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]
Monday, January 9, 2012
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Monday, March 8, 2010
50 greatest cartoons: INTRODUCTION
i admit, animation undoubtedly ranks as my dorkiest interest. cartoons are for children, right? bright, flashy, loud, artless time-fillers created to distract the kiddies while mom pours herself another glass of Chardonnay, right? the majority of animation produced for television IS indeed aesthetically bankrupt and cheaply produced; the product of the toy industry's marketing directives. unfettered nostalgia or just sheer ignorance keep the memory of pedestrian, hackneyed horseshit like He-Man or Transformers alive in our generation's popular consciousness. there has been some stylistically innovative animation created for television since Hanna-Barbera introduced their inexpensive, assembly-line method of production in the early '60s - Ren & Stimpy is the most obvious example - but, for the most part, the "golden age" [always kind of a problematic term] of animation is long dead and gone. even animated shows i love, like The Simpsons or South Park, are great because of writing, character development, and performance; the quality of the animation itself is rather substandard.
the "golden age" of animation [roughly 1928-1963] was founded upon the theatrical short; seven to ten minutes in duration, created by various studios as filler to be screened among newsreels, live-action shorts, and feature films at movie theaters. it's important to remember that many of these cartoons were just as artless and shitty as television animation. however, the best efforts by the best directors at the best studios [Warner Brothers, Disney, MGM, UPA, and Fleischer] rank among the the most enduring artifacts of American popular culture.
like many of America's best idioms, the animated short straddles the divide between high and low art. at its most ambitious, the animated short strives for the respectability and cultural significance of the painting or even the feature film. at its most pandering, it caters to the lowest common denominator, reveling in lowbrow humor and cheap, trite sentimentality. however, like jazz, the screwball comedy, or the Southern Gothic novel, the animated short is a distinctly American form of entertainment, reflecting not only the foibles and weaknesses of the American people, but also good ol' fashioned spit-shine-polish ingenuity. simultaneously crass and sophisticated, mawkish and cerebral, the animated short abounds in idiosyncrasies, energy, and innovation.
when i was a young 'un, cartoons became one of my "obsessions" [after dinosaurs and U.S. presidents]. my parents gave me several books on the subject, including this, which i received for my ninth birthday:
as anyone reading this probably well knows, i love lists and i have attempted to view every cartoon contained in the book. back when i had money to frivolously spend, i obtained many of them on VHS or DVD. my friend Kyle and i started more than once to view all that i owned in one sitting, usually we lost interest. now, because most of the cartoons in the book are available on Youtube, it is possible to view ALL of the them.
i will be viewing, rating, and reviewing the 50 cartoons featured in the book in clusters of five.
just for a point of reference, here are the criteria the compilers of the book used for evaluation:
- originality
- artistry
- animation
- music
- humor
- personality
- concept
here we go, here we go.
the "golden age" of animation [roughly 1928-1963] was founded upon the theatrical short; seven to ten minutes in duration, created by various studios as filler to be screened among newsreels, live-action shorts, and feature films at movie theaters. it's important to remember that many of these cartoons were just as artless and shitty as television animation. however, the best efforts by the best directors at the best studios [Warner Brothers, Disney, MGM, UPA, and Fleischer] rank among the the most enduring artifacts of American popular culture.
like many of America's best idioms, the animated short straddles the divide between high and low art. at its most ambitious, the animated short strives for the respectability and cultural significance of the painting or even the feature film. at its most pandering, it caters to the lowest common denominator, reveling in lowbrow humor and cheap, trite sentimentality. however, like jazz, the screwball comedy, or the Southern Gothic novel, the animated short is a distinctly American form of entertainment, reflecting not only the foibles and weaknesses of the American people, but also good ol' fashioned spit-shine-polish ingenuity. simultaneously crass and sophisticated, mawkish and cerebral, the animated short abounds in idiosyncrasies, energy, and innovation.
when i was a young 'un, cartoons became one of my "obsessions" [after dinosaurs and U.S. presidents]. my parents gave me several books on the subject, including this, which i received for my ninth birthday:
as anyone reading this probably well knows, i love lists and i have attempted to view every cartoon contained in the book. back when i had money to frivolously spend, i obtained many of them on VHS or DVD. my friend Kyle and i started more than once to view all that i owned in one sitting, usually we lost interest. now, because most of the cartoons in the book are available on Youtube, it is possible to view ALL of the them.
i will be viewing, rating, and reviewing the 50 cartoons featured in the book in clusters of five.
just for a point of reference, here are the criteria the compilers of the book used for evaluation:
- originality
- artistry
- animation
- music
- humor
- personality
- concept
here we go, here we go.
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