Ah, those Brits. They hate the emo, and loooove their Gallagher brothers. Accordingly, Q‘s latest Greatest Songs Of All Time poll has resulted in the dumbest list ever, with Oasis claiming the #1 and #2 spots (“Live Forever” and “Wonderwall” respectively), as well as #20 “Don’t Look Back In Anger.”
Incidentally, the alleged absence of “Live Forever” from the band’s forthcoming best-of Stop The Clocks is apparently rubbish. Oasis have not revealed the tracklist. But if you can guess it you win a prize.
Anyway, here’s Q‘s top twenty so you can collectively roll your eyes.
1. ‘Live Forever’ – Oasis
2. ‘Wonderwall’ – Oasis
3. ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ – Nirvana
4. ‘A Day In The Life’ – The Beatles
5. ‘One’ – U2
6. ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ – Queen
7. ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ – Joy Division
8. ‘Stairway To Heaven’ – Led Zeppelin
9. ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ – The Verve
10. ‘Paranoid Android’ – Radiohead
11. ‘Angels’ – Robbie Williams
12. ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ – Bob Dylan
13. ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ – The Smiths
14. ‘London Calling’ – The Clash
15. ‘Hallelujah’ – Jeff Buckley
16. ‘Billie Jean’ – Michael Jackson
17. ‘With Or Without You’ – U2
18. ‘God Save The Queen’ – Sex Pistols
19. ‘Comfortably Numb’ – Pink Floyd
20. ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ – Oasis
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Anyone that puts more than an Oasis track in a “Best songs of all time” list, even if that list goes to 100, has absolutely no idea whatsoever about music and must be castrated to prevent offspring.
Oasis? Top songs of all time?
That’s so tragic that you’d have to be Mancunian to defend it.
in no order
the jam = town called malice or going underground
the beatles = paperback writer
the beatles= strawberry fields forever/penny lane
blur = charmless man or the universal
blur = beetlebum or tender
the smiths = theres a light that never goes out
the police = dont stand so close to me
the cure = close to me or a forest
pink floyd = echoes or another brick part 2
supergrass = mary or moving or pumping…stereo
the doves = pounding or there goes the fear
radiohead = just,street spirit or paranoid android
and thats just the singles jeez i could name a million album tracks that are better than that list :/
in no order
the jam = town called malice or going underground
the beatles = paperback writer
the beatles= strawberry fields forever/penny lane
blur = charmless man or the universal
blur = beetlebum or tender
the smiths = theres a light that never goes out
the police = dont stand so close to me
the cure = close to me or a forest
pink floyd = echoes or another brick part 2
supergrass = mary or moving or pumping…stereo
the doves = pounding or there goes the fear
radiohead = just,street spirit or paranoid android
the kinks = waterloo sunset,sunny afternoon dead end street
and thats just the singles jeez i could name a million album tracks that are better than that list :/
at least, there are songs we don’t always meet in other “greatest songs of all-time”lists. but it’s true that having oasis for the first 2spots is somehow exaggerated. and some other songs also deserve to be there.
when I look back at this list, I realise most of these songs are “relaxed songs” (don’t move a lot, sentimental songs, etc.)
at least, there are songs we don’t always meet in other “greatest songs of all-time”lists. but it’s true that having oasis for the first 2spots is somehow exaggerated. and some other songs also deserve to be there.
when I look back at this list, I realise most of these songs are “relaxed songs” (don’t move a lot, sentimental songs, etc.)
‘a rock version of Smash Hits’ – if only!
“maybe be i’ll never be,
all the things i wanna be,
now is not the time to cry,
nows the time to find out why?
i think ur the same as me,
we see things they’ll never see”
fuck i dont care i know about music or no..this song makes smile!!!!! greatest!!
“U n I gonna live forever, Noel”
Why is there so much bitterness about Oasis? I’m sick of hearing these stuck up pretentious arseholes slag off Oasis, with the intention of belittling those who listen to them by questioning the integrity of Noel Gallagher as a songwriter. The fact that these pricks will refuse to listen to music if it can’t be described as ‘profound’ is pathetic. Just because you never made it to uni doesn’t mean you aren’t capable of greatness. Oasis deserve more respect, they weren’t the most sophisticated band around but who cares? Noone questions whether or not the Sex Pistols were good and their tunes were even more basic than Oasis. Live Forever is an amazing song, it soars as high as anything The Beatles did. You only need to hear it once to know it’s great. I’m not gonna lie and call it genius, it’s just a song, but it is a total one off brilliant song with a melody to die for. One of the comments up there is spot on, the order of the list is irrelevant, these lists showcase the best of popular music, all the big bands are there pretty much and what a way to incite discussion.
As for Angels, it deserves its place too, just because it wasn’t sung by precious Thom Yorke or Jeff Buckley doesn’t suddenly make it shite. If it had been a Radiohead song people would hail it as possibly the greatest song of all time and it would get analysed to death. The anti-Robbie comments are fair enough though.
this list i so pathetic.!! ”One” must be one of the worst U2 songs ever made, its absolute junk, its a fact! And what about live forever. I surely havent heard anything dumber than people claiming it to be number 1. thats just ridiculous. pathetic. hilarious. etc. smells like teen spirit? woooow.
this shit’s just ridiculous.
gotta pay NO attention to this. these lists are worthless and so far from whats actually happening.
ANNND…. good reason to hate this magazine besides fokin NME!!!
Top 20 Songs Of All Time:
Oasis, Live Forever
1) The Who, 5:15
2) Oasis, Half The World Away
3) John Lennon, Imagine
4) Oasis, All Around The World
5) David Bowie, Heros
6) The Jam, Thats Entertainment
7) The Jam, When Your Young
9) Elton John, I Guess Thats Why They Call It The Blues
10) The Jam, English Rose
11) The Drifters & Ben E. King, This Magic Moment
12) David Bowie, Changes
13) David Bowie, Life On Mars
14) Paul Weller, Broken Stones
15) The Beatles, Hey Jude
16) Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd
17) The Jam, Life From A Window
18) The Cranberries, Linger
19) Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart
20) Paul Weller, Out Of The Sinking
Thats just my opinion, I could have said alot more, theres also The Libertines (What Katie Did, Cant Stand Me Now), way more Paul Weller (You Do Something To Me), John Lennon (Starting Over), David Bowie, Rolling Stones (Gimme Shelter, Let It Loose), Sex Pistols (God Save The Queen, Pretty Vacant), The Stone Roses (Waterfall, I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs A Drum), The Small Faces (Tin Soldier), The Who (My Generation)..
Oasis are quality and possibly the greatest band of all time, ‘Live Forever’ and ‘Wonderwall’ deserve to be first and second. In my expert opinion Q magazine got it spot on. Also, good to see U2 songs in there.
When I first saw that ‘Live Forever’ was number one I thought it was near on a joke. I agree with all those that it’s not even the best Oasis song. Oasis are a good band but I wouldn’t even consider them one of the best bands ever. Personally I prefer Blur…