What songs do you think changed music history?
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American Pie -Don McLean
mimiten
November 17, 2013 at 4:59 pm
Prayer of the refugees, anything from rise against, you know why? until now no one ever made a song about those problems that happens in life, rise against played the balance and did it
oli704
November 17, 2013 at 5:07 pm
Inb4 some Beatles song
Bomb Soldier
November 17, 2013 at 5:36 pm
This one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffr0opfm6I4
Chris
November 17, 2013 at 6:23 pm
well i think allot have like the people who created the blues they really influenced country and rock
a specicfic song i wouldn’t know heres some from a website:
1. That’s All Right – Elvis Presley
Rock ‘n’ roll history begins here. “If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.” History tells us this was a constant refrain from the mouth of Sun Records boss Sam Phillips, and in 1954 his dream came true. Whether he made a billion dollars is left up to the accountants to determine, but one thing is sure. The singer he found, one Elvis Aaron Presley, changed the face of music forever.
2. I Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
The song that broke America. It is one of history’s more notable minor quirks that President Kennedy was assassinated on 22 November 1963, one week before the UK release of The Beatles’ fifth single. The two events might seem unconnected, yet the role of I Wanna Hold Your Hand in the USA’s recovery from this bleak event is unquestionable.
3. God Save The Queen – The Sex Pistols
Punk call-to-arms that raised the spectre of civil war. God Save The Queen created a moment quite unlike anything that has happened before or since in the annals of rock.
4. Rapper’s Delight – Sugarhill Gang
The record that gave rap to the world – Released in 1979 this was the record that took the new form of music around the world.
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
The Daddy of grunge. Dave Grohl (of Nirvana, and now The Foo Fighters) said, “A lot of Teen Spirit was derivitive of the Pixies or Sonic Youth. It was just another jam. I didn’t think much of it to be honest.”
6. Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday
The song that helped revolutionise America. One of the most moving and eloquent songs of all time, this song was the start of the Civil Rights movement. Covered numerous times, Billie’s version remains the definitive, world-changing version.
7. Like A Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
The sonic start of the counter-revolution. “Like A Rolling Stone changed it all,” Dylan said in 1965. “I was something I myself could dig.”
8. Walk This Way – Run DMC
The original rap/rock crossover video. Paving the way for the likes of Limp Bizkit, at the time Aerosmith didn’t think it was going to be such a big deal. Aerosmith’s Joe Perry said, :To think that we’d be talking about it 15 years later as ground-breaking – we didn’t think of it like that at all.”
9. Blue Monday – New Order
The seven minutes that kick-started UK dance music. While Britain was living under a pale shadow of punk rock this “bold statement,” as The Charlatans Tim Burgess called it, came out of seemingly nowhere. “It was daring – it incorporated elements of disco, which no-one liked at the time,” Burgess concludes. However, the single went on the be the biggest selling 12″ single of all time.
10. Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Band Aid
Reinvented the charity single and fed the world. Not everyone’s favourite song, it led Morrissey to say, “One can have concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it’s another thing to inflict torture on the people of England.”
11. Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
12. Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley & His Comets
13. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
14. The Message – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
15. You Really Got Me – The Kinks
16. Autobahn – Kraftwerk
17. Stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gees
18. Telstar – The Tornados
19. Starman – David Bowie
20. Think – Aretha Franklin
21. Give Peace A Chance – Plastic Ono Band
22. Planet Rock – Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force
23. Wannabe – Spice Girls
24. Relax – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
25. **** Tha Police – NWA
26. Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles
27. Rock Island Line – Lonnie Donegan
28. My Generation – The Who
29. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
30. Like A Virgin – Madonna
31. Imagine – John Lennon
32. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
33. He’s A Rebel – The Crystals
34. (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
35. Money (That’s What I Want) – Barrett Strong
36. I Feel Love – Donna Summer
37. My Name Is – Eminem
38. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
39. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
40. Me So Horny – 2 Live Crew
41. Maybellene – Chuck Berry
42. No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley & The Wailers
43. That’ll Be The Day – The Crickets
44. Going Underground – The Jam
45. Kick Out The Jams – The MC5
46. I Can’t Be Satisfied – Muddy Waters
47. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
48. Strings Of Life – Rhythim Is Rhythim
49. Pump Up The Volume – M/A/R/R/S
50. Candle In The Wind – Elton John
Mimi ™ <3
November 17, 2013 at 6:37 pm
”Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana
Shane
November 17, 2013 at 6:48 pm
@oli704: You’re kidding, right?
I’d say : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-2i2SR_OsU
Husqy
November 17, 2013 at 7:44 pm
I’m not sure about which songs but obviously Elvis and The Beatles changed it.
Ash F
November 17, 2013 at 8:27 pm
its the
elvis,beatles,hendrix,led
zep,nirvana,pinkfloyd,iro
n maiden,metallica/
megadeth and
blacksabbath who
changd rock n roll.
Nandu Cobain
November 17, 2013 at 9:21 pm