The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time

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The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time
USATODAY.com - Pop Candy found this 5/30/2008 on www.rollingstone.com [flag]
T his is what makes a great rock & roll guitar sound: an irresistible riff; a solo or jam that takes you higher every time you hear it; the final power chord that pins you to the wall and makes you hit "play" again and again. Every song here has those thrills. But these are rock's greatest guitar moments because of what's inside the notes: hunger, fury, despair and joy, often all at once. You hear the blues, gospel and rockabilly that came before, transormed by the need to say something new... [link]

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Early buzz: Guitar songs, Joan Jett, Coreys and more
Published 5/30/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
... . - Rolling Stone counts down the " 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time " in its new issue. - David Byrne and Tim & Eric are among those who will receive ...

"Rolling Stone" Picks Up Its Well-Worn Six-String [Rock-critically Correct]
Published 5/30/2008 by Anono-Critic at Idolator
... Aww fuck, just look at the list itself and then go be a good little innuhnet whiner and complain that the mag has no credibility because songs by Deep Purple, The Band, Black Flag, Arto Lindsay, the Isley Brothers, Allan Holdsworth, Maiden, Richard Thompson, Pantera, or ...

Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time
Published 5/30/2008 by Stereogum at Stereogum
... - "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" 11 Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love" 10 Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 09 The Allman Brothers Band - "Statesboro Blues" 08 Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven" 07 The Beatles - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" 06 Van Halen - "Eruption" 05 Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar" 04 The Kinks - "You Really Got Me" 03 Cream - "Crossroads" 02 Jimi Hendrix - "Purple Haze" 01 Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode It's worth checking out the write-ups at RS , too. Gives some context to the decisions, and you'll be able to read hopped-up prose like ...

RS' 100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time: Readers' Remix
Published 5/30/2008 at URB Magazine Daily Blogs
... RS' 100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time: Readers' Remix Rolling Stone released their 100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time list, but they've gotten a lot of flack for leaving out some fan favorites. So NOW, starting today, they're opening up their blogs for a week of reader feedback on what WE think the top 100 should be. So ...

June Glossies
Published 6/3/2008 at Yahoo! Buzz Log
... . In another round-up, "Rolling Stone" puts Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" first in its list of top 100 guitar songs… guitar hero wannabes, take note. ...

"Rolling Stone" Gets (Somewhat Predictably) Vocal [Rock-critically Correct]
Published 19 days ago by Anono-Critic at Idolator
... issue’s cover centerpiece “The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.” And thank goodness for that, as YB much prefers throwing pseudonymous spitballs at the mag’s self-appointed role as popular music’s canon-keeper to finding himself agreeing with Mr. Wenner’s limousine liberal posturing. Here ‘tis, in all its terribly predictable glory. YB will only briefly note that he suggested this spring that the mag cool it with compiling lists of the greatest guitarists and greatest guitar songs, and instead emphasize, among other things, singers. Which isn’t to ...