Gothamist: 100 Best Songs? Not in Gothamist's 25 Years of Living Sweet Life

SHAMEN

Fri, 05 Nov 2004 03:23:43 -0500

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

Ian

Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:00:47 -0500

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.

diamond sea

Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:11:33 -0500

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.

alex

Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:56:45 -0500

Soundgarden - Burden in my hand Stone Temple Pilots - Plush Martin Sexton - Glory Bound Rage against the Machine - Freedom Chris Cornell - Sweet Euphoria

EnglishInOz

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:46:14 -0500

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

Thor

Sun, 06 Jun 2004 18:22:11 -0500

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)

Master Shake

Sat, 29 May 2004 00:17:40 -0500

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.

Madeleine

Thu, 13 May 2004 23:33:35 -0500

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

Allen Kung

Mon, 05 Apr 2004 18:39:05 -0500

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

bobjohnson

Sun, 14 Mar 2004 03:00:18 -0500

peppers - breaking the girl veruca salt - shutterbug live - freak glassjaw - ape dos mil sarah mclachlon - possesion otep - battle ready

elephant sea snake

Fri, 02 Jan 2004 18:51:01 -0500

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

Guilherme Cianfarani

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 23:21:19 -0500

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.....

derek

Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:24:41 -0500

im sorry i know the best song ever made John Lennon Imagine

Rafael

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 17:28:23 -0500

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...

FatLadyInHarness

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:34:10 -0500

all rap songs form the same person? give me a break.

meto

Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:03:49 -0500

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

FatLadyInHarness

Wed, 22 Oct 2003 01:41:57 -0500

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

alex fontaine de la torre deux trieve

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:22:16 -0500

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

argon

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:06:15 -0500

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...

Mikey

Mon, 06 Oct 2003 11:57:03 -0500

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!

Cody

Wed, 24 Sep 2003 20:59:09 -0500

Sigur Ros - the nothing song Spiritualized - Ladies and gentlemen Nico - These Days Bob Dylan - Wigwam Nick Drake - Fly

Jeff

Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:27:05 -0500

great list

Drew

Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:30:51 -0500

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

Finster

Sat, 06 Sep 2003 00:02:44 -0500

No list as yet, its just baffling, the fact that no one has mentioned any tool songs in their lists. Listen to TOOL!

mags

Thu, 04 Sep 2003 10:50:40 -0500

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

Pete

Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:46:12 -0500

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?

Unpossible

Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:09:17 -0500

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

Keith C

Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:21:13 -0500

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

Jason

Tue, 08 Jul 2003 20:03:04 -0500

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

TempeB

Fri, 04 Jul 2003 18:05:56 -0500

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.

Jerry

Thu, 03 Jul 2003 12:40:42 -0500

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

Josh

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 14:32:10 -0500

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

shurt

Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:13:24 -0500

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

jas

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:25:36 -0500

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

Zoe

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:09:40 -0500

absolute musts! Praise you- fatboy slim November Rain- Guns 'n Roses she's a Queen- Queen Cream- Prince I need you tonight- INX

chuck kane

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:07:07 -0500

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.

hookerlola

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:54:39 -0500

this is gay.

David

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:11:57 -0500

"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.

zeitgeist

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 20:59:49 -0500

"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

Jen

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 20:37:41 -0500

I like Cortez the Killer, but that's from 1975 (drat).

Mark

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:12:49 -0500

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

DanD

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:24:58 -0500

No Neil Young anywhere?

Mark

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:55:48 -0500

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

John

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:17:29 -0500

#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

Kurt

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:01:09 -0500

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

spartan

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:17:57 -0500

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

E-Cyrano

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 04:36:21 -0500

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...)

notdelia

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:00:51 -0500

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

treyt

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:39:22 -0500

Year of the Cat- Al Stewart Hysteria- Def Leoppard Last Goodbye- Jeff Buckley Plush- Stone Temple Pilots

lauratitian

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:51:42 -0500

willie nelson. i vote for willie nelson.

dc

Sat, 14 Jun 2003 18:27:05 -0500

LIRC should win sharing access to my iTunes/Apple account. My top five-ish: Industrial Rock 1. Einsturzende Neubauten:Y�-GUNG (F�TTER 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

ali connelly

Fri, 13 Jun 2003 22:01:52 -0500

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

Glenn Peoples

Thu, 12 Jun 2003 18:05:11 -0500

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

drat fink

Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:43:24 -0500

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?

Brian Henderson

Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:43:11 -0500

Travis?

jonathan

Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:16:11 -0500

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.

Jen

Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:07:34 -0500

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?).

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:08:37 -0500

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

Netizenkane

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:15:46 -0500

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"

artless

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:08:37 -0500

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.

Adrian

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:29:33 -0500

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)

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:35:57 -0500

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

callalillie

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:28:14 -0500

Gothamist should make the ultimate collaborative mix tape/music list via blog.

Henry Krinkle

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:55:59 -0500

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.

sakana

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:32:16 -0500

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."

Greg Greene

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:14:29 -0500

greg.org

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:50:35 -0500

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.

Greg Greene

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:26:04 -0500

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?

Alex

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:02:25 -0500

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.

Frankenstein

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:53:25 -0500

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.

LIRC

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:43:52 -0500

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

Mark

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:40:22 -0500

Gosh, that's a hideous list VH1s got there. Much better music "bests" can be found at: http://listsofbests.com/

Anil

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:24:14 -0500

ding! callalillie wins for getting the most correct answers!

callalillie

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:05:48 -0500

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.

Pete

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:39:39 -0500

- 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 R�s - Untitled #8 (popplagi�) (Beautiful. And explosive.)

jake

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:37:27 -0500

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

Jen

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:18:46 -0500

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.