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Reply #150 posted 08/25/12 3:45am

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naffi said:

95. Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order [Edited 8/25/12 3:42am]

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Reply #151 posted 08/25/12 3:59am

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96. Roxy Music - "Editions of You"

"Editions of You" is a full-on assault from start to finish. The opening keyboard chords gel with a downright dangerous bass line to foster a formidable groove behind Bryan Ferry's maniacally delivered lyrics. After three raucous verses, three absolutely absurd solos erupt- Andy Mackay's saxophone blisters, Phil Manzanera's guitar shredding boils and Brian Eno's VCS3 scalds new sounds to send the song careening into a wonderfully colorful splendor. Bryan Ferry returns for another verse, and even he can hardly keep up as he reckons "this crazy music drives you insane" just before Brian Eno usurps control yet again. The song is attacked with limitless abandon, and it strikes me as more visceral, exciting and threatening than the punk music it supposedly inspired.

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Reply #152 posted 08/25/12 5:19am

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[Edited 8/25/12 9:08am]

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Reply #153 posted 08/25/12 5:43am

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Great job so far @Hudson & @Byron.

97) Fugees - Ready Or Not

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Reply #154 posted 08/25/12 5:53am

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98) This Woman's Work - Kate Bush

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Reply #155 posted 08/25/12 6:22am

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99: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Breakdown

Simply and short song, but it's just so good! at least I think so, I can listen to this song in non stop repeat!

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Reply #156 posted 08/25/12 6:39am

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[Edited 8/25/12 9:07am]

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Reply #157 posted 08/25/12 6:58am

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100) Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full

"Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
"It's just my imagination, once again running away with me."
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Reply #158 posted 08/25/12 7:10am

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101) Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson

BTW, in that overall list, it should be The Groove Line - Heatwave, not Heatwave - The Groove Line.
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Reply #159 posted 08/25/12 7:19am

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[img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/supernova638/th_invisiblegif.gif[/img:$uid]

[Edited 8/25/12 9:32am]

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Reply #160 posted 08/25/12 7:41am

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102.) "Casanova Brown" - Teena Marie

How can I stand 2 stay where I am? / Poor butterfly who don't understand.
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Reply #161 posted 08/25/12 8:40am

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103) Johann Sebastian Bach - Die Kunst der Fuge




During the latter years of his life Bach gradually withdrew inwards, producing some of the most profound statements of baroque musical form.

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In these last years of his life, Bach's creative energy was conserved for the highest flights of musical expression: the Mass in b minor, the Canonic Variations, the Goldberg Variations, and of course the Musical Offering displaying the art of canon. His last great work is the complete summary of all his skill in counterpoint and fugue; methods which he perfected, and beyond which no composer has ever been able to pass. This work is known to us as 'Die Kunst der Fuge' ('The Art of the Fugue', BWV 1080).

http://www.baroquemusic.o...sbach.html
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Reply #162 posted 08/25/12 8:55am

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104) Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack

You can almost smell the urban bustle, hear the endless beat for survival, reflect your shiny rims against the dilapidated hopelessness, yet still be overwhelmed by the unmistakable strength and poise of an unaccounted harmony still swimming in the sorrow of the hustle of a million mistakes both near and far.

It was a good movie, with this song anchoring, it had the potential to be one of the grandest masterpieces yet seen. Much later, "Jackie Brown" would fill some of that elusive potential.



Major props to those holding up the A-side of the 20th Century.
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Reply #163 posted 08/25/12 8:57am

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105) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Leck mich im Arsch

Translates to "Lick me in the arse."

[Edited 8/25/12 8:57am]

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Reply #164 posted 08/25/12 9:29am

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[img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/supernova638/th_invisiblegif.gif[/img:$uid]

[Edited 8/25/12 12:58pm]

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Reply #165 posted 08/25/12 9:39am

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106. Reminiscing ~ Little River Band

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #166 posted 08/25/12 9:41am

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107. Sketches Of Spain- Miles Davis

Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener

All music is shit music and no music is real- gunsnhalen

Datdonkeydick- Asherfierce

Gary Hunts Album Isn't That Good- Soulalive
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Reply #167 posted 08/25/12 10:34am

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Skid Row - 18 & Life

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Reply #168 posted 08/25/12 10:55am

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge

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Reply #169 posted 08/25/12 11:05am

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110) Anne Murray - You Needed Me

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Reply #170 posted 08/25/12 11:10am

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111) Charlie Christian - Swing To Bop




Previously relegated to a chordal rhythm style by the limitations of the acoustic instrument, jazz guitarists could now revel in the volume, sustain, and tonal flexibility provided by amplification. Charlie quickly realized the potential of the electric guitar, and developed a style which made the most of the unique properties of the instrument. When Charlie arrived in Los Angeles, he was only allowed a brief audition and he was not even allowed the time to plug in his amp. Goodman was not impressed so Hammond decided to sneak Charlie onstage later that night during a concert at the Victor Hugo. This made Goodman angry and he responded by launching into "Rose Room," which he assumed Charlie would be unfamiliar with. Charlie performed an impressive extended solo on the piece. This impressed Goodman and Charlie was let into the band.

Charlie was a hit on the electric guitar and remained in the Benny Goodman Sextet for two years (1939-1941). He wrote many of the group's head arrangements (some of which Goodman took credit for) and was an inspiration to all. The sextet made him famous and provided him with a steady income while Charlie worked on legitimizing, popularizing, revolutionizing, and standardizing the electric guitar as a jazz instrument. After working at nights with Goodman, Charlie would seek out jam sessions. He discovered a club in Harlem, Minton's, located on New York's West 118th Street. The club was located in a former dining room in the Hotel Cecil and was established by retired saxophone player Henry Minton. Minton hired fellow saxophonist and former bandleader Teddy Hill to manage the place. Hill hired a rhythm section which included Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke. At Minton's Charlie played with such greats as Dizzie Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Joe Guy (trumpet), Nick Fenton (bass), Kenny Kersey (piano), and Kenny Clarke (drums). Charlie impressed them all by improvising long lines that emphasized off beats, and by using altered chords. He even bought a second amp to leave at Minton’s. Jamming sessions would usually last until about 4 A.M. and Minton’s became the cradle of the bebop movement. Charlie's inventive single-note playing helped popularize the electric guitar as a solo instrument and helped usher in the era of bop.


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Reply #171 posted 08/25/12 12:14pm

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112) Horses In My Dreams - PJ Harvey

2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740
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Reply #172 posted 08/25/12 12:51pm

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[img:$uid]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/supernova638/th_invisiblegif.gif[/img:$uid]

[Edited 8/25/12 16:06pm]

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Reply #173 posted 08/25/12 2:45pm

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We must be the only site on the internet where a list could get this far without a single mention of The Beatles...

113) A Day In The Life - The Beatles

NOTE: This video is for the LOVE remix of the song, which I consider to be the best version.

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Reply #174 posted 08/25/12 2:59pm

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^^^^ Thats my favorite Beatles song

114) Donna Summer-Last Dance

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Reply #175 posted 08/25/12 3:00pm

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I was going to post that song! biggrin Went with Horses instead lol

2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740
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Reply #176 posted 08/25/12 3:04pm

Azz

Surprised this one hasn't been submitted yet...

Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive.

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Reply #177 posted 08/25/12 3:17pm

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116: Parliament- Flashlight

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Reply #178 posted 08/25/12 3:19pm

mjscarousal

I cant believe Staying Alive and Flashlight are now getting named on this list eek CLASSICS

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Reply #179 posted 08/25/12 3:23pm

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Tons of classic obvious songs are being overlooked on this thread... It took me at #113 to mention a Beatles song; and still, nobody has mentioned a Marvin Gaye song except the early hit "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"... it's odd.

But I'm enjoying all the stuff I've never heard of.. that's what I like best about this thread.

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