Neil Young song draft

[Mithrandir]

1. Powderfinger
2. Down by the River
3. Welfare Mothers
4. Like a Hurricane
5. After the Gold Rush
6. Tonight's the Night
7. Love and Only Love
8. Love to Burn
9. Ordinary People
10. Sugar Mountain
11. Hawks and Doves
12. Cortez the Killer
13. Ramada Inn
14. Hey Hey My My
15. Rockin in the Free World

[Mithrandir]

I really don’t care for side 2 of Hawks & Doves.

I meant the song.

[Erik]

I am trying to put together my own top 15.

It is very difficult. One of the issues I have is that I am trying to determine how much influence the time of the song coming out should effect the list.

An example would be Ohio. When it came out I was living the lyrics. It was powerful. It was amazing. It was one of the best songs at the time. It is still right at the top for me. But after all these years should it be my number one now?

Fun exercise. I wonder what my final list will look like.

There is no wrong way to do this. I’d love to see your list if you ever make one.

[Erik]

I actually like Out on the Weekend more than Heart of Gold; I'd have also found a home for Barstool Blues. Love the last verse and the guitar solo at the end.

But, yeah, you outdid RS by a wide, wide margin in terms of music quality.

Thanks. So, for another board where I posted this, I also made a 102-204 list*. Both are on that.

* - The number 204 is a thing there. The first person to post this kind of countdown did the Beatles, and they released 204 songs during their existence.

[Erik]

No "Hawks and Doves"! Or did I miss it?

I really don’t care for side 2 of Hawks & Doves.

[Gregg]

I am trying to put together my own top 15.

It is very difficult. One of the issues I have is that I am trying to determine how much influence the time of the song coming out should effect the list.

An example would be Ohio. When it came out I was living the lyrics. It was powerful. It was amazing. It was one of the best songs at the time. It is still right at the top for me. But after all these years should it be my number one now?

Fun exercise. I wonder what my final list will look like.

[Mithrandir]

No "Hawks and Doves"! Or did I miss it?

[chancellor]

I actually like Out on the Weekend more than Heart of Gold; I'd have also found a home for Barstool Blues. Love the last verse and the guitar solo at the end.

But, yeah, you outdid RS by a wide, wide margin in terms of music quality.

[Erik]

These are the songs that made Rolling Stone's top 100 list (compiled in 2014) but not mine.

14. Sugar Mountain
18. Tired Eyes
22. Out on the Weekend
27. Human Highway
28. Goin' Home
31. I'm the Ocean
44. Barstool Blues
49. Sample and Hold (really?)
50. Be the Rain (REALLY?)
52. Stringman
53. Campaigner
57. Harvest
58. Borrowed Tune
59. Opera Star
62. A Man Needs a Maid
63. The Old Laughing Lady
66. Journey through the Past
67. Over and Over
68. Will to Love (ReAlLy?)
69. Mellow My Mind
70. Flying on the Ground Is Wrong
71. See the Sky About to Rain
73. Last Trip to Tulsa
77. Hitchhiker
80. It's a Dream
81. Bandit
84. Roger and Out
85. Out of Control
88. Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze
89. Eldorado
90. Piece of Crap
92. Throw Your Hatred Down
93. Computer Age (THROWS KEYBOARD AT WALL)
94. The Restless Consumer
95. Old King (really, y'all?)
96. Someday
97. When God Made Me
98. He Was the King
99. Walk Like a Giant
100. Homegrown

The biggest issue I have with the RS list is that it prioritizes political/cultural factors over musical ones. There is way too much political/social material from bad albums (Greendale and Living with War, I'm looking at you). I'm sure there would have been egregious misplacements of Monsanto Years material had it existed in 2014. The list also assesses many post-1979 guitar epics in ways I expressly disagree with. Leaving off No More, Love and Only Love and No Hidden Path is inexcusable. In fact, Freedom and Ragged Glory are devalued in general and I don't understand why. And including two vocoder songs from Trans just seems like a desperate attempt to be different for its own sake.

[Gregg]

Thanks everyone!

I don’t hate ABBA, but I don’t care enough about them to rank their songs.

I already did. See post 867.

[The Feral Slasher]

Thanks everyone!

I don’t hate ABBA, but I don’t care enough about them to rank their songs.

If you change your mind, we're the first in line.

[Erik]

Thanks everyone!

I don’t hate ABBA, but I don’t care enough about them to rank their songs.

[Mithrandir]

Next up ABBA!!

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2- still suck

I love ABBA. Great pop songs!

[Gregg]

Next up ABBA!!

98-suck
97-suck
96-suck
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2- still suck

[madducks]

Yes, excellent job Erik! Really enjoyed the write ups too. When i get more time, i plan on revisiting your top 100 to listen to and read about all of the songs that i missed.

So, which artist will you be counting down the top 100 for next? Just kidding haha.