I was initially skeptical that the 2003 song Maps by New York art-punk outfit Yeah Yeah Yeahs was the most influential song of the 21st century. However, the story on popbitch is strangely convincing.
Here is Maps:
Here are two songs that pay homage to it.
Source: All Mapped Out
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This is an awesome story. I love the link to the draft and Vietnam War.
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This story only works if you have a really narrow definition of alternative and you don’t believe in life after death.
Source: In 1996, alternative rock died a messy, forgettable death · For Our Consideration · The A.V. Club
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Interesting story about how women are the most talked about people in pop music, but they’re still the minority of creators.
Source: Even Beyoncé can’t fix what’s wrong with the Top 40 | Fusion
by Gotta love when a song is so popular, but the band so little known that a fake group can claim their identity and tour the U.S.
Source: The True Story Of The Fake Zombies, The Strangest Con In Rock History
by Interesting story and documentary about what it was like working for Columbia House in the 1990s. One of the most interesting points is how the music industry helped create the digital ‘sharing’ of music through their marked-up CD sales.
Source: Four Columbia House insiders explain the shady math behind “8 CDs for a penny”
by This interesting story, “How We Discovered Three Revolutions of American Pop,” marks 1964, 1983, and 1991 as the most important turning points in rock music.
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