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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
55-System of a Down-Chop Suey!
2001-Number 17 single.
Best Bit-At 2.11.As the old saying goes,’It’s heads down and I’ll see you at the other end.’
System of a Down are a Heavy Metal group formed in 1994 in Glendale,California by lead vocalist Sej Tankian who was born in Beirut,he is a songwriter and the bands lead vocalist. Daron Malakian was born in Hollywood,California he is also a songwriter for the group and guitarist.The other founding member is Shavarsh Odadjian,who was born in Yerevan,Armenian SSR,Soviet Union,he also is a writer for the group and a multi instrumentalist.Andy Khachaturian,the bands drummer was a member until leaving in 1997 and was replaced by John Dolmayan. They have released five studio Albums,three of which debuted at Number 1 on Billboard,although they are still officially together they have not released any new music since 2005.
‘Chop Suey’ is taken from the bands second Album ‘Toxicity’ released in 2001.The songs co-writer Daron Malakian explained,’The song is about how we are regarded differently depending on how we pass.If I were to die from drug abuse,they might say I deserved it because I abused dangerous drugs,hence the line,I cry when angels deserve to die.’The lyrics,’Father,into your hands I commend my spirit,’ and ‘Why have you forsaken me,’ are a reference to Jesus’ death on the cross,as according to the Gospels,it was one of the seven things Jesus said while he was dying.
‘Why’d you leave the keys upon the table,here you go create another fable.’
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There are four more songs from the 21st Century still to come on this countdown.YOUTUBE.COMSystem Of A Down – Chop Suey!System of a Down’s official music video for ‘Chop Suey!’. Click to listen to System of a Down on Spotify:…

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
56-Bob Marley and the Wailers-No Woman,No Cry.
1975-Number 22 single.When re-released in 1981 after his death it peaked at Number 8.
Best Bit-At 3.19.There are 999 studio recordings in this countdown,but only one live track,and hear it is.
‘No Woman,No Cry’ first appeared as the original studio version on Bob Marley’s 1974 Album ‘Natty Dread,’it was just over three and a half minutes in length.In 1975 Marley went out on tour to promote the Album,it was promoted as the ‘Natty Dread Tour.’The tour dates took place in America,Canada and England which included two dates at the ‘Lyceum Theatre in London.On July 17th 1975 the Lyceum concert was recorded for a future Album release.The Album was called ‘Live’ and this song was released as a single in all of it’s original seven minute performance.The live version was also included on Marley’s greatest hits Album,’Legend’ released in 1984(see also best songs 618,)’Legend’ has sold over 28 million copies worldwide making it the best selling Reggae Album of all time.
‘No Woman,No Cry’ is actually pronounced ‘no woman ‘nuh’ cry,’ in ‘Jamaican Patois,’the ‘nuh’ actually means don’t.In the song the narrator is telling his woman not to cry and not to worry because he has to go,but things will turn out fine in the end.
‘My feet is my only carriage and so I’ve got to push on through.’
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This is the highest placed Reggae song on this countdown.YOUTUBE.COMNo Woman, No Cry (Live At The Lyceum, London/1975)Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group No Woman, No Cry (Live At The Lyceum, London/1975) · Bob Marley & The Wailers Live!…

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Published by Barry Philips · January 28 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
57-Roxy Music-Virginia Plain.
1972-Number 4 single.
Best Bit-At 2.38.Back in the 60’s and 70’s many of the biggest names didn’t add singles to their Album releases,the Beatles and The Stones were just two,Led Zeppelin wouldn’t even release them.
In June 1972 Roxy Music(see also best songs 721 and 316) had just released their self titled debut Album and it was proving to be very popular.In order to continue the momentum their record label ‘Island’ insisted on a song with a more radio friendly sound to continue the interest.
Before moving in to music,in the 1960’s Bryan Ferry had been an art student,he took the title ‘Virginia Plain’ from one of his own paintings featuring an image of a cigarette packet in the same style as that of artist Andy Warhol,Virginia Plain is a variety of tobacco.
Ferry said,’It was a watercolour or a painting on paper.It was just like a surreal drawing of a giant cigarette packet with a pin-up girl on it.I liked the phrase Virginia Plain,so it later became the title of the first single I put out with Roxy Music,with a slightly imponderable lyric.’
The songs first verse mentions Robert E.Lee he was Roxy Music’s lawyer.Ferry is telling him not to mess things up as it has taken them many years to get to where they are now.Also name checked is the American actress Jane Holzer who appeared in three Andy Warhol films in the 1960’s.
Virginia Plain first appeared on a Roxy Music Album when included on their greatest hits in 1977.
‘Make me a deal and make it straight,all signed and sealed,I’ll take it.’
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This is the highest placed Brian Ferry song on this countdown.YOUTUBE.COMRoxy Music – Virginia Plain – Official Video 2018Available on the Roxy Music 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition. https://RoxyMusic.lnk.to/RoxyMusicID Music video by Roxy Music…

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Published by Barry Philips · January 27 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
58-Lou Reed-Walk on the Wild Side.
1972-Number 10 single.
Best Bit-At 3.38.If I said to you,Can I kick it? What would you answer?
‘Walk on the Wild Side’ was released as a double ‘A’ sided single in 1972,it was backed with ‘Perfect Day'(see also best songs 131,) both songs were produced by David Bowie and arranged by Mick Ronson.
The song is about the people who worked for the American artist,director and producer Andy Warhol(1928-1987) in the 1960’s and early 1970’s they were referred to as ‘superstars,’ and were well known to Lou Reed(see also best songs 401-165 and 131.)
‘Holly is based on Holly Woodlawn(1946-2015,) a transsexual actress,’Candy’ was Candy Darling(1944-1974,) also a transsexual actress.’Little Joe’ was the nickname of Joe Dallesandro an actor who claims to have not met Reed when the song was written.’Sugar Plum Fairy’ was a reference to actor Joe Campell who played a character by that name in Warhol’s 1965 film ‘The Hustler,’the term was a euphemism for ‘drug dealer’ and finally ‘Jackie’ is based on Jackie Curtis(1947-1985) another Warhol actress who at one time hoped to play the role of James Dean in a movie.
There are many songs in this countdown that were banned from being played on the radio and television,often for very little reason,but amazingly this song received wide radio coverage despite touching on taboo topics such as transsexual people,drugs,male prostitution and oral sex.
‘Holly came from Miami FLA,hitchhiked her way across the USA.’
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This is the highest placed Lou Reed song on this countdown.YOUTUBE.COMLou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side (audio)Music video by Lou Reed performing Walk on the Wild Side (audio). (C)…

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
59-The Jam-Town Called Malice.
1982-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 2.00.’Politician granny with your high ideals have you know idea how the majority feels?So without love and a promised land we’re fools to the rules of a government plan.’
Many of Weller’s songs reflected his anger with the politics of the time(see also best songs 670 and 94,)so what was his reaction when Conservative party prime minister David Cameron said he had attended Jam gigs in the 1980’s,and that ‘The music of the Jam meant a lot.’Weller said,’I’d have been really,really surprised.I think I pretty much nailed where I was to the mast,but people come to gigs for different reasons,it isn’t necessarily about what the person on the stage is singing,but at the same time you do think,well maybe this’ll change their minds.’
The songs title is a play on words of the 1950 Nevil Shute novel ‘A Town Like Alice,’but the song has nothing to do with the book,in fact Weller has said he hadn’t read the novel when he wrote this song.The song is about unemployment in a working town,Weller said,’It could have been written about any suburban town,but in fact it is written about my hometown of Woking.’
The song is in fact a double ‘A’-side with ‘Precious.’The Jam became the first act since the Beatles(‘Day Tripper’ and ‘We Can Work It Out’) to perform both tracks on the BBC Pop music programme ‘Top Of The Pops.’
I don’t want to start any legal disputes,but take a listen to the 1966 Tamla Motown song from Martha Reeves and the Vandellas called ‘I’m Ready For Love’…..it’s got a lovely bass guitar intro.
‘To either cut down on the beer or the kids new gear,it’s a big decision in a town called malice.’
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This is the highest placed Paul Weller song on this countdown.YOUTUBE.COMThe Jam – Town Called Malice (Official Video)Listen to more from The Jam here: https://lnk.to/BXlLE Learn more about The Jam’s legendary 1977 debut album deal with Polydor:…

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Published by Barry Philips · Yesterday at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
60-Gerry and the Pacemakers-You’ll Never Walk Alone.
1963-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 1.53.According to former Liverpool captain Tommy Smith,Gerry Marsden gave Bill Shankly a recording of this song which was to be their next single,Shankly was very impressed,he said,’Gerry my son,I have given you a football team and you have given us a song.’
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ started out life as a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein(see also best songs 842 and 82) musical Carousel,it was sung by Christine Johnson playing the role of Nettie Fowler,later in the show it was reprised by Jan Clayton in the role of Julie Jordan.
In 1963 at Anfield the home of Liverpool Football Club the Disc Jockey would play the current top ten singles before home games,after a while some of the crowd would sing along to this song.As the weeks went by more would join in and even after the song dropped out of the top ten it would still be requested.
Gerry and the Pacemakers formed in 1959 in Liverpool,England they were active between 1959-1966,Marsden reformed the band again in 1972 touring until he announced his retirement in 2018.In 1985 following the Bradford City stadium fire in which 56 people died Gerry Marsdon sang lead vocals on a re-make of this song with all profits going to charity. Marsden was joined by many musicians and celebrities of the day playing as ‘The Crowd.’
‘Walk on,walk on,with hope in your heart and you’ll never walk alone.’
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Published by Barry Philips · January 24 at 4:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

COMING NEXT THE BEST 60.

So I say
Thank you for the music the songs I’m singing
Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing
Who can live without it,I ask in all honesty
What would life be
Without a song or a dance what are we
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me.

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Published by Barry Philips · January 24 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
61-Gerry Rafferty-Baker Street
1978-Number 3 single.
Best Bit-At 5.22.Some people think this song is better than sax.
Perhaps the most famous saxophone riff in Pop music it was played by session musician Raphael Ravenscroft who was only paid the statuary £27.Unbelievably Ravenscroft said the song ‘riled him,”I’m irritated because it’s out of tune,yeah it’s flat by enough of a degree that it irritates me at best.’Ravenscroft also claimed to have written the saxophone part but when a demo came to light in 2011 it clearly showed Rafferty playing the part on an electric guitar. However Rafferty may not be able to take full credit as a similar sax line can be heard being played by Steve Marcus on a song called ‘Half A Heart’ from 1968.
Gerry Rafferty(16 April,1947-4 January 2011) was a member of The Humblebums between 1969-1970,a folk group that included future comedian Billy Connolly.In 1972 he joined Joe Egan and formed Stealers Wheel(see also best songs 524,) they split in 1975.Because of legal problems Rafferty was unable to release any new music until things were resolved in 1978,it was during that period that he wrote Baker Street.He would regularly travel between his family home in Paisley,Scotland to stay at a friends flat on Baker Street in London. Rafferty said,’everybody was suing each other,so I spent a lot of time on the overnight train from Glasgow to London for meetings with lawyers.I knew a guy who lived in a little flat on Baker Street,we’d sit and chat or play guitar there through the night.’Rafferty would also spend a lot of the time there drinking which he refers to in the lyrics.His daughter Martha has said that the book ‘The Outsider’ by Colin Wilson inspired the song.
In November 2010 Gerry Rafferty was admitted to hospital and treated for multiple organ failure,he died at home on January 4,2011 from liver failure.
‘Light in your head and dead on your feet/well another crazy day/you drink the night away and forget about everything.’
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Published by Barry Philips · January 23 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
62-Elton John-Your Song.
1971-Number 7 single.
Best Bit-At 1.53.There is a rumour that Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics while sat on the roof,he didn’t,in fact he wrote them in Elton John’s mother’s kitchen.
According to Taupin,’I scribbled the lyric down on a lined notepad at the kitchen table of Elton’s mother’s apartment in the London suburb of Northwood Hills,breakfast time sometime in 1969.’Taupin was only seventeen and has admitted to a very limited knowledge of romance,’hence the extraordinary virginal sentiments’ he said.
Elton claims that he doesn’t ask Taupin what his lyrics are about,he said,’I always thought ‘Your Song’ was written about one of his girlfriends,and when I asked him that he just said,’No it wasn’t!’ he gets fairly defensive.’
The American Rock band Three Dog Night were the first to release a version of the song on their 1970 Album ‘It Ain’t Easy,’they didn’t release it as a single as they wanted to let Elton John,then an upcoming artist,have a go with it himself.In 2004 Elton(see also best songs 946-481 and 237) re-recorded the song this time as a duet with Italian operatic pop tenor Alessandro Safina,it peaked at Number 4 in the UK.In 2010 Ellie Goulding recorded the song, which was later chosen as the Christmas advert for department store John Lewis,it reached Number 2.I would also highly recommend the 1977 UK Number 37 hit version from Soul legend Billy Paul as well worth a listen.
‘I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words how wonderful life is while your in the world.’
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Published by Barry Philips · January 22 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
63-LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock-Party Rock Anthem.
2011-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 2.24.Did you know,they are sexy and they know it.
LMFAO is an initialism for ‘Laughing my f…..g ass off.’They are a duo consisting of Stefan Gordy,better known by his stage name of Redfoo and his nephew Skyler Gordy who goes by the name of Sky Blu,they are a son and grandson of Tamla Motown Records founder Berry Gordy.
They formed in 2006 and have been on ‘hiatus’ since 2012.Their big breakthrough occurred as co-writers and performers on the David Guetta 2010 song ‘Gettin’ Over You’ which was a top ten hit in eleven countries(see also best songs 909.)
Party Rock Anthem can boast being the best selling song ever in Australia,it is also the sixth best selling song in American Billboard history.The track features English singer Lauren Bennett who went on to become a member of the girl group ‘G.R.L.’ who had a 2014 UK Number eleven hit with ‘Ugly Heart.’The song was produced by GoonRock who also sings backing vocals,he also co-wrote and produced ‘Sexy and I Know It’ before going on to work with Jennifer Lopez.
The music video is a take on the 2002 British zombie movie ’28 Days’ in which Redfoo and Sky Blu wake from a party induced coma to find the world possessed to dance to this song.The video’s director Mickey Finnegan explained,’There’s been a epidemic,the world has gone crazy,as soon as the song came out everyone got possessed and all they want to do is shuffle.’
The ‘shuffle’ in question is the ‘Melbourne Shuffle,’ a dance that became very popular in the 1980’s in Australia.
‘ I got that devilish flow,Rock and Roll,no halo,we party rock.’
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The countdown continues tomorrow at 1.0.pm.YOUTUBE.COMLMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock – Party Rock Anthem (Official Video)Buy now http://glnk.it/6t Music video by LMFAO performing Party Rock Anthem featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock. (c) 2011 Interscope…