What's on your soundtrack for the 20th Century?

[charlie and algernon]

I watched a program on the Ovation Channel called "Soundtrack of the Century." basically they retraced the evolution of music in the 20th Century. it was a fascinating program, so i ask, let's say they make an actual soundtrack for the 20th century, what 15 songs would be on it?

here's mine:

1. "In the Mood" Glenn Miller (1940)
2. "Jail House Rock" Elvis (1957)
3. "I'm So Lonesome I could Cry" Hank Williams (1949)
4. "Imagine" John Lennon (1971)
5. "Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry (1958)
6. "Like a Rolling Stone" Bob Dylan (1965)
7. "I Got Rhythm" George Gershwin (1930)
8. "New York, New York" Frank Sinatra (1977)
9. "Hey Jude" The Beatles (1968)
10. "Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones (1965)
11. "Ring of Fire" Johnny Cash (1963)
12. "Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple (1972)
13. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Verve (1997)
14. "Thriller" Michael Jackson (1982)
15. "Fanfare for the Common Man" Aaron Copland (1942)

[leeroysphitz]

1. For me?

Nothing but Molly Hatchet and Rick Astley

[stuntcat]

2. late night

I can't come up with 15 right now, I'm fixing to fall asleep :D I wanna add some though.


Cat Stevens - Moonshadow
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam
Prince - Sign O' The Times
XTC - Dear God
Micheal Jackson - Off The Wall

:headbang:

[charlie and algernon]

3. kick

[Burma Jones]

4. Only Fifteen eh? Skewed American......

1. "Cornet Chop Suey" Louis Armstrong
2. "Rhapsody in Blue" George Gershwin
3. "Hellhound on my Trail" Robert Johnson
4. "Saint Louis Blues" Bessie Smith
5. "Take the A Train" Duke Ellington
6. "Sing, Sing, Sing" Benny Goodman
7. "Ain't Misbehavin" Fats Waller
8. "This Land is Your Land" Woody Guthrie
9. "Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry
10. "Breathless" Jerry Lee Lewis
11. "Rodeo" Aaron Copland
12. "Good Vibrations" Beach Boys
13. "Blowin' in the Wind" Bob Dylan
14. "Voodoo Child" Jimi Hendrix
15. "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley

[DBoon]

5. Symphony in 3 Movements, Stravinksy

In the sense that it captures much of what the 20th century was about. His early 20th century work also changed the face of music. There were riots at the premiere of Rite of Spring - it so jarred the sensibilities of the time

Also:

Karlheinz Stockhausen and Edgard Varèse - for initiating electronic music. Without Karlheinz, we would have no Kraftwerke. Without Edgard, no Frank Zappa

W C Handy, "Memphis Blues" - without whom we would not have the blues and rock-and-roll as we know it today

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. .

Merzbow- Venereology
http://www.amazon.com/Venereology-Merzbow/dp/B000001122/ref=sr_1_3/103-9422280-3254218?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1187999564&sr=8-3

Ballet Mechanique

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