Every decade, or even every year has its own special touch. But as the sounds of a quarter of the century? In this article we will not of the most beautiful, popular or most musically interesting songs. This is the playlist for tracks which significant events occurred the past 25 years, the songs that made teenagers to buy deodorant, saved lives, roused the astronauts, accompanied by the election of dictators and became the first in the history of ringtones.
15. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit. The song that made the world of smudge under the armpits.
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
This is not just a song, through which one can say that listening to «Nirvana», but the soundtrack, which produced a boom in the industry of anti-perspirant. Kurt Cobain has always maintained he did not know that «Teen Spirit» is a brand of deodorant when he wrote this "hymn" of grunge in 1991. And indeed, the song title came from Kurt Wall, where his friend wrote balloon «Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit» («Kurt smells like teen" or "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit»). But the influence of popular songs in antiperspirants has been stunning. Much to the chagrin of Cobain, a manufacturer of deodorant company Mennen, to paraphrase the lyrics created a slogan «Do You Smell Like Teen Spirit?» Sales deodorant rapidly soared, and Mennen rapidly increased its output line «Teen Spirit». Six months later, after the song Colgate-Palmolive bought the company for $ 670 million While fans of grunge is not much worried about what they wear, they are quite worried about what they smelled.
14. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: song prevybornoy campaign of Saddam Hussein.
In principle, elections in countries with totalitarian regimes of government - is simple enough, because there are no competitors, and hence the choice as such. But even the formality of government extend the dictator's demands once again emphasize the face of the people all the pomp and power of the leader. And as the musical accompaniment of photos, where Saddam Hussein was kissing children, firing a weapon and prpnimaet heroic pose, boldly chose a dictator, without doubt, the most touching song 90 performed by an ingenious Whitney Houston «I will always love you», in the hope of winning hearts and minds of the voters in 2002.
13. Mozart - The Magic Flute: beauty saves the world .. and eliminates waste
Along with the fact that listening to Mozart makes kids smarter and helps milked the cows, the scientists found one more applications of the great composer's music: after all, as it turns out, the microbes eating the waste, feel better and grow faster than the sound of "The Magic Flute." At the processing plant debris in Trenbrittsen (Germany) microbes "set" a variety of classical works, but that's what they had to taste the most. Anton Stookey, principal operator of the plant, says it's all about vibrations that penetrate everywhere - in water, debris and cells. "Vibrations create a certain resonance that stimulates the microbes and helps them function better." Stookey himself is not committed to classical music, and prefers rock 'n' roll. But Mozart was treated with great respect, because the music composer, helping germs to work better, it is profitable to plant $ 1,250 monthly. But above all, should not forget that in addition to very useful applications for a raise udoyu cows and garbage in the number of bacteria, though, Mozart's music is best copes with its main task - the rise of the human soul.
12. Francisco Tarrega - Gran Vals: melody, put an end to silence
Remember the name and artist of this track is necessary for all! After all, this melody we hear most often on the streets, in the premises at any time of day and night, and most importantly - never on their own! Yes, we are talking about the most famous and probably the very first in the world ringtone - the first melodic signal, cell phone, marked the beginning of the information age. Nokia introduced the use of this 13-note melody exactly 18 years ago and, according to official estimates, today its hearing on the average 1.8 billion times a day (!), And about 20 thousand times per second around the world. It turns out that the melody is not an invention of composers hired the company, and is a piece of written in 1902 by classical guitarist Francisco Tarrega guitar solo. In 1993, it decided to borrow the executive director of Nokia Anshi Vanjoki, who decided that it would be brilliant ringtone by default for a brand new Gladenkaya, weighing in at just over 200g Nokia 2120. And I was right. Indeed, along with numerous tunes for every musical taste, people continue to use this call.
11. Nick Ashton - Gates of Hades: the first music-drug
Can music produce drug intoxication? The masses of American teenagers said their consciousness expands after listening «Gates of Hades», a song that supposedly caused in the listeners a sense of pleasant dizziness to severe galllyutsinatsy. «Gates of Hades» and similar tracks in 2010, spawned a craze called «i-Dosing». Designed by Nick Ashton technology is based on the use of so-called. "Binaural beats" - when applied to the right ear the sound of one frequency, and the left - the frequency, which is only slightly different from the frequency of the sound is fed into the right ear. It is assumed that this is achieved by synchronization of brain waves that simulate drunkenness, love or sexual pleasure.
In 2010, i-Doser.com offered free track on YouTube, as a kind of drug network, and then let the market the other tracks on your home page. Says Ashton, in the year in more than one million people have bought these tracks. But soon the concerned parents and the authorities decided to "close the party ': one of the schools in the state of Oklahoma has gone so far as to ban students to bring their own music players, so it was not possible" potorchat "before lessons. However, it appears that the concerns of parents were in vain: despite the fact that some young people really "dragged" from ad-dozinga, no evidence that this case leads to addiction or to heavier drugs were found. For the greater part of people such tracks - nothing like just noise.
10. Ricky Martin - «The Cup Of Life»: a song for you not afraid to die
As the pirates meet a death sentence? In short, - "booze and Ricky Martin." In 2000, the defendants in the kidnapping and murder of a ship crew members 13 pirates were sentenced to death by the Chinese Government. On the morning of penalty, sentenced gave half-hour meeting with the relatives, the last meal and drink - as many as could fit into their stomachs. When they were led through the streets of Shanveya, the pirates began to loudly sing the title song of the World Cup 1998 - «The Cup Of Life» Ricky Martin. In the final moments of the drinking death, they cried, «Go! Go! Go! Allez! Allez! Allez! »- The chorus of the famous song, and jumped up and down, rattling shackles. This was the best recognition of the creativity of Ricky Martin for all the years of his fame.
9. Beyonce - Run The World (Girls): alarm clock for astronauts
During his last entry into orbit during the last shuttle mission, NASA astronauts greeted by 15 sunrises and sunsets each day. Ultimately, this led to the fact that their biological rhythms slightly but were injured. July 16, 2011 the crew received a special gift from the pop diva Beyonce - invigorating song «Run The World». Then, the star turned to the only woman crew Sandy Magnus: "This song is specially for my daughter, Sandy, and all the women who send us into space, and for girls - our future scientists." Was it the know-how in the promotional techniques of modern show business and sincere support of the singer-feminists, but rather - and then, and more. But what makes the song move faster - a fact.
8. John Cage - As Slow As Possible: This song will only be completed after six centuries, with little
Right now in the church of St. Buchardi Halberstadte in Germany, plays organ - playing the song, which has no end - at least for us. Despite the fact that the volume of music for the music of composer John Cage minimalist «As Slow As Possible» of 8 pages, the composition will need 639 years to complete. This is part of a larger study Cage on how music exists in time and space. He wrote a piece for organ, because its tube can be kept fit for thousands of years. A special machine delivers air continuously, and kept the weight on the pedals tool. The first chord of three notes, was initiated in 2003 and lasted one and a half years. Church, where there is a body that has decided to take on a mission to sing a song to the end.
7. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up: turn every link in the disco '90s.
Powerful hit late 80's «Never Gonna Give You Up» from a talented young man with a surprisingly adult voice, Rick Astley once blew up Europe and once in the Guinness World Records, was so dovolochitsya until the mid-90s, if not sensational internet joke "rikrolling." For example, an employee sends you a letter to the post with a link to a blog or an article, you click - and surprise you to forward the video «Never Gonna Give You Up». One minute you and vpradu think you might be waiting for an article on health, but appears on the screen dancing in white jeans young man does not leave you any hope. This phenomenon appeared in 2008 forchane, but quickly spread across the Internet. During the three years video has been viewed 50 million times. Despite the fact that the song is an example of a good pop and decent vocals, though, Internet users have not forgiven him stalking the singer to return, and filled with numerous sarcastic Youtube "video disturbances." According to the same Rick, he was to do with it does not matter.
6. The Verve - Drugs Don't Work: the saddest song, as the science
It is one thing - just write a sad song, another - write so sad to give a reason scientists think about the fact that such sadness. The song «The Drugs Don't Work» (Rus "Drugs do not help") of The Verve, written in 1997 - about a dying father in the hospital, Richard Ashcroft's frontman. Physiologist at the University of Bristol (England) Harry Uitchell in 2006, studied the body's reaction to pop music. Among all the studied compositions «The Drugs Don't Work» has produced the most powerful effect, slowing the heartbeat and breath tested. "It acts as an emotional state of sadness," says Uitchell. However, the Foreign Language student, after hearing the song for the first time, although it acknowledges that it is really sad, but most likely will say that there is much pogrustnee. But this is only the first listen ...
5. The Beatles - Across The Universe: the first one (earth), a song heard by aliens
After four hundred years of Beatlemania could reach the farthest corners of our galaxy. In February 2008, NASA for the first time included the song The Beatles «Across The Universe» right in the open space through the transmitters of its communications network, in the hope that the sound reaches the ears (or other organs zvukochuvstvitelnyh) representatives of other civilizations. After four hundred years, the composition must reach the Pole Star. John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono song called broadcast milestone: "I see that this is the beginning of a new era in which we communicate with millions of planets."
4. Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place: song, smashing record labels
For more than 20 years, Radiohead defy the expectations of the audience and leading record companies, but what they made in 2007, was truly revolutionary. And it was, I remind you here that. All percentages of the soul shaking with fever on the growth of illegal downloads and a catastrophic drop in sales of official CDs. But what these musicians before your debits, credits? And as a truly creative people, they have non-standard and very effective move. His new album at a time «In Rainbows» (including the single hit «Jigsaw Falling Into Place»), provided the young people hungry ears audiophiles in general for "just". But - given the opportunity, if desired, to express, so to speak, thanks to the material, and pay as much as you do not mind - on the principle of street musicians. Ears were mostly appreciative! Pobesplatnichala only one third of the album has uploaded pobesplatnichala, while the remaining two - repaid, with an average of as many as eight dollars. A year later, it sold 3 million copies of the album. Above all, the band saved on brokers and distribution - for virtual sales do not require any cost. At the group simply did burst "green rain", and after a few years, Radiohead had many followers, and power record label continues to fall. So, the interest of the soul, learn to sell with the artists, because they have an ulterior motive 2 +2 = 5:)
3. R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts: most "milk yield" is a song
Maybe wake up early in the morning to the sad lingering song - not the best way to set the mood for the whole productive day, but all for cows is the case. British scientists have shown that under soprovodzhenie slow soft music, relax and better cows give an average of cup more milk than when they were milked without musical accompaniment. Of all the songs that scientists have tested the most "breast" was an old "Ode compassion" from the American rock band REM - «Everybody hurts», written in 1993.
2. CHER - Believe: hit, after which all realized that robots will replace the singers ...
In 1998, singer Cher and her producer have created a monster (in a good sense of the word) - a hit that broke 10 million copies and became one of the most financially successful show-business projects of all time. Under it all danced - and teenagers, and admirers of the singer Advanced Member, and in 2000 he was awarded the title of the best dance tracks. Not in the least detracting from the merits of talented pop diva Cher, still have to admit that behind it is something else: it was too unusual at the time sounded notes of those moving, and around the world echoed whisper - "it's a computer." Yes it's true. Produced by singer Mark Taylor handled the singer's natural voice with newfangled technology while Auto-Tune, fairly seasoned digital effects and transitions. What, in fact, beginning the practice. Residents of the CIS countries are more familiar with this phenomenon with the appearance of singer Glucose. Now, without the above-mentioned technologies can not do a good half of today's records of performers, all peoples of our time. As for musicians, photo models, stylists, politicians and metallurgists - here it is a pure one hundred percent. There is no doubt - and, perhaps even without the use of natural voice recorders.
1. Barney The Dinosaur - I Love You: song from which the bad guys are trembling knees
According to a study edition of U.S. magazine «Mental_floss» is this song is the strongest song of the last 25 years. For Americans, it is so important because it gave confidence that the "terrorists" will not win. In the internment camp at Guantanamo Bay was a special "disco-zone", where the investigators used the music for "knocking out" the details of the detainees. Of course, in such a playlist in the first lines are always heavy metal, and Christina Aguilera. But, according to The Guardian, the most demanded for these purposes song - a song from the cartoon dinosaur Barney and about his friends «I Love You». The investigators attribute this to the fact that the song sets so superficial, "plastic" mood, as if telling the prisoners that their silence in the sense just does not. With each new listening captives are becoming more aware that life is meaningless, and it's time to surrender. Reliability of this method is also confirmed by American parents.
So, this is the playlist of the 15 strongest tracks the past 25 years. And, although, of course, such a choice, and if true, then, mainly for English-speaking countries (and in particular - are not going to point the finger .. on the continent just east of the Kuril Islands), but at least as a cultural and educational tour a nostalgia for the 90th, listen to them all the same fun.
