[Drew68]

The Seattle band's groundbreaking grunge anthem is No. 1 on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years."

I can live with this. Nirvana was an important band.

At least they didn't give the number one spot to some gangsta rapper.

[GSWarrior]

Great. Another major label list compiled by music "insiders" that totally ignores independent, out of the mainstream music.

Could do worse than Nirvana, though.

[Numbers Guy]

VH1, which named Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" the greatest song of the past quarter-century.

Pretty good choice, though I think some of their other material (esp the second half of "Nevermind") was even better.

[kjam22]

Important in what way? Because they influenced a bunch of garage sound bands that can't find guitar players that can play interesting leads?

When you consider all of the music over the past 25 years...(since 1978) I don't know that even Nirvana makes the top 100. imo

[Pharmboy]

Kurdt was a genius; a bipolar genius, but a genius nonetheless.

[GSWarrior]

I don't know. That list looks pretty "PC" to me.

[Petronski]

POP SUCKS

[Always Right]

How could any song be more significant and better than "Kung Foo Fighting"?

[Alberta's Child]

I really have to question any list of the top 100 songs of the last 25 years that doesn't include Don Henley's "Boys of Summer," Collective Soul's "The World I Know," or anything by the Counting Crows.

[habs4ever]

Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads is much better.Hard to beat the the output of music from '78-'80, with 1979 being an extraordinary year for new music.The best stuff from then still sounds killer.

[VOA]

bump

[joebuck]

Uggggh. I don't think SLTS is the best song of the last 25 years but compared to the other songs listed in the article it's a masterpiece. The other songs mentioned are tinker toy, cookie cutter, music by the numbers, cr*p. No wonder the music industry is in the toilet if that's the best stuff in the last 25 years.

Interesting that I find myself more and more listening to jazz and swing music over the last five to ten years. It's the only stuff that isn't totally predictable and has a complex fresh sound. With music these days you have to look back to see forward.

[Billthedrill]

Common to both Nirvana (especially Teen Spirit) and Guns 'n' Roses is that both bands put the nasty, angry edge back into rock at periods when it was slipping into sappy irrelevance. It isn't an altogether good thing - neither band provided what is loosely termed a "role model" for young listeners (unless rampant alcohol and heroin use is the role you're after). I'm not entirely sure why rock needs that element, but without it the whole becomes meaningless hedonism.

Teen Spirit is a very angry song, although it isn't clear from the somewhat opaque lyrics exactly what was pissing the singer off. "A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido," isn't exactly anthem material, but the guitar work was glorious and the timing perfect. But I get a clue from "with the lights out, not so dangerous, here we are now, entertain us" - Kurt's singing about his audience and he doesn't like them all that much. Point taken, and driven home by about twenty repetitions of "Denial!" over the power chords at the end.

"Smells like Teen Spirit," BTW, appears nowhere in the lyrics. Supposedly it was a graffito painted by one of Cobain's ex-girlfriends, alluding to her "marking" of him with her eponymous deodorant. Strange bunch, actually, I know some of this crowd, and they sure do make it interesting in the Seattle clubs. But some are very disturbed, and none more so than Kurt Cobain. RIP.

[cardinal4]

As a former Dead Head, Im kind of biased. That Seattle stuff didnt do anything for me. I always liked the cool stuff; Little Feat, JGB, the Stones, the Dead, Hot Tuna, etc. I dont think Nirvana or STP or any of those grunge bands will still be being played in 2050, but the Beatles and the Stones will. Im older, conservative, sober, with a mortgage and kids, but I still love the Fat Man! Just my opinion!

[Notforprophet]

No mention of any Yes, what about Rush and Genesis? No Dream Theater?! Bah, this list is a pathetic parade of pop putrecence.

Nirvana was a good band, but Soundgarden or Alice in Chains have a much broader body of work, even Foo Fighters is a better band than Nirvana.

IMHO

NFP

[Tadhg]

The Clash - London Calling only No. 38....call the Florida Supreme Court, a recall is needed !

[Chi-townChief]

Nahhh. The best rock song in the past 25 years has to be "Rock Lobster" by the B-52s and the Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go" would also be right up there.

[DallasJ7]

What a terrible list, even by usual list standards. Nirvana is heavily overrated, although I acknowledge their importance. And Eminem's Lose Yourself at #4? Come on now, honestly. There is a severe lack of Talking Heads here, considering they were one of the best bands of the past 25 years, if not the best.

[Dan from Michigan]

No way, although I am very very biased against most grunge. They all sound like whiners that feel sorry for themselves to me and need an ass kicking. Where are the guitars, too?

Van Halen - Running with the Devil.
Ted Nugent - Fred Bear
Guns and Roses - Paradise City
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Metallica - Seek and Destroy
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
Tom Petty - Quit Jammin me
Motley Crue - Looks that Kill
Pink Floyd - Anything off the Wall
ZZ Top - My Head's in Mississippi
Kid Rock - Devil without a cause(Goin' Plantnum)

[Recovering_Democrat]

#1: STROKIN'
by Clarence Carter!

[rintense]

Sorry to see nothing from Radiohead made the top 10. OK Computer is one of the best CDs of all time.