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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2014 22:12:03 GMT -5
929 NEW SLAVES Kanye West
Released: 2013 album: Yeezus (2013)
Hard-hitting and powerfully catchy - an amazing composition from hip-hop's modern batshit-insane genius.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2014 22:14:22 GMT -5
928 DIAMONDS AND RUST Joan Baez
Released: 1975 album: Diamonds & Rust (1975)
Folk music's high priestess and one of her most immaculate original compositions.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Sept 28, 2014 0:19:02 GMT -5
Still hard to believe Rick Derringer was the guitarist for Weird Al for a while.
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Post by surfy on Sept 28, 2014 1:40:06 GMT -5
Absolutely incredible list!!!
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927 HOPE THERE'S SOMEONE Antony & The Johnsons
Released: 2005 album: I Am A Bird Now (2005)
An eerily somber intro leads to an ethereal build, all guided by one of the most unique voices in music.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 22:17:54 GMT -5
926 LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU Spanky & Our Gang
Released: 1968 album: Like To Get To Know You (1968)
Another classic 1960s pop tune with a unique structure that conjures images of daydreams, sunsets and fleeting memories of great times that end too soon.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 22:21:32 GMT -5
925 GHOST RIDER Suicide
Released: 1977 album: Suicide (1977)
Early alt-electronic hybrid from a band that would later influence everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Peaches.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 22:27:37 GMT -5
924 NORTH TO ALASKA Johnny Horton
Released: 1960 album: Greatest Hits (1960)
A man with an amazing voice perfect for storytelling who put out several country classics that just couldn't help but achieve crossover success.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 4, 2014 22:42:44 GMT -5
YES I LOVE SUICIDE <3
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 23:12:02 GMT -5
923 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME ABBA
Released: 1980 album: Super Trouper (1980)
One of those amazing pop confections that made ABBA such a special thing.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 23:15:30 GMT -5
922 MR. LONELY Bobby Vinton
Released: 1962 album: Roses Are Red (1962)
A fantastic record from one of the most influential pop singers ever.
Fuck Akon, btw.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 23:19:37 GMT -5
921 YOU BETTER YOU BET The Who
Released: 1981 album: Face Dances (1981)
The Who's equivalent to "Start Me Up." And it's so, so good.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 23:23:39 GMT -5
920 HOTEL HAPPINESS Brook Benton
Released: 1962 album: single (1962)
Look up "underrated soul vocalist" and you'll find Brook Benton as the primary definition. So smooth and such a fantastic song.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 23:29:25 GMT -5
919 $1000 WEDDING Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels
Released: 1974 album: Grievous Angel (1974)
Gram Parsons' life and career centered around tragedy, bringing a tremendous authenticity to what he did. Emmylou Harris' backing vocals put it above classic status.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 23:33:41 GMT -5
918 FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE Bad Company
Released: 1975 album: Straight Shooter (1975)
We are down to the wire with this thing, and it'd be wrong not to have Paul Rodgers represented.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 23:45:00 GMT -5
917 CALENDAR GIRL Neil Sedaka
Released: 1960 album: single (1960)
One of pop music's greatest songwriters ever, and the only love song I know where the narrator insults the love interest's teeth. Also this video is absolutely ridiculous.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 23:50:54 GMT -5
916 BABY I LOVE YOU Aretha Franklin
Released: 1967 album: Aretha Arrives (1967)
Reminding us that there was a time when Aretha could do sexy and do it damn well.
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915 THERE SHE GOES The La's
Released: 1988 album: The La's (1990)
It was like a brand new piece of 1960s jangle pop unearthed in the late 1980s. While Sixpence None The Richer would later release a great mainstream hit cover of it, it's the indie original that really has the power to bring smiles to faces.
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914 I'VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL Buck Owens & His Buckaroos
Released: 1964 album: I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (1965)
Buck Owens' Bakersfield sound meshed humor with expert guitar work and a splash of new energy for country music to feed off of.
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913 POLICE & THIEVES Junior Murvin
Released: 1976 album: Police & Thieves (1977)
And you were just thinking to yourself - "Why have there been no Lee Perry tunes on this list?" I got you covered. Many know this song through the Clash cover, but let's celebrate this reggae classic through its original version.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 0:09:33 GMT -5
912 PAPER ROSES Anita Bryant
Released: 1960 album: Hear Anita Bryant In Your Home Tonight! (1960)
Such a beautifully written and sung pop song. Such an awful, awful bitch singing it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 0:12:53 GMT -5
911 DEAR MR. FANTASY Traffic
Released: 1967 album: Mr. Fantasy (1967)
An oft-covered classic rock standard from Steve Winwood, Dave Mason and Jim Capaldi.
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910 EL PASO Marty Robbins
Released: 1959 album: Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs (1959)
Songs like this one are why this list just had to be expanded. A truly essential story song, innovative and still relevant within pop culture (see: Breaking Bad) all these decades later.
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909 AND I LOVE HIM Esther Phillips
Released: 1965 album: single (1965)
One of the finest Beatles covers ever to grace the world with its presence, brought to you by the fabulous voice of Miss Esther Phillips and some brilliant production working behind it.
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Post by Lahey's Lucky Star on Oct 5, 2014 0:34:58 GMT -5
939IT'S OH SO QUIETBjorkReleased: 1995 album: Post (1995)And now we've got someone well-known in the alternative world bringing her own style to a 1951 Betty Hutton standard with incredible results. THIS IS SO F*CKING FLAWLESS I MEAN IT'S HER BEST TRACK
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 0:35:34 GMT -5
908 RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty
Released: 1978 album: City To City (1978)
The late Gerry Rafferty contributed some great tracks to the rock canon in his time, from "Stuck In The Middle With You" to the bombastic "Baker Street" to this mellow jam that was recently covered by Bonnie Raitt.
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907 ALWAYS BE MY BABY Mariah Carey
Released: 1995 album: Daydream (1995)
One of the best pop songs of the 1990s, and one of the sweetest love songs ever recorded. And Miss @spiritanimal can rest easy knowing her diva's taken her place within Landmarx's music history textbook while so many other's divas need a library card just to read it.
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906 FEELING ALRIGHT Joe Cocker
Released: 1969 album: With A Little Help From My Friends (1969)
A stellar Traffic cover from a man rightfully considered one of rock music's greatest vocalists.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 0:51:06 GMT -5
905 UPTOWN TOP RANKING Althea & Donna
Released: 1977 album: single (1977)
Dancehall reggae that hipsters have latched onto in the years since its release. Who could blame them tho.
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904 WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND Barry Manilow
Released: 1976 album: This One's For You (1976)
I'll always stand by the assertion that Barry Manilow's music has its place within the rock and roll pantheon. And it looks like that place is #904.
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