Rolling Stone's top 11 list ( top 500 ) has some issues:
11. God Only Knows - Beach Boys ( woof )
10. Hey Ya - Outkast ( no - what?! )
9. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac ( not even their best song )
8. Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliot ( you could stop here - jesus )
7. Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles ( i guess you gotta have a Beatles song on here - they're kinda overrated tho )
6. What's Goin On - Marvin Gaye ( good song, seems high )
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana ( started a 'movement' like Beatles but this seems pretty damn high )
4. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan ( fine with this )
3. Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke ( fine with this )
2. Fight The Power - Public Enemy ( no - a Spike Lee movie track isn't 2nd best ever )
1. Respect - Aretha Franklin ( respect )
A top 10 list without the Rolling Stones is a fail.
Other whiffs:
30. Royals - Lorde ( this is worse than any of the top 10 - all of the top 10 I could see argued being in the top 100 - this belongs nowhere near a top 500 list, much less a top 30 )
36. Seven Nations Army - White Stripes ( it's catchy - and sports fans have latched on to said catchy riff - not top 100 )
39. B.O.B - Outkast ( two Outkast songs in the top 40? )
61. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin ( i know it's a cliche that the opening is one of the first things people learn when they start up guitar - but this is just way too low - 'Royals' is 30 spots better than Stairway to Heaven???? )
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... a-1225288/