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Like a moth to the flame, I feel a need to respond to augstone's top 30 songs of all time list with my
I'm limiting myself to one song per band since I could load the list with Siouxsie, the Fall, Wire, etc. And these aren't in any particular order, by the way. Just a random sample of the 70 or so must-list songs I came up with :)
1. Heart - Crazy on You
2. David Bowie - Let's Dance (Got more haunting and developed as I got older. Maybe you have to hear the version in my head to understand.)
3. Jane's Addiction - Jane Says (Ditto)
4. Magnetic Fields - Smoke and Mirrors
5. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
6. Bjork - Hyper-Ballad
7. Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?
8. Billie Holiday - Don't Explain
9. Patsy Cline - Crazy
10. Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (x2 for Social D!)
11. Kraftwerk - The Model (and one for Big Black :)
12. Blondie - Die Young Stay Pretty
13. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love?
14. The Clash - Guns of Brixton
15. The Fall - The Classical
16. Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
17. Fugazi - Waiting Room
18. Pop Will Eat Itself - Wise Up Sucker
19. Pixies - Debaser
20. Wire - Mannequin
21. The Go-Betweens - Five Words
22. Coil - Love's Secret Domain
23. Damage Manual - Blame and Demand
24. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
25. The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
26. The Au-Pairs - America
27. Billy Bragg - Brickbat
28. The Cure - M
29. New Order - Temptation
30. Siouxsie - ...... I'll agree with Aug here and take the Last Beat of My Heart
This, of course, does not include full albums, electonica, and gems of my clubbing past such as The Normal and Messiah. Or Beyonce :)
edit: Damn my dependence on ITunes - I forgot the Pogues- Rainy Night in Soho!
I'm limiting myself to one song per band since I could load the list with Siouxsie, the Fall, Wire, etc. And these aren't in any particular order, by the way. Just a random sample of the 70 or so must-list songs I came up with :)
1. Heart - Crazy on You
2. David Bowie - Let's Dance (Got more haunting and developed as I got older. Maybe you have to hear the version in my head to understand.)
3. Jane's Addiction - Jane Says (Ditto)
4. Magnetic Fields - Smoke and Mirrors
5. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
6. Bjork - Hyper-Ballad
7. Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?
8. Billie Holiday - Don't Explain
9. Patsy Cline - Crazy
10. Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (x2 for Social D!)
11. Kraftwerk - The Model (and one for Big Black :)
12. Blondie - Die Young Stay Pretty
13. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love?
14. The Clash - Guns of Brixton
15. The Fall - The Classical
16. Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
17. Fugazi - Waiting Room
18. Pop Will Eat Itself - Wise Up Sucker
19. Pixies - Debaser
20. Wire - Mannequin
21. The Go-Betweens - Five Words
22. Coil - Love's Secret Domain
23. Damage Manual - Blame and Demand
24. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
25. The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
26. The Au-Pairs - America
27. Billy Bragg - Brickbat
28. The Cure - M
29. New Order - Temptation
30. Siouxsie - ...... I'll agree with Aug here and take the Last Beat of My Heart
This, of course, does not include full albums, electonica, and gems of my clubbing past such as The Normal and Messiah. Or Beyonce :)
edit: Damn my dependence on ITunes - I forgot the Pogues- Rainy Night in Soho!