Friday random ten: The Top 500, part 2

The next ten of my songs from the Rolling Stone Top 500 list:

1. Sympathy For The Devil – Blood, Sweat, and Tears (#32, orig. Rolling Stones)
2. River Deep, Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner (#33)
3. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Phosphorescent (#34, orig. The Righteous Brothers)
4. That’ll Be The Day – The Beatles (#39, orig. Buddy Holly)
5. Georgia On My Mind – Ray Charles (#44)
6. Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Simon & Garfunkel (#47)
7. All Along The Watchtower – U2 (#48, orig. Jimi Hendrix)
8. When Doves Cry – Kris McKay (#52, orig. Prince)
9. Anarchy In The UK – The Sex Pistols (#53)
10. Louie, Louie – The MOB (#55, orig. The Kingsmen)

Not too much to comment on here. I also have the Johnny Cash cover of “Bridge Over Troubled Waters”, which I think in many ways is superior to the original, and I love the original. As for “Louie, Louie”, a few years back we had the pleasure of performing it on the field with the actual Kingsmen themselves. That was a blast. Oh, and if you recall that scene in the first “Naked Gun” movie where the Southern Cal band is playing “Louie, Louie”, it’s actually a MOB recording that you’re hearing.

Entire song list report: Started with “The Rhythm of the Saints”, by Paul Simon. Finished with “Rocky Road To Dublin”, by The Chieftains and the Rolling Stones, song #4319, for 97 tunes this week. Happy weekend before Thanksgiving!

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