piper wrote:
Hendrix wrote:
Warren Zevon Revision:
1. Werewolves Of London
2. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
3. Boom Boom Mancini
4. Lawyers, Guns & Money
5. A Certain Girl
6. Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
7. Splendid Isolation
8. Play It All Night Long
9. Reconsider Me
10. Carmelita
It's a good start, but I'd think it would be better along the lines of:
1. Werewolves of London
2. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
3. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
4. Lawyers, Guns & Money
5. Keep Me in Your Heart
6. Hit Somebody
7. Reconsider Me
8. Carmelita
9. Excitable Boy
10. A Certain Girl
"A Certain Girl" is his only other Billboard Hot 100 entry aside from "Werewolves", so it should probably stay. "Hit Somebody" is one of his most popular and acclaimed later songs and even has an upcoming film directed by Kevin Smith based on it.
It may have hit the chart, but it didn't fare very well, it's a remake of a remake (based on the Yardbirds' version, I believe) and it hasn't lasted in popularity at all. I'm not totally opposed to it being on there, but I think it's questionable.
I don't agree with "Roland" being above "Lawyers"; the latter is his second most popular song and has some cultural impact as well--it was even the theme song to a television show (Justice). Switch those two and you're in good shape, I'd say.