A Mix of Artists That Broke The Rules and Changed Everything
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We thought about a lot of factors as we pulled together our "Trailblazers" stream. We set out to bring you a mix of artists who've pioneered something and broken through with it. We considered everything from the use of Auto-Tune to unusual time signatures to microgenres like glitch-hop and psychobilly, to ideas as basic as the blues. But we also wanted our mix to be listenable — not so far-ranging that it makes listeners want to tune out.
What we wound up with is a playlist that leans heavily toward the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of this one, with an emphasis on the major currents in popular music: hip-hop, rock, pop, folk, world beat and jazz. These artists inspire us to keep looking, keep digging and keep listening as we cover the innovation economy in upstate New York.
Think we missed someone, or overstated the importance of someone else? Let us know.
The Tracklist
- AC/DC, "You Shook Me All Night Long"
- Air, "High School Lover"
- Andrew W.K., "Party Hard"
- Animal Collective, "My Girls"
- Arcade Fire, "No Cars Go"
- Arrested Development, "Everyday People"
- A Tribe Called Quest, "Can I Kick It?"
- The Bad Plus, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
- The Band, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
- The Beatles, "Rocky Raccoon"
- Beck, "Soul Suckin' Jerk"
- Belle and Sebastian, "A Summer Wasting"
- Bikini Kill, "Rebel Girl"
- Bjork, "Hyperballad"
- Black Sheep, "The Choice is Yours (Revisited)"
- David Bowie, "Ziggy Stardust"
- James Brown, "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World"
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet, "Take Five"
- Burial, "Archangel"
- Cab Calloway And His Orchestra, "Hi De Ho Man"
- Hoagy Carmichael, "Georgia On My Mind"
- Neko Case, "Fox Confessor Brings The Flood"
- Johnny Cash, "Satisfied Mind"
- The Clash, "Police And Thieves"
- Jimmy Cliff, "Many Rivers To Cross"
- Ornette Coleman, "Lonely Woman"
- John Coltrane, "Psalm"
- Elvis Costello, "Waiting For The End Of The World"
- Cowboy Junkies, "Working On A Building"
- Daft Punk, "One More Time"
- Danger Mouse, "What More Can I Say"
- Depeche Mode, "Just Can't Get Enough"
- Ani DiFranco, "Both Hands"
- The Dismemberment Plan, "The City"
- DJ Shadow, "Devil's Advocate"
- Dntel, "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan"
- Nick Drake, "Things Behind The Sun"
- Dr. Octagon, "Blue Flowers"
- Bob Dylan and The Band, "Tears Of Rage"
- Bob Dylan, "Maggie's Farm"
- Missy Elliott, "Get Ur Freak On"
- Eric B. & Rakim, "Follow The Leader"
- The Free Design, "Kites Are Fun"
- Ella Fitzgerald, "Angel Eyes"
- Aretha Franklin/Duane Allman, "The Weight"
- Fugazi, "Waiting Room"
- Judy Garland, "Get Happy"
- Joao Gilberto and Stan Getz, "Corcovado"
- Girl Talk, "Bang This In The Club"
- PJ Harvey, "Rid Of Me"
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Fire"
- Billie Holiday, "Strange Fruit"
- Imogen Heap, "Hide and Seek"
- Interpol, "NYC"
- J Dilla, "Workinonit"
- Michael Jackson, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
- Jay-Z, "Dead Presidents II"
- Waylon Jennings, "I'm A Ramblin' Man"
- Joy Division, "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
- Kid606, " Catstep/My Kitten/Catnap Vatstep DSP" (Hrvatski Remix)
- Carole King, "I Feel The Earth Move"
- King Crimson, "21st Century Schizoid Man"
- LCD Soundsystem, "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House"
- Jens Lekman, "Maple Leaves"
- Lil Wayne, "Show Me What You Got"
- LL Cool J, "The Boomin System"
- M.I.A., "Bucky Done Gone"
- Madonna, "Justify My Love"
- The Magnetic Fields, "(Crazy For You) But Not That Crazy"
- MellowHype (OFWGTKA), "Hell (feat. Frank Ocean)"
- The Meters, "Wichita Lineman"
- Minutemen, "One Reporter's Opinion"
- Juana Molina, "La Verdad"
- Janelle Monáe, "Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)"
- Ennio Morricone, "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Main Title)"
- Neutral Milk Hotel, "Holland, 1945"
- The Notorious B.I.G., "The What"
- Roy Orbison, "All I Have To Do Is Dream"
- Os Mutantes, "Ando Meio Desligado"
- The Charlie Parker Septet, "Ornithology"
- Dolly Parton, "Travelling Man"
- Pavement, "Range Life"
- Peaches, "Boys Wanna Be Her"
- Pink Floyd, "See Emily Play"
- Pixies, "Gigantic"
- The Postal Service, "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
- Elvis Presley, "Walk A Mile In My Shoes"
- Prince and The Revolution, "I Would Die 4 U"
- Quasimoto, "Microphone Mathematics Remix"
- Queen & David Bowie, "Under Pressure"
- R.E.M., "Undertow"
- Radiohead, "No Surprises"
- Rainer Maria, "Artificial Light"
- Otis Redding, "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
- The Reverend Horton Heat, "Psycho-Billy Freakout"
- Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, "Just About Seventeen"
- Robo Arigo, "Them Crazy"
- Run-D.M.C., "It's Tricky"
- Rush, "Tom Sawyer"
- Pharoah Sanders, "Colors"
- Santana, "Oye Como Va"
- Simon & Garfunkel, "America"
- Nina Simone, "Sinnerman"
- Frank Sinatra, "New York, New York"
- Sleater-Kinney, "Oh!"
- Patti Smith, "Because The Night"
- Hank Snow, "I've Been Everywhere"
- Sonic Youth, "Bull In The Heather"
- Bruce Springsteen, "Born To Run"
- Esbjorn Svensson Trio, "Goldwrap"
- The Stooges, "Gimme Danger"
- Superchunk, "Hyper Enough"
- T. Rex, "Mambo Sun"
- Talking Heads, "Psycho Killer"
- They Might Be Giants, "Birdhouse In Your Soul"
- Justin Timberlake, "Senorita"
- Kanye West, "All Falls Down (Live)"
- Kanye West, "Flashing Lights"
- Hank Williams, "Honky Tonkin'"
- Stevie Wonder, "Never Had A Dream Come True"
- Yo La Tengo, "Little Honda"
- Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and The Band, "Helpless"
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