Coldplay, Clocks è la canzone più bella degli ultimi 10 anni per la BBC
Gli ascoltatori di BBC Radio 6 hanno votato “Clocks” dei Coldplay eleggendola la canzone più bella degli ultimi dieci anni.
Potevano esprimere una sola preferenza gli ascoltatori di Radio 6 Music, il canale digitale della BBC: lo hanno fatto scegliendo Clocks dei Coldplay ed eleggendola canzone più bella degli ultimi dieci anni. Tra le cento canzoni selezionate, il singolo di “A Rush of Blood to the Head” (“Record of the Year” ai Grammy 2004) ha avuto la meglio su “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor” degli Arctic Monkeys che si è piazzata al secondo posto e “One Day Like This” degli Elbow, terza sul podio.
Prima di lasciarvi alla classifica completa dei cento brani e al video live della canzone che trovate dopo il salto, una curiosità. Anni dopo la pubblicazione, l’astrologo, chitarrista e cantante olandese Peter Van Wood pretese un risarcimento di un milione di euro accusando di plagio Chris Martin e soci. Sosteneva infatti che “Clocks” fosse stata copiata dal suo successo “Caviar and Champagne”…
BBC Radio 6 100 Greatest Hits: The Top 100
?1 Coldplay – Clocks
2 Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
3 Elbow – One Day Like This
4 The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio
5 The Killers – Mr Brightside
6 The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
7 The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize??
8 Johnny Cash – Hurt
9 British Sea Power – Remember Me
10 Radiohead – There There
11 Muse – Supermassive Black Hole
12 Arcade Fire – Wake Up
13 LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
14 M83 – Midnight City
15 Midlake – Roscoe
16 Queens Of The Stone Age – No One Knows
17 Sigur Ros – Hoppipola
18 Morrissey – Irish Blood, English Heart
19 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
20 Bon Iver – Skinny Love
21 Richard Hawley -Tonight The Streets Are Ours
22 The Libertines – Time For Heroes
23 The Walkmen – The Rat
24 Lana Del Rey – Video Games
25 Amy Winehouse – Rehab
26 Florence + the Machine – Kiss With A Fist
27 Doves – There Goes The Fear
28 Adele – Hometown Glory
29 Foo Fighters – All My Life
30 Blur – Out Of Time
31 Bloc Party – Banquet
32 The Maccabees – Love You Better
33 Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
34 Outkast – Hey Ya
35 La Roux – In For The Kill
36 Alabama Shakes – Hold On
37 Oasis – The Importance Of Being Idle
38 Mumford & Sons – The Cave
39 MGMT – Time To Pretend
40 Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks
41 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – There She Goes My Beautiful World
42 Foals – Spanish Sahara
43 Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
44 Kasabian – Fire
45 Alt J – Tessellate
46 Fleet Foxes – Mykonos
47 The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
48 Interpol – Obstacle 1
49 Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
50 The Cribs – Men’s Needs
51 The XX – Islands
52 The Futureheads – Hounds Of Love
53 Gorillaz – Dare
54 Kaiser Chiefs – Oh My God
55 The Strokes – Juicebox
56 MIA – Paper Planes
57 Bright Eyes – First Day Of My Life
58 PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder
59 Hot Chip – Over & Over
60 The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
61 Animal Collective – My Girls
62 The Roots – The Seed (2.0)
63 The Streets – Weak Become Heroes
64 Manic Street Preachers – Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
65 Laura Marling – Sophia
66 Mclusky – That Man Will Not Hang
67= Bat For Lashes – Laura
67= Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
69 Vampire Weekend – A Punk
70 Kings Of Leon – Molly’s Chambers
71 Super Furry Animals – Golden Retriever
72 Beastie Boys – Ch-Check It Out
73 Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
74 The Shins – Phantom Limb
75 The Rapture – House Of Jealous Lovers
76 Gossip – Standing In The Way Of Control
77 Underworld – Two Months Off
78 Jake Bugg – Lightning Bolt
79 Goldfrapp – Strict Machine
80 Cat Power – The Greatest
81 Damian Marley – Welcome To Jamrock
82 The Chemical Brothers – Galvanize
83 Justice vs Simian – We Are Your Friends
84 Klaxons – Golden Skans
85 Phoenix – 1901
86 Primal Scream – Country Girl
87 Janelle Monae – Tightrope
88 Kanye West – Jesus Walks
89 Daft Punk – Robot Rock
90 Paul Weller – From The Floorboards Up
91 Metronomy – Heartbreaker
92 Dizzee Rascal – Fix Up Look Sharp
93 Peter, Bjorn & John – Young Folks
94 Noah & The Whale – Five Years Time
95 Friendly Fires – Paris
96 Feist – 1,2,3,4
97 Kelis – Milkshake
98 Joan As Policewoman – The Ride
99 Lower Dens – Brains
100 Okkervill River – Calling & Not Calling My Ex