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Monday, April 23, 2007 12:00 AM

Rolling Stone hits the big 4-0

The list-loving music magazine picks the 40 songs "that changed the world" as part of its 40th-birthday celebration.

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  • Monday, April 23, 2007 04:44 PM

    My top five songs that are missing from Rolling Stone's list.

    • "No Fun"/"Push It" by Iggy & The Stooges/Salt-N-Pepa and 2 Many DJs

      The best of the mash-up world.

    • 4'33" by John Cage

      Sometimes silence is golden.

    • The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky

      How come riots never happen at any of the concerts I go to?

    • "Police and Thieves", "White Man in the Hammersmith Palais", or "White Riot" by the Clash

      How come everybody's afraid to throw a brick in this country?

    • Any song by the Replacements

      Actually no song by the Replacements ever changed the world, but many of them changed individuals.

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