Bicycles for Afghanistan - “Foam of Days”
A new album by the main punk romantics of the Moscow scene, the tag “punk rock” almost does not stick to it. There is dream pop, post-punk, and lively pop songs about love and youth. This kind of music takes the listener back a certain number of years, making you feel young, naive and in love again. “Foam of Days” is one of the most important Russian-language albums of the year and the best choice for those who miss relevant and well-recorded guitar music.
Paul McCartney - Egypt Station
Paul McCartney is an artist whose late work is difficult to judge. On the one hand, there have been no historically important songs in his discography for a couple of decades. On the other hand, he gave himself such a credit of trust with his early work that any of his releases will be perceived as bright and long-awaited. Egypt Station is no exception, especially since the album still contains a couple of strong hits. We recommend that you read the release. And then with our best Paul McCartney songs.
Metric - Art of Doubt
Metric is great indie rock music with female vocals, referencing The Raveonettes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Blood Red Shoes. The concentration of cool songs here is off the charts; there are almost no passable compositions in the album. And they are all quite different - from the danceable Dark Saturday with a lively chorus to the melancholic Seven Rules, suitable for the role of audio accompaniment for slow dances or reflections on life in .
"WE" - "Closer Part2"
The next release of the group "" - the duet of Daniel Sheik and Eva Krause. The new album is about the same as before: delicate, slightly naive, sad and beautiful music about love. True, the concentration of hits this time is lower, and the strongest tracks were released several months ago in the form of singles. But we still recommend: there is little such romantic and tender music on our stage.
One of the most authoritative and respected cultural magazines in the world, Rolling Stone, published a list of the 500 best songs of all time in 2004. The list was compiled based on a survey of 172 famous musicians and music critics. The lists were updated in May 2010 and again in April 2011.
Skipping past the 490 undeniably great songs, let's take a look at the top ten best songs of all time.
10. The top ten opens with a song by American rhythm and blues artist Ray Charles, released as a single in 1959.
Ray Charles "What'd I Say", 1959
Once at one of the performances in 1958, Ray Charles and the orchestra needed to fill the remaining time with something until the end of the concert. So, as a result of improvisation, this musical composition was born. It is she who is now considered the founder of a new sub-genre of rhythm and blues, later called soul.
9. Musicians and music critics gave ninth place to the song of the American group Nirvana from the album “Nevermind”.
Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit", 1991
The song written by Kurt Cobain, Chris Novoselic and Dave Grohl became incredibly popular: first place in the charts, inclusion in the top lists of the best songs for various versions, as well as two awards at the MTV Video Music Awards for its video clip, which was very popular on television .
In a January 1994 interview with Rolling Stone, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain admitted that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was an attempt to write a song in the style of the Pixies, a band he greatly respected.
“I wanted to write the perfect pop song. Basically, I was trying to beat the Pixies. I have to admit it. When I first heard the Pixies, I connected with the band so much that I should have been in the band itself. Or at least in a Pixies cover band. We adopted from them a sense of dynamics, alternating soft, quiet sound with loud and hard.”
The Beatles "Hey Jude", 1968
This song was written by Paul McCartney to console John Lennon's son Julian during his parents' divorce. On the way to Weybridge in his Aston Martin to see Cynthia Lennon and her son.
« As a friend of the family, I felt it was my duty to go to Weybridge and cheer them up, tell them that everything would work out, and just visit. It was about an hour's drive from my house. I always turned off the radio and tried to write songs while driving. And one day I started singing, “Hey Jewel, don't worry, take a sad song and make it better...” These were optimistic, hopeful words of encouragement for Julian: “Yeah, buddy, your parents got divorced. I understand how you feel, but with time you will feel better.”
7. It's time to remember the good old rock and roll. Because in seventh place in the ranking is the song of one of its founders - the American musician Chuck Berry.
Chuck Berry "Johnny B. Goode", 1958
A short story about an illiterate but talented village boy who charmed everyone with his guitar playing and, in turn, charmed not only ordinary listeners, but also the musicians themselves. Over time, "Johnny B. Goode" has become a classic rock standard, performed by many musicians from Elvis Presley and The Beatles to the Sex Pistols, Judas Priest and Green Day.
6. The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations", 1966
The composition consists of several musical themes created from small disparate fragments of recordings made in different studios.
"Good Vibrations" was released as a single on October 10, 1966, with "Let's Go Away for Awhile" (from Pet Sounds) on the flip side. The single reached number 1 in the US, UK and Southern Rhodesia.
"Good Vibrations" exists in two versions: the first - the most famous - was released as a single with lyrics by Mike Love. The second version includes original words by Tony Asher.
5. Aretha Franklin “Respect”, 1965
It is this rhythm and blues song that is the calling card of the “Queen of Soul.”
Aretha Franklin changed the words of the original version of the song and shifted the emphasis, turning it into a monologue of a strong woman demanding respect for herself.
The song, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, became Franklin's first international hit, entering the top ten of the UK charts. Over time, the song turned into a kind of anthem for the movement for gender equality and was heard in dozens of feature films.
The song “What’s Going On” is included in the eleventh studio album of the same name by American musician Marvin Gaye. This album is a concept album and consists of nine songs, most of which lead into the following track. The lyrics tell the story of a Vietnam War veteran who returns to the country he fought for and sees nothing but injustice, suffering and hatred.
3. The “Top Three” is opened by a person asking us to imagine that:
"there"s no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today"…
John Lennon "Imagine", 1971
In this song, Lennon expressed his views on how the world should be. It was she who became Lennon’s calling card. Former US President Jimmy Carter once said that "in many countries around the world - my wife and I were in almost 125 - you hear John Lennon's 'Imagine' almost as often as the national anthems."
2. The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, 1965
The single allowed The Rolling Stones to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time.
1. Bob Dylan “Like A Rolling Stone”, 1965
Number one on Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs. - a song by Bob Dylan from his album Highway 61 Revisited. By the way, the name of the magazine “Rolling Stone” is often associated with it, but in fact, it was named after the song “Rollin' Stone” by Muddy Waters.
The song was first released as a single on July 20, 1965. She managed to stay on the American chart for three months and reached number two (after the single “Help!” by The Beatles). The first live performance of "Like a Rolling Stone" took place at the Newport Folk Festival.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
November 27, 2009, 11:45 pm
Inspired by the rating of the music publication New Musical Express, which chose the best song of the decade, I decided to continue this topic. Now I turned to the music magazine Billboard (on the advice of hellobender) and found their "Best Singles of All Time". I invite “gossip girls” to make their own rating of their favorite musical compositions, write your opinion, on the basis of which a final post can be made 1 . Song: THE TWIST Executor: Chubby Checker Label: Parkway Dates at No. 1: 09/19/60 and 01/13/62 Duration on Chart: 39 weeks The Twist is the only song in Billboard Hot 100 history to be at No. 1 on two different charts simultaneously. She also set a record for the longest stay in the hit parade - 39 weeks! It held its own from the sixties until UB40 beat it in 1988 with Red Red Wine. Chubby Checker notes that "The Twist" brought rhythmic dancing to the beat to the world. The song became Chubby's lucky charm, charting on Billboard's Hot 100 another 32 times. 2. Song: SMOOTH Executor: Santana featuring Rob Thomas Label: Arista Date at the top of the chart: 10/23/1999 Duration of stay on the chart: 12 weeks Smooth, written by the lead singer of the band Matchbox Twenty Rob Thomas, became a hit, the decoration of the super successful and amazing album Supernatural. 3. Song: MACK THE KNIFE Executor: Bobby Darin Label: Atco Date at the top of the chart: 10/5/1959 Length of stay on the chart: 9 weeks In 1958, Splish Splash made 22-year-old Bobby Darin famous. However, the ambitious Bobby did not want a moment of fame, but real recognition. The song Mack the Knife from the album That's All reached number one on the chart in 1959 - and Bobby received a Grammy for Best New Artist and an award for Best Record of the Year. 4. Song: HOW DO I LIVE Executor: LeAnn Rimes Label: Curb Date at the top of the chart: 13/12/1997 Length of stay on the chart: 2 weeks This is the second song by LeAnn Rimes on the Hot 100. During the song's stay on the chart, 3.5 million copies of the single were sold, and the young star grew up and became a real star. 5. Song: MACARENA Executor: Los Del Rio Label: RCA Date at the top of the chart: 8/3/1996 Length of stay on the chart: 14 weeks Los del Rio's bilingual single Macarena spent 14 weeks at number one. The song, sweetened with flamenco rhythms, was already a hit in Spain in 1993, and a favorite track on cruise ships docked at the clubs of Miami's South Beach. 6. Song: PHYSICAL Executor: Olivia Newton-John Label: MCA Date at the top of the chart: 11/21/1981 Length of stay on the chart: 10 weeks Life often imitates art. Here's a prime example: singer and actress Olivia Newton-John changed her character from Sandy, a demure, quiet girl, to a vamp in the 1977 film Grease. After this, her song Physical was charged with unbridled sexual energy. The composition spent 10 weeks at number one on the charts and broke all the singer’s previous records. It also became the anthem of all fans of aerobics, which was fashionable at that time. 7. Song: YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE Executor: Debby Boone Label: Warner Bros./Curb Date at the top of the chart: 10/15/1977 Length of stay on the chart: 10 weeks The daughter of famous singer Pat Boone spent years trying to build her music career with the Boone Sisters, but without much success. Label head Mike Courbet decided that one of the "sisters", Debbie, should start a solo career. He chose the perfect song for this - the instrumental theme from the movie You Light Up My Life. He recorded Derby's vocals, and in the end his instincts were correct - the song was at number one on the charts for ten weeks in October 1977. She also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. 8. Song: HEY JUDE Executor: The Beatles Label: Apple Date at the top of the chart: 9/28/1968 Length of stay on the chart: 9 weeks This was the first single that the Beatles released on their own label, Apple Records. The song was written by Paul McCartney in 1968 to support John Lennon's eldest son Julian, who was upset about his parents' divorce. Hey Jude entered the Hot 100 chart on September 14, 1968 at number 10 and rocketed to number one within two weeks. In the entire history of the group, this song remained in first place for the longest time on the chart. 9. Song: WE BELONG TOGETHER Executor: Mariah Carey Label: Island/IDJMG Date at the top of the chart: 6/4/2005 Length of stay on the chart: 14 weeks When American singer Mariah Carey had 15 songs that topped the charts, she signed a contract with Virgin for $80 million . and... slipped to the lower levels. However, she managed to release a new album, The Emancipation of Mimi, with a number of greatest hits on another label, again reaching the top of the charts, and to the top of the Hot-100 in particular. We Belong Together stayed in first place for 14 weeks, and returned to its lost position two more times in a row. And the singer was able to sell 5.9 million copies of her disc. 10. Song: UNBREAK MY HEART Executor: Toni Braxton Label: LaFace/Arista Date at Top of Chart: 12/7/1996 Length of Time on Chart: 11 Weeks Three years after winning a Grammy, Toni Braxton released her second album, Secrets. It went multi-platinum. “Unbreak my heart,” which Toni sings with her low, velvety alto, became the biggest hit of the singer’s entire career, staying at the top of the Hot-100 chart for 11 weeks.
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