Sucking in the seventies The Four Tops - Reach Out (I’ll Be There) Not actually my top Four Tops, but still totally classic Motown excellence. Pulp - Common People Fun presentation of a satirical subject. Well done. I like this a lot more than I expected to. Excellent video to boot. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car This hit me really well at first when it came out... cool music, melody to match the mood, excellent vocal.... but then it's also a little too dark and depressing to stay in any playlist for long. Ray Charles - What’d I Say A soul classic, but still a little too repetitive to hold my interest, especially over the years. Still a mother of an earworm though.... gonna' have this stuck in my head the rest of the day for sure. Beatles - Yesterday This only sits this high in this batch because of all the junk below it. Heartfelt though it may be, there's some problematic lyrics that make me lose any possible empathy and think dude, just get over it and move on. Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah No doubing the power of this melody and message. No doubt I've heard this way more than I need to by now. Can I have some Free Bird or Hotel California instead.... please? Amy Winehouse - Back to Black What a retro vibe the music has! Sometimes that can be made interesting, more often not. This is mostly not for me. The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner Sounds like it was thrown together in 10 minutes with about half that thought invested beforehand. Surprisingly good solo though. Beyonce - Formation What @Brian Kelly said Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line I sing the line.... the monotonous line that sits within my most meager vocal range. Captain deadpan strikes. Listen to the line or watch paint dry? I suppose it depends on the color of the paint. The unchanged top 20: The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again Steely Dan - Deacon Blues Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear the Reaper John Coltrane - Pt. 1 Acknowledgement Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now Rush - Limelight The Who - Baba O'Reilly The Kinks - You Really Got Me Boston - Paint it Black Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird Bob Seger - Night Moves Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit So What - Miles Davis Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill Carole King - It's Too Late Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash Etta James - At Last Santana - Oye Como Va
68. Chic, ‘Good Times’ 1979 WRITER(S):BERNARD EDWARDS, NILE RODGERS For Chic, disco was more than a beat — it was a “new state of mind.” Guitar master Nile Rodgers and bassman Bernard Edwards were inspired by the glam art rock of Roxy Music, as well as jazz and R&B. As Rodgers put it, “We shared Afrobromantic dreams of what it would be like to have real artistic freedom.” “Good Times” turned those dreams into a utopian disco celebration. It’s a hedonistic Seventies roller-boogie hit with an ironic edge, while Edwards plays one of history’s most influential bass lines. It’s the bass that kicked off the hip-hop era — the Sugarhill Gang rapped over it for “Rapper’s Delight,” while Grandmaster Flash turned it into “Wheels of Steel.”
"Good Times" Absolutely top shelf funky disco music, just like "Le Freak" from the year before, which I like even better. Whereas their first hits, such as "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" were still very much run-of-the-mill disco, with "Le Freak" and "Good Times" they took the genre to an entirely different level.
Good Times is definitely top 100 worthy - Edwards and Rodgers are phenomenal talents and this song was highly influential. Very funky!
Good Times That's more like it. It's classic status is well deserved. Great song with a great bass line.
Good Times Excellent song! I remember it being a hit in the summer of 1979 and I bought the single (with its picture sleeve). A couple of years later I got Chic's Greatest Hits album and enjoy the 8-plus minute version of the song with its long instrumental breakdown on there.
Three songs I would never consider for my top 100 and probably only "Suspicious Minds" would be considered for my top 500. Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley) This was a nice comeback song for Elvis. It would be in my top 10 of his songs, but probably not top 5. There are others I'd pick before this, but it will make the lower end of my current list. RATING :4/5 All Too Well (Taylor Swift) I prefer early Taylor Swift. This has a bit of the early country/pop flavor. It's good, but it goes on a little long. Nothing I'd have in my top 500, but I suppose it could make my "other worthy songs" list. RATING: 3/5 Good Times (Chic) I HATED disco by the time this came out as I was so sick of the overplaying of disco on the radio and the repetitive nature of the songs (this one included). So I can't say I'd put this in my top 500, yet I recognize the staying power and influence of the basic beat to this son g enough so I can include it in my "other worthy songs". RATING: 3/5 My Current top 140+ List: 1. Eleanor Rigby-The Beatles 2. In My Life-The Beatles 3. Won't Get Fooled Again-The Who 4. Baba O'Riley-The Who 5. Hey Jude-The Beatles 6. Yesterday-The Beatles 7. Time Of The Season-The Zombies 8. Fortunate Son-CCR 9. Nightswimming (REM) 10. A Whiter Shade Of Pale-Procul Harum 11. Let It Be-The Beatles 12. Sympathy For The Devil-The Rolling Stones 13. Jumping Jack Flash-The Rolling Stones 14. Rosalita-Bruce Springsteen 15. Light My Fire-The Doors 16. My Generation-The Who 17. You Really Got Me-The Kinks 18. Losing My Religion-REM 19. Maggie Mae-Rod Stewart 20. Pink Moon-Nick Drake 21. Penny Lane-The Beatles 22. Space Oddity-David Bowie 23. Wouldn't It Be Nice-The Beach Boys 24. Eight Miles High-The Byrds 25. Help-Beatles 26. Lola-Kinks 27. Sounds Of Silence-Simon & Garfunkel 28. Mr. Tambourine Man-The Byrds 29. In The Midnight Hour-Wilson Pickett 30. Just Like Heaven-The Cure 31. California Dreamin-Mama's & Papa's 32. Tears Of A Clown-Smokey Robinson & the Miracles 33. Loser-Beck 34. House Of The Rising Sun-The Animals 35. Rock Lobster-The B 52's 36. Hotel California-The Eagles 37. Free Bird-Lynyrd Skynyrd 38. Subterranean Homesick Blues-Bob Dylan 39. Whole Lotta Love-Led Zeppelin 40. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-U2 41. Everyday People-Sly & the Family Stone 42. White Rabbit-Jefferson Airplane 43. I Heard It Through the Grapevine-Marvin Gaye 44. Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix 45. Last Nite-The Strokes 46. Criminal-Fiona Apple 47. September Gurls-Big Star 48. Landslide-Fleetwood Mac 49. More Than A Feeling-Boston 50. Kashmir-Led Zeppelin 51. Something-The Beatles 52,. What'd I Say-Ray Charles 53. Fast Car-Tracy Chapman 54. Go Your Own Way-Fleetwood Mac 55. London Calling-The Clash 56. Lean On Me-Bill Withers 57. Don't Fear The Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult 58. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow-The Shirelles 59. Stop! In The Name Of Love-Supremes 60. Layla-Derke & the Dominoes 61. You're So Vain - Carly Simon 62. Buddy Holly-Weezer 63. I Want You Back-Jackson 5 64. Father And Son-Cat Stevens 65. Rocket Man-Elton John 66. Surrender-Cheap Trick 67. Cannonball-Breeders 68. Fire And Rain-James Taylor 69. Gloris-Them 70. Peggy Sue-Buddy Holly 71. Ripple-Grateful Dead 72. American Girl-Tom Petty 73. Under The Bridge-Red Hot Chili Peppers 74. Heat Wave-Martha & the Vandellas 75. Louie Louie-The Kingsmen 76. Up On A Roof-The Drifters 77. Under Pressure-Queen & David Bowie 78. Dreaming-Blondie 79. Just What I Needed-The Cars 80.Suite Judy Blue Eyes-Crosby, Stills & Nash 81. She Loves You-The Beatles 82. Jailhouse Rock-Elvis Presley 83. I'm A Believer-The Monkees 84. Dream On-Aerosmith 85. You Oughta Know-Alannis Morrisette 86. That'll Be The Day-Buddy Holly 87. Papa Was A Rollin Stone-The Temptations 88. Dancing In The Street-Martha & the Vandellas 89. Both Sides Now-Joni Mitchell 90. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant-Billy Joel 91. Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd 92. School's Out-Alice Cooper 93. Bad Guy-Billie Eilish 94. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life-Stevie Wonder 95. Ever Fallin In Love-Buzzcocks 96. Heart Of Gold-Neil Young 97. Beat It-Michael Jackson 98. Changes-David Bowie 99. Help Me-Joni Mitchell 100. Get Lucky-Daft Punk ft. Pharell Williams 101. Dancing Queen-Abba 102. Bad Reputation-Joan Jett 103. Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino 104. Basket Case-Green Day 105. Lose Yourself-Eminem 106. She's Gone-Hall & Oates 107. Heavy Metal Drummer-Wilco 108. Enter Sandman-Metallica 109. Son Of A Preacher Man-Dusty Springfield 110. Waiting For The Man-Velvet Underground 111. You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman-Aretha Franklin 112. Unchained Melody-Righteous Brothers 113. What A Wonderful World-Louis Armstrong 114. People Get Ready-The Impressions 115. Blowin In The Wind-Bob Dylan 116. Stan-Eminem ft. Dido 117. Proud Mary-CCR 118. Hungry Like The Wolf -Duran Duran 119. Paranoid-Black Sabbath 120. Alive-Pearl Jam 121 Summertime Blues-Eddie Cochran 122. Your Song-Elton John 123. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised-Gil-Scott Heron 124. In The Still Of The Night-The Five Satins 125. Green Onions-Booker T & the MG's 126. Everlong-Foo Fighters 127. 1999-Prince 128. All I Have To Do Is Dream-Everly Brothers 129. Ain't No Sunshine-Bill Withers 130. Chain Of Fools-Aretha Franklin 131. Night Moves-Bob Seger 132. With Or Without You-U2 133. Higher Ground-Stevie Wonder 134. Rollin In The Deep-Adele 135. Ode To Billie Joe-Bobbie Gentry 136. All The Young Dudes-Mott The Hoople 137. Super Freak-Rick James 138. Stand By Me-Ben E. King 139. At Last-Etta James 140. Suspicious Minds-Elvis Presley 141. Maybelline-Chuck Berry 142. Thunder Road-Bruce Springsteen 143. Portions For Foxes-Rilo Kiley 144. It's Too Late-Carole King 145 Allison-Elvis Costello 146. Killing Me Softly-Roberta Flack 147. Since You Been Gone-Kelly Clarkson 148. Good Golly Miss Molly-Little Richard 149. Leader Of The Pack-The Shangri-Las Other worthy songs: Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley, Passionate Kisses-Lucinda Williams, Our Lips Are Sealed-Go Go's Crying-Roy Orbison,Midnight Train To Georgia-Gladys Knight & Pips, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker-Ramones, I Wanna Be Your Dog-the Stooges, You Shook Me All Night Long-ACDC, Baby Love-Supremes, Karma Police-Radiohead, Never Tear Us Apart-INXS, Everybody Wants To Rule The World-Tears For Fears, Only Love Can Break Your Heart-Neil Young, Coal Miner's Daughter-Loretta Lynn, Shout-Isley Brothers, Can I Kick It-A Tribe Called Quest, Straight Outta Compton-N.W.A., Ooh La La-Faces, Great Balls Of Fire-Jerry Lee Lewis, I Wanna Dance With Somebody-Whitney Houston, Single Ladies-Beyonce, This Land Is Your Land-Woody Guthrie, Bennie And The Jets-Elton John, Limelight-Rush, Little Red Corvette-Prince, Black Hole Sun-Soundgarden, Merry-Go-Round-Kasey Musgraves, Signed Sealed Delivered-Stevie Wonder, Young Americans-David Bowie, Da Doo Run Run-The Crystals, Get Up Stand Up-The Wailers, Wichita Lineman-Glenn Campbell, I Can't The Rain-Anne Peebles, Crazy-Patsy Cline, God Save The Queen-Sex Pistols, Fade Into You-Mazzy Star, Come As You Are-Nirvana, Rapper's Delight-Sugarhill Gang, You Keep Me Hangin On - Supremes, Without You - Nilsson, The Boys Are Back In Town-Thin Lizzy, Oy Como Va-Santana, Walk On The Wild Side-Lou Reed, Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd, Move On Up-Curtis Mayfield, Jump-Van Halen, I Only Have Eyes For You-The Flamingos, Summertime Sadness-Lana Del Rey, I Can't Help Myself-Four Tops, Free Fallin-Tom Petty, Mississippi Goddam-Nina Simone, Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry-Hank Williams, Spoonful-Howlin Wolf, Try A Little Tenderness-Otis Redding, What's Love Got To Do With It-Tina Turner, Don't Stop Believin-Journey, Paid In Full-Eric B & Rakim, I Say A Little Prayer-Aretha Franklin, Jungleland-Bruce Springsteen, I Will Always Love You-Whitney Houston; Let's Stay Together-Al Green; I Walk The Line-Johnny Cash, Common People-Pulp, All Too Well-Taylor Swift, Good Times-Chic
67. Bob Dylan, ‘Tangled Up in Blue’ 1975 WRITER(S):BOB DYLAN When Dylan introduced “Tangled Up in Blue” onstage in 1978, he described it as a song that took him “10 years to live and two years to write.” It’s still one of his most frequently performed live staples. It was the six-minute opener from Blood on the Tracks, written as his first marriage was falling apart. Dylan takes inspiration from classic country singers like Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell, in a tale of a drifting heart on the road through the Sixties and Seventies. Dylan kept revising the song heavily through the years; on 1984’s Real Live, he plays with the chords and lyrics to tell a whole new story.
"Tangled Up in Blue" Definitely one of his better songs and lyrics, but I keep having problems with Bob's delivery, which means that I usually give his music a wide berth. My loss, I know but at 60 that's unlikely to change.
When Tangled Up In Blue' came out it , along with its parent album ' Blood On The Tracks' were hailed as a comeback for Dylan. But it wasn't a comeback . Dylan had never been away. In the few years before its release Dyjan had released the excellent 'New Morning' , the ' Pat Garrett...' soundtrack, ' Planet Waves' and a handful of good singles. There's an element of overdrool involving 'Blood On The Tracks'.
If Hank or Lefty had written it, it would've been half as long and twice as good. And that's just as a song, without even talking about them as singers. There are days when I think Bob really is all that and a bag of chips, everything his acolytes think he is, and other days when I think he's a net loss to American music. The sound of self-indulgence. A good editor would've helped. A real job would've helped more.
66. Simon and Garfunkel, ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ 1970 WRITER(S)AUL SIMON When Simon wrote this tribute to friendship, he and Garfunkel were arguing over everything, even who should sing it. “He felt I should have done it,” Simon said. “Many times I’m sorry I didn’t.” The “Sail on, silver girl” verse was Garfunkel’s idea; Simon has never liked it. The melody came from the Bach chorale, and the title phrase came from a Sixties song by West Virginia gospel group the Swan Silvertones — “I guess I stole it, actually,” Simon told Dick Cavett around the time “Bridge Over Troubled Water” was the Number One song in America, a position it held for six weeks. He later paid the Silvertone’s singer, Claude Jeter, $1,000 as a way of saying thanks.
I know Art (and Paul for that matter) may not be easy to get along with, but Art's amazing vocals are so beautiful! I doubt it would have gone far with Paul singing it.
Art totally owns “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. A great recording of a great song. For all the great singers who’ve had a go at it, including Elvis and Aretha, none can match Art. And my second favorite person to sing it is Paul Simon.
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" Ok, I'm going to get a lot of flack for this, but while I love many S&G songs, this one for some reason just never worked for me. I think it's the over-production veering into bombast toward the end that bothers me. Give me "Sound of Silence", "America", "Mrs. Robinson" or "The Boxer" any day over this one.
song is linked forever in my mind to the time we were partying and during this song my buddy succumbed to the effects of alcohol and marijuana in excess combined "like a briiiidge over [retch] troubled waters [retch]" into a wastebasket he did
65. Earth, Wind, and Fire, ‘September’ 1978 WRITER(S):ALBERT MCKAY, ALLEE WILLIS, MAURICE WHITE Earth, Wind, and Fire were at their commercial peak when they went into the studio to cut “September” in the fall of 1978 as a bonus track for The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1. The nostalgic song about a perfect September romance was written by EWF guitarist Al McKay, bandleader Maurice White, and songwriter Allee Willis, who hated White’s additions of “Ba-du-da” and “Ba-dee-ya” throughout the song. “It took me about a month to calm Allee down,” White wrote in his memoir. “She perceived it as a slight to her lyric-writing abilities.… Try as I might, I couldn’t get her to understand that good music is all about the vibe.” She probably calmed down when the song hit Number One on the R&B chart and Number Eight on the Hot 100.
I WOULD NOT DISAGREE WITH ANYONE WHO CALLS BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER THE GREATEST SONG EVER! Tangled Up In Blue (Bob Dylan) I recently did a top 10 Dylan hit singles and placed this 6th. I also did a top 10 Dylan album tracks and feel safe to say my top 5 would also be ahead of Tangled Up In Blue. So it is safe to say that, while I think this is a decent song, there is not way it would be in my top 500. Actually I can see at least 3 Dylan covers in my top 500 along with 2 or 3 of his originals. Yet in the context of the songs here I can at least give "Tangled Up In Blue" my "other worthy songs" tag. RATING: 3.5/5 Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel) As I say at the top of this post, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is one of the songs I would consider if voting for the greatest song ever. My wife and I have been on a major Simon & Garfunkel kick recently and I only find this song more majestic as the years go by. Garfunkel's voice takes the song to the next level. The piano part is so beautiful and the lyrics and sentiment have rung so true for me being on either side of that bridge! It tops my list. RATING: 5/5 September (Earth, Wind, & Fire) I rate this song higher now than I did in 1978, as I was so down on disco by then that even anything with a somewhat funky beat was not something I was interested in hearing. But what a revival this song has had! The runners on the Cross-Country team I coach all love this and I've come to love it too. My favorite by Earth, Wind, & Fire and worthy of the top 500, though nowhere near top 100 for me. RATING: 4/5 My Current top 150+ List: 1. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel) 2. Eleanor Rigby-The Beatles 3. In My Life-The Beatles 4. Won't Get Fooled Again-The Who 5. Baba O'Riley-The Who 6. Hey Jude-The Beatles 7. Yesterday-The Beatles 8. Time Of The Season-The Zombies 9. Fortunate Son-CCR 10. Nightswimming (REM) 11. A Whiter Shade Of Pale-Procul Harum 12. Let It Be-The Beatles 13. Sympathy For The Devil-The Rolling Stones 14. Jumping Jack Flash-The Rolling Stones 15. Rosalita-Bruce Springsteen 16. Light My Fire-The Doors 17. My Generation-The Who 18. You Really Got Me-The Kinks 19. Losing My Religion-REM 20. Maggie Mae-Rod Stewart 21. Pink Moon-Nick Drake 22. Penny Lane-The Beatles 23. Space Oddity-David Bowie 24. Wouldn't It Be Nice-The Beach Boys 25. Eight Miles High-The Byrds 26. Help-Beatles 27. Lola-Kinks 28. Sounds Of Silence-Simon & Garfunkel 29. Mr. Tambourine Man-The Byrds 30. In The Midnight Hour-Wilson Pickett 31. Just Like Heaven-The Cure 32. California Dreamin-Mama's & Papa's 33. Tears Of A Clown-Smokey Robinson & the Miracles 34. Loser-Beck 35. House Of The Rising Sun-The Animals 36. Rock Lobster-The B 52's 37. Hotel California-The Eagles 38. Free Bird-Lynyrd Skynyrd 39. Subterranean Homesick Blues-Bob Dylan 40. Whole Lotta Love-Led Zeppelin 41. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-U2 42. Everyday People-Sly & the Family Stone 43. White Rabbit-Jefferson Airplane 44. I Heard It Through the Grapevine-Marvin Gaye 45. Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix 46. Last Nite-The Strokes 47. Criminal-Fiona Apple 48. September Gurls-Big Star 49. Landslide-Fleetwood Mac 50. More Than A Feeling-Boston 51. Kashmir-Led Zeppelin 52. Something-The Beatles 53,. What'd I Say-Ray Charles 54. Fast Car-Tracy Chapman 55. Go Your Own Way-Fleetwood Mac 56. London Calling-The Clash 57. Lean On Me-Bill Withers 58. Don't Fear The Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult 50. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow-The Shirelles 60. Stop! In The Name Of Love-Supremes 61. Layla-Derke & the Dominoes 62. You're So Vain - Carly Simon 63. Buddy Holly-Weezer 64. I Want You Back-Jackson 5 65. Father And Son-Cat Stevens 66. Rocket Man-Elton John 67. Surrender-Cheap Trick 68. Cannonball-Breeders 69. Fire And Rain-James Taylor 70. Gloris-Them 71. Peggy Sue-Buddy Holly 72. Ripple-Grateful Dead 73. American Girl-Tom Petty 74. Under The Bridge-Red Hot Chili Peppers 75. Heat Wave-Martha & the Vandellas 76. Louie Louie-The Kingsmen 77. Up On A Roof-The Drifters 78. Under Pressure-Queen & David Bowie 79. Dreaming-Blondie 80. Just What I Needed-The Cars 81.Suite Judy Blue Eyes-Crosby, Stills & Nash 82. She Loves You-The Beatles 83. Jailhouse Rock-Elvis Presley 84. I'm A Believer-The Monkees 85. Dream On-Aerosmith 86. You Oughta Know-Alannis Morrisette 87. That'll Be The Day-Buddy Holly 88. Papa Was A Rollin Stone-The Temptations 89. Dancing In The Street-Martha & the Vandellas 90. Both Sides Now-Joni Mitchell 91. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant-Billy Joel 92. Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd 93. School's Out-Alice Cooper 94. Bad Guy-Billie Eilish 95. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life-Stevie Wonder 96. Ever Fallin In Love-Buzzcocks 97. Heart Of Gold-Neil Young 98. Beat It-Michael Jackson 99. Changes-David Bowie 100. September (Earth, Wind, & Fire) 101. Help Me-Joni Mitchell 102. Get Lucky-Daft Punk ft. Pharell Williams 103. Dancing Queen-Abba 104. Bad Reputation-Joan Jett 105. Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino 106. Basket Case-Green Day 107. Lose Yourself-Eminem 108. She's Gone-Hall & Oates 109. Heavy Metal Drummer-Wilco 110. Enter Sandman-Metallica 111. Son Of A Preacher Man-Dusty Springfield 112. Waiting For The Man-Velvet Underground 113. You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman-Aretha Franklin 114. Unchained Melody-Righteous Brothers 115. What A Wonderful World-Louis Armstrong 116. People Get Ready-The Impressions 117. Blowin In The Wind-Bob Dylan 118. Stan-Eminem ft. Dido 119. Proud Mary-CCR 120. Hungry Like The Wolf -Duran Duran 121. Paranoid-Black Sabbath 122. Alive-Pearl Jam 123 Summertime Blues-Eddie Cochran 124. Your Song-Elton John 125. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised-Gil-Scott Heron 126. In The Still Of The Night-The Five Satins 127. Green Onions-Booker T & the MG's 128. Everlong-Foo Fighters 129. 1999-Prince 130. All I Have To Do Is Dream-Everly Brothers 131. Ain't No Sunshine-Bill Withers 132. Chain Of Fools-Aretha Franklin 133. Night Moves-Bob Seger 134. With Or Without You-U2 135. Higher Ground-Stevie Wonder 136. Rollin In The Deep-Adele 137. Ode To Billie Joe-Bobbie Gentry 138. All The Young Dudes-Mott The Hoople 139. Super Freak-Rick James 140. Stand By Me-Ben E. King 141. At Last-Etta James 142. Suspicious Minds-Elvis Presley 143. Maybelline-Chuck Berry 144. Thunder Road-Bruce Springsteen 145. Portions For Foxes-Rilo Kiley 146. It's Too Late-Carole King 147 Allison-Elvis Costello 148. Killing Me Softly-Roberta Flack 149. Since You Been Gone-Kelly Clarkson 150. Good Golly Miss Molly-Little Richard 151. Leader Of The Pack-The Shangri-Las Other worthy songs: Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley, Passionate Kisses-Lucinda Williams, Our Lips Are Sealed-Go Go's Crying-Roy Orbison,Midnight Train To Georgia-Gladys Knight & Pips, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker-Ramones, I Wanna Be Your Dog-the Stooges, You Shook Me All Night Long-ACDC, Baby Love-Supremes, Karma Police-Radiohead, Never Tear Us Apart-INXS, Everybody Wants To Rule The World-Tears For Fears, Only Love Can Break Your Heart-Neil Young, Coal Miner's Daughter-Loretta Lynn, Shout-Isley Brothers, Can I Kick It-A Tribe Called Quest, Straight Outta Compton-N.W.A., Ooh La La-Faces, Great Balls Of Fire-Jerry Lee Lewis, I Wanna Dance With Somebody-Whitney Houston, Single Ladies-Beyonce, This Land Is Your Land-Woody Guthrie, Bennie And The Jets-Elton John, Limelight-Rush, Little Red Corvette-Prince, Black Hole Sun-Soundgarden, Merry-Go-Round-Kasey Musgraves, Signed Sealed Delivered-Stevie Wonder, Young Americans-David Bowie, Da Doo Run Run-The Crystals, Get Up Stand Up-The Wailers, Wichita Lineman-Glenn Campbell, I Can't The Rain-Anne Peebles, Crazy-Patsy Cline, God Save The Queen-Sex Pistols, Fade Into You-Mazzy Star, Come As You Are-Nirvana, Rapper's Delight-Sugarhill Gang, You Keep Me Hangin On - Supremes, Without You - Nilsson, The Boys Are Back In Town-Thin Lizzy, Oy Como Va-Santana, Walk On The Wild Side-Lou Reed, Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd, Move On Up-Curtis Mayfield, Jump-Van Halen, I Only Have Eyes For You-The Flamingos, Summertime Sadness-Lana Del Rey, I Can't Help Myself-Four Tops, Free Fallin-Tom Petty, Mississippi Goddam-Nina Simone, Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry-Hank Williams, Spoonful-Howlin Wolf, Try A Little Tenderness-Otis Redding, What's Love Got To Do With It-Tina Turner, Don't Stop Believin-Journey, Paid In Full-Eric B & Rakim, I Say A Little Prayer-Aretha Franklin, Jungleland-Bruce Springsteen, I Will Always Love You-Whitney Houston; Let's Stay Together-Al Green; I Walk The Line-Johnny Cash, Common People-Pulp, All Too Well-Taylor Swift, Good Times-Chic, Tangled Up In Blue-Bob Dylan
I like all those other songs, but Bridge tops them all for me. The "bombast" as you call it sounds totally "majestic" to these ears. I love how it starts simply with vocal and piano and builds. The song is 100% worthy of a "majestic" ending sound to me. Garfunkel's vocals are amazing.
