The Top 50 Songs(Rough Draft, No Order)

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I'll add more for your consideration as they come to me

Drift Away, Dobie Gray
I'm waiting for the man, Velvet Underground
Going to California, Led Zeppelin
Rarable On, Led Zeppelin
Wild Nights, Van Morrison
Sharabala, Three Dog Night
Stuck in the Middle with you, Stealer's Wheel
Alright Now, Free
Smokestack Lightning, The YardbirRAB
Watching the Detectives, Elvis Costello
What's so funny about Peace, Love and Understanding, Elvis Costello
 
Criteria:
Musicianship: How well the musicians do in the song(Includes vocals)
Lyrics: How good the lyrics are.
Melody: How good the melody is.
Arrangments: How well the song is arranged.
Beat: How good the beat is.
Longevity: Is the song still remerabered as a classic?

21st Century Shizoid Man-King Crimson
Drift Away-Dobie Gray
Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding
Good Vibrations, Beach Boys
Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan
Spirit in the Sky, Norman Greenbaum
Heroin, The Velvet Underground
Sound of Silence-Simon and Garfunkel
While My Guitar Gently Weeps-The Beatles
Gimme Shelter-The Rolling Stones
Us and Them-Pink Floyd
Time-Pink Floyd
Echoes-Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
Two Headed Boy Part 2.-Neutral Milk Hotel
Hey Ya-OutKast
405-Death Cab for Cutie
Baba O'Riley-The Who
Dream On-Aerosmith
Julia-The Beatles
Blackbird-The Beatles
The Times They Are A-Changin'-Bob Dylan
Knockin' On Heaven's Door-Eric Clapton
LanRABlide-Fleetwood Mac
All Along the Watchtower-Jimi Hendrix
Stairway to Heaven-Led Zeppelin
God Only Knows-The Beach Boys
Beautiful Day(As much as I hate U2)-U2
Jump-Van Halen
For No One-The Beatles
Roxanne-The Police
Hypnotize-Biggie
Won't Get Fooled Again-The Who
Godzilla-Blue Oyster Cult
Bhohemian Rhapsody-Queen
Heart of Gold-Neil Young
Pink Moon-Nick Drake
Roundabout-Yes
Stan-Eminem
Thriller-Michael Jackson
Tomorrow Never Knows, The Beatles
A Day In the Life-The Beatles
Respect-Aretha Franklin
Bring the Noise-Public Enemy
Don't Believe the Hype-Public Enemy
America-Simon and Garfunkel
Tom Sawyer-Rush


Ok, this isn't 50, and it's not in order, and I did it in a few minutes so I obviously criminally overlooked a lot of stuff. I'm not going for exactly 50, just a rough list.
 
Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding
Good Vibrations, Beach Boys
Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan
Spirit in the Sky, Norman Greenbaum
Heroin, The Velvet Underground

These would be some I'd consider, I think 50 songs is impossible but good luck; this should help me with my list.
 
I'm pretty sure that in an exchange we had about two weeks ago you made it perfectly clear that you have no idea what 'melody' is. How is it now one of your criteria in one of these silly lists?
 
"In music, a melody, also tune, voice, or line, is a series of linear events or a succession, not a simultaneity as in a chord (see harmony). However, this succession must contain change of some kind and be perceived as a single entity (possibly Gestalt) to be called a melody. Most specifically this includes patterns of changing pitches and durations, while most generally it includes any interacting patterns of changing events or quality. "Melody IS said to result where there are interacting patterns of changing events occurring in time."[1]"-Wikipedia
 
Yes, only two weeks ago you defined melody as

'A melody, also known as a tune, is corabined with harmony to create a pitch, which gives music(In my opinion)it's richness, and distinguishes it from poetry with a beat'

which is obviously a definition written by someone who actually has no idea what he is defining.
 
"Beautiful Day" would be on my list of the 100 songs I wish never existed.

Along with "Elevation"

"A mole, digging in a hole, digging up my soul, now going down, excavation"

Worst lyrics ever?

To me U2's best song is "with or without you" and their most important is "Sunday Bloody Sunday" but honestly I despise Bono so greatly that a rarely if ever listen to them anymore.
 
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