Top 10 Most Important Moments in Music History

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Top 10 Most Important Moments in Music History
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Bob Dylan going electric. Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Michael Jackson’s Moonwalk. Queen at Live Aid. Elvis Presley singing Hound Dog and gyrating his hips. Beethoven debuting his 9th Symphony. Nirvana on MTV Unplugged. All of these are influential moments in music history. Without moments like the Sugarhill Gang reaching the Top 40, we never would have had rappers like Kendrick Lamar or the Notorious B.I.G. Without Madonna performing Like a Virgin on the MTV Awards, we never would have had Britney Spears singing Baby One More Time. Music legends like Johnny Cash, The Who, Freddie Mercury and more mad moments that shaped music history, and changed modern music forever. WatchMojo is picking the most important moments in music history; check it out to see if your favorite music moments made the list!
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@WatchMojo 5 жыл бұрын

Did anything as important as these events happen since 2016 that we should remake this list? Let us know by going on MyMojo! www.watchmojo.com/suggest

@1herbiekritzer 5 жыл бұрын

Amy Winehouse

@johnhb7679 5 жыл бұрын

Beethoven’s 9th is something that is written in history books in multiple countries. So that should be the top. I love classic rock but seriously you going to put Beethoven below Cash, Hendrix, and Nirvana??????

@syyneater 5 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Bennett there has been some recent evidence that he might have invented a bone conduction speaker so he could 'feel' the music while composing. That symphony is amazing!!

@jeannaoterdahl2457 5 жыл бұрын

Billy Joel's 100th msg show!

@ryanellison6118 5 жыл бұрын

Placebos mtv unplugged in 2015

@malva6838 4 жыл бұрын

Beethoven: Shit I can't hear. Also Beethoven: Hold my beer.

@krentmanacap3446 4 жыл бұрын

True.

@stevenmaginnis1965 4 жыл бұрын

No Mozart?

@averagehumanperson 4 жыл бұрын

me: that rhymes

@dingerfish5780 4 жыл бұрын

Rappers Eminem is too afraid to diss

@Casey3-P-O 4 жыл бұрын

how about Bach?

@poetnk 5 жыл бұрын

A guy writes an entire orchestrated symphony while DEAF and it's #9 on the list..... Okay.

@carlitoxb110 5 жыл бұрын

poetnk pop culture for you

@tommyebunn5121 5 жыл бұрын

Which I do agree with you it should have been #2, but when it comes to the Beatles, they will always be #1

@j.t4980 5 жыл бұрын

Tommye Bunn Yes they will always be #1

@michaelwu7678 5 жыл бұрын

Tommye Bunn Why? How are the Beatles more important than say J.S. Bach, who literally solidified tonal harmony in the history of Western music? This tonal system that Bach advanced and perfected is what almost all pop music is based on, including the Beatles. Without Bach, it’s doubtful if the Beatles could have ever created their music. What have the Beatles in comparison ever advanced in music theory? I know you may love the Beatles but that is no grounds for evaluating their musical importance.

@michaelmisanthrope 5 жыл бұрын

That's the thing about pop music. It's music for the masses. I am actually impressed that Beethoven made it on the list at all. Remember that the final movement of the 6th was based on a pop song. Don't fret. Just let us elites or sophisticates , or whatever you want to call us keep LVB to ourselves. Cheers.

@joeschmo7834 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine watching The Beatles that day in person.

@saraa136 3 жыл бұрын

Are you trying to make us sad

@johndododoe1411 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't their breakthrough, just their arrival in the US. Doesn't compare to the importance of their breakthrough concert back in England, nor to most of the never-filmed events that Watchmojo can't show, like the invention of the modern musical scale in Bach's lifetime, the first independent music star in western culture (maybe Mozart) or the invention of the guitar.

@coll4455 3 жыл бұрын

Right how cute where they!!!!

@tylerthecreator8573 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine being at MTV unplugged with nirvana

@joeschmo7834 3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerthecreator8573 you typed that as I’m listening to “the man who sold the world”

@mpross92 4 жыл бұрын

Beethoven: writes ninth symphony Watch mojo: Nirvana on MTV is more iconic

@heeeeeresrossy 4 жыл бұрын

99% of WatchMojo's videos need to be re-written.

@anythingcanhappen290 4 жыл бұрын

DEAF......don't forget deaf😤😂

@mpross92 4 жыл бұрын

BeastBoxGaming that’s not true at al. The number of people who know Beethoven is far greater than nirvana.

@mattwroe4776 4 жыл бұрын

Cos most people couldn't give a fuck about some dusty pianist

@loveexposure3351 4 жыл бұрын

@@mattwroe4776 Ok braindead dumbass

@slamthedude3836 4 жыл бұрын

You ain't born in the wrong generation you just like old music

@judywalter9412 4 жыл бұрын

slam the dude but i would have much rather been born then than now.

@nickhall7577 4 жыл бұрын

judy walter yeah, but we are the ones who carry on the torches from the past generation. Without us, the others with us will not open their eyes to what the former music was

@judywalter9412 4 жыл бұрын

Nick Hall i guess but still

@tristan_840 4 жыл бұрын

IKR, plus we are very lucky to have Internet and whatsoever that we can easily access these kinds of music without spending much time and money, back in the day you to really have a good patience and money just to buy an Album.

@judywalter9412 4 жыл бұрын

Tristan yea but u needa work hard inorder to get something that u want. Nothing is easy really

@introvertedways6976 7 жыл бұрын

Oh well i thought the best ever was when spongebob and the band was singing sweet victory, It was lit

@jdlockefeller 7 жыл бұрын

Yee fam

@Paul-di6md 7 жыл бұрын

Or when he sang goofy goober in the spongbob movie

@ducemirandamango6972 7 жыл бұрын

That was pure bullshit

@tammyr.5203 7 жыл бұрын

That's probably one of my favorite episodes and it was well done, especially the fact that this generation can know the song by heart because of it!

@efan5317 7 жыл бұрын

Same yo, same #disapointed #watchmojoisflawed

@johnkiunke4508 4 жыл бұрын

Beethoven should be higher, most everyone was literally too afraid to write a symphony after that for a long time

@l0serrr.r 4 жыл бұрын

John Kiunke ahh I see you have Mozart in your pfp from Amadeus.

@arjanpetersen 3 жыл бұрын

Because no one cared

@abnerolson5923 3 жыл бұрын

And he was deaf

@garyenkwong1683 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure they are in an order though

@saraa136 3 жыл бұрын

@@garyenkwong1683 They are in an order

@sarahwatkins4520 4 жыл бұрын

I'm happy The Beatles were at number 1. My dad passed away 10 years ago, and was a massive Beatles fan. Fond memories of growing up listening to them because of him.

@user-rx1qz6cn7l 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your loss.

@sarahwatkins4520 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-rx1qz6cn7l Thank you.

@nmoney6655 7 ай бұрын

@@user-rx1qz6cn7l my dad was fond of 50 cent and so I grew up listening to him and also Trey Songz growing up so this has no impact on me really

@narcolepticcow807 4 жыл бұрын

To list Queen at Live Aid and not even show a 8-second clip of Freddie's 'ay-oh' moment is a crime.

@bahma810 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%

@saraspivey1129 4 жыл бұрын

Yep!

@narcolepticcow807 4 жыл бұрын

@Jean D Could you do it?

@bahma810 4 жыл бұрын

Narcoleptic Cow Productions Haha well said

@-Fallen_Petals- 4 жыл бұрын

Amen to that

@EidanMA 5 жыл бұрын

Beethoven literally composed the parts of 20+ instruments to work together in one piece that’s still today considered the greatest piece of musical Melody in history, WHILE HE WAS DEAF!!! Most people can’t even rhyme

@faronwatts4048 5 жыл бұрын

EidanMA most of Beethoven’s greatest songs/compositions where before 1801 where he still had %40 of his hearing and was age 31. It wasn’t until 1816 he was completely deaf and age 46. People have a misconception of him and believe he was deaf from a child, he was 26 when he started loosing his hearing.

@nitroxwolf2098 5 жыл бұрын

What he DEAF no way?

@davidbudo5551 5 жыл бұрын

@@faronwatts4048, you're right about when he actually went deaf, but the ninth composed between 1822 and 1824, when he was deaf.

@EidanMA 5 жыл бұрын

Jesse Watts I was referring directly to the 9th which was composed after he was fully deaf; however, I do appreciate the extra information tho

@andresbur15 5 жыл бұрын

EidanMA he was a true music genius

@pramshore 4 жыл бұрын

2:28 for a moment I shocked that how did they managed to get that quality in 1824

@uselessness4920 4 жыл бұрын

tf dude

@masteryoda7924 4 жыл бұрын

live in HD

@skriller7102 4 жыл бұрын

@@reedotk3647 boo hoo

@nielsenkasser673 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@mr.krinkle952 3 жыл бұрын

Bruh moment X3

@nef3021 4 жыл бұрын

I think Pink Floyd's performance of "The Wall" when the Berlin Wall was destroyed should have been on the list!

@andreewagenknecht1530 4 жыл бұрын

All we germans remember is David Hasselhoff performing "Looking for freedom". Many germans even don't now Pink Floyd, but most of them remember The Hoff, because his voice alone let the wall stumblin' in :-D

@christosstamato527 4 жыл бұрын

1: *Marty McFly/Kalvin Klein invented Rock N Roll in the Enchantment Under The Sea Dance in 1955*

@christosstamato527 4 жыл бұрын

No need to mate, I'm just in this video to spread awareness and well that.. *You also invented classic westerns and that trick Eastwood pulled off in a Fistful of Dollars"!*

@bnuno7742 4 жыл бұрын

Wait is this Micheal J Fox

@baileycombs9274 4 жыл бұрын

Marty McFly not to be dramatic or anything, but I love you.

@jeremye5714 4 жыл бұрын

Marty McFly yea my grandmother almost was arrested for towing us behind the car on skateboards in Gettysburg national park, great influence lol

@krysmrug6478 4 жыл бұрын

Rock n roll actually started in 1951 with the song "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats. But it's elements go back as far as the 1800s with the blues. NEVERMIND IT WAS BTTF

@lostsock6749 4 жыл бұрын

The Last Play At Shea 2008 where Paul McCartney came around just in time for the last song.

@yoursleepparalysisdemon8171 3 жыл бұрын

Elly let it beeee,let it beeee,let it bee,oh let it be

@cmxreno 4 жыл бұрын

Queen preforms at Live Aid. Legendary Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. Legendary

@masterxl97 7 жыл бұрын

It's really weird how Elvis was considered the most badass rebel in America because he... danced. Thanks, 50's!

@spikethompson2000 7 жыл бұрын

#justfootloosethings

@hollowbonesfilms9739 7 жыл бұрын

America kinda had a gigantic stick up its ass until the late 60s.

@HeatherCoste 7 жыл бұрын

That pelvis :)

@sportsjunkie52 7 жыл бұрын

Stole those moves and songs from blacks too

@BigTesLoc 7 жыл бұрын

or the fact he took that whole style from the great Chuck B

@amonsuiko9761 5 жыл бұрын

My father went accidentally to live AID on 1985. He wanted to see LED zeppelin reunite and he saw Freddie’s performance too

@noonoo5740 5 жыл бұрын

"accidentally"

@randomknight2585 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t even know how he did that but I don’t even care

@Ramoa111 5 жыл бұрын

they felt they would get thrashed if they didnt include one of today's non-transcendental "artists". They backfired

@naut6606 5 жыл бұрын

man, led zeppelin sucked at live aid. all because of Baunums death.

@beebourie8038 5 жыл бұрын

My great grandpa was in his teens and he went and saw Freddie, I'm not even lying.

@sotsu618 4 жыл бұрын

If the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show wasn’t on here I’d probably riot

@glitched_revolver8330 4 жыл бұрын

Same bro

@kianhanna9820 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@Livvvyloaf 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@mahadkhwaja 4 жыл бұрын

same

@sid9250 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@quiltmomma5157 Жыл бұрын

“Ladies and gentlemen, I give you….The Beatles!” Most significant phrase in music history. 60 years later, they’re still loved, their music is still played and they’re bring rediscovered by new listeners. Who will know most of these others in 10 years, let alone 60?

@wossonjohn85 7 жыл бұрын

what about when Marvin Berry phoned his cousin, Chuck, to let him listen to some kid playing guitar at a highschool dance?... I'd say that was a pretty important moment!

@micahgreen5077 7 жыл бұрын

Right!?

@cameronrowley8356 7 жыл бұрын

Guess the comment section wasn't ready for this one, but their kids are gonna love it.

@rewsbert 7 жыл бұрын

Love it! I'd also add the revelation that God gave rock n' roll to us.........

@nrvs99 7 жыл бұрын

Jesus this comment wins so hard. So. Hard.

@HingwayFilms 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah thats heavy man

@Drew-eo2oj 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing in music is more deeply etched in my heart and soul, as early Beatles.

@ntaxell651 3 жыл бұрын

Jimi Hendrix’s music will live on for ever, not only just as the introduction of another music style, harder rock but also soooo much beautiful music!🤟❤️ You will live on forever

@dylanjakins4411 5 жыл бұрын

1. Forrest Gump giving Elvis tips on his dancing, ultimately propelling his popularity

@brandonayong7656 5 жыл бұрын

Dylan Jakins Wasn't it elvis teaching forrest ?

@MrAnthism 5 жыл бұрын

I had the same thought with you bro!

@zacheryfitzpatrick9480 5 жыл бұрын

@@brandonayong7656 No...it was Forest dancing and showing Elvis how to move his legs...kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrCjn6akytHOeZs.html

@jeremybarclift1078 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao.

@pennywood8858 5 жыл бұрын

Dylan Jakins trouble

@Retrospective. 7 жыл бұрын

Queen at Live Aid, was called "The greatest rock performance of the 20th century", and it was. i was there. It was untouchable.

@Bibelforscher 7 жыл бұрын

you are a blessed guy

@ThunderKat2012 7 жыл бұрын

If I could go back in time that would be one of the highlights of modern music...So amazing

@mickdylan 7 жыл бұрын

Overblown pompous pop schlock. I was at Live Aid and went for a piss when Queen were on. Best piss ever had.

@Retrospective. 7 жыл бұрын

it seems you have no sense of occasion :)

@marktaylor3809 7 жыл бұрын

try telling that to malcolm mackem then

@gerard0529 3 жыл бұрын

Queen at Live Aid in #5 BLASPHEMY ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL

@jongraham8396 3 жыл бұрын

It should be higher imo

@tyliekinc. 3 жыл бұрын

They left out Berry Gordy finding Motown

@emilymetrik4044 3 жыл бұрын

IT SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE

@pranabkumardas8628 3 жыл бұрын

They're overrated

@retroseal2782 3 жыл бұрын

@@pranabkumardas8628 you. Did. Not.

@julieschmidt9461 4 жыл бұрын

For me, Paul Simon's 1987 Graceland concert in Zimbabwe is a supreme moment in music history. Mesmerizing and inspiring.

@galacticjewels7856 4 жыл бұрын

Hendrix doing the National Anthem, using the intricate sounds of his guitar to express and capture the pain and anguish of the war and what was going on in America, is one of the most beautiful and important moments ever. Gives me chills.

@jorgeluisrimbaud4945 4 жыл бұрын

"...What was going on in the United States" don't you dare to talk for all the Americans, wich are many more than all the U.S. citizens.

@zion5375 4 жыл бұрын

@@jorgeluisrimbaud4945 1. I have no idea what the hell you are trying to say. 2. Your name makes me think you are not american.

@maxjohnsen9542 4 жыл бұрын

@ vlad peters what are you talking about names for commie

@zion5375 4 жыл бұрын

Its a moniker

@maxjohnsen9542 4 жыл бұрын

Vlad Peters 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘳

@zak_abass 5 жыл бұрын

I was born in the right generation because I can listen to all this great songs at the click of a button.

@dexterzplace5553 5 жыл бұрын

you know i'm glad to see a fellow human being who thinks exactly as i do, i wanna tell other gens that, to show them that there entire tel and music life is just a click away.

@gonzalovazquezavila535 5 жыл бұрын

amen

@ChiPaintballr 5 жыл бұрын

Damn. You are right. I used to think I was born in the wrong generation because I just cant enjoy modern music (pop music) that is. But I never thought about having the technology in our generation to be able to still enjoy all of the great music of the world regardless of age and genre. You sir taught me something. Thank you.

@brunodicola3508 5 жыл бұрын

Clicking on a video does not give you back the real vibes and the the vision of those days.

@cuteONE22 5 жыл бұрын

True. I live in the Middle East, and if I was alive 40-30 years ago, I would have never been able to listen to this great music and I would have never been exposed to it. Actually, I only discovered true Rock and Roll when I was 20 years old because of KZfaq. I never listened to this music on mainstream Arabic radios or music channels. Its only possible now because of KZfaq and the development in Internet

@kompo5997 4 жыл бұрын

2019 summer. Bohemian rhapsody hit 1B views

@giorgosgeorgopoulos7666 4 жыл бұрын

naah... guess gagnam style is much more worthy to be mentioned...

@gusstabithc 4 жыл бұрын

@@giorgosgeorgopoulos7666 it was the first video on KZfaq to hit 1 billion views so yes it does deserve to be mentioned

@giorgosgeorgopoulos7666 4 жыл бұрын

@@gusstabithcyou actually compare the importance of the symphony with gagnam style... ok it did something but it has minor importance... it's still just a stupid song who no one will remember in a few years... popularity in just a specific time period with no influence means nothing to history

@vlynn82 4 жыл бұрын

Lol!! When I first read your comment I mistook the 'b' in billion for an '8'. I thought you were saying that it hit '18' views. I was thinking 'oh...yeah...awesome'. :D

@ikurauta6592 4 жыл бұрын

Oh didn't know that bohemia Rhapsody hit 1B views too this summer

@indranilghosh9220 3 жыл бұрын

Just imagine your walk is also a important moment in music history. MJ ❤

@jonathanedwards8696 3 жыл бұрын

The "moonwalk," doesn't have ANYTHING to do with music! It's just a dance move.

@samwell2386 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanedwards8696 Dancing derives from music

@jonathanedwards8696 3 жыл бұрын

@@samwell2386 But it is a completely different art form.

@the2kcreatorking527 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanedwards8696 true but its the reason his music album (thriller )sold way too much

@quiltmomma5157 Жыл бұрын

Charlie Chaplin invented the moon walk. Check out the videos.

@solo13th 7 жыл бұрын

"I was born in the wrong generation" - every comment on watchmojo's videos about music.

@huntermarsh7576 7 жыл бұрын

Honestly I wish my generation (millennial) could just appreciate all the music we have. There's so much good shit from every year.

@lordysll2160 7 жыл бұрын

bruh fr but aye you got that pusha t profile pic thats wassup

@nikosofidemporas 7 жыл бұрын

+Hunter Marsh So damn true..I like music from the past but today we have many great artists and more music sub genres that generate great music.

@cristianmunozlevill1265 7 жыл бұрын

I'm a fetus and I listen to ww2 radio signals. I wish this generation would appreciate my taste in music

@tobyryberg 7 жыл бұрын

I'm a 13 year old girl and I'm the only one who really appreciates good music.

@Ryanjakehenry 3 жыл бұрын

How Michael Jackson walking backwards is somehow more important than Beethoven writing one of the best symphonies of all time while deaf, I will never understand

@zzzzzzzjsjyue2175 10 ай бұрын

yeah beethoven should probably be number 1 lol

@jeffcornett1310 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love that Nirvana Unplugged was ahead of Beethoven’s 9th. For real though, that unplugged album changed my life, it was filmed on my 10th Birthday, and I play that album still to this day. Best acoustic album of all time

@penusman6304 Жыл бұрын

Bro first of all, november 18th. We have the same birthday. But from a nirvana super fan to another, do you really think it should be above beethoven orchestrating a whole symphony deaf?

@daveperala4723 6 жыл бұрын

Come on, Beethoven wrote the 9th all in his head. The man was deaf at the time but knew exactly what each and every note would sound like. And he wrote it for a full orchestra at that. If that doesn't grant you number one of ALL TIME, then there is no sense in even doing these lists. Not to mention that it is awesome to boot. I will grant you the Queen and Freddie spots. And the Beetles did change the face of rock. And Hendricks? The MASTER OF THE STRATOCASTER. Elvis? Well hell son. He kicked in the door and all the rest followed.

@bvaljalo 5 жыл бұрын

Tough to argue against that my friend.

@galafuze 5 жыл бұрын

Good point. I agree with your Beethoven comment. Everything else is subjective to each individual. It's like the saying, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." I'm sure my tastes are different from yours but we can agree that it moves us powerfully. And that's why influence is seen in so many artists, songs, dance moves, and endless compositions.

@ailek95 5 жыл бұрын

The only problem of the 9th is that it is hell to sing... Waay to high for comfort...

@OAmoretNoctis1Izzy 5 жыл бұрын

Lol just because Elvis popularized something doesnt mean he started it. Rock N Roll started in black communities, evolving from guitar heavy blues. Elvis and the Beatles did not start it.

@countrylyricist 5 жыл бұрын

#GodMode

@judsonbuckner8590 6 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple man; I see Freddie Mercury, I click

@andrewryan2443 6 жыл бұрын

Judson Buckner I was thinking the same thing man!! He’s a absolute legend. No one could ever fill his shoes.

@readyfreddie2334 6 жыл бұрын

And I'm a simple woman. I see Freddie Mercury----> I click :D

@mrxpert8364 6 жыл бұрын

Judson Buckner i thought the sameee thingg

@iskongmoreno7249 6 жыл бұрын

Same Here!

@blutchaosseife 6 жыл бұрын

i confess

@traviskale1313 4 жыл бұрын

That performance of "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson is one of my top 5 anywhere or anytime. Gripping.

@kingofthebeast4024 3 жыл бұрын

The Best!? It’s their personal opinion.

@jackgee7355 3 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t even live you idiot 😂

@jonathanedwards8696 3 жыл бұрын

There's a difference between performance and music. Take the dance away and MJ was just another mediocre singer.

@traviskale1313 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanedwards8696 ummm...no

@the2kcreatorking527 3 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Edwards thriller tho

@mrworldwide187 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple man, I see Freddie I click

@kubazy4669 7 жыл бұрын

He said: "Ladies and gentleman, The Beatles" But there were only ladies XD

@ladydontekno 7 жыл бұрын

I'm sure somebody's dad brought them to the show 😆

@Flimmy 7 жыл бұрын

There were also boys watching it on television.

@btsmanman 7 жыл бұрын

He meant the cameramen... he didn't want them to miss their cue.

@TrashPanda5150 7 жыл бұрын

And all the panties dropped!

@MsDivaKelli 5 жыл бұрын

Just thought of another one... Aretha Franklin stepping in at the last minute for Pavarotti and performing Nessun Dorma at the Grammys. An amazing performance, with no rehearsal. She showed why she was considered the Queen of Soul, even singing opera... a true professional and a legend.

@samara4367 5 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! They have to do another pne

@gestapo81 5 жыл бұрын

that was a disaster and should have never happened.

@subodhpawar65 3 жыл бұрын

1) Beethoven Introduces 9th Symphony 2) Jimmy at Woodstock 3) MJ's Moonwalk (personal favourite) 4) Queen at Live Aid 5) Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show 6) Elvis on The Milton Birle Show

@kellyhazelett139 3 жыл бұрын

Queen at number 5. You’ve got to be kidding me. 27 minutes of pure genius music

@mikejason5621 3 жыл бұрын

I mean yeah ofc I'd rather live AID be number one, but looking at everything else, The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show was just more important. Without that performance, the Superbowl halftime show wouldn't be a thing, grammy performances even concerts wouldn't be what they are now

@kellyhazelett139 3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejason5621 well Super Bowl halftime show takes too long with middle aged women grabbing themselves by the pussy. Yeah real important stuff there. Grammys have been putting on shows since 1959. Happened before Beatles.

@emilymetrik4044 3 жыл бұрын

no kidding

@elang7961 3 жыл бұрын

Queen new fan is so Toxic.

@Unknown-jt2wd 3 жыл бұрын

@@elang7961 they watch queen movies and thought they are best band and know everything about music

@Elnont 4 жыл бұрын

Best part of this vid is the way the narrater said “number 5”. (And Freddie Mercury’s tribute concert - that is hella underrated).

@Buccarado 4 жыл бұрын

12:56 I can't. Ringo is too cute lmao

@willbuttle5563 5 жыл бұрын

I think that Queen's Live Aid performance is the greatest performance In history

@PrimyFritzellz 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it should be WAAAAY WAAAY up on the list

@happymonky0079 5 жыл бұрын

Will Buttle yes the greatest but not the most culturally impactful like the Fab 4 finally coming to the US

@PrimyFritzellz 5 жыл бұрын

@@happymonky0079 Well it was quite impactful. Live aid of it self was the greatest.

@mavissc 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, Beatles 73 million, Queen 1.9 Billion. The most watched performance of all time.

@robertpatashny7473 5 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!!!

@rogerszmodis6913 4 жыл бұрын

What about the day Paul McCartney and John Lennon met?

@mnynlvr4347 4 жыл бұрын

Beatles will always be my favorite band

@1504Shawn 7 жыл бұрын

SERIOUSLY?? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? You're saying that Nirvana on MTV is ahead of BEETHOVEN PREMIRING THE 9TH SYMPHONY?!?!?!?! The moment you put ANYONE that is not BACH or MOZART ahead of Beethoven, doesn't make any sense!!!

@Inf4m0us555 7 жыл бұрын

Someone's triggered.

@bestplayerwii 7 жыл бұрын

Why so much hate? classical artists would probably be rock stars if that existed in their time

@fredwardo3942 7 жыл бұрын

YES

@opencarrydrift6308 7 жыл бұрын

No way to really say any of these moments are definitively better than the other it's all relative

@megamcee 7 жыл бұрын

Just theoretically, Beethoven's music was heard (at the time) by maybe a few thousand people. Maybe a few dozens of thousands of people heard of his music at the time. At the same time, all of the music that was rated hire then him was either heard by millions upon millions of people or heard of by hundreds of millions of people.

@SalvvOrtiz 4 жыл бұрын

I was at the 9th Symphony premiere, I remember that as yesterday, it was epic!

@abhigyasharma6950 4 жыл бұрын

How old are you sir btw?

@SalvvOrtiz 4 жыл бұрын

@@abhigyasharma6950 25

@RyansColoradoRailProductions 4 жыл бұрын

@@SalvvOrtiz it happened in 1824

@SalvvOrtiz 4 жыл бұрын

@@RyansColoradoRailProductions Yes, I got my fiddle signed by Beethoven.

@deadlyapparition4506 4 жыл бұрын

Me to lol

@AlmaCynthiaVerdejo 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t get my over how I can literally hear Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry in the Beatles singing style here.

@Isleofskye 4 жыл бұрын

This should be " Betting Without The Beatles" as it's obvious their extraordinary influence changed the World and not just musically either. 400 wonderful songs. Many for other Artists. "Yesterday" breaking the World Record by being recorded by TWO THOUSAND,TWO HUNDRED different Artists. They had,simultaneously, The Top 5 in Te Billboard Chart which will never be emulated. They changed Fashion,Photography and much else bridging the gap between The USA and Britain and Europe. They sold more records than anyone else.Their songs were, mostly, different from each other and they had 3 musical genius's in the same Band....so it should have been "BEST OF THE REST" lol

@JoshuaNicolasPark 7 жыл бұрын

Beethoven to Nirvana. What a supercut.

@pphyjynx8217 6 жыл бұрын

they're actually surprisingly similar when you think about it

@kyleellis8665 6 жыл бұрын

I love them both

@blondieb4bc 6 жыл бұрын

KingKyleTV yes

@nickaglyc 5 жыл бұрын

includes Beethoven and puts him on the 9th place ... GeNiuS

@AA-sn9lz 5 жыл бұрын

Ikr watchmojo sucks

@Yuh_mama 5 жыл бұрын

Smh lol

@samkerr98 5 жыл бұрын

Well they probably did it cause of the song

@godsmacked1000 5 жыл бұрын

I see what they did there...

@deadmanrunning6670 5 жыл бұрын

Should have ranked him 5th

@edwardhodes6001 4 жыл бұрын

Great job putting the Beatles at #1 like they should be

@idekanymore6986 3 жыл бұрын

They're overrated

@chrismarple 3 жыл бұрын

Jose Garcia think before you speak

@aaronramirezrodriguez4719 3 жыл бұрын

Jose Garcia what’s wrong with overrated

@wakemeupbeforeyoupogo 3 жыл бұрын

@@idekanymore6986 Just remember to always think twice

@saraa136 3 жыл бұрын

@@idekanymore6986 Bruh you’re drunk. Go home

@killval849 4 жыл бұрын

Just missing one thing and that was the debut of punk rock. Ramones "It's Alive" or the Stooges live, the Sex Pistols or the Damned first single New Rose or something, punk rock is such an important milestone in music.

@AndreaRoll 6 жыл бұрын

when Freddie Mercury tells you "do it" you do it. you just do it.

@jwwesselink 6 жыл бұрын

That could end badly

@Angel-eg4fe 6 жыл бұрын

The only man ill listen to the command "Do it" to is Darth Sidious

@davidstoltenberg2468 6 жыл бұрын

I agree with J Wesselink on that one, but I still loved Freddie Mercury.

@user-yv2qh7tp8g 6 жыл бұрын

Do it! Just do it!

@youtubingjaguar5082 6 жыл бұрын

Yep. *It's what you do,* y'all. ;)

@stincksmith1957 7 жыл бұрын

When mj did the moon walk i actually got chills. Don't know why but I did

@jbpink5026 7 жыл бұрын

My wife and I had the same reaction.

@FishJJFish 7 жыл бұрын

My heart was pumping like hell in anticipation

@johnr374 7 жыл бұрын

yea thats some good music right there

@flagcoco69 7 жыл бұрын

I still think the best part of that Motown 25 show was when the Temptations and the Four Tops did their battle. THAT was the quintessence of Motown.

@redelainem 7 жыл бұрын

dont you mean erection ???

@mtn4140 4 жыл бұрын

Young Elvis used to perform in a 5 start hotel in New York when his career was about to get started and my dad used to work there. He got pretty closed to young Elvis since he always joined the table during my dad's dinner brake. My dad got a few picture with him since he always had a couple photographers from the hotel following him around and my dad proudly hang it on the bedroom wall. It's always the first thing that I want to show off

@srigirirajendran500 3 жыл бұрын

Freddie Mercury is top at my list

@pankeksenpai5323 4 жыл бұрын

I was just waiting for Queen's live aid performance to come in the list

@gugurox7740 4 жыл бұрын

Me tooo

@chicanapower 3 жыл бұрын

@@gugurox7740 *Rogerina*

@stratplayr6997 4 жыл бұрын

One could argue that the most important MOMENT in music history was the day when John Lennon and Paul McCartney met.

@dizzee6089 4 жыл бұрын

Truly a blessing that all 4 of those lads met up. I personally think that they are the best band in existence

@shanthithomas3675 4 жыл бұрын

Dont leave queen out

@ryan183 4 жыл бұрын

Shanthi Thomas in reality, Queen probably wasn’t a top 5 band all time, at least in popularity. If I had to guess it would go 1. The Beatles 2. The Rolling Stones 3. Led Zeppelin 4. Pink Floyd 5. The Who/ the Beach Boys

@dizzee6089 4 жыл бұрын

@@ryan183 Queen definitely were a top five band, though not as great as the beatles. They were definitely better than the who or the rolling stones

@ryan183 4 жыл бұрын

Yeet Man I said popular not good. The stones, Beatles and Led Zeppelin have the top 3 solidified. The only place to put Queen would be 5. They’re an amazing group but weren’t as popular back in the day.

@srishtisingh1475 4 жыл бұрын

I think everyone knew The Beatles performing at the Ed Sullivan Show would be no. 1

@deklanhurtubise5994 4 жыл бұрын

Goes from a hip hop song reaches 36th to one of the best symphonies of all time 10/10

@cameronkoch7539 5 жыл бұрын

Good to see Johnny cash he's rarely mentioned nowadays

@gaellopez1377 5 жыл бұрын

Cash is probably a piece of american history and/or culture. Nevertheless this amazing artist I discovered lately is fairly unknown and somehow no that important in "music history" as mentioned. Dylan also was a wonderful artist and his heritage and influence on pop/rock music is amazing. But I wouldn't say he has been more important to "music history" than Mozart, Bob Marley, US for Africa, Pierre Henry (first electronic music artist ever) and certainly a hundred more artist I don't know about (and I want to discover). But Mojo made their pick ;-)

@jeffprentice1648 5 жыл бұрын

Good to see Johnny Cash being recognized as he paved the way for so many future generations....and that truly was a great performance and controversial in many ways so it deserves a spot here!!

@hollow_dustboot 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, man. My drum teacher played with Cash for a while.

@ericalexander3246 5 жыл бұрын

@@hollow_dustboot Yeah, then he wasted it all on hookers and blow. Now he's broke.

@hollow_dustboot 5 жыл бұрын

@@ericalexander3246 nah. No clue why you have to be so nasty, bro. At least show some maturity. Anyways, he's retired now and he's teaching on the side because he enjoys helping people. Chill out, my guy.

@freddieboi4818 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly kinda thought that the #1 one would be The Beatles taking the top 5 spots of the billboard. Still the Beatles though so I can’t get mad

@peytonmarie4969 4 жыл бұрын

I knew the motown 25 performance would be on here. iconic

@vecchioutente 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but place 6?? Wtf watch homo dot com

@emmafitz7923 7 жыл бұрын

I feel like Bowie killing off Ziggy Stardust was a pretty big one, too, considering the amount of people mourning the character and considering his future musical career after that tour.

@nicolefornuto6032 7 жыл бұрын

so true

@zacharymorin5696 7 жыл бұрын

That's what I came here hoping to see

@ieatpanadol1548 7 жыл бұрын

I still don't get why he did it, I wouldn't have thought that people's words could've harmed him

@nicolefornuto6032 7 жыл бұрын

I think it was mainly to due with wanting to do other things and not wanting to be stagnant.

@jenniferfloyd0379 7 жыл бұрын

EXACLATY SOMEONE SAID IT THANK YOU

@wbiro 6 жыл бұрын

1. Early humans find strength in collective chanting. 2. Idle person develops the first instrument. 3. Pythagoras investigates tonal proportions. 4. Written music is developed. 5. Equal temperament is developed. 6. Opera is invented (which gave rise to orchestras). 7. The modern piano is invented. 8. Edison invents the phonograph. 9. Marconi invents radio. 10. Television broadcasting is developed (and marketed).

@garethcharlton7508 6 жыл бұрын

11 Justin beiber hit #1 late humans need strength but have forgotten how to sing

@KrishK8055 6 жыл бұрын

What about the Wah pedal?😂😂

@lorenz3018 3 жыл бұрын

But those moments werent electrict and didnt change the audience

@naosei1758 4 жыл бұрын

Love of my life - Queen , Rock in Rio 1985

@evieaddy9580 4 жыл бұрын

Keep yourself alive x

@msssyMS 2 ай бұрын

Nothing will ever beat these legends! 😍💚

@hollybischoff7490 5 жыл бұрын

Yesterday was Nov 24. Freddie we love and miss you. YOU ARE A LEGEND !!!

@Guy.WhoAsked 5 жыл бұрын

Was it freddy fender? Just kidding andrew b then get out all of us miss him

@willswalkingwest7267 5 жыл бұрын

Freddie was/is a rock God. He was the master.

@passionoflovers 5 жыл бұрын

If there is a guide book somewhere titled ''How to be the best frontman ever, in a rock band'' he wrote it.

@rubydcosta8770 5 жыл бұрын

Of course!

@LukeMcGuireoides 5 жыл бұрын

I get chills hearing his voice and Queen was the greatest

@seanpfuhl1329 5 жыл бұрын

MAMAAAAAAAAAA

@Itsgreg0809 5 жыл бұрын

Was AIDS

@glitched_revolver8330 4 жыл бұрын

I’m so happy the Beatles are #1

@sophiemehdizadeh6425 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for including Beethoven!! Sincerely, a faithful classical music lover

@valentinasanchez9239 7 жыл бұрын

When i saw freddie mercury I clicked immediately

@Tinkeredia 7 жыл бұрын

Same

@MatixSkiing 7 жыл бұрын

when i saw jimi too

@cpthippieholdaccount1303 7 жыл бұрын

same

@NitrogenGamingHD 7 жыл бұрын

I CLICKED TOO!!!!

@seanlamar29 7 жыл бұрын

jimi made me click

@SugarJesus 3 жыл бұрын

Micheal jackson moonwalking is the most important moment in all of human history

@jedarmstrong1435 2 жыл бұрын

i’d probably say the end of the holocaust is more important but you do you

@vivi-zc1jw Жыл бұрын

No... The Beatles' British Invasion is the most important in pop music history because it ended the classical era.

@ashishmeshram5057 3 жыл бұрын

The Beatles deserve the no. One spot. I love em

@spacewombat6174 5 жыл бұрын

David Bowie and Bob Marley could have got a mention. Thank God you put Hendrix in there though!

@justsomeguywholikesdavidbo1085 4 жыл бұрын

Space Wombat ikr

@matse5318 3 жыл бұрын

The Birth of Billy Joel ! 💚🌟

@joachimsterner391 3 жыл бұрын

🙏

@andreamichaelis5919 3 жыл бұрын

Mats E Amen

@kerimeminovic2179 3 жыл бұрын

The guy made a song about history

@ejejdjjs6400 3 жыл бұрын

*david bowie

@swingersonian 3 жыл бұрын

Be glad that I didn't know where and when he was born, because there would've been an infant slaughter worse than in the Old Testament.

@justainis2211 4 жыл бұрын

It is best and most accurate watchmojo video

@wedontknow 5 жыл бұрын

Omg The crowd Freddy commanded was insane

@erinmack9384 5 жыл бұрын

wedontknow Only Metallica has ever come close, and even they miss the mark. Mercury is the greatest male vocalist that’s ever lived.

@SadMarinersFan 5 жыл бұрын

@@erinmack9384 *greatest vocalist*

@nightmareztv4483 5 жыл бұрын

@@erinmack9384 and marc martel

@johannestrres3053 5 жыл бұрын

Erin Mack im pretty Metallica more than "hit the mark" that day.

@suckyourmum9121 5 жыл бұрын

Freddie*

@mathuedoi 5 жыл бұрын

Good lord. Gagnam Style might be an honorable mention for most important moments in music video history, but music history???

@Nash9640 5 жыл бұрын

valid point 👍

@dalfifran7572 5 жыл бұрын

As much as i hate Gangnam Style and wondered what's all the fuss with people going crazy over that when it's launched. It's actually (sadly) part of music history too (to an extend). Because music video history is part of music history at this era of modern music industry and internet. The use of internet viral marketing and influence is what make some of the artist of current genereration bloom... Sadly. I also fall for the viral when Gangnam Style launched, curiousity get the best of me too see what's all with the fuss... It's good for the laughs when i saw them, but as far as the music itself... meeh. But I do fall and help the viral by viewing and talking it... We can Thanks (I'd rather blame) Psy and Gangnam Style for making Bieber, Despacito, and some other viral artist bloomer what it is, and as big as now...

@deadmanrunning6670 5 жыл бұрын

Lo Pan style was better; sends Gagnam Style to a Hell where are skinned alive!

@danielright1515 5 жыл бұрын

It changed the behaviour to virus songs tho, its important whether we like it or not

@mathuedoi 5 жыл бұрын

Viral music propagation goes back a very long time. Just look at the early Beatles popularity in the US. One Ed Sullivan show and they go from nobodies to the top in a matter of weeks. I don't think Psy "changed music" so much as he did what many, many artists have done over the years...utilized the technological zeitgeist (much like artists of the eighties used MTV and music videos) to produce a single popular song. Being another video based, one hit wonder is nothing new or special.

@cunard61 4 жыл бұрын

Kind of surprised Simon and Garfunkel's Concert in Central Park didn't make this list. They performed a free LIVE concert in front of more than half a million people, and gave us one of the greatest live performances of a song (Bridge Over Troubled Water) ever recorded.

@judywalter9412 4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for Michael Jackson 😂❤️

@poojatyagi8072 3 жыл бұрын

@The Best!? his almost 5 Billion fans around the globe silly!!

@mhonchanlotha2096 3 жыл бұрын

@The Best!? do u know the most Important one My realisng I went thier for free

@chrismoore133 3 жыл бұрын

Me Too

@Mood_12345 3 жыл бұрын

@The Best!? DUDE STFU BISH-

@Mood_12345 3 жыл бұрын

@The Best!? Then I hope that stroke get's u gud, u toxic human. ;)

@OfficialRazor911 5 жыл бұрын

Where The Doors at? You forget about JIM MORRISON being arrested mid-concert! Revolutionary moment without question!

@behelith 5 жыл бұрын

You'd have to choose which concert he was arrested

@twiztid571 5 жыл бұрын

straight up, i fucking love the doors!

@MasterofPuberty 5 жыл бұрын

The Doors come up less & less over time. Are they...dated??

@sabrinaaaaaaaaa 5 жыл бұрын

@@behelith lol

@joshthompson9318 5 жыл бұрын

Agree. Not enough slots for all history of the greatest musical genious of all time there are too many

@tonytasung2747 4 жыл бұрын

I always see American ignoring bob Dylan where Bob is the real singer of America who made famous the American folk song throughout the world ...... I always see queen, Johnny cash, Beatles, where as Bob Dylan is the one who truly cared about music and lyrics

@marclapuz5753 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the Beatles is always no.1 Love it!!!,4 men who change music culture

@ThisIsTori_ 5 жыл бұрын

All these people have one thing in common: they’re different. They went against the grain and shuffled things up. All well deserved.

@raw8814 5 жыл бұрын

Declan moore not really, it was the first video to hit 1 billion views and literally broke KZfaqs view counter, also it popularized kpop and other foreign music.

@TakersMissy 5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention, those people all had TRUE talent back then!!

@marilouisehaeck8835 5 жыл бұрын

All these people have on thing in common : a penis

@stars19735 5 жыл бұрын

@@marilouisehaeck8835 oof

@downbeat110 5 жыл бұрын

@@stars19735 Even Monroe?

@dominiqueworthen7674 5 жыл бұрын

Where's Bob Marley One Love Concert on April 22nd 1978 at The National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. The concert was held during a political civil war in Jamaica between opposing parties Jamaican Labour Party and the People's National Party. It ended with the two parties holding hands.

@rebelmusic2 5 жыл бұрын

Very laudable and full respect to the point but i wouldn't credit it as a defining moment in the history of music. More like a powerful example of how music can bring people together and spark change. Woodstock, despite not actually impacting much of anything, is the more defining moment.

@c.a.g.3130 5 жыл бұрын

And what about Tiny Tim on Laugh-In??? Greatest moment in all music history in the history of ever. Indisputable.

@lividionne4667 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple person. I see Freddie on the thumbnail. I click

@foughtstatue1023 4 жыл бұрын

Feel like Bob Geldof and Midge Ure forming live aid was, you know, kind of important

@medelalmi 4 жыл бұрын

Bach, starting the entire western music legacy : Am I a joke to you ?

@je23508 4 жыл бұрын

🤣😂

@fabianteran5745 5 жыл бұрын

I got chills the first time I watch Queen`s perfomance in live Aid

@ToddyBaller21 5 жыл бұрын

Fabian Teran it is perfection. Thank god they captured it on quality film too so we can enjoy it again and again!

@katc5051 5 жыл бұрын

I still do.

@christopherdale8201 5 жыл бұрын

I was their two as an 8 old it was my first ever concert i will never forget it and they for got to show love of my life and is this the world we created.i never saw the crowd cry with happiness when he played.

@markcynic808 5 жыл бұрын

Queen made all the other acts look like amateur night contestants at an oap's home.

@markbanner6473 5 жыл бұрын

Right on! And the other acts knew their place. They cried how do we follow that!

@espresso2284 3 жыл бұрын

Mans telling my live aid less important than gangnam style

@emiliemanes5392 4 жыл бұрын

Remember when teem girls screamed for bands like The Beatles instead of Justin Bieber? Good times...

@briannawallace4085 3 жыл бұрын

I think it was Beatlemania when people were crazy about them

@wilfredolopez9112 5 жыл бұрын

Where the hell is Bob Marley. The man made rival political leaders shake hands.

@matthewblonder8512 5 жыл бұрын

He also performed shortly after he got shot

@emrahcosic5653 5 жыл бұрын

he's dead...

@zen2480 5 жыл бұрын

Why is queen so low

@shanewright2772 5 жыл бұрын

In the grand story that is Jamaican music, Bob Marley is but an insect next to Prince Buster.

@thajuicemane 5 жыл бұрын

@@emrahcosic5653 no shit sherlock

@larry-tm7lg 5 жыл бұрын

I came here because of Freddie Mercury...who else?

@tylerpeek4513 5 жыл бұрын

GALxc ! Kurt

@rockonthestone4907 5 жыл бұрын

Because of Hendrix and Beatles.

@burhankings2202 5 жыл бұрын

Bismillah!noo

@slushievlogs8354 5 жыл бұрын

GALxc ! Me

@joliejulie7511 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so obsessed with him since I watched Bohemian Rhapsodi

@aaronshaw9982 3 жыл бұрын

i bet Bono and a few others regret the day they shared the stage with Freddie, none of then commanded the stage as he did, he showed them how it was done.

@iwonder6758 3 жыл бұрын

Loved it QUEEN💕

@toromiguelangel 7 жыл бұрын

I cannot argue against the choice for each particular moment, but throwing Beethoven's presentation of his 9th symphony is not only out of place for this countdown (this should be regarding pop culture music, or music in the 20th century) but disrespectful as the composer's of the "classical" (in this case romantic) pieces have transcended time with their music being performed centuries later as to be in a list that compares music that had particular impacts only in pop culture.