2008 marks 50 years of British rock'n'roll. To celebrate we run through some of the greatest tracks to have emerged from these isles, decade-by-decade, one decade a day - and today it's the turn of...
The ‘00s
Coldplay
The Scientist
A very English stadium anthem, one whose strength lay in its middle-class reserve.
Girls Aloud
Sound Of The Underground
The decade’s most brilliantly inventive pop single.
Franz Ferdinand
Take Me Out
Even popped up on Strictly Come Dancing, sealing its status as a national treasure.
Wolfman featuring Pete Doherty
For Lovers
Heartfelt underdog’s anthem, with Doherty raising a toast to those fleeing the fever of the city for an idyllic life elsewhere.
Amy Winehouse
Rehab
She has the voice of a blues diva, but her roots remain in Southgate, North London, where her dad would sing Dinah Washington songs around the house.
The Streets
Dry Your Eyes
A big teary ballad anyone could relate to: this was the brandy-glugging geezer finally wearing his heart on his sleeve.
Kaiser Chiefs
I Predict A Riot
Dissected a night out in a provincial town – just as binge-drinking hit the cultural radar.
Lily Allen
Smile
Allen’s bittersweet lyrics (about a cheating ex) were disguised behind a jubilant reggae skank – a ray of sunshine in rainy old Britain.
Snow Patrol
Chasing Cars
Gary Lightbody wrote this naked declaration of love in the garden of producer Garret “Jacknife” Lee’s Kent cottage after a white wine binge.
Razorlight
America
The Killers’ Brandon Flowers has waxed lyrical about this epic singalong, though he remains the only American to do so.
8:54 AM | 09/02/2008
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Bought the issue with the 50 years commemmoration..generally quite impressed with the choices, I have to admit. Interesting how the ed expected a bit of backlash from the readers about which artists made appearances.That said, I think the Lightning Seeds were sorely missing from the 90s(overall though,my fav decade) and just put in anything instead of Coldplay(the weak selection for me,I dont find anything worthwhile in what they do.They just sell.I'd go with Doves any day)
Posted by Denis Cadogan at 7:14 PM | 10/02/2008 | Report Abuse
two words= arctic monkeys?
Posted by amanda at 5:04 PM | 13/02/2008 | Report Abuse
Where's Muse???
Posted by Schunathy at 1:14 AM | 15/02/2008 | Report Abuse
Razorlight???? More over a song from their awful second album????? Get real
Posted by michael at 9:39 PM | 13/07/2008 | Report Abuse
radiohead?
Posted by bob at 1:58 AM | 10/03/2009 | Report Abuse
OASIS???
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OASIS???
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