Stilare una classifica dei migliori 100 artisti della musica giovanile (italiana e internazionale) degli ultimi 50 anni non è facile, cmq ci provo.
In ordine alfabetico:
1 Area 2 Joan Baez 3 Banco Mutuo Soccorso 4 The Band 5 Franco Battiato 6 Lucio Battisti 7 Beatles 8 Bee Gees 9 Bjork 10 Blur 11 David Bowie 12 James Brown 13 Chicago 14 Eric Clapton 15 Clash 16 Joe Cocker 17 Cure 18 Lucio Dalla 19 Pino Daniele 20 Fabrizio De Andrè 21 Francesco De Gregori 22 Deep Purple 23 Depeche Mode 24 Miles Devis 25 Dire Straits 26 Donovan 27 Doors 28 Duran Duran 29 Bob Dylan 30 Eagles 31 EBTG 32 Eminem 33 Brian Eno 34 Eurythmics 35 Aretha Franklin 36 Genesis 37 Gorillaz 38 Grateful Dead 39 Guns n' Roses 40 Jimi Hendrix 41 Iggy Pop 42 INXS 43 Iron Maiden 44 Jethro Tull 45 Elton John 46 Janis Joplin 47 Joy Division 48 B.B. King 49 King Crimson 50 Kraftwerk 51 Led Zeppelin 52 Ligabue 53 Madonna 54 Manu Chao 55 Bob Marley 56 Massive Attack 57 Mina 58 Moby 59 Alanis Morissette 60 Nirvana 61 Oasis 62 Pearl Jam 63 PFM 64 Wilson Pickett 65 Pink Floyd 66 Police 67 Elvis Presley 68 Prince 69 Queen 70 Radiohead 71 Otis Redding 72 Rem 73 Rolling Stones 74 Roxy Music 75 Carlos Santana 76 Sex Pistols 77 Simon & Garfunkel 78 Patty Smith 79 Smiths 80 Soft Machine 81 Spandau Ballet 82 Bruce Springsteen 83 Subsonica 84 Talk Talk 85 Talking Heads 86 Luigi Tenco 87 Peter Tosh 88 Tina Turner 89 U2 90 UB40 91 Vasco Rossi 92 Velvet Underground 93 Antonello Venditti 94 Tom Waits 95 Who 96 Stevie Wonder 97 XTC 98 Yes 99 Neil Young 100 Frank Zappa ...
In ordine alfabetico:
1 Area 2 Joan Baez 3 Banco Mutuo Soccorso 4 The Band 5 Franco Battiato 6 Lucio Battisti 7 Beatles 8 Bee Gees 9 Bjork 10 Blur 11 David Bowie 12 James Brown 13 Chicago 14 Eric Clapton 15 Clash 16 Joe Cocker 17 Cure 18 Lucio Dalla 19 Pino Daniele 20 Fabrizio De Andrè 21 Francesco De Gregori 22 Deep Purple 23 Depeche Mode 24 Miles Devis 25 Dire Straits 26 Donovan 27 Doors 28 Duran Duran 29 Bob Dylan 30 Eagles 31 EBTG 32 Eminem 33 Brian Eno 34 Eurythmics 35 Aretha Franklin 36 Genesis 37 Gorillaz 38 Grateful Dead 39 Guns n' Roses 40 Jimi Hendrix 41 Iggy Pop 42 INXS 43 Iron Maiden 44 Jethro Tull 45 Elton John 46 Janis Joplin 47 Joy Division 48 B.B. King 49 King Crimson 50 Kraftwerk 51 Led Zeppelin 52 Ligabue 53 Madonna 54 Manu Chao 55 Bob Marley 56 Massive Attack 57 Mina 58 Moby 59 Alanis Morissette 60 Nirvana 61 Oasis 62 Pearl Jam 63 PFM 64 Wilson Pickett 65 Pink Floyd 66 Police 67 Elvis Presley 68 Prince 69 Queen 70 Radiohead 71 Otis Redding 72 Rem 73 Rolling Stones 74 Roxy Music 75 Carlos Santana 76 Sex Pistols 77 Simon & Garfunkel 78 Patty Smith 79 Smiths 80 Soft Machine 81 Spandau Ballet 82 Bruce Springsteen 83 Subsonica 84 Talk Talk 85 Talking Heads 86 Luigi Tenco 87 Peter Tosh 88 Tina Turner 89 U2 90 UB40 91 Vasco Rossi 92 Velvet Underground 93 Antonello Venditti 94 Tom Waits 95 Who 96 Stevie Wonder 97 XTC 98 Yes 99 Neil Young 100 Frank Zappa ...
Il rock'n'roll morirà entro giugno
Variety, 1955