✅ Time Life - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
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Found this at Barnes and Noble. I think it might count - similar books/magazines have also been declared eligible. It's separated into sections.
Love, Loss & Friendship:
Derek and the Dominoes | Layla | 1971 (credited to Eric Clapton)
Jimi Hendrix | Wild Thing | 1967
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Our House | 1970
James Taylor | Fire and Rain | 1970
Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 1970
Gladys Knight & The Pips | Midnight Train to Georgia | 1973
Billy Joel | Piano Man | 1973
The Police | Every Breath You Take | 1983
Elton John | Candle in the Wind | 1997
Pioneers:
Elvis Presley | Hound Dog | 1956
The Kings of Rhythm | Rocket 88 | 1951
Carl Perkins | Blue Suede Shoes | 1956
Elvis Presley | Heartbreak Hotel | 1956
Buddy Holly & The Crickets | That'll Be the Day | 1958
Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode | 1958
Chubby Checker | The Twist | 1960
The Ronettes | Be My Baby | 1963
The Animals | The House of the Rising Sun | 1964
Otis Redding | (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | 1968
Game Changers:
Bob Dylan | Like a Rolling Stone | 1965
The Beach Boys | Good Vibrations | 1966
Iron Butterfly | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | 1968
John Lennon | Imagine | 1971
David Bowie | Starman | 1972
Bruce Springsteen | Born to Run | 1975
Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop | 1976
The Buggles | Video Killed the Radio Star | 1979
Prince | Little Red Corvette | 1982
Nirvana | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 1991
Protest & Politics:
Bob Dylan | Blowin' in the Wind | 1963
Buffalo Springfield | For What It's Worth | 1967
Aretha Franklin | Respect | 1967
Arlo Guthrie | Alice's Restaurant Massacree | 1967
The Band | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | 1969
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Ohio | 1970
Marvin Gaye | What's Going On | 1971
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Sweet Home Alabama | 1974
Patti Smith | Gloria | 1975
Sex Pistols | God Save the Queen | 1977
The Clash | London Calling | 1979
U2 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | 1983
Green Day | American Idiot | 2004
The Beatles & The Stones:
The Beatles | I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1963
The Beatles | Help! | 1965
The Beatles | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | 1967
The Beatles | Hey Jude | 1968
The Beatles | Sexy Sadie | 1968
The Beatles | Let It Be | 1970
The Rolling Stones | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | 1965
The Rolling Stones | Let's Spend the Night Together | 1967
The Rolling Stones | Sympathy for the Devil | 1968
The Rolling Stones | Jumpin' Jack Flash | 1968
The Rolling Stones | Angie | 1973
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll:
Little Richard | Tutti Frutti | 1955
Ray Charles | What'd I Say | 1959
The Who | My Generation | 1965
The Doors | Light My Fire | 1967
Jefferson Airplane | White Rabbit | 1967
The Kinks | Lola | 1970
Joni Mitchell | Woodstock | 1970
Led Zeppelin | Stairway to Heaven | 1971
Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side | 1972
Eagles | Hotel California | 1976
Madonna | Like a Virgin | 1984
Guns N' Roses | Welcome to the Jungle | 1987
Love, Loss & Friendship:
Derek and the Dominoes | Layla | 1971 (credited to Eric Clapton)
Jimi Hendrix | Wild Thing | 1967
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Our House | 1970
James Taylor | Fire and Rain | 1970
Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 1970
Gladys Knight & The Pips | Midnight Train to Georgia | 1973
Billy Joel | Piano Man | 1973
The Police | Every Breath You Take | 1983
Elton John | Candle in the Wind | 1997
Pioneers:
Elvis Presley | Hound Dog | 1956
The Kings of Rhythm | Rocket 88 | 1951
Carl Perkins | Blue Suede Shoes | 1956
Elvis Presley | Heartbreak Hotel | 1956
Buddy Holly & The Crickets | That'll Be the Day | 1958
Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode | 1958
Chubby Checker | The Twist | 1960
The Ronettes | Be My Baby | 1963
The Animals | The House of the Rising Sun | 1964
Otis Redding | (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | 1968
Game Changers:
Bob Dylan | Like a Rolling Stone | 1965
The Beach Boys | Good Vibrations | 1966
Iron Butterfly | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | 1968
John Lennon | Imagine | 1971
David Bowie | Starman | 1972
Bruce Springsteen | Born to Run | 1975
Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop | 1976
The Buggles | Video Killed the Radio Star | 1979
Prince | Little Red Corvette | 1982
Nirvana | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 1991
Protest & Politics:
Bob Dylan | Blowin' in the Wind | 1963
Buffalo Springfield | For What It's Worth | 1967
Aretha Franklin | Respect | 1967
Arlo Guthrie | Alice's Restaurant Massacree | 1967
The Band | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | 1969
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Ohio | 1970
Marvin Gaye | What's Going On | 1971
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Sweet Home Alabama | 1974
Patti Smith | Gloria | 1975
Sex Pistols | God Save the Queen | 1977
The Clash | London Calling | 1979
U2 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | 1983
Green Day | American Idiot | 2004
The Beatles & The Stones:
The Beatles | I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1963
The Beatles | Help! | 1965
The Beatles | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | 1967
The Beatles | Hey Jude | 1968
The Beatles | Sexy Sadie | 1968
The Beatles | Let It Be | 1970
The Rolling Stones | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | 1965
The Rolling Stones | Let's Spend the Night Together | 1967
The Rolling Stones | Sympathy for the Devil | 1968
The Rolling Stones | Jumpin' Jack Flash | 1968
The Rolling Stones | Angie | 1973
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll:
Little Richard | Tutti Frutti | 1955
Ray Charles | What'd I Say | 1959
The Who | My Generation | 1965
The Doors | Light My Fire | 1967
Jefferson Airplane | White Rabbit | 1967
The Kinks | Lola | 1970
Joni Mitchell | Woodstock | 1970
Led Zeppelin | Stairway to Heaven | 1971
Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side | 1972
Eagles | Hotel California | 1976
Madonna | Like a Virgin | 1984
Guns N' Roses | Welcome to the Jungle | 1987
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Re: Time Life - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
The fact you tell stories about songs doesn't mean are the best, all depends the criterion of selection.
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Well, I don't think they picked any songs because they didn't like them. The point is that they're all iconic.panam wrote:The fact you tell stories about songs doesn't mean are the best, all depends the criterion of selection.
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Re: Time Life - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
Of course they like...but people also like guilty pleasures. The criterion needs to be verified and Henrik has the last word
Re: Time Life - Rock & Roll: The Stories Behind the Songs (2017)
Kind of think this could go either way. I know it's not a defined list like many others on AM but there may be a place for it. Like you said panam, Henrik will be the ultimate decision maker of course.
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I think this could be added, as you're right that a few similar books have been included already. I should probably have a special weight deduction though for undefined lists (no "top", "best", "greatest", "favorite" or whatever in the title).
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If someone could help me identify all such lists from the All critics' lists page and JR's Summary of All-Time Lists to be Added to AM- 2017 Update I would be immensely grateful!Henrik wrote:I should probably have a special weight deduction though for undefined lists (no "top", "best", "greatest", "favorite" or whatever in the title).
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Here you go:
Chuck Eddy - The Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' Roll
B. Bonnieux et al (France) - Souvenirs... 100 Years of French Chanson (2004)
David Toop (UK) - Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds (1995)
Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
Javier Blánquez & Omar Morena (Spain) - Loops, a History of Electronic Music (2002)
Javier Blánquez & Omar Morena (Spain) - Loops, a History of Electronic Music (2002) - listed twice on the website
San Antonio Express-News (USA) - Rock 'n' roll timeline (2004)
Sean O'Hagan, The Observer (UK) - Fifty Years of Pop (2004)
Spin (USA) - Ten Reasons Why We Wish SPIN had Started in 1984 (2005)
Stylus (USA) - Seconds: One Song Essay Every Week
Sunday Times (UK) - Top 10 Madonna Songs (2007) - not this kind of list, but I'm still confused as to how it's on the website at all
Washington Blade (USA) - Top 10 Madonna Songs (2004) - see above
Uncut (UK) - Nirvana's 20 Greatest Songs (2004) - again, technically ineligible
Trax (France) - 20 Years of Electronic Revolution (2004)
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
David Hepworth - 1971: Never a Dull Moment- Rock's Golden Year
Dick Weissman - Blues (2005)
Lorenzo Barbagli - After the Flood: Progressive rock 1976-2010 (Italia, 2011)
Richard Cook & Brian Morton - The Penguin Guide to Jazz
Sean Egan - The Little Black Book of Music: Key Albums & Key Songs - kind of?
Dylan Jones (UK) - iPod, Therefore I Am
Nick Kent - Soundtrack of the Seventies (2010)
Tim Morse - The Stories Behind the Greatest Songs of All Time (1998)
John Savage - 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded (2016)
Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore (2004)
Robert Haagsma - The Golden Years of Dutch Pop Music
La Tempestad: Un continente musical (sep 2014)
Will Romano - Mountains Come Out of the Sky: The Illustrated History of Prog Rock (2010) - again, kind of
Gino Castaldo - Musique: Box (France, 2011)
Africa: 50 Years of Music (1960-2010)
Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein - Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s (2014)
CNN - Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (2017)
Chuck Eddy - The Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' Roll
B. Bonnieux et al (France) - Souvenirs... 100 Years of French Chanson (2004)
David Toop (UK) - Ocean of Sound: Aether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary Worlds (1995)
Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011)
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004)
Javier Blánquez & Omar Morena (Spain) - Loops, a History of Electronic Music (2002)
Javier Blánquez & Omar Morena (Spain) - Loops, a History of Electronic Music (2002) - listed twice on the website
San Antonio Express-News (USA) - Rock 'n' roll timeline (2004)
Sean O'Hagan, The Observer (UK) - Fifty Years of Pop (2004)
Spin (USA) - Ten Reasons Why We Wish SPIN had Started in 1984 (2005)
Stylus (USA) - Seconds: One Song Essay Every Week
Sunday Times (UK) - Top 10 Madonna Songs (2007) - not this kind of list, but I'm still confused as to how it's on the website at all
Washington Blade (USA) - Top 10 Madonna Songs (2004) - see above
Uncut (UK) - Nirvana's 20 Greatest Songs (2004) - again, technically ineligible
Trax (France) - 20 Years of Electronic Revolution (2004)
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005)
David Hepworth - 1971: Never a Dull Moment- Rock's Golden Year
Dick Weissman - Blues (2005)
Lorenzo Barbagli - After the Flood: Progressive rock 1976-2010 (Italia, 2011)
Richard Cook & Brian Morton - The Penguin Guide to Jazz
Sean Egan - The Little Black Book of Music: Key Albums & Key Songs - kind of?
Dylan Jones (UK) - iPod, Therefore I Am
Nick Kent - Soundtrack of the Seventies (2010)
Tim Morse - The Stories Behind the Greatest Songs of All Time (1998)
John Savage - 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded (2016)
Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore (2004)
Robert Haagsma - The Golden Years of Dutch Pop Music
La Tempestad: Un continente musical (sep 2014)
Will Romano - Mountains Come Out of the Sky: The Illustrated History of Prog Rock (2010) - again, kind of
Gino Castaldo - Musique: Box (France, 2011)
Africa: 50 Years of Music (1960-2010)
Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein - Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s (2014)
CNN - Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (2017)
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Wow. Thanks, Stevie!
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No prob, Henrik!Henrik wrote:Wow. Thanks, Stevie!
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand - Sir Duke (1976)