the new edition contains more hip-hop, modern country, indie rock, Latin pop, reggae, and R&B. More than half the songs here weren’t present on the old list, including a third of the Top 100. The result is a more expansive, inclusive vision of pop, music that keeps rewriting its ...
1, and one of the defining songs of the 1980s. “Like a Virgin” has become such a part of the pop vernacular that we take the million little things it does brilliantly for granted, from the unexpected chord changes of its verses to its tantalizingly protracted outro (“Can’t you hear...
And on the radio, New York’s Top 40 powerhouse 77WABC had the clout to make or break the biggest songs in the U.S., as seen on 1971’s top hits where rock, pop and R&B shared the airwaves. It was a year that included big singles from each of the formerBeatlesand two hits ti...
Few likely could’ve predicted Bob Dylan’s reemergence amidst the societal tumult of 1969 as a country balladeer on the sun-soakedNashville Skyline. But what the songs lacked in timeliness, they made up for in timelessness, none moreso than on the understated “Tonight I’ll Be Staying He...
We soon saw this as the song was adopted as a sports anthem as well. It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and has become one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s signature songs. Runners-Up- AC/DC, “You Shook Me All Night Long,” Queen, “Another One Bites ...
In a cooler alternate universe, Brian De Palma’s satirical riff on thePhantom of the Operamyth would be aRocky Horror Picture Show-level midnight phenomenon. Paul Williams (who wrote most of the songs for this cult musical) stars as a diabolical producer whose plans to opens a new concert...
And Deeper The Best Songs on The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced And Deeper The Best Jimi Hendrix Guitar Solos Of All Time 16 Etta James At Last!, Tell Mama, I'd Rather Go Blind 2,501 votes See: The Best Albums Of Etta James With a voice that combined raw power and ...
Quite simply, it was a matter of timing: here was a film that, with its depiction of bourgeois boredom, teenage angst and sexual liberation (not to mention those awesome Simon and Garfunkel songs) absolutely nailed the mood of the late 1960s. TH Read more Advertising 94. Local Hero (1983...
A bisexual alien rock superstar alter-ego, lyrical themes of politics, sex and drugs, progressive production; it redefined what a rock star could do. And yet, all of this would have meant nothing if the songs were no good, but Bowie had that covered too. Still a thrilling listen. Key...
From Lorde’s ecstatic emotional cleansing to Frank Ocean’s ode to cycling to Cardi B’s rampaging banger of bangers, these are our picks for the best songs of the year.