POXV: All Time Top 15 Songs

The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Far Gone and Out"
Disco Inferno - "Second Language"
The Dismemberment Plan - "The City"
Boo Radleys - "Lazarus"
Super Furry Animals - "No! Sympathy"
Gang Of Four - "Damaged Goods"
Primal Scream - "MBV Arkestra (If They Move, 'Kill Em)"
Wire - "Map Reference 41N 93W"
The Stone Roses - "Begging You"
Olivia Tremor Control - "Love Athena"
New Order - "True Faith"
Lush - "Sweetness and Light [My Bloody Valentine Remix]"
My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow"
Fela Kuti/Africa 70 - "Zombie"
Pete Shelley - "Homosapien"
Talking Heads - "Once In A Lifetime"
Brian Eno - "Needle In The Camel's Eye"

Eh, seventeen.

Papas Fritas, "Hey Hey You Say"
Mantra: "Away (Todd Edwards Mix)"
James Brown: "Bodyheat (Alternate Mix)" [11 minutes, from new Motherlode reissue]
Bad Brains: "Pay to Cum"
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz: "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)"
F. Kenya's Guitar Band: "Nyameco"
Dntel: "(This Is) the Dream of Evan and Chan (Superpitcher Kompakt Remix)"
Sir Mix-a-Lot: "One Time Got No Case"
Horace Tapscott: "The Dark Tree 1"
De La Soul featuring Jungle Brothers, Q-Tip, Phife, Queen Latifah & Monie Love: "Buddy (Native Tongues Decision)"
Bob Dylan: "Tell Me Momma"
Fleetwood Mac: "Say You Love Me"
Lee Morgan: "The Sidewinder"
West Nkosi: "Chillis 500"
The Solitaires: "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance"

oh man, its official. i like def leppard more than i like sleater-kinney.

new order - blue monday
broadcast - echo's answer
madonna - into the groove
daryl hall & john oates - i can't go for that (no can do)
donna summer - i feel love
stereolab - cybele's reverie
michael jackson - billie jean
the jam - a town called malice
the flirtations - nothing but a heartache
dance conspiracy - dub war
air - le soleil est pres de moi
def leppard - animal
basement jaxx - rendez vu
kraftwerk - the model
underworld - pearl's girl

this will be completely different tomorrow.

"Yes", Manic Street Preachers
"Rockaway Beach", The Ramones
"California Love", 2Pac & Dre
"Age of Consent", New Order
"The Ship Song", Nick Cave
"Maman a Tort", Mylene Farmer
"Babies", Pulp
"Atmosphere", Joy Division
"Stand & Deliver", Adam and the Ants
"No One Else", Weezer
"Your Disco Needs You", Kylie Minogue
"Oliver's Army", Elvis Costello
"Are 'Friends' Electric?", Gary Numan
"White Lines", Grandmaster Flash
"The Bends", Radiohead

"Eighties" by Killing Joke
"She Sells Sanctuary" by the Cult
"Loose" by the Stooges
"Deuce" by Kiss
"Hybrid Moments" by the Misfits
"Five Minutes" by the Stranglers
"Jocko Homo" by Devo
"Shine On Elizabeth" by Cop Shoot Cop
"Some Strange Reaction" by Firewater
"Sin City" by AC/DC
"The Prophet's Song" by Queen
"Behind the Door" by the Circle Jerks
"Mutiny in Heaven" by the Birthday Party
"We Are the Road Crew" by Motorhead
"Living Through Another Cuba" by XTC

...and a bajillion more.

crazy rhythms – the feelies
i'll come running - brian eno
don’t slip up – meat whiplash
sunlight bathed the golden glow – felt
thirteen – big star
wheel of the law – kendra smith
i’m just beginning to live – jonathan richman
love stepping out – disco inferno
life’s what you make it – talk talk
never understand – JAMC
ceremony – new order
from a window – the clientele
her innocent stock of words – hood
pictures – galaxie 500
outdoor miner – wire
spinetrak – the fall
E.N.D. – roy montgomery

Thomas Dolby - Weightless
Nitzer Ebb - Shame
Tuxedomoon - New Machine
Peter Gabriel - Humdrum
XTC - Beattown
Scritti Politti - Confidence
Red Noise - Revolt Into Style
Suicide - Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne
A Certain Ratio - Knife Cuts Water
Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark - Statues
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Dazzle
Associates - Tell Me Easter's On Friday
VNV Nation - Outremer
Covenant - Wall Of Sound
The Chameleons - Second Skin

"I'm Stranded" by the Saints
"Double Vegetation" by Julian Cope
"Marian (Version)" by Sisters of Mercy
"Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" by the Ramones
"Nostalgia" by Buzzcocks
"Those Eyes, That Mouth" by Cocteau Twins
"Song to the Siren" by This Mortal Coil
"Two Minutes to Midnight" by Iron Maiden
"Rip Ride" by Venom
"Unbearable" by the Wonder Stuff
"Wasteland" by the Mission
"Do It Clean (Royal Albert Hall live version)" by Echo & the Bunnymen
"Sleepless" by King Crimson
"Salad Days" by Minor Threat
"51st State" by New Model Army

This is very vague and hideously biased towards Orbital, but there you go...

The Stone Roses - "Standing Here"
Orbital - "The Girl With The Sun In Her Head"
Orbital - "Belfast"
Orbital - "Halcyon+on+on"
Talk Talk - "I Believe In You"
Talk Talk - "New Grass"
Miles Davis - "Spanish Key"
Miles Davis - "So What"
The Boo Radleys - "Lazarus"
The Verve - "A New Decade"
Bark Psychosis - "Absent Friend"
Michael Head & The Strands - "Something Like You"
Four Tet - "Twenty Three"
Manitoba - "Tits & Ass: The Great canadian Weekend"
David Bowie - ""Heroes""

I could keep going (and chopping and changing) forever, near enough.

1. Tom Waits' "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"
2. Blackalicious' "Make You Feel That Way"
3. Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"
4. ODB's "Got Your Money"
5. Bjork's "Hyperballad"
6. Fishbone's "Party at Ground Zero"
7. Prince's "When Doves Cry"
8. They Might Be Giants' "Dead"
9. The Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun"
10.Ani DiFranco's "Untouchable Face"
11.Radiohead's "Idioteque"
12.Tribe Called Quest's "Electric Relaxation"
13.Eddie Grant's "Electric Avenue"
14.Beck's "Nobody's Fault But My Own"
15.Mr. Bungle's "Goodbye Sober Day"

(I've left all my favorite jazz pieces off the list though)

hmmm i see at least 2 nominations for 'when doves cry' here - i always think: if ONLY it didn't go on a bit at the end....

kiss - prince
all or nothing - small faces
whispering pines - the band
strip club - 100 flowers
don't be too gentle with me - minutemen
the morning fog - kate bush
just like honey - jesus and mary chain
too much on my mind - the kinks
journey through the past - neil young
you won't find it again - go-betweens
i don't live today - jimi hendrix experience
2 step - low
whispering pines - the band
summer of drugs - victoria williams
cotton crown - sonic youth

Nice!

Beach Boys - Forever

Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
Kenickie - Punka
Sarah Jones - Blood
Tori Amos - Here. In My Head
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
Björk - Jóga
Portishead - Roads
Girls Aloud - Girls Allowed
Joni Mitchell - The Last Time I Saw Richard
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
Nina Simone - Ne Me Quitte Pas
Tom Waits - Time
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See A Darkness
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
PJ Harvey - Easy

1) Chemical Brothers, "Music Response"
2) Prince, "Take Me With U"
3) Sonic Youth, "Sugar Kane"
4) Funkadelic, "Super Stupid"
5) Beck, "Mountain Dew Rock"
6) Baby Huey and the Babysitters, "Listen to Me"
7) The Avalanches, "Electricity"
8) Daft Punk, "Aerodynamic"
9) Rickie Lee Jones, "Coolsville"
10) DJ Shadow, "Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain"
11) The Plugz, "Reel Ten"
12) Hugh Masekela, "If There's Anybody Out There"
13) Beastie Boys, "B-Boy Bouilliabaise"
14) The Clash, "The Call Up"
15) Organized Konfusion, "Bring It On"

I posted this without looking at anyone else's list (except a glance at the first and the last six of brg30s which I couldn't hide no matter what)

1) Queen And David Bowie “Under Pressure”
2) Adam Ant “Stand And Deliver”
3) Bob Dylan “Like A Rolling Stone”
4) Velvet Underground “Sister Ray”
5) Roxy Music “Editions Of You”
6) Rolling Stones “Stray Cat Blues”
7) Modest Mouse "So Much Beauty In Dirt"
8) Prince “The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker”
9) Modern Lovers “She Cracked”
10) Outkast “B.O.B.”
11) Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody”
12) Traveling Wilburys “Handle With Care”
13) Flock Of Seagulls “Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)”
14) Rolling Stones “Jigsaw Puzzle”
15) Queen “Stone Cold Crazy”

Phong Sui - "Wintermute (Burger Voigt mix)"
Frankie Knuckles ft Jamie Principle - "Baby Wants To Ride"
Alozade - "Element Of Surprise (Famine riddim)"
Jo - "Imagine The Future"
Harry Toddler - "Donkey Kick"
Jammer ft D Double E - "Birds In The Sky"
the mystery Dizzee track
ABBA - "Like An Angel Passing Through The Room"
Danny Weed - "Rat Race"
John Foxx - "20th Century"
Björk - "Hunter"
Nancy Sesay + the Melodairs - "C'Est Fab"
Saian Supa Crew - "S.A.I.A.N. (R2D2 riddim)"
Jammer ft Kano - "Boys Luv Girls"

Good to see that on there...

Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues
Radiohead - Life in a Glass House
Low - Little Argument With Myself
Super Furry Animals - Run, Christian, Run!
Blood Brothers - The Shame
Juno - The Sea Looked Like Lead
Smashing Pumpkins - Galapagos
Interpol - The New
Smiths - Panic
Eels - The Medication's Wearing Off

Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z - Crazy In Love
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Anja Garbarek - That's All
Thea Gilmore - Hydrogen
Black Box Recorder - Being Number One
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Blu Cantrell - Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops)
Smog - Song
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Our Time
tATu - Clowns (Can You See Me Now?)
Interpol - Obstacle 2
Arab Strap - Fucking Little Bastards
Girls Aloud - Girls Allowed
Martina Topley-Bird - Anything
Liz Phair - Fuck And Run

"Shadrach" by the Beastie Boys
"Rosemary" by the Dickies
"Curse of Millhaven" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
"Harlequin" by Killing Joke
"Unchained" by Van Halen
"To Hell With Poverty" by Gang of Four
"Adrenochrome" by the Sisters of Mercy
"Lagartija Nick" by Bauhaus
"Kennedy" by the Wedding Present
"Dazzle & Delight" by Gavin Friday & the Man Seezer
"Disco Man" by the Damned
"Life During Wartime" by Talking Heads
"Needles in the Camel's Eye" by Brian Eno
"Three Days" by Jane's Addiction
"Calling Dr.Love" by Kiss

"Dang Me" by Roger Miller
"Mercy Mercy Me" by Marvin Gaye
"Papa Don't Take No Mess" by James Brown
"Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel ("In Your Eyes" is a close 2nd though)
"Daydream Believer" by The Monkees
"Bombs Over Baghdad" by Outkast
"Grace" by Jeff Buckley
"You Can Make It If You Try" by Sly & The Family Stone
"Manic Depression" by Jimi Hendrix
"Winter" by Tori Amos
"Thirty-Three" by Smashing Pumpkins
"He Miss Road" by Fela Kuti
"Devil's Pie" by D'Angelo
And I totally got my bwoy Alex's back on "Life During Wartime" and "Three Days".

"Jive talkin'"-Bee Gees
"One in a million"-Aaliyah
"Everyday is like Sunday"-Morrissey
"Mr. Tambourine man"-Byrds
"Heroes"-David Bowie
"Halleluwah"-Can
"Star guitar"-Chemical Bros.
"This is what she's like"-Dexy's Midnight Runners
"Ballad of a thin man"-Bob Dylan
"Relax"-Frankie Goes To Hollywood
"Wake n' bake"-The Goats
"Fantastic day"-Haircut 100
"Southern hospitality"-Ludacris
"Survival of the fittest"-Mobb Deep
"Soon"-My Bloody Valentine

“Farmer’s Blues,” Marty Stuart and Merle Haggard
“Ghetto Child,” James Blood Ulmer
“Hate,” Cibelle
“Ambient Hell,” Klute
“Venus & Serena,” Super Furry Animals
“Come Together,” Macy Gray
“The Deeper In,” Drive-By Truckers
“What I Be,” Michael Franti & Spearhead
“Beware (Jay-Z Remix),” Panjabi MC with Jay-Z
“Wild Tobacco Moonshine,” Jason Crosby with Shannon McNally
“Sueño (Tonta Canción de Amor No. 13),” El Gran Silencio
“Big Johnson,” Sir Mix-a-Lot
“Destination Girl,” The Finishing School
“Long Lost Brother,” Over the Rhine
“Back Door Slam,” Robert Cray

Sorry, it's 17.

1. Boo Radleys - Lazarus
2. Beach Boys - Surf's Up
3. The Congos - Open Up The Gate
4. Autechre - Arch Carrier
5. Arcturus - For To End Yet Again
6. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Hush The Warmth
7. Daft Punk - Digital Love
8. Marc Smith & Safe'n'Sound - Identify The Beat
9. Andy C & Shimon - Bodyrock
10. Plaid - Assault On Precinct Zero
11. Radiohead - My Iron Lung
12. Lee Scratch Perry - Jungle Lion
13. Boards Of Canada - ROYGBIV
14. Aphex Twin - Alberto Balsalm
15. The Notwist - Pilot

We should do a personality profile thing based on people's top 15 songs.

ACR - Son and Heir
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Kevin Blechdom - I Am Nastay
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Darts - Boy From New York City
ELO - Mr Blue Sky
Everley Brothers - Claudette
Fleetwood Mac - Sara
Stan Freberg - Rock Island Line
Marvin Gaye - Heard It Through The Grapevine
Modettes - White Mice
My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Yes - Awaken

1. Spacemen 3 - Transparent Radiation
2. Beach Boys - Til I Die (long version)
3. Dennis Wilson - River Song
4. George Harrison - Isn't It A Pity? (version one)
5. Eric B and Rakim - Paid In Full
6. Small Faces - Red Balloon
7. Underworld - Cowgirl
8. Happy Mondays - WFL
9. Roxy Music - If There Is Something
10.The Stooges - TV Eye
11.Rolling Stones - Loving Cup
12.Spiritualized - Run (LGM version)
13.Al Green - Your Love Is Like The Morning Sun
14.Baby Huey and The Babysitters - Running
15.Sly and The Family Stone - Dance To The Medley

No...that's not it, wait--

(props to JeffW for including YES - haha suitably emboldened I too can now include PROG songs in my next list....
Jeff - did you go to see Yes recently?)

1)Oasis - Wonderwall -- Bryan Moore
2)Fleetwood Mac - "Hold Me" -- Mr. Diamond
3)warrant - down boys -- The Lady Ms. Lurex (just listened to DRFSR again today and it's tre magnifique! Glad somebody else here knows that!)
4)dismemberment plan - back and forth -- Tom Breihan
5) Minor Threat - "Salad Days" -- Alex in NYC
6)Pet Shop Boys - Rent - The Lex
7)Prince, "Take Me With U" - Nate Patrin
8)Smiths - Panic - Simon H.
9)Stooges "Loose" - Alex in NYC

to wrap up the 15, 6 songs I only recently would have thought to include.

10)"Maps," Yeah Yeah Yeahs
11)"Life Is Real," Queen
12)"I Could Have Been A Dreamer," Dio
13)"Wop A Din-Din," Red House Painters
14)"No Sex," Limp Bizkit
15)"What We All Want," Gang Of Four

"Thaumaturgy" - The Orchids
"My Iron Lung" - Radiohead
"What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" - Jimmy Ruffin
"God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys"
"Falling And Laughing" - Orange Juice
"Even When Your Eyes Are Open" - Levitation
"She's Not There" - The Zombies
"Lazarus" - The Boo Radleys
"The Man Don't Give A Fuck" - Super Furry Animals
"Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley
"Razzmatazz" - Pulp
"From Despair to Where" - Manic Street Preachers
"Missing the Moon" - The Field Mice
"Dog on Wheels" - Belle and Sebastian
"Going Underground" - The Jam

and...

frank sinatra -- angel eyes ("scuse me... while i dissappear...")

today...

1. "Can You Get to That?" by Funkadelic
2. "We Are Gonna Be Friends" by The White Stripes
3. "Strawberry Letter 23" by Shuggie Otis
4. "3030" by Deltron 3030
5. "Across the Universe" by The Beatles
6. "Sex (I'm A)" from Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By
7. "Breaking the Girl" by the Chili Peppers
8. "Jesus Built My Hotrod" by Ministry
9. "Shadowboxing" by Genius/Gza
10."Healty Body, Sick Mind" by Operation Ivy
11."Fortunate Son" by CCR
12."Roam" by The B-52s
13.whatever track 7 is supposed to be called on Agaetis Byrjun
14."Nightswimming" by REM
15."Release" by Blackalicious (ft. Saul Williams, Lyrics Born, & Zack de la Rocha)

Al Green - Simply Beautiful
Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah - Lake Shore Drive
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Cave In - New Moon (piano version)
Cat Stevens - The Wind
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
Dakota Staton - Give Me The Simple Life
Deftones - Digital Bath
Flickerstick - Beautiful
Hum - Stars
Jim Croce - I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song
Joan Armatrading - The Weakness in Me
Lovage - Stroker Ace
Natalie Merchant - Carnival
Nick Drake - Pink Moon

"Since Yesterday" - Strawberry Switchblade
"Taste" - Ride
"Iceblink Luck" - Cocteau Twins"
"I Was Born on Christmas Day" - Tim Burgess & St Etienne
"How Soon is Now" - The Smiths
"Geek Love" - Bang Bang Machine
"To Sir With Love" - The Trash Can Sinatras
"King of the Road" - Roger Miller
"Atta Girl" - Heavenly
"Groove is in the Heart" - Dee-Lite
"Sunshine on Leith" - the Proclaimers
"Good Morning Britain" - Aztec Camera & Mick Jones
"Young Hearts Run Free" - Candi Staten
"What Have I Done to Deserve This" - Pet Shop Boys / Dusty Springfield
"Papua New Guinea" - Future Sound of London

I know, I know, I just really like it.

Advice To Medics-SUN RA
With Care From Someone-DOUG DILLARD
The Lonely Surfer-JACK NITZSCHE
Wild Honey-BEACH BOYS
Electric To Me Turn-BRUCE HAACK
Cherry Blossom Clinic-THE MOVE
I Have Always Been Here Before-ROKY ERICKSON
Good Enough-MUDHONEY
Revolution Pt#2-BUTTHOLE SURFERS
Come On-CHUCK BERRY
Do You Remember Walter?-the KINKS
Steppin Razor-PETER TOSH
Into The Valley-the SKIDS
Thin Line(between love n hate)-PERSUADERS
Moulin Rouge-TIM BUCKLEY

(except maybe to include: "I listen to the wind/to the wind of my soul...")

1) Cardigans - "Love Fool"
2) De La Soul - "Eye Know"
3) AC/DC - "Dirty Deeds"
4) Alan Parsons Project - "Eye In the Sky"
5) Sonny Sharrock - "Who Does She Hope to Be?"
6) Diamanda Galas - Vena Cava (I'm counting this as one 'song')
7) Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 5
8) The Buggles - "Video Killed the Radio Star"
9) Ravi Shankar - Raga Jog
10) The Trammps - "Hooked for Life"
11) Derek & the Dominos - "Layla"
12) System Of a Down - "Toxicity"
13) Susie Ibarra - "Flower After Flower"
14) Slayer - "Raining Blood"
15) Oren Ambarchi - "Suspension"

altered images - song sung blue (peel session)
winifred atwell - summer of the seventeenth doll
william bell - i forgot to be your lover
eddy cochran - summertime blues
delta 5 - mind your own business
hi tension - hi tension
peggy lee - fever
derrick morgan - conquering ruler
scritti politti - skank bloc bologna
sister sledge - lost in music
stereolab - naught more terrific than man
tATu - not gonna get us
t.rex - get it on
glen washington - your love
was (not was) - hello operator ... i mean dad ... i mean police ... i can't even remember who i am

bob dylan - when the ship comes in
john fahey - red cross, disciple of christ today
souled american - all good things
neil young - comes a time
yo la tengo - tried so hard
mirah - monument
palace brothers - you will miss me when i burn
bob dylan - like a rolling stone
neil young - don't cry no tears
bob dylan - buckets of rain
low - lion/lamb
neil young - roll another number for the road
dirty three - 1000 miles
beat happening - cast a shadow
bonnie prince billy - master and everyone

i could have done 150 quite easily, 15 is not enough.

1. The Tourist - Radiohead
2. Paranoid Android - Radiohead
3. Judith - A Perfect Circle
4. A Day In The Life - The Beatles
5. Falling For You - Weezer
6. I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles
7. Sour Times - Portishead
8. Lovefool - Cardigans
9. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
10. Come Into My World - Kylie Minogue
11. Love My Way - Psychadelic Furs
12. Yes It Is - The Beatles
13. Girl - The Beatles
14. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
15. Holiday In The Sun - Sex Pistols
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Stop reading here, cos I'm going to cheat and post 25 more.

16. Black Star - Radiohead
17. Sing - Blur
18. Since I’ve Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
19. Der Kommisar - After The Fire
20. Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
21. Teenage Kicks - Undertones
22. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - Nirvana
23. Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust
24. Because - The Beatles
25. tourette’s - Nirvana
26. Map Ref. 41N 93W - The Wire
27. Three Libras - A Perfect Circle
28. Let Down - Radiohead
29. Bulletproof...I Wish I Was - Radiohead
30. I Hate Myself And Want To Die - Nirvana
31. Wouldn’t It Be Nice - Beach Boys
32. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
33. Wonderwall - Cat Power
34. Detachable Penis - King Missile
35. All The Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
36. Ocean Man - Ween
37. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead
38. I Can’t Take It - Cheap Trick
39. Alcoholiday - Teenage Fanclub
40. B.O.B. - Outkast

(20 was a lot easier than 10 for some reason... the first five are in order, the rest are not)

Talking Heads, "Born Under Punches"
Abba, "The Day Before You Came"
Mission of Burma, "Academy Fight Song"
Soul Coughing, "Mr. Bitterness"
Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions, "People Get Ready"
Bogdan Raczynski, "Samurai Math Beats"
Caetano Veloso, "É Proibido Proibir"
Ghostface Killah, "Cherchez La Ghost"
Mouse On Mars, "Paradical"
Mano Negra, "Mala Vida"
!!!, "Me & Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard"
Sonny Sharrock, "Portrait Of Linda In Three Colors, All Black"
Sly & the Family Stone, "I Want to Take You Higher"
The Velvet Underground, "Black Angels Death Song"
Babyface "Whip Appeal"
Mgbaba Queens, "Akulaiwa Esoweto"
The Dismemberment Plan, "Back & Forth"
B is for Bad: Talking Heads, "Born Under Punches"
Abba, "The Day Before You Came"
Mission of Burma, "Academy Fight Song"
Soul Coughing, "Mr. Bitterness"
Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions, "People Get Ready"
Bogdan Raczynski, "Samurai Math Beats"
Caetano Veloso, "É Proibido Proibir"
Ghostface Killah, "Cherchez La Ghost"
Mouse On Mars, "Paradical"
Mano Negra, "Mala Vida"
!!!, "Me & Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard"
Super_Collider, "Darn Cold Way O' Lovin'"
Sonny Sharrock, "Portrait Of Linda In Three Colors, All Black"
Sly & the Family Stone, "I Want to Take You Higher"
The Velvet Underground, "Black Angels Death Song"
Babyface "Whip Appeal"
Mgbaba Queens, "Akulaiwa Esoweto"
The Dismemberment Plan, "Back & Forth"
Ludacris, "Southern Hospitality"
The Human League, "The Things That Dreams Are Made of"

"Common People", Pulp
"Upside Down", Diana Ross
"Goodbye Horses", Q Lazarus
"The Living Dead", Suede
"Hey You!", Mensen
"Yes", Manic Street Preachers
"Little Fluffy Clouds", The Orb
"The Money Ain't A Thang", Jay-Z f/ Jermaine Dupri
"Player's Ball", Outkast
"Virginia Plain", Roxy Music
"Turning Japanese", The Vapors
"Gloria", Laura Branigan
"Denim Demon", Turbonegro
"I Dance Alone", Swayzak
"Planet Earth", Duran Duran

Michael Jackson-'Workin' Day And Night'
Cornelius-'Lazy'
Justin Timberlake-'Like I Love You'
Annie-'The Greatest Hit'
Stardust-'Music Sounds Better With You'
Missy Elliot-'Beep Me 911'
Basement Jaxx-'Rendez-Vu'
Chaka Khan-'I Feel For You'
London Funk Allstars-'Way Out'
Nina Simone-'Wild Is The Wind'
Daft Punk-'Digital Love'
Kiley Dean-'Keep It Moving'
Madonna-'Lucky Star'
The Beastie Boys-'Car Thief'
Prince-'I Wanna Be Your Lover'

Yeah, like I'll stop at that 15. This list is too uptempo.

Pavement -- Saginaw
VU -- Ride Into The Sun
Cannonball Adderly -- Autumn Leaves
Brother Joe May -- He'll Understand and Say Well Done
Nina Simone -- Don't Smoke in Bed
Jonathon Richmond -- Gayle Loves Me
FZ -- Po-Jama People
Bill Monroe & Doc Watson -- Feast Here Tonight
Mills Brothers -- Joe, The Window Washer Man
The Who -- Glittering Girl
GBVs -- The Hard Way
The Kinks -- Australia
Johnny & June Carter Cash -- Jackson
Harry Nilsson -- Joy
Bob Wills -- Twin Guitar Special

Talk Talk - "New Grass" (Laughing Stock)
Adina Howard - "Freak Like Me" (I don't know)
New Order - "Blue Monday" (12" single)
Boys Don't Cry - "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" (six-minute version; 12" single)
The Flaming Lips - "Fight Test" (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)
Deee-Lite - "Groove Is in the Heart" (World Clique)
Big Star - "O My Soul" (Radio City)
Disco Inferno - "The Long Dance" (The Last Dance EP)Pink Floyd - "Echoes" (Meddle)
Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches" (Remain in Light)
The Who - "Young Man Blues" (Live At Leeds)Steely Dan - "Aja" (Aja)
Led Zeppelin - "The Lemon Song" (Led Zeppelin II)
Bob Dylan - "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (B-Side to "I Want You")Pet Shop Boys - "Can You Forgive Her?" (Very)

Mazzy Star, "Fade Into You"
X, "Adult Books"
Primal Scream, "Movin' On Up"
VU, "The Gift"
VU, "Pale Blue Eyes"
Bruce Springsteen, "State Trooper"
JAMC, "Reverence"
The Birthday Party, "Mutiny In Heaven"
Johnny Cash, "Country Trash"
The Raincoats, "Lola"
The Cardigans, "Lovefool"
Minor Threat, "Minor Threat"
The Cure, "Just Like Heaven"
The Pixies, "Gigantic"
The Breeders, "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"

Flying Burrito Brothers, "Sin City"
Nick Drake, "'Cello Song"
Fleetwood Mac, "Silver Spring"
Talk Talk, "After the Flood"
Talk Talk, "I Believe in You"
Verve, "She's A Superstar"
Fleetwood Mac, "Sara"
CCR, "Proud Mary"
CCR, "Green River"
Belle and Sebastian, "Lazy Line Painter Jane"
Gang of Four, "To Hell with Poverty"
Pink Floyd, "Us And Them"
Pink Floyd, "Fearless"
Verve, "Star Sail"
Tim Buckley, "Buzzin Fly"
Cannonball Adderly, "The Sticks"
Smashing Pumpkins, "Obscured"
Smashing Pumpkins, "Home"
Smashing Pumpkins, "Hummer"
Smashing Pumpkins, "Mayonaise"
REM, "Radio Free Europe"
REM, "Talk About the Passion"
REM, "Man on the Moon"
Coleman Hawkins, "Body and Soul"
Bruce Springsteen, "Thunder Road"
Bruce Springsteen, "Born to Run"
Bruce Springsteen, "The Rising"
Bruce Springsteen, "Racing in the Street"
Link Wray, "Jack the Ripper"
White Stripes, "Death Letter"
White Stripes, "Fell in Love with a Girl"
Joy Division, "Atmosphere"
Joy Division, "Dead Souls"
Joy Division, "Interzone"
!!!, "Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard"
Ted Leo, "Where Have all the Rude Boys Gone?"
Ted Leo, "Walking To Do"

My Bloody Valentine - I Only Said
Swervedriver - Kill The Superheroes
Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire
Slayer - Altar Of Sacrifice
Sepultura - Subtraction
Seam - Something Burning
Polvo - Vibracobra
Gravediggaz - 1-800-Suicide
Wu Tang Clan - Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nothin' To F' Wit
Eminem - Kill You
Cro Mags - We Gotta Know
Yo La Tengo - From A Motel 6
Mack 10 - Connected For Life
Lush - Nothing Natural
Aaliyah - More Than A Woman
The Sea And Cake - The Fawn

Soul II Soul "Back to Life(Remix)"
Blur "Resigned"
Fleetwood Mac "Walk a Thin Line"
The Breeders "Fortunatly Gone"
Jay-Z "99 Problems"
Tori Amos "Little Earthquakes"
Skinny Puppy "Inquisition"
Orbital "Halcyon+on+on"
Kelis "Suspended"
David Bowie "Win"
The Isley Brothers "Summer Breeze"
Brainiac "Nothing Ever Changes"
Talk Talk "New Grass"
Prince "Erotic City"
My Bloody Valentine "Honey Power"

New Order - "Temptation"
Archers of Loaf - "Web in Front"
Orbital - "Belfast"
The Rapture - "House of Jealous Lovers"
Catherine Wheel - "Black Metallic"
Swervedriver - "Never Lose That Feeling / Never Learn"
Bran Van 3000 - "Drinking in L.A."
Yo La Tengo - "Blue Line Swinger"
Disco Inferno - "D.I. Go Pop"
Ash - "A Life Less Ordinary"
Lilys - "Ginger"
Gin Blossoms - "Hey Jealousy"
The Cure - "Just Like Heaven"
? and the Mysterians - "96 Tears"
Primal Scream - "Loaded"

¡Que Vida!--Love
Learning to Live on Your Own--Mekons
Waters of March--Elis Regina/Tom Jobim
You Can't Have Me--Big Star
They Took My Money--Chris Kenner
$1000 Wedding-Gram Parsons
Congratulations--Faron Young
Tomorrow's Dream--Al Green
Go-Go Girl--Lee Dorsey
Kentucky Rain--Elvis Presley
Caroline Goodbye--Colin Blunstone
I'll Play the Fool for You--Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
I'm Corrupt--Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Fields of Clover--the Box Tops
Bra--Cymande

15 i'm fairly sure i'll never tire of.

Of course I will probably take "Made of Glass" out of the list at some point, but I had to include my favourite song at the moment.

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, "Lush Life"
Stevie Wonder, "Summer Soft"
Prince, "The Beautiful Ones"
Nuyorican Soul, "It's Alright, I Feel It!"
Marvin Gaye, "I Wanna Be Where You Are [unedited demo]"
Kerri Chandler, "Isis"
Funkadelic, "One Nation Under a Groove"
Björk, "All is Full of Love"
Chaka Khan, "I'm Every Woman"
Diana Ross, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Nina Pens Rode, "Canto (Duet)" (Gertrud)
Underworld, "Tin There"
Earth, Wind & Fire, "Can't Let Go"
Donna Summer, "I Feel Love"
Herbie Hancock, "Maiden Voyage"

New Order - Blue Monday
Interpol - PDA
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
Pixies - Tame
British Sea Power - Fear Of Drowning
Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods
The Futureheads - Decent Days And Nights
Weezer - The Good Life
Smashing Pumpkins - In The Arms Of Sleep
Jeff Buckley - Eternal Life
Sigur Ros - Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
The Cure - Lullaby

That'll do. Bit obvious, but never mind.

Stereolab - "Ping Pong"
Denim - "Middle of the Road"
Sweet Female Attitude - "Flowers (Sunship Remix)"
Freda Payne - "Band of Gold"
Janet Kay - "Silly Games"
Scritti Politti - "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)"
The Beat - "Mirror in the Bathroom"
Warren G & Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
Machine - "There But for the Grace of God Go I"
The Smiths - "I Know It's Over"
The Magnetic Fields - "All My Little Words"
The KLF & Tammy Wynette - "Justified & Ancient"
George Jones - "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Jay-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
The Sex Pistols - "Holidays in the Sun"

The Plimsouls, "A Million Miles Away"
Sex Pistols, "Holiday In The Sun"
Wire, "Map Ref. 41N 93W"
After The Fire, "Der Kommisar"
Christina Aguilera, "Genie In A Bottle"
Psychadelic Furs, "Love My Way"
Radiohead, "Paranoid Android"
Stardust, "Music Sounds Better With You"
Nazz, "Forget All About It"
Led Zeppelin, "Since I've Been Loving You"
Teenage Fanclub, "Alcoholiday"
The Beatles, "I'm Only Sleeping"
The Hollies, "Look Through Any Window"
The Zombies, "She's Not There"
The Cardigans, "Lovefool"
Prince And The Revolution, "Take Me With U"

*sigh* Well at least 16 is better than 40...

love- you set the scene
millennium- to claudia on thursday
a-ha- the swing of things
my bloody valentine- sometimes
belle and sebastian- the state i am in
notorious b.i.g- juicy
pulp- disco 2000
the zombies- care of cell 44
billy bragg- the short answer
autechre- pen expers
underworld- stagger
daft punk- digital love
flaming lips- riding to work in 2025
david bowie- heroes
television- marquee moon

bonnie prince billy- just to see my holly home

Frank Black - Calistan
Talking Heads - The Great Curve
The Breeders - Cannonball
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
Primal Scream - Kill All Hippies
Daft Punk - Da Funk
Saves The Day - At Your Funeral
Oasis - Columbia
Blur - Girls And Boys
LCD Soundsystem - Yeah
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
The Walkmen - The Rat
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Gomez - Get Miles
U2 - The Fly

I'll go with this fifteen today.

I have absolutely no recollection of this song now

...and, the greatest single ever, a song that deserves its own book describing its beauty:

15. Beach Boys - "Don't Worry Baby"

1. Bob Seger System "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man"
2. the Coup "Breathing Apparatus"
3. Electronic "Getting Away With It"
4. Pet Shop Boys "Go West"
5. David Meece "The Water Is Fine"
6. Sister Janet Mead "The Lord's Prayer"
7. Jay Z "99 Problems"
8. Donna Summer "I Need You"
9. Babe Ruth "The Mexican"
10. Michael Jackson "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
11. Sylvester "Don't Stop"
12. Michael Nyman "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds"
13. Limahl "Neverending Story"
14. Britney Spears "Anticipating"
15. Courtney Jaye "Can't Behave"

1. “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” Joan Baez
2. “Bennie and the Jets” Elton John
3. “Fame” David Bowie
4. “Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin
5. “Summerfly” Maura O’Connell
6. “No Such Thing” John Mayer
7. “The Firebird” Igor Stravinsky
8. “Zip Gun Bop” Royal Crown Review
9. “Intermission Riff” & “Minor Riff” Stan Kenton
10. “Imagine” John Lennon
11. “Lido Shuffle” Boz Scaggs
12. “Rhapsody in Blue” George Gershwin
13. “Right Back Where We Started From” Maxine Nightingale
14. “Workin’ in Corners” Nancy Griffith
15. “Mr. Bojangles” Sammy Davis, Jr.

Almost # 15—Copacabana (Barry Manilow), Hill Where the Lord Hides (Chuck Mangione), Zoot Suit Riot (Cherry Poppin’ Daddies), My Way (Frank Sinatra), Jump, Jive and Wail (Brian Setzer Orchestra), Hotel California (The Eagles), The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand) and The Gayane Suite (Aram Khachaturian).

(Sigmund Freud would have a heyday.)

1. Like A Rolling Stone-Bob Dylan
2. Loving Cup-Rolling Stones
3. Complete Control-The Clash
4. The Promised Land-Bruce Springsteen
5. Teenage Riot-Sonic Youth
6. Summer Babe-Pavement
7. Gloria-Patti Smith
8. Little Red Corvette-Prince
9. Cattle and Cane-Go-Betweens
10. Dock of the Bay-Otis Redding
11. Once In A Lifetime-Talking Heads
12. Ticket To Ride-Beatles
13. Sand In My Joints-Wire
14. Bowling Green-Neko Case & Carl Newman
15. Bring The Noise-Public Enemy

New Pornographers – Letter From an Occupant
Clash – Spanish Bombs
Pixies – Caribou
Talulah Gosh – I Can’t Get No Satisfaction (Thank God)
Heavenly – Shallow
Field Mice – Emma’s House
Elvis Costello – Beyond Belief
Elvis Costello – Lipstick Vogue
Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-Headed Boy (pt 1)
Belle and Sebastian – Expectations
Go-Betweens – Right Here
Black Tambourine – Throw Aggi Off the Bridge
Tiger Trap – Supreme Nothing
The Clean – Tally Ho
Heavenly -- Space Manatee

Ugh, too much left off. These things will happen, I guess.

The first nine are indisputable, the rest are negotiable to varying degrees.

"People Can Choose," Les Rallizes Denudes
"Uptown Top Ranking," Althea & Donna
"Shadowplay," Joy Division
"Hanging on the Telephone," Blondie (Nerves cover)
"Brighton Rock," Queen
"Kiss Me Again," Dinosaur-L (Optimo version)
"You Made Me Realise," My Bloody Valentine
"Shakin' Street," MC5
"Damaged Goods" "Natural's Not In It," Gang of Four
"Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World," Ramones
"Begin," Bailter Space
"Buffalo Stance," Neneh Cherry "Just Got Paid," Rapeman (ZZ Top cover). 2.04-2.12 are the greatest eight seconds of any music ever.
"Move On Up," Curtis Mayfield
"Hayday," Replacements What was I thinking? "Paris 1919," John Cale
"Gloria (in excelsis deo)," Patti Smith

Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
black eyes - deformative
prince - kiss
sonic youth - cotton crown
Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
De La Soul - Eye Know
Bob Seger System - Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
cat power- colors and the kids
Beastie Boys - Shadrach
Ludacris - Southern Hospitality
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Pavement - Summer Babe

Geek Love" - Bang Bang Machine
"Compulsion" - Joe Crow
"Walk Away Renee" - The Left Banke
"Ceremony" - New Order
"Disorder" - Joy Division
"Highlights" - Beef
"How Ghost Affect Relationships" - His Name Is Alive
"Fistfull of Love" - Antony and the Johnsons
"Common People" - Pulp
"We Shall Overcome" - Gustav
"Electicity" - OMD
"You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes & You Get What You Deserve" - Johnny Boy
"Be My Baby" - The Ronnettes
"I See A Darkness" - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
"Umbrellas of Cherbourg Theme" - Michel Legrand
― davelus (davelus)

This is a good one! Not enough love for that Johnny Boy and Joe Crow tracks.

Dean Martin - Sway
Juliette Greco - La valse brune
Abbie Lincoln - Afro-Blue
Jacques Brel - Jacky
Tauno Palo - Shamppanjakuhertelua
Sarah Vaughan - It's Crazy
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - That's All
Doris Day - Que será, será
Edward Elgar - Where Corals Lie
Lale Andersen - Lili Marleen
Carlos Gardel - La cumparsita
Xavier Cugat - Rumbalero
Tony Bennet - Stranger in Paradise
Miriam Makeba - Nongqongqo
Nina Simone - Four Women

15 great songs

samantha sang - emotion
yellow magic orchestra - technopolis
al green - i'm still in love with you
slam/dot allison - visions (ewan pearson remix)
actress - audio track 5
future world orchestra - miracles
felt - penelope tree
rolling stones - 2000 light years from home
motorhead - overkill
motorhead - ace of spades
velvet underground - white light / white heat
vangelis - let it happen
u2 - new years day
ride - drive blind
funkadelic - super stupid

tried to leave out "tracks" but that actress one snuck in there