THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
616-Lloyd Cole and The Commotions-Perfect Skin.
1984-Number 26 single.
Best Bit-At 2.05.Nivea missed an advertising opportunity and Lloyd Cole missed out on loads of potential royalties.
Lloyd Cole was 23 years old when he released his debut Album,’Rattlesnakes’ in 1984 to near universal critical acclaim.Perfect Skin was written in the basement of Glasgow Golf Club where Cole’s father worked.Cole described the songs on Rattlesnakes as ‘About the things people do when they are in love,’he said ‘After years of trying to deny it,I’m starting to realize that i basically write about myself.’
‘Strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
617-Fats Domino-The Fat Man.
1949-Has never charted.There was no UK chart until 1952.
Best Bit-At 1.07 Fats ‘Scats’ the Wah,Wah’s.
This was the debut single from Fats Domino which he co-wrote with long term collaborator Dave Bartholomew.The song finds Domino standing on the corner of Rampart and Canal street in New Orleans,watching the girls go by.He decides to leave because ‘Women and a bad life’ are ‘Carrying this soul away.’
The term ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll’ had not yet been invented but this song is often cited as one of the first ever Rock ‘N’ Roll records.
‘They call,they call me the fat man ’cause i weigh two hundred pounds,all the girls they love me ’cause i know my way around.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
618-Bob Marley and The Wailers-Exodus.
1977-Number 14 single.
Best Bit-At 5.01. If you think of Reggae you think of Bob Marley.
Robert Nesta Marley(6 February 1945-11 May 1981)was a Jamaican singer/songwriter who became an international musical and cultural icon.His major breakthrough came in 1977 with the release of the Album ‘Exodus,’ which has been critically acclaimed,in 1999 ‘Time Magazine’ named it Album of the Century.
All four hit singles from Exodus,(Exodus,Waiting In Vain,Jamming and One Love) all feature on Marley’s 1984 greatest hits Album ‘Legend’ which is the biggest selling Reggae Album of all time with sales in excess of 15million.
‘We know where we’re going we know where we’re from.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
619-Joy Division-Love Will Tear Us Apart.
1980-Number 13 single.
Best Bit-At 0.07.Ian Curtis’s cynical response to Neil Sedaka.
In 1975 The Captain and Tenille had an American Number 1 with the Neil Sedaka written ‘Love Will Keep Us Together’ and that songs title gave Ian Curtis the inspiration for this song.Ian Curtis wrote the lyrics at a horrendous time in his life when his marriage was breaking up.The song was released in April 1980 but didn’t chart,a month later,depressed over a broken marriage and suffering from epilepsy Ian Curtis hanged himself.The song was re-released in June 1980 and charted.The remaining three members of Joy Division went on to form New Order.(see best songs 885.)
‘When the routine bites hard and ambitions are low and the resentment rides high but emotions wont grow.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
620-The Vaccines-If You Wanna.
2012-Number 35 single.
Best Bit-At 0.47.They sound like Johnny,Dee Dee,Joey and Tommy and that’s not a criticism,it’s a compliment.
The Vaccines are an English Indie Rock band formed in 2010 in West London by Justin Hayward-Young,Freddie Cowan,Arni Arnason and Pete Robertson.Together they have sold over 1million records worldwide but how much bigger would they have been if they had been born 40 years earlier as there sound is very much set in the late 1970s Punk and New Wave era.
Lead singer and chief songwriter Justin Young explained the song ‘I wanted us to have a song with really downbeat lyrics juxtaposed with a poppy and upbeat melody.’
‘Do you wanna come back it’s alright it’s alright it’s alright if you wanna come back to me.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
621-The Byrds-All I Really Want To Do.
1965-Number 4 single.
Best Bit-At 0.20.Using the lyrics of the legendary Bob Dylan and heavily influenced by the harmonies of the Beach Boys and arranged in a ‘Beatlesque’ manner,Country Rock had arrived.
The Byrds formed in 1964 in Los Angeles,the original line up was David Crosby,Gene Clark,Michael Clark,Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn.
This song was their second hit single and like the first one ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ it was a cover of a Bob Dylan song.
The Byrds play a very important part in the development of modern music as they were pivotal in originating the musical styles of Folk Rock,Psychedelic Rock and Country Rock.
‘I ain’t lookin’ to compete with you beat or cheat or mistreat you.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
622-Fleetwood Mac-Everywhere.
1988-Number 4 single.Re-entered the chart on downloads in 2015 reaching Number 15.
Best Bit-At 0.01.Christine McVie’s lyrics are straight to the point,she would like two to ‘Tango-In The Night.’
The song was written and sung by Christine McVie who is known for her direct but poignant lyrics,which concentrate on love and relationships.’Everywhere’ was probably written about her second husband Eddy Quintela who she married in 1986.
In 1968 while still a member of Blues band Chicken Shack she married John McVie the bass player with Fleetwood Mac.With Chicken Shack and using her maiden name of Christine Perfect she sang lead vocals on their only UK hit single”I’d Rather Go Blind’ which reached Number 14 in 1969.
‘Something’s happening,happening to me my friends say I’m acting peculiarly.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
623-Hole-Celebrity Skin.
1998-Number 19 single.
Best bit-At 1.01.Ignore all that 1990s media rubbish you were force fed about who represented ‘Girl Power,’Courtney Love was the real deal.
Celebrity Skin is the title track of Hole’s third Album released in 1998.It represented a departure from their first two records which were more aggressive in melody and less lyrically restrained The song was co-written by the bands founders Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson and was assisted by The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan who wrote the songs main guitar riff.The song tells of the futility of celebrity and fame and is anti Hollywood.
‘When i wake up in my makeup have you ever felt so used up as this.’
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