100 SONGS THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. This post: LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX. Continues tomorrow.

Caffè Lattè pays tribute to 100 songs that innovated, changed the rules, defied convention and had a significant impact on the evolution of pop and rock music, presented in chronological order…

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100 SONGS THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

1991

💥90 Let’s Talk About Sex

Salt-N-Pepa

During the 1980s, rap had made inroads into mainstream acceptance via hits such as Blondie’s “Rapture”, Chaka Khan’s “I Feel For You” and The Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta Fight) For Your Right (To Party)”. By 1990, rap had been embraced by a pop audience thanks to hits by Tone Loc, Young MC and DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. Yet despite all of this, the genre remained male-dominated. A majority of rap songs were violent, vulgar, homophobic, misogynistic and transphobic. Until Salt-N-Pepa arrived on the scene. Here were 3 uncompromising women. These were no “hoes” or “bitches”. They demanded respect. The trio’s songs offered a fresh and female perspective to rap. None challenged the rap convention more than Salt-N-Pepa’s “Let’s Talk About Sex”. As the planet was coming to terms with the spread of HIV and A.I.D.S., attitudes needed to adapt. Safer sex was encouraged. The health crisis forced religious and conservative views on the use of condoms to shift. Rap had previously had players boasting about their conquest of women. Salt-N-Pepa rejected that behaviour and outlined how they thought relations should be. The song was later re-recorded with the less subtle title “Let’s Talk About A.I.D.S.”. Despite defying the odds, the trio’s quasi-feminist songs achieved sustained chart success in the 1990s. Salt-N-Pepa were succeeded by the likes of TLC, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, En Vogue and Lil’ Kim. Rap and hip-hop now had its female heroes.

1991-        Enter Sandman

1989-        Epic

                 Fight The Power

                 Say No Go

1988-       Fuck Tha Police

                Where Is My Mind?

1987-       Pump Up The Volume

1986-       Walk This Way

1985-       That’s What Friends Are For

1984-       Do They Know It’s Christmas?

                The Unforgettable Fire

                When Doves Cry

                Like A Virgin

1983-       Blue Monday

1982-       Buffalo Gals

                The Message

                Planet Rock

1981-      Radio Free Europe

               Ghost Town

1980-      Rapture

               Vienna

               Back In Black

               Love Will Tear Us Apart

1979-      London Calling

               Rapper’s Delight

               Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

               Good Times

1978-     Wuthering Heights

1977-     Stayin’ Alive

              Heroes

               I Feel Love

1976-     Dancing Queen

              Anarchy In The U.K.

              Blitzkrieg Bop

1975-     Gloria

              Bohemian Rhapsody

              Love To Love You Baby

              Autobahn

              No Woman, No Cry Live

1973-     Personality Crisis

              Living For the City

              Time

              Soul Makossa

1972-    I Am Woman

1971-    American Pie

              Imagine

             Theme From ‘Shaft’

             What’s Going On

             The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

1969-   Whole Lotta Love

1968-   Helter Skelter

            Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

            Folsom Prison Blues Live

1967-   Sunshine Of Your Love

             A Day In The Life

             Respect

             Light My Fire

            Venus In Furs
             Strawberry Fields Forever

1966-   Good Vibrations

            Tomorrow Never Knows

            Eight Miles High

1965-   The Sounds Of Silence

            My Generation

            Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag

            (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

            I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)

1964-  You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’

           You Really Got Me

           The House Of The Rising Sun

           Where Did Our Love Go

1963-  I Want To Hold Your Hand

           Blowin’ In The Wind

           Be My Baby

1962- Misirlou

1961- Crazy

1960- The Twist

          Cathy’s Clown

1959- There Goes My Baby

          What’d I Say (Parts 1 & 2)
1957- Great Balls Of Fire
          Jailhouse Rock

          You Send Me

          That’ll Be The Day

1955- Tutti Frutti

           Maybellene

1955- Rock Around The Clock

1954- That’s All Right Mama

1951- Rocket 88