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1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die (2010)

by Robert Dimery(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0789320894 (ISBN13: 9780789320896)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Universe

review 1: This book is huge, and I feel a little bit guilty marking it as "read", since there is no chance that I'm going to read the whole book. Truthfully...I read the 80s on. And skipped some songs that I wasn't interested in. I knew a fair number of them, and really enjoyed reading some of the back story about them. Unlike 1000 songs to change your life, I marked every other page of this book to either listen to a song that I wanted to hear for the first time, or to savour one that I had loved in the past.Was a great trip.
review 2: All the Young Dudes,” “Rock Lobster,” “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and about 998 more. It’s been five years since Robert Dimery compiled the collection “1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die” and now with the music world r... moreeturning to its roots as a singles based medium, it’s a perfect time for this series to surface the best songs of all time.This completely subjective report (as Dimery gladly admits) is a veritable jukebox in book form. Spanning the decades from the pre-50’s to the 00’s, Dimery and his contributors have compiled a list ranging from the obvious (R.E.S.P.E.C.T.) to the obscure (Captain Beefheart’s “Big Eyed Beans from Venus”) to hundreds of musical slices in between.Each of the selections are accompanied by a story of the history, the behind the scenes and/or the influence the song had on others. In addition to full credits, there are boxes on certain entries that indicate cover versions and which songs influenced which others. In all cases, the original releases provide the template, with later credits (samples, etc) added where appropriate. There is also an intro by famed Bowie producer, Tony Visconti.The book concludes with a list of 10,000 songs (listings only) that you must download before you die. Though the book has a bit of an international lean in places (many songs from the UK, France, Africa, etc. are simply unknown in the states) it serves as both a treasure trove of great songs you may have forgotten from the past, as well as a jumping off point for a wide berth of new musical territory to explore for quite a while. Pure fun. less

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