Some fella by the name of Dr Mick Grierson, from Goldsmiths, University of London used some form of mathematical/computational theory whatever to come up with the top 50 iconic songs and what a crock of shit his end list is (see here for the story and list).
Looking through the list I could probably agree with two or three, the rest are just pure crap down to and including a sodding cover song – shit if you’re going to call a song iconic, atleast credit it to the original artist.
Anyway, I (amongst probably 1,000’s of other bloggers) have decided to create my own top 50 iconic songs and if you don’t agree with me then tough shit, do I look like I give a fuck?
They’re not in any particular order, just as they come to mind.
- White Christmas – Bing Crosby
- 32-20 Blues – Robert Johnson
- Seasons of Change – Blackfeather
- Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- Smoke on The Water – Deep Purple
- That’s Amore – Dean Martin
- My Way – Frank Sinatra
- In A Gadda Da Vida – Iron Butterfly
- Paranoid – Black Sabbath
- Toys in the Attic – Aerosmith
- School’s Out – Alice Cooper
- Death Walks Behind You – Atomic Rooster
- Can’t get Enough – Bad Company
- Most People I Know (Think That I’m Crazy) – Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
- 21st Century Schizoid Man – King Crimson
- In For The Kill – Budgie
- You Are The Sunshine of my Life – Stevie Wonder
- White Room – Cream
- She Loves You – Beatles
- Riders on the Storm – The Doors
- For Your Love – The Yardbirds
- Brown Sugar – Rolling Stones
- Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland (although I prefer Billy Thorpe’s version)
- Heart of the Sunrise – Yes
- Pictures at an Exhibition – Emerson, Lake and Palmer
- Billy The Mountain – Frank Zappa
- Wishing Well – Free
- Child In Time – Deep Purple
- Iron Man – Black Sabbath
- Be My Lover – Alice Cooper
- Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
- Babe – Styx
- Back in to the Future – Man
- Gypsy – Uriah Heep
- Thick as a Brick – Jethro Tull
- Race With The Devil – Gun
- Mesmerisation Eclipse – Captain Beyond
- Breadfan – Budgie
- Us and Them – Pink Floyd
- Julia – Pavlov’s Dog
- Aqualung – Jethro Tull
- All Right Now – Free
- Atom Heart Mother – Pink Floyd
- Sheer Heart Attack – Queen
- Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth – Rick Wakeman
- Cross Road Blues – Robert Johnson
- Bloody Well Right – Supertramp
- Fantastic Piece of Architecture – Bloodrock
Well that’s my 50, it could easily be 100 but hey Grierson started it!
