The Icrontic 100

[Kwitko]

One of our local radio stations is counting down the top 1019 songs of all time for Labor Day. Many radio stations do a Labor Day countdown as a way to mark the end of summer. I thought we could do the same here. Thus, forthwith, and heretofore, I present to you:

The Icrontic 100:rockon::Rocker:

The rules are simple:

- Your favorite 20 songs by 20 different artists. No repeats! Let me clarify. No repeat of the same artist on your own list. It's the Top 100, people have to choose some of the same songs otherwise how am I going to tabulate votes?

- Order is not important.
- Any genre is acceptable.
- A solo recording from an artist who normally records with a band is okay. For example, you can put a Cream song and an Eric Clapton song.
- In the event of a tie, songs will be chosen at random.
- Please email your submissions to me at kwitko (at) gmail (dot) com
- The deadline for entries is Sunday, Sept 13 at 11:59 PM.
- No Britney Spears songs!

[Koreish]

No Brit Brit? That's like half my library you just trashed. Guess it's time to go find some good music. :grumble:

[UPSLynx]

When I get home from work and ponder over my submissions, I will add them here.

*edit*

Lynx's Top Twenty (in no particular order with the exception of A Change of Seasons being the all time fav)

- Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
- Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band - Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats of Fire Are Falling From The Sky!
- Alaska in Winter - Horsey Horse [Remix Version]
- Beirut - Elephant Gun
- Explosions in the Sky - What Do You Go Home To?
- Five Iron Frenzy - Every New Day
- Handsome Furs - What We Had
- Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
- MxPx - Misplaced Memories
- Opeth - The Baying of the Hounds
- POD - Thinking About Forever
- Pax 217 - What Is Love
- Pillar - Chasing Shadows at Midnight
- Ratatat - Everest
- Rock Plaza Central - We've Got A Lot To Be Glad For
- Sigur Ros - Saeglopur
- Sunset Rubdown - Stallion
- The Juliana Theory - Everything
- The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
- Wolf Parade - Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts


I LOVE swedish metal, but when it comes to all time favorites, surprisingly, the slower songs seem to win out.

Two songs I wanted to add but couldn't: Ratatat - Lex and - Nightwish - Over The Hills And Far Away

[Leonardo]

Leo's



Rush, Spirit of Radio



Neil Diamond, Song Song Blue<o>
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The Association, Everyone Knows it’s Wendy<o>
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AC/DC, Hells Bells<o>
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Van Halen, Why Can’t this be Love?



Steppenwolf, Born to be Wild<o></o>



Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven<o>
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Doobie Brothers, China Grove<o></o>



The 5^th Dimension, The Age of Aquarius<o></o>



Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock<o>
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Kansas, Point of Know Return<o></o>



Steve Perry, Oh Sherry<o></o>



Beatles, Hey Jude<o></o>



Rolling Stones, Start Me Up<o></o>



Lynnrd Skynnrd, Give me Three Steps<o></o>



The Doors, Light my Fire<o></o>



The Who, Who are You<o></o>



Jethro Tull, Locomotive Breath<o></o>



Boston, Foreplay/Long Time



U2, I still haven't found what I'm looking for


...honorable mentions: Janis Joplin, Joe Satriani, ZZ Top, Eric Clapton, Chicago, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Pat Travers, Steely Dan, Santana, Carole King, Paul Simon, Journey, Heart

...truth be told: Beethoven, Ninth Symphony; Saint-Saens, Organ Symphony; Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique; Vivaldi, The Four Seasons; Bach, Prelude and Fugue in D minor; Richard Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra; Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2; Sibelius, Finlandia; Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite; Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue; Dvorzak, New World Symphony; Tchaikowsky, Violin Concerto; Debussy, L'Apre`s midi d'un faune; Gabrielli, brass and organ works (various)...(never have the time to sit still long enough to listen to the masterworks)

There's no way I could make a real top-20 favorites list for popular or classical, but I gave it a good effort.

[Obsidian]

That's gonna take me way too long to decide. I'll probably just end up copying the top of my last.fm playlist. Nevermind, I'll probably end up wasting a couple hours I could be using to do something productive. If I had to rank them that would take all day. This is the perfect way to try out my new headset.

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
UNKLE - Rabbit in Your Headlights
Eminem - Sing for the Moment
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Weezer - Perfect Situation
Coldplay - The Scientist
Kansas - Dust in the Wind
Radiohead - Creep
Hum - Stars
The Pixies - Where is My Mind?
Blink 182 - Adam's Song
The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Staind - It's Been A While
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Our Lady Peace - One Man Army
Blur - Song 2
Everclear - Father of Mine
Linkin Park - Crawling
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Brand New - Jesus Christ

Don't count my list right away. I'll probably edit it a million times over the next 24 hours. I tried to fit a little Moonlight Sonata or Requiem in there but I couldn't find room. Also, I can't stop listening to Genesis by Justice, this is crazy.

PS: Thrax and Leo have the musical taste of 50 year olds. There's no way Point of Know Return is better than Dust in the Wind, go get your ears checked out.

[Thrax]

(Reserved spot)

Leo, this may (or may not) surprise you, but we're music twins. I listen to every group/artist you listed on a regular basis.

[Kwitko]

Plz email list plz.

[Obsidian]

But this is a forum, we post =[ Anyone else count 19 songs on Leo's list?

[pigflipper]

Yup, Leo posted only 19 (unless he emailed a full list)

[CB]

My Top Twenty, in alphabetical order by artist:

Alanis Morissett - You Owe Me Nothing
Barenaked Ladies - The Flag
Ben Folds Five - Annie Waits
Blues Traveler - Price to Pay
Cake - Commissioning a Symphony in C
The Corrs - Queen of Hollywood
Cowboy Mouth - How Do You Tell Someone-
The Cranberries - I Just Shot John Lennon
Evanescence - My Last Breath
Gwendolyn Speaks - Searchlight
Janet Prestley - Earth Beauty
Jewel - Painters
Matchbox Twenty - Stop
MC Frontalot - Secrets from the Future
Mocean Worker - Times of Danger
R.E.M. - The End of the World as We Know It
The Seatbelts - Space Lion
Sigur Rós - Agaetis Byrjun
Splashdown - Karma Slave
They Might Be Giants - They'll Need a Crane

I'll also e-mail it to Kwitko, since them's the rules.

[Obsidian]

The Seatbelts - Space Lion

Wow, I didn't think I would see that one on anyone's list. I was thinking about putting it on mine but I ultimately decided against it partially because there was no way in my mind it would make the top 100.

[Lincoln]

My list, aka the list likely to see the least number of selections make the 100:


Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life (sans radio edit)
Dispatch - The General
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Muse - Take a Bow
Beatles - I am the Walrus
Alanis Morisette - You Learn
Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Incubus - Light Grenades
Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
Pink Floyd - Brain Damage
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
Tenacious D - Tribute
Tool - Schism
The Who - Pinball Wizard
Pearl Jam - Daughter
Frank Sinatra - I Get a Kick Out of You
Ludo - Broken Bride
Faith No More - Epic


(ps: picking singles sucks)

Favorite song no one's ever heard of: Space Monkeys - Sugar Cane

[CB]

Wow, I didn't think I would see that one on anyone's list. I was thinking about putting it on mine but I ultimately decided against it partially because there was no way in my mind it would make the top 100.

I tried not to make my decisions based on what I thought would ultimately be on the final list. If I had, none of these songs would have been on it... ;)

[GnomeWizardd]

Wow I started write a list and ended up with 79 lol Had to start trimming :eek3:

Oh and Leo posted my All time fav Song too! Boston Foreplay / longtime is where its at!



Alterbridge - Blackbird
Boston - Foreplay / Longtime
Breaking Benjamin - Blow me away
Creed - Faceless Man
Dave Matthews Band - Shake me like a Monkey
Def Leppard - hysteria
Elton John - Bennie and the Jets
Eve 6 - Think Twice
Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In
Green Day - Holiday
Guns and Roses - Paradise City
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Linkin Park - Lying from you
Live - I Alone
Metallica - The Unforgiven II
Motley Crue - Kick start my heart
The Offspring - Gone Away
Ozzy Osborne - Mr Tinkertrain
Red hot Chili Peppers - Otherside

[poofie]

now i'm feeling less bashful... i'll post what i sent Kwitko this morning. this isn't in any order, and i am too lazy to alphabetize. or use caps.

weezer - falling for you
alanis morissette - not the doctor
roberta flack - first time ever i saw your face
al green - how do you mend a broken heart
willie nelson - angel flying too close to the ground
ludo - horror of our love
jane monheit - case of you (a joni mitchell cover)
cake - short skirt, long jacket
glen campbell - gentle on my mind
mxpx - move to bremerton
kenny rogers - ruby
hank williams - cold cold heart
mary prankster - blue skies over dundalk
silverchair - tomorrow
they might be giants - she's an angel
stevie wonder - lately
panic! at the disco - lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off
dropkick murphys - shipping up to boston
reel big fish - drunk again
billy joel - she's got a way

[kryyst]

And now a voice of something heavier

Slipknot - Wait and Bleed
All That Remains - Two Weeks
As I Lay Dying - Reflection
Black Sabbath - N.I.B.
Clutch - Electric Worry
Deftones - 7 Words
Iron Maiden - Run to the hills
Korn - Blind
Kyuss - Demon Cleaner
Lamb of God - Laid To Rest
Mastadon - Colony of Birchman
Megadeth - Holy Wars
Metallica - Dyers Eve
Mudvayne - Happy
Pantera - This Love
Sepultura - Refuse/Resist
Slayer - Reign Blood
Taproot - Poem
Tool - Aenima
Volbeat - Human Instrument

[CB]

they might be giants - she's an angel



This is my second favorite song of all time. It only didn't make my list because my first favorite song is also TMBG. ;)

[GnomeWizardd]

Fluff I struggled with not putting on that MxPx song

[shwaip]

Rob Thomas - Ever the Same
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
The Frames - Falling Slowly
Death Cab For Cutie - Brothers on a hotel bed
Dashboard Confessional - Stolen
Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats
TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun
Cake - The Distance
Tim - Only you and I
Elliott Smith - The Biggest Lie
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
Counting Crows - Round Here
Coldplay - Fix you
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
Fleet Foxes - Sun it Rises
Matt Nathanson - Pretty the World
Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy

Feel free to commence the mocking.

[kryyst]

Feel free to commence the mocking.

That's your top 20 songs...what possible point would be to mocking you. It'd be like kicking a dead horse, stealing a blind man's glasses, or cursing out a deaf person behind their back. What I'm saying is, it'd be impossible to cause you any more grief then you cause yourself.

[Lincoln]

I would take road trips with poofie or shwaip and let them control the tunes.

[shwaip]

I would take road trips with poofie or shwaip and let them control the tunes.#uknowhowiknowuregay

[fatcat]

seriously, only 20 songs? I could easily pop off a few hundred here...

I'll work on this

[fatcat]

Fine. I chopped it from 50+ to 20.

Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
Queensryche - Silent Lucidity
Ludo - The Horror of Our Love
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Live - Lightning Crashes
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall Part 1-3
Sublime - What I Got
Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
Johnny Cash - Highwayman
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Blue on Black
Blues Traveler - The Mountains Win Again
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
Eric Clapton - Layla (Acoustic)
Bob Seger - Turn the Page
Cake - Short Skirt, Long Jacket
Tim McGraw - Don't Take The Girl
Don McLean - American Pie
Tom Petty - MaryJane's Last Dance
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Eagles - Hotel California

[TiberiusLazarus]

Pretty sure this is my list:

Metallica - Fade to Black
Ludo - Horror of Our Love
Avenged Sevenfold - Brompton Cocktail
10 Years - Drug of Choice
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill
Bob Seger - Turn the Page
Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle
Disturbed - Down With the Sickness
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
MAtchbox Twenty - Unwell
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
Shinedown - .45
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
Trapt - Headstrong
3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
Cat stevens - Seasons in the Sun
Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D

[Obsidian]

The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight


The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

The last song I cut from my list :eek:
Feel free to commence the mocking.
Schwaip, I think I actually like your list the most so far... besides mine of course.

[Leonardo]

To whomever said my taste was like 50 year-old's....well:wtf:

...you were very close. :bigggrin:
Anyone else count 19 songs on Leo's list? Reserving No. 20 for what is truly my favorite tune, if I can ever decide.Leo, this may (or may not) surprise you, but we're music twins. I listen to every group/artist you listed on a regular basis. I am honored. Wait...you actually listen to Jethro Tull! I thought there were only a handful of us left who know about that group. ;DFatcat, you are welcomed to run the playlist on any roadtrip with me. Your list is outstanding. Also, your Rolling Stones pick is definitely their best art. That's what I wanted but couldn't remember it.

Update: Kwitko, thanks for a great thread. I went over to Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time/14), and started sampling tunes from their Top 100 Guitarists of All Time. (Warning, it's got the silly Rhapsody Player that limits the number songs.)

Update: Ok, I added the 20th to my pics - U2, I still haven't found what I'm looking for

[fatcat]

Fatcat, you are welcomed to run the playlist on any roadtrip with me. Your list is outstanding. Also, your Rolling Stones pick is definitely their best art. That's what I wanted but couldn't remember it.

Thank you sir.

[UPSLynx]

I added my list - edited my previous post, so scroll up and read!

I've almost certain I'm going to have the most obscure list here. Which means most of my tunes probably won't see the final 100.

Now, critiques:

Leo and Thrax, I second that statement. I believe when it comes to classic rock, you guys are right in line with my tastes.

Poofie - Move to Bremerton by MxPx?!?!?! YESSSSS! I thought I was the only MxPx rocker in these parts. Excellent!

Lincoln - Song no one's heard of? Kingpin and I used to sing that song all day long in Jr. High. Loved it. Thanks for the nostalgia.

Kryyst - good picks. Nice to see some metal.

Shwaip - Fleet Foxes, well done, I approve.

This thread is awesome. I'm glad I sat down and picked a top twenty.

I frigging love music.

[fatcat]

Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle

I had this on my list, and it is a most excellent song choice, and even though I love the song, I hate it at the same time. Sometimes you can't ever let things go....

[Grimnoc]

Dear Icrontians:

Lynx, major props to you for listing Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade, and Handsome Furs (though I'll be listing them as well).

Obsidian, bonus points for "Where Is My Mind?" by the Pixies. Carry on, dear sir.

CB, I was rocking out to Commissioning a Symphony in C just today. Good job, GO!

Schwaip, I'll share my music with you if you give me yours. Once again, +10 Imperial Credits for Cake, Fleet Foxes, Elliot Smith, and especially Paul Simon (especially, especially that song).

Poofie, from my heart to yours. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd34vJohGXc
I was also rocking out to Short Skirt, Long Jacket today.

[portzebie]

I see a bunch I agree with already here! :D Here are my 20, in alphabetical order-ness:

ACDC - Back In Black
The Beatles - Let It Be
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Cure - Lovesong
Daft Punk - Human After All
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
The Killers - This Is Your Life
Matchbox 20 - Bright Lights
Modest Mouse - Float On
New Order - Blue Monday '88
Nine Inch Nails - Every Day Is Exactly The Same
Oingo Boingo - Just Another Day
Pink Floyd - Brain Damage
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
REM - Losing My Religion
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun

Not shown: about 1938984 more songs I wanted to add. D:

[Grimnoc]

Alrighty, here goes, and though they are numbered they are not necessarily in that order.

1. Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything
2. Wilco - I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
3. Modest Mouse - Dramamine
4. Neil Young - Heart of Gold
5. Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums and Shrines II
6. Handsome Furs - Hearts of Iron
7. Built to Spill - Some Things Last A Long Time
8. Bon Iver - Skinny Love
9. The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail
10. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - By the Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
11. Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
12. Violent Femmes - Kiss Off
13. The Pixies - Where is My Mind?
14. Elliot Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
15. The Unicorns - Tuff Luff
16. Neutral Milk Hotel - The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One
17. The Shins - New Slang
18. Joanna Newsom - Sadie
19. Bob Dylan - Tombstone Blues
20. Paul Simon - I Know What I Know

[UPSLynx]

I also had to fight myself and my urge to put Modest Mouse - Cowboy Dan on my list. I love that song, but I don't think I could hold it up to a all time favorite.

Zebie, huge ^5 for Oingo Boingo

[UPSLynx]

Grimnoc, great picks. Frigging glad you put up New Slang, I couldn't fit it on my list, but I really really wanted to.

Some of your picks countered my own, so I picked different songs knowing you'd pick the ones you did (hearts of Iron, I'll believe in anything) in hopes some of these bands will make the final list.

Also, F-yeah Unicorns.

[SnowWhiteCyanide]

My taste in music is... different. It's punk and 80s mostly, with some guilty pleasures. This was hard. My list was over 30 and I had to cut it down :(

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Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
Cranberries - Zombie
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
Descendents - Mass Nerder
The Distillers - The Gallow is God
Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Hot Water Music - Turnstile
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Pixies - Hang Wire
Primus - Lacquer head
Prince - When Doves Cry
The Ramones - Commando
Rancid - 1998
Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
Social Distortion - Footprints on my Ceiling
Stone Temple Pilots -Kitchenware and Candybars
Violent Femmes - I HAD TO AMEND "kiss off" to be "add it up" because someone actually claimed one of my songs :D

Also, I give shwaip props for Fast car. I have a great punk cover of that song.

[SnowWhiteCyanide]

Creed - Faceless Man


EVEN JESUS HATES CREED. :rockon:


dropkick murphys - shipping up to boston


Awesome! Have you heard their cover of CCR's Fortunate Son? I have it on their Live on St. Patrick's Day album.

[Koreish]

Time to break the mold and list something outside the general umbrella that is rock

The Beast - Tech N9ne
Run-Around - Blues Traveler
Devil's Dance Floor - Flogging Molly
Attention Span - Rebelution
Freek-A-Leek - Petey Pablo
Uranus, The Magician - Gustav Holst
The Entertainer - Billy Joel
Sunshine - Johnathan Edwards
Get Back - Ludacris
Hey Pachuco! - Royal Crown Avenue
One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
In the Mood - Glen Miller
46&2 - Tool
Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman
Prayer for the Refugee - Rise Against
Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chappin
Hold Your Colours - Pendulum
Amaranth - Nightwish
I'm Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys
Remember the Name - Fort Minor

[TiberiusLazarus]

Made a couple changes.

Also, way to fuck with the system Koreish :P

[Canti]

Only 1 song per musician?! Crap I could do 20 songs per band on some of these but here goes.

Dream Theater - Octavarium (Radio City Music Hall live version)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Through The Eyes Of Ruby
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand (Fatcat swiped Kashmir from me)
Tool - Lateralus (This was damn near impossible to decide on)
Foo Fighters - Hey Johnny Park
Pink Floyd - Time
Metallica - St. Anger.....just kidding, that whole album is terrible - One
The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright
The Doors - The End
Queens Of The Stone Age - In The Fade
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aeroplane
Green Day - Walking Contradiction
Incubus - The Warmth
Deftones - Rx Queen
A Perfect Circle (Why did they call it quits!?:bawling:) - The Outsider
Alice In Chains - No Excuses
Rammstein - Sonne
Pearl Jam - Black

[Obsidian]

Any chance I could change It's Been a While by Staind to Pain by Jimmy Eat World? I completely forget about them and I already e-mailed my list in :tim:

I can't make up my mind at all when it comes to music.

[Grimnoc]

Violent Femmes - I HAD TO AMEND "kiss off" to be "add it up" because someone actually claimed one of my songs :D

I almost picked "Please Do Not Go" purely for its lyrical value which makes makes me laugh every single time I hear it, but I had to go with "Kiss Off," so sorry. "Add It Up" was the next one in line for me.

[Grimnoc]

Devil's Dance Floor - Flogging Molly


Excellent! Very, very good.

I award you five Imperial Credits.

[Grimnoc]

I also had to fight myself and my urge to put Modest Mouse - Cowboy Dan on my list. I love that song, but I don't think I could hold it up to a all time favorite.



I'm telling you man, it's all about old Modest Mouse. It really was a flat-out impossibility to pick one song from them, though I knew it was going to be an old song, so I just ending up picking "Dramamine" quickly because I knew I would equivocate forever if I didn't. But seriously, with Isaac Brock throwing out lines like "We kiss on the mouth but still cough down our sleeves," who couldn't pick it?

By the way, "Cowboy Dan" is Nick's favorite Modest Mouse song.

"Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene
He goes to the reservation drinks and gets mean
He goes to the desert, fires his rifle in the sky
And says, "God if I have to die you will have to die"

*Cowboy Dan is one mean son of a you-know-what.

[portzebie]

Zebie, huge ^5 for Oingo Boingo

Danny Elfman is GOD

[UPSLynx]

By the way, "Cowboy Dan" is Nick's favorite Modest Mouse song.
.

Yeah, we talked a bit about that song when I was up there two weeks ago. I frigging love lonesome crowded west, and Cowboy Dan. I really wanted to put it on my twenty, but honestly I didn't really pick up and listen to that album until about 6 months ago (despite you giving me the album a year ago). But yes, old modest mouse, unbeatable.

SnowWhite - some classic picks there. Takes me back to my punk days. I was expecting some Pennywise though ;)

Time to break the mold and list something outside the general umbrella that is rock

Hey, I was this close to throwing in some Nightwish, glad you did it for me.

Plus, I think I'm the only one that's thrown in some post rock and avant-guarde in my list.

Kwitko - Can you tell me when you download my songs? I need to pull it from my dropbox and upload a larger file for another friend.

[Kwitko]

Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand (Fatcat swiped Kashmir from me)

You're allowed to pick the same song as someone else, you can't pick the same artist twice on your list. In fact, your list can be 100% the same as someone else's.

[Kwitko]

Kwitko - Can you tell me when you download my songs? I need to pull it from my dropbox and upload a larger file for another friend.

Thanks for the tunes. You know a text list would have been fine too. Downloading right now.

[Lincoln]

Schwaip, I think...
Schwaip, I'll share...lulz

[shwaip]

Yeah, you really should set it up so that the forum puts my username next to any posts that I make.

[Obsidian]

That's what two years of German does for you.

[Koreish]

Also, way to fuck with the system Koreish :P

It's what I do. Also way to counter fuck with the system by adding Pachelbel in your changes.

Hey, I was this close to throwing in some Nightwish, glad you did it for me.

I know there are better Nightwish songs out there I just haven't really had the opportunity to listen to them. I can't find their CDs anywhere outside of iTunes and they don't have many on there.

[UPSLynx]

Thanks for the tunes. You know a text list would have been fine too. Downloading right now.

Well, you know, that's how I roll. Plus, some of my tunes are indie and obscure, hard to find probably. Didn't want to chance it. So it'll be safe to delete the .rar tonight when I get home ~midnight?

Koreish - Definitely listen to the album 'Over the Hills'. It's stellar. I bought it brick and mortar years ago, haven't looked for Nightwish at local shops for a long time.

[Grimnoc]

lulz

Bad Lcincoln.

[Grimnoc]

Yeah, we talked a bit about that song when I was up there two weeks ago. I frigging love lonesome crowded west, and Cowboy Dan. I really wanted to put it on my twenty, but honestly I didn't really pick up and listen to that album until about 6 months ago (despite you giving me the album a year ago). But yes, old modest mouse, unbeatable.


No no, it's totally understandable, jerk. :D

[SnowWhiteCyanide]

I almost picked "Please Do Not Go" purely for its lyrical value which makes makes me laugh every single time I hear it, but I had to go with "Kiss Off," so sorry. "Add It Up" was the next one in line for me.

I didn't mean to come off as possessive :P I'm just glad someone else listens to Violent Femmes and picked something other than "Blister in the Sun."

[Grimnoc]

I listen to their self-titled album, "Add it Up," "Why Do Birds Sing?," and "Hallowed Ground" pretty religiously. "New Times" is the only album I haven't listened all that much.

Their self-titled album is definitely my favorite, but the others are all fantastic (and you're right, it is nice to find someone listing something other than "Blister in the Sun." (and I mean no offense to whoever did list it, because it is a fantastic song!)

[Leonardo]

a little less yacking and some more lists...


please


:)

[UPSLynx]

Where is Prime's list?

[primesuspect]

In the cesspool of unwritten dreams and crushing despair

[Koreish]

That's the second best place for them Prime.

[Kwitko]

In the cesspool of unwritten dreams and crushing despair

Blah blah blah. Stop being so fucking emo and write out your goddamn list.

//EDIT: Pretty fucking please.

//EDIT 2: <3

[UPSLynx]

In the cesspool of unwritten dreams and crushing despair


I haven't heard that album... is it old?

[Obsidian]

I sure hope a lot more people than this are e-mailing in their lists, otherwise there are going to be a LOT of songs with the same amount of votes.

[MAGIC]

1) Opeth - Godhead's Lament
2) Behemoth - Slaves Slaves Shall Serve
3) Metallica - Master of Puppets
4) A Perfect Circle - Judith
5) Children of Bodom - Lake Bodom
6) Gorgoroth - Forces of Satan Storms
7) In Flames - Bullet Ride
8) Tool - Forty Six & 2
9) Dark Funeral - When Angels Forever Die
10) Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
11) Mastodon - Blood and Thunder
12) Dio - Dream Evil
13) Dark Tranquility - The Mundane And The Magic
14) System of a Down - Sweet Pea
15) Deftones - Changes
16) Cradle of Filth - Babylon AD
17) Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
18) Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror
19) Slayer - Raining Blood
20)Bone Thugs N Harmony - Crossroads

[WagsFTW]

1 John Coltrane - Giant Steps
2. Dave Brubeck - Take Five
3. Devotchka - How it Ends
4. Mastodon - March of the Fire Ants
5. Rilo Kiley - Close Call
6. The Who - Squeeze Box
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Black Tongue
8. Deftones - Knife Party
9. The Shins - Caring is Creepy
10. The Zutons - Havana Gang Brawl
11. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
12. Radiohead - The National Anthem
13. Thelonious Monk - Nutty
14. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
15. Miles Davis - So What
16. Kanye West - Heartless
17. Miley Cyrus - The Climb
18. Beyonce - Single Ladies
19. Beastie Boys - Fight for your right
20. Opeth - Ghost of Perdition

[shwaip]

1) Opeth - Godhead's Lament
2) Behemoth - Slaves Slaves Shall Serve
3) Metallica - Master of Puppets
4) A Perfect Circle - Judith
5) Children of Bodom - Lake Bodom
6) Gorgoroth - Forces of Satan Storms
7) In Flames - Bullet Ride
8) Tool - Forty Six & 2
9) Dark Funeral - When Angels Forever Die
10) Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
11) Mastodon - Blood and Thunder
12) Dio - Dream Evil
13) Dark Tranquility - The Mundane And The Magic
14) System of a Down - Sweet Pea
15) Deftones - Changes
16) Cradle of Filth - Babylon AD
17) Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
18) Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror
19) Slayer - Raining Blood
20)Bone Thugs N Harmony - Crossroads

One of these things is not like the others.

[ardichoke]

At first I was just going to post my top 20 plays from last.fm.... but then I looked at it and said "FUCKING SERIOUSLY?!" So instead I'm going to go down the list of my top played tracks on last.fm and pick what I think SHOULD be my top 20 plays, in no particular order.

1 Radiohead (http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead) – Creep (http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead/_/Creep)
2 Yeah Yeah Yeahs (http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah+Yeah+Yeahs) – Y Control (http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah+Yeah+Yeahs/_/Y+Control)
3 Violent Femmes (http://www.last.fm/music/Violent+Femmes) – Blister in the Sun (http://www.last.fm/music/Violent+Femmes/_/Blister+in+the+Sun)
4 Ben Folds Five (http://www.last.fm/music/Ben+Folds+Five) – Brick (http://www.last.fm/music/Ben+Folds+Five/_/Brick)
5 The Who (http://www.last.fm/music/The+Who) – Baba O'Riley (http://www.last.fm/music/The+Who/_/Baba+O%27Riley)
6 John Lennon (http://www.last.fm/music/John+Lennon) – Imagine (http://www.last.fm/music/John+Lennon/_/Imagine)
7 Queen (http://www.last.fm/music/Queen) – Bohemian Rhapsody (http://www.last.fm/music/Queen/_/Bohemian+Rhapsody)
8 Matt Jones (http://www.last.fm/music/Matt+Jones) – Earthbound (http://www.last.fm/music/Matt+Jones/_/Earthbound) (I had a hard time choosing which of his songs to list, seriously, everything he writes finds an instant place in my heart)
9 The Mountain Goats (http://www.last.fm/music/The+Mountain+Goats) – No Children (http://www.last.fm/music/The+Mountain+Goats/_/No+Children)
10 The Decemberists (http://www.last.fm/music/The+Decemberists) – The Infanta (http://www.last.fm/music/The+Decemberists/_/The+Infanta)
11 Toadies (http://www.last.fm/music/Toadies) – Possum Kingdom (http://www.last.fm/music/Toadies/_/Possum+Kingdom)
12 Songs: Ohia (http://www.last.fm/music/Songs%3A+Ohia) – Peoria Lunch Box Blues (http://www.last.fm/music/Songs%3A+Ohia/_/Peoria+Lunch+Box+Blues)
13 Green Day (http://www.last.fm/music/Green+Day) – Basket Case (http://www.last.fm/music/Green+Day/_/Basket+Case)
14 Franz Ferdinand (http://www.last.fm/music/Franz+Ferdinand) – Jacqueline (http://www.last.fm/music/Franz+Ferdinand/_/Jacqueline)
15 Orbital (http://www.last.fm/music/Orbital) – Halcyon & On & On (http://www.last.fm/music/Orbital/_/Halcyon%2B%2526%2BOn%2B%2526%2BOn)
16 Wheatus (http://www.last.fm/music/Wheatus) – Something Good (http://www.last.fm/music/Wheatus/_/Something+Good)
17 Moby (http://www.last.fm/music/Moby) – Natural Blues (http://www.last.fm/music/Moby/_/Natural+Blues)
18 Streetlight Manifesto (http://www.last.fm/music/Streetlight+Manifesto) – Watch It Crash (http://www.last.fm/music/Streetlight+Manifesto/_/Watch+It+Crash)
19 Something Corporate (http://www.last.fm/music/Something+Corporate) – Konstantine (http://www.last.fm/music/Something+Corporate/_/Konstantine)
20 Flogging Molly (http://www.last.fm/music/Flogging+Molly) – Drunken Lullabies (http://www.last.fm/music/Flogging+Molly/_/Drunken+Lullabies)

Looking back over this... it's not really fully representative of my musical tastes... but I did say I was going to pick tracks on my most played list on last.fm so meh.

[UPSLynx]

Wags - ^5 on Shins and Mastodon. And a collective ^5 to you and Magic for Opeth.

Magic, I could get along with your twenty over a nice long roadtrip. Great picks.

Ardichoke - Wheatus? Crap, I fogot about that band. I loved teenage dirtbag way way back when.

[Obsidian]

17. Miley Cyrus - The Climb
Oh god no.

[poofie]

Wags' list has multiple personality disorder <3

[MAGIC]

Wags - ^5 on Shins and Mastodon. And a collective ^5 to you and Magic for Opeth.

Magic, I could get along with your twenty over a nice long roadtrip. Great picks.

Ardichoke - Wheatus? Crap, I fogot about that band. I loved teenage dirtbag way way back when.

Thanks

Speaking of road trips, everyone in the car going to ICRen should burn their top 20. That would be roughly 6 hours of music.

[portzebie]

I didn't mean to come off as possessive :P I'm just glad someone else listens to Violent Femmes and picked something other than "Blister in the Sun."

Sorry for being so naive. :B "Kiss Off" was my next choice!

[Grimnoc]

Sorry for being so naive. :B "Kiss Off" was my next choice!

Hey man, "Blister in the Sun" is still a great choice. :)

[lunchb0x]

1) Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant
2) Beastie Boys - Sabotage
3) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
4) Dave Matthews Band - So Much To Say
5) Dethklok - Awaken
6) Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (Live Version)
7) Electric Six - Dance Commander
8) Galactic - Bounce Baby
9) Glenn Miller - In the Mood
10) Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind of Wonderful
11) Gustav Holst - Mars
12) Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
13) John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - Kids Got the Blues
14) Kamelot - Soul Society
15) Lamb of God - Fake Messiah
16) Megadeth - 99 Ways to Die
17) Metallica - Battery
18) Opeth - Closure
19) Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do?
20) Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual

While compiling this list, I realized that I really have strange tastes in music

[Winfrey]

dammit, I so wanted to make a list but got sidetracked with labor day activities. Still open for lists kwitko?

[ardichoke]

Ardichoke - Wheatus? Crap, I fogot about that band. I loved teenage dirtbag way way back when.

I had never really heard Teenage Dirtbag (I don't really listen to the radio and rarely pay attention to the songs in movies). I came across Wheatus on a total lark when browsing through amiestreet.com, bought the album they released after leaving Sony records and I've been hooked on them ever since.

[UPSLynx]

Lunchb0x - Big props for Dream Theater, Opeth, Kamelot and Glenn Miller! Though DT's Six Degrees isn't really fair.... it's 45 minutes long!

Winfrey:


- The deadline for entries is Sunday, Sept 13 at 11:59 PM.


Gogogo!

[lunchb0x]

Lunchb0x - Big props for Dream Theater, Opeth, Kamelot and Glenn Miller! Though DT's Six Degrees isn't really fair.... it's 45 minutes long!


I was going to take one songs out of the Twelve Step Suite, but I couldn't decide. There were a dozen of DT songs I could have went with

[WagsFTW]

Wags' list has multiple personality disorder <3

I like so many different types of music, and so many different types of songs. I had to show that in my favorites. I love jazz, but not all the time.

Oh, and I'm a Gemini. Does that explain my list? ;)

I also admit I took my nieces to see the Hanna Montana movie and actually liked that Miley Cyrus song. Shoot me for having a bond with my nieces. I can't hate ALL the songs they like... so I have one I like.

And The Shins is a wonderful road trip band.

And Magic, I agree with burning a top 20 CD per person road tripping. :)

[Leonardo]

I like so many different types of music, and so many different types of songs. I had to show that in my favorites. Yeah, exactly. "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller is a perfect example. I didn't even think about big band until lunchbox posted. Oooohhh... And classical, also. You can't really nominate symphonies and concertos for a party. One of my favorites is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. It's an hour and a quarter long.

[Gate28]

In no particular order:

1. Parabola by Tool
2. Cyanide by Metallica
3. Save Our City by Ludo
4. Know Your Enemy by Rage Against The Machine
5. Devastation and Reform by Relient K
6. The Everlasting Gaze by The Smashing Pumpkins
7. 25 Or 6 To 4 by Chicago
8. Do The Evolution by Pearl Jam
9. Judith by A Perfect Circle
10. After Hours by We Are Scientists
11. Cochise by Audioslave
12. I Am The Walrus by The Beatles
13. PDA by Interpol
14. The Pretender by The Foo Fighters
15. Code Monkey by Johnathan Coulton
16. Hey Man, Nice Shot by Filter
17. Panic Attack by Dream Theater
18. Breed by Nirvana
19. Do What You Want by Ok Go
20. Don't Fear The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult

[cherplunka]

yes it all about old modest mouse. although no modest mouse made this list. heck, half of my top ten bands didn't.

top twenty songs that have effected my life, and are also in the running for least likely to make the cut....


Sonny's Squall- Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Lincolnshire Posey - Percy Granger
Cristo Redentor -the Charlie Musslewhite version
Take a Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
Johnny Was - Stiff Little Fingers's version
And Justice for All - Metallica
Street Hassle - Lou Reed
A Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
Dust in the Wind - as played by a mariachi band at my wedding or funeral
Amazing Grace - Aretha Franklin, but really as sung by anybody
Wham City - Dan Deacon
The Ballad of Johnny Burma - Mission of Burma
Monk Time - The Monks
The End Of the World... - R.E.M.
Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Nantes - Beirut
Gut feeling/ slap yr mammy - Devo
Straight to Hell - The Clash
Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts- Wolf Parade

[cherplunka]

lunch box, john mayall? nice!

[UPSLynx]

Cherplunka - that's two votes for Sons and Daughters with mine, so you officially have a good chance for at least one song making it.. Sonny's Squall is great, and I forgot about Monk Time, haven't heard that in a long time. I should listen to more Monks.

I had a really hard time picking my Beirut song. I was stuck between A Sunday Smile, Elephant Gun, Nantes, and Rhineland. I don't know why I like Rhineland so much, but it's always been one of the go-to's for me.

Oh, and Thrax, step up to the plate already!

*edit* wow, incredible timing. Mad props for Malmsteen on your list!

[Thrax]

No particular order.

1. Graeme Revell - City of Angels
2. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
3. Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
4. E Nomine - Der Ring Der Nibelungen (DJ HiT Mix)
5. Peter Gabriel - The Tower That Ate the People (Red Planet Mix)
6. Adrian Belew - Big Electric Cat
7. Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire and Ice
8. Brian May - Resurrection
9. Jeff Beck - Stand On It
10. Spiderbait - Ghost Riders In the Sky
11. Enigma - 20.000 Miles Over the Sea
12. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy
13. Ted Nugent - Hibernation
14. Sonny Landreth - Congo Square
15. Gabriela Y Rodrigo - Ixtapa
16. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (Part I)
17. Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
18. Gap Band - You Dropped the Bomb On Me
19. Autograph - Turn Up the Radio
20. Moby - Extreme Ways

[Snarkasm]

You can't really nominate symphonies and concertos for a party. One of my favorites is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. It's an hour and a quarter long.

Who says you can't? That's a party I'd attend.

[pseudonym]

Well this was exceedingly difficult. I'm more of an album guy so digging out one song from some of these artists is near impossible for me.

In no particular order-

Sarah McLachlan- Fear
Tori Amos- Pretty Good Year
Nine Inch Nails- We're In This Together
Smashing Pumpkins- Disarm
Damien Rice- I Remember
Metallica- Orion
Jimmy Eat World- Gotta Be Somebody's Blues
30 Seconds to Mars- Attack
We Were Promised Jetpacks- It's Thunder and It's Lightning
City and Colour- Forgive Me
Imogen Heap- Hide and Seek
Massive Attack- Teardrop
Our Lady Peace- Superman's Dead
Radiohead- Fake Plastic Trees
Delerium- Silence
Brian Vander Ark- Another Good Man
Arcade Fire- Wake Up
Sponge- Plowed
Death Cab For Cutie- I Will Follow You Into The Dark
Cake- The Distance

Oh yeah, Jimmeh can control the tunes on my next roadtrip.

[TiberiusLazarus]

Oh yeah, Jimmeh can control the tunes on my next roadtrip.

Same to you sir.

Also, I thought about adding I Will Follow You Into the Dark but I figured Postal Service would cover that area.

[poofie]

Dust in the Wind - as played by a mariachi band at my wedding or funeral

you are so awesome. i'd marry you, just for the mariachi

[Koreish]

Everyone acts as though lunchbox was the first to post Glen Miller. :grumble:

So far I'd say all of you could control the tunes in my car. Except Wags... Miley Cyrus bah.

I'm surprised that Godsmack hasn't made anyone's list yet.

[kryyst]

Godsmack is one of those bands that is fun to listen to, but not in a best band ever. Of course then there's the other reason Godsmack is to Metal as Nickleback is to Rock.

[Grimnoc]

yes it all about old modest mouse. although no modest mouse made this list. heck, half of my top ten bands didn't.

top twenty songs that have effected my life, and are also in the running for least likely to make the cut....


Sonny's Squall- Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Lincolnshire Posey - Percy Granger
Cristo Redentor -the Charlie Musslewhite version
Take a Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
Johnny Was - Stiff Little Fingers's version
And Justice for All - Metallica
Street Hassle - Lou Reed
A Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
Dust in the Wind - as played by a mariachi band at my wedding or funeral
Amazing Grace - Aretha Franklin, but really as sung by anybody
Wham City - Dan Deacon
The Ballad of Johnny Burma - Mission of Burma
Monk Time - The Monks
The End Of the World... - R.E.M.
Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Nantes - Beirut
Gut feeling/ slap yr mammy - Devo
Straight to Hell - The Clash
Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts- Wolf Parade

"Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts" is my second favorite song on the album, just behind "I'll Believe in Anything." Between the three of us (You, Bobby, and myself) we're making quite the solid Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown/Handsome Furs voting block, which is friggin' awesome because Spencer Krug and Co. deserve it. Anyway good job with The Pogues, Stiff Little Fingers, and The Clash.

[UPSLynx]

Jesse, you listen to Stiff Little Fingers?
Also, I'm sure he would like me to point out to everyone that his PC's desktop wallpaper is of The Clash. You can thank me later.

you are so awesome. i'd marry you, just for the mariachi

Wasn't that in a film? I seem to remember Dust in the Wind being played by a mariachi band in some movie over the last few years...

[lunchb0x]

lunch box, john mayall? nice!

My folks are huge blues fans, and Mayall is one of the artists they've turned me on to. They saw him at Fargo a couple of years ago and actually got him to autograph a CD Liner notes for me.

[cherplunka]

upslynx, nope, no movie, just a life long dream. as far as i know i've never heard of a mariachi band playing dust in the wind. but someday i'll make it happen.

lunchb0x,
my dad raised me on piedmont blues. he also carries harmonicas with him nearly everywhere he goes, just in case.

grimnoc,
i have a hard time listening to "dear sons..." without "i'll believe in anything," so i'm glad to see it there.



....we are never going to narrow this down to one hundred.

[Winfrey]

For some reason from what I read in the OP I thought this was ending on Labor Day:confused:

anyways, here is my list:

Song Title - Artist

1. Blackbird - The Beatles
2. Particle Man - They Might Be Giants
3. A Cautionary Song - The Decemberists
4. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
5. Piano Man - Billy Joel
6. Anyway You Choose To Give It - The Black Ghosts
7. Cat Like Thief - Boxcar Racer
8. Saint John - Cold War Kids
9. Morning Glory - Oasis
10. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood
11. Matinee - Franz Ferdinand
12. I'm Amazed - My Morning Jacket
13. Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
14. Pistol Grip Pump - Rage Against The Machine
15. Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
16. Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking - Snow Patrol
17. Roll Another Joint - Tom Petty
18. Commissioning A Symphony In C - Cake
19. Johnny B Good - Chuck Berry
20. Whiskey In The Jar - The Dubliners

I dig it :rockon:

[Grimnoc]

For some reason from what I read in the OP I thought this was ending on Labor Day:confused:

anyways, here is my list:

Song Title - Artist

1. Blackbird - The Beatles
2. Particle Man - They Might Be Giants
3. A Cautionary Song - The Decemberists
4. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
5. Piano Man - Billy Joel
6. Anyway You Choose To Give It - The Black Ghosts
7. Cat Like Thief - Boxcar Racer
8. Saint John - Cold War Kids
9. Morning Glory - Oasis
10. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood
11. Matinee - Franz Ferdinand
12. I'm Amazed - My Morning Jacket
13. Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
14. Pistol Grip Pump - Rage Against The Machine
15. Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
16. Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking - Snow Patrol
17. Roll Another Joint - Tom Petty
18. Commissioning A Symphony In C - Cake
19. Johnny B Good - Chuck Berry
20. Whiskey In The Jar - The Dubliners

I dig it :rockon:

Alright, that's it. Winfrey automatically wins the entire thread for listing Cold War Kids "St. John." Seriously man, you win.

[pseudonym]

Alright, that's it. Winfrey automatically wins the entire thread for listing Cold War Kids "St. John." Seriously man, you win.

Gah, I knew I should have put that on there! Saw them at Bonnaroo, freaking awesome!

[Grimnoc]

I've played that album so much, and that particular song so much more. :)

[Koreish]

Hmmm, Postal Service keeps appearing on this list. I've heard of them before, but I've never heard them. Will be fixing this now.

[cherplunka]

hey kwitko,

what if to solve this issue of twenties of songs with one vote, we all get to also vote for our top ten picks off other peoples lists?

[primesuspect]

As Randomized by Random.org:

Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3
Tool - Sober
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
Ani DiFranco - Shameless
Red Hot Chili Peppers - My Lovely Man
Fiona Apple - Never is a Promise
Ludo - Horror of Our Love
Mr. Bungle - Squeeze Me Macaroni
Denali - Surface
Jarabe de Palo - La Flaca
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Someday I Suppose
The Mars Volta - L'Via L'Viaquez
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Muse - City of Delusion
Fischerspooner - A Kick in the Teeth
Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
Pearl Jam - Present Tense
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

[Winfrey]

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Really great song, forgot about Pink Floyd.

[Canti]

I'm surprised that Godsmack hasn't made anyone's list yet. :wtf:

forgot about Pink Floyd. :mad2:

[Cliff_Forster]

Nothing I love more than tabulating a list of my favorites,

Lets see....

1. R.E.M. - Find the River
2. Rush - Red Barchetta
3. Dave Matthew's Band - Stay
4. BB King - The Thrill is Gone
5. Modest Mouse - Dashboard
6. The Beatles - Day Tripper
7. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
8. Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
9. Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather
10. The Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (Live)
11. Bonnie Raitt - Not the Only One
12. The Breeders - Cannonball
13. The Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
14. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
15. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Even the Losers
16. B-52's - Love Shack (especially when drinking)
17. The Replacements - Bastards of Young
18. Nivana - Where did you Sleep Last Night (Lead Belly cover / Unplugged disk)
19. Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
20. Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song

[MAGIC]

forgot about Pink Floyd.

so easy to do :thumbsdow

[Marushka]

I want to play.

1. counting crows - round here
2. g love and special sauce - my baby's got sauce
3. eva cassidy - fields of gold
4. damien rice - delicate
5. simon and garfunkel - kathy's song
6. led zeppelin - going to california
7. cat stevens - wild world
8. van morrison - into the mystic
9. the beatles - let it be
10. david francey - lucky man
11. lykke li - little bit
12. alexi murdoch - orange sky
13. bob dylan - shelter from the storm
14. the weepies - world spins madly on
15. ben harper - the drugs dont work
16. pink floyd - wish you were here
17. dispatch - elias
18. elton john - tiny dancer
19. eve 6 - here's to the night
20. bone thugz n harmony - crossroads

I think that'll do, no order. Props to the jane monheit shout out. Her version is fricking brilliant.

[cherplunka]

[quote=Marushka]
11. lykke li - little bit


did not expect to see any lykke li make these rounds. interesting choice.

[UPSLynx]

Cliff - High Five for Red Barchetta, Monkey gone to heaven (one of my favorite pixies) and Talking heads.


Mr. Bungle - Squeeze Me Macaroni


YES!

Cherplunka, I figured it out. I don't remember the film (working at a theater for four years, you see lotsa movies), but I know there's a scene where Will Ferrel is singing dust in the wind at a funeral. it's a painfully off-key arrangement, but it's not a maraichi band.

It's close, but not quite the droid you were looking for.

[TiberiusLazarus]

Cherplunka, I figured it out. I don't remember the film (working at a theater for four years, you see lotsa movies), but I know there's a scene where Will Ferrel is singing dust in the wind at a funeral. it's a painfully off-key arrangement, but it's not a maraichi band.

It's close, but not quite the droid you were looking for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGS6najMzjI

[Koreish]

Wedding Crashers is the Will Ferrel movie.

[poofie]

i'm really enjoying this thread! it's cool to see different peoples' musical tastes, and i'm making a nice little list of artists to look into.

[lunchb0x]

16. B-52's - Love Shack (especially when drinking)


That is a pretty good drinking song

[Leonardo]

More lists, less chat!

[Buddy J]

Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Postal Service - District Sleeps Alone Tonight
The Streets - Turn the Page
Roger Miller - My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died
The Weakerthans - None of the Above
DNTEL w/ Ben Gibbard - (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan
Sufjan Stevens - Sister
Lucero - Nights Like These
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
The John Wilkes Kissing Booth - My Most Hated Love Song
Hickey - Everything I Know About Sex I Learned from KISS
Dropkick Murphys - Barroom Hero
Against Me! - What We Worked For
Offspring - Jennifer Lost the War
Operation Ivy - Sound System
The Sonics - I'm Going Home
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
Radiohead - Exit Music (for a Film)
The Decemberists - The Tain
U.N.K.L.E. - Rabbit in Your Headlights

[shwaip]

Reminds me I should have had The Streets - Dry Your Eyes on mine.

[Grimnoc]

12. The Breeders - Cannonball
13. The Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven


You don't see too much of the Deal sisters anymore, and I consider that a shame.

Also, Monkey Gone to Heaven was one of first songs by the Pixies (it was one of the first ones I heard from them) that really made me sit up and say "Whoah, now these guys are something special."

[cherplunka]

You don't see too much of the Deal sisters anymore, and I consider that a shame.


for a brief moment of time i thought i hoped i was related to kim deal. didn't work out that way.

[Grimnoc]

for a brief moment of time i thought i hoped i was related to kim deal. didn't work out that way.

Ha! Oh man, bummer.

Kim Deal singing "Gigantic" is about as good as it gets.

[Idiot_Slayer]

Sup Icrontic Ima hit you up with some hot shit.

1. Beck-Loser (Wtf no Beck on anyone's list SHAME)
2. MSTRKRFT- Fist of God
3. Daft Punk- Human After All
4. 10cc- Dreadlock Holiday
5. DJ-Shadow- Walkie Talkie
6. The Chemical Brothers- In Dust We Trust
7. The Happy Mondays- Hallelujah
8. The Prodigy- Smack My Bitch Up
9. LCD Soundsystem- North American Scum
10. Reverand and the Makers- Heavy Weight Champion of the World
11. The Violent Femmes- Add it up
12. Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart.
13. Cassius- 15 Again
14. The Dubliners- On Raglan Road
15. The Decemberists- 16 Military Wives
16. Flock of Seagulls- I Ran (So Far Away) {you know you love this song}
17. Justice- D.A.N.C.E.
18. Golgol Bordello- Wonderlust King
19. The Faces- Ooh La La (absolute classic)
20. Placebo- Pure Morning

Lots of honorable mentions like The Postal Service, Death Cab, The Crystal Method, The Human League, The Clash, New Order, Goose, Rage Against the Machine, The Talking Heads, and some were omited because of duplicates, like Blur, Radiohead, Cake (Think its funny how loving Cake is universal). Plus I almost entirely disregarded genres like Punk or Classic Rock. Screw it I can't work on this any longer. Suffice to say this would be the playlist as I see it today.

My former-self, and my future-self would be disappointed in me though.

\edit I should have never finalized this all I do is remember things I forgot about like The Shins- Sleeping Lessons. fml I'm such a music Nazi.

[UPSLynx]

18. Golgol Bordello- Wonderlust King



Dude, YES! I LOVE this song.

[FlownOver]

1. Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything
2. Wilco - I Am Trying to Break Your Heart


I just registered here to second that these top two songs are 1) amazing and 2) probably underexposed - I know at least the Wolf Parade one is. When I stumbled upon that song in 2005 I made everyone and their dog listen to it. Most people don't immediately love it, but dang if it doesn't grow on you. That Wilco song is a "grower" even more so.

Now I gotta go put together my own 20...

[FlownOver]

Ok did this in under 15 minutes by going into iTunes, sorting by rating, and selecting 20 from the 5 star jobbers. Hardly scientific... I'll email here in a bit as well! Thanks for putting this together.

Animal Collective - My Girls
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
David Bowie - Life on Mars?
Elliott Smith - Say Yes
Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?
The Jayhawks - Blue
Joy Division - Shadowplay
Massive Attack - Angel
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
Muse - Take A Bow
Nirvana - Drain You
Pinback - Grey Machine
Pixies - Debaser
The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Tom Waits - San Diego Serenade
Underwold - Two Months Off
Wilco - Poor Places
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything

- Todd

[UPSWeezer]

4. Know Your Enemy by Rage Against The Machine


My third-cousin is the drummer of Rage and Audioslave. No big deal.

I'll get my list posted later.

[UPSLynx]

Yeah yeah Weezer, we know already.

I'm related to Ben Franklins wife, you don't hear me bragging about it! ....

Also, lists need to be posted tonight man. Read the rules, and post!

Flownover, welcome to Icrontic! Any man who registers because of Wolf Parade is a friend of mine! Pull up a barstool, we're a friendly bunch.

A great list you've posted as well. Animal collective, Flaming lips, Joy Division, massive attack, and Tom Waits! Great stuff, especially Tom Waits. I didn't expect to see anything from him on these lists.

[Cliff_Forster]

Wow, I suddenly realized my list is devoid of Husker Du...

[Gnome Queen]

I'm still trying to work on my list. I've been at it for a week.

[Nemikan]

I'd post them... but I may only have 20 songs I listen to?
SO I'LL POST MY FAVORITE

Ewok Celebration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewok_Celebration) and Finale - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Soundtrack)

also known as: Yub Nub!

[Gattsu]

1. Metallica - Enter Sandman
2. AC DC - Back in Black
3. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
4. Michael Angelo Batio - No Boundaries
5. Boston - It's been such a long time
6. Bob Marley - Stir it up
7. The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
8. Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg - Next Episode
9. The Rolling Stones - Painted Black
10. Michael Jackson - Thriller
11. Lynard Skynard- Free Bird
12. Slipknot - Psychosocial
13. Iron Maiden - Hallowed be thy name
14. Van Halen - Running with the Devil
15. Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with butterfly wings
16. The Scorpions - Rock you like a hurricane
17. Guns N Roses - November Rain
18. Megadeth - Peace Sells
19. Autograph - Turn up the Radio
20. Airbourne - Too much, Too young, Too fast

[Obsidian]

1. Metallica - Enter Sandman
2. AC DC - Back in Black
3. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
4. Michael Angelo Batio - No Boundaries
5. Boston - It's been such a long time
6. Bob Marley - Stir it up
7. The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
8. Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg - Next Episode
9. The Rolling Stones - Painted Black
10. Michael Jackson - Thriller
11. Lynard Skynard- Free Bird
12. Slipknot - Psychosocial
13. Iron Maiden - Hallowed be thy name
14. Van Halen - Running with the Devil
15. Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with butterfly wings
16. The Scorpions - Rock you like a hurricane
17. Guns N Roses - November Rain
18. Megadeth - Peace Sells
19. Autograph - Turn up the Radio
20. Airbourne - Too much, Too young, Too fast
Looks like a Guitar Hero tracklist :wow2:

[Gattsu]

Looks like a Guitar Hero tracklist :wow2:

What are you trying to say man?

[Koreish]

Seemed pretty straight forward looks like a GH tracklist.

[Cliff_Forster]

I'd post them... but I may only have 20 songs I listen to?
SO I'LL POST MY FAVORITE

Ewok Celebration (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewok_Celebration) and Finale - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Soundtrack)

also known as: Yub Nub!

When Lucas did the special editions I was for 90% of the changes, except Greedo shooting first, and this dubious omission. What red blooded geek does not love Yub Nub!

[Gate28]

My third-cousin is the drummer of Rage and Audioslave. No big deal.

I'll get my list posted later.

I'm jealous.

[Crazy Joe]

Wedding Crashers is the Will Ferrel movie.

Actually it's Old School...

[ardichoke]

Actually it's Old School...
You're my boy Blue!

[Koreish]

So it is. I was thinking the scene it Wedding Crashers where he's trying to get laid at the funeral.

[Gnome Queen]

The nice thing about this is that I'm going back and finding all sorts of songs that I'd forgotten about.

[GooD]

Here's mine (lots of punk in it, that's what im listening 90% of the time :P, it wont help the top 100 that much lol)

1. Rise Against - Prayer of the refugee
2. No Use For A Name - Life Size Mirror
3. Millencolin - Highway Donkey
4. Pennywise - Might Be A Dream
5. Ignite - Veteran
6. Lagwagon - Automatic
7. MxPx - I'm Okay You're Okay
8. Bad Religion - Infected
9. Skirtbox - Torn*
10. AFI - This Celluloid Dream
11. Anti-Flag - Sold As Freedom
12. Reset - United We Stand Tall*
13. Deville - Perfect World*
14. Green Day - Holiday
15. Illness - Word Order*
16. Avenged Sevenfold - Strength Of The World
17. Rancid - Ruby SoHo
18. Rufio - Save The World
19. Goldfinger- Disorder

If i could have name more than one song per band, Rise Against would be on the top 10 on my list exclusively.
Best.Band.Ever. :)

Those with a '*' = If you know more than one, you must know a lot about punk music :P Most are old and underground or the band dont exists anymore :P

[Grimnoc]

Wow, I suddenly realized my list is devoid of Husker Du...

Yeah, that's actually a bummer that no one has listed Husker Du yet. Or did I miss it?

[Grimnoc]

When Lucas did the special editions I was for 90% of the changes, except Greedo shooting first, and this dubious omission. What red blooded geek does not love Yub Nub!

"Han shot first."

[Grimnoc]

Ok did this in under 15 minutes by going into iTunes, sorting by rating, and selecting 20 from the 5 star jobbers. Hardly scientific... I'll email here in a bit as well! Thanks for putting this together.

Animal Collective - My Girls
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
David Bowie - Life on Mars?
Elliott Smith - Say Yes
Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?
The Jayhawks - Blue
Joy Division - Shadowplay
Massive Attack - Angel
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
Muse - Take A Bow
Nirvana - Drain You
Pinback - Grey Machine
Pixies - Debaser
The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Tom Waits - San Diego Serenade
Underwold - Two Months Off
Wilco - Poor Places
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything

- Todd

Hey you, I like your list. Super bonus points for seconding "I'll Believe In Anything."

[Cliff_Forster]

You don't see too much of the Deal sisters anymore, and I consider that a shame.

Also, Monkey Gone to Heaven was one of first songs by the Pixies (it was one of the first ones I heard from them) that really made me sit up and say "Whoah, now these guys are something special."

The Deal sisters and Tanya Donelly. Donelly was in Throwing Muses, The Breeders and Belly all before she hit 30, she was a musical prodigy that I felt got too little praise.

[Grimnoc]

The Deal sisters and Tanya Donelly. Donelly was in Throwing Muses, The Breeders and Belly all before she hit 30, she was a musical prodigy that I felt got too little praise.

Well, I'm off to check out Throwing Muses. Thanks!

[UPSWeezer]

I guess I forgot about the deadline. Oh well, I'll post it anyway.

1) Muse - Starlight
2) The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
3) Modest Mouse – Float On
4) Weezer – Buddy Holly (but it was close)
5) Foo Fighters – Everlong
6) Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
7) MGMT – Kids
8) Flobots - Combat
9) Jurassic 5 – What’s Golden
10) Blink 182 – Everytime I Look For You
11) Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
12) Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can’t Stop
13) Rise Against – Prayer of the Refugee
14) Jay Z – Already Home (feat. Kid Cudi)
15) Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart
16) Matisyahu – King Without a Crown (Live at Stubbs)
17) Beck – Loser
18) AFI – Girl’s Not Grey
19) Jimmy Eat World – Sweetness
20) Bloc Party - Helicopter

I found it hard not to put a bunch of Muse and Killers songs.

[wahay]

In alphabetical order for your convenience:


Hanasakajijii (Two: Floating World) - Anathallo

The Worst That Could Happen - The Brooklyn Bridge

The Antikythera Mechanism - BT

Death Is The Road To Awe - Clint Mansell

Out of the Deep - Cambridge Singers

We Looked Like Giants - Death Cab For Cutie

The Island, Come And See, The Landlord's Daughter, You'll Not Feel The Drowning- The Decemberists

Dog Problems - The Format

Christmas Day, 1923 - Future Clouds and Radar

Demise of the Ritual ~Battle With the Colossus~ - Koh Ohtani

What Wondrous Love Is This - (any awesome rendition)

Rocket - MAE

The Chad Who Loved Me - Mansun

Save Me - Queen

Got Up This Morning - Sage Francis

Vi›rar Vel Til Loftárása - Sigur Rós

5 O'Clock World - The Vogues

Go or Go Ahead - Rufus Wainwright

Behind Blue Eyes - The Who

O Holy Night - (any non-crappy, non R&B rendition)

[MAGIC]

In alphabetical order for your convenience:


Hanasakajijii (Two: Floating World) - Anathallo

The Worst That Could Happen - The Brooklyn Bridge

The Antikythera Mechanism - BT

Death Is The Road To Awe - Clint Mansell

Out of the Deep - Cambridge Singers

We Looked Like Giants - Death Cab For Cutie

The Island, Come And See, The Landlord's Daughter, You'll Not Feel The Drowning- The Decemberists

Dog Problems - The Format

Christmas Day, 1923 - Future Clouds and Radar

Demise of the Ritual ~Battle With the Colossus~ - Koh Ohtani

What Wondrous Love Is This - (any awesome rendition)

Rocket - MAE

The Chad Who Loved Me - Mansun

Save Me - Queen

Got Up This Morning - Sage Francis

Vi›rar Vel Til Loftárása - Sigur Rós

5 O'Clock World - The Vogues

Go or Go Ahead - Rufus Wainwright

Behind Blue Eyes - The Who

O Holy Night - (any non-crappy, non R&B rendition)

I am so unfamiliar with this entire list i cant tell which is the song title and the the artist.

[Snarkasm]

The right side of the dash is the artist - Sigur Ros, The Who, Death Cab, Decemberists, Queen.

Great list, Wahay.

[ardichoke]

I agree, +5 to wahay. I just recently started listening to Anathallo and I must say, I love them. I'm so happy amiestreet.com recommended them to me.

[wahay]

I am so unfamiliar with this entire list i cant tell which is the song title and the the artist.

I'm so cool I listen to bands you haven't even heard of!
I'm so cool I end sentences on prepositions!

I agree, +5 to wahay. I just recently started listening to Anathallo and I must say, I love them. I'm so happy amiestreet.com recommended them to me.

They happened to play at my college freshman year. I was too naive to appreciate it, but I enjoyed the listen.

[UPSLynx]

Weezer - glad to see another vote for smile like you mean it. I love that song so much.



Death Is The Road To Awe - Clint Mansell




This song is awesome, especially the ending. A great pick.

I like 'Together we will live forever' more though. A beautiful song, listen to it all the time.

*puts both songs on cue in Winamp*

[Kwitko]

Deadline extended until the end of September!

[Gnome Queen]

So, ten years later, perhaps I've finally finished my list (which I've lost like...17 times). I'll probably want to change the list in about five minutes, too. Please note that a lot of the songs are more recent because back in the day before I learned about nifty things like portable hard drives, I lost my music library about three times. The list would also be very, very different if we were including soundtracks, classical stuff, and musicals. Don't judge me too much! Heh.

1.) All American Rejects- Move Along
2.) Oasis- Wonderwall
3.) Death Cab for Cutie- Marching Bands of Manhattan
4.) Bon Jovi- It's my life
5.) Aqualung- Strange and Beautiful
6.) Something Corporate- Konstantine
7.) Jack's Mannequin- Bruised
8.) Sufyan Stevens- Chicago
9.) Linkin Park- Crawling
10.) Chevelle- The Clincher
11.) Muse- Sing for absolution
12.) Copeland- The Grey Man
13.) Imogen Heap- Hide and Seek
14.) Lost Prophets- Last Train Home
15.) Frou Frou- Let Go
16.) Snow Patrol- Run
17.) Flyleaf- All around me
18) Sarah Mclachlan- Possession
19.) Butterfly Boucher- Bitter Song
20.) The Yeah yeah yeahs- Maps

[Kwitko]

Anybody else? Come on, let's submit those lists!

[Koreish]

The list would also be very, very different if we were including soundtracks, classical stuff, and musicals.

And what's stopping you from including songs from musicals or soundtracks. If you'll notice some of us have already posted classical music too.

[ardichoke]

Hey, someone else posted Something Corporate - Konstantine. Score.

[muddocktor]

Anybody else? Come on, let's submit those lists!

You still taking lists? Good, then let me put something together. Only 20 songs makes it hard to do. Anyways, here's a shot at it, in no particular order.

1. Metallica - Orion
2. Rush - 2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx
3. Pearl Jam - Life Wasted
4. Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
5. Johnny Cash - Hurt
6. Blue Öyster Cult - Tattoo Vampire
7. Diamond Head - Am I Evil
8. Godsmack - Voices
9. Iron Maiden - Remember Tomorrow
10. Led Zeppelin - Living Loving Maid
11. Santana - Toussaint L'Overture
12. Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise
13. Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine
14. Alice in Chains - Nutshell
15. Chickenfoot - Future in the Past
16. Deep Purple - Highway Star
17. Disturbed - Indestructible
18. Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
19. Kiss - Black Diamond
20. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

Damn that was hard, whittling it down to just 1 song per artist.

[Gnome Queen]

And what's stopping you from including songs from musicals or soundtracks. If you'll notice some of us have already posted classical music too.

I was under the impression that we were leaving that stuff out.

[poofie]

GQ, we can talk musicals. i heart them SO HARD. just this morning i was singing Bless Your Beautiful Hide in the shower, and the morning before was Maybe This Time.

[UPSLynx]

muddocktor, nice list! I think you're the only one with KISS on their list so far, which kind of surprised me.

[Koreish]

I was under the impression that we were leaving that stuff out.

Only rule was don't repeat an artist in your list.

When is this master list going to be posted by the way?

[Kwitko]

As soon as I get more people to posts lists. There are thousands of members on this site and I don't even have 100 lists. At this point it's going to be the Icrontic 3. :)

[Quady the Turnip]

Oooh boy. Mine changes literally on a weekly basis (not because I have a hard time picking favs, but because i listen to so much frigging music. But here's a rough list:

1. Soulwax - I Love Techno (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv1DUL7w_Lc)
2. Great Big Sea - Scolding Wife (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX3lG9k1-kI)
3. Justice - Stress (Live Version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmff0JSUSgg)
4. Professor Kliq - Whitney (http://blog.professorkliq.com/2008/12/jam-session/)
5. MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb1jBn0uEOc)
6. Daft Punk - Human / Together / One More Time / Music Sounds Better With You (Stardust) (http://www.greenpeaness.org/mp3/yearend/daftpunk_encore.mp3) (yes, it's all one track)
7. Loreena McKennitt - The Mummer's Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnNOzngbfNg&fmt=22)
8. The New Deal - Gone Gone Gone
9. Hot Chip - Over and Over
10. Fatboy Slim - Don't Let the Man Get You Down
11. Johnny Cash - Hurt
12. Spirit of the West - Frankfurt I'm Sorry
13. Synchronoise - Acceptable American (Calvin Harris vs. Estelle)
14. Sarah Harmer - Lodestar
15. Mr. Bungle - Sweet Charity
16. Poe - Exploration B / Haunted
17. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
18. They Might Be Giants - Experimental Film
19. The Rankin Family - Tramp Miner
20. Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

[Quady the Turnip]

After some consideration (and the joyful discovery of an HD video on youtube while looking for links for the above post), I am incredibly happy for this thread reminding me how amazing Loreena McKennitt is. If you only watch one of the videos I linked up there, watch hers (#7). She's probably the main reason that I, as an electronic-dance loving DJ, still play Bodhran in a medieval music group and listen to Celtic/world music

[TiberiusLazarus]

After some consideration (and the joyful discovery of an HD video on youtube while looking for links for the above post), I am incredibly happy for this thread reminding me how amazing Loreena McKennitt is. If you only watch one of the videos I linked up there, watch hers (#7). She's probably the main reason that I, as an electronic-dance loving DJ, still play Bodhran in a medieval music group and listen to Celtic/world music

Holy cow, I've heard that song before and never knew who it was. I love me some folk/celtic/world style music!

[NiGHTS]

So I decided to give my 20 here afterall. I wanted to take my list in a somewhat different direction that what's been posted already. I tried to give a sampling of Southern California with my picks. I've represented Los Angeles (mostly "West Coast" Hip Hop, Rock), Orange County (Ska), and San Diego (Ska/Rock). The list is comprised of songs you're likely to find on the radio on any given station, even today.

It's hard to describe the laid back feel out here without having lived in one of the cities, particularly San Diego, but Ska and 'slower' bands (STP, Incubus) fit and describe the lifestyle here perfectly. Hopefully the sampling captures the heartbeat of the cities for you.

I've thrown in a few random favorites, too.

Don't Sweat the Technique - Eric B. & Rakim
My Life - Pharoahe Monch
Oh No - Mos Def
Hip Hop - Dead Prez
Got Yourself a Gun - NAS
Watch Me - Jay-Z
Nuthin' but a "G" Thang - Dr. Dre
Gangsta Nation - Westside Connection
It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube
Express Yourself - N.W.A.
California Love - 2Pac
Santeria - Sublime
Californiacation - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters
Sell Out - Reel Big Fish
Spiderwebs - No Doubt
Drive - Incubus
Gin and Juice - Snoop Dogg
Regulate - Warren G
Plush - Stone Temple Pilots


Edit: I realize the hip hop won't get any votes, but I'd really invite you to listen to the songs I picked. They're a far cry from most of today's stuff, and if you're into any sort of ambient vibe to your music I guarantee those will fit right in.

[Koreish]

I approve of NiGHTS list.

[CB]

NiGHTS, I don't think your list is nearly as odd as you've been hyping it up to be.

[UPSWeezer]

Edit: I realize the hip hop won't get any votes, but I'd really invite you to listen to the songs I picked. They're a far cry from most of today's stuff, and if you're into any sort of ambient vibe to your music I guarantee those will fit right in.

I've got hip hop in my list. The new Jay-Z album is sick!

[TiberiusLazarus]

I approve of NiGHTS list.

[Charshie]

Um...guess I can try for list....but there's so many good songs! No particular order.

1. Metallica - One (went back and forth between this and "For Whom the Bell Tolls")
2. Led Zepellin - The Battle of Evermore
3. Iron Maiden - Afraid to Shoot Strangers
4. Rammstein - Tier
5. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
6. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
7. Elton John - Tiny Dancer
8. Soundgarden - Fell on Black Days
9. Tool - Ticks and Leeches
10. Alice in Chains - Got Me Wrong
11. Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son
12. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
13. Neil Young - Needle and the Damage Done
14. Tom Petty - Mary Jane's Last Dance
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (URG soo hard to boil it down)
16. Guns n' Roses - Paradise City
17. Rufus Wainwright's version - Hallelujah
18. Gary Jules' version - Mad World
19. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
20. The Beatles - Yesterday

Think *some* of these overlap with other people's?

[primesuspect]

8. Soundgarden - Fell on Black Days
9. Tool - Ticks and Leeches
10. Alice in Chains - Got Me Wrong

... Marry me?

[Charshie]

... Marry me?

*laughs* Woot, marriage. That means cake. I like cake! Your list was awesome too. "Dirt" is a freaking great song and I very nearly put it down.

[Quady the Turnip]

Hey Charshie, pleased to meet yah. I like cake too! Anyways...

NiGHTS, ever heard of the Grey Album? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJqihkLcGc)

[NiGHTS]

I have, Quady ;)

Agreed, Weezer - Blueprint 3 grew on me slowly, took me a few listens to really appreciate it. Empire State of Mind with Alicia Keys is great. I'm convinced Alicia is the female Nate Dogg - she instantly makes any track she's on better and has a great voice to compliment almost everyone.

[Charshie]

Hey Charshie, pleased to meet yah. I like cake too! Anyways...

*smiles* Well hi there Quady, nice to meet you too!! ;)