The Song Fight Bulletin Board

Here's mine, what's yours?

1. “You Fucked Upâ€

1. Long Long Silk Bridge - Susumu Yokota
2. 21st Century Pop Song - Hymie's Basement
3. Sound & Vision - David Bowie
4. Here comes my Girl - TP & the heartbreakers
5. the hand that rocks the cradle - the Smiths
6. If you're feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian
7. Mis-shapes - Pulp
8. She's Got Spies - Super Furry Animals
9. Mark David Chapman - Trail of Dead
10. Cut up Piano + Xylophone - Fridge
11. Alarm Call (album version) - Bjork
12. Lost a Friend - James
13. River Euphrates - Pixies
14. The wrong child - R.E.M.
15. Song for Junior - Beastie Boys
16. Xtal - Aphex Twin
17. Free to Run - Gomez
18. The Sands've Turned Purple - Cap'n Jazz
19. Les Fleurs - Minnie Riperton
20. Life - Jeffrey Lewis

......and Carrot Rope

I want copies of those albums.

Here's mine. The story of my life, or at least the story of the music in my life.

1. Deluxe - Lush
2. Halloween - Dead Kennedys
3. Dear God - XTC
4. Star Wars Imperial March - John Williams
5. Rockit - Herbie Hancock
6. Losing Touch - Barry Manilow
7. She Makes Me Feel Big - The Fools
8. Intruder - Peter Gabriel
9. Brown Boxes - Jim Of Seattle
10. Crazy - Testface
11. Boxing - Ben Folds Five
12. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
13. Prelude/Angry Young Man - Billy Joel
14. Jungle Love - Steve Miller Band
15. Don't Let's Start - They Might Be Giants
16. Spirits In The Material World - The Police
17. Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd
18. Romantic Cheapskate - Abominominous
19. The Great Pumpkin Waltz - Vince Guaraldi
20. Every Time We Say Goodbye - Mel Torme (live in Japan)

Out of curiousity, what religion(s) did you find, Luke?

Episcopalianism, then punk rock (and with that a weird hybrid of an obsession with Christ as a literary figure but a rejection of worshipping him).

what's the idea behind this? how are you choosing songs?
-bill

Here's how I saw it: The songs on my list are, or are associated with, notable landmarks on my life's path. Except not as fruity New Agey as all that.

1. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
2. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
3. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
4. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
5. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
6. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
7. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
9. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
10. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
11. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
12. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
13. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
14. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
15. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
16. "it's my life" by bon jovi
17. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
18. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
19. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
20. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister
21. "we're not gonna take it" by twisted sister

It's open to interpretation, mine was a mix of symbolizing parts of my life and a demonstration of my expanding taste in music.

It's open to interpretation, mine was a mix of symbolizing parts of my life and a demonstration of my expanding taste in music.

I was a bit unsure to begin with, I did a top20 songs ever mix but then I thought I'd better put in some which weren't necessarily my favourites but that had some story or memory behind it. It's a list which could go on forever couldn't it, to think of all the things that got left out.

and I'm so glad that people still like that eels song

[edit] i reserve the right to change my mind at a moment's notice... [/edit]

wow, lots of obscure (to me) stuff above. i feel so mainstream...

in no particular order:

1. "mrs. robinson" - simon and garfunkel
2. "jump" - van halen
3. "parents just don't understand" - d.j. jazzy jeff and the fresh prince
4. "one" - metallica
5. "plush" - stone temple pilots
6. "hurt" - nine inch nails
7. "hey jupiter" - tori amos
8. "untouchable face" - ani difranco
9. "lithium" - nirvana
10. "paradise city" - guns n' roses
11. "american idiot" - green day
12. "big yellow taxi" - joni mitchell
13. "barbara ellen" - traditional
14. "famous blue raincoat" - leonard cohen
15. "losing my religion" - r.e.m.
16. "closer to fine" - indigo girls
17. [edit]"amazing grace" - traditional
18. "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" - mary poppins
19. [edit]"love shack" - the b-52's
20. "mmm mmm mmm mmm" - crash test dummies
21. "strange fruit" - billie holiday

how many contradictions can you spot?

bonus question: how heavily will i get stoned for citing so many hit singles?