2008年 06月 2日 月曜日 04:51

OK, this is my attempt at making a greatest songs list. Obviously, these are limited to songs that I own. There are two sections, the "50 greatest" and my "50 favourite" songs. There are some shocking omissions, but among them are NOT: Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley and The Who, ALL OF WHOM I HAVE PURPOSEFULLY EXCLUDED FOR BEING OVER-RATED.

Now that I have alienated most of my readers, let's begin.

MY FAVOURITE SONGS

1. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
2. The Happening - Pixies
3. Pennyroyal Tea - Nirvana
4. Beginning To See The Light (live version) - The Velvet Underground
5. Across The Universe - The Beatles
6. Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
7. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
8. 'Cross The Breeze - Sonic Youth
9. Shadowplay - Joy Division
10. Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - Bob Dylan
11. Where You'll Find Me Now - Neutral Milk Hotel
12. Baby Baby - The Vibrators
13. Girl/Boy Song - Aphex Twin
14. Favorite Thing - The Replacements
15. Old Age - Hole
16. Where Is My Mind? - The Pixies
17. Distopian Dream Girl - Built To Spill
18. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
19. In The Mouth A Desert - Pavement
20. Reel Around The Fountain - The Smiths
21. No More Sorry - My Bloody Valentine
22. Submission - The Sex Pistols
23. Tractor Rape Chain - Guided By Voices
24. Bucket - Neutral Milk Hotel
25. Long, Long, Long - The Beatles
26. Abigail, Belle Of Kilronan - The Magnetic Fields
27. Mannequin - Wire
28. Love Buzz - Nirvana
29. Dead Finks Don't Talk - Brian Eno
30. Straw Dogs - Stiff Little Fingers
31. Tom Courtenay (acoustic version) - Yo La Tengo
32. Not Too Soon - Throwing Muses
33. Blueprint - Fugazi
34. Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones
35. To Hell With Good Intentions - Mclusky
36. Midnight In A Perfect World - DJ Shadow
37. I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For Cutie
38. Perfect Day - Lou Reed
39. A Message To Pretty - Love
40. Without Rings - Neil Young
41. Monkey Trick - The Jesus Lizard
42. Hypnotize - Notorious BIG
43. Harmony In My Head - Buzzcocks
44. Gonebones - Subtle
45. Jesus, Etc. - Wilco
46. World's Greatest Concertos - Frog Eyes
47. Bad Penny - Big Black
48. Ask Me Anything - The Strokes
49. You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, but I Feel Like A Millionaire - Queens Of The Stone Age
50. Mine's Not A High Horse - The Shins

THE 'GREATEST'

1. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
2. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
3. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
4. Heroin - The Velvet Underground
5. Range Life - Pavement
6. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
7. Victoria - The Kinks
8. Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth
9. Jolene - Dolly Parton
10. Voodoo Child (slight return) - Jimi Hendrix
11. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
12. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
13. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
14. A Day In The Life - The Beatles
15. Break On Through - The Doors
16. I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash
17. Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground
18. Digital - Joy Division
19. The Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
20. Marquee Moon - Television
21. White Rabbit - The Jefferson Airplane
22. Downtown Train - Tom Waits
23. Oh Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel
24. Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground
25. Slim Slow Slider - Van Morrison
26. Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd
27. Hail Mary - Tupac
28. Crying - Roy Orbison
29. Sound And Vision - David Bowie
30. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
31. Every Breath You Take - The Police
32. The Castle - Love
33. Chartered Trips - Husker Du
34. To Here Knows When - My Bloody Valentine
35. In Every Dream Home A Heartache - Roxy Music
36. House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
37. Clubbed To Death - Rob Dougan
38. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
39. Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam - The Vaselines
40. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
41. Misirlou - Dick Dale
42. Like Herod - Mogwai
43. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
44. Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim
45. Don't Look Back Into The Sun - The Libertines
46. Breathe The Prodigy
47. Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
48. Heart Of Glass - Blondie
49. Corona - Minutemen
50. Speed - Atari Teenage Riot

51. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynryd (had to get a mention somewhere)

Well, that was as many as I could think up in under an hour. Neutral Milk Hotel is my favourite band, and I consider The Velvet Underground to be the greatest band - they didn't influence other bands the most, but they influenced the bands who mattered to me the most.