Reacting to Top 100 Greatest Songs of All Time 

"Is this from Shrek?" had me absolutely dying 😂

Obviously whoever chose these has a preference for particular artists. But these are ALL great

You NEED to listen to the full versions of these songs, on your own time and then revisit this video with new opinions. These are INCREDIBLE songs. Edit* I’m SORRY! You don’t know Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World?! Ohhhhh, you are missing OUT

Hurt was released in 1995. It was a Nine Inch Nails song. Johnny Cash covered it in 2002. He was an active artist from 1954-2003. And because I’m sure it will come up lol Simon and Garfunkel’s Sound of Silence came out in 1964 and Disturbed’s cover came out in 2015. You just need to listen to all of these!

Well, that was subjective 😁😁😂😂🤣🤣

I guess I am privileged to have listened to music from most genres and generations. I was born in the 70's and I can go all the way back to the 20's and know a lot of the songs. I started with your 90's reaction and went backwards. Out of the lot there was maybe 5 I di not completely know! I look forward to the next one!

Of all the songs you didn;t know, Losing My Religion might be most surprising to me. Not in my playlists, but it was unavoidable all my life it feels like. Same with Satsifaction

Jeff Buckley is definitely not an actor today. He passed away in 1997.

I can't wait for you to react to more songs Thurston! I will be screaming how do you not know this artist. Like CCR! :-) Whitney Houston released her version of "I will always love you" in 1992. Dolly Parton wrote the song and released her original in1974.

Whoever made this list definitely has some favorites. I don't know that I'd have more than 1 or 2 Beatles songs on my top 100 list of all time, definitely not close to my top 100 personal favorites

Of all the songs they could pick for #1 they went with Yesterday? I wouldn’t even put it as a top 5 Beatles song much less top song of all time.

My kids - 18, 20, 23 - know most of these songs. I was thinking, "How can this guy not know so many of these songs" (including 70a 80a 90z) and "Is he younger than I think he is?" But I've always got music going, and I listen to a little of everything, no matter the year or genre. My kids will randomly start singing 50s songs, lol

Purple Rain not being top 10 is criminal

Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" was a disco era anthem and while it may have been in a movie, was not originally.

Most people don't know that "Every Breath You Take" by the Police is not a love song, it is about a stalker.

Comfortably Numb at #12 was a crime against mankind

Who compiled this?! 😂 I think we were all in the same boat by the end. Where's the girls? Where's ELO, where's Winehouse, where's ABBA, why Oasis?!? Where's The Bee Gees? So many questions. .. and so much BIG HAIR! 😂😅😂😅

Ive watched a bunch of these to try and expand my music taste, and i must say, you probably chose the most different and SUPER opinionated one I've ever seen 💀💀 Bohemian Rhapsody and Stairway to Heaven should be number 1 & 2 on a decent list. I LOVE Yesterday, but that isnt even the the best Beatles songs 💀

"Do I know any Metallica songs?" You made my heart ache with that.

Please do more reactions like this, Thurston. This was really interesting.

The Beatles are my favorite musical act of all time but even I don’t agree with Yesterday being number one. A Day in the Life would make more sense.

Clearly any list like this is very subjective. For me, Bill Withers needed a spot on here somewhere. Ain't No Sunshine or Lean On Me could've been in a top 100.

I don’t agree with the list but there’s definitely some really good ones on there

I'm equally baffled and impressed by the knowledge lol... I took notes, first time ever here doing that: - (ccr) how doesn't he know this one? - okay, his musician pop's influence is showing! ohhhmyygod I'm his dad's age - jfc.... he kNoWs ThEm FrOm AdS 😐😂 - wait... OASIS IS BRITISH? - Dylan: a poetic genius with the voice of a quiet weedwhacker - love the U2 reaction, it was exactly as it should be - radiohead = banger. Agreed. - give Marvin Gaye a shot - Bowie fans know/adore him, Beatles fans are pretty much the same. The rest of the population is right there with you - Please give Pink Floyd and Bob Marley a genuine chance. If you'd like to give them both a chance at the same time, listen to the album "Dub Side of the Moon" by Easy Star All-Stars❤

I Will Always Love You was written and performed by Dolly Parton in 1974. Whitney Houston did a cover of it in 1992. I love most of these songs. Others not so much.

Dolly Parton wrote "I Will Always Love You" in 1973 and she also recorded it that year. Her version will break your heart.

Maybe the compiler of this list should have qualified it as something other than an all-time list. Maybe in their lifetime? There's at least a half dozen songs from the 30s and 40s that would make an all-time list.

It sounds like you have a whole list of songs to react to now :)

When I watched the top I was thinking: In the top 10 will be "Starway To Heaven" and "Bohemian Rhapsody", and number one will be "Yesterday". I'm surprised of myself for knew it, I got the taste of great music 😂

Oasis in the top 10? 🙄 Oh my days!

Notorious B.I. G. made it but no Otis Redding? Where is Louis Armstrong? Etta James? John Denver? And the entire Country genre was omitted (I don’t think Johnny Cash covering a non-country song counts) along with anything outside mainstream like Enya (as an example). This was definitely a list of great songs but I can’t agree it’s top 100 of all time. It was quite biased to certain groups. Even so, please do more music! ❤

I'd definitely enjoy music reactions, love music so much.

I like these kind of reactions. You should react to a video of American top 100 billboard pop songs :)

That Unchained Melody song is amazing. For a song suggestion you should react to Elvis live 1977 singing it, he did amazing :)

I feel you actually coz I only know many Queen songs since their songs are played by people a lot, and some Michael Jackson songs. That's all I'm sorry TT_TT

Use this list as a guide to classic rock. There's a lot of great stuff out there.

Johnny Cash and his daugter Roseanne Cash both did their version of Tennesee Flat-Top Box and it sounds really good especially hers. he did a song called I Have A Thing About Trains.

Incredible music. Maybe use this list as a list of song you should react to?

Most of these bands and songs were very influential in their time. Rolling Stone has a decent list of the Top 500, too.

You knew A Lot more of them than I thought you would! 😂

Yesterday is a great song but by NO MEANS is it the greatest song of all time

In my life one of my favorites

Finally a video about music, The United Kingdom 🇬🇧 is a powerhouse in contemporary music 🎸

Bohemian Rhapsody is generally considered the best rock song of all time, if you look at sales, longevity, recognizability, innovation, etc, by the industry, media, and fellow musicians. And you called it, saying that was what you expected to be #1.

Love the mutton chops lol

You should do a Johnny Cash first time listen and do a few, including Hurt which is a remake from NIN.

The song from Shrek you're thinking of is probably Holding out for a Hero

Sweet Home Alabama is from 1974. All of Nirvana is from the early 1990s.

Although I love the song Yesterday, I'd have to put Bohemian Rhapsody as #1. The song Yesterday came to McCartney in a dream. He woke up knowing the tune and immediately rolled out of bed and started playing it on the piano next to his bed. The working title was "Scrambled Eggs". He took it to all of his friends asking if they had ever heard the tune, thinking he had subconsciously plagiarized it. Similarly, he had a dream about his mother, Mary, telling him to not worry and to just "Let It Be". Yesterday is the most covered song in history.

Lynryrd Skynrd is the best. Gimme' Three Steps, Free Bird, I Ain't The One, and What's Your Name and Simple Man. these are classics.

8 of them were Beatles!

There's one great song I don't remember seeing in this slightly odd list. It's by Bachman Turner Overdrive, it's called 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet', and one of its lines is 'You need educatin'. Gotta go to school'! I don't think it was in Shrek . . . 😉 And I'm only kidding, very entertaining video, especially I suspect for we oldies.

At your age I use to hear music at venues like the music machine, electric ballroom, the rainbow, you reference Shrek!! Jesus times have changed 😂

Sweet Home Alabama is from the mid 70s...if your girlfriend's dad loves Bob Dylan then he probably has loads of music that he could play for you from the old days...omg there is SO much awesome music you could be loving.

I will survive was in the movie the Replacements.

I only didn't know 12 songs. I'm quite happy with that. Lol

Anyone reading this watch Bob Marley live in Santa Barbara the concert is usually on RU-vid. Chefs kiss.

This is soooo hard to watch, with Thurston not knowing some of the classics.

Into the Beatles' rabbit hole you go, my guy

I think some ol’ school music reactions are due 😊

The Elvis songs were used in Lilo & Stitch

If this was a real list, The Beatles would take up every spot...

I feel so old right now....

I think the Shrek song you mean is "I need a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler. It sounds a little like "I will survive"

Homework: Listen to all 100 songs. 🤘

This is just someone's favorite songs list nothing more. Plenty of good and bad songs. It's all subjective.

Not gonna lie, I was half expecting #1 to be Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"🤣

I think you should react to both Louis Armstrong and Bruddah Iz version of what a wonderful world

I think “I will survive” came out in Chicken little

A lot of these I'm not sure how you managed to not hear them but maybe it's just a difference of what was mostly being played on the radio when you were growing up.

Shrek is single handedly responsible for keeping a lot of songs alive 😂

When he didn't know the Louis Armstrong song I knew there was a problem.

You could try listening to your parents or perhaps your grandparents radio stations.

I worry that all these young reactors honestly believe all these massively popular classic hits "are from Shrek."

Classics

I cannot believe Kanye is ahead of Whitney WTF.

I guarantee if you heard all 100 songs at least half way through, you would know probably 80 to 90 of them.

Im a Eric Burdon Fan

I could easily edit this to at least 50 deserving to be on this list,

Try listening to One Ok Rock - One Way Ticket, make sure it is the copy on the One Ok Rock_Topic channel. Its a live performance.

i wonder if this was someone's personal top 100 or if it was rolling stone magazines top 100? i agree that if you heard most of the songs chorus parts youd be like OOOH, ITS THAT SONG?!?! it seems like around half the bands on this list are british and to hear you say you dont know a good chunk of them saddens me and im an american

Sound of Silence - first react to original by Simon and Garfunkel, then by Disturbed, then by Pentatonix.

What’s your favorite genre of music

Stayin alive was in Madagascar

It honestly breaks my heart u don’t know Imagine

i love me some CCR

Love your videos man but this one was a bit rough.

Do a reaction to buddy Holley & the surf ball room the day the music died

If you don't know Metallica One, you should definitely react to that, others get the most views in their channel because they react to the classic video.

Let's be clear, this list is someone's top 100 but is by no means a definitive list. A lot of good songs but definitely some questionable choices.

The Metallica One video will blow your mind.

That was the most rock/beatles biased list ever lmao

Sweet Home Alabama released in the 70's im pretty sure

i’d like to know who made this list. They are all great songs but I can’t say they are all in the top 100 songs of all time .Doesn’t look like a very scientific list. I don’t think they took into account sales or how long they were at the top of the charts.

HOLD UP. You don't know Pink Floyd? Definitely check out their song "Time." It has one of the most phenomenal guitar solos I've ever heard.

If you know any Metallica, it is probably Enter Sandman. Also when you get to Johnny Cash, you shouldn't start with Hurt, I don't want your intro to Cash to make you cry (also it is a cover). Better off with A Boy Named Sue, Folsom Prison Blues, or Ring of Fire.

Lol, I will survive from The Replacements with Keanu Reeves is the best use in a movie, lol

I didn't know 2 of them. Three biggest shock was you don't know Imagine???

The who song is baywatch theme song

I will always love you done by Dolly Parton in 1973 whitney redid it in 2012