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1 Them - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
as used in "Basquiat"
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2 Underworld - Born Slippy
as used in "Trainspotting"
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3 Gioacchino Rossini - The Thieving Magpie
as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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4 Love and Rockets - This Heaven
as used in "The Doom Generation"
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5 Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
as used in "Fritz The Cat"
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6 Tom Waits - Innocent When You Dream (78)
as used in "Smoke"
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7 M.I.A. - Paper Planes
as used in "Slumdog Millionaire"
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8 Dick Dale - Misirlou
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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9 Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York
as used in "Garden State"
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10 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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11 T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer
as used in "Billie Elliott"
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12 Joy Division - Atmosphere
as used in "Control"
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13 Mulatu Astatke - Yekermo Sew
as used in "Broken Flowers"
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14 Laura Nyro - It's Gonna Take a Miracle
as used in "A Home At The End Of The World"
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15 Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
as used in "Trainspotting"
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16 Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
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17 Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)
as used in "Gegen Die Wand"
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18 Dinah Washington - What A Difference A Day Makes
as used in "Lola Rennt"
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19 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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20 Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights
as used in "Garden State"
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21 The Stranglers - Golden Brown
as used in "Snatch"
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22 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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23 The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
as used in "O Brother Where Art Thou"
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24 The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
as used in "The Doors"
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25 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
as used in "Scream"
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26 The Doors - The End
as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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27 Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
as used in "Malcolm X"
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28 DeVotchKa - How It Ends
as used in "Little Miss Sunshine"
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29 Esquivel - Mucha Muchacha
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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30 Van Morrison - Gloria
as used in "The Outsiders"
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31 Tom Waits - Little Drop of Poison
as used in "Shrek 2"
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32 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Burnin' And Lootin'
as used in "La Haine"
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33 Eddie Vedder - The Wolf
as used in "Into The Wild"
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34 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
as used in "Bowling For Columbine"
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35 Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
as used in "Kill Bill"
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36 Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
as used in "Boogie Nights"
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37 Folk Implosion - Nothing Gonna Stop
as used in "Kids"
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38 Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.3
as used in "Shine"
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39 Nine Inch Nails - Closer
as used in "Se7en"
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40 Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle
as used in "The Graduate"
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41 Derek and the Dominos - Layla
as used in "GoodFellas"
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42 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
as used in "Airplane"
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43 Death in Vegas - Girls
as used in "Lost In Translation"
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44 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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45 Ludwig van Beethoven - Für Elise
as used in "Elephant"
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46 Public Enemy - Fight The Power
as used in "Do The Right Thing"
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47 The Pogues - Summer In Siam
as used in "Basquiat"
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48 Smith - Baby It's You
as used in "Death Proof"
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49 Daniel Lanois - The Maker
as used in "Sling Blade"
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50 Harry Nilsson - Coconut
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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51 Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
as used in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
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52 David Bowie - Cat People
as used in "Inglorious Basterds"
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53 The Pogues - The Old Main Drag
as used in "My Own Private Idaho"
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54 Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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55 Blind Willie Johnson - Let Your Light Shine On Me
as used in "The Ladykillers"
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56 Sigur Rós - Samskeyti
as used in "Mysterious Skin"
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57 Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
as used in "Fight Club"
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58 Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
as used in "La Bamba"
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59 Gary Jules - Mad World
as used in "Donnie Darko"
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76 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem
as used in "Amadeus"
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61 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her To Eternity
as used in "Der Himmel Über Berlin"
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62 Marilyn Manson - I Put A Spell On You
as used in "Lost Highway"
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63 Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
as used in "Philadelphia"
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64 Carl Orff - O Fortuna
as used in "The Doors"
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65 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
as used in "Forrest Gump"
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66 George Gershwin - An American In Paris
as used in "As Good As It Gets"
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67 Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel
as used in "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou"
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68 Elliott Smith - Between The Bars
as used in "Good Will Hunting"
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69 The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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70 Patsy Cline - Crazy
as used in "C.R.A.Z.Y."
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71 Smog - Cold Blooded Old Times
as used in "High Fidelity"
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72 Charles Trenet - La mer
as used in "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly"
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73 Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
as used in "The Crow"
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74 Meat Beat Manifesto - Paradise Now
as used in "The Doom Generation"
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75 U2 - Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car
as used in "The Pillow Book"
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76 Richard Berry - Loui Loui
as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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77 Giacomo Puccini - Madame Butterfly
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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78 Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
as used in "The Basketball Diaries"
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79 The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy
as used in "The People vs Larry Flynt"
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80 Boy George - The Crying Game
as used in "The Crying Game"
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81 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - If 6 Was 9
as used in "Point Break"
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82 Girls Against Boys - Kill the Sexplayer
as used in "Clerks"
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83 The Young Rascals - Groovin'
as used in "Platoon"
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84 Portishead - Roads
as used in "Tank Girl"
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85 Ben E. King - Stand By Me
as used in "Stand By Me"
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86 Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
as used in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
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87 Annie Lennox - Don't Let It Bring You Down
as used is "American Beauty"
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88 Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra: Einleitung
as used in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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89 Frank Zappa - Dirty Love
as used in "The Ice Storm"
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90 The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
as used in "500 Days Of Summer"
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91 Ali Farka Touré - Ai Du
as used in "L'Auberge Espagnole"
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92 George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
as used in "Reservoir Dogs"
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93 Charlie Parker - April In Paris
as used in "Basquiat"
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94 Nena - 99 Luftballons
as used in "Boogie Nights"
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95 Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
as used in "The Lost Boys"
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96 Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
as used in "Apocalypse Now"
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97 Tommy James and The Shondells - Crimson and Clover
as used in "Coffee And Cigarettes"
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98 Bono & Gavin Friday - In the Name of the Father
as used in "In The Name Of The Father"
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99 Brian Eno - By This River
as used in "Y Tu Mama Tambien"
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100 Louis Armstrong - La Vie En Rose
as used in "Wall-E"
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101 Sonic Youth - Superstar
as used in "Juno"
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102 Ludwig van Beethoven - 9th Symphony
as used in "Clockwork Orange"
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103 Nortec Collective - Babel
as used in "Babel"
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104 Johnny Cash - Tennessee Stud
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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105 Elton John - Tiny Dancer
as used in "Almost Famous"
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106 Big Mama Thornton - Sing Out For Jesus
as used in "Vanishing Point"
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107 ZZ Top - Tush
as used in "Dazed and Confused"
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108 Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister
as used in "The Lost Boys"
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109 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
as used in "Boys Don't Cry"
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110 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Girl
as used in "Silence Of The Lambs"
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111 Pat Travers - Snortin' Whiskey
as used in "Sideways"
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112 Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation
as used in "Oceans Eleven"
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113 Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon
as used in "Pulp Fiction"
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114 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
as used in "Milk"
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115 Massive Attack - Daydreaming
as used in "Nowhere"
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116 Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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117 The Troggs - Love Is All Around
as used in "Get Real"
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118 Chavela Vargas - Paloma negra
as used in "Frida"
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119 The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
as used in "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
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120 Bill Withers - Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
as used in "Jackie Brown"
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121 The Church - Under The Milky Way
as used in "Donnie Darko"
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122 Roy Orbison - In Dreams
as used in "Blue Velvet"
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123 The Coasters - Down In Mexico
as used in "Death Proof"
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124 Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
as used in "Midnight Cowboy"
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125 Diamanda Galas - I Put A Spell On You
as used in "Natural Born Killers"
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126 Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine
as used in "Terminator II"
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127 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
as used in "Velvet Goldmine"
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128 Ludwig van Beethoven - Ode to Joy
as used in "Raising Arizona"
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129 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
as used in "I Am Legend"
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130 Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
as used in "Groundhog Day"
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131 Zapp & Roger - More Bounce to the Ounce
as used in "La Haine"
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132 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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133 Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing
as used in "I Love You, man"
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134 P.I.L. - This is Not A Love Song
as used in "Waltz With Bashir"
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135 The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
as used in "Full Metal Jacket"
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136 Celia Cruz - La Vida Es Un Carnaval
as used in "Amores Perros"
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137 Georg Friedrich Händel - Atalanta, HWV 35, Act I: Care selve, ombre beate
as used in "Funny Games"
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138 Nirvana - Something In The Way
as used in "Jarhead"
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139 ZZ Top - Mexican Blackbird
as used in "From Dusk 'Till Dawn"
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140 Alphaville - Forever Young
as used in "Lilya 4-Ever"
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141 Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me
as used in "Shallow Grave"
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142 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
as used in "Bruno"
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143 Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell
as used in "Blow"
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144 Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
as used in "Bachelor Party"
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145 Bryan Ferry - More Than This
as used in "Lost In Translation"
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146 Edith Piaf - Milord
as used in "The Bucket List"
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147 David Bowie - Let's Dance
as used in "Charlie Wilson's War"
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148 Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
as used in "U-Turn"
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149 Selena - God's Child (Baila Conmigo)
as used in "Blue In The Face"
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150 Nina Simone - I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
as used in "The Big Lebowski"
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50 preguntas sobre tu Top 50

1. Cómo descubriste al no.29? Celia Cruz
Uff...hace muchisimo tiempo, la escuché en la radio y era muy pequeña, parece que tenía como 6 o 7 años.

2. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.22? Kinder Porno
La primera canción que escuché de estas chicas fue "Barbie", su primer single ;).

3. Tu letra favoritra del no.33? Pitbull
Jajjaja...la única canción que escucho de Pitbull es "Culo" xD. Me da mucha risa esa canción.

4. Cómo descubriste al no.49? Dj Mendez
Cuando lanzó sus primeras canciones llamadas "Fiesta" y "Adrenalina".

5. Cuántos discos del no.13 tienes? Juanes
Solo tengo un disco "Un Día Normal" que me fascina ese discooo *-*. Tiene muchas canciones bellas allí y con mucho contenido.

6. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.50? Franco "El Gorila"
Obviamente que "Sexo Seguro", aunque sea una canción demasiado explícita xD, igual me encanta...además que a Franco lo he visto en vivo.

7. Hay alguna canción del no.39 que te ponga triste? Amaral
Si, por ejemplo "Sin Ti No Soy Nada".

8. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.15? Reik
Una canción de ellos que se llama "Niña", que no es conocida.

9. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.5? Ella Baila Sola
Pucha...no sé, me gustan muchas canciones de ellas, pero últimamente he estado escuchando demasiado xD "Victoria".

10. Hay alguna canción del no.6 que te ponga de buen humor? Francisca Valenzuela
Mmm...en realidad no tanto, pero creo que es Afortunada.

11. Cuál es la peor canción del no.40? Arcangel
Yo creo que "Te Presento a Kastrofobia" es algo aburrida...además el nombre de la canción es extraño.

12. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.10? Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson! Me fascinan...los conozco en vivo, tienen canciones muy buenas, pero creo que la mejor de todas es "SAMBACANUTA".

13. Un buen recuerdo relacionado con el no.30? Miranda!
Mmm...yo creo que la canción "Bailarina", porque me acuerdo de un reclame de la Radio X x), que suena demasiado chistoso.

14. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.38? Franco de Vita
Obviamente que tiene muy bellas canciones, por su alta trayectoria, pero creo que la mejor es "Si la ves", me gusta la canción que canta él solo y la que tiene junto a Sin Bandera.

15. Hay alguna canción del no.19 que te ponga de buen humor? Maná
Sí, la canción llamada "Perdido en un barco".

16. Hay alguna canción del no.25 que te ponga triste? The Sims 2
Mmm...puede ser algunas de las canciones que tocan en la estación de Jazz en el videojuego, que no recuerdo ahora sus nombres.

17. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.23? Fulanito
Mmm... parece que fue "Guallando" o "La Novela" :S

18. Cuál es tu letra favorita del no.11? muza
Mi letra favorita es Luna Azul.

19. Quién es tu miembro favorito del no.1? Miguel Bosé
Jajja es un solista asi que no puedo responder esa pregunta .

20. Hay alguna canción del no.14 que te ponga de buen humor? Britney Spears
Sí, yo creo que puede ser "Soda Pop".

21. Un buen recuerdo asociado al no.27? Shakira
Puede ser cuando nos poniamos a bailar la canción "Ojos Asi" xD

22. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.16? La Oreja de Van Gogh
Obviamente que "Un mundo mejor". Me gustaba la Oreja cuando estaba Amaia...¬¬

23. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.47? Juan Antonio Labra
Mmm...obvio que Mueve Mueve.

24. Cuál es tu álbum favorito del no.18? Enanitos Verdes
Antología :P es un buen disco.

25. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.21? Enrique Iglesias
"Marta", sin dudas. Amo esa canción, especialmente el coro que dice: Sabes Marta yo daría media vida y algo más,
solamente por estar contigo...oye Marta no te salgas de mi vida por favor (8) <3.

26. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.26? Soraya
Mmm...parece que fue De Repente :S, no recuerdo.

27. Cuál es tu álbum favorito del no.3? Poets of the Fall
Yo creo que "Carnival of Rust", aunque la canción que lleva el mismo nombre del disco no me gusta >_<

28. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.2? Ricardo Arjona
Difícil pregunta, me gustan muchas como "Ella Y Él", "De Vez En Mes", "Duele Verte", "Historia De Taxi", por eso me cuesta responder esta pregunta...

29. La primera canción que escuchaste del no.32? Gerardo
Su "One Hit Wonder" llamado "Rico Suave". xD

30. Cuál es tu canción favorita del no.8? Jason Castro
Muy difícil la pregunta...es que me encantan casi todas las canciones de él (y él también) *__*, pero creo que la mejor es "Let's Just Fall In Love Again", escúchenla se las recomiendo <3

31. Cuántas veces has visto en directo al no.17? Don Omar
Nunca...igual me gustaría ir a un concierto de él.

32. Hay alguna canción del no.44 que te ponga de buen humor? Fergie
"Fergalicious", su canción más famosa...

33. Cómo descubriste al no.12? Dj Bitman
Estaba buscando información de Usted No! y en esa misma página hablaban de Dj Bitman, me llamó la atención y me puse a bajar música de él...es de lo mejorcito en Chile *O*.

34. Cuál es la peor canción del no.45? Alberto Plaza
Yo creo que "Ahora Es Miguel", no la paso mucho.

35. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.34? Panda
La primera que escuché y que me gustó (y es mi placer culpable) es "Los Malaventurados No Lloran".

36. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.48? Bebe
La canción "Siempre Me Quedará".

37. Cuántas veces has visto al no.42 en directo? D'Angelo
Ninguna...

38. Tu canción favorita del no.36? Pimpinela & Miranda!
Obviamente que la canción "Cena Para Cuatro" que la bajé por curiosidad.. .y la amé =).

39. La primera canción que escuchaste del no.28? Belinda
La canción "Lo Siento"'.

40. Cuál es tu álbum favorito del no.7? Daddy Yankee
Está entre "Barrio Fino" y "Talento De Barrio"...

41. Hay alguna canción del no.31 que te ponga de buen humor? La hora loca
Jjaja obvio que "Dale Maraca Dale" xDDDDDDD lmao.

42. Cuál es tu álbum favorito del no.41? Arcangel
No conozco mucho sus albumes, pero me quedo con "El Fenomeno"

43. Tu canción favorita del no.24? Ygal
Yo creo que puede ser "Cobarde", aunque me de un poco de pena esa canción...

44. Un buen recuerdo relacionado con el no.46? Zion
Nop, ninguno.

45. Tu canción favorita del no.35? Fito Páez
Mmm...está entre "11 Y 6" y "Se Fue, Se Fue".

46. Hay alguna canción del no.9 que te ponga de buen humor? Bacilos
Sii la canción "Buena".

47. Cuál es tu disco favorito del no.4? Backstreet Boys
TODOS. Los amo <3. Tienen lindas canciones, casi nunca hacen canciones "lata" o "de relleno".

48. Cuál es tu miembro favorito del no.37? Luis Miguel
No es un grupo, asi que no puedo responder...

49. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del no.43? Vico C
"La Vecinita" xD

50. Tu canción favorita del no.20? Justin Timberlake
SexyBack, obvio...me encanta, es una canción demasiado porno x'D.

TOP 23 MUSICIANS FROM CUBA

1. Celia Cruz
2. Compay Segundo
3. Buena Vista Social Club
4. Ibrahim Ferrer
5. Silvio Rodriguez
6. Ruben Gonzalez
7. Omara Portuondo
8. Benny More
9. Eliades Ochoa
10. Cachao
11. Guillermo Portabales
12. Pablo Milanes
13. Laurel Aitken
14. Carlos Puebla
15. Mongo Santamaria
16. Chucho Valdes
17. Orquesta Aragon
18. Arturo Sandoval
19. Trio Matamoros
20. Orlando Cachaito Lopez
21. Perez Prado
22. Sierra Maestra
23. Los Van Van



Comment about missed names which should be in list and not deserving ones.

(All lists in www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com - Tüm listeler için www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com)





Honorable Mention;

New Zealand; Crowded House, Split Enz, Flight of Conhcords
Colombia; Shakira, Carlos Vives, Aterciopelados
Pakistan; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ghulam Ali, Sabri Brothers
Egypt; Oum Kalthoum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Amr Diab
Senegal; Orchestra Baobab, Baaba Maal, Youssou N'Dour
Algeria; Khaled, Warda, Rachid Taha
Georgia; Elisabeth Leonskaja, Katie Melua, Giya Kancheli
Uruguay; Francisco Canaro, Julio Sosa, Alfredo Zitarrosa
Nigeria; Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Keziah Jones
Bosnia & Herzegovina; Goran Bregovic, Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, Indexi

Edited Ranking

MUSIC WORLD RANKING TOP 50 COUNTDOWN


50. IRAN

BESTS FROM IRAN

Best Iranian Pop Singer: Googoosh
Folk Artis: Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

49. LEBONAN

BESTS FROM LEBONAN

Academy Award Winning Composer: Gabriel Yared
Best Arabic Singing Voice Ever: Fairuz
Most Famous Lebanese Singer abroad: Paul Anka
UNESCO Artist for Peace: Marcel Khalife

48. LITHUANIA

BESTS FROM LITHUANIA

Best Lithuanian Classical Composer: Clara Rockmore
Best Lithuanian Rock Band: Foje
One of the Greatest Violin Players of All-Time: Jascha Heifetz

47. ARMENIA

BESTS FROM ARMENIA

Four time Grammy Award nominated Armenian Band: System of a Down
Best Armenian Classical Composer: Aram Khachaturian
Three times Oscar Winner Composer: Michel Legrand
Greatest Duduk Player Ever: Djivan Gasparyan
Most Famous Armenian Singers : Cher, Charles Aznavour

46. PERU

BESTS FROM PERU

Greatest Singing Voice Ever (over 4 octaves): Yma Sumac
Greatest Peruvian Musician: Chabuca Granda
Peruvian Hip-Hop Singer: Immortal Technique

45. ICELAND

BESTS FROM ICELAND

Best Icelandic Band Ever Sigur Ros
Greatest Female Musician of Iceland: Bjork
Best Icelandic Classical Composer: Johann Johannsson

44. ETHIOPIA

BESTS FROM ETHIOPIA

Father of Ethiopian Jazz: Mulatu Astatqe
Best Gurage Singer: Mahmoud Ahmed
Ethiopian James Brown, Soul Singer: Alemayehu Eshete

43. SOUTH AFRICA

BESTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

Best South African Composer (European Origin): Trevor Jones
Best South African Jazz Musicians: Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masekela
Grammy Award Winning Artist, Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba

42. ROMANIA

BESTS FROM ROMANIA

Best Romanian Musicians Ever: George Enescu, Dinu Lipatti
Best Gipsy Bands ever: Fanfarte Ciocarlia, Taraf de Haidouks
Master of the Pan-Flute: Gheorge Zamfir
Greatest Band of Romania: Phoenix

41. MALI

BESTS FROM MALI

One of the Top Three Greatest African Musicians Ever (with Fela Kuti and Miriam Makeba): Ali Farka Toure
Golden Voice of Africa, Albino Singer: Salif Keita
Best African Music Duo ever (blind couple): Amadou & Mariam

40. DENMARK

BESTS FROM DENMARK

Best Danish Composer Ever: Carl Nielsen
Best Danish Bands: Mew, Mercyful Fate
Best Danish Electronic Musician: Trentemoller

39. UKRAINE

BESTS FROM UKRAINE

The Sound: Stan Getz
Best Ukranian Bands: Fleur, Nokturnal Mortum, Drudkh

38. SERBIA

BESTS FROM SERBIA

Greatest Garage Rock Band of Ex-Yugoslavia: Partibrejkers
Best Serbian Gypsy Musician: Saban Bajramovic
Best Acoustic Rock Singer of East Europe: Djordje Balasevic

37. WALES

BESTS FROM WALES

The Most Inventive and Influential Figure in Contemporary Electronic Music: Aphex Twins
One of the Most Powerful Singing Voices Ever: Tom Jones
Best Welsh Bands: Manic Street Preachers, Super Furry Animals

36. CHILE

BESTS FROM CHILE

Best Chilean Musicians Ever: Violeta Parra, Victor Jara
Best Chilean Folk Band: Inti-Illimani
Best Chilean Rock Bands: Los Prisioneros, Los Jaivas

35. CHINA

BESTS FROM CHINA

Multiple Grammy Awards Winner Cellist: Yo-Yo Ma
Grammy and Oscar Winner Contemporary Classical Composer: Tan Dun
Best Chinese Pop Singers Ever: Leslie Cheung, Faye Wong

34. ISRAEL

BESTS FROM ISRAEL

Best Israeli Band: Orphaned Land
One of the Greatest Violinist of the 20th Century: Itzhak Perlman
Best Israelian Female Musician Ever: Chava Alberstein

33. BELGIUM

BESTS FROM BELGIUM

Best Belgian Classical Composer: Cesar Franck
One of the Most Renowned Jazz Guitarists due to His Innovative and Distinctive Playing: Django Reinhardt
Greatest Belgian Singer Ever: Jacques Brel

32. CROATIA

BESTS FROM CROATIA

Best Grunge Band of East Europe: Laufer
Greatest Croatian Pianist: Ivo Pogorelich
Best Croatian Bands: Azra, Prljavo Kazaliste

31. FINLAND

BESTS FROM FINLAND

Greatest Finnish Musician of All-Time: Jean Sibelius
Best Symphonic Metal Band Ever: Nightwish
Death Metal Band: Amorphis

30. CATALONIA (Autonomous Community)

BESTS FROM CATALONIA

Greatest Cello Player of All-Time: Pablo Casals
Best Classical Guitar Composer Ever: Isaac Albeniz
Mambo Musician: Xavier Cugat

29. PUERTO RICO

BESTS FROM PUERTO RICO

Godfather of Latin Jazz: Ray Barretto
Most Renowned Singer and Composer of Salsa Music: Ismael Rivera
King of Mambo Music: Tito Puente
Great Salsa Singer: Hector Lavoe
Most Successful Puerto Rican Musical Group Ever: El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

28. HUNGARY

BESTS FROM HUNGARY

Top Hungarian Classical Composers and Pianists: Franz Liszt, Bela Bartok
Best Film Score Composers: Gyorgy Ligeti, Miklos Rozsa
Best Hungarian Folk Music Band: Muzsikas

27. CZECH REPUBLIC

BESTS FROM CZECH REPUBLIC

Composer of New World Symphony, One of The Greatest Romantic Music Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Most Famous Czech Composer just aftert Dvorak: Bedrich Smetana
Best Czech Folk Musicians: Jaromir Nohavica, Karel Kryl

26. INDIA

BESTS FROM INDIA

Greatest Indian Musician Ever: Ravi Shankar
Sitar Maestro: Vilayat Khan
Most Famous Female Bollywood Playback Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle
One of the Most Versatile Singing Voices Ever: Mohammed Rafi

25. TURKEY

BESTS FROM TURKEY

Creators of Turkish Music, Classical and Sufi Music Composers: Dede Efendi, Tanburi Cemil Bey
Best Turkish Singing Voices Ever: Zeki Muren, Muzeyyen Senar
Best Anatolian Rock Musicians: Erkin Koray, Baris Manco, Cem Karaca, Selda
Queen of Turkish Pop: Sezen Aksu
Best Turkish Band Ever: Nekropsi, Moğollar



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24. MEXICO

BESTS FROM MEXICO

A Rock and Roll Pioneer and a Forefather of the Chicano Rock Movement: Ritchie Valens
Most Famous Actor and Singer of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema: Pedro Infante
The King of Space Age Pop: Esquivel
Internationally Known Music Trio: Los Panchos
Best Ranchera Musicians Ever: Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Vicente Fernandez

23. AUSTRALIA

BESTS FROM AUSTRALIA

One of the Greatest Hard Rock Bands Ever, Pioneers of Heavy Metal: AC/DC
Rock Band fronted by Nick Cave: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Greatest Ethereal Wave Band Ever: Dead Can Dance

22. SCOTLAND

BESTS FROM SCOTLAND

Greatest Electronic Music Duo Ever: Boards of Canada
Best Scottish Bands Ever: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream
Best Known Scottish Band: Belle & Sebastian

21. PORTUGAL

BESTS FROM PORTUGAL

Queen of Fado, One of the Greatest European Singers ever: Amalia Rodrigues
Most Talented Portuguese Musician in the 20th century, Man with a 1000 fingers: Carlos Paredes
Most Famous Portuquese Singer abroad: Nelly Furtado

20.GREECE

BESTS FROM GREECE

Greek Soprano, Best European Female Voice of the Twentieth Century: Maria Callas
One of the Greatest Composers of Electronic Music of All-Time: Vangelis
Modernist Composer: Iannis Xenakis
Academy Award Winner Film Composer: Manos Hadjidakis

19. NORWAY

BESTS FROM NORWAY

Greatest Norwegian Musician Ever: Edvard Grieg
Electronic Music Duo: royksopp
Famous New Wave Band of 80s: a-ha

18. IRELAND

BESTS FROM IRELAND

Most f,Famous Irish Band: U2
Grammy Award Winning Singer, Songwriter: Van Morrison
Famous Hard Rock Band: Thin Lizzy

17. NETHERLANDS

BESTS FROM NETHERLANDS

Greatest Dutch Bands: The Gathering, Golden Earring, Focus
Top Djs of the World: Ferry Corsten, Dj Tiesto, Armin van Buuren

16. SWEDEN

BESTS FROM SWEDEN

Greatest Pop Music Group of Scandinavia: ABBA
Top Swedish Folk Singer: Cornelis Vreeswijk
Best Swedish Band Ever: Opeth

15. CUBA

BESTS FROM CUBA

The Best Known and Most Influential Female Figure in the History of Cuban Music, Queen of Salsa: Celia Cruz
Greatest Guitarist and Composer of Cuban Trova Music: Compay Segundo
Popular Afro-Cuban Singer of Cuba: Ibrahim Ferrer
Leader of Nueva Trova Movement: Silvio Rodriguez

14. ARGENTINA

BESTS FROM ARGENTINA

Creator of Nuevo Tango, Excellent Bandoneon Player: Astor Piazzolla
The Most Prominent Figure in the History of Tango: Carlos Gardel
Composer of Mission Impossible Theme, Four Times Grammy Award Winner, with 21 times Nominations: Lalo Schifrin

13. JAPAN

BESTS FROM JAPAN

Best Japanese Film Score Composer: Joe Hisaishi
Video Game Composer, Composer of Final Fantasy Series: Nobuo Uematsu
Greatest Enka Singer: Meiko Kaji

12. POLAND

BESTS FROM POLAND

One of the Greatest Classical Composers of All-Time: Frederic Chopin
One of the Greatest Pianist of 20th Century: Arthur Rubinstein
Best Sung Poetry Singers Ever: Marek Grechuta, Jacek Kaczmarski

11. SPAIN

BESTS FROM SPAIN

Blind Composer and Virtuoso Pianist: Joaquin Rodrigo
Greatest Classical Guitarist: andres segovia
Most Famous Flamenco Guitarist of All-Time: Paco de Lucia

10. CANADA

BESTS FROM CANADA

Greatest Canadian Musician Ever: Neil Young
Jewish Canadian Folk Rock Musician: Leonard Cohen
Best Canadian Female Singer and Songwriter: Joni Mitchell
Greatest Canadian Bands Ever: Rush, Arcade Fire, The Band

9. BRAZIL

BESTS FROM BRAZIL

A Primary Force Behind the Creation of the Bossa Nova Style: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Creator of Bossa Nova Beat, Father of Bossa Nova: Joao Gilberto
Bob Dylan of Brazil: Caetano Veloso

8. JAMAICA

BESTS FROM JAMAICA

Most Well-Known Reggae Artist of All-Time: Bob Marley
Ska and Reggae Vocal Group: Toots & The Maytals
Influential Dub and Reggae Singer: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

7. AUSTRIA

BESTS FROM AUSTRIA

One of the Three Greatest Composers of All-Time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Father of the Symphony: Joseph Haydn
Composer of Unfinished Symphony: Franz Schubert
The Waltz King: Johann Strauss II



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6. RUSSIA

BESTS FROM RUSSIA

Last Great Representative of Late Romanticism in Classical Music. Sergei Rachmaninoff
One of the Five Innovators of Russian Music: Modest Mussorgsky
Russian Composer of Soviet Period: Dmitri Shostakovich
Most Influential Composer of 20th Century: Igor Stravinsky
Best Russian Bands Ever: Пикник, Алиса, Кино, Аквариум, ДДТ, Nautilus Pompilius
Composer of Swan Lake and Nutcracker Ballets: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

5. ITALY

BESTS FROM ITALY

Greatest Italian Composer Ever: Antonio Vivaldi
One of the Most Famous Opera Composers Ever: Guiseppe Verdi
Composer of More Than 500 Film and Television Productions: Ennio Morricone

4. FRANCE

BESTS FROM FRANCE

One of the Two Key Figures of Impressionist Music Along with Ravel: Claude Debussy
Composer of Gymnopedies: Erik Satie
One of the World’s most Influential Musicians: Serge Gainsbourg
Superstar of Minimalist and Avant-Garde Music: Yann Tiersen

3. GERMANY

BESTS FROM GERMANY

Greatest Composers of All-Time: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach
Most Influential Electronic Music Band of the History: Kraftwerk
Pioneer of Classical Music: Hildegard von Bingen

2. ENGLAND

BESTS FROM ENGLAND

Over One Billion Album Seller, Greatest Band of All-Time: The Beatles
Greatest Rock and Roll Band Ever: Rolling Stones
The Heaviest Band of the Seventies: Led Zeppelin
Best Progressive Rock Band Ever: Pink Floyd

1. U.S.A

BESTS FROM U.S.A

Greatest Contribution to Song-Writing: Bob Dylan
Greatest Guitarist of All-Time: Jimi Hendrix
Most Important American Musician of 20th Century: Louis Armstrong
King of Rock ’n ‘ Roll: Elvis Presley

Continuing more with the international theme in April...

1. Aïwa - Dioud (Majdo Remix)

2. Panjabi MC - Jogi

3. Rosali de Souza - Maria Moita

4. Ojos de Brujo - Todo Tiende

5. Gunjan with Bally Sagoo - Bindiya Chamke Gi

6. Fun-Da-Mental - the last gospel

7. Emily Loizeau - L'autre bout du monde

8. Totonho & Oscabra - A Rainha

9. Juggy - Nasheh (Remix)

10. Dana - Ana Dana

11. Khaled - Didi

12. Lili Boniche - Elle est Partie

13. India.Arie - Can I Walk With You

14. Celia Cruz - La Vida Es Un Carnaval

15. Cibelle - Luisas

16. Astrud Gillberto - The Girl From Inpanema

17. Mercedes Sosa - Gracias A La Vida

18. David Lafore - Plat À Gratin

19. BiD - Nao Para

20. Lackshya - Main Hoon

Looking at the tag cloud, this is the week my charts went to Cuba. Nothing wrong with that at all, not by a long margin.

9. Bongo Maffin
I've already mentioned my great enjoyment of these kwaito performers, and if anything they're better the second time round. I must get my hands on more kwaito when I'm back from overseas - anything with rapped vocals in pretty much every South African language has to be worth it.

9. Los Fakires
As nearly as I can explain it, this is the sort of music that the Buena Vista Social Club project was going for, with the key difference being that this band played together for years and years. That same lovely languid vibe is there, along with the feeling that any of the musicians in question could absolutely slay all comers on their chosen instruments.

7. Iced Earth
Call them overrated (I frequently do), call them hit-and-miss (likewise), but when Iced Earth are good, they're very good. This position is due to their album "The Glorious Burden", which is insanely jingoistic in its lyrical content, but just comes out very well when performed.

7. Pedro Luis Ferrer
A performer of Cuban changui music. Stop me if I'm wrong, but changui is kind of the ancestor to son. Son being the style that everyone associates with Cuba. Ferrer's songs are all simple - deceptively so, I shouldn't wonder - but remarkably well-performed and just sound like summer, every second of them.

6. Los Compadres
Everyone knows Compay Segundo, right? Well, this was the band which caused him to have that famous nickname ("Compadre Segundo" = the second voice in the band). Thus, one can expect some brilliant early renditions of Compay's hits in here - and this duo doesn't disappoint.

5. Ñico Saquito
More of this wonderful early son stuff. It's almost impossible to pick favourites between Ferrer and Saquito, so I'd happily listen to both.

4. Celia Cruz
The Queen of Salsa, famous the world over for the cry of "Azucar!". This position is courtesy of a large greatest-hits and also her final album. Of the two, the final album is a slightly more consistent listen - she was dying at the time it was recorded, mind you. Weirdly, though, I can't claim to have been entirely swayed by Celia on first listen.

3. Napalm Death
From Cuba, back to the world of metal, in this case the pioneers of grindcore. I gave their two most recent albums a listen, which may well have been missing the point, and they were moderately impressive. I know I'm probably coming into it backwards, but if I'm after the kind of brutal onslaught style of metal, there are bands following ND's footsteps that I think I prefer.

2. Iron Maiden
There really isn't much I can say about Iron Maiden other than that I truly enjoy everything of theirs I've heard. One of my favourite bands in any style of music.

1. Annett Louisan
I promised myself I'd get her studio work after her live album impressed me so much, and if anything the studio work is marginally better. Definitely one of the finds of the year, this girl. Seriously sweet voice (although possibly not to everyone's tastes), brilliant backing band and very clever lyrics.

This week on [url="http://toasterheadsblogosphere.blogspot.com/2007/10/una-seleccin-de-hermosos-sonidos.html";]Dance, You Fools! For This Is Club Toasterhead!, we salute my soon-to-be better half with a selection of beautiful Cuban music, for your aural pleasure. From the lazy sweetness of Compay Segundo and Ibrahim Ferrer to the uptempo romps of Celia Cruz and Rubén González , we guarantee some foot-tapping and rump-shaking this week. So fry up some tostones, pop a can of Iron Beer, and enjoy!

Celia Cruz - La vida Es Un Carnaval
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan chan
Ibrahim Ferrer - Dos Gardenias
Compay Segundo - Orgullecida
Rubén González - Mandinga
Omara Portuondo - He Perdido Contigo
Celia Cruz - Mambo Del Amor
Omara Portuondo - Canta lo Sentimental
Irakere - Boliviana
Buena Vista Social Club - Candela
Ibrahim Ferrer - De Camino a la Vereda
Compay Segundo - Macus
Rubén González - Como Siento Yo
Eliades Ochoa - El Carretero
Los Van Van - Bailando Moja
Sierra Maestra - Tbiri T
Los Guaracheros de Oriente - Patria Querida
Irakere - Bacalao con pan
Afro Cuban All Stars - Alto Songo
Arturo Sandoval - Martebelona

Last year I was in Delft, at Plexus, the really good record store there, and the proprietor pulled out a copy of Vivo Feliz from some pile on some table, puts it on the PA system, and floors me.

Everyone knows Elza Soares, right? For the US listener, if she or he knows Elza at all, she is one of those 1970s Brazilian singers who made a number of funky samba records then sort of disappeared from view as musical tastes changed. You can find her work on a couple of sampler discs, as well as greatest hits collections. If you read her bio here on last-fm you can find more about her sad life story.

Back to the story, I'm in Delft, and Elza comes over the PA, and it's just the most monster dance record possible. Rio de Janeiro features a bouncy bassline that sounds like Victor Wooten kidnapped by tropical booty activists, has this rap that sounds like it was run through the same vintage vocoder/compressor that turned Sheila E's rap from It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night into something so over-the-top and ruthlessly erotic, a nutty saxophone solo, and in between, Elza chanting "I loff you," in a particularly villainous accent, as if she was about to whisk you home from an Ipanema nightclub, share with you a night of mind-altering passion, then saw you up into pieces with her giant ruby industrial laser. You could see it from the start, yet you loved it anyway.

If you like that song, maybe you'll like the French-language rap on the next song, or the Celia Cruz imitation on the one after that. ¡Azucar!

I bought "Vivo Feliz" immediately and took it home and loved it and cherished it. And now the entire album is available on last.fm's on-demand streamable service. Go and listen.