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Yes, VH1 released their list of the the 100 best songs of the past 25 years. Yes, Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit was number one. Yes, Britney Spears' Baby More One Time is on the list. Yes, there is no Jeff Buckley. Yes, Norah Jones' Don't Know Why is on the list. Yes, there's not much British music (no Joy Division, New Order, Stone Roses, The Smiths and Blur...there is Oasis). Yes, an oh-so scientific panel of VH1 executives of chose the songs, thinking not about ratings or good built-in PR, but about the future of music. Yes, the list has been out for less than a day and Gothamist is cranky everyone trying to dissect whether it's a good list. It's a list, by VH1, using equal components of (1) potential buzz; (2) commercial popularity; (3) existence of a video, ideally interesting; (4) mark on pop culture; and (5) least of all, musical worthiness. There are certainly worthy choices of course, (Outkast's Ms. Jackson, The Clash's London Calling) but this not the end-all. At least, not until Entertainment Weekly gets their mitts on this idea.
To remedy that, Gothamist asks you what you think the best songs (give about five suggestions) of the past 25 years are. Emotional choices are welcome, as well as those necessary for the musical canon.
VH1's official site for the Best 100 Songs of the past 25 years and the list in full.
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I have exceptions with some songs, versus the artists (like I would have put into something from Paul's Boutique for the Beastie Boys), so I'll just take up for songs of artists not on the list:
- Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley
- Central Reservation by Beth Orton
- There She Goes by The La's
- I Am The Resurrection by The Stone Roses
- This is Hardcore by Pulp
Five is not enough, I realize.
you are an idiot, jen- the best five songs are:
- hallelujah by leonard cohen (john cale version)
- send me an angel by they might be giants
- thunder road by bruce springstein
- now my heart is full by morrissey
- here comes your man by the pixies
- electrolite by REM
- better days by the kinks
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada (value for money - the whole thing's a shade under half an hour long. And the only song ever to leave me with tears in my eyes.)
- Slint - Good Morning Captain (Retelling of The Ancient Mariner without a hint of pretentiousness and the most rockin' bassline you've ever heard)
- Radiohead - Paranoid Android (Like Bohemian Rhapsody but, well, not shit)
- Mogwai - My Father My King (20 minutes of Jewish hymn - but this is Jewish hymn that knows how to rock the fuck out. Oh man)
- Sigur Rós - Untitled #8 (popplagiđ) (Beautiful. And explosive.)
My favorites generally vary with mood and feelings of sentiment...but I would include:
- Black Boys on Mopeds, Sinead O'Connor
- Out of Range, Ani DiFranco
- Down In It, Nine Inch Nails
- Hit, Sugarcubes
- Been Caught Stealing, Jane's Addiction
And I second Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen.
ding! callalillie wins for getting the most correct answers!
Gosh, that's a hideous list VH1s got there. Much better music "bests" can be found at:
http://listsofbests.com/
In no particular order, but trying to pick more popular of the underground (as I consult my Ipod)..
Galaxie 500- Oblivious
Radiohead- Let Down
Wilco- Kamera
Built to Spill- Big Dipper
Joy Division- Ceremony
Wire- Outdoor Miner
Talking Heads- Thank you for sending me an Angel
Man.. I could go on.. and on.. That list should be relabled top 100 in heaviest rotation on VH1
Saint Etienne: Hate Your Drug
Rachel's: His Eyes
Peter Gabriel: Biko
The Beta Band: She's The One
Schnittke: Penitential Psalms: XII Wordless Humming
Hooverphonic: Autoharp
Oh, is that six? Oops.
Pregnant women should not be allowed to see that list, it is so infuriating. Rrrgh. It is VH1, though... It's not like they are selling out their principles. In fact, judging by the list, they are sticking to them pretty closely. Anyway, my top 5 at this moment:
Sentimental Favorite: Live Forever--Oasis
Bar Favorite: Where is my Mind--The Pixies
Mandatory Radiohead Song: Electioneering
Elvis Costello pick (I think Alison is too old for the list): Strict Time (from Trust)
And, uh, Tainted Love by Soft Cell. Because I always end up clapping along when I hear it.
Okay, here goes:
- New Edition, "Candy Girl";
- L'Trimm, "Cars That Go Boom";
- Divinyls, "I Touch Myself";
- Milli Vanilli, "Girl You Know It's True"; and ...
- "Wonderwall," the Mike Flowers Pops.
How'd I do?ugh. I'll tell you what this smells like: like every Labor Day countdown growing up in North Carolina, where Stairway to freakin' Heaven was always the Greatest Song of All Time.
If VH1 were a state, I'd move away from it.
Okay, seriously this time, but in no particular order:
- Prince, "Alphabet St.";
- Radiohead, "Paranoid Android";
- Beastie Boys, "Shake Your Rump";
- R.E.M., "Try Not to Breathe";
- Pavement, "Cut Your Hair";
- The Smiths, "The Queen Is Dead"; and ...
- The Sundays, "Here's Where the Story Ends."
Honorable mentions to James, Björk, and Blur — if only I could pick a song — and the Breeders for "Cannonball."Even considering that we're talking about VH1, they made some truly boneheaded omissions. I mean, "Mr. Jones," by Counting Crows? Hello?!
oooh the pressure. 5 of this precise moment, not in order.
1)peter murphy, "cuts you up"
2)DAMN. "brandy" by looking glass is too old.
3)the clash, "london calling"
4)luna, "chinatown"
5)the auteurs, "new french girlfriend"
6)the jam, "ghosts"
and, a special bonus for the best cover EVER: dwight yoakam and flaco jimenez, "carmelita."
1) Mississippi--Bob Dylan
2) Not Dark Yet--Bod Dylan (again!)
3) Paradise City--Guns R' Roses This song has more hooks than a tackle shop.
4) Fairytale of New York--The Pogues A Christmas classic.
5) Jealous Again--The Black Crowes Straight classic American rock n roll.
Gothamist should make the ultimate collaborative mix tape/music list via blog.
Jesus! Greg, I thought I was the only one who had ever listened to L'Trimm! No, I;m serious!
Best 5.....let's see:
Come on Eileen
My Dark Star – Suede
Common People – Pulp
Um…almost anything by the Violent Femmes
Bring the Noise
VH1's highest ranked rap song on this list is by Eminem. Need I say more?
(also: Hanson also made the list. Perhaps VH1 will never figure out why their viewership is close to zero)
Remember, it's the last 25 years, not just the last 10.
Jeff Buckley, "Lover, You Should've Come Over"
Thomas Dolby, "Screen Kiss"
Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car"
The Smiths, "Rubber Ring"
Prince, "If I Was Your Girlfriend"
And if there must be Radiohead, it's "Exit Music" from OK Computer.
In no particular order:
Don Henley - "Boys of Summer"
Madonna - "Vogue"
The Sundays - "Here's Where the Story Ends"
Tracy Chapman - "Fast Car"
Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush - "Don't Give Up"
ok, i hate to break it to ya, but this vh1 list ( like all 25 best..whatever viacom lists) is pretty much dictated by asshole publicists and asshole vh1 staff who lick the asses of said publicists: "Um, like you HAVE to put Norah Jones, in there, i dont care where but we HAVE to, I promised the label " no shit, these meetings DO happen. i've been there.... just in case you thought lists like these were determined by people who like/know/listen to music..... sad but true
I know - it's VH1 repackaging a mix of their usual music plus the ones they have to include or the list will totally lose credibility. It's infuriating to read, but it's fun for Gothamist (me) to see what songs other people like...I learn about new stuff this way.
There needs to be some Jonathan Richman, Liz Phair (What Makes You Happy?), New Order (Temptation?).
Patty Griffin - "Peter Pan"
Pearl Jam - "Yellow Ledbetter"
Nikka Costa - "Everybody Got Their Something"
Ani DiFranco - "Both Hands"
Bjork - "Hyperballad"
Travis - "Turn"
i guess that's more representative of that past 10 years, but hey, those are my choices.
Travis?
what an impossible task. ive thrown out a few that strike me but it could just as easily be many others. (caution: indie rock bias)
"oh comely" neutral milk hotel
"twin falls idaho" built to spill
"king rides by" "colors and the kids" catpower
"frontwords" "here" "range life" pavement
"will you miss me when i burn" palace brothers
"good things" sleater kinney
"autumn sweater" yo la tengo
"ride it on" mazzy star
"creep" "paranoid android" radiohead
"dress" "rid of me" pj harvey
"ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space" spiritualized
"motor away" guided by voices
ok, that takes care of the 90s. now in the eighties......
ive got a counter question. what are the 5 best songs since 2000?
Five all-time best songs that VH-1 somehow forgot:
- "Bastards of Young" by the Replacements
- "Teenage Riot" by Sonic Youth
- "She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man)" by Husker Du
- "There She Goes" by The La's
- "Love Vigilantes" by New Order
the best 5 songs of the past years for me would include
1.joydivision love will tear us apart
2.patsy cline crazy
3. led zeppelin in through the out door
4. the beeges how deep is your love
5. the waterboys the whole of the moon
LIRC should win sharing access to my iTunes/Apple account.
My top five-ish:
Industrial Rock
1. Einsturzende Neubauten:YÜ-GUNG (FÜTTER MEIN EGO)
New Wave/Post Punk
2. Joy Division and New Order: Transmission (the grabled JD version is better than the cleaner NO)
Hip Hopsters
3. The Streets's _Original Pirate Material_ : Let’s Push Thing‘s Forward
Pop
4. Ministry's _Twitch_ : Everyday is Halloween
Long before Filth Pig, M. was more like Duran Duran.
Techno
5. The Crystal Method top 5 nominee: High Roller
willie nelson. i vote for willie nelson.
Year of the Cat- Al Stewart
Hysteria- Def Leoppard
Last Goodbye- Jeff Buckley
Plush- Stone Temple Pilots
south central rain - r.e.m.
drive in saturday - bowie
nothing compares 2 U - sinead's version
brilliant mistake - elvis costello
song to the siren - this mortal coil
While everyone here can find fault in a Top 100 list, it seems that everyone's Top 5 "omissions" are simply their own personal favorites. No disrespect to any given individual, but it would be a pretty pathetic for VH1 if their viewers hadn't heard of most of the songs on the list. Indie cred doesn't (nor should it) land an artist anywhere on a Top 100 list, so all you Jeff Buckley, Husker Du and Ani Difranco fans should simply take heart in the fact that you are way cooler than all the Top 40 pop music slaves out there. The only person who seemed to "get it" is the one who listed "Boys of Summer", "Vogue" and "Fast Car", which are all popular and enduring songs from the 80's. Lest you think I'm being hypocritical, I'm the biggest Black Crowes fan around, but there's no way "Jealous Again" deserves to be on the VH1 list. Nor does "Remedy", which is probably the Crowes most definitive work. Maybe this whole blog is just an excuse to list your five favorite songs, which is fine. It doesn't, however, pay much mind to what would be worthy additions to a better "best of" list that would please the masses who watch VH1 (which, by the way, is the whole point of such lists...)
The Way it Is- Bruce Hornsby
Glory of Love- Peter Cetera
Baker Street- Gerry Rafferty
Circle in the Sand- Belinda Carlisle
Sowing the Seeds of Love- Tears for Fears
Tom waits - 16 Shells From a 30-06
Elvis Costello - Beyond Belief
The Jam - That's Entertainment
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
The Clash - Clampdown
#1 "Love will tear us apart", Joy Division
#2 "That's Entertainment", The Jam
#3 "Oblivious", Aztec Camera
#4 "Pump it Up", Elvis Costello
#5 "Train in Vain", the Clash
Only 5? My iPod holds 2000...is 100 still a valid range considering the size of personal music collections these days?
Down by the Water - P.J. Harvey
Repeater - Fugazi
Fall On Me - REM
Head On - JAMC
Debaser - Pixies
No Neil Young anywhere?
My Neil Young top 5, steering this towards High Fidelity-ville:
Rocking In The Free World
Needle and the Damage Done
Ohio
Heart of Gold
Southern Man
I like Cortez the Killer, but that's from 1975 (drat).
"Born Under Punches"- Talking Heads
"Lord Only Knows"- Beck
"Climbing Up the Walls"- Radiohead
"The Whistling Song"- Meat Puppets
"In the Mouth a Desert"- Pavement
"i wanna be sedated" by the ramones
"fuck and run" by liz phair
"tuesday's gone" by lynyrd skynyrd
"alison" by elivis costello
"she says" howie day
"tell her this" del amitri
current emotional choices, so use me.
this is gay.
It's actually 26 years (1977), but I think Aja, by Steely Dan is about the greatest thing to ever happen to popular music.
It's nice to see how many other Gothamist readers appreciate the finer acts of the 80's. Lots of props to Joy Division, Elvis Costello, etc. But how come nobody else is as upset about the low ranking that "Roxanne" got? Even in the context of this VH1 dreck, that song was a major hit that turned pop music on its head.
absolute musts!
Praise you- fatboy slim
November Rain- Guns 'n Roses
she's a Queen- Queen
Cream- Prince
I need you tonight- INX
elephant breath - karpet kingdom
jesmond sleeps - chris crick
walk away renee - the left banke
baby one more time - britney
I love your fried trumpet - intentionally blank
you guys forgot all about James Taylor! Now he is damn good. And R Kelly...even if he is a weirdo outside musiq. Or 2pac? My top 5
Carolina in my mind- James Taylor
All along the watchtower- guns and roses
I believe I can fly- r kelly
Hypnotize- Notorious BIG
Changes- 2pac
Vision of Love - Mariah Carey
Vanishing - Mariah Carey
Emotions - Mariah Carey
Fantasy - Mariah Carey
My All - Mariah Carey
Okay - for real now, if limiting to five and in current state of mood:
Let Down - Radiohead
Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
#1 Crush - Garbage
Obsession - Animotion
Clocks - Coldplay
I would have to say this would be my top tracks for my current state of mind/mood:
check these tracks out....good to play for the summer.... its all about the order for things to run smooth.....
Guns N Roses - November Rain
Gill Scott heron - The bottle
thievery corporation - shadows of ourselves
Nigo - Ape sounds
The Walkmen - we've been had
Lewis Taylor - Lucky
The sea and cake - afternoon speaker
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
Morrisey - I'm so sorry
The Clash- Train in Vain
The Smiths - This charming man
Pete Rock & CL smooth - Reminisce
Mondo Grosso - Souffles (masters at work mix)
Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation
Pink Floyd (pulse live)- coming back to live
Quincy Jones - Summer in the city
SOMEthing by the Smashing Pumpkins belongs on that list. I'm not quite sure which song, but since they were huge not too long ago, and Billy Corgan was being praised as a genius songwriter, they deserve to be represented.
My 5 is more mainstream then most, don't know if these are already on the vh1 list
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
Black - Pearl Jam
Sweet Child Of Mine - Guns N' Roses
One - Metallica
Uninvited - Alanis Morissette
As a Vh1 Classic apologist, I go forth...
1. "The Different Story" - Peter Schilling
2. "(Feels Like) Heaven" - Fiction Factory
3. "Images Of Heaven" - Peter Godwin
4. "Heaven (Must Be There)" - Eurogliders
5. "One Night in Bangkok" - Murray Head
Ok, here goes in no special order
Just Like Haven the Cure
Talk Show Host Radiohead
Voices Carry Til Tuesday
I Will Dare the Replacements
Pink Moon Nick Drake
Good, and some VH-1 nners might have heard them
So, E-Cyrano, you're saying that you don't think a list of the 100 best songs in the last 25 years shouldn't necessarily include what you think are the best songs in the last 25 years?
...
Uh?
i have to agree a lot with drat fink. here's my list:
weezer - el scorcho
sleater kinney - heart factory
jeff buckley - lover, you should have come over
bright eyes - when the curious girl realizes she is under glass
built to spill - big dipper
mazzy star - fade into you
liz phair - dance of the seven veils
No list as yet, its just baffling, the fact that no one has mentioned any tool songs in their lists. Listen to TOOL!
Ben Folds- The Luckiest
Velvet Underground- Heroin
Juliana Theory- We're At The Top Of The World
Rod Stewart- When I Was Younger
Bob Dylan- I Want You
Beatles- Julia
Beatles- I Will
Radiohead- Fake Plastic Trees
Dashboard Confessional- The Best Deceptions
David Gray- Babylon
Dynamite Hack- Boyz in the Hood
Coldplay- Sparks
Coldplay- The Scientest
Third Eye Blind- Deep Inside Of You
Ben Lee- No Room To Bleed
Rilo Kiley- With Arms Outstretched
The Get Up Kids- I'll Catch You
Velvet Underground- Sweet Jane
Red Hot Chilli Peppers- My Friends
AND
NEIL SEDAKA- CALENDAR GIRL
great list
Sigur Ros - the nothing song
Spiritualized - Ladies and gentlemen
Nico - These Days
Bob Dylan - Wigwam
Nick Drake - Fly
Wow, what an accurate and concise list. I sure hope they make it available for purchase through Time-Life. Then I could get rid of all those useless CDs on my shelf and get all my favorites in one collection!
i'm not all super indie or all super pop. on a scale of that, 1 being hardcore, and 100 being all yuppy-ish, i'd probably be a 38, so oh well. I don't think this is five, but oh well...
Dre and Snoop - ain't nothing but a g thang
Tupac - to live in die in L.A. (represent)
Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - untitle/ bavarian fruit bread (track 1-, 4:10)
Sarah McLachlan - I love you (mirrorball version)
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Weezer - Only in Dreams/ Say it ain't so (tie)
Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er (uh oh uh oh uh oh baby)
(is that in the last 25 years? oh well)
Tori Amos - Imagine (cover)
Sublime - STP/ Seed (tie)
i would have added some Beatles, but i guess that doesn't fit in...
my ten, in no order:
cowboy junkies - blue moon revisited
lauryn hill + bob marley - turn your lights down low
john lennon - angel baby
stp - big empty
mazzy star - five string serenade
velvet underground - who loves the sun
beatles - i'm only sleeping
elvis - oh danny boy
that dog - being with you
the cure - close to me
David Bowie- Rebel, Rebel
Rolling Stones- Paint it Black
Green Day- Long View
Mission of Burma- Academy Fight Song
Dead Kennedy's- Holiday in Cambodia
Rage Againsnt the Machine- Testify
Lou Reed- Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Oasis- Champagne Super Nova
Sound Garden- Black Holed Sun
Blur- Song 2
Fugazi- Small Pox Champion
Roxanne- The Police
Snoop Dog- Gin and Juice
Black Flag- Nervous Breakdown
Doors- Break on Through (year?)
Elvis Costello- Pump it up
and yes....
Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
the best 5 songs are
2 of americaz most wanted - 2pac
changes-2pac
letter to my unborn child-2pac
brenda's got a baay-2pac
lost souls-2pac
all rap songs form the same person? give me a break.
I'm from Brazil and my favourites songs are (out of order!!!):
Head On - Jesus & Mary Chain / Pixies
Temptation - New Order
Hewlett's Daughter - Grandaddy
Transmission - Joy Division
Letter to Menphis - Pixies
No Feelings - Sex Pistols
The Group who Couldn't Say - Grandaddy
Let's Linch the Land Lord - Dead Kennedys
Ceremony - Joy Division / New Order
Wave of Mutilation - Pixies
Knock me Down - RHCP
Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit
So Watcha' Want - Beastie Boys
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Stand Inside Your Love - Smashing Pumpkins
This is the Day - The The
Why Does My Heart Feel so Bad - Moby
Special K - Placebo
Mayonaise - Smashing Pumpkins
Out of Control - Chemical Brothers
Rise - PIL
Schizophrenia - Sonic Youth
Mote - Sonic Youth
Hash Pipe - Weezer
Push - Cure
Manta Ray - Pixies
Orange Crush - REM
Lips Like Sugar - Echo
Acquiesce - Oasis
Lithium - Nirvana
Extreme Ways - Moby
Down by the Water - PJ Harvey
Zwan - El Sol
Volcano Girls - Veruca Salt
and more...
im sorry i know the best song ever made
John Lennon Imagine
Manguetown - Chico Science
Where Is My Mind? - Pixies
The Model - Belle & Sebastian
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Born Slippy - Underworld
Obs: These Day - Nico was record in 1968.......not on the past 25 years.....
A few that come to mind from the past 25 years:
Train in Vain-The Clash
I Am a Scientist-Guided By Voices
Stars of Track and Field-Belle and Sebastian
Nude as the News-Cat Power
Antagonism-Will Oldham
She's Lost Control-Joy Division
That's When I ReachFor My Revolver-Mission of Burma
Soon-My Bloody Valentine
Somewhere There's a Feather-Nico
China Girl-Iggy Pop or Bowie
Common People-Pulp
William, It Was Really Nothing-Smiths
Pablo Picasso-Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers
Woman-John Lennon
Clint Eastwood-Gorillaz
Not Great Men-Gang of Four
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate-The Flaming Lips
An Older Lover-The Fall
Waltz #2-Elliot Smith
Smart Patrol/Mr.DNA-Devo
She Sells Sanctuary-The Cult
No Surprises-Radiohead
53rd and 3rd-Ramones
Marquee Moon-Television
The Unforgettable Fire-U2
Nothing To Do With Me-Stereolab
Song Against Sex-Neutral Milk Hotel
Dead Melodies-Beck
Shipbuilding-Robert Wyatt
Of course, incomplete, and happy to think that VH1 likely wouldn't select even one of these songs for their silly list
peppers - breaking the girl
veruca salt - shutterbug
live - freak
glassjaw - ape dos mil
sarah mclachlon - possesion
otep - battle ready
sonic youth - sunday
sonic youth - starpower
guided by voices - motor away
magnetic fields - 100,000 fireflies
depeche mode - never let me down again
moby - porcelain
stereolab - avant garde
guns n roses - sweet child o' mine
pavement - angel carver blues
sentridoh - certain dance / circumstance
sebadoh - soul and fire
sebadoh - kath
universal order of armageddon - painfully obvious
void - who are you
cars get crushed - weather conditions
heroin - in general
mazzy star - fade into you
stone roses - i wanna be adored
rites of spring - spring
pet shop boys - can you forgive her
jesus and mary chain - just like honey
the sisters of mercy - temple of love (extended)
wu-tang clan - shadowboxin
wu-tang clan - triumph
raekwan - verbal intercourse
In order from least to greatest --
XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Meat Puppets - Backwater
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aeroplane
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under
Even though the Pixies are underground, they still produced some truly fantastic songs. As Kurt Cobain had commeneted, every one of their songs is a hit. The Pixies, while not mainstream should have been respresented on this list, while they did not make a huge impact on the scene, the band still produced some of the greatest sounds from the time period.
My favorite 7 easy listening songs are the following:
Tori Amos - Famous Blue Raincoat L.Cohen cover.
Jeff Buckley - Halleluja
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Metallica - Fade To Black
Rammstein - Seemann
Cat Stevens - Oh Very Young
Jonathon Morris - Try To Remember(TheFantasticks)
The 5 That were left in the Cold
1 - The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
2 - Joy Division - Love Will Tear us Apart
3 - Stone Roses - I am the Resurection
4 - Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
5 - The Cure - Love Cats
Soundgarden - Burden in my hand
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Martin Sexton - Glory Bound
Rage against the Machine - Freedom
Chris Cornell - Sweet Euphoria
Heroine- The Velvet Underground
When tomorrow hits- Spacemen 3
Tugboat- Galaxy 500
Today is the day- Yo La Tengo
Sometimes- My bloody Valentine
Frustration- Mystic Tide
Sun's goin down- The Outsiders
Oh baby, I think I'm in love, Ladies and Gentlement we are floating in space, and any other song by...- Spiritualized
Concertina- The Mars Volta
Burning of the midnight lamp- Jimi Hendrix
Take me somewhere nice, stop coming to my house- Mogwai
Hourglass- At the Drive In
Piece of my Heart- Big Brother and The Holding co. (Janis Joplin)
Sweet Jane [live version], candy says, set free, pale blue eyes, (and so many others that I can't remember right now)-The Velvet Underground
Merry Blues- Manu Chao
King of Carrot Flowers, Song Against Sex, Aeroplane Over the Sea, Glue,Sinking Ship, Oh Comely, and others- Neutral Milk Hotel
Vamos, Bone Machine, Levitate Me (name?), winterlong, caribou, and others- The Pixies
Show me the Way, In a Jar- Dinosaur Jr
The Getaway, If you hate your friends you're not alone, liquid courage, ghosts on the radio, among others- Pretty Girls Make Graves
The Bends, Creep, Let Down, Karma Police, etc.- Radiohead
(maybe I should just throw out bands...)
Diamond Sea, Schizophrenia,Teenage Riot, Sunday...[others]-Sonic Youth
And mostly any song by Yo La Tengo, Smashing Pumpkins, The Beatles, John Lennon (mind games, instant karma, imagine....more..), Bob Dylan ('seven days' is a good one and more), Jimi Hendrix, Santana (old stuff), Led Zeppelin,
Some Smiths and Modest Mouse, Strokes, and you'll have yourself a good musical time.
AEROPLANE by the Chili Peppers, a truly brilliant song. Flea is an incredibale musician, the lyrics are a nice commentary on the struggles of drug addiction.
TOP FIVE SONGS at this point of existence:
5 BABYLON SISTERS - STEELY DAN
4 VAN MORRISSON - BROWN EYED GIRL
3 ROBERTA FLACK - KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
2 OTIS REDDING - (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY
1 AL GREEN - TIRED OF BEING ALONE