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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 2005 2:00 PM

Submitted by Dr_Frank. Edited By Dr_Frank.

Blender magazine has come up with a response to last year's Rolling Stone list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time." It's called "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born," and I guess the idea is that it's the scrappy, with-it alternative to Rolling Stone's arguably out-of-touch heavy-on-the-classic-rock list. I couldn't say whether Blender editor Craig Marks is right when he claims his list is an answer to RS "in the great tradition of rap records." And I'm not sure it's the height of paradigm-shattering iconoclasm to put "Billie Jean" as #1 rather than "Like a Rolling Stone." (Isn't there some song from the 80s or 90s with the word "blender" in the title? Because that would have been the perfect counterpart. What's that one about that guy who wants to put his tender heart in a blender? That'd work.)

Anyway, Joe Levy, defending the RS list, says:

"The way pop music works, is that it makes an immediate impact, and often an awesome impact, but that doesn't mean it stays with you," Mr. Levy said. "Somewhere out there is someone whose life was changed by 'Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I've Got Love in My Tummy,' but I don't know if that would make anyone's list of the Top 500 songs. The way rock 'n' roll works is it's trivial and awesome at the same time."

Joe, I'm that guy. "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" would be near the top of my personal list of the all-time great songs, and I like it way, way more than either "Like a Rolling Stone" or "Billie Jean."

9 Comments

jinkblade

France

August 2004

SEP 16, 2005 02:22 PM

fuck that, well rolling stones sucks, but to go all big and make an "alternative" list to put Billie Jean and Sweet Child O'Mine in the top 3...

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CharethCutestory

USA

January 2005

SEP 16, 2005 02:22 PM

I might be alone on this, but I really dislike Blender. I'm not a huge Rolling Stone fan, but I'd rather read that rag over Blender any day of the week.

hecklongtree

Westhampton Beach, NY

February 2004

SEP 16, 2005 02:42 PM

"Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I've Got Love in My Tummy" really did change my life. It's the fist time I heard about oral sex!

Feild

Quakertown, PA

December 2004

SEP 16, 2005 04:51 PM

hecklongtree said:
"Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I've Got Love in My Tummy" really did change my life. It's the fist time I heard about oral sex!

hahaha...awesome. But seriously that song was in my head all day.

ASSH0LE

Las Vegas, NV

June 2003

SEP 16, 2005 07:14 PM

Yeah, that was the filthiest fucking song ever written, performed and then played on Top 40. Though "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" is pretty damned close.

Melanie came pretty close with the Freudian imagery in "Brand New Key." What seems to be a song about kids roller skating and riding their bikes is quite probably about them having sex.

Jimbo

Grand Prairie, TX

August 2003

SEP 16, 2005 07:16 PM

whats blender magizine

Dr_Frank

Oakland, CA

May 2005

SEP 16, 2005 07:22 PM

Blender = Rolling Stone, but Maxim designs the cover.

mamet

Charleston, SC

March 2005

SEP 16, 2005 07:47 PM

I know we shouldn't take these best of lists too seriously, but "B.O.B" isn't even among Outkast's 20 best songs.

rj

Hyattsville, MD

September 2002

SEP 18, 2005 06:12 PM

mamet said:
I know we shouldn't take these best of lists too seriously, but "B.O.B" isn't even among Outkast's 20 best songs.

Well, I think thousands of Americans (and most rock critics) would disagree with that. I'm just sayin'.

Seriously, though, who takes either Blender or Rolling Stone seriously? RS is just a boomer slurp-fest (Every time Dylan or Springsteen farts, they give it four stars), and Blender is done by the people at Maxim. Seriously.