116. Honkey Tonk Women: The Rolling Stones- Nothing screams strip club like Honkey Tonk Women.
117. Take Me To The River: Al Green- Later covered by the Talking Heads
118. Crazy in Love: Bouncy- Broke Bouncy as a superstar
119. Shout: The Isley Brothers- Pistons games in the late 80s played this.
120. Go Your Own Way: Fleetwood Mac- Song defines a generation. The first one to witness a 50% divorce rate and the disillusionment of the 70s.
121. I Want You Back: Jackson 5- Opened Motown to funk.
122. Stand By Me: Ben E. King- This song was played on my HS bus every day when I was in the 10th grade.
123. The House of the Rising Sun: The Animals- One of the all time riffs…reminds me of Casino nowadays.
124. It’s a Man….World: James Brown- James Brown telling the sisters!
125. Jumpin’ Jack Flash: The Rolling Stones- Here’s another I thought would be top 100.
126. Will You Love Me Tomorrow: The Shirelles- A bit risqué for the time. Shows that being clever is better than being blunt.
127. Shake, Rattle, and Roll: Big Joe Turner- Raunchy lyrics changed for the Bill Haley version.
128. Changes: David Bowie- The song defines youth…and Bowie himself.
129. Rock and Roll Music: Chuck Berry- One of the all-time classics.
130. Born to Be Wild: Steppenwolf- Easy Rider!
131. Maggie May: Rod Stewart- Over rated!
132. With or Without You: U2- I thought this might have kicked off the Top 100. Guess I was wrong…not that U2 is underrepresented here. They have 8 songs in the top 500.
133. Who Do You Love?: Bo Diddley- People probably know the George Thorogood version better. Also covered by the Doors.
134. Won’t Get Fooled Again: The Who- Pete Townsend ripping on his own generation.
135. In the Midnight Hour: Wilson Pickett- They pushed the second beat and held back the 4th making this quite unique. Of course, it would have been unique with Pickett anyway.
136. While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Beatles- with Clapton on guitar…George brought him in hoping he could get the lads to behave.
137. Your Song: Elton John: John Lennon loved this song.
138. Eleanor Rigby: The Beatles- We reviewed this song and its meaning in 8th grade English.
139. Family Affair: Sly and the Family Stone- Sly got in trouble with the Black Panthers for having whites in his group. He told them to deal with it.
140. I Saw Her Standing There: The Beatles- Nowadays, when Paul sings the opening line, it’s a bit creepy.
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