Den anrika amerikanska musiktidningen Rolling Stone har utsett milleniets 200 bästa låtar bland tusentals bidrag. Hate To Say I Told You So med The Hives tog plats 26 i konkurrens med mängder av låtar av stora artister från hela världen.
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The 200 greatest rocksongs of the 21st century so far. Det är rubriken på artikeln om vilka artister och låtar som är med bland de 200 främsta. Juryn har gjort en grundlig research och skriver så här om The Hives genombrottslåt:
”The Swedish garage-rock revivalists’ breakout hit “Hate to Say I Told You So” — two minutes of bratty brilliance built around what guitarist Nik Arson called a “striking gold” riff — conjured comparisons that caught the band off guard. “People started comparing us to bands we had never heard of,” frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist explained. “We couldn’t afford to know about every band. It feels surreal that we had never heard the Stooges and the MC5 until people compared us to them.” When they heard their supposed influences, it all made sense: the repetition, the riffs, the attitude. “We became the band that we should be.”
Här är listan på de 200 bästa låtarna sedan år 2000:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-rock-songs-of-the-21st-century-1235634033/