You know, being "of a certain age," I think Rick defaults to a lot of stuff from the 70s from a LOT of his lists, and then feels the need to pull some more contemporary stuff into the mix to balance it out (which he did NOT do here - I think the newest song was from 75 or 76). I'm totally okay with that, but some of you younger folks might not be.
I know every one of these songs, and I couldn't pretend to deny any of them a place on this list, though I really don't care for Send in the Clowns. Unless you're sending them into a large fireplace. That I could get behind. Fuck clowns.