Le 100 piu' belle canzoni di tutti i tempi (to be continued...?)
The Best Songs Ever - The first 100 positions:
number 100: the beatles - revolutionnumber 99: david bowie – space oddity
number 98: everything but the girl – I must confess
number 97: the go betweens – apologies accepted
number 96: the libertines – can’t stand me now
number 95: roxy music – if there is something
number 94: van morrison – brown eyed girl
number 93: air – ce matin la
number 92: quicksilver messenger service – it’s been too long
number 91: pylon – stop it
number 90: the triffids – wide open road
number 89: hoodoo gurus – what’s my scene
number 88: died pretty – blue sky day
number 87: pere ubu – on the surface
number 86: mx80 sound – it is not my fault
number 85: camel – never let go
number 84: bob marley – waiting in vain
number 83: soft machine – when I don’t want you
number 82: jim croce – I got a name
number 81: frank zappa – peaches en regalia
number 80: the style council – my ever changing moods
number 79: yo la tengo – tom courtenay
number 78: the get up kids – i’m a loner dottie, a rebel
number 77: nada surf – blankest year
number 76: the sunset strip – going home (mp3)
number 75: the stone roses – I wanna be adored
number 74: the x – adult books
number 73: tuxedomoon – no tears
number 72: the radio dept – where damage isn’t already done
number 71: the cars – just what I needed
number 70: nick cave – your funeral, my trial
number 69: underworld – born slippy
number 68: bran van 3000 – drinking in LA
number 67: soft cell – tainted love
number 66: love – maybe the people…
number 65: talking heads – the book i read
number 64: pat metheny – it’s for you
number 63: temple of the dog – hungerstrike
number 62: u2 – with or without you
number 61: r.e.m. – harborcoat
number 60: church – under the milky way
number 59: massive attack – unfinished sympathy
number 58: echo and the bunnymen – the killing moon
number 57: lloyd cole and the commotions – are you ready to be heartbroken
number 56: gun club – sex beat
number 55: dexy’s midnight runners – seven days too long
number 54: giant sand – artists
number 53: brian eno – by this river
number 52: carole king – it’s too late
number 51: gang of four – damaged goods
number 50: husker du - these important years
number 49: the jam - a town called malice
number 48: buffalo tom - summer
number 47: spiritualized - ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space
number 46: jane's addiction - jane says
number 45: stiff little fingers - gotta getaway
number 44: afghan whigs - be sweet
number 43: op8 - if i think of love
number 42: deus - little arithmetics
number 41: devo - mongoloid
number 40: pearl jam - smile
number 39: the cure - just like heaven
number 38: hole - miss world
number 37: badly drawn boy - once around the block
number 36: jimi hendrix - hey joe
number 35: my bloody valentine - soft as snow (but warm inside)
number 34: velvet underground - sweet jane
number 33: the pretenders - brass in pocket
number 32: the stooges - no fun
number 31: the only ones - another girl, another planet
number 30: the police - so lonely
number 29: the ramones - rockaway beach
number 28: the knack - my sharona
number 27: iggy pop - the passenger
number 26: xtc - making plans for nigel
number 25: kings of convenience - misread
number 24: neil young - powderfinger
number 23: smashing pumpkins - disarm
number 22: bruce springsteen - for you
number 21: the strokes - the modern age
number 20: oasis - wonderwall
number 19: lou reed - walk on the wild side
number 18: patti smith - because the night
number 17: bloc party - this modern love
number 16: pavement - elevate me later
number 15: nirvana - smells like teen spirit
number 14: new order - ceremony
number 13: redskins - keep on keepin' on!
number 12: the replacements - unsatisfied
number 11: motorpsycho - now it's time to skate
number 10: television - marquee moon
number 9: the smiths - there is a light that never goes out
number 8: jesus and mary chain - just like honey
number 7: dinosaur jr - freakscene
number 6: pixies - where is my mind
number 5: joy division - love will tear us apart
number 4: the primitives - lazy (mp3)
number 3: the rolling stones - sympathy for the devil
number 2: bob dylan - like a rolling stone
number 1: the clash - london calling
Dopo due anni esatti (il primo post sull'argomento è del marzo 2008) , si è conclusa la titanica impresa di classificare le migliori canzoni di tutti i tempi. Poche regole (un solo brano per artista, no canzoni italiane, no Tamla-Motown, no anni '50, no cover - eccezione alla regola se la cover è decisamente più famosa dell'originale...), tanta arbitrarietà (vedi, un paio di esempi per tutti, le posizioni numero 4 e numero 76).
La missione di questo blog è conclusa? Il traguardo delle 100 canzoni coincide con il raggiungimento delle 60.000 visite (come se una città intera, tipo Viterbo o Sanremo, vecchi e bambini compresi, si fosse collegata), con il post numero 250, e con una meritata vacanza che il vostro Indie si concede... Quindi, perchè non cogliere questa occasione?
La missione è conclusa? A voi la decisione: in alto a destra troverete un sondaggio, dove potrete esprimervi. Uno dei voti "Lascia perdere" sarà sicuramente di Mrs Indierocker...
Uno dei dischi più belli di sempre. Solo che, a differenza di altri, a differenza - per esempio - di Crooked Rain o di Psychocandy, questo non è nei 500 migliori album di tutti i tempi secondo Rolling Stone. Probabilmente, a Rolling Stone questo disco non l'hanno nemmeno mai sentito.
