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Bill Withers' Ain't no sunshine (1971) is probably one of the most covered songs ever. Among the wide variety of artists who have covered it are Akon, Joe Cocker, The Police, Michael Jackson and Tom Jones. This may come because the lyrics are very generic and simple. If an artist is looking for a safe love song, this is perfect. If sung well, there is nothing wrong with that. And Bill Withers sings it very well.

It's hard to believe that As Tears Go By (1965) was the first hit of The Rolling Stones that was originally written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Prior to that the Stones had mostly modest success with covers. This is a slow ballad, which is not the type of song that the Stones are most famous for. I like the fact that, even from the start of their, they were confident enough to not go the easy way and keep making the same kind of ballads. There are many bands who score a hit and then practically keep repeating the same song with only some small variation. A good example of this is Maroon 5. The Rolling Stones followed their first hit up with songs like I Can't Get No Satisfaction and Paint It Black, two rock songs that differ a lot from As Tears Go By and from each other. That said I am not really a fan of their harder rock songs and I prefer their slower songs like Angie,Wild Horses and this one.
Textually this also is not something you'd expect to be written by young rebels. It seems to be about a man who mourns the fact that he can't do the things he did in his childhood anymore

-Baba O'Riley (The Who, 1971) Meher Baba, a slightly crazy Indian philosopher and Terry O'Riley, a producer were apparently the main influences for this song. So that's the reason for this song's bizarre name, which is better than Terry Meher. The song has no structure whatever, both musically as textually, which makes it all the better.

I am not a fan of the Beatles, although I do understand why they were so popular and important in their time. I mostly find their songs dull. However I do like Baby, You're a Rich Man. I heard it at the end of The Social Network, and was surprised to learn it was from The Beatles. It's a very appropriate song for the movie's ending, considering both the song and the movie share a contempt for rich people who only care about being rich and think that they are great because of it. This is not the only Beatles song I have on my Ipod. I also have Get Back. It's also not the only song I have, which I got to know thanks to something written by Aaron Sorkin. I also have For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield, which I heard during the credits of the special post 9/11 episode Isaac and Ishmael from The West Wing