Monday, January 9, 2012

smile for the camera: 500-401

0500. “Eye Know” – De La Soul [1989]
0499. “Close to Me” [Closer Mix] – The Cure [1990]
0498. “I Am the Resurrection” – The Stone Roses [1989]
0497. “Talk About the Passion” – R.E.M. [1983]
0496. “As Tears Go By” – Marianne Faithfull [1964]
0495. “Pull Shapes” – The Pipettes [2006]
0494. “Float On” – Modest Mouse [2004]
0493. “Bring the Noise” – Public Enemy [1987]
0492. “Eight Miles High” – The Byrds [1966]
0491. “Non-Alignment Pact” – Pere Ubu [1978]
0490. “Courtship Dating” – Crystal Castles [2008]
0489. “Poor Places” – Wilco [2002]
0488. “Genetic Engineering” – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark [1983]
0487. ‘Virginia Plain” – Roxy Music [1972]
0486. “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs [2003]
0485. “Voodoo Ray” – A Guy Called Gerald [1988]
0484. “Only You” – Yaz[oo] [1982]
0483. “Cherry-Coloured Funk” – Cocteau Twins [1990]
0482. “My Love” – Justin Timberlake [2006]
0481. “Take a Chance on Me” – ABBA [1978]
0480. “The Payback” – James Brown [1973]
0479. “Flashing Lights” – Kanye West [2007]
0478. “Take Me With U” – Prince & The Revolution [1984]
0477. “Voices Carry” – ‘Til Tuesday [1985]
0476. “Come On Let’s Go” – Broadcast [2000]
0475. “I Have Known Love” – Silver Apples [1969]
0474. “(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)” – The Stranglers [1977]
0473. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” – Marvin Gaye [1968]
0472. “C.R.E.A.M.” – Wu-Tang Clan [1993]
0471. “It’s Too Late” – Carole King [1971]
0470. “The Way We Get By” – Spoon [2002]
0469. “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)” – The Four Tops [1965]
0468. “London Calling” – The Clash [1979]
0467. “Mongoloid” – Devo [1978]
0466. “I’m Going Out of My Way” – Stereolab [1993]
0465. “Take Pills” – Panda Bear [2007]
0464. “Paperhouse” – Can [1971]
0463. “Kerosene” – Big Black [1986]
0462. “Boilermaker” – The Jesus Lizard [1992]
0461. “Immigrant Song” – Led Zeppelin [1970]
0460. “I Apologize” – Hüsker Dü [1985]
0459. “September Gurls” – Big Star [1974]
0458. “American Girl” – Tom Petty & The Heartbrakers [1977]
0457. “Maybellene” – Chuck Berry [1955]
0456. “Friction” – Television [1977]
0455. “The Tide is High” – Blondie [1980]
0454. “At the Feast” – The Congos [1977]
0453. “Beat Bop” – Rammellzee vs. K-Rob [1983]
0452. “Tessio” – Luomo [2000]
0451. “Milkman” – Aphex Twin [1996]
0450. “Loser” – Beck [1993]
0449. “Paint It, Black” – The Rolling Stones [1966]
0448. “Debora” – Tyrannosaurus Rex [1968]
0447. “The Eton Rifles” – The Jam [1979]
0446. “Another Girl, Another Planet” – The Only Ones [1978]
0445. “Hey Jealousy” – The Gin Blossoms [1993]
0444. “Fell in Love With a Girl” – The White Stripes [2001]
0443. “Ex-Lion Tamer” – Wire [1977]
0442. “All I Have to Do is Dream” – The Everly Brothers [1958]
0441. “The Stars of Track and Field” – Belle & Sebastian [1996]
0440. “I Will Follow” – U2 [1980]
0439. “Optimo” – Liquid Liquid [1983]
0438. “Dream On” [feat. Robyn & Ola Salo] – Christian Falk [2006]
0437. “Lucky Star” – Madonna [1983]
0436. “Stayin’ Alive” – The Bee Gees [1977]
0435. “Ex-Girl Collection” – The Wrens [2003]
0434. “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” – Bruce Springsteen [1973]
0433. “Summer’s Cauldron/Grass” – XTC [1986]
0432. “The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure” – The Magnetic Fields [1999]
0431. “Archangel” – Burial [2007]
0430. “Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)” – Cowboy Junkies [1988]
0429. “That’s All Right” – Elvis Presley [1954]
0428. “Fuck and Run” – Liz Phair [1993]
0427. “Slang King” – The Fall [1984]
0426. “Let’s Go” – The Cars [1979]
0425. “Since K Got Over Me” – The Clientele [2005]
0424. “Here Today” – The Beach Boys [1966]
0423. “Liquid Swords” – GZA [1995]
0422. “007 (Shanty Town)” – Desmond Dekker [1967]
0421. “A Message to You, Rudy” – The Specials [1979]
0420. “A Day in the Life” – The Beatles [1967]
0419. “Hallogallo” – Neu! [1972]
0418. “From a Motel 6” – Yo La Tengo [1993]
0417. “Bastards of Young” – The Replacements [1985]
0416. “Trash” – New York Dolls [1973]
0415. “Up on the Sun” – Meat Puppets [1985]
0414. “Around the World” – Daft Punk [1997]
0413. “1979” – Smashing Pumpkins [1995]
0412. “Franz Shubert” – Kraftwerk [1977]
0411. “I’ve Got Something on My Mind” – The Left Banke [1967]
0410. “Leader of the Pack” – The Shangri-Las [1964]
0409. “Hot Fun in the Summertime” – Sly & The Family Stone [1969]
0408. “Albatross” – Public Image Ltd. [1979]
0407. “Judy is a Punk” – The Ramones [1976]
0406. “Substitute” – The Who [1966]
0405. “It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” – Bob Dylan [1965]
0404. “Stop Breathin’” – Pavement [1994]
0403. “Street Hassle” – Lou Reed [1978]
0402. “Joan of Arc” – Leonard Cohen [1971]
0401. “Peg” – Steely Dan [1977]

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

1000 favorite songs/recordings/tracks of the "rock era:" 600-501

0600. “21st Century Schizoid Man” – King Crimson [1969]
0599. “Tired of Being Alone” – Al Green [1971]
0598. “You Can Call Me Al” – Paul Simon [1986]
0597. “Metronomic Underground” – Stereolab [1996]
0596. “Chewing Gum” – Annie [2004]
0595. “Me Myself & I” – De La Soul [1989]
0594. “It’s Expected I’m Gone” – Minutemen [1984]
0593. “Louie, Louie” – The Kingsmen [1963]
0592. “I Wanna Be Sedated” – The Ramones [1978]
0591. “Nowhere to Run” – Martha & the Vandellas [1965]
0590. “Things Done Changed” – The Notorious B.I.G. [1994]
0589. “We’ve Been Had” – The Walkmen [2001]
0588. “Steppin’ Out” – Joe Jackson [1982]
0587. “Fairytale of New York” [feat. Kirsty MacColl] – The Pogues [1987]
0586. “Some Velvet Morning” – Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra [1967]
0585. “Int’l Players Anthem” [feat. Outkast] – UGK [2007]
0584. “Psycho Killer” – Talking Heads [1977]
0583. “Show Biz Kids” – Steely Dan [1973]
0582. “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” – Jackie Wilson [1967]
0581. “Race for the Prize” (Mokran Remix) – The Flaming Lips [1999]
0580. “I Miss You” – Björk [1995]
0579. “Black Steel” – Tricky [1995]
0578. “Destroy Everything You Touch” – Ladytron [2005]
0577. “West End Girls” – Pet Shop Boys [1984]
0576. “Me & Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story)” - !!! [2004]
0575. “Atlas” – Battles [2007]
0574. “Clap Hands” – Tom Waits [1985]
0573. “He’s a Rebel” – The Crystals [1962]
0572. “N.Y. State of Mind” – Nas [1994]
0571. “Picture Book” – The Kinks [1968]
0570. “7/4 (Shoreline)” – Broken Social Scene [2005]
0569. “River Deep – Mountain High” – Ike & Tina Turner [1966]
0568. “The Plan” – Built to Spill [1999]
0567. “Accordian” – Madvillain [2004]
0566. “Apple Orchard” – Beach House [2006]
0565. “The Man Amplifier” – Young Marble Giants [1980]
0564. “Hot on the Heels of Love” – Throbbing Gristle [1979]
0563. “[circle]” – Boredoms [1999]
0562. “Out There on the Ice” – Cut Copy [2008]
0561. “She’s Not There” – The Zombies [1964]
0560. “Up the Junction” – Squeeze [1979]
0559. “Roygbiv” – Boards of Canada [1998]
0558. “Superstition” – Stevie Wonder [1972]
0557. “Flagpole Sitta” – Harvey Danger [1997]
0556. “Disco 2000” – Pulp [1995]
0555. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” – The Tokens [1961]
0554. ‘Fa Cé-La” – The Feelies [1980]
0553. “I Saw the Light” – Todd Rundgren [1972]
0552. “I Will Dare” – The Replacements [1984]
0551. “Waterloo” – ABBA [1974]
0550. ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both of Us” – Sparks [1974]
0549. “Israelites” – Desmond Dekker [1968]
0548. “Brimful of Asha” – Cornershop [1997]
0547. “The Windmills of Your Mind” – Dusty Springfield [1969]
0546. “Come on Eileen” – Dexy’s Midnight Runners [1982]
0545. “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” – Geto Boys [1991]
0544. “Tighten Up” – Archie Bell & the Drells [1968]
0543. “Still Tippin’” [feat. Slim Thug & Paul Wall] – Mike Jones [2004]
0542. “For What It’s Worth” – Buffalo Springfield [1967]
0541. “Feel the Pain” – Dinosaur Jr. [1994]
0540. “Serve the Servants” – Nirvana [1993]
0539. “Cannonball” – The Breeders [1993]
0538. “Glory” – Television [1978]
0537. “Come Go With Me” – The Del-Vikings [1957]
0536. “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)” – Parliament [1975]
0535. “Beautiful Life” – Gui Boratto [2007]
0534. “The Harder They Come” – Jimmy Cliff [1972]
0533. “The Crystal Lake” – Grandaddy [2000]
0532. “Alec Eiffel” – Pixies [1991]
0531. “Kim & Jessie” – M83 [2008]
0530. “Gasoline Dreams” – Outkast [2000]
0529. “I Wanna Destroy You” – The Soft Boys [1980]
0528. “Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)” – The Birthday Party [1982]
0527. “Stereomission” – Mouse on Mars [1995]
0526. “Instant Hit” – The Slits [1979]
0525. “This Angry Silence” – Television Personalities [1981]
0524. “Helen Fordsdale” – Mars [1978]
0523. “That’s When I Reach For My Revolver” – Mission of Burma [1981]
0522. “Sugarcube” – Yo La Tengo [1997]
0521. “What Would I Want? Sky” – Animal Collective [2009]
0520. “Nutmeg” [feat. The RZA] – Ghostface Killah [2000]
0519. “White Rabbit” – Jefferson Airplane [1967]
0518. “Hey Ladies” – Beastie Boys [1989]
0517. “New Rose” – The Damned [1976]
0516. “Deceptacon” – Le Tigre [1999]
0515. “It Came Out of the Sky” – Creedence Clearwater Revival [1969]
0514. “I Hear a Symphony” – The Supremes [1965]
0513. “I Only Have Eyes For You” – The Flamingos [1959]
0512. “Just” – Radiohead [1995]
0511. “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” – The Byrds [1968]
0510. “Runaround Sue” – Dion [1961]
0509. “Paper Hats” – This Heat [1981]
0508. “I’m So Green” – Can [1972]
0507. “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” – The Band [1968]
0506. “Down on the Street” – The Stooges [1970]
0505. “Dreams Burn Down” – Ride [1990]
0504. “Warm Leatherette” – The Normal [1978]
0503. “Do the Du” – A Certain Ratio [1981]
0502. “Desert Island” – The Magnetic Fields [1994]
0501. “Power” – Kanye West [2010]