Steve Crawford
Village Voice Pazz and Jop Ripoff Poll 2021
350 rock critics, wannabe rock critics, or people with OCD
My Top 500 of the 20th Century
a form of personal jesus
Rolling Stone’s Latest Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time List – Bye Bye, Boomer, Bye Bye
how little this list has in common with the prior ones
Tom T. Hall – Remembering Country Music’s Preeminent Storyteller Following His Death August 20th, 2021, At The Age Of 85
May his wry deadpan voice live on forever
Cheap Trick At Billy Bob’s, Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, August 6, 2021, Reviewed
tunes I’ve loved forever played with passion and enthusiasm
20th Century – Complete List By Year
1927 (1) “Potato Head Blues,” Louis Armstrong
Making a List, Checking it Twice
A forgotten oldie is like a long lost friend
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – #1
Mission accomplished.
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 10 to 2
Elvis was the harbinger of something wild
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 20 to 11
I wish he was here
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 30 to 21
“One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz.”
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 40 to 31
the prayer of the backslider
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 50 to 41
a hellishly powerful thing
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 60 to 51
tearful, heartfelt
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 70 to 61
so great I couldn’t speak
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 80 to 71
viewing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and seeing Michelangelo’s autograph on the sole of God’s foot
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century 90 to 81
And somehow I’m alright
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 100 to 91
Johnny Thunders died at the age of 38, Jerry Nolan died at the age of 45, Dee Dee Ramone died at the age of 50
The 1001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 110 to 101
the world’s most recognizable slide guitar riff
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 120 to 111
Oh, God, was he exciting
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 140 to 131
We’d never heard American voices singing like that
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 150 to 141
includes a request for a bottle of booze in this number
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 160 to 151
The Funk was something one cannot get enough of
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 170 to 161
everything you love about the Beach Boys in spades
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 180 to 171
isn’t simply a great song, it is an occasion
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 190 to 181
I felt just overwhelmed by input
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 200 to 191
every song we do is a documentation of an actual event
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 210 to 200
ranks with the very best of country music drinking songs
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 220 to 211
Highway Star’ is forever
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 230 to 221
Hank’s declaration of defeat/disgust
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 240 to 231
right in the middle of a hot New York summer
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 250 to 241
a window into her soul
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 270 to 261
rap’s visionary possibilities
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 280 to 271
they come back to see Uncle Satchmo and Aunt Lucille
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 290 to 281
no artist has ever had a bigger investment in escapism
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 300 to 291
That’s going on the album
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 310 to 301
Hey, look out where you’re stepping, that ain’t second base!
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 320 to 311
an articulation of unadulterated joy
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 330 to 321
I just stuck my hand up in the air and there it was
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 340 to 331
a pained confusion
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 350 to 341
disco as an insistent, bluesy slither
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 370 to 361
a perfect dance track built out of negative space
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 380 to 371
carefully crafted by Motown’s best
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 400 to 391
it’s show business
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 410 to 401
the blueprint for all the electronic music that came after it
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 420 to 411
“He thought he was Mick Jagger. He was Donny Osmond. Print it. The schmuck.”
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 430 to 421
distressed tale of a teenage couple falling asleep at a drive-in
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 440 to 431
John and Paul knew that George had risen to their level
The 1,001 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century – 450 to 441
a continuously surging darkness