역대 음반으로 발매된 가장 위대한 곡 1001가지『죽기 전에 꼭 들어야 할 팝송 1001』은 거의 한 세기에 달하는 분량의 음악 중에 선곡한 것으로, 독자들에게 역대 최고의 음반들을 소개하고자 한다. 이 책은 각 항목마다 한 편씩 위대한 노래에 대한 이야기를 담고 있다. 작곡가에게 영감이 된 것은 무엇이었는지, 이 트랙이 세월의 시련에도 광채를 잃지 않은 비결은 무엇인지, 그 곡이 영향을 끼친 곡들, 그리고 주목할 만한 커버 버전까지도 말이다. 책을 읽는 과정에서 독자는 흥미진진한 일화와 상식을 발견하게 될 것이다. 레드 벨리, 로니 도니건, 블랙 베티를 연결하는 것은 뭐가 있을까? 필 스펙터의 1번째 히트작에 영감이 되어준 묘석은 누구의 것이었는가? 크리스티나가 ‘더 문 피플’과 힘을 합치게 되었던 사건은? 책장을 넘기다보면 그 해답을 쉽게 찾을 수 있을 것이다.
서문 / 필자소개 / 작품별 색인
4,3,2,1
7 and 7 Is
7 Nation Army
7 Seconds
20th Century Boy
21 Seconds
212
96 Tears
99 Luftballons
365 Is My Number
911
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
1979
54-46 Was My Number
A irmandade das estrelas
A minha menina
Ace of Spades
Aguas de Marco
Ain’t Got No; I Got Life
Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Ain’t No Other Man
Al gurugu
Al-atlal
Ale Brider
All Apologies
All I Have to Do Is Dream
All the Things She Said
All the Young Dudes
Allons a Lafayette
Alone Again Or
Alternative Ulster
Always on My Mind
Always on the Run
Amandari
Ambition
America
American Girl
Amsterdam
Anarchy in the U.K.
Animal Nitrate
Another Girl, Another Planet
Are “Friends” Electric?
Army of Me
Art Teacher
Ashes of American Flags
At the Hop
Atomic
Atomic Dog
Attencion na SIDA
Autumn Leaves
Avec le temps
Awaiting on You All
Ay te dejo en San Antonio
Babylon’s Burning
Back Door Man
Back for Good
Back in Black
Back to Life(However Do You Want Me)
Balada conducatorolui
Ball of Confusion
Ballroom Blitz
Bamboleo
Band of Gold
Bang a Gong (Get It On)
Bat Out of Hell
Be My Baby
Beat the Clock
Beautiful People
Be-Bop-A-Lula
Because the Night
Beds Are Burning
Being Boiled
Best of You
Between the Bars
Big Eyed Beans from Venus
Birdhouse in Your Soul
Birthday, 596 Black Betty
Black Eyed Dog
Black Hole Sun
Black Metal
Black Night
Blackwater Side
Blank Generation
Blind Willie McTell
Blister in the Sun
Blitzkrieg Bop
Block Rockin’ Beats
Blue Monday (1956)
Blue Monday (1983)
Blue Moon
Blue Valentines
Blueberry Hill
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bok espok, 778 Bomb! ...
Bonita Applebum
Boom Boom
Born for a Purpose
Born in the U.S.A.
Born Slippy Nuxx
Born to Be with You
Born to Run
Boulder to Birmingham
Box of Rain
Boys Don’t Cry
Boys of Summer
Brand New Cadillac
Brass in Pocket
Breakdown
Bring the Noise
Broken Heart
Brooklyn’s Finest
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Buffalo Gals, 519 Buffalo Stance
Burundanga, 70 By This River
C.R.E.A.M., 703 Caballo viejo
California Dreamin’
California ?ber Alles
Calling All Angels
Camar?n
Can the Circle Be Unbroken(By and By)
Can’t Be Sure
Candy Girl
Cannonball
Can’t Get You Out of My Head
Carnival Is Over
Carpet Crawlers, 335 Cars
Case of You
Cattle and Cane
Caught Out There
Chaje shukarije
Chalte Chalte
Champagne Supernova
Chan Chan
Change Is Gonna Come
Chase the Devil
Chelsea Girls
Chicago
Child’s Christmas in Wales
Ching s??rt?kch?lerining yryzy
Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns
City of New Orleans, 294 Clandestino
Click Song (Qongqothwane)
Close to Me
Cokane in My Brain
Cold Sweat
Com’? profondo il mare
Come to Daddy (Pappy Mix)
Common People
Computer Love
Confide in Me
Connected
Connection
Consolation Prizes
Cop Killer
Corcovado
Cornflake Girl
Court of the Crimson King
Crash into Me
Crayon Angels
Crazy (1961)
Crazy (1990)
Crazy (2006)
Crazy Horses
Crazy in Love
Creep
Criminal
Cross Road Blues
Cruiser’s Creek
Cry
Cry Baby
Cry Me a River
Crying in the Chapel
Cum on Feel the Noize
Cut Your Hair
Cyprus Avenue
Dancing in the Street
Dancing Queen
Dans mon ?le
Dark End of the Street
Das Model
Day in the Life
Days
Dead End Street
Dead Souls
Dear God
Dear Mama
Dear Prudence
Death to My Hometown
Deep Cover
Desperado
