yes, it's that time again. top 10 lists

without considering what's "hip" or "cool" or "responsible",
just tell us what the first 10 songs are that you think of,
when asked 'what's your 10 fav songs ever?'

so don't think about it too long and too hard, just go with
your gut feeling. the first 10 songs you think of when you
go "that's my ultimate fav tune!"

one condition: only 1 song per group/artist


tricky: poems
prince: if i was your girlfriend
tori amos: purple people
david bowie: ashes to ashes
bjork: all is full of love
new order: true faith
neil young: after the goldrush
radiohead: let down
eurythmics: savage
joni mitchell: the last time i saw richard

i really like your list, except for the neil young and joni mitchell songs, and that's only because i don't know them. it's weird, i liked neil young's latest few albums a lot, but i can't get into his classic stuff. it gets on my nerves. i think i'll like it as i get older, if that makes sense.

i like the boney m version of "heart of gold".

i don't know what my top ten songs are. my favorite song of all time is mama cass's version of "dream a little dream of me". that's a constant.

That's a really sexy list.

And I'm gonna have to really think about this.

This is easy because I made this list sometime last year.

1. 1999 - Prince
2. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
3. Fury Eyes (remix) - The Creatures
4. The Hues Of Longing - Mors Syphilitica
5. She Likes Big Words - Deadsy
6. Under Your Spell - Amber Benson
7. You’re The One That I Want - John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John
8. We Don’t Give A Damn About Our Friends - Girls On Top
9. Help Me - Joni Mitchell
10. Denn Die Todten Reiten Schnell - Faith And The Muse

bold edit
[Edited 3/31/07 11:16am]

Hum. You guys definitely have some interesting lists. Well it's hard but here's mine.
1. Prince-Adore
2. Heatwave-Always and Forever
3. New Edition-Can You Stand The Rain
4. The Isley Bros.-Between The Sheets
5. Boyz 2 Men-End Of The Road
6. The Beatles-Hey Jude
7. Marvin Gaye-Sexual Healing
8. R. Kelly-I Beleive I Can Fly
9. Luther Vandross-Never Too Much
10. Led Zeppelin-Kashmere

ok, i will TRY this:

1. 'dream a little dream of me' - mama cass
2. 'quicksand' - david bowie
3. 'mountains' - prince
4. 'like a motorway' - saint etienne
5. 'stagger lee' - nick cave & the bad seeds
6. 'lithium' - nirvana
7. 'cars' - gary numan
8. 'axis: bold as love' - jimi hendrix experience
9. 'naive melody (this must be the place)' - talking heads
10. 'fried chicken' - princess superstar

"Edith & The Kingpin" - Joni Mitchell
"Cusswords" - Too $hort
"17 Days" - Prince
"Papillion (aka Hot Butterfly)" - Chaka Khan
"Sing For The Day" - STYX
"Sincerity" - MJB ft. DMX & Nas
"Who Shot Ya" - B.I.G.
"Rock Steady" - Aretha
"Be Ever Wonderful" - EW+F
"Take Yo Dead Ass Home (Say Som'n Nasty)" - Funkadelic
[Edited 3/31/07 14:04pm]

1. Beatles - Help
2. Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
3. Dylan – Ballad of a Thin Man
4. Undertones - Teenage Kicks
5. The Fall – What You Need
6. Big Star - September Gurls
7. Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
8. Glen Campbell - Witchita Lineman
9. Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
10. Slickers - Johnny Too Bad

Anyone remember that one song, "She Bops"?
I thought that was kinda cool.

Uhmnnnnn, lessee, what else.....

uhmnnn....



Oh yeah, Rebel Yell kinda rocks.....

uhmnnn....








could y'all gimme a sec?
My cell is ringing,
& I'm sure that once I've finished with this call,
the momentum along this subject will have been broken,
so I may have to start all over again.


I'll see y'all on the other side of these next couple of minutes, a'ight....?

IstenSzek said:

I don't know that I can do it this way.

Moonbeam said:

to quote ol' boy...GOT2 GOT2 GOT TA

UH!

IstenSzek, I f*cking hate you, and don't ask why.

1. The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down - 1969
2. Supertramp - School - 1974
3. The Cure - A Forest - 1980
4. Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down - 1987
5. Terence Trent D'Arby - Undeniably - 1995
6. David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind - 1976
7. Radiohead - Paranoid Android - 1997
8. Tori Amos - Liquid Diamonds - 1998
9. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - 1982
10. George Michael - Spinning The Wheel - 1996

Hidden track : 11. Prince - Anotherloverholenyohead

Anx said:

That is a hot shit list right there! My favorite Heads song too.

1.God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday
2.West End Blues - Louis Armestrong
3.Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington
4.Azure - Ella Fitzgerald
5.Lover Man - Sarah Vaughan
6.Hollywood - Chaka Khan
7.Oh Me Oh My(I'm A Fool For You Baby) - Aretha Franklin
8.The Other Woman - Nina Simone
9.Woman To Woman - Shirley Brown
10.Where Is The Love? - Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack

1. Summertime from Porgy and Bess
2. Mother Stands for Comfort Kate Bush
3. Blood Roses Tori Amos
4. If I Was Your Girlfriend Prince
5. Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths
6. Maria from West Side Story
7. Battle of Evermore Led Zeppelin
8. Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
9. Walking in Space from Hair
10. California Uber Alles Dead Kennedys

I know I am going to HATE this list tomorrow but here ya go:

Off the top of my head...


1. Prince - The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
2. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
3. David Bowie - DJ
4. Bryan Ferry - Windswept
5. Talking Heads - Houses In Motion
6. Stevie Wonder - Send One Your Love
7. The B-52s - Dry County
8. Dusty Springfield - Nothing Has Been Proved
9. Michael Jackson - Remember The Time
10 Diana Ross - Upside Down



Okay, I'm annoyed with this list already. And some of those are dreadful choices ('Send One Your Love' the best Stevie can come up with??? No way) but you asked for my favourites.... at this moment in time.

The only ones I can say are unlikely to change are no's 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 10. Maybe number 9. (And some of those I don't think are their best efforts either, they're just my favourites).

And where's Madonna? Pet Shop Boys? George Michael? Etc etc etc... Okay, this is winding me up now.

You are evil, Lars.

My body is walking in spa..ace

My...y soul is in orbit with Gaw....d face-to-face

floating

flipping

flying

tripping...

1. Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
2. The Beautiful Ones - Prince
3. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
4. If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley
5. Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. Maybe Tomorrow - The Jackson 5
7. Knocks Me Off My Feet - Stevie Wonder
8. Foxy Lady - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
9. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
10. Zebra - John Butler Trio
[Edited 3/31/07 23:21pm]

Donna Summer / I Feel Love (12" version) (1977)

PRODUCED BY GIORGIO MORODER. BLACK FEMALE CHURCH VOCALIST + STATE-OF-THE-ART EUROPEAN ELECTRONICS = THE ULTIMATE ORGASM. I FEEL LIKE I'M DEAD WHEN THIS SONG COMES ON IN A CLUB. I'M COMPLETELY OUT OF MY BODY AND DEAD. I FEEL LIGHTHEADED, TEARY-EYED, OVERJOYED, OVERCOME AND ORGASMIC. I WISH YOU COULD FEEL HOW THIS SONG IS IN MY BRAIN. SO SIMPLE YET SO DEADLY. THIS SONG IS MY LIFE AND MY ULTIMATE DEATH. AND IS SO PERFECT IT'S PERPETUALLY ON SOME NEXT SHIT.

I really, really tried to formulate my "Top 10 fave songs EVER" -- spent a few hours mulling about it. But the whole concept of "EVER" particularly fucks with my head -- preventing me from making a list that I could stand behind, knowing that so much great music is out there and still being discovered. Please accept this one song, though, as a small, not-entirely-comprehensive glimpse into that hard to compile list. [...ah, my brain feels much better now.]
[Edited 4/2/07 16:00pm]

The closest I ever got to making a list like this was naming Top 5 Perfect Beats:

Audio Two - Top Billin'
Run DMC - Sucker MCs
Schoolly D - PSK (What Does It Mean)
Kraftwerk - Numbers
EPMD - You're A Customer


I made that list 2 years ago. Funny thing is, when I heard Pete Rock play a DJ set this month, those songs were of the very few 80s selections he chose.

It's nice to see most people's lists span different genres and aren't one-dimensional.

Good Vibrations--The Beach Boys
Strawberry Fields Forever--The Beatles
A Wither Shade of Pale--Procol Harum
Dolphin--Prince (or The Ballad of Dorothy Parker)
Overjoyed-Stevie
Heart of Glass--Blondie
Pétalo de Sal--Fito Páez
Ashes to Ashes-Bowie
Pequeña Serenata Diurna--Silvio Rodríguez
Aguas de marco--Tom Jobim & Ellis Regina
[Edited 4/1/07 9:20am]

ah thanks so much for posting people! even though it must have
got on your nerves, lol.

great choices on most of your lists. i'm gonna check out some
of the songs and artists i don't know yet



seeing one or two strange names in an otherwise kick ass top 10
always is a good way of finding new music

I can't find my list, Moonbeam did like a list of 500, I was able to do around 200...

anyway

Rainbow - Man on the Silver Mountain
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
John Lennon - Mother
David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans (NIN Remix)

are in the top ten

My Beautiful Reward – Bruce Springsteen
Is That All There Is? – Peggy Lee
Too Much Monkey Business – Chuck Berry
Nobody Knows Me - Madonna
Good Times – David Baerwald
Highlands – Bob Dylan
Ooh La-la - Faces
Idiot’s Delight – Joe Grushecky
Splendid Isolation – Warren Zevon
Train in the Distance – Paul Simon

1.Michael Jackson - Monkey Business
2.Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
3.Michael Jackson - Tabloid Junkie
4.Michael Jackson - What More Can I Give
5.Michael Jackson - Scream
6.Milli Vanilli - Blame It On The Rain
7.Milli Vanilli - All Or Nothing
8.The Real Milli Vanilli - Keep On Running
9.Charles Shaw - Does Your Mother Know
10.Michael Damian - Rock On
*Bonus* 11.George Michael - Freedom 90