Posted on 06/10/2003 5:14:42 PM PDT by Drew68
BY CHRISTY LEMIRE, AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK - Here they are now, entertaining us — or at least entertaining VH1, which named Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" the greatest song of the past quarter-century. The Seattle band's groundbreaking grunge anthem is No. 1 on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years."
The whole countdown will air over five nights, starting at 10 p.m. EDT Monday on the video music channel. The series will feature clips of videos and performances by the artists along with interviews from musicians and celebrities discussing why the songs matter.
Of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan said: "That was really a breakthrough for a great scene that had been going on for a long time up in Seattle. And it was kind of another victory, I think, for a misunderstood music, you know. The dam broke when 'Teen Spirit' came out."
While no one performer or group dominated the countdown, which was chosen by a panel of VH1 executives, several had two songs featured.
Michael Jackson had the second-highest song, "Billie Jean," and was at No. 40 with "Beat It." Eminem reached No. 4 with "Lose Yourself," while his "My Name Is" was No. 85. Madonna's "Like a Virgin" was No. 10 and her "Ray of Light" was No. 100.
Rounding out the top 10 were "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses, "One" by U2, "Walk This Way" by Run-D.M.C., "When Doves Cry" by Prince, "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston and "Every Breath You Take" by The Police.
In May 2001, VH1 picked the 100 greatest videos of all time; Jackson's "Thriller," a 17-minute mini-movie, was No. 1, but it didn't even make the list this time.
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With all due respect to your opinion, the B-52s ought to be demolished by a cloud of real B-52s...
BTW, I'm still trying to figure out which planet Fred Schneider is from.
NFP
And isn't Michael Stipe from the same town?
Wonder what's in that water...
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)
Only a few of us know about those bands any more. We few, we happy few, we band of prog-rock brothers...
Right now for best song of the last 25 years I would pick "The Odyssey" by Symphony X, but I think some people's heads would explode when confronted with the existence of such music.
I've never wanted rock stars to be roll models. Rock stars should be outlaws. They should be angry and pissed off. They should be drunkards. The best rock and roll music has been made by drug addicts.
Keith Richards defines the rock star. Guns and Roses knew this.
Guns N' Roses. I should know better!
IMHO, GNR was the best band of the 1980s-early 1990s. It should have been criminal for Axl Rose to decimate the band the way he did. The five of them together were an incredible talent.
Planet Claire. ;-D
That would be Brett Michaels of Poison. Poison, incidentally, is currently touring decent-sized venues and making some bucks playing to the nostalgia crowd.
What an outrage. "Won't Get Fooled Again" is on the same album (I'm pretty sure) and should have been in the top 25 --if not higher!
Somebody hasn't been their Camille Paglia readings...heh...apollonian (hair bands, post-Nirvana "alt" rock) vs. dionysian (Nirvana).
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