(What did he put at #1 you ask? Answer:”Tube Snake Boogie” by ZZ Top – go figure)įrom the film American graffiti (also features Wolfman Jack. Stephen King listed his top 20 songs for Entertainment Weekly and had the balls to list this song at #15. Angie lives in a dream world, then is visited by a man with “evil on his mind”, and he’s sucked into her stereo…. One of the strangest, cryptic songs ever written.

Is there a better example of unbridled creativity than early Floyd?Ī great song made even greater by a mandolin coda (not by Jeff Beck). When they weren’t singing about Hobbits, satanic felines and interstellar journeys, they were singing about the verses from Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Tales. Fanny (Be Tender with My Love) – Bee Gees The Wind Cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix and the ExperienceĪ tribute to Rosanna Arquette – sadly, she wasn’t impressed.ģ7. Come on Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runnersģ3. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatlesģ2. Is there a better crafted pop song on this list? Becker and Fagan were precision engineers.Ĭ’mon, sing it with me: “You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille, four hungry children and a crop in the field…”ģ1. Nobody wants to hear 67 minutes of multiple guitarists playing slide at the same time…. He’s injured from the waist down from Vietnam, but Ruby just has to get laid. One of the most depressing songs on the list. Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town) – Kenny Rogers What it is about, I suppose is anyone’s guess. Unlike the Faulkner novel, it’s not about necrophilia. To the skeptic, it’s saccharine fluff, to the initiated, it’s forever a classic. It had its anthem (Detroit Rock City), its Knights in Satan’s Service spectacle (God of Thunder) and this ballad sung by the raspy voiced drummer. To a 70s kid, the Destroyer album was rock’s greatest gift. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – Simon & Garfunkel Manilow, see Guilty Pleasures: 5 Musicians Of The 70s You’re Supposed To Hate (But Secretly Love)ġ0. Who doesn’t get a lift when this comes on the radio?įor my take on Mr. Yes, it’s the very definition of a One Hit Wonder, but this is pop nugget gold – an example of a melody is both catchy and wonderfully melodic. Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass The true gender of Lola has been under debate for years, but the riff and building energy is a rock masterpiece regardless.ħ. Is it about the dreaded marijuana plant? Who knows, but their odd introduction for a live performance has me leaning towards “yes”. Suite Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills and Nash And here we are about 5 decades past, and it’s every bit as poignant and amazing.ģ. Like Lady Madonna, another of Paul’s female sob stories, there’s not much humor in it. Now, let’s go!…īack before orchestration within a pop song was still fresh, McCartney unleashes this sweeping tale of isolation. Also, it can only have a girl’s name, not a boy’s so, “Jack and Diane” by John Cougar wouldn’t count.Īnd, finally (3) this is Flashbak, so we’re not looking at songs from the 1990s on up to the present. Robinson” by Simon & Garfunkle doesn’t count.

In other words, “Lola” by The Kinks is about a male transvestite and “Martha My Dear” by The Beatles is about a sheep dog neither about a chick, but both qualify. (1) The song has to have a female’s name in the title, but not necessarily be about a female. Naming a song after a woman has, over the years, become the biggest music cliché ever however, there’s been a ton of great ones, and is thereby prime fodder for music lists.

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