40 Songs That Changed The World

 

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Editors from Rolling Stone magazine compiled a list of the 40 songs that changed the world. The editors challenge you to sent your comments on which songs you think have shaken and shifted our planet to create a new list, based on the best picks. On June 29th, the list of the people speaks.

 

1. Elvis Presley "That's All Right"

2. Ray Charles "I Got A Woman"

3. Chuck Berry "Maybellene"

4. Bob Dylan "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall"

5. The Kingsmen "Louie Louie"

6. The Ronettes "Be My Baby"

7. The Beatles "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"

8. Martha and the Vandellas "Dancing In The Street"

9. The Rolling Stones "(I Cant Get No) Satisfaction"

10. Bob Dylan "Like A Rolling Stone"

11. The Beatles "Strawberry Fields Forever"

12. The Velvet Underground "Herion"

13. Jimi Hendrix "Purple Haze"

14. Aretha Franklin "Respect"

15. Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love"

16. James Brown "Get Up (I Feel Like being a) Sex Machine"

17. Marvin Gaye "What's Going On"

18. John Lennon "Imagine"

19. David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust"

20. Bob Marley "I Shot The Sheriff"

21. Joni Mitchell "Help Me"

22. Bruce Springsteen "Born To Run"

23. Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"

24. The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop"

25. Donna Summer "I Feel Love"

26. The Sex Pistols "Anarchy in the UK"

27. The Sugarhill Gang "Rappers Delight"

28. Black Flag "TV Party"

29. Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"

30. Prince "When Doves Cry"

31. U2 "Pride (In The Name Of Love)"

32. Madonna "Like A Virgin"

33. Run DMC and Aerosmith "Walk This Way"

34. The Cure "Just Like Heaven"

35. Guns N Roses "Sweet Child O Mine"

36. Public Enemy "Bring The Noise"

37. Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

38. Dr. Dre "Nuthin' But A G Thang"

39. Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time"

40. The White Stripes "Fell In Love With A Girl"

 

Source: Rolling Stone / Updated: Apr 28, 2007

hmm.. who suggested these tracks?... i think alot of it would be down to personal perspective.

This reminds me of the list of 100 Records That Shook The Worl that the now defunct VOX magazine did up to the end of the 1980's:

 

100 Albums that shook the world

 

Part One 1947 - 1969 Vox's definitive guide to the recorded milestones in rock - First published in January and February 1991. All Titles are singles Unless Otherwise Stated (LP).

 

Move It On Over - Hank William

Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan

Good Rocking Tonight - Wynonle Harris

It’s Too Soon To Know - The Orioles

Flamingo - Earl Bostic

Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston

Cry - Johnny Ray

Shake, Rattle & Roll - Joe Turner

Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley

I Got A Woman - Ray Charles

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley

Tutti Frutti - Little Richard

Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan

Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley

Please Please Please - James Brown

Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf

Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers

Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry

La Bamba - Ritchie Valens

It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly

Apache - The Shadows

The Twist - Chubby Checker

Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Shirelles

Lets Go Tripping - Dick Dale

Green Onions - Booker T & The MG’s

You Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles

She Loves You - The Beatles

Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen

Needles And Pins - The Searchers

House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals

You Really Got Me - The Kinks

Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin - Righteous Bros

The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan

Mr Tamborine Man - The Byrds

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones

In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

Highway 61 Revisited (LP) - Bob Dylan

My Generation - The Who

Revolver (LP) - The Bealles

The Doors (LP) - The Doors

Surrealistic Pillow (LP) - Jefferson Airplane

Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

Velvet Underground & Nico (LP)

Cold Sweat - James Brown

Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP) - Pink Floyd

Cloud 9 (LP) - The Temptations

Trout Mask Replica (LP) - Captain Beefheart

Hot Buttered Soul (LP) - Isaac Hayes

Astral Weeks (LP) - Van Morrison

 

Part Two 1969 to 1990

 

 

Led Zeppelin II (LP) - Led Zeppelin

The Band (LP) - The Band

Hot Rats (LP) - Frank Zappa

Bitches Brew (LP) - Miles Davis

Ladies Of The Canyon (LP) - Joni Mitchell

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

What's Going On (LP) - Marvin Gaye

Maggie May - Rod Stewart

Get It On. - T.Rex

Shaft - Isaac Haves

There's A Riot Goin' On (LP)- Sly/Family Stone

Music Of My Mind (LP) - Stevie Wonder

Ziggy Stardust (LP) - David Bowie

Raw Power (LP) - Iggy Pop

Catch A Fire (LP) - Bob Marley

Close To The Edge (LP) - Yes

Autobahn - Kraftwerk

Down By The Jetty - Or Feelgood

Born To Run (LP) - Bruce Springsteen

The Ramones (LP) - The Ramones

New Rose - The Damned

Anarchy In The UK - Sex Pistols

Low (LP) - David Bowie

Marquee Moon (LP) - Television

The Clash (LP) - The Clash

Saturday Night Fever (LP) - Various Artists

Being Boiled - Human League

Good Times - Chic

Rust Never Sleeps (LP) - Neil Young

Gangsters - The Special AKA

Entertainment (LP) - Gang Of Four

1999 - Prince

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

Release The Bats - The Birthday Party

The Message - Grandmaster Flash

Murmur (LP) - R.E.M.

Blue Monday - New Order

Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

This Charming Man - The Smiths

New years Day - U2

You Spin Me Round - Dead Or Alive

Into The Groove - Madonna

Psychocandy (LP) - Jesus And Mary Chain

Walk This Way - Run DMC

Graceland (LP) - Paul Simon

Yo Bum Rush The Show (LP) - Public Enemy

Three Feet High And Rising (LP) - De La Soul

Paradise (LP) - Inner City

The Stone Roses (LP) - The Stone Roses

Back To Life - Soul 1I Soul

According to that 1st list The Sex Pistols and The Cure were the last British bands that mattered. :( Tell's you something about Rolling Stone magazine. I'm surprised their favourites Marilyn Manson, NIN and Eminem weren't included

According to that 1st list The Sex Pistols and The Cure were the last British bands that mattered. :( Tell's you something about Rolling Stone magazine. I'm surprised their favourites Marilyn Manson, NIN and Eminem weren't included

 

 

erm... what abot the smiths and dead or alive?...

 

wtf are dead or alive doing on that list anyway?

erm... what abot the smiths and dead or alive?...

 

wtf are dead or alive doing on that list anyway?

 

I meant the Rolling Stone list.

 

Dead or Alive introduced the world to Stock Aitkin & Waterman that makes Pete Burns a legend. :D

 

I meant the Rolling Stone list.

 

Dead or Alive introduced the world to Stock Aitkin & Waterman that makes Pete Burns a legend. :D

 

it wasnt s.a.w first hit though, although 'you spin me round (like a record)' was their first #1. and if dead or alive really was responsable for s.a.w. then thats a good reason NOT to like them!

 

strange... pete burns was always regarded as a freak... in this weird world people like him are 'legends'... like ozzy osbourne too... never rated either, thought they were clowns.

hmm.. who suggested these tracks?... i think alot of it would be down to personal perspective.

 

According to that 1st list The Sex Pistols and The Cure were the last British bands that mattered. :( Tell's you something about Rolling Stone magazine. I'm surprised their favourites Marilyn Manson, NIN and Eminem weren't included

 

well obv its an American magazine (its got grindhouse on the currect issues cover :lol: :lol: ) so obv so many brit band are not gonna get a look seeing as the us is quite insular and only really bothered about itself (apart from a few in NY/LA i suppose). Maybe we should all hijack thelist and make it full of hootie and the blowfish tracks :lol: :lol: :puke2:

 

 

 

This reminds me of the list of 100 Records That Shook The Worl that the now defunct VOX magazine did up to the end of the 1980's:

 

 

and this also reminds me of The 100 Records That Changed the World in the new Mojo (with free CD that includes Kraftwerk, Radiohead, Billie Holiday, Al Green, Siouxsie, Big Star etc etc so worth buying!!!)

 

Note: Q magazine will 'relaunch' next month with a free CD :lol: (this month has a pop quiz book)

 

As someone pointed out on another forum, what happened to 'Rock Around The Clock' by Bill Haley and the Comets. Like it or not it set the whole rock'pop ball rolling. Surely it belongs at #1 on any list. Also not include was New Kids On The Block "Hanging Tough" which started the whole boyband genre, The Monkees' "Last Train To Clarksville" which started the 'manufactured bubble-gum' genre, The Stooges "Out On The Street" the blueprint for punk and "Autobahn" by Kraftwerk the 1st techno-pop song. In other words the list sucks :lol:

i wouldnt agree that nkotb started the boyband thing... i think they were possibly the most advanced at the time but there were other prototypes before them.. brother beyond, bros, even 5 star had all the trappings of a boyband format except some were girls! lol but cheesy pop and dance routines... 5 star.

New Edition were probably the 1st but NKOTB perfected the stereotypes and the marketing. I think Randy Starr was the guy behind both those groups. 5 star were more of a kids/family group. Aussie art-funk band I'm Talking supported 5 star on a tour and the lead singer was told not to show too much cleavage cause it was a family show. :lol:

As someone pointed out on another forum, what happened to 'Rock Around The Clock' by Bill Haley and the Comets. Like it or not it set the whole rock'pop ball rolling. Surely it belongs at #1 on any list.

 

think Mojo went for Little Richard at #1. havent got the mag yet, maybe today?

Aussie art-funk band I'm Talking supported 5 star on a tour

 

I'm Talking what an awful name. Almost as bad as Wa Wa Nee :lol: :lol: