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

yes! haha, i never expected to see a pinback song on this thread.. two of them, at that.

might as well add a couple more:

Stooges, "Dirt"
Will Oldham, "I see a Darkness"

Ouch. Don't do that to me!

1. Jefferson Starship, "Miracles"
2. Grass Roots, "I'd Wait a Million Years"
3. Nina Simone, "Wild Is the Wind"
4. The Turtles, "She's My Girl"
5. Todd Rundgren, "I Saw the Light"

Top 5 fairly fresh in my mind:
1. Talk Talk - After the Flood
2. My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When
3. My Bloody Valentine - What You Want
4. Boards of Canada - Dawn Chorus
5. Pavement - In The Mouth a Desert

Top 5 that I haven't heard in years:
1. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (Live)
2. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
3. Dave Matthews Band - 41
4. Third Eye Blind - Never Let You Go
5. Orbital - Halcyon + On + On

MBV - Only Shallow
Swervedriver - Kill The Superheroes
Slayer - Altar Of Sacrifice
Mack 10 - Connected For Life
The Church - Under The Milky Way

Fuckin' lists.... I'm gonna think of 3 or 4 that I forgot about here in about 5 minutes.

Splash "Babylon"
Elephant Man "Replacement Killers"
4-Hero "Mr Kirk's Nightmare"
Missy Elliot "Get Yr Freak On"
Public Enemy "Welcome to the Terrordrome"

6. "(I'm) Stranded" by the Saints
7. "Hybrid Moments" by the Misfits
8. "Safe From Harm" by Massive Attack
9. "Summerhead" by the Cocteau Twins
10. "New Toy" by Lene Lovich

And Sundar....is "Stairway to Heaven" really one of your favorites????

Ask me tomorrow and it'll be different, but these are all untouchable.

...reminded me not only of a great song, but great title!

1) Captain Beefheart "Abba Zabba"
2) Wu-Tang Clan "Rulez"
3) Steely Dan "Change of the Guard"
4) Archie Shepp "There is a Balm in Gilead"
5) Spiritualized "Amazing Grace/Peace on Earth"

The Spoons - Nova Heart
Trashcan Sinatras - Hayfever
Finn Brothers - Only Talking Sense
Talk Talk - New Grass
Depeche Mode - It's No Good

6. Blind Willie Johnson, "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"
7. New Order, "Temptation"
8. The New Pornographers, "Letter From an Occupant"
9. All Saints, "Pure Shores"
10. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

Elliott Smith, "Say Yes"
Ghostface Killah, "Nutmeg"
Fugazi, "Smallpox Champion"
Mission of Burma, "Academy Fight Song"
Superchunk, "From the Curve"

Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
Left Banke - Walk Away Renee
Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
Beatles - I Feel Fine
Rivieras - California Sun

cannibal ox- the f word
modern folk quartet- this could be the night
television- venus
underworld- juanita/kiteless/to dream of love
the walkmen- rue the day

Bryan: Thanks. I'd honestly seriously considered just saying
"1-5) Superchunk - 'Slack Motherfucker'".

Right now, at least

...that was very, very hard

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Leon Russell - This Masquerade
Rolling Stones - Last Time
Jefferson Airplane - Don't You Want Somebody To Love
The Casinos - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
Neil Young - Cortez The Killer

Kiley Dean, "Keep It Movin"
Hole, "Violet"
Mystikal, "Bouncin Back"
Delta 5, "Mind Your Own Business"
Jesus Lizard, "Puss"

The last one's always the hardest

1. New Order - Everything's Gone Green
2. Simple Minds - A Brass Band In African Chimes
3. The Past Seven Days - Raindance
4. Nick Drake - Hanging On A Star
5. Robyn Hitchcock - I Used To Say I Love You

10. "New Toy" by Lene Lovich

Yes. Makes me wish Thomas Dolby had done a whole album with her!

No, that's all wrong. That's yesterday's list. Today's is:

1. "She's Lost Control" - Joy Division
2. "Ugly Face" - Nina Nastasia
3. "Plainsong" - The Cure
4. "Love Train" - The O'Jays
5. "Levi Stubbs' Tears" - Billy Bragg

Wait, what about tomorrow's list?

1. "The Partisan" - Leonard Cohen (version)
2. "Waterloo Sunset" - The Kinks
3. "Battle of Evermore" - Zeppelin (I know, I know, but I'm... just being honest)
4. "Hitherto" - Cocteau Twins
5. "Time is the Diamond" - Low

Ah, fuck it.