Smooth
15 Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.
16 Simon Says Pharoahe Monch
17 Stan Eminem
18 Protect Ya Neck Wu-Tang Clan
19 Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang Dr Dre
20 South Bronx Boogie Down Productions
21 The Message Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
22 Last Nite The Strokes
23 Trouble Coldplay
24 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
25 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones
26 Heard It Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye
27 Get Ur Freak On Missy Elliott
28 Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles
29 God Save The Queen Sex Pistols
30 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
31 Everybody Hurts R.E.M.
32 Sound And Vision David Bowie
33 Don’t You Want Me Human League
34 Paradise City Guns N’ Roses
35 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters
36 Hey Boy, Hey Girl The Chemical Brothers
37 Unfinished Sympathy Massive Attack
38 Dancing Queen ABBA
39 Jealous Guy John Lennon
40 Son Of A Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
41 No Woman No Cry Bob Marley
42 It’s Like That Run DMC with Jason Nevins
43 Stand By Me Ben E King
44 The Scientist Coldplay
45 Party Up (Up In Here) DMX
46 Hero Enrique Iglesias
47 Dog *#*#*#*#*# Wu-Tang Clan
48 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin
49 Paranoid Black Sabbath
50 Angel Of Death Slayer
51 Whole Lotta Rosie AC/DC
52 Eruption Van Halen
53 Love On The Rocks With No Ice The Darkness
54 The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden
55 Enter Sandman Metallica
56 Faget Korn
57 Ace Of Spades Motörhead
58 Crazy In Love Beyonce
59 Lust For Life Iggy Pop
60 Hot in Herre Nelly
61 Hash Pipe Weezer
62 Ruff Ryders Anthem DMX
63 Billie Jean Michael Jackson
64 What’s Going On Marvin Gaye
65 London Calling The Clash
66 Paranoid Android Radiohead
67 Wonderwall Oasis
68 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones
69 Little Fluffy Clouds The Orb
70 Like A Prayer Madonna
71 Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me) Cockney Rebel
72 Walk On The Wild Side Lou Reed
73 Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
74 Down In The Tube Station At Midnight The Jam
75 Stir It Up Bob Marley And The Wailers
76 Wanna Be Startin’ Something Michael Jackson
77 This Charming Man The Smiths
78 I Am The Resurrection The Stone Roses
79 4 My People (Basement Jaxx Mix) Missy Elliott
80 Magnificent Romeo (Soulwax Remix) Basement Clash
81 Living In Danger (For The Big Clubs Mix) Ace Of Base
82 Remember (Mood II Swing remix) BT
83 Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Masters At Work Dub) Saint Etienne
84 Torn Natalie Imbruglia
85 Sure Take That
86 Club Tropicana Wham!
87 Holiday Madonna
88 Just A Little Liberty X
89 Spinning Around Kylie Minogue
90 Overload Sugababes
91 Oops! ... I Did It Again Britney Spears
92 Black Or White Michael Jackson
93 Say You’ll Be There Spice Girls
94 Penny Lane The Beatles
95 God Only Knows The Beach Boys
96 In Da Club 50 Cent
97 You Send Me Sam Cooke
98 Can You Feel It The Jacksons
99 Let’s Stay Together Al Green
100 Pretty Vacant Sex Pistols

[TheSlipperyOne]

I couldn't make it past the "top 10".

[Dolemite]

two eminem songs in the top 20???? Destiny's child????? good god this is an absolutley aweful list

[spejic]

"In The Ghetto" being #5 is all the proof you need that this list is a big joke.

[skipshady]

I know these lists are always subjective and supposed to spark discussion, but hell, it takes less time to find songs that actually belong than to weed out the ones that don't.

My left testicle could have picked a better Top 100.

[nancyb]

I saw Richard Thompson last year and he played his "Best Songs of the Milennium", which actually spanned several hundred years. Interestingly, he included some Squeeze song in there, but I don't remember which. He introduced the set by making fun of critics who chose their best songs of the milennium, but who really only selected from the last 50 or so years.

[Freestyle2000]

I made it to Eminem, then got pissed. Then I saw that Destiny Child was next and decided I didn't need to die of a stress-induced heart attack today.

RS

[Michael K.]

I do have to say that One and Live Forever are two of my top 10 pop songs of all time. I've long thought Live Forever is a perfect pop song, if not THE perfect pop song.

But beyond that, I've got the sneaking suspicion that this list is all some sort of huge joke. Eminem? Destiny's Child? The Q editors are laughing as we speak.

[Michael K.]

Two Eminem songs, The Strokes, Coldplay (and I love Coldplay, but 'Trouble'??), The Foo Fighters for god's sake, The Freaking DARKNESS!, Korn, Nelly, and the Sugababes.

This, ladies and gents, is what as known as 'taking the piss'.

[cj herrera]

Does the Q in Q Magazine stand for Qrap?

(I've actually never heard of this rag, thankfully)

[655321]

Q magazine is quite good, normally. This, however, is cleary an idea to get people talking and to sell more rags...nothing more, nothing less.

[Maczebus]

Originally posted by cj herrera
Does the Q in Q Magazine stand for Qrap?

(I've actually never heard of this rag, thankfully)

That's the thing, it's not a bad rag usually.

This list though....<shakes head and mutters into expanding second chin about how everything was much better years ago...>

[afgrijselijkheid]

weird freakin' list that - some brilliant daring choices... and then darkness, ace of bass, sugababes, 50 cent, take that UGH!... just bizarre

[joshdcu]

Most of that list is ridiculous, so they've got to be taking the piss with at least a few of their selections.

I suppose this has mostly to do with Q being a British magazine, but I do like that they list some dance/electronic artists (The Orb, Basement Jaxx, BT, Saint Etienne, Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, New Order) on there. You wouldn't see any of those on a list compiled by an American magazine.

[sebakoole]

Originally posted by joshdcu
I suppose this has mostly to do with Q being a British magazine, but I do like that they list some dance/electronic artists (The Orb, Basement Jaxx, BT, Saint Etienne, Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, New Order) on there. You wouldn't see any of those on a list compiled by an American magazine.
Surprisingly enough, the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums list includes a couple of Massive Attack albums.

http://www.rhino.com/rs500/index.lasso

[Dyvel]

93 Say You’ll Be There Spice Girls

hahaha

[Dave Marino-Nachison]

Originally posted by bluedaddy19
weird freakin' list that - some brilliant daring choices... and then darkness, ace of bass, sugababes, 50 cent, take that UGH!... just bizarre

Not to mention that Ace of Base has tons better songs than "Living in Danger". Where was "The Sign" or "All That She Wants"? Unbeluckingfievable.

[joshdcu]

Originally posted by sebakoole
Surprisingly enough, the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums list includes a couple of Massive Attack albums.

http://www.rhino.com/rs500/index.lasso

Wow, that is a surprise. I stand corrected.

[cj herrera]

Not to hijack this thread or belabor what I know is the opinion of the vast majority, but I've been jogging exclusively to "Protection" and "Mezzanine" for the last few weeks.

Sweeping, transporting, cohesive: superextradoublebrilliant.

[spejic]

> 93 Say You’ll Be There Spice Girls

Did you see that Missy Elliot is in the top 100 not once, but twice?

> Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums

This is a much more reasonable list.