Sunday 19 December 2010

My Top One Hundred Songs of all Time


Ok... I said Top Ten.  Then I thought, 'Fuck it, you lot can give me your Top Ten's and I'll turn this into a proper project.  Just for me.'

100 Songs.  No Duplicate Artists.  Done.


1.      Everlong – Foo Fighters
2.      One – U2
3.      Used for Glue – Rival Schools
4.      Out to Get You – James
5.      Machines – Biffy Clyro
6.      Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
7.      Monkey Gone to Heaven – Pixies
8.      Jolene – The Whites Stripes
9.      I Am the Resurrection – The Stone Roses
10.  A Song for our Fathers – Explosions in the Sky
11.  The Arcade Fire – Wake Up
12.  Heartbeats – Jose Gonzalez
13.  One Day Like This – Elbow
14.  Good Feeling – PJ Harvey
15.  Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want – The Smiths
16.  Nightswimming – REM
17.  God is in the House – Nick Cave
18.  Kinky Afro – Happy Mondays
19.  All Apologies – Nirvana
20.  No One Knows – Queens of the Stone Age
21.  Futures – Jimmy Eat World
22.  Been Caught Steeling – Jane’s Addiction
23.  Roseability – Idlewild
24.  Atmosphere – Joy Division
25.  White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes
26.  Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
27.  A Day in the Life – The Beatles
28.  Evil - Interpol
29.  Oxygen – JJ72
30.  All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
31.  Timothy – Jet
32.  Superstition – Stevie Wonder
33.  Blackstar – Radiohead
34.  Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day
35.  Is There a Ghost – Band of Horses
36.  Rhinoceros – Smashing Pumpkins
37.  This is a Low – Blur
38.  Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
39.  Going Missing – Maximo Park
40.  Say Hello Wave Goodbye – David Gray
41.  Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
42.  Four Seasons in One Day – Crowded House
43.  Sabotage – Beastie Boys
44.  All I Need – Air
45.  Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades – Brand New
46.  Into Your Arms – The Lemonheads
47.  Come Back Around - Feeder
48.  Removables – Manic Street Preachers
49.  Dry Your Eyes – The Streets
50.  Say It Ain’t So - Weezer
51.  Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve
52.  Teenage Angst – Placebo
53.  Molly’s Chambers – Kings of Leon
54.  I Will Possess Your Heart – Death Cab Cutie
55.  Mr Brightside – The Killers
56.  Still Life – Suede
57.  Satellite of Love – Lou Reed
58.  What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
59.  The Dark is Rising – Mercury Rev
60.  Pounding - Doves
61.  Here Comes Everyone – The Wonderstuff
62.  Hell Yes  – Alkaline Trio
63.  Unfinished Sympathy – Massive Attack
64.  Do You Realise – The Flaming Lips
65.  Save Me – Queen
66.  Life on Mars – David Bowie
67.  A Good Idea - Sugar
68.  Stop – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
69.  Munich – The Editors
70.  Battle of the Beanfield – The Levellers
71.  Ray of Light – Madonna
72.  Start Chopin’ – Dinosaur Jr
73.  Nice Weather for Ducks – Lemon Jelly
74.  Common People – Pulp
75.  Woman – John Lennon
76.  That’s Entertainment – The Jam
77.  First Day of My Life – Bright Eyes
78.  Close to Me – The Cure
79.  Little Bunny Foo Foo – The Moldy Peaches
80.  Feed the Tree – Belly
81.  Mistakes and Regrets – And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
82.  Mansard Roof – Vampire Weekend
83.  The End – The Doors
84.  Hands Down – Dashboard Confessional
85.  Minerva – Deftones
86.  It’s a Hit – We Are Scientists
87.  Lust for Life – Iggy Pop
88.  Hate to Say I Told You So – The Hives
89.  Underdog – Kasabian
90.  In a Room – Dodgy
91.  Beautiful Freak – The Eels
92.  Falter – Hundred Reasons
93.  Morning Glory - Oasis
94.  Land - Patti Smith
95.  Free Me – Cast
96.  Rock & Roll Queen - The Subways
97.  America - Razorlight
98.  Followed the Waves – Auf Der Maur
99.  Cannon Ball – Breeders
100.  Mellow Doubt - Teenage Fanclub  

Now send me your Top Ten Songs of all time and I'll publish them here over the next week.

2 comments:

  1. 1. Strawberry Fields - The Beatles 2. The Ballad of Billy Joe - Bobby Gentry 3. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 4. Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 5. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf 6. Respect - Aretha Franklin 7. In Excelsis/Gloria - Patti Smith 8. Ella Guru - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 9. Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones 10. Hellhound On My Trail - Robert Johnson

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  2. 1.Hoppinpolla - sigur ros
    2.Stairway to heaven - led zep
    3.Hallelujah - jeff buckley
    4.Shine on you crazy diamond - pink floyd
    5.Insomnia - faithless
    6.Nessun dorma - pavarotti
    7.Forever autumn - justin haywood
    8.Love me tender - elvis
    9.Let it be - the beatles
    10.Mr blue sky - ELO

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