OPO: one song per decade (do not read if you hate FUN!!)

all the songs must have a connection between them is more FUN

just the fact that these songs will form a LIST makes it FUN, OK

the move - kilroy was here
cheap trick - oh candy
gun club - john hardy
pavement - loretta's scars
fiery furnaces - Chris Michaels

Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Loving Cup - Rolling Stones
Little Red Corvette - Prince
Summer Babe - Pavement
Outfit - Drive-By Truckers

"They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" - Napoleon XIV
"Nine Times" - The Moments
"Theme From S'Express" - S'Express
"Rosa Parks" - Outkast
"Phone Pitman" - MC Pitman

13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House
Patti Smith - Piss Factory
Virgin Prunes - Sandpaper Lullaby
Boredoms - 7 (Boriginal)
The Fall - Sparta F.C.

Bert Williams: "Nobody"
Europe's Society Orchestra: "Down Home Rag"
Clarence Williams's Blue Five: "Cake Walking Babies (from Home)"
Geeshie Wiley: "Last Kind Word Blues"
Billie Holiday: "Strange Fruit" (the live 2/12/45 version)
Dark City Sisters: "Sekusile"
Gino Washington: "Gino is a Coward"
The Jackson 5: "The Love You Save"
T.S. Monk: "Bon Bon Vie"
Quad City DJs: "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)"
A*Teens: "Halfway Around The World"

Cliff Richard & The Shadows & The Norrie Paramor Strings - Summer Holiday
Cliff Richard - Jesus
Cliff Richard featuring Tony Rivers & Nigel Perrin - Little Town
Cliff Richard - Can't Keep This Feeling In
OutKast - Hey Ya

bob dylan - "tombstone blues"
curtis mayfield - "move on up"
black flag - "damaged"
notorious b.i.g. - "juicy"
justin timberlake f/t.i. - "my love"

kjb i don't think you understand how this works

oh no i just can't read sry

vu & nico- i'll be your mirror
david bowie- changes
michael jackson- bille jean
b.g. et al- bling bling
lcd soundsystem- all my friends

Beatles - Day in the Life
Bowie - Life on Mars
Specials - Ghost Town
Prodigy - Out of Space
Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope)

Huh, all British. I didn't do that on purpose.

Ike And Tina Turner - "River Deep, Mountain High"
James Chance And The Contortions - "Flip Your Face"
Audio Two - "Top Billin"
Helmet - "Biscuits For Smut"
Missy Elliott - "Get Ur Freak On"

Little Eva - The Loco-Motion
Television - Marquee Moon
Prince - Raspberry Beret
Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
The Cardigans - Give Me Your Eyes

Roughdraft:
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Blackstreet - No Diggity
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River

20s: Duke Ellington - Black and Tan Fantasy
30s: Glenn Miller - In the Mood
40s: Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
50s: Édith Piaf - Milord
60s: Pharoah Sanders - The Creator Has a Master Plan
70s: Fela Kuti - Alu Jon Jonki Jon
80s: Ofra Haza - Im Nin' Alu
90s: Love Inc. - R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
00s: Cee-Lo - Glockappella

Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
the Underdogs - Love's Gone Bad
the Sweet - Fox On The Run
the Sonic Youth - STARPOWER
the White Stripes - When I Hear My Name
the Avalanches - Since I Left You

The Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina
The Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric
XTC - Senses Working Overtime
Lambchop - The Man Who Loved Beer
Be Your Own PET - Adventure

But this is just today.

"Your Cheatin' Heart", Hank Williams
"Do Right Woman - Do Right Man", Aretha Franklin
"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", Luther Ingram
"Secret Lovers", Midnight Starr
"Creep", TLC
"I Can Be", Aaliyah

Robert Johnson, Hellhound On My Trail
Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit (OK, 1939)
Elvis Presley, Milkcow Blues Boogie
The Who, I Can't Explain
Sex Pistols, God Save the Queen
Public Enemy, Fight the Power
Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit
Eminem, Lose Yourself

Scuse the canonicalism

Scuse the canonicalism

Perfectly acceptable, imo.

60s .: Bob Dylan "Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again"
70s .: Neil Young "Out On The Weekend"
80s .: Nine Inch Nails "Ringfinger"
90s .: Wu-Tang Clan "Protect Ya Neck"
00s .: The Mountain Goats "Color in Your Cheeks"

Dylan - Mr Tambourine Man
Zeppelin - Achilles' Last Stand
Pixies - Debaser
Aphex Twin - Xtal
Basement Jaxx - Romeo

I don't think I could do this, but I think I'll second "Xtal"

40s: Bill Monroe, "Uncle Pen"
50s: Chet Baker, "My Funny Valentine"
60s: Rolling Stones, "Stray Cat Blues" (or CCR, "Commotion")
70s: Stevie Wonder, "Superstition"
80s: Raincoats, "Lola"
90s: Nas, "NY State of Mind"
00s: Kristin Hersh, "Your Dirty Answer"

kinks "i need you"
can "halleluwhah"
r.e.m. "shaking through"
royal trux "stevie"
battles "atlas"

OK, picked one + runner up so to speak. sorry, but I did

60s nina simone "sinnerman" | dylan "highway 61 revisited"
70s iggy "the passenger" | bowie "golden years"
80s replacements "left of the dial" | janet "what have you done for me lately"
90s aaliyah "are you that somebody" | hole "violet"
00s t.i. "what you know" | knife "silent shout"

The Dwarfs Yodel Song
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
Never Smile at a Crocodile
Let's Go Fly A Kite
Whistle-stop
Lack of Education
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
First

1960s: I'm A Boy - The Who
1970s: I'm Mandy, Fly Me - 10cc
1980s: I'm Not The Man I Used To Be - Fine Young Cannibals
1990s: I'm Going Slightly Mad - Queen
2000s: I'm A Cuckoo - Belle & Sebastian

20s: West End Blues — Louis Armstrong
30s: Body and Soul — Coleman Hawkins
40s: Koko — Charlie Parker
50s: Too Much Monkey Business — Chuck Berry
60s: Chain Gang — Sam Cooke (from One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club)
70s: Complete Control — The Clash
80s: Sound of the Rain — Rank & File
90s: Jackson — Lucinda Williams
00s: Supertheory Of Supereverything — Gogol Bordello

60s: I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
70s: Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols
80s: Debaser - Pixies
90s: Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
00s: Wolf Like Me - TV on the Radio

Power Pop Version:

60s: I Can't Explain - The Who
70s: He's A Whore - Cheap Trick
80s: A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls
90s: Dream All Day - The Posies
00s: Did I Say - Teenage Fanclub

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