Ultimate Music List
Dear Board:
In 2000, I decided to put pen to paper and compile many of my favorite songs across a multitude of genres - enjoy! Oh, please add any songs you think I overlooked!
Cheers!!!
Like, Totally 80s (Volume One)
1. M – Pop Musik
2. Gary Numan – Cars
3. The Cars – Candy-O
4. The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
5. Devo – Whip It
6. Duran Duran – Girls On Film
7. Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes
8. Soft Cell – Tainted Love
9. Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science
10. A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran
11. Missing Persons – Words
12. The Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
13. Men At Work – Who Can It Be Now?
14. After The Fire – Der Kommissar
15. Big Country – In A Big Country
16. Madness – Our House
17. Modern English – I Melt With You
18. Peter Schilling – Major Tom (Coming Home)
19. Paul Young – Come Back And Stay
20. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Like, Totally 80s (Volume Two)
1. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
2. Talk Talk – It’s My Life
3. Corey Hart – Sunglasses At Night
4. Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t It Be Good
5. Falco – Rock Me Amadeus
6. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax
7. A-HA – Take On Me
8. Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok
9. Level 42 – Something About You
10. ‘Til Tuesday – Voices Carry
11. The Outfield – Your Love
12. The Fixx – Secret Separation
13. Icehouse – No Promises
14. Jon Astley – Jane’s Getting Serious
15. When In Rome – The Promise
16. Real Life – Send Me An Angel
17. Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
18. Michael Penn – No Myth
Like, Totally 80s (Volume Three)
1. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
2. Naked Eyes – Always Something There To Remind Me
3. ABC – Look Of Love
4. Berlin – The Metro
5. Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now
6. Kajagoogoo – Too Shy
7. Taco – Puttin’ On The Ritz
8. Scritti Politti – Perfect Way
9. Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance
10. Tears For Fears – Change
11. Adam And The Ants – Desperate But Not Serious
12. Wang Chung – Everybody Have Fun Tonight
13. Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy
14. Spandau Ballet – True
15. Yaz – Situation
16. Eddy Grant – Electric Avenue
17. Nena – 99 Luftballons
18. Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party
19. Katrina And The Waves – Walking On Sunshine
Like, Totally 80s (Volume Four)
1. Billy Idol – Eyes Without A Face
2. Corey Hart – Never Surrender
3. Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
4. Cyndi Lauper – True Colors
5. Ebn-Ozn – AEIOU Sometimes Y
6. Gary Wright – Really Wanna Know You
7. General Public – Tenderness
8. Haircut 100 – Love Plus One
9. Howard Jones – Things Can Only Get Better
10. Human League – Don’t You Want Me
11. Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
12. Mr. Mister – Kyrie
13. Planet P Project – Why Me?
14. Sly Fox – Let’s Go All The Way
15. Thompson Twins – Lies
16. Timbuk 3 – Future’s So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades)
17. Total Coelo – I Eat Cannibals
18. Wall Of Voodoo – Mexican Radio
19. Frank Zappa – Valley Girl
Like, Totally 80s (Volume Five)
1. Information Society – What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
2. Laid Back – White Horse
3. Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It
4. Joe Jackson – Steppin’ Out
5. A Flock Of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
6. Missing Persons – Destination Unknown
7. The Dream Academy – Life In A Northern Town
8. Naked Eyes – Promises, Promises
9. The Fixx – Red Skies
10. Jane Child – Don’t Wanna Fall In Love
11. M/A/R/R/S – Pump Up The Volume
12. The Art Of Noise – Close (To The Edit)
13. Shelia E. – Glamorous Life
14. The Cars – Let’s Go
15. Culture Club – Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
16. Go-Go’s – Our Lips Are Sealed
17. Men At Work – Down Under
18. Duran Duran – Rio
19. Eurythmics – Here Comes The Rain Again
Like, Totally 80s (Volume Six)
1. Blondie – Rapture
2. Talk Talk – Talk Talk
3. The Fixx – Saved By Zero
4. The Psychedelic Furs – Ghost In You
5. The Cars – Heartbeat City
6. Missing Persons – Walking In L.A.
7. Elvis Costello – Veronica
8. Swing Out Sister – Breakout
9. The Flying Lizards – Money (That’s What I Want)
10. The Power Station – Some Like It Hot
11. Bananarama – Cruel Summer
12. Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf
13. New Order – True Faith
14. Depeche Mode – Policy Of Truth
15. Re-Flex – The Politics Of Dancing
16. Cutting Crew – I’ve Been In Love Before
17. The Icicle Works – Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)
18. Erasure – Oh L’Amour
19. Robbie Nevil – C’est La Vie
20. Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
80’s Rock & Pop
1. The Power Station – Get It On (Bang A Gong)
2. Tommy Tutone – 867-5309 / Jenny
3. Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe
4. The Tubes – She’s A Beauty
5. The Romantics – What I Like About You
6. The Hooters – All You Zombies
7. The Outfield – Say It Isn’t So
8. INXS – Need You Tonight
9. Mr. Mister – Broken Wings
10. The Knack – My Sharona
11. Donnie Iris – Ah! Leah!
12. Wang Chung – To Live And Die In L.A.
13. Squeeze – Tempted
14. Billy Squier – The Stroke
15. Van Halen – Jump
16. The J. Geils Band – Love Stinks
17. Loverboy – Turn Me Loose
18. Russ Ballard – Voices
19. Bryan Adams – Straight From The Heart
20. Heart – These Dreams
21. David & David – Welcome To The Boomtown
22. Lindsey Buckingham – Trouble
23. Kenny Loggins – I’m Alright
Modern Rock (Volume One)
1. The B-52’s – Rock Lobster
2. Romeo Void – Never Say Never
3. World Party – Ship Of Fools
4. XTC – The Mayor Of Simpleton
5. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – What I Am
6. Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
7. U2 – Wire
8. The Church – Under The Milky Way
9. The Motels – Suddenly Last Summer
10. Split Enz – I Got You
11. The Vapors – Turning Japanese
12. The Waitresses – I Know What Boys Like
13. The English Beat – Save It For Later
14. The Smithereens – Blood And Roses
15. The Smiths – How Soon Is Now?
16. Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
17. The Cure – Lullaby
18. R.E.M. – Can’t Get There From Here
Modern Rock (Volume Two)
1. The B-52’s – Roam
2. R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
3. The Smithereens – A Girl Like You
4. U2 – Bullet The Blue Sky
5. XTC – Generals & Majors
6. Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone
7. The Smiths – Girlfriend In A Coma
8. Talking Heads – Stay Up Late
9. The Cure – A Night Like This
10. The Cars – Moving In Stereo
11. Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)?
12. The Call – Everywhere I Go
13. Crowded House – Chocolate Cake
14. Dramarama – Anything, Anything (I’ll Give You)
15. Echo & The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
16. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
17. The Replacements – I’ll Be You
18. Sonic Youth – Kool Thing
19. The Clash – Rock The Casbah
20. Love And Rockets – So Alive
Alternative Rock (Volume One)
1. Incubus – Drive
2. Blur – Song 2
3. Blur – Girls And Boys
4. The Breeders – Cannonball
5. Cracker – Low
6. Chainsaw Kittens – Feel Like A Drugstore
7. Everclear – Father Of Mine
8. Eels – Novocaine For The Soul
9. Eels – Your Lucky Day In Hell
10. Hole – Doll Parts
11. Marcy Playground – Sex And Candy
12. Nirvana – Come As You Are
13. Oasis – Supersonic
14. Oasis – Champagne Supernova
15. Porno For Pyros – Pets
16. Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven
17. Pearl Jam – Jeremy
18. Radiohead – Creep
19. Radiohead – Paranoid Android
Alternative Rock (Volume Two)
1. The Smashing Pumpkins – Disarm
2. Third Eye Blind – Jumper
3. King’s X – It’s Love
4. Jane’s Addiction – Stop
5. Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
6. Everlast – What It’s Like
7. Soundgarden – Burden In My Hand
8. Alice In Chains – No Excuses
9. Pearl Jam – Even Flow
10. Nine Inch Nails - Closer
11. Oasis – Wonderwall
12. Radiohead – High And Dry
13. Bush – Machinehead
14. Bush – Glycerine
15. Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
16. Live – I Alone
17. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give It Away
18. Blink 182 – What’s My Age Again?
Alternative Rock (Volume Three)
1. Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
2. Bad Religion – 21st Century (Digital Boy)
3. The Offspring – Come Out And Play
4. Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You
5. The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight
6. The Presidents Of The United States Of America – Peaches
7. Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains
8. King’s X – We Were Born To Be Loved
9. Elastica – Connection
10. Ugly Kid Joe – Everything About You
11. Godsmack – Whatever
12. Butthole Surfers – Pepper
13. Fastball – Fire Escape
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
15. Green Day – Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
16. Sneaker Pimps – Post-Modern Sleaze
17. Pushmonkey – Caught My Mind
18. The Tuesdays – I’ll Be Here
19. Everclear – I Will Buy You A New Life
20. Weezer – Undone-The Sweater Song
Alternative Rock (Volume Four)
1. Belly – Feed The Tree
2. Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray
3. The Juliana Hatfield Three – My Sister
4. Tool – Sober
5. Creed – Higher
6. Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box
7. Temple Of The Dog – Say Hello 2 Heaven
8. Foo Fighters – Everlong
9. Candlebox – You
10. Remy Zero – Prophecy
11. Hole - Celebrity Skin
12. Alice In Chains – Rooster
13. Chainsaw Kittens – Hold
14. Sneaker Pimps – 6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit)
15. Jane’s Addiction – Three Days
16. Soundgarden – Spoonman
17. Pearl Jam – Daughter
Alternative Rock (Volume Five)
1. Stone Temple Pilots – Down
2. Beck – Loser
3. Bjork – Human Behaviour
4. Everything – Hooch
5. Foo Fighters – Learn To Fly
6. Helmet – Unsung
7. Hum – Stars
8. Korn – A.D.I.D.A.S. (Dance Remix)
9. Local H – Bound For The Floor
10. Nada Surf – Popular
11. Porno For Pyros – Tahitian Moon
12. Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade
13. Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
14. Silverchair – Tomorrow
15. Spacehog – In The Meantime
16. Stabbing Westward – Shame
17. Sponge – Plowed
18. Toadies – Possum Kingdom
19. Green Day – Brain Stew
Alternative Rock (Volume Six)
1. 311 – Down
2. Afghan Whigs – Debonair
3. Big Audio Dynamite – Rush
4. The Flaming Lips – She Don’t Use Jelly
5. L7 – Pretend We’re Dead
6. Liz Phair – Supernova
7. Matthew Sweet – Sick Of Myself
8. Meat Puppets – Backwater
9. Nirvana – All Apologies
10. PJ Harvey – Down By The River
11. Rancid – Ruby Soho
12. Social Distortion – Ball & Chain
13. Space – Female Of The Species
14. The Stone Roses – Love Spreads
15. Superdrag – Sucked Out
16. They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In Your Soul
17. Tool – Aenema
18. The Tragically Hip – Courage
19. Tripping Daisy – I Got A Girl
20. The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
Alternative Rock (Volume Seven)
1. Curve – Fait Accompli
2. Green Jelly – Three Little Pigs
3. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Happy When It Rains
4. The Jesus Lizard – Puss
5. Mother Love Bone – Chloe Dance, Crown Of Thorns
6. Mudhoney – Let It Slide
7. Pop Will Eat Itself – Everything’s Cool
8. Primal Scream – Rocks
9. Public Image Limited – Seattle
10. Weezer – Buddy Holly
11. Garbage – Queer
12. Garbage – Stupid Girl
13. Candlebox – Far Behind
14. Soul Coughing – Bus To Beelzebub
15. Big Audio Dynamite – The Globe
16. Weezer – Say It Ain’t So
17. Charlatans U.K. – The Only One I Know
18. Babes In Toyland – Mother
The Alternative Edge
1. Limp Bizkit – Nookie
2. Nine Inch Nails – Head Like A Hole
3. Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
4. Stone Temple Pilots – Sex Type Thing
5. Type O Negative – Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)
6. White Zombie – More Human Than Human (Meet Bambi In The King’s Harem Mix)
7. Filter – Hey Man Nice Shot
8. Faith No More – Midlife Crisis
9. Corrosion Of Conformity – Clean My Wounds
10. Soundgarden – Outshined
11. Alice In Chains – Man In The Box
12. Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name
13. Godsmack – Keep Away
14. The Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
15. Tool – Stinkfist
16. Beastie Boys – Sabotage
17. Suicidal Tendencies – Nobody Hears
18. Foo Fighters – My Hero
Alternative Pop (Volume One)
1. Blind Melon – No Rain
2. Len – Steal My Sunshine
3. Mazzy Star – Fade Into You
4. The Cardigans – Lovefool
5. Smash Mouth – Walkin’ On The Sun
6. James – Laid
7. Sublime – What I Got
8. Cake – The Distance
9. Sugar Ray – Fly
10. Everything But The Girl – Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix)
11. Collective Soul – The World I Know
12. Collective Soul – December
13. Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity
14. Dave Matthews Band – So Much To Say
15. Dave Matthews Band – Crash Into Me
16. Alanis Morissette – Hand In My Pocket
17. Simple Minds – See The Lights
18. New Radicals – You Get What You Give
19. Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
Alternative Pop (Volume Two)
1. Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars
2. The Cardigans – My Favourite Game
3. Vertical Horizon – Everything You Want
4. Filter – Take A Picture
5. 10,000 Maniacs – Trouble Me
6. Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
7. Matchbox Twenty – 3 A.M.
8. Jewel – Foolish Games
9. Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever
10. Cake – Never There
11. Paula Cole – Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
12. Sarah McLachlan – Building A Mystery
13. Crash Test Dummies – MMM MMM MMM MMM
14. Ben Folds Five – Brick
15. Fastball – The Way
16. Dido – Thank You
17. Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do
18. R.E.M. – Man On The Moon
19. The Sundays – Here’s Where The Story Ends
Alternative Pop (Volume Three)
1. Gin Blossoms – Hey Jealousy
2. The Cranberries – Dreams
3. Del Amitri – Roll To Me
4. Blues Traveler – Run-Around
5. Toad The Wet Sprocket – Walk On The Ocean
6. Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
7. Deep Blue Something – Breakfast At Tiffany’s
8. Soul Asylum – Runaway Train
9. Toad The Wet Sprocket – All I Want
10. Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight
11. The Cranberries – Ode To My Family
12. Lenny Kravitz – I Belong To You
13. Savage Garden – I Knew I Loved You
14. Smash Mouth – Then The Morning Comes
15. Train – Meet Virginia
16. The LA’s – There She Goes
17. Duncan Sheik – Barely Breathing
18. Edwin McCain – I’ll Be
19. Sarah McLachlan – Sweet Surrender
20. Semisonic – Closing Time
Alternative Pop (Volume Four)
1. Dog’s Eye View – Everything Falls Apart
2. Verve Pipe – The Freshmen
3. Alanis Morissette – Uninvited
4. Hootie And The Blowfish – Tucker’s Town
5. Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth
6. DC Talk – Between You And Me
7. Collective Soul – Run
8. Folk Implosion – Natural One
9. Jars Of Clay – Flood
10. Crash Test Dummies – Keep A Lid On Things
11. Madonna – Human Nature
12. Soul Coughing – Circles
13. Six Pence None The Richer – Kiss Me
14. Enigma – Return To Innocence
15. Clannad – Harry’s Game (From The Motion Picture Patriot Games)
16. Enya – Book Of Days
17. Deee-Lite – Groove Is In The Heart
18. Fastball – Out Of My Head
19. Sheryl Crow – My Favorite Mistake
20. Vertical Horizon – Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)
21. Simple Minds – Stand By Love
Alternative Pop (Volume Five)
1. Billie Myers – Kiss The Rain
2. Cowboys Junkies – Sweet Jane
3. Fiona Apple – Criminal
4. K.D. Lang – Constant Craving
5. Lisa Loeb – Stay
6. The Ocean Blue – Mercury
7. Poe – Angry Johnny
8. Portishead – Sour Times
9. The Rembrandts – Just The Way It Is, Baby
10. Semisonic – Secret Smile
11. Sinead O’Conner – Nothing Compares 2 U
12. Siouxsie And The Banshees – Kiss Them For Me
13. Sister Hazel – All For You
14. Stereo MC’s – Connected
15. Suzanne Vega And DNA – Tom’s Diner
16. Tears For Fears – Break It Down Again
17. Tori Amos – Crucify
18. White Town – Your Woman
Alternative Pop (Volume Six)
1. Blessid Union Of Souls – I Believe
2. The Farm – All Together Now
3. Grant Lee Buffalo – Truly, Truly
4. The Soup Dragons – Divine Thing
5. Big Head Todd & The Monsters – It’s Alright
6. Barenaked Ladies – One Week
7. Jill Sobule – I Kissed A Girl
8. Dave Matthews Band – What Would You Say
9. Dave Matthews Band – Ants Marching
10. Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule
11. Fiona Apple – Sleep To Dream
12. Tori Amos – Silent All These Years
13. 4 Non Blonds – What’s Up
14. Hootie & The Blowfish – Hold My Hand
15. Sheryl Crow – Everyday Is A Winding Road
16. EMF – Unbelievable
17. Jesus Jones – Right Here, Right Now
18. The Wallflowers – One Headlight
19. Milla – Gentleman Who Fell
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