Top 20 Songs, only one per artist

alphabetical order until i think of something off the top of my head.

1. Animal Collective - My Girls
2. Aztec Camera - Obvious
3. Beirut - Nantes
4. Bob Dylan - Hurricane
5. Bright Eyes - Four Winds
6. Camera Obscura - Lloyd I'm Ready to be Heartbroken
7. David Bowie - Blue Jean
8. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
9. Giant Sand - Without a Word
10. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
11. Howe Gelb - But I Did Not
12. Midlake - Rosco
13. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Curse of Millhaven
14. Prince - I Would Die 4 U
15. Richmond Fontaine - $87 And A Guilty Consience That Gets Worse The Longer I Go
16. Throwing Muses - Shimmer
17. The Felice Brothers - Penn Station
18. Steven Malkmus - Gardenia
19. Stereo Lab - Pack Yr Romantic Mind
20. Talking Heads - Making Flippy Floppy

i've missed out the smiths, arcade fire, The Felice Brothers and so much more...
 
I tried to observe a relatively strict definition of rock, which goes against everything I believe in and resulted in a worryingly MOR list:

A Silver Mt Zion - Sit in the Middle of Three Galloping Dogs
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Built to Spill - Broken Chairs
DAF - Der Mussolini
Darkthrone - Quintessence (no, it's not black metal, it's rock in its purest form)
David Bowie - Heroes
Fairport Convention - Tam Lin
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Mercury Rev - Something For Joey
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
Neurosis - Locust Star
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Is it rock? Feels like rock. And she sings about a rock.)
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
Sonic Youth - Death Valley 69
Spiritualized - Shine a Light
Swans - Power and Sacrifice
The Terminals - Suicide
Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
 
FranklyVulgar said:
alphabetical order until i think of something off the top of my head.

1. Animal Collective - My Girls
2. Aztec Camera - Obvious
3. Beirut - Nantes
4. Bob Dylan - Hurricane
5. Bright Eyes - Four Winds
6. Camera Obscura - Lloyd I'm Ready to be Heartbroken
7. David Bowie - Blue Jean
8. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
9. Giant Sand - Without a Word
10. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
11. Howe Gelb - But I Did Not
12. Midlake - Rosco
13. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Curse of Millhaven
14. Prince - I Would Die 4 U
15. Richmond Fontaine - $87 And A Guilty Consience That Gets Worse The Longer I Go
16. Throwing Muses - Shimmer
17. The Felice Brothers - Penn Station
18. Steven Malkmus - Gardenia
19. Stereo Lab - Pack Yr Romantic Mind
20. Talking Heads - Making Flippy Floppy

i've missed out the smiths, arcade fire, The Felice Brothers and so much more...
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some great songs on that list,this is worth the watch if you havent seen it:

YouTube - Nantes (from the Flying Club Cup) - BEIRUT
 
Dr. Dwayne said:
if I wanted to be like mehro I'd have chosen War Pigs or something from the Dio years.
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if you had done that you'd have shown yourself up as a cloth eared twat.



sorry as further proof of you being a cloth eared twat with half that list.



Hendrix overrated....jesus.
 
Nearco said:
So many great songs to choose from. Everyone hated him at the time but the Dio years were their best imo. Paranoid just sounds so dated compared to something like Heaven and Hell or Country Girl.
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oh holy christ on a stick.
 
All Rock for me

1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Crossroads -Cream
3. Warpigs -Black Sabbath
4. Highway Star -Deep Purple
5. Uncle Salty -Aerosmith
6. Superstitious - Jeff Beck
7. Volunteers -Jefferson Airplane
8. Back Door Man -Doors
9. One of These Days -The Pink Floyd
10.Dear Prudence - Beatles
11. Live With Me -Rolling Stones
12. Don't Bring Me Down - Animals
13. Can't Explain -The Who
14. Soul Sacrifice -Santana
15. Manic Depression -Jimi Hendrix
16. Close to the Edge - Yes
17. Visions of Johanna - Dylan
18. Sweet Jane- Velvet Underground
19. Whipping Post -Allman Bros.
20. 2112-Rush
 
sammymc said:
if you had done that you'd have shown yourself up as a cloth eared twat.



sorry as further proof of you being a cloth eared twat with half that list.



Hendrix overrated....jesus.
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and your list contains what, feckstick?
 
No order:

The Haunted - 99
At the Gates - Cold
Entombed - Rotten Soil
Nightrage - Being Nothing
Witchery - Call of the Coven
One Man Army... - Devil on the Red Carpet
Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Crown - Satanist
Arch Enemy - End of the Line
Lazarus A.D - Thou Shall Not Fear
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Municipal Waste - Beer Pressure
Kreator - People of the Lie
Skeletonwitch - Sacrifice For the Slaughtergod
Testament - Down For Life
In Flames - Pinball Map
Face Down - War Hog
Meshuggah - New Millennium Cyanide Christ
Slayer - Angel of Death
Dark Tranquillity - Lost to Apathy
 
Dr. Dwayne said:
and your list contains what, feckstick?
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nothing with ronnie fecking james dio's tiny arsed faux operatic caterwauling shat on it.

the midget cnut....sabbath died the day that cnut went near them.
 
sammymc said:
nothing with ronnie fecking james dio's tiny arsed faux operatic caterwauling shat on it.

the midget cnut....sabbath died the day that cnut went near them.
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I've been in the same room a few times with Dio and he really is tiny. I'm a tall bloke but this dude is a bonafied midget.

Anyway

Ozzy Sabbath >>>>>>>>>>>> Dio Sabbath (by a few country miles)
 
sammymc said:
nothing with ronnie fecking james dio's tiny arsed faux operatic caterwauling shat on it.

the midget cnut....sabbath died the day that cnut went near them.
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nor does mine, I was simply denigrating mehro.

still, the absence of your selections is glaring in comparison to your critiquing.

I made my picks with an American radio audience in mind.
 
:nono:

And it has to be said as well, Ronnie's solo stuff is miles better than Ozzy's also.
 
Black Metal list:

Darkthrone - En As I Dype Skogen
Emperor - The Majesty of the Nightsky
Burzum - Dunkelheit
Drudkh - False Dawn
Xasthur - Prison of Mirrors
Shining - Svart industriell olycka
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Wolves in the Throne Room - Ahrimanic Trance
Blut Aus Nord - Procession of the Dead Clowns
Enslaved - 793 (Slaget om Lindisfarne)
Negurã Bunget - Ţesarul De Lumini
Belketre - Hatred
Immortal - Beyond the North Waves
Leviathan - A Necessary Mutilation
Hate Forest - Scythia
Mütiilation - Possessed and Immortal
Graveland - White Beasts of Wotan
Weakling - Dead as Dreams
 
Dinosaur Jr- The Wagon
Pixies- Debaser
Nirvana- Lounge Act
Sonic Youth- Silver Rocket
Jesus and Mary Chain- Head On

AC/DC- Back in Black
The Beatles- Here Comes the Sun
Thin Lizzy- Dancing in the Moonlight
David Bowie- Starman
Rolling Stones- Rip this Joint

You Am I- Get Up
The Pogues- Sally McLennane
Grateful Dead- Friend of the Devil
Lemonheads- Kitchen
Radiohead- Let Down

Stone Roses- She Bangs the Drums
The Smiths- There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Husker Du- Books About UFOs
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight
Bob Dylan- Mr.Tambourine Man

Are 20 songs I've not grown sick of even after what must be at least a thousand combined listens.

I can't be arsed deciding what's 'rock' and what's not, so Bob Dylan stays.

EDIT: feck it, a list without Bowie will simply not do. Van Morrison gets the flick.
 
Melbourne Red said:
Dinosaur Jr- The Wagon
Pixies- Debaser
Nirvana- Lounge Act
Sonic Youth- Silver Rocket
Jesus and Mary Chain- Head On

AC/DC- Back in Black
The Beatles- Here Comes the Sun
Thin Lizzy- Dancing in the Moonlight
Van Morrison- Into the Mystic
Rolling Stones- Rip this Joint

You Am I- Get Up
The Pogues- Sally McLennane
Grateful Dead- Friend of the Devil
Lemonheads- Kitchen
Radiohead- Let Down

Stone Roses- She Bangs the Drums
The Smiths- There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Husker Du- Books About UFOs
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight
Bob Dylan- Mr.Tambourine Man

Are 20 songs I've not grown sick of even after what must be at least a thousand combined listens.

I can't be arsed deciding what's 'rock' and what's not, so Bob Dylan stays.
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That's really quite a good list. It gets NN's seal of approval.
 
FranklyVulgar said:
alphabetical order until i think of something off the top of my head.

1. Animal Collective - My Girls
2. Aztec Camera - Obvious
3. Beirut - Nantes
4. Bob Dylan - Hurricane
5. Bright Eyes - Four Winds
6. Camera Obscura - Lloyd I'm Ready to be Heartbroken
7. David Bowie - Blue Jean
8. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
9. Giant Sand - Without a Word
10. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
11. Howe Gelb - But I Did Not
12. Midlake - Rosco
13. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Curse of Millhaven
14. Prince - I Would Die 4 U
15. Richmond Fontaine - $87 And A Guilty Consience That Gets Worse The Longer I Go
16. Throwing Muses - Shimmer
17. The Felice Brothers - Penn Station
18. Steven Malkmus - Gardenia
19. Stereo Lab - Pack Yr Romantic Mind
20. Talking Heads - Making Flippy Floppy

i've missed out the smiths, arcade fire, The Felice Brothers and so much more...
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Interesting list. I gave some thought to throwing a Camera Obscura song in there because they're magnificent but I decided to stick with songs I've liked for years.
 
Revised mine a little


1)Alice in Chains - Down In a Hole (Unplugged)
2)The Allman Brothers Band, Melissa
3)The Beatles, I want to hold your hand
4)Black Sabbath, Fairies Wear Boots
5)The Who - Wont Get fooled Again
6)Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise
7)The Clash, Brand New Cadillac
8)Stone Temple Pilots, Interstate Love Song
9)David Bowie, Heroes
10)Dire Straits, Your Latest Trick
11)The Doors, L A Woman
12)Nirvana - Aero Zeppelin
13)Guns N' Roses - Estranged
14)Pearl Jam, Corduroy
15)Eric Clapton, Bell Bottom Blues
16)Soundgarden, Room a Thousand Years
17)Jimi Hendrix, All Along the Watchtower
18)Led Zeppelin, Ramble On
19)Metallica, The Four Horsemen
20)The Rolling Stones, Gimme Shelter
 
'I Want to Hold Your Hand'?

Out of all their great tunes?

Opinions eh
 
 
TheSwede said:
The Velvet Underground - Heroin
Bob Dylan - The times they are a-changin
Broder Daniel - Shoreline
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Neil Young - Heart of Gold
The Clash - Bankrobber
The Doors - People are strange
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
Libertines - Don't look back into the sun
Notorious B.I.G - Juicy
Pixies -Where is my mind
Ramones - The KKK took my baby away
Muse - Hysteria
Nirvana - Heartshaped box
The Jam - Going underground
The Police - Message in a bottle
The Postal Service - Such great heights
Dirty Pretty Things - Bang!Bang! You're dead
Håkan Hellström - Uppsnärjd i det blå

Incredibly hard:eek:
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Thanks for taking the time to link us to the Youtube clips. There's a few on there I've not heard so I'll check them out.

I'm not sure that Biggie's 'Juicy' is quite what mehro had in mind for this thread, great as it may be.
 
Nearco said:
:nono:

And it has to be said as well, Ronnie's solo stuff is miles better than Ozzy's also.
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ozzy was as useless without sabbath as they were without him...couldnt give a flying feck about the solo shite that followed.
 
todays choices would be:

tomorrow never knows - beatles
stray cat blues - rolling stones
song of a baker - the small faces
castles made of sand - jimi hendrix experience
hand of doom - sabbath
baba o'riley - the who
1969 - the stooges
overdose - ac/dc
celebration day - led zeppelin
superlungs - terry reid
the green manalishi - fleetwood mac
master of the universe - hawkwind
mr soul - buffalo springfield
white light/white heat - velvet underground
48 hours - ladyhawk
strychnine - the sonics
arc-lite - loop
tractor - monster magnet
you got it - mudhoney
why does love got to be so sad - derek & the dominoes



tomorrow would be different again.
 
sammymc said:
strychnine - the sonics
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The Sonics are a band I was really keen to explore when I was a kid but never managed to find much stuff by.

I'll have another look now. The internet will help, I suspect.
 
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