Quick! Pick yout FIVE favorite songs of all time without consulting your record collection

"It's Only Obvious" - The Orchids
"The Blues are Still Blue" - Belle and Sebastian
"When We Were Young" - Whipping Boy
"Boys Don't Cry" - The Cure
"You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield

althea and donna - uptown top ranking
big star - thirteen
claude debussy - clair de lune
m83 - midnight city
young marble giants - final day

I don't think I love Midnight City for a real top 5 but I've been stuck with it for a while now so I had to choose it without looking at my collection.

Buffy Sainte-Marie "God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot"
Eurythmics "Love Is A Stranger"
Beach Boys "Surf's Up"
Nina Simone "I Wish I Knew How It Feels To Be Free"
Frank Sinatra "I've Got You Under My Skin"

Beach Boys - Surfs Up
Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless (live)
R Kelly - Ignition (remix)
Scott Walker - Epizootics!
Ornette Coleman -Lonely Woman

X post ah holy shit nice one fgti, didn't see yours before posting. Not that I'm entirely happy with my choices but speed is the spirit of this thing.

Antena - Camino del Sol
Jobim & Elis - Aguas de Março
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
Jorge Ben - Meninha Mulher de Pele Preta
Secos & Molhados - Sangue Latino

^non english version.

The Ronettes - Baby I Love You
The Archies - Sugar, Sugar
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy Song
School of Seven Bells - Put Your Sad Down

The Velvet Underground- Candy Says
Nicolle Meyer- Nowhere By Mir
Section 25- Looking from a Hilltop
Severed Heads- Big Car (album version only)
Scritti Politti- Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)

Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Fela Kuti - Sorrow, Tears and Blood
Commodores - Nightshift
Randy Travis - Forever and Ever, Amen
BJ Thomas - Rock and Roll Lullaby

The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
The Cure - Close to Me
Built to Spill - Car
The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By
The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang

michael jackson - rock with you
tears for fears - head over heels
tori amos - spark
madonna - into the groove
hall and oates - i can't go for that (no can do)

"The Captain of Her Heart"
"Baker Street"
"In the City"
"Running on Empty"
"Against All Odds"

― Barrett Proxmeyer, Monday, February 27, 2006 9:32 AM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this list rules

the velvet underground - i'll be your mirror
the db's - black and white
lauryn hill - doo wop (that thing)
the units - high pressure days
arthur russell - a little lost

Associates - Party Fears 2
New Order - Regret
Dexys Midnight Runners - This is What She's Like
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night
Bjork - Hyperballad

the moments - "nine times"
freddie slack and ella mae morse - "house of blue lights"
jam and spoon - "stella (jam and spoon mix)"
loretta lynn - "one's on the way"
moon mullican - "cherokee boogie"

The Go-Betweens - Cattle and Cane
The Chills - Heavenly Pop Hit
Camera Obscura - Eighties Fan
Kitchens of Distinction - Drive That Fast
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

Curtis Mayfield - "Move on Up"
The Mountain Goats - "Distant Stations"
The Blue Hearts - "Linda Linda"
John Fahey - "Sunflower River Blues"
Nas - "It Ain't Hard to Tell"

Yo La Tengo - "Blue Line Swinger"
The Clean - "Point That Thing Somewhere Else"
The Fall - "New Face in Hell"
The Fall - "How I Wrote Elastic Man"
The Congos - "Open the Gate"

black moon - buck em down remix
congos - ark of the covenant
romanthony - wanderer
mike dunn - groovin
wiley - eskimo

Lilys - Claire Hates Me
The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me
Sun Kil Moon - Duk Koo Kim
East River Pipe - 40 Miles
Cass McCombs - Mother and Father

xtal
strings of life
i would die 4 u
dream baby dream
hello earth

wire "outdoor miner"
inoj "love you down"
slint "good morning captain"
beastie boys "looking down the barrel of a gun"
faust "j'ai mal aux dents"

isaac hayes "walk on by"
jorge ben "zumbi (africa brasil)"
kate bush "cloudbusting"
fela kuti "shuffering and shmiling"
steve reich "six pianos"

Brewer & Shipley - One Toke Over The Line
White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin'
Rod Stewart - Mandolin Wind
Elvis Presley - Hurt
Gerry Rafferty - Home & Dry

Songs that played my IPod shuffle play

michael smith "the dutchman"
lou reed "dirty blvd"
richie valens "la bamba"
gram parsons "love hurts"
emmylou harris "boulder to birmingham"

burial & four tet- moth
john coltrane- psalm
sun ra- springtime again
mala- livin different
lee scratch perry- three in one

tammy st john - dark shadows and empty hallways
new order - thieves like us
underworld - jumbo
flamin' groovies - shake some action
go betweens - love goes on!

New Order "Ceremony"
Loose Joints "Tell You Today"
The Flirtations "Nothing But A Heartache"
Chic "I Want Your Love"
Ciara "Promise"

Joy Division "Digital"
The Fall "The N.W.R.A."
Royal Trux "The Spectre"
The Dead C "Bitcher"
The Chills "Wet Blanket"

Cocteau Twins "The Itchy Glowblo Blow"
Smog "All Your Women Things"
Jim O'Rourke "I'm Happy..."
10CC "I'm Not In Love"
Halifax Pier "The Wait"

(So hard to do! Absolutely loving the love for Surf's Up itt)

today it's probably

razor boy
over the hillside
wood beez
drip dry eyes
forbidden colours

Freight Train Elizabeth Cotten
Pickin Boogers Biz Markie
Babys On Fire Brian Eno
Goodnight Irene Leadbelly
Cotten Eyed Joe Nina Simone

Alone and Forsaken Hank Williams replaces Brian Eno just came to me honest.

A tribe called quest - bonita applebum (why edit)
Outkast - spottieottiedopaliscious
Can - vitamin C
Kate Bush - hounds of love
William Devaughn - be thankful for what you’ve got

Toots and the Maytals - Pressure Drop
The Kinks - Lola
Bob Dylan - It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry
Rolling Stones - Let it Loose
Van Morrison - Bulbs

I'm already regretting this list. The only things on it I'm absolutely certain about are Pressure Drop and Let it Loose.

Can’t bring myself to make such lists because i know I will have similar regrets but enjoy seeing what others will write.

Pretty Things - October 26
Laughing Clowns - Eternally Yours
Chic - Good Times
HTRK - Fascinator
David Bowie - Fantastic Voyage

In no particular order, the first five that came to mind:

The Kinks: You Really Got Me
Bob Dylan: It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
The Beatles: Hello, Goodbye
The Velvet Underground: Sister Ray
Iggy & The Stooges: Search and Destroy

OMD - Souvenir
Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing
The Fall - Cruiser's Creek
Jeanette - El Muchacho de los Ojos Tristes
Rolling Stones - Dandelion

Had to scroll through the thread to see if I'd done this before. I had, under a long-abandoned username.

Stop That Train - Keith and Tex
Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - The Spinners
Woman's Gotta Have It - Bobby Womack
Oi Manges Den Iparhoun Pia - Nikos Papazoglou
What'd I Say - Ray Charles

Scott Walker: "Jackie"
The Magnetic Fields: "Dancing in Your Eyes"
Throwing Muses: "Call Me"
Pharoah Sanders: "The Creator Has a Master Plan"
Liquid Liquid: "Optimo"

Michel Camilo Trio - "Tombo in 7/4"
Raymond Scott - "The Penguin"
The Sundays - "Can't Be Sure"
Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - "Kaval Zviri"
Genesis - 'The Cinema Show"

the five best songs I can think of of the top of my head

Barbara Lewis - "Baby I'm Yours"
Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Haroumi Hasono - Sports Men
The Go-Betweens - Bachelor Kisses
Brandy - Sittin' Up in My Room

Neko Case - I Missed the Point
Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss
Ariana Grande feat. Zedd - Break Free
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Red Crayola w/Art & Language - Plekhanov