In recent decades, however, the once-proud music mag has devolved into hipster drivel, and nowhere is that more evident than in their ranking lists.From their infamous "250 Greatest Guitarists of All-Time" (in which they ranked Joni Mitchell and someone named Sister Rosetta Tharpe over Tony Iommi and Eric Clapton) to the perplexing "500 Greatest Albums of All-Time," the fine folks over at "Rolling Stone" have released some stinkers, opting to let their contrarian opinions and eye-rollingly leftist leanings color their rankings.RANKING THE TEN BEST BILLY JOEL SONGS OF ALL TIME IN HONOR OF THE PIANO MAN'S 77TH BIRTHDAYEnglish guitarist Eric Clapton performs on stage in 1975.(Michael Putland/Getty Images)"Greatest" is a subjective term, especially when it comes to music, but when large swathes of the entire internet take exception to your rankings, you might have to reevaluate some things.On that note, it looks like "Rolling Stone" has released yet another God-awful list, this time in the form of "The 200 Greatest Rock Songs of The 21st Century So Far."I'll be frank with you, I don't really hold a lot of 21st century rock in high regard.I'm a child of the '90s, but my musical tastes predate someone of my birth year by a good two decades, consisting mainly of rock and metal acts from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s.SIX ROCK BANDS WHO GOT BETTER AFTER REPLACING KEY MEMBERSRock musicians Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen (1955 - 2020), both of the group Van Halen, performs onstage at the Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, March 15, 1986.
(Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) (Paul Natkin/Getty Images)Even then, I can admit that there is plenty of great rock to be found on this side of the year 2000, but "Rolling Stone's" list eschews most of that to try and cobble together this eclectic ranking to boost their street cred with all the gender-fluid dorks from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn (aka, the only people still reading "Rolling Stone").Let's start at the top and see what they selected ...