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I happened on VH1& #39;s "100 Greatest Rock Songs" and I& #39;m finding it fascinating. Compiled in 2000. I& #39;d love to see the same list — greatest rock songs of the 20th century — compiled today.
http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1rocksongs.htm">https://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2...
http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1rocksongs.htm">https://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2...
In light of the widespread reaction to Little Richard& #39;s death yesterday — that he embodied and invented rock& #39;n& #39;roll as we know it — would his top song be higher than Good Golly Miss Molly at 74?
The list skews white because of VH1& #39;s demographic, but even accounting for that, is there any chance today that Aretha would be the only black artist in the top 10? Or that no black *group* would be higher than the Temptations at 36?
The racial dynamics of this list are wild.
The racial dynamics of this list are wild.
I don& #39;t know what VH1& #39;s methodology was, but given what I know about recency bias, it seems weird that the newest song on that 2000 list& #39;s top 10 was Hotel California, from 1976. I& #39;m thinking that song doesn& #39;t sniff a "greatest rock songs of the 20th century" top 10 today.
