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Sep 18, 2014
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PolarisPrime
The magic chords.
They make anyone seem like they can play a guitar - including me.
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What is the most influential song of all time?
canadiancougar624
9/18/14 12:13am
Agree on Hotel California and Teen Spirit, I'd add Rolling Stones "Satisfaction"
billyrust
9/18/14 12:23am
Agree on Satisfaction.
lightmann
9/18/14 12:56am
the star spangled banner.
Snorky
9/18/14 12:24am
I expect to get flamed for this but I have often whished that
PolarisPrime
9/18/14 2:23am
Consider yourself flamed!
Coug Eastwood
9/18/14 8:01am
I don't like it personally, but Imagine is up there.
ClackamasCoug
9/18/14 12:32am
I don't like it personally, but Stairway to Heaven is up there.
ClackamasCoug
9/18/14 12:33am
Thriller?
garyfan
9/18/14 12:44am
One certainly reshaped junior high school dances.
MarkGrace
9/18/14 12:48am
probably some primordial chant where man discovered the dominant and tonic
franklyvulgar
9/18/14 12:48am
(grin) Awesome.
LeftOfNormal
9/18/14 1:39am
Go ahead and laugh -- not the most, but one of the most -- The Beatles:
lightmann
9/18/14 12:50am
Why would anyone laugh?
MarkGrace
9/18/14 12:51am
it's more the way the song was recieved at the time, than the song itself.
lightmann
9/18/14 12:55am
The older I get the more I think the Beatles were opportunists
PolarisPrime
9/18/14 1:57am
Maybe, but they did things with chord progressions that were simply not done in
LeftOfNormal
9/18/14 2:03am
The magic chords.
PolarisPrime
9/18/14 2:14am
I'd say they were both. To say they weren't trend setters is crazy talk.
lightmann
9/18/14 9:05am
Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. Rapture by Blondie.
HawkCat
9/18/14 12:58am
RE: What is the most influential song of all time?
So it goes...
9/18/14 1:38am
Without Elvis we aren't even having this discussion.
PolarisPrime
9/18/14 1:55am
Happy Birthday to You
AxelDC
9/18/14 1:46am
I think as far as changing/shaping/influencing the music industry
So it goes...
9/18/14 1:47am
Not albums. Songs.
Supercoug
9/18/14 7:12am
Bethovens 9th and it's not even close.
PolarisPrime
9/18/14 2:12am
Not disagreeing with you , but it irks me when someone says, 'and its not close'
fbguru
9/18/14 7:26am
It was picked at the number one song in history.
PolarisPrime
9/18/14 10:56am
Additional
PolarisPrime
9/18/14 10:27pm
Marquee Moon - Television
BigD Coug
9/18/14 5:10am
I don't see how it could be anything but Smells Like Teen Spirit
Supercoug
9/18/14 5:11am
Many songs were more influential than Smells Like Teen Spirit - it definitely
BigD Coug
9/18/14 5:34am
We're only talking about a song. One single song.
Supercoug
9/18/14 7:11am
I was a freshman in college - does that make me too old?
BigD Coug
9/18/14 7:39am
Yes, you are old.
Supercoug
9/18/14 10:08pm
If Kobain had not killed himself
PolarisPrime
9/18/14 10:30pm
It was the trend setter for a single genre of music
PolarisPrime
9/18/14 1:00pm
Something by Velvet Underground or Sgt. Peppers by Beatles
BlackBart
9/18/14 5:57am
CELEBRATE... Really added life to Osama's demise!
coug almighty
9/18/14 6:18am
Straight outtta Compton
WDaddy
9/18/14 6:19am
Very influential
BlackBart
9/18/14 8:11am
Johnny B. Goode
Faceman
9/18/14 7:00am
Happy Birthday
spugeddy24
9/18/14 7:07am
Vanilla Ice- Ice Ice Baby
kalifi
9/18/14 7:47am
Without this song, Eminem may never have burst onto the scene and
Faceman
9/18/14 8:10am
Probably too difficult to truly measure influence. However, I would suggest
Coug Eastwood
9/18/14 8:18am
Rapper's Delight by Sugar Hill Gang
TomPetty
9/18/14 8:30am
Changed my life.
El Fuego
9/18/14 9:14am
Outkast - Hey Ya. Eminem - Real Slim Shady or My Name is
Memmo
9/18/14 10:03am
In terms of reshaping the music industry?
Finngirl
9/18/14 11:13am
"A one-man rescue team for the music business."
Finngirl
9/18/14 11:14am
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