Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs: 350-341

350. “The Harder They Come” – Jimmy Cliff While I enjoy listening to Reggae (though, I’ll admit, my experience with the genre mainly consists of Bob Marley’s work), I find the majority of the stuff I’ve heard to be a bit too formulaic and laid-back to be considered among the greatest music of all time.…

Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs 420-411

420. “The Girl Can’t Help it” – Little Richard I can’t hear this song without thinking about Fergie, but it was actually originally written about the big-breasted Jayne Mansfield. It wasn’t that big of a hit in ’57 when it was released (it peaked at the No. 49 position), so it really makes me wonder…

Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

***** There have been many so-called “revolutionaries” across music history, but none, I would argue, more prolific than Bob Dylan. His early Folk albums were classics, no doubt, but when he plugged in and alienated his musically conservative fans, he opened the door to a new world of influence. Highway 61 Revisited, the first of Bob Dylan’s…

Toys in the Attic – Aerosmith (1975)

***** By the Spring of 1975, Boston Hard Rock Band Aerosmith had already released two fantastic LPs filled with lip-smacking sexual innuendos, fantastic stereo riffing from guitarists Brad Whitford and Joe Perry, and a caffeinated energy from frontman Steven Tyler. But nothing they had accomplished in their first few years as a commercially successful Rock…