SAN ANTONIO – Monday, TIME released its list of 100 Great Popular Songs (see list below). Here are some of the favorite songs of some of KSAT's on-air personalities.
Steve Spriester
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Steve said he loves this song because he says it's a "classic rock song." Note: he said that while playing air guitar. Other songs on Steve's list (not necessarily in order):
- George Jones - "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
- Bob Dylan - "Tangled Up In Blue"
- The Rolling Stones - "Satisfaction"
- Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire"
- Frank Sinatra - "My Way"
- Lena Horne - "Stormy Weather"
- The Beatles - "The Long and Winding Road"
- Otis Redding - "(Sittin' On) The Dock of The Bay"
- The Who - "Baba O'Riley"
Little known fact about Isis: she used to be a huge G 'n' R fan, which is why she chose "Welcome To The Jungle." She doesn't just like to rock. Take a look at some of her other favorites:
- Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy" (believe it or not, the lyrics are incredibly inspiring)
- Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell" (Billy Idol is awesome!!!!)
- Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
- The Four Tops - "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" (this was the first dance song at my wedding)
- New Kids On The Block - "The Right Stuff" (my 12-year-old self told me to throw this one in)
- Fleetwood Mac - "Landslide"
- AC/DC - "Back In Black"
- LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out" (best workout song ever!)
- Earth, Wind & Fire - "September" (because it's my birthday month!)
Steve says Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" is a "great song." Other pop-ish songs that made his list:
- The Pretenders - "Brass In Pocket"
- Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping"
- Roy Orbison - "Pretty Woman"
- Frank Sinatra - "My Way"
- Van Morrison - "Brown Eyed Girl"
Greg's favorite song is George Strait's "All My Exes Live in Texas." He says he likes all of George Strait's songs. Greg's other favorites:
- Elvis - "Love Me Tender"
- Patsy Cline - "Crazy"
- The Beatles - "Hey Jude"
- The Moody Blues - "Nights In White Satin"
- Petula Clark - "Downtown"
What are your favorites? Let us know in the comments section!
TIME's list:
Janelle Monáe - "Tightrope"
Missy Elliott - "Get Ur Freak On"
Outkast - "Hey Ya!"
Jay-Z - "99 Problems"
Arcade Fire - "Wake Up"
Kanye West - "Gold Digger" (featuring Jamie Foxx)
Lil Wayne - "Georgia...Bush"
LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"
Beyoncé - "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"
Sinead OConnor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
Pet Shop Boys - "Being Boring"
Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Richard Thompson - "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"
Wu-Tang Clan - "C.R.E.A.M."
A Tribe Called Quest - "Scenario"
The Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"
2Pac - "California Love [Remix]"
Pulp - "Common People"
Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
Lucinda Williams - "Pineola"
Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
George Jones - "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"
New Order - "Blue Monday"
Prince - "Kiss"
Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
REM - "Its the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
Madonna - "Borderline"
The Melodians - "Rivers of Babylon"
James Brown - "Get Up (I Feel like Being a) Sex Machine"
Led Zeppelin - "Immigrant Song"
Black Sabbath - "Iron Man"
Joni Mitchell - "A Case of You"
The Who - "Baba ORiley"
Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
Dolly Parton - "Jolene"
Big Star - "September Gurls"
Bonnie Raitt - "Angel from Montgomery"
Fela Kuti - "Zombie"
Bruce Springsteen - "Thunder Road"
Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Donna Summer - "I Feel Love"
Bee Gees - "Stayin Alive"
David Bowie - "Heroes"
The Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"
Fleetwood Mac - "Dreams"
Peter Tosh - "Equal Rights"
Parliament/Funkadelic - "One Nation Under a Groove"
Velvet Underground - "Rock & Roll"
Loretta Lynn - "Coal Miners Daughter"
Bob Dylan - "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
Patsy Cline - "Crazy"
Roy Orbison - "Crying"
The Ronettes - "Be My Baby"
The Beatles - "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
Astrud Gilberto - "The Girl from Ipanema"
The Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go?"
The Beach Boys - "God Only Knows"
Aretha Franklin - "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)"
Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
The Band - "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Big Mama Thornton - "Ball n Chain"
Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back"
Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter"
Crosby, Stills and Nash - "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Otis Redding - "Ive Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)"
Johnny Cash - "Folsom Prison Blues"
Les Paul and Mary Ford - "How High the Moon"
Kitty Wells - "It Wasnt God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock"
Odetta - "Take This Hammer"
Little Richard - "Tutti Frutti"
Frank Sinatra - "Ive Got You Under My Skin"
Buddy Holly - "Thatll Be the Day"
Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode"
Ray Charles - "Whatd I Say"
Woody Guthrie - "This Land Is Your Land"
Lena Horne - "Stormy Weather"
The Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Spike Jones - "Der Fuehrers Face"
Bing Crosby - "White Christmas"
Betty Hutton - "It Had to Be You"
Mahalia Jackson - "Move On Up a Little Higher"
Hank Williams - "Cold, Cold Heart"
Ella Fitzgerald - "Baby Its Cold Outside"
Doris Day - "Sentimental Journey"
Ethel Merman - "I Got Rhythm"
Cab Calloway - "Minnie the Moocher"
Duke Ellington - "It Dont Mean A Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing)"
Louis Armstrong - "Star Dust"
Fred Astaire - "Cheek to Cheek"
Ray Heatherton - "Where or When"
Judy Garland - "Over the Rainbow"
Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit"
Al Jolson - "My Mammy"
Bessie Smith - "St. Louis Blues"
Paul Robeson - "Ol Man River"
The Carter Family - "Wildwood Flower"