Friday, February 21, 2014

Blow Up 100 Memorable Italian Songs (1941-2005)


In Italy this is the week of the Festival della Canzone di Sanremo, a quite old (1st edition: 1951) song contest held in the city of Sanremo, broadcast for five long nights on the main channel of public tv RAI. Many famous Italian songs came out from it, especially in the past, like Domenico Modugno's Volare. Some worldwide well-know artists like Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini, Zucchero and Andrea Bocelli started from there, too. Undoubtedly il festival di Sanremo is a big national phenomenon, but its music is not my favourite music. Tomorrow in Sanremo they will elect the 2014 winner, while tonight they're celebrating history of Italian cantautori songs. I'm doing the same on Spotirama, using a different source: this playlist is based on Top 100 all-time chart published in 2007 by monthly Blow Up. It covers seven decade of Italian popular music, from 1941 to 2005, with a varied mix of canzoni (pop, rock, songwriters...). As Italian, I like it. I hope non-Italian readers may find it interesting, too.

Enjoy.

Previously on Spotirama:


BLOW UP 100 Memorable Italian Songs (1941-2005)
(from #1 to #100)



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Strikethrough songs (24/100) are not available on Spotify. Some songs may be not available in all countries.

1. Caterina Caselli - Insieme a te non ci sto più (1968)
2. Lucio Battisti - Don Giovanni (1986)
3.  CCCP - Io sto bene (1986)
4. Luigi Tenco - Mi sono innamorato di te (1962)
5. Fred Buscaglione - Teresa non sparare (1956)
6. Paolo Conte - Max (1987)
7. Napoli Centrale - Campagna (1975)
8. Fabrizio De André - Verranno a chiederti del nostro amore (1973)
9. Lucio Dalla - Com'è profondo il mare (1977)
10. Mia Martini - Minuetto (1973)
11. Rino Gaetano - Mio fratello e' figlio unico (1976)
12. Diaframma - Siberia (1984)
13. Gino Paoli - Senza fine (1961)
14. Vinicio Capossela - Non è l'amore che va via (1994, actually in the playlist you find the 2012 version)
15. Franco Battiato - Prospettiva Nevsky (1980)
16. I Ribelli - Pugni chiusi (1967)
17. Enzo Jannacci - Giovanni telegrafista (1968)
18. Ivano Fossati - La costruzione di un amore (1981)
19. Faust'o - Cinque strade (1982)
20. Patty Pravo - Pensiero stupendo (1978)
21. Lucio Battisti - La collina dei ciliegi (1973)
22. Pino Donaggio - Io che non vivo (senza te) (1965)
23. Enrico Ruggeri - Polvere (1983)
24. Teste Dure - Just a day (1966)
25. I Ragazzi del Sole - Atto di forza n.10 (1966)
26. Fabrizio De Andrè - Creuza de ma (1984)
27. Mina - Se telefonando (1966)
28. Alberto Fortis - La sedia di lillà (1979)
29. Francesco De Gregori - Rimmel (1975)
30. Bachi da Pietra - Primavera del sangue (2005)
31. Le Stelle di Mario Schifano - Molto alto (1967)
32. Stormy Six - Reparto novità (1981)
33. Franco Battiato - Up patriots to arms (1980)
34. Starfuckers - Ode (1997)
35. Mario Schiano & Tommaso Vittorini - 'O vero free (1981)
36. Ipnotico Tango - Spasmodico rango (1981)
37. Flavio Giurato - Il tuffatore (1982)
38. Onda Rossa Posse - Omaggio a Sante (1990)
39. Cochi & Renato - E la vita, la vita (1975)
40. Le Masque - Le terre di Monluè (1990)
41. Ferruccio Tagliavini - Voglio vivere così (col sole in fronte) (1941)
42. Bruno Martino - Estate (1961)
43. Tiromancino - Due destini (2000)
44. Maurizio - Cinque minuti... e poi (1968)
45. Afterhours - Dentro Marilyn (1995)
46. Domenico Modugno - Dio come ti amo (1966)
47. Francesco Guccini - Canzone delle osterie di fuori porta (1974)
48. Alan Sorrenti - Vorrei incontrarti (1972)
49. R.U.N.I. - Il technosiciliano (2001)
50. Riccardo Sinigallia - Bellamore (2003)
51. Loredana Bertè - Non sono una signora (1982)
52. Alfredo Cohen - Tremilalire (1977)
53. Giorgio Gaber - Io se fossi dio (1980)
54. 2+2=5 - ... Abbracciati (1985)
55. Frankie Hi Nrg-Mc - Quelli che benpensano (1997)
56. Ricky Gianco - Un amore (1976)
57. I Corvi - Un ragazzo di strada (1966)
58. Lula - Camden Town (1999)
59. Milva - Alexander Platz (1982)
60. Juri Camisasca - Un fiume di luce (1975)
61. Claudio Rocchi - Storia di tutti (1972)
62. Almamegretta - Brucia (1999)
63. Elio e le Storie Tese - La terra dei cachi (1996)
64. Kina - Questi anni (1988)
65. Ranger Sound - Ricordarmi (1966)
66. Skiantos - Largo all'avanguardia (1978)
67. Ornella Vanoni - La musica è finita (1967)
68. Bugo - Alleluia i rep (2004)
69. Madrigali Magri - Onda dura (2002)
70. Renato Carosone - Torero (1958)
71. Max Gazzè - Vento d'estate (1998)
72. Léo Ferré - Col tempo (1972)
73. I Refuse It! - Frecce avvelenate sul comitato disastri (1984)
74. Negazione - Lei ha bisogno di qualcuno che la guardi (1986)
75. Grazia Di Michele - Le ragazze di Gauguin (1986)
76. Gianfranco Manfredi - Dagli appennini alle bande (1977)
77. Lucio Dalla - Caruso (1986)
78. Cesare Basile - Occhi nudi (2001)
79. Franti - Acqua di luna (1986)
80. Ornella Vanoni - Costruzione (1975)
81. Piero Ciampi - Il vino (1971)
82. Marcella Bella - Nell'aria (1983)
83. Massimo Volume - Vedute dallo spazio+Ororo (1993)
84. Matia Bazar - Electrochoc (1983)
85. Edoardo Bennato - Bravi ragazzi (1974)
86. Nerorgasmo - Nerorgasmo (1985)
87. Adriano Celentano - Prisencòlinensinàinciùsol (1972)
88. Baustelle - Beethoven o Chopin (2003, ghost track following Arrivederci)
89. Antoine - Pietre (1967)
90. Gian Pieretti - Il vento dell'Est (1966)
91. Indigesti - Alone d'oro (1985)
92. Area - Gioia e rivoluzione (1975)
93. Daniele Silvestri - L'uomo col megafono (1995)
94. Flor De Mal - U secunnu (1993)
95. F:A.R. - Tane (1987)
96. Garbo - Vorrei regnare (1982)
97. Zucchero - Dune Mosse (1987)
98. Ustmamò - Tannomai (1993)
99. Vasco Rossi - Vita spericolata (1983)
100. Scisma - Troppo poco intelligente (1999)

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Pitchfork The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s (updated!)



Originally published by Pitchfork in 2006, first spotified in 2010, then updated in 2011, Pitchfork The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s has become one of the most followed playlists in Spotirama. Now it's time to update it again, because in the last three years many big acts (Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin) have uploaded their whole catalogues on Spotify. Today 96,5% songs are in the playlist: just missing The Beatles (five songs), King Crimson's 21st Century Schizoid Man and France Gall's Laisse tomber les filles.

Enjoy.

Previously on Spotirama:
The Pitchfork 500 (updated january 2014)
Pitchfork 8.0 (a playlist based on best-reviewed 2014 albums)


PITCHFORK 200 GREATEST SONGS OF 1960s
(from #200 to #1)




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Strikethrough songs (7/200) are not available on Spotify. Bold songs are new entries in this update. Some songs may be not available in all countries.

200. The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
199. Nina Simone – Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair (live)
198. Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
197. Charles Mingus - Solo Dancer
196. Irma Thomas – Time Is On My Side
195. James Brown – Night Train (live at the Apollo)
194. The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
193. Johnny and June Carter Cash – Jackson
192. Alton Ellis – I'm Still In Love
191. Cannonball Adderley – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
190. Leonard Cohen – So Long, Marianne
189. Sonics - Strychnine
188. T. Rex – Debora (live)
187. Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
186. The Hollies – Bus Stop
185. The Temptations – Get Ready
184. James Brown – Mother Popcorn
183. Bobby Darin – Beyond The Sea
182. Patsy Cline – She's Got You
181. France Gall - Laisse Tomber Les Filles
180. The Barbarians - Moulty
179. Bembeya Jazz National - Armée Guinéenne
178. Otis Redding – I've Been Loving You Too Long
177. The Tammys - Egyptian Shumba
176. MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
175. Loretta Lynn – Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
174. Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
173. Phil Ochs – I Ain't Marching Anymore
172. Archie Bell and The Drells – Here I Go Again
171. Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
170. Françoise Hardy – Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles
169. Stevie Wonder – Uptight (Everything's Alright)
168. Albert Ayler – Ghosts
167. Stone Poneys – Different Drum
166. The Flirtations – Nothing But A Heartache
165. The Monks - Monk Time
164. Frank Sinatra – It Was A Very Good Year
163. Cromagnon - Caledonia
162. The Who – I Can See For Miles
161. The Zombies – She's Not There
160. Os Mutantes – She's My Shoo Shoo (A Minha Menina)
159. Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
158. P.P. Arnold – The First Cut Is The Deepest
157. Aretha Franklin – Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
156. Loretta Lynn – Fist City
155. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
154. The Kingsmen – Louie Louie
153. Lorraine Ellison – Stay With Me
152. The Association – Never My Love
151. David Axelrod – The Human Abstract
150. Bob Dylan – It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
149. Archie Bell and The Drells – Tighten Up
148. The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray
147. Nina Simone – Sinnerman
146. Terry Riley – In C
145. Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man
144. Bobbie Gentry – Ode To Billie Joe
143. Scott Walker – Big Louise
142. Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale
141. The Supremes – Baby Love
140. Donovan – Season Of The Witch
139. The Impressions – People Get Ready
138. Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
137. The Dixie Cups – Iko Iko
136. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
135. The Kinks – Shangri-La
134. Brian Wilson – Surf's Up
133. The Monkees – I'm A Believer
132. Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World
131. The Byrds – I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
130. John Coltrane – My Favourite Things
129. Harry Nilsson – Everybody's Talkin'
128. Buffalo Springfield – For What It's Worth
127. George Jones – She Thinks I Still Care
126. Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be
125. Miles Davis – Shhh/Peaceful
124. The Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs
123. The Supremes – I Hear A Symphony
122. Patsy Cline – I Fall To Pieces
121. Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
120. ? and The Mysterians – 96 Tears
119. Silver Apples - Oscillations
118. The Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought The Law
117. Ben E. King – Stand By Me
116. Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
115. The Kinks – Victoria
114. Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
113. The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind
112. Steve Reich - It's Gonna Rain (part I and II)
111. Stevie Wonder – I Was Made To Love Her
110. Four Tops – It's The Same Old Song
109. The Byrds – Eight Miles High
108. Harry Nilsson – One
107. Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna
106. Desmond Dekker – 007 (Shanty Town)
105. Simon & Garfunkel – America
104. King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
103. Merle Haggard – Mama Tried
102. Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People
101. Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
100. The Isley Brothers – It's Your Thing
99. Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower
98. The Zombies – Care of Cell 44
97. Toots & The Maytals – Pressure Drop - Original
96. The Shangri-Las – Give Him A Great Big Kiss
95. Sam Cooke – Cupid
94. Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson
93. Can – You Doo Right
92. Nick Drake – River Man
91. The Who – Substitute
90. The Angels – My Boyfriend's Back
89. The Stooges – 1969
88. The Kinks – You Really Got Me
87. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears
86. The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee
85. Roy Orbison – Crying
84. The Rolling Stones – You Can't Always Get What You Want
83. Neil Young – Down By The River
82. Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
81. Sam & Dave – Hold On I'm Coming
80. Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues
79. Gal Costa – Baby
78. Sly & The Family Stone – I Want To Take You Higher
77. Nico – Heroin - Album Version
76. Various Artists – Doctor Who
75. Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer
74. James Brown – Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - Extended Version
73. Bob Dylan – Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
72. Van Morrison – Sweet Thing
71. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Manic Depression
70. Patsy Cline – Crazy
69. Dick Dale and His Del-Tones – Miserlou
68. The Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
67. Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
66. The Paragons – The Tide Is High
65. The Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin'
64. Del Shannon – Runaway
63. Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto/Antonio Carlos Jobim – The Girl From Ipanema
62. The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man
61. The Supremes – You Keep Me Hangin' On
60. Sly & The Family Stone – Hot Fun In The Summertime
59. The Velvet Underground – Sunday Morning
58. The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
57. Tommy James & The Shondells – Crimson And Clover
56. Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie And Clyde
55. Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
54. The Monkees – Daydream Believer
53. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
52. Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind
51. Ike & Tina Turner – River Deep Mountain High
50. Love – Alone Again Or
49. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Some Velvet Morning
48. David Bowie – Space Oddity
47. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
46. The Creation – Making Time
45. Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man
44. The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go
43. Vince Guaraldi Trio – Linus & Lucy
42. Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
41. Leonard Cohen – Suzanne
40. The Zombies – This Will Be Our Year
39. The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil
38. The Meters – Cissy Strut
37. Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound Of Silence
36. The 13th Floor Elevators – You're Gonna Miss Me
35. Johnny Cash – Ring Of Fire
34. The Who – The Kids Are Alright
33. James Brown & the Famous Flames – It's A Man's Man's Man's World (live)
32. Ennio Morricone – Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo (The Good, The Bad And The Ugly)
31. Nico – These Days
30. The Shangri-Las – Leader Of The Pack
29. The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset
28. Otis Redding – [Sittin' On] The Dock Of The Bay
27. The Velvet Underground – I'm Waiting For The Man
26. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus
25. The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
24. The Supremes – You Can't Hurry Love
23. Etta James – At Last
22. Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
21. The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
20. The Shangri-Las – Out In The Streets
19. The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
18. The Crystals – And Then He Kissed Me
17. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
16. The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog
15. Aretha Franklin – Think
14. The Beach Boys – Don't Worry Baby
13. Band – The Weight
12. The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
11. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
10. Desmond Dekker – Israelites
9. The Who – I Can't Explain
8. Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues (live)
7. The Beach Boys – Wouldn't It Be Nice
6. The Ronettes – Be My Baby
5. The Beatles - A Day in the Life
4. Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
3. Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come
2. Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
1. The Beach Boys – God Only Knows

Friday, February 14, 2014

Uncut 50 Greatest American Punk LPs


"The loudest, fastest, sweatiest records ever!" That's how British monthly magazine Uncut introduces its list of 50 Greatest American Punk Albums, available on March 2014 issue with Ramones on the cover. Forty of them are available on Spotify and I collected them in this double playlist (full albums + three tracks each album). I could finish with a banal "Gabba Gabba Hey!", but I'm not so banal.
Hey ho, let's go!

Previously on the punk & Uncut side of Spotirama:


UNCUT 50 GREATEST AMERICAN PUNK LP's
(full albums)




(3 tracks each album)



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Strikethrough albums (10/50) are not available on Spotify. Some albums may be not available in all countries.

1. The Dictators – Go Girl Crazy!
2. Patty Smith – Horses
3. Ramones – Ramones
4. The Runaways – The Runaways
5. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
6. Television – Marquee Moon
7. Talking Heads – Talking Heads ‘77
8. Chrome – Alien Soundtracks
9. Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Blank Generation
10. Heartbreakers – LAMF
11. Iggy Pop & James Williamson – Kill City
12. Suicide – Suicide
13. Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
14. Lou Reed – Street Hassle
15. Dead Boys – We Have Come For Your Children
16. Devo – Q:Are We Not Men? A:We Are Devo!
17. Blondie – Parallel Lines
18. Johnny Thunders – So Alone
19. Germs – (GI)
20. The Contortions – Buy
21. The Dickies – Dawn Of The Dickies
22. Black Randy And The Metro Sound – Pass The Dust, I Think I’m Bowie
23. The Jim Carroll Band – Catholic Boy
24. Wipers – Is This Real?
25. The Cramps – Songs The Lord Taught Us
26. The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms
27. X – Los Angeles
28. Half Japanese – Half Gentlemen/Not Beasts
29. Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit From Rotting Vegetables
30. Circle Jerks – Group Sex
31. The Db’s – Stands For Decibels
32. Big Boys – Where’s My Towel?/Industry Standard
33. Really Red – Teaching You Fear
34. MDC – Millions Of Dead Cops
35. Husker Du – Land Speed Record
36. Descendents – Milo Goes To College
37. Bad Brains – Bad Brains
38. Misfits – Walk Among Us
39. Redd Kross – Born Innocent
40. Fear – The Record
41. Replacements – Stink
42. Angry Samoans – Back From Samoa
43. Flipper – Generic Flipper
44. Ss Control – The Kids Will Have Their Say
45. Mission Of Burma – VS
46. Minutemen – What Makes A Man Start Fires?
47. Black Flag – The First Four Years
48. Minor Threat – Out Of Step
49. Dicks – Kill From The Heart
50. Avengers – Avengers


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