82 songs

[jessecuster3]

Here are 82 Great songs

Love and Memories - Oar
Summer-s Gone - Aberfeldy
Primitive(The Way I Treat You) - Ambulance Ltd
Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
Shining Light - Ash
Modern Mafia - Athlete
Fuck Forever - Babyshambles
E-Pro - Beck
Landed - Ben Folds
Dry The Rain - The Beta Band
Good - Better Than Ezra
Crimson Reflections Through Looking Glass - The Black Hollies
Set You Free - The Black Keys
Change - Blind Melon
No Rain(Ripped Away Version) - Blind Melon
Soul One - Blind Melon
This Modern Love - Bloc Party
Chemical World - Blur
Tender - Blur
Manthem - Bouncing Souls
Swollen Summer - The Bravery
Stairway To Nowhere - Brian Setzer
Good Vibrations - Brian Wilson
The Nine Pound Hammer - Bryan Sutton
The Only One I Know - The Charlatans
Rock Pile - Chatham County Line
Let The Cool Goddess Rust Away - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
I Remember When - The Coral
Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III - Cornershop
Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows
Feel Bad Vibe - Damone
You Come In Burned - The Dandy Warhols
Riot Radio - The Dead 60's
Pounding - The Doves
Honeysuckle Blue - Drivin' and Cryin'
Save Me - Embrace
Southern Belles In London Sing - The Faint
If I Ever Leave This World Alive - Flogging Molly
Factory Girls - Flogging Molly
I Don't Wanna Be - Gavin Degraw
Island Of the Honest Man - Hot Hot Heat
Cold Hard Bitch - Jet
Don't Look Into The Sun - The Libertines
Love Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour
Poppies - Marcy Playground
King Without A Crown - Matisyahu
Hotel Room - Mest
Typical - Mutemath
Slide Away - Oasis
Acquiesce - Oasis
20th Century Boy - Placebo
Movin' On Up - Primal Scream
Loose Talk - The Purrs
Steady As She Goes - The Raconteurs
Popstars - Rooney
Baby, Let's Play House - Elvis Presley
40 Boys In 40 Nights - The Donnas
Gudbye To Jane - Slade
Poor Leno - Royksopp
...And The Battle Begun - RX Bandits
Falling Down The Mountain - RX Bandits
Marbeleyzed - Soviet
I Turn My Camera On - Spoon
Good Times - The Stone Roses
Moving to California - Straw
Sailing Off The Edge Of The World - Straw
What i got - Sublime
Caught By The Fuzz - Supergrass
Where Have All the Rudeboys Gone - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
American Girl - Tom Petty
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Om, The Meaning Of Life - The Village Green
Beverly Hills - Weezer
My Doorbell - The White Stripes
Handshake Drugs - Wilco
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart - Wilco
Dirty Dancehall - The Zutons
Crash - The Primitives
Altogether Now - The Farm
Kill Your Television - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Bidrdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

[TinMan]

Wow, there are three songs on that list that I actually like:

What i got - Sublime
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

...and I don't even like the first two that much. I love me some 3EB though.

Your musical taste sucks, dumbass. :p

[Weapon Ick]

This is more like a list of 82 great songs of the last 15 years.

I'm guessing you were a teeanger during the 90's.

[jessecuster3]

You would be wrong, the point of this was just a specific playlist I chose for today that I was particularly proud of.

[howyadoin]

Lots of stuff I like there. Lots of stuff I hate, and lots of stuff I don't know, too.

P.S. The Libertines suck.

[Jonathan Bogart]

P.S. The Libertines suck.
P.S. Still a fan.

[Armless Penguin]

P.S. The Libertines suck.

They really didn't, =P

[howyadoin]

They really didn't, =PTo each his own. I've heard enough of their garbage to form an opinion about it.

[Valmore]

It has "American Girl" which is, indeed, a great song.

Not sure about the other 81 though.

[elheffe]

Any list with Oasis, The Black Keys, Bloc Party, Spoon, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Raconteurs, Beck, The White Stripes and Wilco is a pretty good list.
The one thing that would make me hit skip quicker that anything is the Sublime song. It's a shame that radio overplayed Sublime. I used to like them, but now? Skip!

[Dennis K]

The first 25:


Surrender ~ Cheap Trick
Custard Pie ~ Led Zeppelin
Superman ~ The Kinks
Mustang Sally ~ Buddy Guy
Miss You ~ The Rolling Stones
Gas Panic! ~ Oasis
Love Removal Machine ~ The Cult
Rock Bottom ~ UFO
In The Mood ~ Glen Miller Orchestra
Eminence Front ~ The Who
Pride and Joy ~ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Answer to the Laundromat Blues ~ Albert King
Ain't Talkin' About Love ~ Van Halen
Driving South ~ The Stone Roses
Rocket Queen ~ Guns 'N Roses
Children of the Grave ~ Black Sabbath
The Drugs Don't Work ~ The Verve
Goin' To Carolina ~ Shooter Jennings
They Call Me The Breeze ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tom Sawyer ~ Rush
Dirty Dishes ~ Albert Collins
I Was Born In Chicago ~ The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Way Down South ~ Matt Murphy
Bad Luck ~ Social Distortion
Moving In Stereo ~ The Cars

[Dennis K]

The next 25:

Black Moon Creeping ~ The Black Crowes
Continental-Op ~ Rory Gallagher
She Caught The Katy ~ The Blues Brothers
Refugee ~ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Green River ~ CCR
Love Stinks ~ J. Geils Band
Keep Your Hands To Yourself ~ The Georgia Satellites
Jungle Love ~ The Steve Miller Band
Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner ~ Warren Zevon
Roundabout ~ Yes
Dream Weaver ~ Gary Wright
Stuck In The Middle With You ~ Gerry Rafferty
Born To Run ~ Bruce Springsteen and the E Steet Band
Green Grass and High Tides Forever ~ The Outlaws
Song 2 ~ Blur
Livin' After Midnight ~ Judas Priest
Two Minutes To Midnight ~ Iron Maiden
My Woman From Tokyo ~ Deep Purple
Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding ~ Elton John
You're My Best Friend ~ Queen
Fame ~ David Bowie
Sultans of Swing ~ Dire Straits
Shooting Star ~ Bad Company
L.A. Woman ~ The Doors
I Am The Walrus ~ The Beatles

[howyadoin]

I like Dennis's list more.

[Dennis K]

The next 25:


Hold On, I'm Comin' ~ Sam and Dave
Mannish Boy ~ Muddy Waters
Purple Haze ~ Jimi Hendrix
Moanin' News ~ Joe Louis Walker
Smokin' Gun ~ Robert Cray
Stormy Monday ~ T-Bone Walker
Me and Booby McGee ~ Janis Joplin
Green Onions ~ Booker T & The MGs
Respect ~ Aretha Franklin
Walking Blues ~ Hindu Love Gods
Messin' With The Kid ~ Junior Wells
What'd I Say ~ Ray Charles
I Can't Quit You Baby ~ Otis Rush
Shuffle It All ~ Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds
Goin' Down Slow ~ Michael Bloomfield
Jesus Just Left Chicago ~ ZZ Top
The Thrill Is Gone ~ B.B. King
Jumping At Shadows ~ Fleetwood Mac
Refugee ~ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Wang Dang Doodle ~ Howlin' Wolf
Trick Bag ~ Johnny Winter
Empty Arms Motel ~ Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers
Still Got The Blues ~ Gary Moore
Hideaway ~ Freddie King
White Room ~ Cream

[howyadoin]

Oh, and here's the playlist I put together when I sprained my ankle last winter:

Motherless Child – Eric Clapton
Redemption Song – Joe Strummer & Mescaleros
Peace Train – 10,000 Maniacs
Ooh La La – Faces
Change – Blind Melon
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall
Sold Me Down The River – Alarm
Ain’t No Easy Way – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Midnight in Her Eyes – Black Keys
And Fools Shine On – Brother Cane
Ride Like Hell – Big Sugar
Get Your Rocks Off – Primal Scream
Which One of the Two of US – Star Spangles
Baby Ran – 54-40
Wave of Mutilation – Pixies
Mr E’s Beautiful Blues – Eels
Cold Day in the Sun – Foo Fighters
Rockaway the Days – Bruce Springsteen
Brimful Of Asha – Cornershop
Ooh Las Vegas – Cowboy Junkies
I’m Still Gone – Watchmen
Shine – Junkhouse
Allison – Elvis Costello
Wasted Years – Cruzados
Alone Again Or – Calexico
Little Sister – Concrete Blonde
Sunshower – Chris Cornell
StarSeed – Our Lady Peace
Losing California – Sloan
In the Meantime – Spacehog
Pumping On Your Stereo – Supergrass
California Waiting – Kings of Leon
Mr. Jones – Counting Crows
Sick of Myself – Matthew Sweet
Santa Monica – Everclear
All the Kids Are Right – Local H
Shine – Doughboys
Million Miles Away – Goo Goo Dolls
Misogyny – Rusty
Toy Train – Rymes with Orange
Don’t Walk Away, Eileen – Sam Roberts
Three Angels – Headstones
Judy – Random Dolmens
Best of Times – Flipsides
Certain Songs – The Hold Steady
Big Empty – Stone Temple Pilots
Closing Time – Leonard Cohen
Mohammed’s Radio – Warren Zevon
Dream Baby Dream – Bruce Springsteen
Kiss Me You Fool – Northern Pikes
This Day – Mudgirl

[Dennis K]

The Final Seven:

London Calling ~ The Clash
I Don't Know ~ The Replacements
Satch Boogie ~ Joe Satriani
Can't Stand Losing You ~ The Police
Bullet The Blue Sky ~ U2
Alright Now ~ Free
Twilight Zone ~ Golden Earring

[Ilash]

I like Dennis's list more.

Me too and hey, here's mine just for the hell of it.

1. Warren Zevon - Knocking on Heaven's Door
2. Cream - Outside Woman Blues
3. Deep Purple - Strange Kind of Woman (Made in Japan version)
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Wrote A Song For Everyone
5. The Kinks - Mr Churchill Says
6. Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night
7. The Doors - Peace Frog
8. The Velvet Underground - After Hours
9. Otis Redding - My Girl
10. Pete Townshend - Slit Skirts

11. The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa
12. Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Ballad of Curtis Loew
13. Elvis Costello - All This Useless Beauty
14. The Beatles - Yes It Is
15. The Byrds - Have You Seen Her Face
16. Sam Cooke - Sad Mood
17. Love - AndMoreAgain
18. Neil Young - Winterlong
19. Jethro Tull - Up To Me
20. Led Zeppelin - That's the Way

21. Mick Jagger - Wandering Spirit
22. The Rolling Stones - Sitting on a Fence
23. Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
24. The Kinks - Have A Cuppa Tea
25. The Small Faces - My Mind's Eye
26. Pink Floyd - Wots uh... The Deal
27. The Rolling Stones - This Place is Empty
28. Bruce Springsteen - Into the Fire
29. The Who - Sea and Sand
30. The Monkees - Daydream Believer

31. Manfred mann - Fox on the Run
32. Procol Harum - A Salty Dog
33. Electric Light Orchestra - Shangri La
34. Elvis Costello - Sleep of the Just
35. The Troggs - With a Girl Like You
36. The Temptations - Just My Imagination
37. The Impressions - People Get Ready
38. Muddy Waters - Baby Please Don't Go (live)
39. Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
40. George Harrison - Stuck Inside a Cloud

41. Randy Newman - Rednecks
42. Alice Cooper - Former Lee Warmer
43. AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
44. The Who - A Quick One While He's Away (Live at Leeds)
45. Fleetood Mac - Rhiannon (live version on YouTube)
46. Paul McCartney and Wings - Little Lamb Dragon Fly
47. Black Sabbath - NIB
48. John Lennon - Isolation
49. The Rolling Stones - Let It Loose
50. Elton John - Burn Down The Mission

51. Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well
52. Sam Cooke - Rome
53. Radiohead - High and Dry
54. Faces - Had Me A Real Good Time
55. Dr John - Such A Night
56. Hownlin' Wolf - Spoonful
57. Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
58. Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding
59. Lou Reed - Perfect Day
60. The Who - Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand (Odds and Sods version)

61. The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (from Last Waltz)
62. Harry Nilsson - I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City
63. Free - Fire and Water
64. Otis Redding - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
65. The Flamin' Groovies - High Flying Baby
66. The Hollies - Jennifer Eccles
67. Pete Townshend - Greyhound Girl
68. The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow is Born
69. The Yardbirds - I Can't Make Your Way
70. Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore

71. Ronnie Lane - Anymore for Anymore
72. Van Morrison - Into The Mystic
73. The Grateful Dead - Ripple
74. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
75. Spirit - Animal Zoo
76. Alice Cooper - I Love the Dead
77. George Harrison - Isn't It A Pity (version 2)
78. Simon and Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
79. Mississippi John Hurt - Salty Dog Blues
80. Ray Charles - Lonely Avenue

81. The Grateful Dead - Box of Rain
82. Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is

[Ilash]

Oops double post

[howyadoin]

12. Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Ballad of Curtis LoewAny list with that song on it is automatically good.

[Ilash]

Any list with that song on it is automatically good.

Yup, my favourite by them. This, not Sweet Home Alabama, is what Skynyrd should really be remembered for.

[twilight]

I can make lists too!

1. New York Dolls-Lookin' For a Kiss
2. The Rapture-Out of The Races and Onto The Tracks
3. The Cure-Close To Me
4. Talking Heads-Nothing But Flowers
5. Interpol-Evil
6. Tom Waits-Romeo Is Bleeding
7. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists-I'm a Ghost
8. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin-Oregon Girl
9. The Kooks-Sofa Song
10. XTC-Generals and Majors

[LordEd1976]

I'm no doubt going to rag on for some of the songs on this list but then again its stuff I like plus some of them have been inspirations to me when I write so that makes them good in my book so who the hell cares if someone thinks they're lame or not.

1. My Life- Billy Joel
2. We Built This City- Starship
3. Along Comes a Woman- Chicago
4. Hold On! I'm a Coming- Sam and Davis
5. I Want You- Savage Garden
6. Little Red Corvette- Prince
7. Vaquero- Tango36
8. Do You Remember Love- Mari Ijima
9. Only If- Enya
10. IGY- Donald Fagan
11. September- Earth, Wind, and Fire
12. Something Stupid- Frank Sinatra
13. Magic Bus- The Who
14. Dream Away- George Harrison
15. Human Nature- Micheal Jackson
16. St Judy's Comet- Paul Simon
17. Coming Up- Paul McCartney
18. Club At the End of the Street- Elton John
19. Higher- Van Halen
20. the Touch- Stan Bush
21. Digital Love- Daft Punk
22. Believe it or Not- Joey Scarbury
23. Whenever I Call You Friend- Kenny Loggins/Stevie Nicks
24. Holiday Road- Lindsey Buckingham
25. Got a Hold on Me- Christine McVie
26. Hold Me- Fleetwood Mac
27. Walking on Broken Glass- Annie Lennox
28. Orinoco Flow- Enya
29. Sunrise- Norah Jones
30. If You Someone Set Them Free- Sting
31. Dress You Up- Madonna
32. Goldfinger- Shirley Bassy
33. Hungry Like a Wolf- Duran Duran
34. Time After Time- Cyndi lauper
35. Jolly Mon- Jimmy Buffet
36. Take It Easy- Eagles
37. How Deep is Your Love- Bee Gees
38. So Emotional- Whitney Houston
39. Leather and Lace- Stevie Nicks
40. Ride Like the Wind- Christopher Cross
41. God Only Knows- Beach Boys
42. Tarzan Boy- Baltimora
43. Desperado- Eagles
44. Kiss Me- Sixpence None the Richer
45. La Isla Bonita- Madonna
46. Dancing Queen- Abba
47. May It Be- Enya
48. Thousand Miles- Vanessa Carlton
49. Love Fool- Cardigans
50. Escape (Pina Colada Song)- Rupert Holmes
51. True Blue- Madonna
52. Your Body is a Wonderland- John Mayer
53. In a Big Country- Big Country
54. Starry-Eyed Surprise- Paul Oakenfold
55. Don't Know Why- Norah Jones
56. 500 Miles- Proclaimers
57. 2 become 1- Spice Girls
58. No More I love Yous- Annie Lennox
59. Love at First Sight- Kylie Minogue
60. In the House of Stone & Light- Martin Page
61. That Don't Impress Me Much- Shania Twain
62. The Way You Love Me- Faith Hill
63. Arthur's Theme- Christopher Cross
64. Dance Hall Days- Wang Chung
66. The Saga Begins- Weird Al Yankovic
67. Don't Worry Be Happy- Bobby McFerrin
68. Smooth Operator- Sade
69. I Feel For You- Chaka Khan
70. I Will Get By- Grateful Dead
71. Dance the Night Away- Van Halen
72. California Girls- David Lee Roth
73. That's Just the Way It Is- Bruce Hornsby
74. The Finer Things- Steve Winwood
75. Sara- Straship
76. Sounds of Silence- Simon and Garfunkel
77. Little Lies- Fleetwood Mac
78. Dare- Stan Bush
79. Dare to be Stupid- Weird Al Yankovic
80. Pinball Wizard- The Who
81. Everywhere- Fleetwood Mac
82. Next Time I Fall- Peter Cetera
83. You Might Think- The Cars
84. Fields of Gold- Sting
85. All Night Long- Lionle Richie
86. Time Passages- Al Stewart
87. Goodbye Look- Donlad Fagan
88. You and I, pt.2- Fleetwood Mac
89. Kodachrome- Simon and Garfunkel
90. You Can Call Me Al- Paul Simon
91. I'm Alright- Kenny Loggins
92. Glory of love- Peter Cetera
93. Sailing- Christopher Cross
94. Change the World- Eric Clapton
95. Rhythm of the Night- DeBarge
96. They Dance Alone- Sting
97. Iko Iko- Belle Stars
98. Shiny Happy People
99. Africa- Toto
100. Hey 19- Steely Dan

[Gozwald73]

hats off to LordEd1976 for the best list so far. Some gems in there, indeed! :)

[Dennis K]

Starting another set. The first 25:

The Logical Song ~ Supertramp
Heart of Glass ~ Blondie
In A Big Country ~ Big Country
Our House ~ Madness
Get It On ~ T. Rex
Hungry Like The Wolf ~ Duran Duran
Cool Change ~ Little River Band
Your Love ~ The Outfield
She Blinded Me With Science ~ Thomas Dolby
I Ran ~ A Flock of Seagulls
Le Freak ~ Chic
Cars ~ Gary Numan
Driver's Seat ~ Sniff 'n' The Tears
Addicted To Love ~ Robert Palmer
She Bop ~ Cyndi Lauper
I Think I'm Turning Japanese ~ The Vapors
Let's Go Crazy ~ Prince
I Can't Dance ~ Genesis
The Living Years ~ Mike and The Mechanics
Tempted ~ Squeeze
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight ~ The Jam
Some Like It Hot ~ Power Station
Love Shack ~ The B52s
Whip It ~ Devo
I Love Rock and Roll ~ Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

[jessecuster3]

Starting another set. The first 25:



Hey Dennis, is it possible I could introduce you to some music written in the last 20 years ?

[Ilash]

Hey Dennis, is it possible I could introduce you to some music written in the last 20 years ?

Wow, imagine what you thought of my list!

[Jonathan Bogart]

Hey Dennis, is it possible I could introduce you to some music written in the last 20 years ?

All from this calendar year, 2006:

1. 120 Days “Come Out (Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone)”
2. Adam Green “Watching Old Movies”
3. Asobi Seksu “Strings”
4. Basement Jaxx “Hush Boy”
5. Beirut “Postcards from Italy”
6. Belle & Sebastian “White Collar Boy”
7. Bertine Zetlitz “500”
8. Bishop Allen “Butterfly Nets”
9. The Blood Brothers “Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck”
10. Camera Obscura “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken”
11. Charlotte Gainsbourg “The Songs That We Sing”
12. Cristian Falk feat. Robyn & Ola Salo “Dream On”
13. CSS “Let’s Make Love and Listen Death From Above”
14. The Decemberists “Summersong”
15. DJ Shadow feat. Phonte Coleman “Backstage Girl”
16. DMX “Lord Give Me a Sign”
17. Dr. Octagon “A Gorilla Drivins a Pickup Truck”
18. The Dresden Dolls “My Alcoholic Friends”
19. The Durutti Column “It’s Wonderful”
20. El Perro del Mar “God Knows (You Gotta Give to Get)”
21. Firefox AK “What’s That Sound”
22. Georgia Ann Muldrow “New Orleans”
23. Gnarls Barkley “Just a Thought”
24. Gogol Bordello “Not a Crime”
25. Gotye “Learnalilgivinanlovin”
26. Graham Coxon “Standing on My Own Again”
27. Hot Puppies “The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful”
28. Isobel Campbell “Are You Going to Leave Me?”
29. Jamie T “Sheila”
30. Jane Birkin “Home”
31. Jarvis Cocker “C*nts Are Still Running the World”
32. Jerry Lee Lewis feat. George Jones “Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Age”
33. Jessica Simpson “A Public Affair”
34. Joan As Policewoman “Eternal Flame”
35. Juliet “Avalon”
36. Kaki King “You Don’t Have to Be Afraid”
37. Keane “Is It Any Wonder?”
38. Killer Mike “That’s Life”
39. The Killers “When You Were Young”
40. Klee “Gold”
41. Lady Sovereign “Love Me or Hate Me”
42. Lavender Diamond “In Heaven There Is No Heat”
43. Lily Allen “Knock ‘Em Out”
44. The Long Blondes “You Could Have Both”
45. Lovestink “Gangsta Boogie”
46. M. Ward “Requiem”
47. Mahogany “Supervitesse”
48. Marit Bergman “No Party”
49. Miho Hatori “Barracuda”
50. Montt Mardié “1969”
51. The Mountain Goats “Woke Up New”
52. The New Violators “Burma”
53. The New York Dolls “Plenty of Music”
54. Outkast “Morris Brown”
55. Paris Hilton “Stars Are Blind”
56. Patricia Barber “Phaethon”
57. Persephone’s Bees “Nice Day”
58. Peter Bjorn and John “Young Folks”
59. Phoenix “Napoleon Says”
60. The Pipettes “The Burning Ambition of Early Diuretics”
61. Planningtorock “Deathdream”
62. Poni Hoax “Budapest”
63. Pretty Girls Make Graves “The Nocturnal House”
64. The Prototypes “Je Ne Te Connais Pas”
65. The Raconteurs “Steady As She Goes”
66. Regina Spector “Fidelity”
67. The Replacements “Message to the Boys”
68. Rogue Traders “Voodoo Child”
69. Ronnie Spector “Girl from the Ghetto”
70. Sally Shapiro “I’ll Be By Your Side”
71. Sarah Nixey “Strangelove”
72. The Shins “Phantom Limb”
73. Sonic Youth “Reena”
74. Tom Verlaine “Shingaling”
75. Tom Waits “You Can Never Hold Back Spring”
76. Various Production “Deadman”
77. Veronica Maggio “Nöjd”
78. The Walkmen “Another One Goes By”
79. White Whale “Admiral”
80. The Who “We Got a Hit”
81. Wolfmother “Woman [Avalanches Millstream Remix]”
82. Yo La Tengo “Beanbag”

That's one kickass playlist.

[Dennis K]

The next 25:

Kickstart My Heart ~ Motley Crue
Over the Mountain ~ Ozzy Osbourne
Creeping Death ~ Metallica
Rainbow in the Dark ~ Dio
Ace of Spades ~ Motorhead
You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll ~ Twisted Sister
Blackhole Sun ~ Soundgarden
Detroit Rock City ~ Kiss
Let It Go ~ Def Leppard
Highway To Hell ~ AC/DC
End of the World ~ Gary Moore
Peace Sells ~ Megadeth
Attack of the Mad Axeman ~ Michael Schenker Group
The Zoo ~ The Scorpions
Do the Evolution ~ Pearl Jam
A.I.R. ~ Anthrax
Lay it on the Line ~ Triumph
Man on the Silver Mountain ~ Rainbow
Lithium ~ Nirvana
The Boys Are Back In Town ~ Thin Lizzy
Set it Off ~ Audioslave
I'm Not Okay ~ My Chemical Romance
Cult of Personality ~ Living Colour
Rooster ~ Alice in Chains
Creep ~ Radiohead

[jessecuster3]

Wow, imagine what you thought of my list!


Exactly, now comapre your list to Jonathan Bogarts.

[jessecuster3]

All from this calendar year, 2006:

*songs*

That's one kickass playlist.


That is a great playlist, although it really is all over the place: in 100 years I could not figure out what M.Ward and Outkast have in common.

[Ilash]

Exactly, now comapre your list to Jonathan Bogarts.

Ok.

I like mine more.

[Jonathan Bogart]

That is a great playlist, although it really is all over the place: in 100 years I could not figure out what M.Ward and Outkast have in common.
I think that's obvious: they both put out music in the year 2006.

Oh, and their most recent albums draw from Depression-era music.

[jessecuster3]

Ok.

I like mine more.


But while I would wager Jonathan has listened to at least 80% of yours how much of his have you actually listened to ?

[jessecuster3]

I think that's obvious: they both put out music in the year 2006.

Oh, and their most recent albums draw from Depression-era music.

Fair enough, how about The Mountain Goats and Paris Hilton !

[Ilash]

But while I would wager Jonathan has listened to at least 80% of yours how much of his have you actually listened to ?

Well, first off, Jonathan has apparently listened to everything so that's hardly fair especially since I don't think my list has the most obvious choices around. Besides, these are just lists of cool stuff we've been listening to lately, why should I do out of my way to make it that obscure. And yeah, I'll probably check out some of his list because I do respect the guy's musical taste even if he is too eclectic for me.

Which is all my way of saying that I haven't heard much from his list.

[Ilash]

Waaaaait a minute. Jonathan, did you really include a Paris "Spawn of Satan" Hilton song on your list?!

[jessecuster3]

Well, first off, Jonathan has apparently listened to everything so that's hardly fair especially since I don't think my list has the most obvious choices around. Besides, these are just lists of cool stuff we've been listening to lately, why should I do out of my way to make it that obscure. And yeah, I'll probably check out some of his list because I do respect the guy's musical taste even if he is too eclectic for me.

Which is all my way of saying that I haven't heard much from his list.


I agree, I really wasn't trying to antagonize, I just always wonder, how would your list have changed 5, 10 or even 20 years ago ? I mean, of course, the songs themselves will probably change but will the bands ?

[Ilash]

I agree, I really wasn't trying to antagonize, I just always wonder, how would your list have changed 5, 10 or even 20 years ago ? I mean, of course, the songs themselves will probably change but will the bands ?

Well, twenty years ago, it would be all nursery rhymes. Five years ago, it would be made up of nothing but Beatles and solo Beatles songs and ten years ago, well, I don't know if I would have known enough songs to make a top 25 list. It may seem like I have a narrow musical focus - and yeah, to a large degree I still do - but my tastes truly are constantly expanding. Though for what it's worth, I don't really think The Beatles, the Stones and the Who will ever leave the top of my list and I really hope that I don't ever get tired of them and all those other great acts from 1965ish to 1975ish.

EDIT: Oh and don't worry, I didn't take that as antagonistic at all.

[jessecuster3]

Well, twenty years ago, it would be all nursery rhymes. Five years ago, it would be made up of nothing but Beatles and solo Beatles songs and ten years ago, well, I don't know if I would have known enough songs to make a top 25 list. It may seem like I have a narrow musical focus - and yeah, to a large degree I still do - but my tastes truly are constantly expanding. Though for what it's worth, I don't really think The Beatles, the Stones and the Who will ever leave the top of my list and I really hope that I don't ever get tired of them and all those other great acts from 1965ish to 1975ish.

EDIT: Oh and don't worry, I didn't take that as antagonistic at all.

You'll notice I do have The Beach Boys(well... Brian Wilson), Elvis Presley, Brian Setzer doing a song from 1958, and Slade on my list.

I do like to know where my tastes have come from, I just choose not to limit myslef when there are so many new sounds coming out all the time.

I will say, though, I could put a number of the "indie" pop artists I listen to up against the classics any day of the week.

[elheffe]

All from this calendar year, 2006:

That's one kickass playlist.
There's a few I don't recognize, but that's a pretty good list. I actually like Lovestink over Gnarls Barkley but is there an actual CD for Lovestink?

[Jonathan Bogart]

There's a few I don't recognize, but that's a pretty good list. I actually like Lovestink over Gnarls Barkley but is there an actual CD for Lovestink?
Not as far as I know. I only have the vast majority of these songs in mp3 form.

[Ilash]

You'll notice I do have The Beach Boys(well... Brian Wilson), Elvis Presley, Brian Setzer doing a song from 1958, and Slade on my list.

I do like to know where my tastes have come from, I just choose not to limit myslef when there are so many new sounds coming out all the time.

I will say, though, I could put a number of the "indie" pop artists I listen to up against the classics any day of the week.

The thing is though that I don't actually limit myself as much as you might think. I do from time to time check out indie acts that are recommended to me but honestly, nothing I've heard comes close to pop's hey day. Most of the indie pop I have heard tends to have nice jangly guitars, pleasant melodies and overall welcoming sounds but the HOOKS simply cannot compare to the immediate catchiness of 60s pop music, never mind its inventiveness. The same pretty much applies to "rock" music as well though the specifics are different. I do concede a few points though, before you bring them up against me.

First and most important, it is entirely possible that I will one day find an indie pop artist who I do want to keep returning to as much as I do the past masters. I just haven't found him or her yet.

Second, I don't say this to belittle any of these indie artists (especially not obviously talented ones like Elliot Smith) but I simply feel that a genre as old and as well tapped as latter twentieth century pop music will start to feel tired after being in existence for fifty-plus years.

Third, I am talking about my own personal experiences here. I am trying to refrain from talking in absolutes ("rock and roll is dead") and I hope I'm being clear that I entirely respect where you're coming from even if I can't say I agree entirely.

Fourth, as I have mentioned a few times, I do like some modern music but I love very little in the way I love most of the stuff that I put on my list.

Fifth, I do think it's worth noting that my musical tastes can be expanded without necessarily looking forward.

[jessecuster3]

The thing is though that I don't actually limit myself as much as you might think. I do from time to time check out indie acts that are recommended to me but honestly, nothing I've heard comes close to pop's hey day. Most of the indie pop I have heard tends to have nice jangly guitars, pleasant melodies and overall welcoming sounds but the HOOKS simply cannot compare to the immediate catchiness of 60s pop music, never mind its inventiveness. The same pretty much applies to "rock" music as well though the specifics are different. I do concede a few points though, before you bring them up against me.

First and most important, it is entirely possible that I will one day find an indie pop artist who I do want to keep returning to as much as I do the past masters. I just haven't found him or her yet.

Second, I don't say this to belittle any of these indie artists (especially not obviously talented ones like Elliot Smith) but I simply feel that a genre as old and as well tapped as latter twentieth century pop music will start to feel tired after being in existence for fifty-plus years.

Third, I am talking about my own personal experiences here. I am trying to refrain from talking in absolutes ("rock and roll is dead") and I hope I'm being clear that I entirely respect where you're coming from even if I can't say I agree entirely.

Fourth, as I have mentioned a few times, I do like some modern music but I love very little in the way I love most of the stuff that I put on my list.

Fifth, I do think it's worth noting that my musical tastes can be expanded without necessarily looking forward.

These are valid arguments, however, the "hook" is far from dead. Check out Sloan (http://www.sloanmusic.com/a/audiovideo), The Apples In Stereo (http://applesinstereo.com/), Fountains of Wayne (http://fountainsofwayne.com/media/), even Weezer (http://www.weezer.com/downloads/AUDIO.asp?assetid=1154524&artistid=479&Year=2005&Month=March+2005), there are many more than these, but these are some of my absolute favorites.

[howyadoin]

Check out Sloan (http://www.sloanmusic.com/a/audiovideo)...Oh, hell yeah.

[Jonathan Bogart]

Since there was a minor controversy with reference to the playlist I posted, here's another mother for y'all:

1. A. A. Gray & Seven-Foot Dilly “The Old Ark’s A-Moving” (1930)
2. Adelaide Hall with Duke Ellington’s Orchestra “The Blues I Love to Sing” (1927)
3. The Afro-American Folk Song Singers “The Rain Song” (1914)
4. Al Jolson “Swanee” (1920)
5. Alberta Hunter “Sugar” (1927)
6. Annette Hanshaw “Fit As a Fiddle” (1932)
7. Bert Williams “Nobody” (1906)
8. Bessie Smith “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” (1929)
9. Bill “Bojangles” Robinson “Doin’ The New Low-Down” (1932)
10. Bing Crosby “I’m Coming Virginia” (1927)
11. Blind Willie Johnson “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” (1927)
12. The Boswell Sisters “Lullaby of Broadway” (1935)
13. Buck & Bubbles “Lady, Be Good!” (1935)
14. Carl T. Sprague “When the Work’s All Done This Fall” (1925)
15. The Carter Family “Wildwood Flower” (1928)
16. Charley Patton “High Water Everywhere” (1930)
17. Charlie Poole “He Rambled” (1929)
18. Clarence Williams’ Blue Five “Cake Walkin’ Babies From Home” (1925)
19. Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards “Fascinating Rhythm” (1924)
20. Cole Porter “Anything Goes” (1934)
21. Dock Boggs “Sugar Baby” (1927)
22. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra “Black Beauty” (1928)
23. Eck Robertson “Ragtime Annie” (1922)
24. Eddie Cantor “That’s the Kind of Baby for Me” (1917)
25. The Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers “Ezekiel Saw De Wheel” (1924)
26. Emmett Miller “Lovesick Blues” (1928)
27. Ernest V. Stoneman “Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” (1927)
28. Ethel Waters “Stormy Weather” (1933)
29. Eubie Blake “Sounds of Africa” (1921)
30. Eva Taylor “I’m a Little Blackbird (Looking for a Bluebird)” (1924)
31. Fanny Brice “My Man” (1921)
32. Fats Waller “Smashing Thirds” (1929)
33. Fess Williams & His Royal Flush Orchestra “Hot Town” (1929)
34. The 5 Spirits of Rhythm “I Got Rhythm” (1933)
35. The Four Harmony Kings “Goodnight Angeline” (1921)
36. Frankie Trumbuaer & His Orchestra “Riverboat Shuffle” (1927)
37. Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (1927)
38. Harry McClintock “Big Rock Candy Mountain” (1928)
39. Harry T. Burleigh “Go Down Moses” (1919)
40. Henry Thomas “Fishing Blues” (1928)
41. Hoagy Carmichael “Cosmics” (1933)
42. Hoyt Ming & His Pep Steppers “Indian War Whoop” (1928)
43. James Reese Europe’s 369th U. S. Infantry Band “Darktown Strutter’s Ball” (1919)
44. Jelly Roll Morton “Black Bottom Stomp” (1926)
45. Jimmie Rodgers “Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)” (1927)
46. Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang “Wild Cat” (1928)
47. Josh White “Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed” (1933)
48. King Oliver “Working Man Blues” (1923)
49. Leadbelly “Goodnight, Irene” (1936)
50. Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell “How Long Blues” (1928)
51. Lonnie Johnson “Woke Up with the Blues in My Fingers” (1927)
52. Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five “West End Blues” (1928)
53. Lydia Mendoza “Sola” (1935)
54. Ma Rainey “Prove It On Me” 1928
55. Mae West “A Guy What Takes His Time” (1933)
56. Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds “Crazy Blues” (1920)
57. Marion Harris “The Man I Love” (1927)
58. The Memphis Jug Band “K. C. Moan” (1929)
59. Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy “When the Levee Breaks” (1929)
60. The Mills Brothers “Tiger Rag” (1931)
61. Mississippi John Hurt “Avalon Blues” (1928)
62. The Mississippi Sheiks “Sittin’ On Top of the World” (1930)
63. Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake “Love Will Find a Way” (1921)
64. Noël Coward “A Room with a View” (1928)
65. Nora Bayes “Regretful Blues” (1918)
66. Paul Robeson “Deep River” (1926)
67. Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Charleston” (1923)
68. Peetie Wheatstraw “Four O’Clock in the Morning” (1930)
69. Pine Top Smith “Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie” (1928)
70. Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette “Oysters and Wine at 2 A.M.” (1928)
71. Robert Johnson “Hell Hound on My Trail” (1937)
72. Savoy Bearcats “Hot Notes” (1926)
73. Sippie Wallace “I’m a Mighty Tight Woman” (1929)
74. The Six Brown Brothers “That Moanin’ Saxophone Rag” (1914)
75. The Skillet Lickers “Hell Broke Loose in Georgia” (1929)
76. Son House “Preachin’ the Blues” (1930)
77. Sophie Tucker “Some Of These Days” (1911)
78. Uncle Dave Macon “Old Dan Tucker” (1925)
79. Vess L. Ossman “Maple Leaf Rag” (1907)
80. W. C. Handy’s Memphis Blues Band “St. Louis Blues” (1922)
81. Washington Phillips “I Am Born to Preach the Gospel” (1929)
82. Willard Robison “Deep Elm” (1927)


Damn, this one's even better.

[howyadoin]

Since there was a minor controversy with reference to the playlist I posted, here's another mother for y'all:Have you seen R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz and Country book?

[Jonathan Bogart]

Have you seen R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz and Country book?
Funny you should mention; I just bought it today. It looks awesome.

[Jonathan Bogart]

Fair enough, how about The Mountain Goats and Paris Hilton !
If John Darnielle could be torn away from listening to southeast-Asian girl-pop for a couple of weeks, he'd find that Paris Hilton track is just as good.

(I read his blog (http://www.lastplanetojakarta.com/index.php).)

[howyadoin]

Funny you should mention; I just bought it today. It looks awesome.Yeah, I just picked it up on Wednesday. Great stuff, and a hell of a bargain in my opinion.

[Valmore]

So I loaded my entire collection into WMP and randomized it, fast forwarding through until I had 82 songs I consider "great" -

1. Harry Chapin - "Taxi"
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Up Around the Bend"
3. Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Linus and Lucy"
4. Nina Gordon - "Tonite and the Rest of My Life"
5. Kansas - "Carry On Wayward Son"
6. The Refreshments - "Banditos"
7. Bill Haley and His Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"
8. Local H - "President Forever"
9. U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name"
10. Matthew Good Band - "Indestructible"
11. Alvin and the Chipmunks - "The Christmas Song"
12. Bette Midler - "The Rose"
13. Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's - "Mary Jane's Last Dance
14. Live - "Lightning Crashes"
15. We Are Scientists - "It's a Hit"
16. The Marcels - "Blue Moon"
17. Emily's Toybox - "Beach"
18. The Hollies - "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"
19. Sting - "Fortress Around Your Heart"
20. Collective Soul - "Gel"
21. The Del-Vikings - "Come Go With Me"
22. Aerosmith - "Toys in the Attic"
23. Sifl and Olly - "United States of Whatever"
24. Alannah Myles - "Black Velvet"
25. The Pretenders - "Back on the Chain Gang"
26. Eric Clapton - "Tears in Heaven"
27. The Kinks - "Lola"
28. Neil Young - "Southern Man"
29. Trickside - "Under You"
30. Counting Crows - "Round Here"
31. The Doobie Brothers - "Long Train Runnin'"
32. The Hooters - "Day By Day"
33. Alice Cooper - "No More Mister Nice Guy"
34. The Gin Blossoms - "Found Out About You"
35. Blessed Union of Souls - "Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me)"
36. Danny and the Juniors - "At the Hop"
37. The Who - "I Can See For Miles"
38. The Four Tops - "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"
39. Luna - "California (All the Way)"
40. The Everly Brothers - "Bye Bye Love"
41. Don Henley - "The Boys of Summer"
42. Nada Surf - "Popular"
43. Huey Lewis and the News - "The Power of Love"
44. Seals and Crofts - "Summer Breeze"
45. Dishwalla - "Somewhere in the Middle"
46. Garbage - "Run Baby Run"
47. R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe"
48. The Traveling Wilburys - "Handle With Care"
49. The Rolling Stones - "Under My Thumb"
50. Stabbing Westward - "Shame"
51. Otis Redding - "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"
52. Johnny Rivers - "Secret Agent Man"
53. INXS - "I Need You Tonight"
54. Matthew Sweet - "Vixen"
55. Heart - "Crazy on You"
56. James Taylor - "Mexico"
57. The Police - "King of Pain"
58. Bad Religion - "21st Century Digital Boy"
59. The Ramones - "I Just Wanna Have Something to Do"
60. The Godfathers - "Birth, School, Work, Death"
61. Oasis - "Don't Go Away"
62. The Temptations - "My Girl"
63. Weird Al Yankovic - "Smells Like Nirvana"
64. Chicago - "25 or 6 to 4"
65. Poison - "Every Rose Has its Thorn"
66. The Tragically Hip - "At the Hundredth Meridian"
67. Sugarcult - "Do It Alone"
68. Pink Floys - "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2"
69. Foo Fighters - "No Way Back"
70. Barenaked Ladies - "The Old Apartment"
71. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - "Fire Lake"
72. Blur - "Song 2"
73. Johnny Cash - "I Walk the Line"
74. Soul Asylum - "Somebody to Shove"
75. The Lemonheads - "It's a Shame About Ray"
76. Cream - "Sunshine of Your Love"
77. Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstate Love Song"
78. The Zombies - "Time of the Season"
79. Beck - "Loser"
80. Snow Patrol - "Spitting Games"
81. Sponge - "Plowed"
82. Sheryl Crow - "My Favorite Mistake"

Note, I tried to not repeat an artist.

[howyadoin]

5. Kansas - "Carry On Wayward Son"So I'm not the only person who loves that song.

[Fish Sauce]

So I'm not the only person who loves that song.

Hell no you're not.

[Dennis K]

The next 25:

Scenes From An Italian Restaurant ~ Billy Joel
Champagne Jam ~ Atlanta Rhythm Section
Constant Craving ~ K.D. Lang
I Like Jersey Best ~ John Pizzarelli
Chicago Song ~ David Sanborn
Superfreak ~ Rick James
Mona Lisa ~ Nat King Cole
Strange Fruit ~ Billie Holiday
Drive Time ~ David Benoit
Paradise By The Dashboard Light ~ Meatloaf
Never Been Any Reason ~ Head East
Centerfield ~ John Fogerty
Fire ~ Ohio Players
Higher Ground ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers
187 ~ Snoop Dogg
Jessie's Girl ~ Rick Springfield
Happy Together ~ The Turtles
The Rubberband Man ~ The Spinners
Stray Cat Strut ~ The Stray Cats
Stayin' Alive ~ Bee Gees
Jump Around ~ House of Pain
King Tut ~ Steve Martin
Vogue ~ Madonna
I Want A New Drug ~ Huey Lewis & The News
Eight Miles High ~ The Byrds

[Ilash]

These are valid arguments, however, the "hook" is far from dead. Check out Sloan (http://www.sloanmusic.com/a/audiovideo), The Apples In Stereo (http://applesinstereo.com/), Fountains of Wayne (http://fountainsofwayne.com/media/), even Weezer (http://www.weezer.com/downloads/AUDIO.asp?assetid=1154524&artistid=479&Year=2005&Month=March+2005), there are many more than these, but these are some of my absolute favorites.

No, the hook isn't dead, it's just not as vital as it once was. Sloan seem really solid, I have to admit but I'm not so convinced about the others.

[Jessica Drew]

Ooh! My turn! These are what I've been listening to this past month--and in no particular order (though the list won't include any KISS or Journey...which always come out on a bad day).

1. Ricky Skaggs - "Honey (Open That Door)": I actually don't play this one that much (which, since I've included it on this list after my opening statement, makes me a liar), but I sing it an awful lot.

2. The Misfits - "Where Eagles Dare" - Often played in the morning on my way to school...it pumps me up to face and battle the young'uns.

3. The Only Ones - "Another Girl, Another Planet" - Love the tricky timing on the intro, and the drumming is extraordinary. Beats Bonham any day of the week (and twice on Sundays).

4. OutKast - "PJ & Rooster" - 'Cause I need to play stuff I like, OK?

5. Magazine - "Shot by Both Sides" - Love the guitar solo (guitar solo? in a punk song?); it's got a nice little Chuck Berry feel to it.

6. The Killers - "When We Were Young" - This one would have fit in perfectly on the Valley Girl soundtrack.

7. The Plimsouls - "A Million Miles Away" - Speaking of Valley Girl....

8. The Psychedelic Furs - "Pretty in Pink" - Speaking of early '80s new age/teen-romance movies....

9. Spoon - "I Turn My Camera On" - Two years ago, on a train to New Orleans (though not actually the City of New Orleans--it was Amtrak), I played the new Spoon CD on my iPod, and this song's rhythm (and the background vocals) seemed to groove along in almost perfect synchronicity with the clacks and clangs of the tracks. I must have repeated this song about twenty times non-stop. If I drive any distance at the right time of day, I'll often try to replicate that feeling by playing this sucker again and again.

10. The Subdudes - "Next to Me" - Speaking of New Orleans, this track is from the Crescent City group's 2006 album that they finished recording almost immediately before Katrina hit. Listening to the album is almost supernaturally prescient at times. On this track, the drummer seems to be channeling the late, great Al Jackson, Jr.

11. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - "Rise Up with Fists" - horrible, horrible title (which brings to my mind some twisted sexual imagery); beautiful, beautiful song, with soaring harmonies and an angelic chorus.

12. Ben Harper - "Reason to Mourn" - Very stately, this one, but Harper's voice keeps it earth-bound and personal...and though it's a song of hope, for some reason, it makes me very sad.

13. Plumtree - "Scott Pilgrim" - From glum to glam, with the chorus repeated almost ad nauseum, but the song's so damn infectious and imperfect...and I don't know what in the hell it means.

14. Starlight Mints - "Inside of Me" - If current pop/rock radio was more like it was twenty years ago, this would (oh so deservedly) be a top-ten hit.

15. New Pornographers - "Letter from an Occupant" - The song that's shaking me...has a more perfect pop-rock song been written in the past ten years? I don't think so. Plus, it's got Neko Case singing lead. Speaking of which...

15. Neko Case - "Wayfaring Stranger" - I've heard dozens upon dozens of takes upon this old chestnut, and this one eclipses them all. It gives me chills even as I'm writing it.

That's all for now. It's past midnight, and that last song now's got me scared for the mortality of myself and my family. I'm tired and creeped out. I'll return tomorrow...I hope.

[PanzerMega]

There's about 5000 songs on my Ipod, but these are the 82 most played over the past year and a half. Gotta love the stat tracker:

In Flames - Jotun
Megadeth - Addicted To Chaos
The Haunted - All Against All
Pop Will Eat Itself - Kick To Kill
Megadeth - Train Of Consequences
In Flames - Colony
Cold - Remedy
Amorphis - Grieve Stricken Heart
Amorphis - Alone
Shadows Fall - What Drives The Weak
Graveworm - Losing My Religion (R.E.M. Cover)
QotSA - Little Sister
In Flames - Satellites And Astronauts
Stone Temple Pilots - Army Ants
In Flames - Take This Life
Megadeth - The Scorpion
In Flames - Land Of Confusion (Genesis Cover)
Alice In Chains - Them Bones
Amorphis - The Way
Dark Tranquillity - Cathode Ray Sunshine
In Flames - Everything Counts (Depeche Mode Cover)
Nightrage - Omen
Shadows Fall - Inspiration On Demand
Alice In Chains - Got Me Wrong
Amorphis - House Of Sleep
Opeth - Bleak
Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days
Alice In Chains - Man In The Box
Pop Will Eat Itself - R.S.V.P.
Spiritual Beggars - Through The Halls
Waterproof Blonde - Just Close Your Eyes
Amorphis - Far From The Sun
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Pain - End Of The Line
Janes Addiction - Superhero
Zeromancer - Dr. Online
Audioslave - Cochise
Killswitch Engage - When Darkness Falls
Pearl Jam - Corduroy
Opeth - Godhead's Lament
Stone Temple Pilots - Meatplow
Dark Tranquillity - White Noise / Black Silence
Amorphis - The Smoke
KMFDM - Hau Ruck
Lacuna Coil - Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode Cover)
In Flames - Only For The Weak
Monster Magnet - Powertrip
VNV Nation - Chrome
Arch Enemy - The Immortal
In Flames - Bullet Ride
In Flames - Superhero Of The Computer Rage
Pop Will Eat Itself - I've Always Been A Coward Baby
In Flames - Suburban Me
Megadeth - 99 Ways To Die
Opeth - Closure
Opeth - Ghost Of Perdition
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
The Haunted - Hollow Ground
In Flames - Embody The Invisible
Opeth - Moonlapse Vertigo
Pain - Shut Your Mouth
Pearl Jam - Evenflow
Arch Enemy - Slaves Of Yesterday
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
In Flames - Scorn
Janes Addiction - The Riches
Megadeth - Blackmail The Universe
Megadeth - Dread And The Fugitive Mind
Spiritual Beggars - Sedated
Monster Magnet - Negasonic Teenage Warhead
Trivium - A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepedation
Megadeth - Die Dead Enough
Monster Magnet - See You In Hell
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
In Flames - The Jester Race
The Offspring - It'll Be A Long Time
Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
In Flames - Man Made God
Monster Magnet - Master Of Light
Pain - Same Old Song
Pearl Jam - Alive
Amorphis - Divinity

never realized how much In Flames I listened to until I transcribed this list. Nor how metal heavy my top 100 songs or so are.

[Jessica Drew]

Back again! If these brief synopses grow too long winded for this thread, someone please alert me. Until then, though:

17. Allman Brothers - "Seven Turns" - I first discovered this mystifying little country tune on a forty-five at the local radio station where I used to DJ. I spent many, many late night hours biding time listening to every 45'' they had--and they had thousands. Most of those records--just like most anything you hear on the radio--is either pablum or dreck, and often both. However, every now and then, after spinning hundreds of records, I'd discover something worth spinning again...and this was one of them. The night I found this one, I must have played it about twenty times, pondering who the "somebody" is that was calling "[my] name." Betts was probably just writing about either a lost love or a destined love-to-be, but then again, maybe he meant something else. That first slide-guitar solo seems to suggest that there's more here than meets-the-ear, that that "somebody" may be neither man nor beast...and that shit keeps me up at night.

18. John Anderson - "Wild and Blue" - Nothing so mystical here...except for the magnificence of Anderson's high-lonesome twang, which can sometimes bend notes the same way Eddie Van Halen does his guitar strings.

19. Alejandro Escovedo - "I Was Drunk" - Sample lyric: "I was drunk/I was down/I was wandering 'round my bed/I called out your name." This line, backed by the pendulum-swinging strings, describes mirrors the actuality of being a sentimental inebriate better than any song since...well...I don't know.

20. Buckwheat Zydeco - "Beast of Burden" - Better production, better rhythm playing, and more truly romantic than the Glimmer Twins' original; in fact, it's MUCH better.

21. Cyndi Lauper - "Money Changes Everything" - Another cover song, and this one COMPLETEY changes the meaning of the original, and turns a snide, cynically-barbed song into an honest, complex work of staggering art and beauty...and Lauper does this all by herself (well, herself, the harmonica solo, and the jangling guitar that later chimes in on top of it). And that note she holds at the end? Possibly the most powerful, damning, and seering (considering its implications) in all of rock and roll.

22. R.E.M. - "Me in Honey" - Another lyrically complex song, one even Dylan could admire (at the very least in ther terms of structure). The song's a little cryptic, but it's got Kate Pierson harmonizing and moaning all over and throughout the pulsating rhythm section (which is what R.E.M. misses most these days), and that can make sense out of anything.

23. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Tearjerker" - copping a line from Paul Westerberg, this ode to Kurt Cobain is sadly beautiful.

24. Sleater-Kinney - "One More Hour" - Another painful break-up song (and all these break-up songs do not denote my state of mind; really, they don't; seriously; shut-up!), and another one told from the point-of-view of the jilter; the lyrics even Hemingway would admire for their brevity, honesty, and weight. Of course, Corin Tucker could just her visceral vibratto to moan and sing nothing but vowel sounds, and this song would still be magnificent.

25. Pixies - "Tame" - Someone once said of Bob Dylan that they'd buy an entire album of him just breathing. I once thought to be a completely hyperbolic statement, but when I hear Black Francis and Kim Deal sustaining a rhythm by doing just that--simply breathing--AND making it sound urgent, sexy, intimate and intimidating--well, I guess I know what that someone meant.

26. Undertones - "Teenage Kicks" - It's all about lead singer Feargal Sharkey's quivering tenor and slight Irish lilt, (which can sound like Southern Twang when he says "by-ad" and "whole-ger"), and the dirty charm which just oozes from this song (and from the sloppy chord-chopping). Question on this one for anyone out there: at the end of the chorus, after he sings "right through the night," what does Sharkey chant? I'm sure what I hear is not what he sings, but I like it better that way, so maybe I don't really want to know the answer. Y'know what I hear? I think he says, "Bare ass!" Makes sense to me.


I think I'll stop there for the night. Bare ass!

[Jonathan Bogart]

26. Undertones - "Teenage Kicks" - It's all about lead singer Feargal Sharkey's quivering tenor and slight Irish lilt, (which can sound like Southern Twang when he says "by-ad" and "whole-ger"), and the dirty charm which just oozes from this song (and from the sloppy chord-chopping). Question on this one for anyone out there: at the end of the chorus, after he sings "right through the night," what does Sharkey chant? I'm sure what I hear is not what he sings, but I like it better that way, so maybe I don't really want to know the answer. Y'know what I hear? I think he says, "Bare ass!" Makes sense to me.
It's always sounded like he's saying "All right!" to me.

[twilight]

So I'm not the only person who loves that song.

How could anyone dislike that song?

[Jonathan Bogart]

How could anyone dislike [Carry On, Wayward Son]?
Hypothetically, a person could be turned off by its glossy, overproduced sound, by its pretentiously earnest, quasi-religious lyrics, and by the overlong, wanky solos which don't add any dramatic or musical depth to the song. Hypothetically, that is; I dig it.

[howyadoin]

19. Alejandro Escovedo - "I Was Drunk"Have you heard "Castanets"?

[howyadoin]

Another playlist that I've been tweakin' for awhile now:

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
The Panties - Mos Def
Doin’ It - LL Cool J
Lay Lady Lay - Isley Brothers
Will It Go Round In Circles - Billy Preston
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
ABC - Jackson 5
I’m Holding On - Bettye Lavette
Musicology - Prince
Fire on the Bayou - Meters
The Cisco Kid - War
Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack
Freddie’s Dead - Curtis Mayfield
Let Me Down Easy - Bettye Lavette
Wishing Well - Terence Trent Darby
Sexy Motherfucker - Prince
Deeper Shade Of Soul - Urban Dance Squad
Jungle Love - Morris Day & the Time
Seed 2.0 - Roots
Roses - Kanye West
Baby You Got Me - Roots
Po Folks - Nappy Roots
Casanova - Levert
Word Up - Cameo
Ms. Jackson - Outkast
Broken Hearts - Living Colour
Fly Like an Eagle - Neville Brothers
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince
Bustin’ Out - Rick James
Bombs Over Baghdad - Outkast
Open Letter (To A Landlord) - Living Colour
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
The Jam - Graham Central Station
You Dropped a Bomb on Me - The Gap Ban

[Jonathan Bogart]

Howy brings the funk. I like it.

[howyadoin]

Howy brings the funk. I like it.Thanks. I'm still working on the sequencing.