Pitchfork 500
Well let's see how much of a music snob I really am. Songs that I've heard are in bold.
1977 - 1979
David Bowie - Heroes
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
Brian Eno - 1/1
The Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Television - Marquee Moon
Patti Smith - Rock n Roll Nigger
The Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love?
Vic Godard and the Subway Sect - Parallel Lines
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
The Adverts - One Chord Wonders
Wire - Ex-Lion Tamer
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (11/23/08)
Giorgo Moroder - The Chase
Chic - Good Times
Thelma Houston - Don’t Leave Me This Way (11/23/08)
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Parliament - Flash Light (but no Funkadelic?)
Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
Magazine - Shot by Both Sides
The Cramps - Human Fly
The Misfits - Night of the Living Dead
Wire - Outdoor Miner
Joy Division - Disorder
Althea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Lee Perry - Roast Fish and Cornbread
The Congos - Fisherman
Willie Williams - Armagideon Time
This Heat - 24 Track Loop
The Slits - Typical Girls
The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil
The Clash - The Guns of Brixton
James Chance and the Contortions - Contort Yourself
Suicide - Dream Baby Dream
Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag
Throbbing Gristle - Hot on the Heels of Love
Devo - Mongoloid
Candido - Jingo
Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
Machine - There but for the Grace of God Go I
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Goblin - Suspiria
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Van Halen - Runnin’ with the Devil
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Steely Dan - Deacon Blues
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Plastic Bertrand - Ca plane pour moi
The Records - Starry Eyes
Cheap Trick - Surrender
The Cars - Just What I Needed
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Radio Radio
The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry
XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
Blondie - Atomic
Talking Heads - Memories Can’t Wait
1980 - 1982
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Spoonie Gee Meets the Sequence - Monster Jam
The Sugarhill Gang - 8th Wonder
The Treacherous Three - The New Rap Language
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Klein + MBO - Dirty Talk
ESG - Moody
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
Funky 4+1 - That’s The Joint
Kraftwerk - Numbers/Computer World 2
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar
Laurie Anderson - O Superman (For Massenet)
Joy Division - Atmosphere
The Fall - Totally Wired
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Beyond Belief
The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
The B-52’s - Private Idaho
Dexys Midnight Runners - There There My Dear
Young Marble Giants - Final Day
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
The Specials - Ghost Town
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Bauhaus - Third Uncle
Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl
The Human League - Don’t You Want Me
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
The Associates - Party Fears Two
ABC - All of My Heart
New Order - Temptation
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Duran Duran - The Chauffeur
The English Beat - Save It for Later
The Go-Go’s - Our Lips Are Sealed
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Prince - Dirty Mind
Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
ABBA - The Day Before You Came
Roxy Music - More Than This
Queen - Under Pressure
Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City
Journey - Don’t Stop Believing
Bad Brains - Pay to Cum
Minor Threat - Minor Threat
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Black Flag - Rise Above
Wipers - Youth of America
Flipper - Sex Bomb
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
Orange Juice - Blue Boy
The Television Personalities - This Angry Silence
The Fall - The Classical
The Clean - Tally Ho!
The Feelies - The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Mission of Burma - That’s When I Reach for My Revolver
1983-1986
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Sonic Youth - Death Valley ‘69
Husker Du - Pink Turns to Blue
Meat Puppets - Plateau
The Replacements - I Will Dare
Minutemen - History Lesson (Part II)
R.E.M. - So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
The Cure - Close to Me
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
Run-D.M.C. - It’s Like That
Crash Crew - On the Radio
Rammelzee vs. K-Rob - Beat Bop
Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
New Order - Blue Monday
Prince and the Revolution - When Doves Cry
Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
U2 - New Year’s Day
Simple Minds - Don’t You (Forget About Me)
The Replacements - Bastards of Young
The Mekons - Last Dance
Big Black - Kerosene
Scratch Acid - The Greatest Gift
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Billy Bragg - A New England
Metallica - Battery
Slayer - Angel of Death
Saint Vitus - Clear Windowpane
Einsturzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch
Art of Noise - Beat Box (Diversion One)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
Liquid Liquid - Optimo
Alexander Robotnick - Problemes d’Amour
Shannon - Let the Music Play (11/23/08)
Section 25 - Looking from a Hilltop (Restructure)
Madonna - Holiday
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Prince - Kiss
Run-D.M.C. - Rock Box
LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Mantronix - Needle to the Groove
The Go-Betweens - Cattle and Cane
The Chills - Pink Frost
Felt - Primitive Painters
The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Tom Waits - Jockey Full of Bourbon
Bruce Springsteen - I’m on Fire
Scott Walker - Rawhide
U2 - Bad
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Paul Simon - Graceland
Wayne Smith - Under Me Sleng Teng
Anthony “Red” Rose - Tempo
Model 500 - No UFO’s
1987-1990
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings of Life
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
My Blood Valentine - You Made Me Realise
Spacemen 3 - Walking With Jesus
Ride - Dreams Burn Down
Glaxie 500 - Blue Thunder
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot
Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene
Butthole Surfers - Human Cannonball
Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
Fugazi - Waiting Room
Audio Two - Top Billin’
Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause (11/23/08)
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Ministry - Stigmata
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress
The Field Mice - Emma’s House
Another Sunny Day - You Should All Be Murdered
The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
The Primitives - Crash
The La’s - There She Goes
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
Superchunk - Slack Motherfucker
Fugazi - Merchandise
The Jesus Lizard - Mouth Breather
Slick Rick - Children’s Story
Gang Starr - Just to Get a Rep
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
Salt-n-Pepa - Push It
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
De La Soul - Me Myself and I
Biz Markie - Just a Friend
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
Guns N’ Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Swans - Beautiful Child
John Zorn - The Sicilian Clan
Prince and the Revolution - If I Was Your Girlfriend
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring
Sinead O’Conner - Nothing Compares 2 U
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
The KLF - Wichita Lineman Was a Song I Once Heard
808 State - Pacific State
Orbital - Chime
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
My Blood Valentine - Soon
The Vaselines - Son of a Gun
Beat Happening - Indian Summer
Daniel Johnston - Some Things Last a Long Time
Mudhoney - Touch Me I’m Sick
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
1991-1993
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Pavement - Summer Babe
Archers of Loaf - Web in Front
Yo La Tengo - From a Motel 6
Sebadoh - The Freed Pig
A Tribe Called Quest - Check the Rhime
De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays’
Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Tricky - Aftermath (Version 1)
Primal Scream - Higher Than the Sun
Spiritualized - Step into the Breeze
Slowdive - Alison
Aphex Twin - Xtal
Talk Talk - Ascension Day
Slint - Good Morning, Captain
Disco Inferno - The Last Dance
Stereolab - French Disko
Acen - Trip II the Moon Pts. 1 and 2
The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea
Human Resource - Dominator (Joey Beltram Mix)
Metalheadz - Terminator
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares
Red House Painters - New Jersey
Teenage Fanclub - The Concept
Heavenly - C Is the Heavenly Option
Tindersticks - City Sickness
Unrest - Make Out Club
Tenor Saw/Buju Banton - Ring the Alarm Quick
Dr. Dre - Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang
Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
2Pac - I Get Around
Souls of Mischief - 93 ‘Til Infinity
Suede - The Drowners
Blur - For Tomorrow
Elastica - Stutter
Ween - Doctor Rock
Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck
Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
Melvins - Hooch
Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin’
Pixies - U-Mass
Liz Phair - Divorce Song
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
The Afghan Whigs - Debonair
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
The Lemonheads - It’s a Shame About Ray
Beck - Loser
The Breeders - Cannonball
Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice
1994-1996
Hole - Violet
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Green Day - Longview
Weezer - Say It Ain’t So
Blur - Girls & Boys
Oasis - Live Forever
Pulp - Common People
The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
Nas - It Ain’t Hard to Tell
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones, Pt. 2
GZA - 4th Chamber
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Built to Spill - Car
Modest Mouse - Broke
Frank Black - Headache
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bellbottoms
Guided by Voices - I Am a Scientist
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Bjork - Hyper-Ballad
Beck - Devil’s Haircut
Portishead - Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)
Saint Etienne - Like a Motorway
Basic Channel - Octagon
Paperclip People - Throw
DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers
Common - I Used to Lover H.E.R.
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Arthur Russell - This Is How We Walk on the Moon
Low - Words
The Auteurs - Unsolved Child Murder
Jawbox - Savory
Drive Like Jehu - Luau
Brainiac - Pussyfootin’
Napalm Death - Twist the Knife (Slowly)
Darkthrone - En As I Dype Skogen
Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin and Juice
Luniz - I Got 5 on It
Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb
The Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance) (11/23/08)
Underworld - Born Slippy (NUXX) (11/23/08)
The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
Daft Punk - Da Funk
Belle and Sebastian - The State I Am In
Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay
The Magnetic Fields - Take Ecstasy with Me
Palace Music - New Partner
Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend
Tortoise - Gamera
The Sea and Cake - Parasol
Pavement - Rattled by the Rush
Guided by Voices - Game of Pricks
Weezer - El Scorcho
1997-1999
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Bjork - Joga
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Elliott Smith - Between the Bars
Cat Power - Cross Bones Style
The Clientele - Reflections After Jane
Bonnie “Prince” Billy - I See a Darkness
Smog - Teenage Spaceship
Silver Jews - Random Rules
Autechre - Arch Carrier
Boards of Canada - Happy Cycling
Herbert - So Now…
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Uilab - St. Elmo’s Fire
Air - Le Soleil est Pres du Moi (11/23/08)
Massive Attack - Teardrop (11/23/08)
Black Star - Respiration
The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
Outkast - Spottieottiedopaliscious (11/23/08)
The Roots - The Next Movement
The Flaming Lips - Waitin’ for a Superman
The Beta Band - Dry the Rain
The Olivia Tremor Control - Hideaway
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
Super Furry Animals - Ice Hockey Hair
Stardust - Music Sounds Better with You (11/23/08)
Basement Jaxx - Jump n’ Shout
Wilco - Via Chicago
Pulp - This Is Hardcore
Belle and Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
Sleater-Kinney - One More Hour
Refused - New Noise
The Dismemberment Plan - The City
Boredoms - Super Shine
Mogwai - Like Herod
Jim O’Rourke - Halfway to a Threeway
Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-Englar
2000-2002
Daft Punk - One More Time
Radiohead - Idioteque
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Broadcast - Come On Let’s Go
Aaliyah - Try Again
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
Luomo - Tessio
Vitalic - La Rock 01
Kylie Minogue - Love at First Sight
Jay-Z - Big Pimpin’
Outkast - B.O.B.
Eminem - The Real Slim Shady
Ghostface Killah - Nutmeg
Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
The Strokes - The Modern Age
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Another Morning Stoner
Interpol - Obstacle 1
Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage
Golden Boy with Miss Kittin - Rippin Kittin’
Jurgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie
Osymyso - Intro-Inspection
The Knife - Heartbeats
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes
Aesop Rock - Daylight
Rjd2 - Good Times Roll Pt. 2
Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself
Wilco - Poor Places
Queens of the Stonge Age - No One Knows
My Morning Jacket - The Way That He Sings
Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet
Clinic - Distortions
Shellac - Prayer to God
Mclusky - To Hell with Good Intentions
Lightning Bolt - Ride the Sky
The Microphones - The Moon
The New Pornographers - Letter from an Occupant
The Shins - New Slang
The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
Radiohead - Life in a Glasshouse
Broken Social Scene - Cause = Time
Deerhoof - This Magnificent Bird Will Rise
Spoon - The Way We Get By
Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
M.O.P. - Ante Up
Clipse - Grindin’
Talib Kweli - Get By
Jay-Z - Takeover
2003-2006
Outkast - Hey Ya
Kanye West - Through The Wire
R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
!!! - Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)
TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
The Walkmen - The Rat
Devendra Banhart - A Sight to Behold
Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There’s Someone
Animal Collective - Leaf House
The Books - Take Time
M83 - Don’t Save Us from the Flames
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Annie - Heartbeat
M.I.A. - Galang
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
The Fiery Furnaces - Here Comes the Summer
The Mountain Goats - No Children
The Wrens - She Sends Kisses
Les Savy Fav - The Sweat Descends
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?
The Exploding Hearts - Modern Kicks
Art Brut - Formed a Band
Boris - Farewell
Mastodon - Sleeping Giant
Madvillainy - America’s Most Blunted
T.I. - What You Know
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
Amerie - 1 Thing
Ciara - Oh
The Go! Team - The Power Is On
Feist - Mushaboom
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Wolf Parade - I’ll Believe in Anything
Band of Horses - The Funeral
The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
Beirut - Postcards from Italy
Johnny Boy - You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve
Love Is All - Busy Doing Nothing
Jens Lekman - Black Cab
Christian Falk - Dream On
Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends
Hot Chip - Boy from School
Animal Collective - Grass
Black Dice - Cone Toaster
Liars - The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack
Panda Bear - Bros
Overall I have no beef with this list (well at least what I'm familiar with). Only exception being "Crazy In Love". If they were gonna list a Beyonce song, then they should have gone with "Irreplaceable".
1977 - 1979
David Bowie - Heroes
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
Brian Eno - 1/1
The Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Television - Marquee Moon
Patti Smith - Rock n Roll Nigger
The Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love?
Vic Godard and the Subway Sect - Parallel Lines
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
The Adverts - One Chord Wonders
Wire - Ex-Lion Tamer
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (11/23/08)
Giorgo Moroder - The Chase
Chic - Good Times
Thelma Houston - Don’t Leave Me This Way (11/23/08)
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Parliament - Flash Light (but no Funkadelic?)
Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
Magazine - Shot by Both Sides
The Cramps - Human Fly
The Misfits - Night of the Living Dead
Wire - Outdoor Miner
Joy Division - Disorder
Althea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Lee Perry - Roast Fish and Cornbread
The Congos - Fisherman
Willie Williams - Armagideon Time
This Heat - 24 Track Loop
The Slits - Typical Girls
The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil
The Clash - The Guns of Brixton
James Chance and the Contortions - Contort Yourself
Suicide - Dream Baby Dream
Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag
Throbbing Gristle - Hot on the Heels of Love
Devo - Mongoloid
Candido - Jingo
Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
Machine - There but for the Grace of God Go I
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Goblin - Suspiria
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Van Halen - Runnin’ with the Devil
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Steely Dan - Deacon Blues
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Plastic Bertrand - Ca plane pour moi
The Records - Starry Eyes
Cheap Trick - Surrender
The Cars - Just What I Needed
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Radio Radio
The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry
XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
Blondie - Atomic
Talking Heads - Memories Can’t Wait
1980 - 1982
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Spoonie Gee Meets the Sequence - Monster Jam
The Sugarhill Gang - 8th Wonder
The Treacherous Three - The New Rap Language
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Klein + MBO - Dirty Talk
ESG - Moody
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
Funky 4+1 - That’s The Joint
Kraftwerk - Numbers/Computer World 2
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar
Laurie Anderson - O Superman (For Massenet)
Joy Division - Atmosphere
The Fall - Totally Wired
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Beyond Belief
The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
The B-52’s - Private Idaho
Dexys Midnight Runners - There There My Dear
Young Marble Giants - Final Day
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
The Specials - Ghost Town
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Bauhaus - Third Uncle
Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl
The Human League - Don’t You Want Me
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
The Associates - Party Fears Two
ABC - All of My Heart
New Order - Temptation
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Duran Duran - The Chauffeur
The English Beat - Save It for Later
The Go-Go’s - Our Lips Are Sealed
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Prince - Dirty Mind
Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
ABBA - The Day Before You Came
Roxy Music - More Than This
Queen - Under Pressure
Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City
Journey - Don’t Stop Believing
Bad Brains - Pay to Cum
Minor Threat - Minor Threat
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Black Flag - Rise Above
Wipers - Youth of America
Flipper - Sex Bomb
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
Orange Juice - Blue Boy
The Television Personalities - This Angry Silence
The Fall - The Classical
The Clean - Tally Ho!
The Feelies - The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Mission of Burma - That’s When I Reach for My Revolver
1983-1986
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Sonic Youth - Death Valley ‘69
Husker Du - Pink Turns to Blue
Meat Puppets - Plateau
The Replacements - I Will Dare
Minutemen - History Lesson (Part II)
R.E.M. - So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
The Cure - Close to Me
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
Run-D.M.C. - It’s Like That
Crash Crew - On the Radio
Rammelzee vs. K-Rob - Beat Bop
Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
New Order - Blue Monday
Prince and the Revolution - When Doves Cry
Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
U2 - New Year’s Day
Simple Minds - Don’t You (Forget About Me)
The Replacements - Bastards of Young
The Mekons - Last Dance
Big Black - Kerosene
Scratch Acid - The Greatest Gift
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Billy Bragg - A New England
Metallica - Battery
Slayer - Angel of Death
Saint Vitus - Clear Windowpane
Einsturzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch
Art of Noise - Beat Box (Diversion One)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
Liquid Liquid - Optimo
Alexander Robotnick - Problemes d’Amour
Shannon - Let the Music Play (11/23/08)
Section 25 - Looking from a Hilltop (Restructure)
Madonna - Holiday
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Prince - Kiss
Run-D.M.C. - Rock Box
LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Mantronix - Needle to the Groove
The Go-Betweens - Cattle and Cane
The Chills - Pink Frost
Felt - Primitive Painters
The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Tom Waits - Jockey Full of Bourbon
Bruce Springsteen - I’m on Fire
Scott Walker - Rawhide
U2 - Bad
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Paul Simon - Graceland
Wayne Smith - Under Me Sleng Teng
Anthony “Red” Rose - Tempo
Model 500 - No UFO’s
1987-1990
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings of Life
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
My Blood Valentine - You Made Me Realise
Spacemen 3 - Walking With Jesus
Ride - Dreams Burn Down
Glaxie 500 - Blue Thunder
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot
Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene
Butthole Surfers - Human Cannonball
Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
Fugazi - Waiting Room
Audio Two - Top Billin’
Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause (11/23/08)
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Ministry - Stigmata
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress
The Field Mice - Emma’s House
Another Sunny Day - You Should All Be Murdered
The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
The Primitives - Crash
The La’s - There She Goes
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
Superchunk - Slack Motherfucker
Fugazi - Merchandise
The Jesus Lizard - Mouth Breather
Slick Rick - Children’s Story
Gang Starr - Just to Get a Rep
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
Salt-n-Pepa - Push It
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
De La Soul - Me Myself and I
Biz Markie - Just a Friend
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
Guns N’ Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Swans - Beautiful Child
John Zorn - The Sicilian Clan
Prince and the Revolution - If I Was Your Girlfriend
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring
Sinead O’Conner - Nothing Compares 2 U
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
The KLF - Wichita Lineman Was a Song I Once Heard
808 State - Pacific State
Orbital - Chime
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
My Blood Valentine - Soon
The Vaselines - Son of a Gun
Beat Happening - Indian Summer
Daniel Johnston - Some Things Last a Long Time
Mudhoney - Touch Me I’m Sick
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
1991-1993
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Pavement - Summer Babe
Archers of Loaf - Web in Front
Yo La Tengo - From a Motel 6
Sebadoh - The Freed Pig
A Tribe Called Quest - Check the Rhime
De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays’
Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Tricky - Aftermath (Version 1)
Primal Scream - Higher Than the Sun
Spiritualized - Step into the Breeze
Slowdive - Alison
Aphex Twin - Xtal
Talk Talk - Ascension Day
Slint - Good Morning, Captain
Disco Inferno - The Last Dance
Stereolab - French Disko
Acen - Trip II the Moon Pts. 1 and 2
The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea
Human Resource - Dominator (Joey Beltram Mix)
Metalheadz - Terminator
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares
Red House Painters - New Jersey
Teenage Fanclub - The Concept
Heavenly - C Is the Heavenly Option
Tindersticks - City Sickness
Unrest - Make Out Club
Tenor Saw/Buju Banton - Ring the Alarm Quick
Dr. Dre - Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang
Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
2Pac - I Get Around
Souls of Mischief - 93 ‘Til Infinity
Suede - The Drowners
Blur - For Tomorrow
Elastica - Stutter
Ween - Doctor Rock
Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck
Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
Melvins - Hooch
Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin’
Pixies - U-Mass
Liz Phair - Divorce Song
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
The Afghan Whigs - Debonair
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
The Lemonheads - It’s a Shame About Ray
Beck - Loser
The Breeders - Cannonball
Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice
1994-1996
Hole - Violet
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Green Day - Longview
Weezer - Say It Ain’t So
Blur - Girls & Boys
Oasis - Live Forever
Pulp - Common People
The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
Nas - It Ain’t Hard to Tell
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones, Pt. 2
GZA - 4th Chamber
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Built to Spill - Car
Modest Mouse - Broke
Frank Black - Headache
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bellbottoms
Guided by Voices - I Am a Scientist
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Bjork - Hyper-Ballad
Beck - Devil’s Haircut
Portishead - Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)
Saint Etienne - Like a Motorway
Basic Channel - Octagon
Paperclip People - Throw
DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers
Common - I Used to Lover H.E.R.
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Arthur Russell - This Is How We Walk on the Moon
Low - Words
The Auteurs - Unsolved Child Murder
Jawbox - Savory
Drive Like Jehu - Luau
Brainiac - Pussyfootin’
Napalm Death - Twist the Knife (Slowly)
Darkthrone - En As I Dype Skogen
Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin and Juice
Luniz - I Got 5 on It
Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb
The Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance) (11/23/08)
Underworld - Born Slippy (NUXX) (11/23/08)
The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
Daft Punk - Da Funk
Belle and Sebastian - The State I Am In
Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay
The Magnetic Fields - Take Ecstasy with Me
Palace Music - New Partner
Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend
Tortoise - Gamera
The Sea and Cake - Parasol
Pavement - Rattled by the Rush
Guided by Voices - Game of Pricks
Weezer - El Scorcho
1997-1999
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Bjork - Joga
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Elliott Smith - Between the Bars
Cat Power - Cross Bones Style
The Clientele - Reflections After Jane
Bonnie “Prince” Billy - I See a Darkness
Smog - Teenage Spaceship
Silver Jews - Random Rules
Autechre - Arch Carrier
Boards of Canada - Happy Cycling
Herbert - So Now…
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Uilab - St. Elmo’s Fire
Air - Le Soleil est Pres du Moi (11/23/08)
Massive Attack - Teardrop (11/23/08)
Black Star - Respiration
The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
Outkast - Spottieottiedopaliscious (11/23/08)
The Roots - The Next Movement
The Flaming Lips - Waitin’ for a Superman
The Beta Band - Dry the Rain
The Olivia Tremor Control - Hideaway
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
Super Furry Animals - Ice Hockey Hair
Stardust - Music Sounds Better with You (11/23/08)
Basement Jaxx - Jump n’ Shout
Wilco - Via Chicago
Pulp - This Is Hardcore
Belle and Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
Sleater-Kinney - One More Hour
Refused - New Noise
The Dismemberment Plan - The City
Boredoms - Super Shine
Mogwai - Like Herod
Jim O’Rourke - Halfway to a Threeway
Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-Englar
2000-2002
Daft Punk - One More Time
Radiohead - Idioteque
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Broadcast - Come On Let’s Go
Aaliyah - Try Again
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
Luomo - Tessio
Vitalic - La Rock 01
Kylie Minogue - Love at First Sight
Jay-Z - Big Pimpin’
Outkast - B.O.B.
Eminem - The Real Slim Shady
Ghostface Killah - Nutmeg
Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
The Strokes - The Modern Age
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Another Morning Stoner
Interpol - Obstacle 1
Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage
Golden Boy with Miss Kittin - Rippin Kittin’
Jurgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie
Osymyso - Intro-Inspection
The Knife - Heartbeats
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes
Aesop Rock - Daylight
Rjd2 - Good Times Roll Pt. 2
Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself
Wilco - Poor Places
Queens of the Stonge Age - No One Knows
My Morning Jacket - The Way That He Sings
Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet
Clinic - Distortions
Shellac - Prayer to God
Mclusky - To Hell with Good Intentions
Lightning Bolt - Ride the Sky
The Microphones - The Moon
The New Pornographers - Letter from an Occupant
The Shins - New Slang
The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
Radiohead - Life in a Glasshouse
Broken Social Scene - Cause = Time
Deerhoof - This Magnificent Bird Will Rise
Spoon - The Way We Get By
Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
M.O.P. - Ante Up
Clipse - Grindin’
Talib Kweli - Get By
Jay-Z - Takeover
2003-2006
Outkast - Hey Ya
Kanye West - Through The Wire
R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
!!! - Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)
TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
The Walkmen - The Rat
Devendra Banhart - A Sight to Behold
Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There’s Someone
Animal Collective - Leaf House
The Books - Take Time
M83 - Don’t Save Us from the Flames
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Annie - Heartbeat
M.I.A. - Galang
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
The Fiery Furnaces - Here Comes the Summer
The Mountain Goats - No Children
The Wrens - She Sends Kisses
Les Savy Fav - The Sweat Descends
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?
The Exploding Hearts - Modern Kicks
Art Brut - Formed a Band
Boris - Farewell
Mastodon - Sleeping Giant
Madvillainy - America’s Most Blunted
T.I. - What You Know
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
Amerie - 1 Thing
Ciara - Oh
The Go! Team - The Power Is On
Feist - Mushaboom
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Wolf Parade - I’ll Believe in Anything
Band of Horses - The Funeral
The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
Beirut - Postcards from Italy
Johnny Boy - You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve
Love Is All - Busy Doing Nothing
Jens Lekman - Black Cab
Christian Falk - Dream On
Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends
Hot Chip - Boy from School
Animal Collective - Grass
Black Dice - Cone Toaster
Liars - The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack
Panda Bear - Bros
Overall I have no beef with this list (well at least what I'm familiar with). Only exception being "Crazy In Love". If they were gonna list a Beyonce song, then they should have gone with "Irreplaceable".