Recently, Rolling Stone revised its 500 Best Songs of All Time list for the first time in 17 years. For the first time, the Bob Dylan song from which the magazine took its name is not at the top of the list. (It's now #4.) I'm glad that some of the new songs make the list more diverse, in terms of identity as well as musical style. Still, I think such lists are pointless exercises, at best, and at worst arrogant, as they reflect nothing more than the worldview of the lists' compilers.
What if cyclists had a "500 Best Songs" or "Greatest Musicians" list? Would they include "Freewheeling" by Ali Spagnola?
