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The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 420 to 411

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1990s.

somber tale of a long suffering cuckold

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 430 to 421

Posted 5:27 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1990s.

98% of Texas is either barren or covered with strip malls and fast food joints. That other 2% is worth the exploration.

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 440 to 431

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1990s.

a peak of bombastic ridiculousness in pop music, but still way too fun to dismiss

The Top 500 of the 1990s: 450 to 441

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1990s.

“if you’re interested in who he became as he grew up, you can’t skip this”

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 460 to 451

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1990s.

exquisite and grotesque, claustrophobic and free

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 470 to 461

Posted 5:52 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1990s.

“I wanted to write a song with ‘na-nas’ in it, ’cause I love the Ramones”

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 480 to 471

Posted 5:59 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1990s.

“That song is the gift that keeps on giving”

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 490 to 481

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1990s.

Smith wrote the raps with some assistance from an uncredited Nas

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 500 to 491

Posted 1:01 pm by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Recorded.

Q-Tip and Phife Dawg reminisce about their pre-fame days

The 500 Greatest Songs Of The1950s Complete List

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

Chuck agrees with Steve

The Greatest Song Of The 1950s Revealed

Posted 5:23 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

the harbinger of something wild

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 10 – 2

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

the Horatio Alger story of rock & roll

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 20 – 11

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

upped the freewheeling wildness of it

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 30 – 21

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

Sam Phillips: “It was the greatest thing I ever did on Elvis”

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 40 – 31

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Lists, Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

shave and a haircut, two bits

Ultimate Fakebook’s “The Preserving Machine” Reviewed

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Album Reviews, Recorded.

more skill, wit, energy, and excitement than ever

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 50 – 41

Posted 3:48 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

fast enough to let it rock, slow enough to allow the tale of teenage frustration time to brew

In Memory of John Prine, An Old Review Of “For Better or Worse”

Posted 5:43 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Album Reviews, Recorded, Slideshow.

The difference between a “good” and an “effective” singing voice

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 60 – 51

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

a delicious sweet-and-sour dissonance

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 70 – 61

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

an unflinching statement of lifelong commitment

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 80 – 71

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

Every singer in the world owes Louis Armstrong because he taught everybody to sing with swing

Review of Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine (Backer Cut)

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under News, Slideshow.

focuses primarily on publisher Barry Kramer, original editor/writer Dave Marsh, and writer/editor Lester Bangs

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 90 – 81

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

shot with a jolt of electricity

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 100 – 91

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under News, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

Walking can be hazardous to your health

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 110 – 101

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

rip the keys

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 120 – 111

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

This is a pop record, daddy-o!

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 130 – 121

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

a key link between the era of the Delta blues and the blues based rock of the British Invasion

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 140 – 131

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

a patriotic anthem regardless of the original political intent

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 170 – 161

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

a straight-up slow burner

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 160 – 151

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

The big man bellows with hip-swiveling and tranquility-defying buoyancy

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 180 – 171

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

It’s almost spooky how much Roger Miller would later sound like the Don Gibson vocally

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 190 – 181

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

If I had any ambition, it was to be as good as Arthur Crudup

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 200 – 191

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow.

a Latin dance rhythm putting emphasis on the latter parts of the beat pattern

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 210 – 201

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

rocking, ripping, shaking, and balling

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 220 – 211

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

a love song for the ages

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 230 – 221

Posted 5:22 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

an important, even defiant, statement for the much maligned youth movement

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 240 – 231

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Charts, Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip mum mum mum mum mum mum sha na na doo wop classic

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 250 – 241

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

The budding guitarist/farm laborer/truck driver relocated to Bakersfield

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 260 – 251

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow.

Well, give me $5.00, and I can probably come up with something

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 270 – 261

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

“ultra-rubbery Telecaster break”

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 280 – 271

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

sung by the mixed-race Creoles of New Orleans at Mardi Gras

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 290 – 281

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

a leisurely and enjoyable stroll

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 300 – 291

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

the hurt lover

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 310 – 301

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

A fierce statement of intent

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 320 – 311

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

a catchphrase used by young black men in Georgia

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 330 – 321

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

a classic guitar riff with a horn section that sounds like heavy artillery

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 340 – 331

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

Happy 1950s

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 350 – 341

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

Just a bunch of guys humming in harmony

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 360 – 351

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

a dynamic piece of music

The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 380 – 371

Posted 4:30 am by Steve Crawford & filed under Recorded, Slideshow, The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1950s.

not even Hank Williams monopolized the country popularity charts as did Webb Pierce

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