Tedster Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 Britain's Q Magazine just published their top 10 list of "Songs that changed the world" Here they are (source, msn.com) Q Magazine's Top 10: 1. That's All Right (Elvis Presley) 2. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (The Beatles) 3. God Save the Queen (The Sex Pistols) 4. Rapper's Delight (Sugarhill Gang) 5. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) 6. Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday) 7. Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan) 8. Walk This Way (Run DMC) 9. Blue Monday (New Order) 10. Do They Know it's Christmas (Band Aid) Hmmmm...some yes, some no... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine"
Franknputer Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 I think they started running out of steam towards the bottom there. I can see what they were going for, but there could be some better choices. I don't even recall "Blue Monday" - I know the Fats Domino version. (Personally, I never was into New Order.)
Midimonk Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 Where's Marvin Gaye's "Sexual healing" Oh yeah how about "Freebird" Monk :thu: I cannot be bought, and I cannot be threatened. But if you put them both together then I'm your man!"
stanner Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 wot no ? thats what i hate about compilations by committee... but i am glad 'blue monday' is on there-i still have the 12"-it rocked when it came out-it still rocks! s :cool: AMPSSOUNDBETTERLOUDER
Mark Zeger Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 #1-8 are solid choices, but 9 & 10? "Blue Monday" has no place on the list. They probably picked the Band-Aid song for the concept behind the record rather than the song itself. The "noble charity effort by musical superstars" concept came more than 10 years earlier with the "The Concert for Bangladesh". They missed an example from Louis Armstrong, whose instrumental and vocal style completely changed the way musicians and singers interpreted popular music. Maybe Jimi's "Star Spangled Banner" should have been on the list too.
Kendrix Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 A theme seems to be songs that kicked off major musical genres / eras. Keepin with this... Nothing to do with kickin off the psychedelic era. Strawberrry fields or maybe White Rabbit. Or glam rock e.g. Bowies Major Tom or Ziggy OR peace movement items like Imagine How bout Purple Haze- since it was his first to be widely heard. How bout some early electronic music -perhaps early floyd from atom heart mother or something. These lists are a little silly. What's so addicting about lists? Check out some tunes here: http://www.garageband.com/artist/KenFava
Gulliver Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 My friends, I'm afraid non of the songs mentioned here changed the world. ;) Though, I can mention a couple that changed [i]my[/i] world: Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin Smoke on a Water - Deep Purple Oh, and of course: Oops I did it again... :p :D I am back.
whitefang Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 Are these supposed to be songs that changed the world? Or the world of music? "Blowing in The Wind" was probably a world changer, but not to the world of music. "Purple Haze" on the other hand, would be the other example. As would the Sex Pistol's "Antichrist" "Video Killed the Radio Star" "Evenflow" "I Want To Hold Your Hand" "Walk, Don't Run" "Mr. Tamborine Man" (Byrd's version) There are lots of others, of course. And although these examples weren't the first offerings of a certain "genre", they were among the most popular and helped sway the musical direction. Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left!
D_dup3 Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 Well, [i]not[/i] "If I Could Change The World" by Eric Clapton...
Rim Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 I would agree there would have to be a BeeGees disco era song. Loius Armstrong, too. What about something by Van Halen? Rage Against the Machine? Bill Haley and the Comets? Chuck Berry? I guess since they are looking for "songs" that it excludes classical composers, huh. What about including a standard like: "Happy Birthday" "Auld Lang Syne" "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" "The Olympics Theme" aka riffing Double Post music: Strip Down http://rimspeed.com http://loadedtheband.com
Dan South Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 I thought Walk This Way was an Aerosmith song. That one belongs to "Remakes That Changed The World." My partial list... "Maple Leaf Rag" - Scott Joplin "I Got Rhythm" - George Gershwin "When The Saints Go Marching In" - Dixieland traditional "Ain't Misbehavin'" - Fats Waller "Tiger Rag" - Art Tatum "In The Mood" - Glenn Miller Orchestra "Take The 'A' Train" - Billy Strayhorn "Oh What A Beautiful Morning" - Rodgers & Hammerstein "Ornithology" - Charlie Parker "Round Midnight" - Thelonious Monk "Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley and the Comets "Jailhouse Rock" - Elvis Presley "Great Balls O' Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis "Boom Boom Boom" - John Lee Hooker "I Want To Hold Your Hand" - Beatles "Satisfaction" - Stones "California Girls" - Beach Boys "Like A Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan "You Can't Hurry Love" - The Supremes "Georgia" - Ray Charles "Revolution No. 9" - Beatles "My Generation" - Who "Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix "White Rabbit" - Jefferson Airplane "Respect" - Aretha Franklin "White Room" - Cream "What's Goin' On?" - Marvin Gaye "American Pie" - Don McClean "Been A Long Time" - Led Zepplin "Stir It Up" - Bob Marley "Lucky Man" - ELP (the first time many people heard a synthesizer) "Superstition" - Stevie Wonder "Rock And Roll All Night" - KISS "Born To Run" - Springsteen "Only The Good Die Young" - Billy Joel "I Will Survive" - (not a change for the better) "Teen Town" - Jaco Pastorius "Eruption" - Van Halen "Roxanne" - The Police "New Years Day" - U2 "Fight The Power" - Public Enemy "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana The Black Knight always triumphs!
Felix_dup1 Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 I'd like to read the article and see the explanations for their choices (keeping in mind that Q is published in the UK). It was just this week that I voted for Blue Monday as the best electronic song ever - and it was beating the other 9 choices by a wide margin. Think of it as the beginning of club culture, proof of the economic viability of remixes... say what you will, but this song was (and still is) a pretty big deal. I'd also agree that Run DMC's collaboration with Aerosmith is far more influential than the original version of "Walk this Way." It was very influential in getting rap into heavy rotation on MTV, it was the first widespread popularity of a rap/rock fusion... I agree with this choice too. As for the Band Aid song... well, it's a UK mag. 9 out of 10 ain't bad. If anyone finds the rest of the article, please put up a link!
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