[sotd] September 14, 2004 [50 Tracks]
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Site of the Day for Tuesday, September 14, 2004
50 Tracks -- 100 years. One great list of essential songs of the 20th
century.
This summer Canada's public radio hosted a 10 week series to determine the
best 50 popular songs of the twentieth century. Today's site unveils the
results of that summer-long venture, which was broadcast during a 6 hour
marathon on Labour Day by host Jian Ghomeshi.
"Thousands of songs are released each year by thousands of artists in an
ever expanding array of genres ... it's been happening for decades and it's
getting harder and harder to figure out what should be in your collection!
How is a music lover, casual or devoted, to have any chance of knowing what
to buy? What's good? What's going to last? How can a person find the music
that matters?" - from the website
The list was compiled from listeners' suggestions and a panel of experts,
on the most important and essential sings, decade by decade, until a final
50 were reached. Discover who made the cut and who didn't and what song
emerged as number one. There's also an informative timeline stretching from
1877, charting music recording devices and formats from the early
phonograph's tin foil cylinder to the "I-Pod".
Although some websites hang around seemingly forever, some vanish
overnight. The List suggests making a hard copy of the 50 Best Tracks, a
fun list in any multi-generation gathering for a spirited discussion on
what should be included -- Madonna's "Material Girl", Guy Lombardo's "Auld
Lang Syne"?
Hum over to the site for a nicely controversial list of the 50 Best Songs
of the 20th century at:
http://www.cbc.ca/50tracks/vote/
A.M. Holm
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