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I've often referred to songs as being in my all time top ten, but only this evening have I tried to actually assemble such a thing. Here they are in no particular order and will be subject to editing as I think it through a little more:

Holiday In Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Lola - The Kinks
Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
History - The Verve
Search And Destroy - The Stooges
Garageland - The Clash
Heaven - Talking Heads
The Seeker - The Who
This Is A Low - Blur

It would appear I'm not such a cheery chap at heart

Your top ten intersects my top ten (comming soon) right here:

Andy Balham wrote:Jolene - Dolly Parton

Puce wrote:Your top ten intersects my top ten (comming soon) right here:

Andy Balham wrote:Jolene - Dolly Parton

That's top, I would never had guessed. I should mention that, as when making compilations or playing DJ for people, you shouldn't have more than one song per artiste.

Andy Balham wrote:I should mention that, as when making compilations or playing DJ for people, you shouldn't have more than one song per artiste.

i agree! i go so far as to exclude anything from a side project or solo project if it comes up. "sorry, john fogerty. i cannot include any of your solo material on this mix. i already put 'fortunate son' on there for five or six consecutive tracks."

fodroy wrote:

Andy Balham wrote:I should mention that, as when making compilations or playing DJ for people, you shouldn't have more than one song per artiste.

i agree! i go so far as to exclude anything from a side project or solo project if it comes up.

Yup. It's tough, but fair. I look forward to being pointed towards some real gems.

I've often referred to songs as being in my all time top ten, but only this evening have I tried to actually assemble such a thing. Here they are in no particular order and will be subject to editing as I think it through a little more:

Holiday In Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Lola - The Kinks
Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
History - The Verve
Search And Destroy - The Stooges
Garageland - The Clash
Heaven - Talking Heads
The Seeker - The Who
This Is A Low - Blur

It would appear I'm not such a cheery chap at heart

Umm. Andy, it seems youre not being entirely honest here. Where's "The Gambler" and "Livin' On A Prayer".

Stevie Windsor wrote:Umm. Andy, it seems youre not being entirely honest here. Where's "The Gambler" and "Livin' On A Prayer".

11 and 12 with Desperado at 13

Andy Balham wrote:Heaven - Talking Heads

Simply Red has an awesome cover of that song. Until recently, I thought it was a Simply Red song.

I maintain the best song ever written & recorded is Take The Long Way Home by Supertramp.

Bolio wrote:

Andy Balham wrote:Heaven - Talking Heads

Simply Red has an awesome cover of that song. Until recently, I thought it was a Simply Red song.

Please. Please. Do not mention that version. That said I got to love Gimme Shelter and Ziggy Stardust though covers (The Sisters Of Mercy and Bauhaus respectively - forgive me I was/am a Goth).

Andy Balham wrote:Please. Please. Do not mention that version.

I wish I had heard the Talking Heads version first. You know how that goes.

Andy Balham wrote:my all time top ten

Here are the top ten songs that I positively went gaga over from the very first time I heard them, and just about every single time thereafter.

"Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan
"Another Child Bride" by Nothing Painted Blue
"Going Underground" by The Jam
"Amoeba" by The Adolescents
"Last Time Around" by Jason and the Scorchers
"Tonight" from West Side Story
"Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys
"Mary" by The Push Kings
"Debaser" by the Pixies
"Ana Ng" by TMBG

"Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed
"Boots of Spanish Leather" by Bob Dylan
"Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" by the Vaselines
"Shame on a Nigga" by Wu Tang Clan
"Leave Me Alone" by New Order
"Insight" by Dead Kennedys
"Mushroom" by CAN
"New York China Doll" by Naked City
"Like Herod" by Mogwai
"I've Got Dreams to Remember" by Otis Redding

weaselslayer, you have a good list.

here's mine:

"go spread your wings" by godflesh
"det som engang var" by burzum
"goddamn the sun" by the swans
"inside looking out pt. 1" by merzbow
"rake at the gates of hell" by the pogues
"going to hell" by today is the day
"moonshiner" by uncle tupelo
"going down to die" by danzig
"sabbath bloody sabbath" by black sabbath
"dragonaut" by sleep

Give or Take. Note - only TWO songs are NOT from the SEVENTIES

Supertramp - "Take The Long Way Home"
Pablo Cruise - "Whatcha Gonna Do"
Spinners - "Games People Play"
Starbuck - "Moonlight Feels Right"
Chicago - "If You Leave Me Now"
Michael Johnson - "Bluer Than Blue"
Chicago - "Saturday In The Park"
Andy Gibb - "I Just Wanna Be Your Everything"
Julian Lennon - "Valotte"
Andrew Gold - "Lonely Boy"
Climax Blues Band - "I Love You"

Now, do I feel old?

"Pillars" by Sunny Day Real Estate
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears
"Caught a Lite Sneeze" by Tori Amos
"Everybody Knows" by Concrete Blonde
"The Losers" by Warrior Soul
"Bluster" by Salt
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" by Saint Etienne
"November Spawned A Monster" by Morriseey
"A Quitter" by Rasputina
"Honky's Ladder" by the Afghan Whigs
"Dream On" by Aerosmith

(Yes, I know that's eleven.)

OK, more than 10, but I want to be buried with a CD player and headphones and these songs in my coffin.

POP/ROCK
"Good Lovin'" - The Rascals
"Ticket to Ride" - Beatles
"Up Up and Away" - Fifth Dimension
"Wichita Lineman" - Glen Campbell
"What the World Needs Now" - Jackie DeShannon
"Midnight at the Oasis" - Maria Muldaur
"Break My Stride" - Matthew Wilder
"Time Won't Let Me" - The Outsiders
"Maybe I'm Amazed" - Paul McCartney
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack
"Wildflower" - Skylark
"Don't You Worry Bout a Thing" - Stevie Wonder
"Up on the Roof" - The Drifters

STANDARDS/EASY/SHOWS

"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" - whoever does it
"Moon River" - whoever does it
"Pretty Women" - from Sweeney Todd
"Beyond the Sea" - Bobby Darin
"This Girl's in Love With You" - Dionne Warwick or whoever covers it
"I Wants to Stay Here" - from Porgy & Bess
"Maria" - from West Side Story
"It's Only a Paper Moon" - whoever does it
"Some Enchanted Evening" - from South Pacific

You Say You Don’t Love Me – the Buzzcocks
Top of the World – the Carpenters
Wrong Way Round – Hugh Cornwall
Shoplifting – The Slits
Stay Free – The Clash
Jeffery Ingram – Television Personalities
Come to Daddy – Aphex Twin
Sugar Sugar – the Archies
Outdoor Miner (single version) – Wire
Je Vais a Rio – Claude Francois

Bow down to the music.

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Albert Morris - Feelings
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
Kenny G - By The Time This Night Is Over (Remix)

... ok, I can't think of any more. Stupid brain. Another April Fool's joke wrecked by lack of inspiration.

15-16 puzzle wrote:

Andy Balham wrote:my all time top ten

Here are the top ten songs that I positively went gaga over from the very first time I heard them, and just about every single time thereafter.

"Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan
"Debaser" by the Pixies

("Going Underground" by The Jam)
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Doube overlap! Almost triple - but "Going Underground" probably not quite in the top 10 - just hovering outside.

To complete my Top 10:

Hey Ya - Outkast
Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
Disorder - Joy Division
Part Company - The Go-Betweens
Aloha Steve and Dano - Radio Birdman
Fall On Me - REM
So Long - Fischer Z
Cross-eyed & Painless - Talking Heads
Man Overboard - Do-Re-Mi


...that makes 12...oh well...

EDIT
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Just read list by JoS - "Witchita Lineman" by Glen Campbell - absolutely - I'll make mine a Top 13 and add that one.


...and Weasel Slayer - "Leave Me Alone" by New Order - wow - haven't heard, or thought of that for years - part of the soundtrack of my tortured teenage years! That's the song that prompted me to go to a pawn shop and buy a bass just so I could learn how to play it and start a band!

Radiohead-Paranoid Android
Wilco-I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
David Bowie-Space Oddity
Sigur Ros-Track 8
The Pixies-Debaser
Modest Mouse-Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice On Ice Alright
Old Crow Medicine Show-Wagon Wheel
The Rolling Stones-She's A Rainbow
XTC-Easter Theatre
Yo La Tengo-Deeper Into Movies

subject to change

Gazelles wrote:Radiohead-Paranoid Android
The Pixies-Debaser
Modest Mouse-Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice On Ice Alright

You're my new hero.

Well I'll be darned. Thanks a lot Puce.