"Billie Jean" fra le 100 Migliori Canzoni di Tutti i Tempi

Gli editori di Time Magazine hanno incluso "Billie Jean" fra le 100 Migliori Canzoni di Tutti i Tempi.

La rivista non ha elencato i brani secondo un ordine preciso ma, si è limitata a nominare, per ogni decade (a partire dal 1920), alcune delle canzoni più belle.

BJ era ovviamente compresa tra i pezzi più importanti degli anni'80, insieme a "Kiss" di Prince e "Borderline" di Madonna.

2000s

Janelle Monae Tightrope
Missy Elliott Get Ur Freak On
Outkast Hey Ya!
Arcade Fire Wake Up
Kanye West Gold Digger
Lil Wayne Georgia Bush
LCD Soundsystem All My Friends
Beyonce Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
Lady Gaga Bad Romance

1990s

Sinead OConnor Nothing Compares 2 U
Pet Shop Boys Being Boring
Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
Richard Thompson 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Wu-Tang Clan C.R.E.A.M.
A Tribe Called Quest Scenario
The Notorious B.I.G. Juicy
Tupac Shakur California Love (Remix)
Pulp Common People
Radiohead Paranoid Android

1980s

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
George Jones He Stopped Loving Her Today
Michael Jackson Billie Jean
New Order Blue Monday
Prince Kiss
Metallica Master of Puppets
R.E.M. Its the End of the World as We Know It
Lucinda Williams Pineola
Public Enemy Fight the Power
Madonna Borderline

1970s

The Melodians Rivers of Babylon
James Brown Get Up (I Feel like Being a) Sex Machine
Led Zeppelin Immigrant Song
Black Sabbath Iron Man
Joni Mitchell A Case of You
The Who Baba ORiley
Stevie Wonder Superstition
Dolly Parton Jolene
Big Star September Gurls
Bonnie Raitt Angel from Montgomery
Fela Kuti Zombie
Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
Donna Summer I Feel Love
Bee Gees Stayin' Alive
David Bowie Heroes
Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated
Fleetwood Mac Dreams
Peter Tosh Equal Rights
Parliament One Nation Under a Groove
Velvet Underground Rock & Roll
Loretta Lynn Coal Miners Daughter

1960s

Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues
Patsy Cline Crazy
Roy Orbison Crying
The Ronettes Be My Baby
The Beatles I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Astrud Gilberto The Girl from Ipanema
The Supremes Where Did Our Love Go?
The Beach Boys God Only Knows
Aretha Franklin I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through the Grapevine
The Band The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Big Mama Thornton Ball n Chain
Jackson 5 I Want You Back
The Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter
Crosby, Stills and Nash Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Otis Redding I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues

1950s

Les Paul How High the Moon
Kitty Wells It Wasnt God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock
Odetta Take This Hammer
Frank Sinatra I've Got You Under My Skin
Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode
Ray Charles What'd I Say

1940s

Woody Guthrie This Land Is Your Land
Lena Horne Stormy Weather
The Andrews Sisters Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Spike Jones Der Fuehrers Face
Bing Crosby White Christmas
Betty Hutton It Had to Be You
Mahalia Jackson Move On Up a Little Higher
Hank Williams Cold, Cold Heart
Ella Fitzgerald Baby Its Cold Outside
Doris Day Sentimental Journey

1930s

Ethel Merman I Got Rhythm
Cab Calloway Minnie the Moocher
Duke Ellington It Dont Mean A Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing)
Louie Armstrong Star Dust
Fred Astaire Cheek to Cheek
Ray Heatherton Where or When
Judy Garland Over the Rainbow

1920s

Al Jolson My Mammy
Bessie Smith St. Louis Blues
Paul Robeson Ol Man River
The Carter Family Wildwood Flower


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/belting-out-100-best-songs/story-e6frf9hf-1226176582362

Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' On TIME Magazine List Of 100 All-Time Songs



TIME Magazine critics have selected Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" as one of the 100 most extraordinary pop recordings in music history. The magazine writes:

"The song-set that made Michael Jackson the sensation of his generation, and the all-time best-selling album by far (110 million to runner AC/DC's Back in Black's 49 million), Thriller is a milestone in the history of pop music—and pop movies. With his videos off the nine-song album, Jackson crashed the informal color barrier of MTV, while validating the channel's creed that music videos were not just marketing tools but potent cinematic statements. And the breakthrough came with a song, written by Jackson, that his producer Quincy Jones thought too weak to include. ... The “Billie Jean” video, directed by Steve Barron, snapped the neck of everyone who saw it with its straight-on display of Jackson’s star quality. The new medium had its ultimate showman, for Michael Jackson was not just the Al Jolson and Fred Astaire of music videos but his own beautiful, bad self."

"Billie Jean" di Michael Jackson sulla lista delle 100 canzoni di tutti i tempi del magazine TIME

I critici del magazine TIME hanno incluso Billie Jean di Michael Jackson tra le "100 canzoni pop più straordinarie della storia della musica". Scrive la rivista:

"La raccolta di brani che ha reso Michael Jackson la rivelazione della sua generazione, e l'album che ha venduto di più di tutti i tempi fino ad oggi, (110 milioni, superando i 49 milioni di Back in Black degli AC/DC), Thriller è un caposaldo nella storia della musica pop e dei film pop. Con i video delle 9 canzoni dell'album, Jackson ha infranto l'informale barriera del colore di MTV, convalidando nel contempo il credo alla base del canale secondo cui i video musicali non erano solo strumenti di marketing ma potenti dichiarazioni cinematografiche. E la svolta arrivò con una canzone, scritta da Jackson, che il suo produttore Quincy Jones aveva creduto troppo debole per essere inclusa nell'album. ...Il video di Billie Jean, diretto Steve Barron, fu un morso al collo di tutti coloro che lo videro, con la sua chiara dimostrazione delle qualità da star di Jackson. Il nuovo mezzo di comunicazione aveva trovato il suo showman definitivo: Michael Jackson non era semplicemente l'Al Jolson ed il Fred Astaire dei video musicali, ma se stesso, nella sua bellezza e nella sua eccellenza."

http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/news/michael-jacksons-billie-jean-time-magazine-list-100-all-time-songs