Michael Barbaro
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Today, Times journalists explain how this list was made, and we hear from the artists themselves about how they created some of the greatest songs ever written.
It's Sunday, May 3rd.
Sasha Wise Sasha Wise.
You must be exhausted.
And just to explain, you are the deputy editor of The Times Magazine, and you were deeply involved, along with a vast crew, in creating this list.
And I wonder, how do you even begin to create a list as ambitious as this?
And just kind of slug it out.
So hold your fire.
Those guys are in.
Well, let's talk about who ultimately got left off because so much of our conversation today is going to be about who makes it.
And I'm gonna go first here, okay?
Because I've had a chance to evaluate your list.
And just off the top of my head,
You left off Billy Joel, the poet laureate of New York, the man who turned dinner at an Italian restaurant into an opera.