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The
best of music |
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all the arts, music perhaps has the most youthful creators.
Since the classics, society has relied on young composers
and performers to lead the way in this art form. It has never
been more true than with rock 'n' roll--a music form where
we find all of our bests.
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could be, then, the reason why music is such an ideal. The power
of bringing its audience to joy or sadness, ambition or contentment,
all within its three minutes. |
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Music is the
constant in our lives. Great songs linger in our heads for days
after we first heard them and develop further with each subsequent
listen uncovering a magical realm of aural perfection. |
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| BEST
MUSICAL ARTISTS |
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| Good
Vibrations |
| The
Beach Boys
1966
Written
by: Brian
Wilson, Tony Asher, Mike Love, Terry Sachen
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| "Good
Vibrations" is the most intricate pop song
ever released and at the same time, the most popular
3-minute symphony ever produced. Brian Wilson called
it the Beach Boys' "pocket symphony."
Listening to the recording sessions (found on the
2001 double-disk release of "Smiley Smile"
and "Wild Honey") it is evident that for
1966, the pop band was a symphony with Brian Wilson
as the conductor. Every second of this song-event
is one to savor and cherish. |
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| What
a Wonderful World |
| Louis
Armstrong
1968
Written
by: George David Weiss & Bob Thiele |
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| Louis
Armstrong didn't get to use the most influential
trumpet in all of jazz music for the recording of
"What a Wonderful World," but his pleasant
vocals and simply amazing lyrics by songwriters
George David Weiss and Bob Thiele make it the happiest
song ever. With the Vietnam War unfolding, such
idealistic music was rejected in the US (though
"Wonderful" reached #1 in the UK in 1968)
and the song only became popular after a rerelease
for the movie "Good Morning Vietnam." |
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| Everyday
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| Buddy
Holly and the Crickets
1957
Written
by: Buddy Holly and the Crickets |
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| Simple,
delicate and yet so powerful is the B-side to Buddy
Holly and the Crickets' "Peggy Sue." "Everyday"
makes a person smile and still taste the bittersweet
joy that this song provides. Listen as a child would
to the happy rhythm, then as a teenager would to
the motivational lyrics and finally as an adult
would to the inspirational message it provides. |
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| My
Sweet Lord |
| George
Harrison
1970
Written
by: George Harrison |
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| The
most successful solo-Beatles album, Geroge Harrison's
"All Things Must Pass" was an extraordinary
release of creative expression which undoubtedly
revolved around the roots masterpiece, "My
Sweet Lord." Nothing but guitars and vocals
and lyrics of one man's devotion to God. no matter
what religion you practice, the passion is undeniably
inspirational. The similarities of "My Sweet
Lord" to '60s girl group The Chiffons' "He's
So Fine" led to a lawsuit which Harrison lost.
This song's magnificence is respectfully unscathed
by any such legality. |
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| Into
the Mystic |
Van
Morrison
1970
Written
by: Van Morrison |
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| If
there has ever been a spiritual mood created by
a single song, Van Morrison's "Into the Mystic"
created it. A truly magical journey into the mind
and soul of a man in love. Morrison provides some
of the most powerful vocals ever offered on popular
music. |
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