THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
631-The Bucketheads-The Bomb.
1995-Number 5 single.
Best Bit-At 4.42.Did you know a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase is called a ‘mondegreen.’
The Bucketheads was used as the name for a one off project by music producer Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez.He is best known for being one half of House music producers ‘Masters At Work’ along with his partner Little Louie Vega,Together they have worked with artists such as George Benson,Donna Summer and Earth Wind and Fire.
‘The Bomb’ samples a 1979 song from American Rock group ‘Chicago’ called Street Player.The original lyric from Chicago is ‘Street sounds swirling through my mind,’which was misheard by Gonzalez as ‘These sounds fall into my mind.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
632-The Boomtown Rats-Rat Trap.
1978-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 3.01 No one plays a candelabra like Sir Bob.
When the song went to Number 1 for two weeks in November 1978 the Boomtown Rats became the first Punk or New Wave act to have a chart topper.They also became the first Irish Rock act to have a UK Number 1.
The song tells the tale of a boy called Billy who feels the town he lives in is a ‘Rat Trap.’It was based on Bob Geldof’s then job in an abattoir,he wrote the lyrics in 1973.
In 1996 Geldof recorded a self mocking cover version of the song with RTE television puppet character ‘Dustin the Turkey,’the song was the Christmas Number 1 in Ireland that year.
‘It’s a rat trap Judy and we’ve been caught.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
633-The B-52’s-Love Shack
1989-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 3.50 It means she’s pregnant and it wasn’t planned.
In the 1970s band member Katie Pierson lived in a five room cabin with a tin roof in Athens,Georgia.The B52’s would often work there on songs including ‘Rock Lobster’ and ‘Planet Claire.’Pierson said,’It really was set back in the middle of a field,with no plumbing or running water.’Unfortunately it isn’t there anymore because In 2004 it was burned down,the reason being arson.
‘Your what?Tin roof rusted!’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
635-T-Connection-At Midnight.
1979-Number 53 single
Best Bit-At .3.07.Well for the drummer and bongo player at least,a welcome rest.
T-Connection were a Funk and Disco group from Nassau,the Bahamas who achieved two UK top 20 singles with ‘Do What You Wanna Do’ and ‘On Fire,’both in 1977.
The 12inch vinyl for ‘At Midnight’ was ‘DJ friendly’ as there were etchings on the record to let you know where to place the needle.For instance if you wanted to skip the Drum intro this was clearly marked.These were the days before mixing,but the seeds were being sown.
‘Look into my eyes tell me what you see do you see some possibilities.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
636-Jay-Z-Girls,Girls,Girls.
2002-Number 11 single.
Best Bit-At 0.47.Jay-Z must have a very understanding wife.
Girls,Girls,Girls is taken from ‘The Blueprint’ which was the sixth studio Album release in 2001 from Jay-Z.
The song features samples from ‘There’s Nothing In This World That Can Stop Me From Loving You,’by Tom Brock,(who worked with Barry White at 20th Century records) and some of the lyrics are from ‘High Power Rap’ by Cash Crew who were signed to Sugarhill records in the early 1980s.
‘I Love girls,girls,girls,girls.Girls all over the globe,yo put your number on this paper cause i would love to date ya,holla at ya when i come off tour.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
637-Joni Mitchell-Big Yellow Taxi.
1970-Number 11 single.
Best Bit-At 2.10.Joni Mitchell laughing at her own vocal versatility.
The song is known for it’s environmental concern.Joni Mitchell said,’I wrote Big Yellow Taxi on my first trip to Hawaii.I took a taxi to the hotel and when i woke up the next morning,i threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance.Then,i look down and there was a parking lot as far as the eye could see and it broke my heart,this blight on paradise.That’s when i sat down and wrote the song’
‘Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ’till it’s gone.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
638-The Clash-Bankrobber.
1980-Number 12 single.
Best Bit-At 4.29.Dub time.
The lyrics aren’t meant literally,they are a continuation of the themes of dead end jobs and escaping oppression that run through so many of The Clash songs.
The band filmed a low budget video for the song depicting members of the band recording the song in the studio,interspersed with Clash roadies Baker and Green wearing bandanas over their faces performing a bank heist in Lewisham.During filming,Baker and Green were stopped by the police who thought they were genuine bank robbers.
‘Hey,my daddy was a bank robber but he never hurt nobody he just loved to live that way and he loved to steal your money.’
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639-Carly Simon-You’re So Vain.
1973-Number 3 single.
Best Bit-At 2.56.One of Pop Music’s best kept secrets is taken from her 1972 Album ‘No Secrets.’
Even up to this very day only a handful of people actually know who the subject matter of the song is.In order to keep the mystery and intrigue going Carly Simon from time to time drops subtle hints.She has stated that the song refers to three men only one of whom she has named publicly,actor Warren Beatty.Carly Simon has said that the second verse is about him.
Backing vocals on the song are provided by Sir Mick Jagger of whom Simon has stated is definitely not part of the subject of the song.
‘Well i hear you went to Saratoga and your horse naturally won.’
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