THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
140-Daft Punk-Da Funk.
1996-Number 7 single.
Best Bit-At 2.32.Ever wondered how Daft Punk got their name?(probably not) well now you can find out.
Daft Punk are the duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homen-Christo,they originally played together in an Indie Rock band called ‘Darlin” named after The Beach Boys song.A negative review in ‘Melody Maker’ magazine by Dave Jennings called the music of Darlin’ ‘A daft punky thrash,’ this amused Bangalter and Homem-Christo who decided it was a good name for their new project.After Darlin’ disbanded they joined forces and changed their musical style by experimenting with drum machines and synthesizers.
‘Da Funk’ was initially released in 1995 to little success,but did receive a boost when The Chemical Brothers incorporated it into their live shows.After a bidding war amongst several record labels Daft Punk signed with ‘Virgin’ and released their debut Album ‘Homework.’
As for the songs video Bangalter has stated,’There is no story.It is just a man-dog walking with a ghetto-blaster in New York.Is it about human tolerance?Integration?Urbanism? There’s really no message.There will be a sequel someday.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
141-The Beatles-All You Need Is Love.
1967-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 3.23.At the current time of writing the record for a song being viewed on YouTube in a 24 hour period is 74,600,000 held by Japanese boy band ‘BTS’ featuring Halsey with the song ‘Boy With Luv.’ Small fry in comparison to what the Beatles did 52 years earlier.
On June 25,1967 the Beatles were asked to take part in the very first ever live international satellite television programme called ‘Our World.’Alongside other creative artists such as Opera singer Maria Callas and painter Pablo Picasso they were performers representing nineteen nations over a two and a half hour broadcast to twenty four countries around the world,’All You Need Is Love’ was performed for the first time live to an estimated audience of somewhere between 400-700 million people.
The song was written by John Lennon(see also best songs 927-599-473-456-319-238-218 and 168) who realising he could send out a message to the world made the lyrics as simple as possible so every nation could understand them.The time of this songs recording has become known as the ‘Summer of Love.’
‘There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done,nothing you can sing that can’t be sung.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
143-Parliament-Aqua Boogie(A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop.)
1978-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 0.37.If music is a universal language then ‘Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop’ is a bit hard to fathom.
It is actually writer George Clinton’s attempt to create his own ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,’ as heard in ‘Mary Poppins.’
Many people thought that the song was about having a party or dancing underwater,it isn’t. The water imagery is a metaphor for how people had to bend and jump through hoops to deal with life in America at that time.
George Clinton formed two bands simultaneously in the mid 1960’s due to contractual problems with his record label,they were Parliament(see also best songs 612) and the more Rock orientated Funkadelic(see also best songs 340,) their sound was to become known as ‘P-Funk.’
Clinton was born on July 22,1941 in Kannapolis,North Carolina,he is regarded along with James Brown and Sly Stone as one of the foremost innovators of Funk music.
‘I hate water,let me go,put me down,you’re all wet.’
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144-Scooter-Move Your Ass.
1995-Number 23 single.
Best Bit-At 2.29.’It’s important to be nice,but it’s more nice to be important’….Oh silly me,I’ve got it the wrong way around again.
Scooter were formed in 1993 by H.P.Baxter,born Hans Peter Geedes(born 1963) in Leer,West Germany and Rick J.Jordan(born 1968) in Hanover,Germany.They actually first met in 1985 after they both replied to a classified advertisement,together they formed the Synth-Pop/New Wave band ‘Celebrate the Nun.’The new band achieved initial success but they realised that as musical tastes changed they too would have to take their sound in a different direction,hence the move to ‘Techno’ and ‘Happy Hardcore.’
Scooter(see also best songs 437) are the most successful chart act in their home country of Germany,having to date achieved 42 top 40 singles,they have also sold over 30 million records worldwide.
‘Get off your shirts and wait for further instruction.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
145-Barbra Streisand-The Way We Were.
1974-Number 31 single.
Best Bit-At 1.30.This is one of only three songs in my countdown to appear twice,(see also best songs 931 and 560) and also(214) they are recorded in radically different ways by different artists and are therefore worthy of inclusion.
‘The Way We Were’ was written for the 1973 film of the same name with lyrics by Alan Bergman and his wife Marilyn Bergman,the music was written by Marvin Hamlisch(1944-2012.) The song went on to become the biggest selling single in America in 1974,while the film won two Oscar’s,for best original dramatic score and best original song.
Barbara Joan Streisand(see also best songs 699) was born April 24,1942 in New York City,her numerous successes include the Academy Award for best actress for her performances in the 1968 film ‘Funny Girl’ and the 1976 film ‘A Star Is Born.’ With record sales of over 150 million she is the biggest selling female artist of all time,she is also the only artist to have a Number 1 Album on Billboard in each of the last six decades.
‘Memories light the corners of my mind,misty water coloured memories of the way we were.’
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