ALWAYS URBI

Lo scorso venerdi 14 novembre, la celebre rivista americana 'Rolling Stones' ha pubblicato la classifica dei migliori cantanti di tutti i tempi

Non non sono d'accordo con questa classifica e chissà con quali criteri è stata elaborata. Non metto in discussione la competenza della rivista (che in ambito musicale rappresenta una delle massime espressioni in competenza), ma lasciano perplessi alcune posizioni. E non mi riferisco solo agli U2...I gusti musicali sono soggettivi: a volte determinati dall'ambiente che ci circonda; o più semplicemente dal proprio stato d'animo. Mai come in questo caso il vostro parere è richiesto.

 The  100  Greatest  Singers  of  All  Time:  The Playlist

1. Aretha Franklin: "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" 

2. Ray Charles: "What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2" 

3. Elvis Presley: "Mystery Train" 

4. Sam Cooke: "A Change Is Gonna Come" 

5. John Lennon: "I Feel Fine"

6. Marvin Gaye: "What's Going On" 

7. Bob Dylan: "Like a Rolling Stone" 

8. Otis Redding: "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay 

9. Stevie Wonder: "Superstition" 

10. James Brown: "I Got You (I Feel Good)" 

11. Paul McCartney: "Yesterday" 

12. Little Richard: "Tutti-Frutti" 

13. Roy Orbison: "Oh, Pretty Woman" 

14. Al Green: "Let's Stay Together" 

15. Robert Plant: "Dazed and Confused"

16. Mick Jagger: "Gimme Shelter"

17. Tina Turner: "Proud Mary" 

18. Freddie Mercury: "We Are the Champions" 

19. Bob Marley: "No Woman, No Cry" 

20. Smokey Robinson: "The Tracks of My Tears" 

21. Johnny Cash: "Ring of Fire" 

22. Etta James: "At Last" 

23. David Bowie: "Life On Mars?" 

24. Van Morrison: "Brown Eyed Girl" 

25. Michael Jackson: "I Want You Back" 

26. Jackie Wilson: "Lonely Teardrops" 

27. Hank Williams: "Lovesick Blues" 

28. Janis Joplin: "Piece of My Heart" 

29. Nina Simone: "MIssissippi Goddam" 

30. Prince: "Little Red Corvette" 

31. Howlin' Wolf: "Smoke Stack Lightning" 

32. Bono: "One" 

33. Steve Winwood: "Gimme Some Lovin" 

34. Whitney Houston: "Greatest Love of All" 

35. Dusty Springfield: "I Only Want to Be With You" 

36. Bruce Springsteen: "Thunder Road" 

37. Neil Young: "Heart of Gold" 

38. Elton John: "Your Song" 

39. Jeff Buckley: "Mojo Pin" 

40. Curtis Mayfield: "People Get Ready" 

41. Chuck Berry: "Johnny B. Goode" 

42. Joni Mitchell: "Both Sides Now" 

43. George Jones: "He Stopped Loving Her Today" 

44. Bobby "Blue" Bland: "I Pity the Fool" 

45. Kurt Cobain: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 

46. Patsy Cline: "I Fall to Pieces" 

47. Jim Morrison: "Light My Fire"

48. Buddy Holly: "That'll Be the Day" 

49. Donny Hathaway: "The Ghetto Pt. 1" 

50. Bonnie Raitt: "Nick of Time" 

51. Gladys Knight: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 

52. Brian Wilson: "In My Room" 

53. Muddy Waters: "Got My Mojo Working" 

54. Luther Vandross: "Never Too Much" 

55. Paul Rodgers: "All Right Now" 

56. Mavis Staples: "I'll Take You There" 

57. Eric Burdon: "The House of the Rising Sun" 

58. Christina Aguilera: "Genie in a Bottle" 

59. Rod Stewart: "Maggie May" 

60. Björk: "Army of Me" 

61. Roger Daltrey: "My Generation" 

62. Lou Reed: "Satellite of Love" 

63. Dion: "A Teenager in Love" 

64. Axl Rose: "Sweet Child O' Mine" 

65. David Ruffin: "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" 

66. Thom Yorke: "Fake Plastic Trees" 

67. Jerry Lee Lewis: "Great Balls of Fire" 

68. Wilson Pickett: "In the Midnight Hour" 

69. Ronnie Spector: "Be My Baby"

70. Gregg Allman: "Midnight Rider" 

71. Toots HIbbert: "Monkey Man" 

72. John Fogerty: "Bad Moon Rising" 

73. Dolly Parton: "Jolene" 

74. James Taylor: "Fire and Rain" 

75. Iggy Pop: "Search and Destroy" 

76. Paul McCartney: "Oh Sherrie" 

77. Merle Haggard: "The Fugitive" 

78. Sly Stone: "Everyday People" 

79. Mariah Carey: "One Sweet Day" 

80. Frankie Valli: "Sherry" 

81. John Lee Hooker: "Boom Boom" 

82. Tom Waits: "New Coat of Paint" 

83. Patti Smith: "Gloria" 

84. Darlene Love: "He's a Rebel" 

85. Sam Moore: "Soul Man" 

86. Art Garfunkel: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" 

87. Don Henley: "Hotel California"

88. Willie Nelson: "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" 

89. Solomon Burke: "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" 

90. The Everly Brothers: "Bye Bye Love" 

91. Levon Helm: "The Weight" 

92. Morrissey: "How Soon Is Now" 

93. Annie Lennox: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" 

94. Karen Carpenter: "Close to You" 

95. Patti LaBelle: "On My Own" 

96. B.B. King: "The Thrill Is Gone" 

97. Joe Cocker: "With a Little Help From My Friends" 

98. Stevie Knicks: "Landslide" 

99. Steven Tyler: "Sweet Emotion" 

100. Mary J. Blige: "Real Love"