Debatt:
Si din mening her!
Et hvert musikkmagasin med respekt for seg selv har i løpet det siste året presentert de ”riktige” listene over tidenes album, tidenes gitarister, tidenes band, tidenes låter og så videre.
Kredfaktor
De samme magasinene har også sett sitt snitt til å presentere mindre flatterende kåringer som tidenes verste låter og tidenes minst viktige artister.
Den viktigste forskjellen på kåringene er hvor ”kredible” de gir seg ut for å være.
Det kan virke som om enkelte musikkskribenter ønsker å gi et inntrykk av at ”her i denne redaksjonen lager vi lister for musikkinteresserte, ikke for den gemene hop”.
Lei av nerdelister
Dermed kan et ganske viktig band som Beatles risikere å havne i glemmeboka fordi det er for mainstream og politisk korrekt å føre dem på lista.
Dette har den engelske tabloidavise The Sun sett seg lei på.
Derfor har de overlatt til sin lesere å kåre tidenes låt. Lista er selvsagt svært britisk.
The Suns liste:
1 Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
2 Angels – Robbie Williams
3 Everybody Hurts – REM
4 Imagine – John Lennon
5 With Or Without You – U2
6 Live Forever – Oasis
7 Going Underground – The Jam
8 Penny Lane – The Beatles
9 Candle In The Wind – Elton John
10 Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley
11 Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
12 Back For Good – Take That
13 Everything I Do (I Do It For You) – Bryan Adams
14 Blue Monday – New Order
15 Wild Horses – Rolling Stones
16 Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
17 God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
18 Come On Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
19 One – U2
20 Summer Of 69 – Bryan Adams
21 Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
22 Yellow – Coldplay
23 Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Band Aid
24 Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
25 Heroes – David Bowie
26 The Winner Takes It All – Abba
27 Let It Be – The Beatles
28 Killer – Adamski
29 Under The Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
30 Creep – Radiohead
31 A Day In The Life – The Beatles
32 Unchained Melody – Gareth Gates
33 Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
34 I Want To Break Free – Queen
35 Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
36 Your Song – Elton John
37 Unforgettable Fire – U2
38 Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
39 I Believe I Can Fly – R Kelly
40 Maggie May – Rod Stewart
41 If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next – Manic Street Preachers
42 Losing My Religion – REM
43 Paranoid Android – Radiohead
44 West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys
45 Wonderwall – Oasis
46 Hotel California – The Eagles
47 Rocket Man – Elton John
48 Sign Of The Times – Prince
49 Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve
50 Bat Out Of Hell – Meat Loaf
51 Sit Down – James
52 Hero – Enrique Iglesias
53 I Am The Resurrection – The Stone Roses
54 Help – The Beatles
55 While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles
56 Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor
57 Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
58 Life On Mars – David Bowie
59 Our House – Madness
60 Dancing Queen – ABBA
61 Stand By Me – Ben E King
62 Careless Whisper – George Michael
63 Addicted To Love – Robert Palmer
64 Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) – Spiller
65 Light My Fire – The Doors
66 By The Time I Get To Phoenix – Glen Campbell
67 Money For Nothing – Dire Straits
68 Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) – Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel
69 Black Box – Ride On Time
70 London Calling – The Clash
71 YMCA – Village People
72 Teenage Kicks – The Undertones
73 Woman – John Lennon
74 Beautiful Day – U2
75 Vienna – Ultravox
76 Feel – Robbie Williams
77 Thriller – Michael Jackson
78 Power Of Love – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
79 Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
80 Vogue – Madonna
81 War Pigs – Black Sabbath
82 Union City Blue – Blondie
83 Living On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
84 Justified And Ancient – KLF
85 No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley
86 Wild Boys – Duran Duran
87 Red Red Wine – UB40
88 Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen
89 Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue
90 In My Life – The Beatles
91 There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths
92 I Need You Tonight – INXS
93 Where Is The Love? – Black Eyed Peas
94 Tears Of A Clown – Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
95 Motorcycle Emptiness – Manic Street Preachers
96 Stan – Eminem
97 Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
98 Hey Jude – The Beatles
99 In The Ghetto – Elvis Presley
100 Voodoo Chile – Jimi Hendrix