Jonny Come Lately
The New Kid In Town
I have to say I'm quite happy with my list of 15 - apart from one case which I will describe further below, I did consider picking Southern Man over Heart Of Gold and The Last Resort or Sad Cafe over Take It Easy but this was purely down to my own preference.
I must admit I'd struggle make mine a 'one song per artist' list, but this is predominantly due to the Pink Floyd songs - I consider Shine On You Crazy Diamond to be my absolute favourite rock song of all time, but Echoes, Comfortably Numb and Time have to be in my top 15 as well.
Having said this there were a few songs by artists I hadn't mentioned that I did give some consideration to including - oddly enough most of these seem to have been mentioned - I did think about including Layla and Reelin' In The Years, but the one that came closest was R.E.M.'s Man On The Moon, which is one of my favourites. It was between this and Where The Streets Have No Name but I think the U2 song has the edge (terrible joke, I know ).
One thing which I think might be a good idea would be that, once a certain number of lists had been posted, the votes for each song would be added up and any songs with only one vote would be eliminated, with the remaining songs being included in some kind of massive poll where you had to vote for your 10 (or 15) favourites from the list.
I must admit I'd struggle make mine a 'one song per artist' list, but this is predominantly due to the Pink Floyd songs - I consider Shine On You Crazy Diamond to be my absolute favourite rock song of all time, but Echoes, Comfortably Numb and Time have to be in my top 15 as well.
Having said this there were a few songs by artists I hadn't mentioned that I did give some consideration to including - oddly enough most of these seem to have been mentioned - I did think about including Layla and Reelin' In The Years, but the one that came closest was R.E.M.'s Man On The Moon, which is one of my favourites. It was between this and Where The Streets Have No Name but I think the U2 song has the edge (terrible joke, I know ).
One thing which I think might be a good idea would be that, once a certain number of lists had been posted, the votes for each song would be added up and any songs with only one vote would be eliminated, with the remaining songs being included in some kind of massive poll where you had to vote for your 10 (or 15) favourites from the list.