1000 songs everyone must hear
Life and death: 1000 songs everyone must hear
My selection of 21 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 131
- St James Infirmary Blues (Louis Armstrong, 1928)
- This Is a Low (Blur, 1994)
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) (The Carter Family, 1935)
- The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 1988)
- My Favourite Girl (King Creosote, 2005)
- Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode, 1989)
- Black Eyed Dog (Nick Drake, 1986)
- Summertime (Ella Fitzgerald, 1959)
- Baggy Trousers (Madness, 1980)
- Safe from Harm (Massive Attack, 1991)
- Lithium (Nirvana, 1991)
- Live Forever (Oasis, 1994)
- Sour Times (Portishead, 1994)
- Paranoid Android (Radiohead, 1997)
- Paint it Black (The Rolling Stones, 1966)
- Feeling Good (Nina Simone, 1965)
- O Death (Ralph Stanley, 2000)
- The End of the Rainbow (Richard and Linda Thompson, 1974)
- Rufus Is a Tit Man (Loudon Wainwright III, 1975)
- Grandma’s Hands (Bill Withers, 1971)
- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams, 1949)
Louis Armstrong: St James Infirmary Blues
Blur: This is a Low
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Nick Cave: The Mercy Seat
King Creosote: My Favourite Girl
Depeche Mode: Personal Jesus
Nick Drake: Black Eyed Dog
Ella Fitzgerald: Summertime
Madness: Baggy Trousers
Massive Attack: Safe from Harm
Nirvana: Lithium
Oasis: Live Forever
Portishead: Glory Box
Radiohead: Paranoid Android
Rolling Stones: Paint It Black
Nina Simone: Feeling Good
Ralph Stanley: Oh Death
Richard and Linda Thompsons: The End of the Rainbow
Loudon Wainwright: Rufus is a Tit Man
Bill Withers: Grandma's Hands
Hank Williams: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
1 comment:
The Mercy Seat is one of the coolest yet creepiest songs I've ever heard. Love Johnny Cash's version.
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