Interesting to look at a list like this but always like the "People's Choice" awards.

I'd feel better if there was a rule that the song had to be good to begin with, and it kind of grabbed me that the first song on the Top 100 (Abracadabra) was....not very good. And too much Humble Pie and Clearwater, in my opinion

But the group of opinionmeisters *do* manage to reach back in to some now-obscure musical corners that deserve a little spot light. Vanilla Fudge -- the top hysteria-rock (wasn't that a genre?) band of their time.

Now folks are dissing the Shat here, but I want somebody to explain why Shatner and Joe Jackson's "Common People" (Pulp) didn't make the Top 100 list.

Among my missing:

Paul Butterfield "One More Heartache" (Robinson--> Gaye)
Ellen McIlwaine "Up from the Skies" (Hendrix)

and to prove that guilt by association can be very unfair to a tune, also missing:

Richard Thompson's "Oops, I did it again!"

(tho' I won't hold my breath for it to get enough Top 100 votes.)

I almost think that ranking Dylan cover songs is redundant. Almost any cover of one of Dylan's fantastic songs is better than his original, save for "Tangled Up in Blue".

And some songs defy adequate cover. SRV's powers notwithstanding, I think that is the case with Little Wing.

These are, of course (however compelling, however correct) just opinions.