Serious Thoughts: The Top 100 Best Pieces of Music

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So, yeah, I feel the need to designate this as a serious blog because there is no joking about the state of music in the world. Take this weekend for instance, I was doing all well and good, buyin' stuff at Kohl's until they started playing some Bieber and I realized that I might be outgrowing the juniors section because there was a 1D t-shirt on display. I don't mean to step on any toes...but I'm gonna do it anyway.

Popular music these days is incredibly formulaic. I mean, if I want a dirge about teenage emotion, I could always read Twilight (maybe I should do a serious blog about books?). Now, of course, there are exceptions to every rule, but come on, how many times can Taylor Swift have possibly have been dumped? Why does Ke$ha wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy? These are the questions that don't need to be answered! So, without further ado, I present to you my list of the top 100 pieces of music of all time (in my opinion). I promise I'll be funny again tomorrow; don't hurt me.

100: Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

99: Cachito - Maná

98: Free Fallin' - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 

97: If You Love Me (Why Am I Dyin') - Boxing Gandhis 

96: Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana 

95: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

94: Caterpillar - Big Brother and the Holding Company 

93: Three Little Birds - Bob Marley

92: Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground 

91: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) - The Byrds

90: The Joker - Steve Miller Band

89: Forever Yours - Alex Day

88: Little April Shower - From Disney's Bambi

87: Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) - Jimi Hendrix 

86: Today - Jefferson Airplane

85: Universal Men - Johnny Clegg

84: Animal Bar - Red Hot Chili Peppers 

83: Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin 

82: The Mountains Win Again - Blues Traveler 

81: Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones

80: Wooden Ships - Jefferson Airplane 

79: While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles

78: Sunshine of Your Love - Cream 

77: That's The Way - Led Zeppelin

76: Bertha - The Grateful Dead

75: Maria - Green Day  (side note: I couldn't help it)

74: House Burning Down - Jimi Hendrix

73: No Llores por mi Argentina - from Evita

72: I've Just Seen a Face - The Beatles

71: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - From Disney's Song of the South

70: 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone

69: Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream

68: All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

67: Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

66: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - The Beatles

65: American Pie - Don McLean 

64: Whistle Stop - from Disney's Robin Hood

63: Burnin' For You - Blue Oyster Cult

62: Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 

61: Hotel California - The Eagles

60: Sun King - the Beatles 

59: Tennessee Jed - The Grateful Dead 

58: Mercedes Benz  - Janis Joplin

57: Fresh Blood - Eels 

56: Take it Easy - Eagles 

55: Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult 

54: And So It Goes - Billy Joel 

53: Lady Madonna - the Beatles 

52: Baba O'Riley - The Who 

51: Mother - John Lennon 

50: Sweetest Thing - U2

49: Hero of the Day - Metallica 

48: Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

47: Greensleeves - English Folk Song 

46: Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 - Pink Floyd

45: Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens 

44: Tuesday Afternoon - The Moody Blues

43: How Can I Keep From Singing? - American Folk Song

42: Layla - Derek & the Dominos 

41: Window in the Skies - U2

40: 99% of all Christmas songs in any culture (unless they're remakes or just generally sucky)

39: Golden Years - David Bowie

38: Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles

37: Send Me on My Way - Rusted Root

36: Let it Be - the Beatles 

35: Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal - American Folk Song 

34: The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin 

33: Loch Lomand - Scottish Folk Song

32: A Day in the Life - The Beatles

31: Kashmir - Led Zeppelin 

30: Aeroplane - Red Hot Chili Peppers

29: Little Miss Strange - Jimi Hendrix

28: White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

27: Long, Long, Long - The Beatles

26: Learning to Fly - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 

25: Rainy Day, Dream Away - Jimi Hendrix

24: Bring on the Night - The Police

23: Fortune Faded - Red Hot Chili Peppers

22: San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie

21: Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show

20: Never Let You Go - Third Eye Blind

19: Soul to Squezze - Red Hot Chili Peppers 

18: Symphony #9 - Dvořák

17: Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - Led Zeppelin

16: House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

15: Gypsy Eyes - Jimi Hendrix 

14: Under the Bridge - The Red Hot Chili Peppers

13: Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin

12: Messiah - George Frideric Handel 

11: Shenandoah - American Folk Song

10: In My Life - The Beatles

9: Wish Your Were Here - Pink Floyd

8: Pachelbel's Canon - Johann Pachelbel 

7: Low Bridge - American Folk Song 

6: The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd

5: Tangerine - Led Zeppelin

4: Fur Elise - Beethoven 

3: Peer Gynt Suite - Grieg

2: Billy the Kid - Aaron Copland 

1: Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland

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