Collect the Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

In 1984 (or thereabouts), Mc Cartney, in disguise, apparently went busking on Leicester Square tube station. 22 years later, I heard a young Jamaican’s rendition of Marley’s ‘Redemption Song’ (66 on the RS 500) at the same place (or thereabouts). Every now and then, one falls in love with music, and existence, again. Sometimes, it takes that little something to remind us that we are alive and it’s worth being so. While leaving, I picked up a copy of Mojo which featured The Beatles 101 Greatest Songs.

Now at 43 of the 50, 78 of the 100 and 321 of the Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time – none of them downloaded. I started more than one year ago and it’s been a beautiful journey.

“Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it.” – John Lennon

Ah, the magical figure of 300. 40 of the top 50, 74 of the top 100. And to top it, all on Bob Marley’s birthday.

That music is across borders, and across cultures is not a new concept, but that does not take away from the beauty of it. The first Marley CD I bought was from a Canadian boy who was hawking CDs at the Wedensday flea market at Anjuna Beach, Goa. A few weeks ago, on Dmitri’s birthday, I gave him a Bob Marley poster, one that I have in my room as well now (and incidentally, one that P called from Bombay to ask if I wanted).

Happy Birthday, Bob!

“One good thing about music is when it hits you, you feel no pain. So hit me with music, burtalize me with music.”
- Bob Marley

thanks to DC++ on campus. Including 63 of the top 100.

“It’s beyond an Obsession. It’s an ideal for living. I don’t even know how to justify it to myself.” – Noel Gallagher of Oasis on The Beatles’ music

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

... and growing.

Well said, by Leonard Cohen, who surprisingly does not feature on the top 500. And done with searching my own collection (or that part of it which I have with me), I stand at 122 songs from the top 500. A long way to go… a road less travelled… but then we travel for travel’s sake (hopefully, as did RLS)

That’s a good start. But then, I’d heard these already.