Number 928 - Sixpence None The Richer

Number 928

Sixpence None The Richer

"Kiss Me"

(1997)
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................Genre: Pop...............

Best described with this brief comment... ..

After toiling in relative obscurity in the Christian pop ghetto for several years, Sixpence None the Richer suddenly exploded on to the pop charts in 1999 on the strength of "Kiss Me," an utterly irresistible slice of swoony guitar pop that, once heard, is impossible to shake loose from the brain and could well turn out to be this generation's "I Wanna Hold Your Hand."

Nice praise indeed and very well worth it for this song.

Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Nope, They hated it) and the Album ranked at Number (Nope, didn't know it was out yet)

This song has a crowbarred rating of 54.8 out of 108

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Number 927 - Slim Dusty

Number 927

Slim Dusty

"Lights On The Hill"

(1975)

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................Genre: Folk Singer...............

Yes, i know i give Australia grief, and yes, i question them over their pedigree. But here it ends for the moment and for a good reason. Three of the best human beings came from Australia to walk this mortal coil.

One is called Don Bradman, he is the true epitome of a human you will ever find, a true gentleman and the best ambassador to Australia ever, bar none, period. He is highly regarded here in New Zealand and to the rest of the world who knew of him and his feats.

Second is the old digger himself, Slim Dusty. No other artist in Australia has sold as many records as this man. Here, i will let Ed Nimmervoll explain............

Slim Dusty was the most prolific and biggest-selling recording artist in Australia, with more than five million of his recordings sold on the domestic market of 20 million people and a status akin to the all-time greats in country music. In 2000, the 73-year-old Australian music legend released his 100th album.

He was born David Gordon Kirpatrick in Kempsey, NSW, Australia, and spent most of his younger days at a dairy farm. The first major influence on his career in music was his father, who liked to vocalize to the accompaniment of his fiddle playing when Kirpatrick was still a toddler. The event that changed his life forever took place when he was ten and heard an aborigine sing a song called "The Drunkard's Child." He was so fascinated, that same year he wrote his first song, "The Way the Cowboy Died." At age 11, he decided to rename himself Slim Dusty. In 1942, as a "seasoned performer" of 15, Slim talked his way into the studios of the local radio station, and at his own expense recorded two songs: "Song for the Aussies" and "My Final Song." He became a regular performer and in 1945 wrote his first classic, "When the Rain Tumbles Down in July." In November 1946, the singer hit the big smoke and in a Sydney studio recorded the six tracks which would be released as his first three 78 rpm singles, starting with "When the Rain Tumbles Down in July." By now, he had a part-time career in show business as an intermittent radio performer playing in music halls and tent shows. In 1952, he married country performer and songwriter Joy McKean

Over the years, Slim won every accolade possible, from Tamworth Music Awards Golden Guitars to his Member of the British Empire medal.

Slim's long journey came to an end in Sydney on September 19, 2003, the victim of kidney cancer. His importance to the Australian music landscape was immense. Just one example of his homeland's pride came in September 2000, when he was one of the Australian performers featured in the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. Slim was given the job of singing Australia's unofficial national anthem, "Waltzin' Matilda." No one else would have been as appropriate. ~ Ed Nimmervoll (Trust me the All Blacks cringe when they hear that song on the field in Australia!)

I imagine Mr Bradman and Mr Dusty are having a nice quiet beer together, reminiscing of their era, cheers to you both ~ crowbarred

Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Not even going to say a thing) and the Album ranked at Number (confidential)

This song has a crowbarred rating of 54.9 out of 108

(If Donald Braman had been a singer he probably would
have got 99.8)

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Number 929 - Bob Dylan

Number 929

Bob Dylan

"Like A Rolling Stone"

(1965)

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................Genre: Folk Rock...............

Rolling Stone Magazine will be jumping up and down over this entry, yelling "Cakes and PIES!!" "Cakes AND PIES!!!" Clapping their hands like a "special needs" puppy over icecream.

Yes Mr Rolling Stone Magazine, it is indeed a fine song, but is it that good enough of a song to give Bob Dylan 5 Stars for every album released since, & for the rest of his life ???

CAKES AND PIES !!!! YES (just give them the icecream willya)

Anway, truth is Bob Dylan is the immortal pilot of poets. (we have one here in Dirkadirkastan (NZ) called Sam Hunt ~ He dont sing tho thankfully) His influence on other artists are nothing short of amazing. (Just dont ask me why)
For more Bob Dylan see Number 841 & #491
What does RS think of their hero?

For over 40 years, Bob Dylan has remained, along with James Brown, the most influential American musician rock and roll has ever produced and the most important of the '60s. Inscrutable and unpredictable, Dylan has been both deified and denounced for every shift of interest, while whole schools of musicians took up his ideas. His lyrics — the first in rock to be seriously regarded as literature — became so well known that politicians from Jimmy Carter to Vaclav Havel have cited them as an influence. By personalizing folk songs, Dylan reinvented the singer-songwriter genre; by performing his allusive, poetic songs in his nasal, spontaneous vocal style with an electric band, he enlarged pop's range and vocabulary while creating a widely imitated sound. By recording with Nashville veterans, he reconnected rock and country, hinting at the country rock of the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, although he often seemed to flounder (particularly in the 1980s), he still had the ability to challenge, influence, and surprise listener — something he did more reliably from the late-1990s forward than at any time since early in his career. ~ [Source: Rolling Stone]

For James Brown see Number 741

Rolling Stone Magazine get the last say here, so go for it Fido (cakes and pies !!!!!!) after all it is their NUMBER ONE song on the Top 500 Songs Of All Time

Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number 1 and the Album ranked at Number 4

This song has a crowbarred rating of 54.6 out of 108

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