The Definitive 1000 Songs Of All Time 1955 to 2005
Counting down to the Number 1 Song Of All Time! On screen is the latest song added to the Top 1000.
This is a "Work in Progress" so be patient.. please! (Ok.. Moan, what the hell)
Huge dance song from 1984, best way to describe this sound is imagine these groups all rolled into one............Human League, Dead or Alive, Roxette and Metallica(ok, sheesh just teasing about Metallica)
They, in all regards were a One Hit Wonder, who somehow managed to release a Greatest Hits Album(One would hope its not all the same song) But for one moment back in '84/'85 they ruled the earth, that is until George Michael got his pearly whites done (no, its not to do with port-a-loo's)
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]
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
This song is in the early infancy of the genre "Alternative Rock", it is where "Indie Rock""leaves the cot and the safety of its nappies behind. Soon it would grow up and become the Adult as we know today.
"Since the Stone Roses were the nominal leaders of Britain's "Madchester" scene -- an indie rock phenomenon that fused guitar pop with drug-fueled rave and dance culture -- it's rather ironic that their eponymous debut only hints at dance music. What made the Stone Roses important was how they welcomed dance and pop together, treating them as if they were the same beast. Equally important was the Roses' cool, detached arrogance, which was personified by Ian Brown's nonchalant vocals. Brown's effortless malevolence is brought to life with songs that equal both his sentiments and his voice -- "I Wanna Be Adored," with its creeping bassline and waves of cool guitar hooks, doesn't demand adoration, it just expects it."
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Nope, They hated it) and the Album ranked at Number (They don't acknowledge Alt Rock silly)
This song has a crowbarred rating of 54.6 out of 108
No quicker had i wrote the words George Michael in the header and yup, he was back in the news again and yup, you - know - what - for. Story here. What is with Public Toilets? How on earth can the local dunny with more words on the wall than a Websters Dictionary [and 90% of the words don't even make dictionary standards], appear attractive enough to turn ya on??? Surely he must have enough quid by now to replicate a loo in one of his mansions? Anyway, back in 1987, long before George Michael went potty [excuse the pun], George Michael was a bona fide pop star. His debut album "Faith" was "widely considered one of the greatest albums in pop music history" [or so says one wiki expert] and, even winning a Grammy for Album of the Year. Not to mention selling over 20 MILLION to date.
See, there must be enough money to build his very own Public Bog, can sorta be like an off suite to his bedroom. Dammit, i just realised I've eaten dinner - don't feel well - have to go. mmmmph!
New advert for port-a-loo's A superbly crafted mainstream pop/rock masterpiece, [see it wasn't just the thought of some crazed wiki/Michael fanboy], Faith made George Michael an international solo star, selling over ten million copies in the U.S. alone as of 2000. Perhaps even more impressively, it also made him the first white solo artist to hit number one on the R&B album charts. Michael had already proven the soulful power of his pipes by singing a duet with Aretha Franklin on the 1987 smash "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," but he went even farther when it came to crafting his own material, using sophisticated '70s soul as an indispensable part of his foundation. Of course, it's only a part. Faith's ingenuity lies in the way it straddles pop, adult contemporary, R&B, and dance music as though there were no distinctions between them.
Er, interesting article?
In addition to his basic repertoire of funky dance-pop and airy, shimmering ballads,Michaelappropriates the Bo Diddleybeat for the rockabilly-tinged title track, and proves himself a better-than-decent torch singer on the cocktailjazz of "Kissing a Fool." Michael arranged and produced the album himself, and the familiarity of many of these songs can obscure his skills in those departments -- close listening reveals his knack for shifting elements in and out of the mix and adding subtle embellishments when a little emphasis or variety is needed. Though Faithcouldn't completely shake Michael's bubblegum image in some quarters, the album's themes were decidedly adult. "I Want Your Sex" was the most notorious example, of course, but even the love songs were strikingly personal and mature, grappling with complex adult desires and scarred by past heartbreak. All of it adds up to one of the finest pop albums of the '80s, setting a high-water mark thatMichaelwas only able to reach in isolated moments afterward. ~ [Steve Huey, All Music Guide]
History & Video
mmmm, Lynx Having disbanded Wham! the previous year, there was a keen expectation for Michael's solo career and "Faith" would go on to become one of his most popular and enduring songs, as well as being the most simplistic in its production. It was the second of six singles released from the well-received album.
"Faith" is just over three minutes long, the first 37 seconds of which is taken up by a straightforward, fade-up organ introduction (based on the Wham! song "Freedom"). Eventually, a two-chord guitar progression takes up the song with Michael singing a basic but meaningful lyric about not being tempted away from his relationship by a nonetheless attractive third party. A famous video was made which provided some definitive images of the 1980s music industry in the process - Michael in shades, leather jacket and a particularly memorable pair of tight Levi's blue jeans and cowboy boots, playing a guitar near a classic-designjukebox. ~ [Source: Wikipedia]
For Wham see Number 581 For more George Michael see Number 821 For Aretha Franklin see Number 563 What does Rolling Stone think about Mr Michael?
George Michael is a natural. Even as the pinup images of Wham! fade to gray, singles like "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Careless Whisper" remain indelible – they're virtually impossible to forget, whether you actually like them or not. Just twenty-four, Michael has emerged as one of pop music's leading artisans, a painstaking craftsman who combines a graceful knack for vocal hooks with an uncanny ability to ransack the past for musical ideas and still sound fresh. Unsurprisingly, Faith is the move toward adulthood, signaled by the conscientiously horny "I Want Your Sex." Sure, songs about drug abuse, abused wives, Thatcherism and the choice between monogamy and freelance lust are nothing new, but how many other current singer-songwriters can evoke a personal stake in their subject matter? One of Michael's secret weapons is his knowledge that the power and eloquence of soul music come from simply singing what you feel. And as Faith proves, he's got the equipment to render some relatively complex feelings. ~ [Source: Rolling Stone - Mark Coleman 1988]
Rolling Stone magazine deemed their '450th Song of all Time' was "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" byGlen Campbell. Glen Campbellhas appeared in The Definitive 1000 @Number 884 Other songs with reference to George Michael: #460, #519, #563, #601, #628,#930, #962
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Our toilets are out of service) and the Album ranked at480
This song has a Definitive 1000 rating of 77.2 out of 108
Welcome to "The Definitive 1000 Songs of All Time 1955 to 2005" & the Mellow Mix Volumes.This site is merely to question Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 500 Songs. Everyone has songs they
like and everyone has dislikes. Remember music is like clothing.. there are many styles,
so why on earth would all people want to wear jockey "Y" fronts???
Oh, & don't forget to RATE the songs. Ta
................Genre: Dance............... 
Huge dance song from 1984, best way to describe this sound is imagine these groups all rolled into one............ Human League, Dead or Alive, Roxette and Metallica (ok, sheesh just teasing about Metallica)
