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John McCain’s Favorite Songs

Bill Sullivan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:57:38 +0000

If you know a man from what’s in his iPod, Blender offers some insight into this year’s Presidential showdown between John McCain and Barack Obama.

Last month, the publication asked each candidate of offer up a list of his 10 favorite songs. Here’s what Republican McCain submitted as his top choices:

1. Dancing Queen, ABBA

2. Blue Bayou, Roy Orbison

3. Take a Chance On Me, ABBA

4. If We Make It Through December, Merle Haggard

5. As Time Goes By, Dooley Wilson

6. Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys

7. What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong

8. I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Frank Sinatra

9. Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond

10. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Platters

To check out the Obama list, see videos of these, and read commentary on the choices from Randy Newman and Girl Talk, visit Blender.

500 greatest songs of all time

Bill Sullivan — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:37:11 +0000

Once you’ve picked the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, what’s left to do?

Single out the 500 Greatest Songs, of course.

That’s exactly what Rolling Stone endeavored to do a couple of years ago. The result: Plenty of fodder for late-night debate, heated and otherwise.

To get you in the spirit of things, here are the Top 10:

1. Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan

2. Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones

3. Imagine, John Lennon

4. What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye

5. Respect, Aretha Franklin

6. Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys

7. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry

8. Hey Jude, The Beatles

9. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana

10. What’d I Say, Ray Charles

So, who checked in at No. 500?

More Than a Feeling, Boston

If you want to see everything else in between, check out Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Rolling Stone 500 greatest albums of all time

Bill Sullivan — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:30:26 +0000

Dylan or the Beatles. The Clash or The King?

A few years back, Rolling Stone took a stab at naming the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, a compilation destined to raise blood pressure around the globe.

The top 10:

1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band — The Beatles

2. Pet Sounds — The Beach Boys

3. Revolver — The Beatles

4. Highway 61 Revisited — Bob Dylan

5. Rubber Soul – The Beatles

6. What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye

7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones

8. London Calling, The Clash

9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan

10. The Beatles (”The White Album”), The Beatles

If your all-time favorite got an also-ran ranking (or missed the cut completely), you probably aren’t alone.

Think you can handle the stress? Get the rest of the list from Rolling Stone.