https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJkMusic is in the ear of the beholder.
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech was a rhetorical movement that changed the world for the better. Muhammad Ali's freestyle raps made him a larger-than-life champion of not just sports but civil disobedience. Lennon and McCartney's interviews evolved pop culture as much as their classic tracks.
Producers David McLees and Gordon Skene have collected those and many more for Shout Factory's massive 100 Greatest compilation. Five discs worth, to be exact, divided by speeches, personalities, news stories, scandals and sports. From JFK to Jonestown and Sinatra to Einstein, it covers quite a lot of ground.
It's a hefty slate of materials for history nerds, culture vultures and others interested in the sound of humanity at its best, and worst, moments. And that may not be everyone, but listening to both political parties fumble their way to the 2008 election, it probably should be.
See Also:
- Speaking of The Beatles' Auditory Cheesecake...
- Sad Anniversary: The Beatles Bid Adieu to TV
- John Lennon's Killer Denied Parole (Again)
- Can Obama Turn D.C. Into Chocolate City? Ask the Other Black Presidents
- Democrats Remix Springsteen, Pwn Reagan
- Barack Obama Doesn't Want to Work on Maggie's Farm No More
- Barack Obama's Victory Soundtrack
- Democrats or Republicans: Whose Music Is Better?
