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]

Friday, December 16, 2011

1000 favorite songs/recordings/tracks of the "rock era:" 700-601

0700. “M.E.” – Gary Numan [1979]
0699. “Silly Crimes” – The Tough Alliance [2006]
0698. “Down on the Corner” – Creedence Clearwater Revival [1969]
0697. “Drop It Like It’s Hot” – Snoop Dogg [2004]
0696. “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” – Kylie Minogue [2001]
0695. “Life’s What You Make It” – Talk Talk [1986]
0694. “In the Morning” – Built to Spill [1994]
0693. “Nag Nag Nag” – Cabaret Voltaire [1979]
0692. “The Rip” – Portishead [2008]
0691. “Material Girl” – Madonna [1985]
0690. “Clear” – Cybotron [1983]
0689. “Parklife” – Blur [1994]
0688. “Good Times” – Chic [1979]
0687. “Follow the Leader” – Eric B. & Rakim [1988]
0686. “Sleep” – This Heat [1981]
0685. “Fix Up, Look Sharp” – Dizzee Rascal [2003]
0684. “Hollaback Girl” – Gwen Stefani [2005]
0683. “C30, C60, C90, Go!” – Bow Wow Wow [1980]
0682. “The Jungle Line” – Joni Mitchell [1975]
0681. “Zero” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs [2009]
0680. “Thunder Road” – Bruce Springsteen [1975]
0679. “Sukiyaki” – Kyu Sakamoto [1961]
0678. “Seoul Music” – Yellow Magic Orchestra [1981]
0677. “Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose” – James Brown [1969]
0676. “Express Yourself” – N.W.A. [1988]
0675. “Alex Chilton” – The Replacements [1987]
0674. “Rocket 88” – Jackie Breston & His Delta Cats [1951]
0673. “Oh Bondage Up Yours!” – X-Ray Spex [1977]
0672. “Sweet Jane” – Cowboy Junkies [1988]
0671. “Walk on the Wild Side” – Lou Reed [1972]
0670. “Check the Rhime” – A Tribe Called Quest [1991]
0669. “Collapsing at Your Doorstep” – Air France [2008]
0668. “Deacon Blues” – Steely Dan [1977]
0667. “Je t’aime… moi non plus” – Serge Gainsbourg [1969]
0666. “See the Sky About to Rain” – Neil Young [1974]
0665. “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” – Aretha Franklin [1967]
0664. “No Matter What” – T.I. [2008]
0663. “Nothing Ever Happened” – Deerhunter [2008]
0662. “Sky Saw” – Brian Eno [1975]
0661. “What is Life” – George Harrison [1970]
0660. “The Boxer” – Simon & Garfunkel [1969]
0659. “Parasite” – Nick Drake [1972]
0658. “Cosmic Dancer” – T. Rex [1971]
0657. “Elephant Talk” – King Crimson [1981]
0656. “Who Do You Love?” – Bo Diddley [1957]
0655. “Don’t You Evah” – Spoon [2007]
0654. “Under Pressure” – Queen [feat. David Bowie] [1981]
0653. “It Was a Good Day” – Ice Cube [1993]
0652. “Strange” – Galaxie 500 [1989]
0651. “Echos Myron” – Guided by Voices [1994]
0650. “Jenny” – The Mountain Goats [2002]
0649. “Sawdust & Diamonds” – Joanna Newsom [2006]
0648. “Rave On” – Buddy Holly [1958]
0647. “Vaudeville Villain” – Viktor Vaughn [2003]
0646. “Kill All Hippies” – Primal Scream [2000]
0645. “When You Sleep” – My Bloody Valentine [1991]
0644. “Strings of Life” – Rhythim is Rhythim
0643. “Silent Shout” – The Knife [2006]
0642. “Seven Nation Army” – The White Stripes [2003]
0641. “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” – The Animals [1965]
0640. “Too High” – Stevie Wonder [1973]
0639. “Cherub Rock” – Smashing Pumpkins [1993]
0638. “Stuck Between Stations” – The Hold Steady [2006]
0637. “Anthrax” – Gang of Four [1979]
0636. “9mm Goes Bang” – Boogie Down Productions [1987]
0635. “Oxford Comma” – Vampire Weekend [2008]
0634. “Boys Don’t Cry” – The Cure [1979]
0633. “Singapore” – Tom Waits [1985]
0632. “Astral Weeks” – Van Morrison [1968]
0631. “The Battle of Evermore” – Led Zeppelin [1971]
0630. “Bigmouth Strikes Again” – The Smiths [1986]
0629. “You’re Gonna Miss Me” – The 13th Floor Elevators [1966]
0628. “Personal Jesus” – Depeche Mode [1989]
0627. “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” – Beyonce [2008]
0626. “Fingerbib” – Aphex Twin [1996]
0625. “Fight the Power” – Public Enemy [1989]
0624. “Buddy Holly” – Weezer [1994]
0623. “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” – R.E.M. [1984]
0622. “Ágætis byrjun” – Sigur Rós [1999]
0621. “Waterfall” – The Stone Roses [1989]
0620. “My Little Underground” – The Jesus & Mary Chain [1985]
0619. “Passin’ Me By” – The Pharcyde [1992]
0618. “Transmission” – Joy Division [1979]
0617. “We Could Walk Together” – The Clientele [2000]
0616. “Get Innocuous!” – LCD Soundsystem [2007]
0615. “Ashes to Ashes” – David Bowie [1980]
0614. “Fox on the Run” – Sweet [1974]
0613. “12:51” – The Strokes [2003]
0612. “Guess I’m Doing Fine” – Beck [2002]
0611. “Love Vigilantes” – New Order [1985]
0610. “Death and the Maiden” – The Verlaines [1983]
0609. “Casimir Pulaski Day” – Sufjan Stevens [2005]
0608. “Another Saturday Night” – Sam Cooke [1963]
0607. “Dreaming” – Blondie [1979]
0606. “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” – Bob Dylan [1965]
0605. “Clan in da Front” – Wu-Tang Clan [1993]
0604. “King of Carrot Flowers, Part One” – Neutral Milk Hotel [2008]
0603. “No Expectations” – The Rolling Stones [1968]
0602. “Rocket USA” – Suicide [1977]
0601. “Where’s Your Head At?” – Basement Jaxx [2001]

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

1000 favorite songs/recordings/tracks of the "rock era:" 800-701

0800. “Touch the Sky” – Kanye West [2005]
0799. “Do You Remember the First Time?” – Pulp [1994]
0798. “Don’t Be Cruel” – Elvis Presley [1956]
0797. “93 ‘Til Infinity” – Souls of Mischief [1993]
0796. “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken” – Camera Obscura [2006]
0795. “The Tears of a Clown” – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles [1967]
0794. “Two Weeks” – Grizzly Bear [2009]
0793. “Tango ‘Til They’re Sore” – Tom Waits [1985]
0792. “I Think I’m in Love” – Spiritualized [1997]
0791. “You Made Me Realise” – My Bloody Valentine [1988]
0790. “Freak Scene” – Dinosaur Jr. [1988]
0789. “Making Time” – The Creation [1966]
0788. “Strange” – Wire [1977]
0787. “100,000 Fireflies” – The Magnetic Fields [1991]
0786. “So Far Away” – Carole King [1971]
0785. “They Don’t Know” – Kirsty MacColl [1979]
0784. “Green Onions” – Booker T. & The M.G.’s [1962]
0783. “The Passenger” – Iggy Pop [1977]
0782. “Sexy Boy” – Air [1998]
0781. “VCR” – The XX [2009]
0780. “Djed” – Tortoise [1996]
0779. “Got Your Money” – Ol’ Dirty Bastard [1999]
0778. “The City” – The Dismemberment Plan [1999]
0777. “Airbag” – Radiohead [1997]
0776. “Living For the City” – Stevie Wonder [1973]
0775. “No Fun” – The Stooges [1969]
0774. “No Pussy Blues” – Grinderman [2007]
0773. “Michael A Grammar” – Broadcast [2005]
0772. “Ponderosa” – Tricky [1995]
0771. “Sitting by the Riverside” – The Kinks [1968]
0770. “Rich Girl” – Hall & Oates [1976]
0769. “Your Woman” – White Town [1997]
0768. “I’m Your Man” – Leonard Cohen [1988]
0767. “Neon Lights” – Kraftwerk [1978]
0766. “Looking For the Perfect Beat” – Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force [1983]
0765. “Telegraph” – Orchestra Manoeuvres in the Dark [1983]
0764. “Radio, Radio” – Elvis Costello & The Attractions [1978]
0763. “Good Lovin’” – The Young Rascals [1966]
0762. “Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z [2009]
0761. “Chapel of Love” – The Dixie Cups [1964]
0760. “Steal My Sunshine” – Len [1999]
0759. “Runnin’ Away” – Sly & The Family Stone [1971]
0758. “Strawberry Fields Forever” – The Beatles [1967]
0757. “C’N’C-S Mithering” – The Fall [1980]
0756. “I Fought the Law” – The Bobby Fuller Four [1965]
0755. “Bat macumba” – Gilberto Gil [1968]
0754. “Ode to Billie Joe” – Bobbie Gentry [1967]
0753. “House of Jealous Lovers” – The Rapture [2003]
0752. “(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais” – The Clash [1978]
0751. “Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?” – Ted Leo & the Pharmacists [2003]
0750. “Walkin’ With Jesus” – Spacemen 3 [1987]
0749. “Heroin” – The Velvet Underground [1967]
0748. “I’ll Keep It With Mine” – Nico [1967]
0747. “Jesus, Etc.” – Wilco [2002]
0746. “Tous les garçons et les filles” - Françoise Hardy [1962]
0745. “You Can Have It All” – Yo La Tengo [2000]
0744. “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” – The Shirelles [1960]
0743. “Colleen” – Joanna Newsom [2007]
0742. “Plainsong” – The Cure [1989]
0741. “Johnny Remember Me” – John Leyton [1961]
0740. “Earn Enough For Us” – XTC [1986]
0739. “Long Distance Call” – Phoenix [2006]
0738. “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” – Missy Elliott [1997]
0737. “Time of the Season” – The Zombies [1968]
0736. “I Would Die 4 U” – Prince & The Revolution [1984]
0735. “Ready For the Floor” – Hot Chip [2008]
0734. “Like a Motorway” – Saint Etienne [1994]
0733. “5 Years” – Björk [1997]
0732. “Bone Machine” – Pixies [1988]
0731. “This Boy is Exhausted” – The Wrens [2003]
0730. “Lorelei” – Cocteau Twins [1984]
0729. “Don’t Look Back” – The Remains [1966]
0728. “In Bloom” – Nirvana [1991]
0727. “No Diggity” – Blackstreet [1996]
0726. “Cause = Time” – Broken Social Scene [2002]
0725. “Jenny Ondioline” – Stereolab [1993]
0724. “Oscillations” – Silver Apples [1968]
0723. “The World Is Yours” – Nas [1994]
0722. “Personality Crisis” – New York Dolls [1973]
0721. “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere” – Neil Young & Crazy Horse [1969]
0720. “ I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone” – Sleater-Kinney [1996]
0719. “Banshee Beat” – Animal Collective [2005]
0718. “Safe From Harm” – Massive Attack [1991]
0717. “Small Stakes” – Spoon [2002]
0716. “Gloria” – Them [1964]
0715. “One Nation Under a Groove” – Funkadelic [1978]
0714. “Bye Bye Love” – The Cars [1978]
0713. “96 Tears” - ? & the Mysterians [1966]
0712. “N.I.T.A.” – Young Marble Giants [1980]
0711. “Crying” – Roy Orbison [1961]
0710. “El Scorcho” – Weezer [1996]
0709. “Parallel Lines” – Subway Sect [1977]
0708. “Back on the Chain Gang” – The Pretenders [1982]
0707. “Blue Boy”- Orange Juice [1980]
0706. “Gentlemen” – The Afghan Whigs [1993]
0705. “Death Disco” – Public Image Ltd. [1979]
0704. “To Hell With Good Intentions” – Mclusky [2002]
0703. “Low Rider” – War [1975]
0702. “Crazy in Love” – Beyoncé [2003]
0701. “Move on Up” – Curtis Mayfield [1970]

Thursday, December 8, 2011

1000 favorite songs/recordings/tracks of the "rock era:" 900-801

0900. “I Want You” – Gary Low [1983]
0899. “Blister in the Sun” – Violent Femmes [1983]
0898. “Never Say Never” – Romeo Void [1982]
0897. “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” – Solomon Burke [1964]
0896. “Sherry Darling” – Bruce Springsteen [1980]
0895. “A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays’” – De La Soul [1991]
0894. “Pablo Picasso” – The Modern Lovers [1976]
0893. “All the Young Dudes” – Mott the Hoople [1973]
0892. “Across 110th Street” – Bobby Womack [1972]
0891. “Gimme Gimme Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” – ABBA [1979]
0890. “Everything Counts” – Depeche Mode [1983]
0889. “Mind” – Talking Heads [1979]
0888. “Dancing Days” – Led Zeppelin [1973]
0887. “Accusations” – The Juan MacLean [2009]
0886. “Black Cow” – Steely Dan [1977]
0885. “Go Bang!” – Dinosaur L [1982]
0884. “Bankrobber” – The Clash [1980]
0883. “Ghost Hardware” – Burial [2007]
0882. “Go Ahead” – Wire [1979]
0881. “Gimme Some Lovin’” – The Spencer Davis Group [1966]
0880. “Rubber Band Man” – T.I. [2003]
0879. “The Second Line” – Clinic [2000]
0878. “The Wanderer” – Dion [1961]
0877. “Artificial Energy” – The Byrds [1968]
0876. “Geno” – Dexys Midnight Runners [1980]
0875. “Kinky Afro” – Happy Mondays [1990]
0874. “O My Soul” – Big Star [1974]
0873. “Get on the Good Foot” – James Brown [1972]
0872. “Ana Ng” – They Might Be Giants [1988]
0871. “Run Into Flowers” – M83 [2003]
0870. “Won’t Get Fooled Again” – The Who [1971]
0869. “Son of a Gun” – The Vaselines [1987]
0868. “Bring It On Home to Me” – Sam Cooke [1962]
0867. “Queen Jane Approximately” – Bob Dylan [1965]
0866. “O.P.P.” – Naughty by Nature [1991]
0865. “Helicopter” – Deerhunter [2010]
0864. “Walking in the Rain” – The Ronettes [1964]
0863. “Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me” – The Pipettes [2006]
0862. “Thieves Like Us” [12” Version] – New Order [1984]
0861. “I’m a Slave 4 U” – Britney Spears [2001]
0860. “The Safety Dance” – Men Without Hats [1982]
0859. “The Opposite of Hallelujah” – Jens Lekman [2007]
0858. “Up on the Roof” – The Drifters [1963]
0857. “Walk on By” – Isaac Hayes [1969]
0856. “The Modern Age” – The Strokes [2001]
0855. “Effigy” – Creedence Clearwater Revival [1969]
0854. “Tractor Rape Chain” – Guided by Voices [1994]
0853. “Don’t Stop” – The Stone Roses [1989]
0852. “I Am the Walrus” – The Beatles [1967]
0851. “Jesus Walks” – Kanye West [2004]
0850. “Give Him a Great Big Kiss” – The Shangri-Las [1964]
0849. “Call Me [Come Back Home]” – Al Green [1973]
0848. “So Now” – Herbert [1998]
0847. “Hiroshima Mon Amour” – Ultravox [1977]
0846. “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” – Michael Jackson [1982]
0845. “One More Night” – Can [1972]
0844. “Backwater” – Brian Eno [1977]
0843. “Music Sounds Better With You” – Stardust [1998]
0842. “Surf’s Up” – The Beach Boys [1971]
0841. “Chain of Fools” – Aretha Franklin [1967]
0840. “Cretin Hop” – The Ramones [1977]
0839. “Sing Me Spanish Techno” – The New Pornographers [2005]
0838. “Man on the Moon” – R.E.M. [1993]
0837. “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” – Crosby, Stills, & Nash [1969]
0836. “Tha Crossroads” – Bone Thugs n’ Harmony [1996]
0835. “Relax” – Frankie Goes to Hollywood [1983]
0834. “Flash Light” – Parliament [1977]
0833. “U-Mass” – Pixies [1991]
0832. “Cecila” – Simon & Garfunkel [1970]
0831. “Amie” – Pure Prairie League [1972]
0830. “Last Year’s Man” – Leonard Cohen [1971]
0829. “Cloudbusting” – Kate Bush [1985]
0828. “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” – Jay-Z [2001]
0827. “That’ll Be the Day” – Buddy Holly & The Crickets [1957]
0826. “Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine” – Modest Mouse [1997]
0825. “Little Johnny Jewel” – Television [1975]
0824. “Pink Frost” – The Chills [1984]
0823. “Death to Everyone” – Bonnie “Prince” Billy [1999]
0822. “Something About Us” – Daft Punk [2001]
0821. “Something’s Got to Give” – Beastie Boys [1993]
0820. “Alegria, Alegria” – Caetano Veloso [1968]
0819. “4th Chamber” – GZA [1995]
0818. “Handle Me” – Robyn [2005]
0817. “Let’s Dance” [Single Version] – David Bowie [1983]
0816. “Loretta’s Scars” – Pavement [1992]
0815. “Sweet Little Sixteen” – Chuck Berry [1958]
0814. “A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours” – The Smiths [1987]
0813. “Big Dipper” – Built to Spill [1994]
0812. “Candy Says” – The Velvet Underground [1969]
0811. “Winter” [Parts 1 & 2] – The Fall [1982]
0810. “Trill” – Clipse [2006]
0809. “House of the Rising Sun” – The Animals [1964]
0808. “The State I Am In” – Belle & Sebastian [1996]
0807. “The Healer” – Erykah Badu [2008]
0806. “In da Club” – 50 Cent [2003]
0805. “Warsaw” – Joy Division [1978]
0804. “Academy Fight Song” – Mission of Burma [1981]
0803. “Everyday is Like Sunday” – Morrissey [1988]
0802. “Raw Power” – The Stooges [1973]
0801. “Feel It All Around” – Washed Out [2008]

1000 favorite songs/recordings/tracks of the "rock era" [dec. 2011]: 1000-901

1000. “Light My Fire” [Single Edit] – The Doors [1967]
0999. “Rock and Roll Music” – Chuck Berry [1957]
0998. “Prisencolinensinainciusol” – Adriano Celentano [1972]
0997. “Too Young” – Phoenix [2000]
0996. “Fleurdamus Can’t Get It” – Von Südenfed [2007]
0995. “The Breaks” – Kurtis Blow [1980]
0994. “Kings of the Wild Frontier” – Adam & the Ants [1980]
0993. “Bad Cover Version” – Pulp [2001]
0992. “I’ll Believe in Anything” – Wolf Parade [2005]
0991. “Homosapien” – Pete Shelley [1981]
0990. “Birdhouse in Your Soul” – They Might Be Giants [1989]
0989. “Seventeen” – Ladytron [2002]
0988. “Werewolves of London” – Warren Zevon [1978]
0987. “Cloud Song” – The United States of America [1968]
0986. “It’s My Life” – Talk Talk [1984]
0985. “Life Begins at the Hop” – XTC [1979]
0984. “Fake Palindromes” – Andrew Bird [2005]
0983. “Into the Mystic” – Van Morrison [1970]
0982. “Swastika Eyes” [Jagz Kooner Mix] – Primal Scream [2000]
0981. “Song Against Sex” – Neutral Milk Hotel [1996]
0980. “Atomic” – Blondie [1980]
0979. “Panis et Circenses” – Os Mutantes [1968]
0978. “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” – Digable Planets [1993]
0977. “Lights Out” – Santogold [2008]
0976. “Girls Can Tell” – The Crystals [1964]
0975. “Birthday” – Junior Boys [2003]
0974. “Pictures of Lily” – The Who [1967]
0973. “Gut Feeling/ (Slap Your Mammy)” – Devo [1978]
0972. “Rolling Down the Hills” (Spring Demo) – Glass Candy [2007]
0971. “Build Me Up Buttercup” – The Foundations [1968]
0970. “Love Without Sound” – White Noise [1968]
0969. “Lullaby” – The Cure [1989]
0968. “6’1”” – Liz Phair [1993]
0967. “Pony” – Ginuwine [1996]
0966. “Puddin ‘n Tain” – The Alley Cats [1963]
0965. “Galang” – M.I.A. [2003]
0964. “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite” – R.E.M. [1993]
0963. “Hercules’ Theme” – Hercules & Love Affair [2008]
0962. “Victoria” – The Kinks [1969]
0961. “Open Your Heart” – The Human League [1981]
0960. “Suspicious Minds” – Elvis Presley [1969]
0959. “Coup” (12” Version) – 23 Skidoo [1984]
0958. “OLV 26” – Stereolab [1996]
0957. “Up the Neck” – The Pretenders [1980]
0956. “Cheated Hearts” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs [2006]
0955. “Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside)” – My Bloody Valentine [1988]
0954. “1 Thing” – Amerie [2005]
0953. “This Will Be Our Year” – The Zombies [1968]
0952. “The Great Deceiver” – King Crimson [1974]
0951. “Both Sides Now” – Joni Mitchell [1969]
0950. “Triumph” – Wu-Tang Clan [1997]
0949. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” – The Supremes [1966]
0948. “All I Want” – LCD Soundsystem [2010]
0947. “Banging the Door” – Public Image Ltd. [1981]
0946. “All My Little Words” – The Magnetic Fields [1999]
0945. “Earth Died Screaming” – Tom Waits [1992]
0944. “White Sky” – Vampire Weekend [2010]
0943. “Yoo Doo Right” – Can [1969]
0942. “Watch Me Jumpstart” – Guided by Voices [1995]
0941. “Take Me Out” – Franz Ferdinand [2004]
0940. “Total Trash” – Sonic Youth [1988]
0939. “Twin Cinema” – The New Pornographers [2005]
0938. “Rebel Without a Pause” – Public Enemy [1988]
0937. “Crimewave” [vs. Health] – Crystal Castles [2007]
0936. “Stars and Sons” – Broken Social Scene [2002]
0935. “No More Heroes” – The Stranglers [1977]
0934. “For Reverend Green” – Animal Collective [2007]
0933. “Negativland” – Neu! [1972]
0932. “Moby Octopad” – Yo La Tengo [1997]
0931. “No Children” – The Mountain Goats [2002]
0930. “Inertia Creeps” – Massive Attack [1998]
0929. “The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders” – Sufjan Stevens [2005]
0928. “Pendulum” – Broadcast [2003]
0927. “Rhymin’ and Stealin’” – Beastie Boys [1986]
0926. “(Love is Like a) Heat Wave” – Martha & the Vandellas [1963]
0925. “House of Cards” – Radiohead [2007]
0924. “Pusherman” – Curtis Mayfield [1972]
0923. “You Make No Sense” – ESG [1983]
0922. “Limb by Limb” – Cutty Ranks [1993]
0921. “Anything You Want” – Spoon [2001]
0920. “Melody” – Serge Gainsbourg [1971]
0919. “Pretty Ballerina” – The Left Banke [1966]
0918. “Little Willy” – Sweet [1972]
0917. “On a Plain” – Nirvana [1991]
0916. “S.P.Q.R.” – This Heat [1981]
0915. “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” – Prince [1987]
0914. “I’ll Be By Your Side” – Sally Shapiro [2006]
0913. “Don’t Let it Bring You Down” – Neil Young [1970]
0912. “Cocoon” – Björk [2001]
0911. “Scenario” – A Tribe Called Quest [1991]
0910. “Bodhisattva” – Steely Dan [1973]
0909. “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying” – Belle & Sebastian [1996]
0908. “Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne” – Suicide [1980]
0907. “Gimme Shelter” – The Rolling Stones [1969]
0906. “I Had to Say This” – The Clientele [1999]
0905. “I Got You Babe” – Sonny & Cher [1965]
0904. “A Kissed Out Red Floatboat” – Cocteau Twins [1988]
0903. “Grounded” – Pavement [1995]
0902. “Jump” – Van Halen [1984]
0901. “Jump Into the Fire” – Harry Nilsson [1971]