Rolling Stone Has New “500 Best Songs” To Make You Angry

In recognition of the fact that Someone has to give the internet its weekly bucket of low-stake material to get it all done, Rolling stone decided to remake their list of the “500 best songs of all time”. Updated version arrived today and, even without opening it, we’re pretty sure you think it’s dead wrong and everyone involved in making it should be fired.

Starting with Kanye West’s “Stronger”, a placement that is sure to send anyone on Twitter utterly enraged with outrage, the list goes on to tracks like “So What” by Miles Davis at 492, Prince’s “1999. “at 339, Neil Young’s” Heart Of Gold “at 259, Billie Eilish’s” Bad Guy “at 178, Grandmaster Flash’s” The Message “And The Furious Five at 59, and so on.

The Real Meat destined to beat the waters online, however, is the top 10 “best songs of all time”. This part of the list goes by “Hey Ya!” from Outkast. and Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” at 10 and 9, respectively, then through Missy Elliot’s “Get Ur Freak On”, The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever”, Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On”, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana, “Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan”, “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke and “Fight The Power” by Public Enemy. The last entry – the indisputable best song ever recorded – is Aretha Franklin’s “Respect”.

The comments section is off to a good start, with readers letting the publication know that its subjective effort to highlight 500 culturally interesting songs is “perhaps the most disconnected list ever released by Rolling stone. (Author of this comment: “WhatASadList.”) Someone else is upset that the numbering means Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” is now eternally “better” than “House Of The Rising Sun.” another person is complaining about the Beatles Someone else sums up each response to come by responding to a complaint with “Not enough boomer rock or too much?”

Expect this talk to continue for at least the rest of the day before disappearing into the digital ether forever. If you would like to participate in the action before this date, consult the whole list here.

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