Originally Posted 2016
Some fella by the name of Dr Mick Grierson, from Goldsmiths, University of London used some form of mathematical/computational theory whatever to come up with the top 50 iconic songs and what a crock of shit his end list is. Looking through the list I could probably agree with two or three, the rest are just pure crap down to and including a sodding cover song – shit if you’re going to call a song iconic, at least credit it to the original artist.
Anyway, I (amongst probably 1,000’s of other bloggers) have decided to create my own top 50 iconic songs and if you don’t agree with me then tough shit, do I look like I give a fuck?
They’re not in any particular order, just as they come to mind.
White Christmas – Bing Crosby
32-20 Blues – Robert Johnson
Seasons of Change – Blackfeather
Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Smoke on The Water – Deep Purple
That’s Amore – Dean Martin
My Way – Frank Sinatra
In A Gadda Da Vida – Iron Butterfly
Paranoid – Black Sabbath
Toys in the Attic – Aerosmith
School’s Out – Alice Cooper
Death Walks Behind You – Atomic Rooster
Can’t get Enough – Bad Company
Most People I Know (Think That I’m Crazy) – Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
21st Century Schizoid Man – King Crimson
In For The Kill – Budgie
You Are The Sunshine of my Life – Stevie Wonder
White Room – Cream
She Loves You – Beatles
Riders on the Storm – The Doors
For Your Love – The Yardbirds
Brown Sugar – Rolling Stones
Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland (although I prefer Billy Thorpe’s version)
Heart of the Sunrise – Yes
Pictures at an Exhibition – Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Billy The Mountain – Frank Zappa
Wishing Well – Free
Child In Time – Deep Purple
Iron Man – Black Sabbath
Be My Lover – Alice Cooper
Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
Babe – Styx
Back in to the Future – Man
Gypsy – Uriah Heep
Thick as a Brick – Jethro Tull
Race With The Devil – Gun
Mesmerisation Eclipse – Captain Beyond
Breadfan – Budgie
Us and Them – Pink Floyd
Julia – Pavlov’s Dog
Aqualung – Jethro Tull
All Right Now – Free
Atom Heart Mother – Pink Floyd
Sheer Heart Attack – Queen
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Journey to the Centre of the Earth – Rick Wakeman
Cross Road Blues – Robert Johnson
Bloody Well Right – Supertramp
Fantastic Piece of Architecture – Bloodrock
Well that’s my 50, it could easily be 100 but hey Grierson started it!