Q104.3's 1,403 greatest rock songs of all time list?

Question

For anyone who listens to Q104.3 and heard the list, what did you think of it?
http://www.q1043.com/pages/top1043/2007.html
Wish You Were Here was #428 this year, a little shocking since it was in the top 15 the last 3 years.
Rush's 2112 was #244
A good number of fairly long songs, Top 10 was expected

What did you think of it?

lovnrckets: I expected more Zeps up there too. What disturbed me most was Bon Jovi kept popping up. Ugh.

conie: I remember that too! This is one of the only times they ever play the long songs in full form.

Fonzie: I'm still a little bothered that Grenday's Good Riddance is higher than Dear Prudence and YYZ. One day I'm going to be bored enough to make my own list of 1403 songs.....

addicted2music00: It took 4 days to play all the songs, no breaks. 24 hours each day of the countdown with only commercial breaks.

Recommendations: This list is actually made by the listener, it's voted.
And I did see the other list, their best guitarist list was much better for me than Rolling Stone's.

PinkFloyd1962: Q104.3's a radio station in NYC and the Billy Joel's don't suprise me, he's a New Yorker who sings about New York and we love him for it.

Joe:
#22- Piano Man
#31- Scenes From An Italian Resturant
#166- Miami 2017
#206- Only the Good Die Young
#237- New York State of Mind
#275- Captain Jack
#320- Ballad of Billy the Kid
#344- Big Shot
#433- Zanzibar
#450- Summer Highland Falls
#483- Movin' Out
#542- Prelude/Angry Young Man
#592- We Didn’t Start The Fire
#646- Stiletto
#615- Say Goodbye To Hollywood
#674- Vienna
#735- Allentown
#813- The Stranger
#953- The Ebtertainer
#1010- You May Be Right

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Answer 1

Weird list. The list has some less-known songs, yet the top ten is filled with the typical songs by the typical bands. The top ten also seems to be comprised of songs that have solos generally considered the "best".

"Stairway To Heaven"
"Sympathy For the Devil"
"Free Bird"
"Comfortably Numb"
"Hotel California"

Those five songs are in the top ten. I don't have a problem with any of those, but I think they should be a little lower and leave space for a little more significant, be it lyrically or musically, songs.

The next ten isn't much better, but at least it has more important songs like "Satisfaction" and "Imagine".

What's surprising to me though is the inclusion of U2's "Vertigo". I don't think any classic rock station would rank such a recent song in their top list. And considering all the U2 songs in there, "Vertigo" shouldn't even be there.

An okay list though. You can't perfect these kinds of lists though. digitaldreamdoor.com's list is fairly interesting though. I won't say it's better, but if you want to take a look...

EDIT: Oh, by the listeners... No wonder. Still, it's surprising there's so many obscure songs (by popular bands, of course). I still don't get how "Baba O'Riley" got on the top ten. I didn't know it was as popular as "Satisfaction" or "Imagine"...

And yeah, digitaldreamdoor's guitar list is much better than Rolling Stone's. It was made by some guy and then changed based on solid suggestions backed with explanations by members. digitaldreamdoor stops at the oddest numbers though....

Answer 2

Now, it clearly says on the first page "Classic Rock Songs".

Since when were U2 ; Guns N' Roses ; Nirvana ; REM ; and
Bon Jovi 'Classic Rock' ?

They're all 80's Rock. Two completely different things.

Answer 3

I think the top ten was pretty right on. There were a buttload of Zep , what are you talking about; some of them were their pretty crappy songs thought. I have to admit I didn't go through the whole list but I did expect to see more Beatles. Did they play all these songs after the list came out? That would have been good listening.

Answer 4

They nominate the songs--the public votes. Hence why Green Day ends up higher than Cream and The Kinks. I liked parts of it. Didn't watch the final hour, though. Where did Won't Get Fooled Again end up?

Answer 5

Not too surprised.

Radio stations play the biggest, broadest tunes by those artists & I'd think that most are 'casual' listeners who're completely contenet w/ hearing "Freebird" twice a day....every day.

It's the people like you & I & others who we know on Y!A who take their music a littlemore seriously who'd notice the bizarre nature of that list.

Ah well.

Answer 6

I think it all depends where the poll is made, the list would be different in Frankfurt, London, Paris, Mexico City, Sidney...
it would differ in every rock magazine. Besides, was it audited? Finally it all comes up to the guys who write them and count the votes or put "makeup" on them.
As you say, seeing Wish you were here so far down the list is not plausible, at least not for me... unbelievable and some Billy Joel song so far up....
but finally.... who cares what they put in a list. we know what is top 100 in our personal one and in the Ipod, and that is the only thing that matters and the way good and real groups fill concert venues.

good luck

Answer 7

Interesting list to say the least. The thing that got my attention most was that The Who had more songs in the top ten than The Beatles. That's messed up.

Answer 8

Q1043 Top Songs

Answer 9

Typical of all musically-challenged, commercially-motivated, list-making radio stations - they have the right artists/bands and the right songs, listed in a COMPLETELY goofy order. ... Don't worry, no serious music lover worth his/her salt would ever pay any attention to what the Q104.3's of this world might have to say about musical taste. :-)

Answer 10

I do not live in your area but I have viewed the list and I think it is completley wrong Stairway might be 100 not #1 and I could see a who song in the top 100 either.

I would have

1 Alice in Chains - Man in The Box
2 Living Colour - Cult of Personality
3 Metallica - Enter Sandman