Featuring the best grunts/roars in the Motown canon, âReach Outâ¦â showcased The Four Topsâ on righteously romantic form. Exhibiting Dylanâs exemplary lyrical skill, âTangled Up In Blueâ was more poetry than song, a contorted, masterful story underpinned by a simple, acoustic backbone. James Ford: “The first record I really connected with was ‘Purple Haze.’ I remember being blown away by its wild and unhinged energy. The nascent JB’s – with Bootsy Collins on bass – lay down a groove so heavy its place on the playlist of a thousand wedding discos couldnât dilute its power. George Harrison – ‘My Sweet Lord’ (1970, Apple). Part harmonic spine-tingler, part rolling blues stomper and part soaring pop hit, âBand On The Runâ combined three songs into one complete behemoth. Light relief from all the lightning bolt blues, ‘… Yorba’ was Jack and Meg’s wild, thigh-slapping hoedown. In 2004, we asked a blue-ribbon panel of 162 artists, producers, industry executives and journalists to pick the greatest songs of all time. Roxy Music’s rollocking ode to the jet-set high-life has become so seminal that it has a Virgin Atlantic Beong 747 named after it. The moment where Queen Kate graduated from wispy ingénue to bona fide good witch. The Rolling Stones – ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’, Sly And The Family Stone – ‘Family Affair’, James Brown – ‘It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World’, The Four Tops – ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’, The Jacksons – ‘Shake Your Body Down To The Ground’, Stardust – ‘Music Sounds Better With You’, Dexys Midnight Runners – ‘Come On Eileen’, Elvis Costello And The Attractions – ‘Oliver’s Army’, Jimi Hendrix – ‘Voodoo Child (Slight Return)’, Blue Oyster Cult – ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’, The Rolling Stones – ‘Sympathy For The Devil’, James Brown – ‘Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine’, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – ‘Straight To You’, The Pogues & Kirsty McColl – ‘Fairytale Of New York’, The Velvet Underground – ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’. This was hip-hop not rooted in ghetto tales and ego-driven one-upmanship, but music of substance and boundless imagination.
The Horrors – ‘Sea Within A Sea’ (2009, XL).