Thursday, December 31, 2015

My Top 100 Songs (76-100)

Wrapping up my Top 100 favorite songs list! 76-100! (Okay, 101, but I couldn't decide between the Shatner version of Common People and the original by Pulp, so both are included!)

YouTube Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq7S3twOMsu0VxhNzZggP0PqOU4w-gquk

List:
76 Cactus - David Bowie
77 Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode
78 Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
79 Planet Earth - Duran Duran
80 Straight On - Heart
81 The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
82 Destroy Everything You Touch - Ladytron
83 Love Like Blood - Killing Joke
84 Missionary Man - Eurythmics
85 Tribulations - LCD Soundsystem
86 Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
87 The Kids From Orange County - Moving Units
88 What You Need - INXS
89 Such Great Heights - Postal Service
90 Heartbreak Beat - Psychedelic Furs
91 Lucretia - Sisters of Mercy
92 I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
93 Attitude - Suede
94 Run To You - Bryan Adams
95 Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
96 You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt
97 True Faith - New Order
98 Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
99 Common People - William Shatner/Ben Folds
99 Common People - Pulp
100 Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes

Maybe when I hit 90, I'll put out another top 100 list. ;-)


Wednesday, December 30, 2015

My Top 100 Songs (51-75)

Continuing my list of my top 100 favorite songs! Today is 51-75.

Here's the YouTube Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq7S3twOMsu177AWGWsY6_cgYMsgnCuTX

And in case you don't want to listen or some get removed, here's the list:

51 Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
52 O Fortuna - Carl Orff
53 Tragedy - Bee Gees
54 Hot Hot Hot!!! - The Cure
55 New Moon On Monday - Duran Duran
56 Worked Up So Sexual - The Faint
57 Love is the Slug - Fuzzbox
58 Train - Goldfrapp
59 Damage I've Done - The Heads
60 Anyway You Want It - Journey
61 Disorder - Joy Division
62 Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen
63 No New Tale To Tell - Love and Rockets
64 Just One Fix - Ministry
65 Age Of Consent - New Order
66 Supersonic - Oasis
67 No One Lives Forever - Oingo Boingo
68 Heaven - Psychedelic Furs
69 Tits on the Radio - Scissor Sisters
70 The Spy Who Loved Me – Carly Simon
71 Red Light - Siouxsie and the Banshees
72 This Charming Man - The Smiths
73 We Won't Break - Zoot Woman
74 20th Century Boy - T. Rex
75 Dear God - XTC

Tomorrow, I'll post 76-100

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

My Top 100 Songs (26-50)

Continuing my top 100 songs from yesterday, here's 26-50:

YouTube Playlist:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq7S3twOMsu2MJUF-zHG97B3LY5GvpJXh

Here's the list in case you don't want to listen:

26 Taxman - The Beatles
27 Space Age Love Song - Flock of Seagulls
28 We Want Revolution - Covenant
29 In Shreds - The Chameleons
30 (Birds Fly) Whisper To A Scream - Icicle Works
31 The Man With The Golden Gun - Lulu
32 Wrong - Depeche Mode
33 Government Hooker - Lady Gaga
34 Pop Goes The World - Men Without Hats
35 Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson
36 Ribbons - Sisters of Mercy
37 Invisible Light - Scissor Sisters
38 Pieces of the People We Love - The Rapture
39 You're So Vain - Carly Simon
40 Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet
41 American Music - Violent Femmes
42 No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand
43 Love Cats - The Cure
44 All Women Are Bad - The Cramps
45 Misunderstanding - Genesis
46 Strict Machine - Goldfrapp
47 Regret - New Orlder
48 Sin - Nine Inch Nails
49 Your Retro Career Melted - The Faint
50 Queer - Garbage

51-75 for tomorrow!

Monday, December 28, 2015

My Favorite 100 Songs (1-25)

I'm 45 and it's New Years, so time for lists, right? I thought I'd throw out a list of my favorite songs of all time. At first I thought it would be daunting. How do you categorize, quantify, sort and sift all of the amazing music out there and come up with just 100?

Well, here it is. I shot from the hip. There's no rhyme or reason. Some of these are perfect to dance to, others are nostalgic. Some are new, some are old. Some are obscure, others infamous. I don't care. I just went with it. These are songs that always make me smile, always make me sing along, always raise my pulse, make my feet move. There are plenty of other songs that could have made this list too, but they didn't. Don't read too much into it.

Also, these 100 songs are in NO ORDER whatsoever.

This is #1-25
The link straight to the YouTube playlist:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq7S3twOMsu1k-BCBnZowKTspopFak05g

In case any of those are dead or you don't have time to listen/watch, here's the list:

1 Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
2 Glory Hallelujah - Frank Turner
3 So Whatcha Want - Beastie Boys
4 Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
5 Beautiful Ones - Suede
6 Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
7 English Summer Rain - Placebo
8 Instant Karma - John Lennon
9 Ode To Joy (9th Symphony) - Beethoven
10 Everybody - Madonna
11 Head On - Jesus and Mary Chain
12 It's No Good - Depeche Mode
13 The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
14 Ghost Inside - Broken Bells
15 Don't Change - INXS
16 Ok...This is the Pops! - Tones On Tail
17 Clark Gable - Postal Service
18 You Got Lucky - Tom Petty
19 6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps
20 Must Be The Moon - !!!
21 I Didn't Mean To Turn You On - Robert Palmer
22 Controversy - Prince
23 Easy Lover - Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey
24 Wish - Nine Inch Nails
25 Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Even if none of these are to your tastes, it certainly gives you some insight into my brain.

#26-50 Tomorrow.