YOUR finest fifty...
 

Is it possible to make an all-time top fifty? Sure you can pick 80 songs and narrow it down to a final half-century but then, if they are ALL great and mean a lot to you, how do you pick a number one? :confused:

I've made this attempt anyway , maybe if you have the time you'd care to list your own "finest fifty"?





1. SEX GANG CHILDREN - Mauritia Mayer (Extended Mix) - Execution & Elegance
2. SUBMARINE - Junior Elvis - Submarine
3. 1,000 VIOLINS - Like A Thousand Violins - Halcyon Days
4. GANG OF FOUR - I Love A Man In Uniform
5. BIVOUAC - Drank - Tuber
6. CODEINE - Tom - The White Birch
7. THE SWEETEST ACHE - Tell Me How It Feels
8. CATHERINE WHEEL - Black Metallic - Ferment
9. MAE - Suspension - The Everglow
10. SNOW PATROL - Run - The Final Straw
11. REVOLVER - Don't You Wonder Why - 10" single
12. RADIOHEAD - Fake Plastic Trees - The Bends
13. HOPE OF THE STATES - Blood Meridian - Left
14. THE SEA URCHINS - Cling Film - Stardust
15. NADA SURF - Popular - High/Low
16. TH' FAITH HEALERS - Don't Jones Me - Lido
17. ULTRA VIVID SCENE - Mercy Seat - Ultra Vivid Scene
18. SWERVEDRIVER - Duel -
19. THE ATARIS - The Saddest Song - So Long, Astoria
20. LONG-VIEW - Further - Mercury
21. BLOC PARTY - So Here We Are - Silent Alarm
22. SHELLAC - Doris - Uranus 7" EP
23. RIDE - Sennen - Nowhere/Forever EP
24. THE SIDDELAYS - What Went Wrong This Time - CD86 compilation
25. THE KILLERS - Mr. Brightside - Hot Fuss
26. BRAKES - Heard About Your Band -
27. THE GUN CLUB - The Breaking Hands - Mother Juno
28. BRILLIANT CORNERS - Your Feet Never Touch The Ground - Somebody Up There Likes Me
29. BLINK 182 - What's My Age Again - Enema Of The State
30. AMERICAN FOOTBALL - Stay Home - American Football
31. LOWGOLD - Mercury - CD Single
32. JJ72 - October Swimmer - JJ72
33. POWER OF DREAMS - There I Go Again - Immigrants, Emmigrants And Me
34. SINISTER CLEANERS - Longing For Next Year - Shine
35. COMSAT ANGELS - Independance Day
36. MAXIMO PARK - Going Missing - CD Single
37. THE SEBADOH - Love Is Stronger - The Sebadoh
38. PSYCHEDLIC FURS - Sister Europe - Psychedelic Furs
39. MODERN ENGLISH - Gathering Dust - Mesh And Lace
40. PAULINE MURRAY & THE INVISIBLE GIRLS - Dream Sequence -
41. MILLTOWN BROTHERS - Never Come Down Again - Slinky
42. PACIFIC - Jetstream - Doing It For The Kids (Creation compilation)
43. THE STILLS - Lola (Stars And Stripes) - CD Single
44. AMUSEMENT PARKS ON FIRE - Blackout - The Taste Makers (Sampler)
45. ALTERED IMAGES - See Those Eyes - Pinky Blue
46. FEEDER - Pushing The Senses - Pushing The Senses
47. THE CHAMELEONS - In Shreds -
48. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - The New Year -
49. SMASHING PUMPKINS - Stand Inside Your Love - Rotten Apples: The Best Of Smashing Pumpkins
50. GREEN DAY - Basket Case - Dookie

This would require the type of time and sensitive information that I would wish to get
compensated for. Just giving away a list of your boiled down essence --->a list of yr 50
most cherished songs... to anonymous strangers ... who may in turn go on to turn a buck
at your expense.... seems a little foolhardy. More than once I've seen something I or
others said or referenced suspiciously end up in a well known blog which someone got
paid for. Not us.

Anyways, maybe I'm just being paranoid. Or stingy?
Maybe.


Anyhoots, cheers!
Thanks for your essense.

Ahhh! I want to do this. After hell week is over, I will,

-reserved-

I'll have to do this too

All right, I finally finished mine! There are links to each song, although some of them are live and such, and I wasn't about to spend hours uploading studio versions of a bunch of songs.

They're not all in the alternative / indie genres, but there are a handful of those included.

I'll probably realize that I've overlooked something particularly obvious at some point. There's only one song per band / artist, as well.

1.) Queen - The Prophet's Song
2.) Phish - Rift
3.) Neutral Milk Hotel - Gardenhead / Leave Me Alone
4.) Talking Heads - Memories Can't Wait
5.) Soft Machine - All White
6.) The Beau Brummels - Only Dreaming Now
7.) Hawkwind - D-Rider
8.) Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Metameme
9.) Themselves - It's Them
10.) Busdriver - Imaginary Places
11.) Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
12.) Mike Gordon - Take Me Out, Pt. 2
13.) CocoRosie - Good Friday
14.) Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
15.) Julia Nunes - Balloons
16.) The Ramones - I Just Want To Have Something To Do
17.) The Polyphonic Spree - Section 14 (Two Thousand Places)
18.) The Dresden Dolls - Dear Jenny
19.) The Disco Biscuits - Home Again
20.) Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
21.) Jeff Buckley - Corpus Christi Carol
22.) Regina Spektor - Chemo Limo
23.) The Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain
24.) Band Of Horses - Is There a Ghost?
25.) Tim Buckley - Hallucinations
26.) The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
27.) Trey Anastasio - A Case Of Ice and Snow
28.) Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
29.) Oysterhead - Little Faces
30.) Jewel - Deep Water
31.) The Beatles - Within You Without You
32.) Richard Thompson - Gethsemane
33.) Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty
34.) Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna
35.) DoseOne - Etherial Downtime
36.) Heldon - Cotes de Cachalot
37.) Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
38.) Tobacco - Creepy Phone Calls
39.) Moby Grape - Come In the Morning
40.) Alias - Divine Disappointment
41.) moe. - Darkness
42.) Sarah Brightman - Eden
43.) Shpongle - Turn Up the Silence
44.) Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - I'm Straight
45.) The Incredible String Band - Minotaur's Song
46.) The Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
47.) Lotus - 72 Hrs Awake
48.) The Velvet Underground - The Black Angel's Death Song
49.) Metric - Blindness
50.) Elliott Smith - Twilight

^With links? Damn son, you took your time with that one...Well done.

Probably not all that definitive, I thought this list up off the top of my head in 10 minutes but it's pretty accurate. Also probably about the first 15 are the only ones in order.

1. Pixies - Velouria
2. Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea
3. Placebo - Allergic
4. Interpol - Leif Erikson
5. Dinosaur Jr - Little Fury Things
6. Deftones - Digital Bath
7. The Flaming Lips - Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell
8. Elliott Smith - Ballad Of Big Nothing
9. Hole - Violet
10. Nine Inch Nails - Sin
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - The Sweets
12. The Smashing Pumpkins - Soma
13. Yourcodenameis:Milo - 17
14. Pavement - Grounded
15. My Bloody Valentine - Cupid Come
16. Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
17. Brand New - Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis
18. Arcade Fire - Tunnels
19. Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles
20. Daft Punk - Technologic
21. Lou Reed - Viscious
22. The Distillers - Dismantle Me
23. Modest Mouse - Gravity Rides Everything
24. Radiohead - Idioteque
25. Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick
26. Built To Spill - You Are
27. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
28. Bon Iver - Flume
29. The Cure - Disintegration
30. The Shins - Past & Pending
31. Pale Saints - Throwing Back The Apple
32. Sparklehorse - Piano Fire
33. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
34. The Strokes - Reptillia
35. The Thermals - When You're Thrown
36. Treepeople - Outside In
37. Galaxie 500 - Plastic Bird
38. Teenage Fanclub - December
39. Wilco - Via Chicago
40. Jimmy Eat World - The Sweetness
41. A Place To Bury Strangers - Fix The Gash In Your Head
42. Sebadoh - Gimme Indie Rock
43. American Football - Never Meant
44. The Cooper Temple Clause - The Same Mistakes
45. Meat Puppets - Plateau
46. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
47. Mogwai - R U Still In 2 It?
48. The National - Mistaken For Strangers
49. Belle & Sebastian - Dress Up In You
50. Queens Of The Stone Age - I Never Came

I already did this list times two.

Cool songs! - Rate Your Music

Ah, what the hell, I'm bored.

1. Ten Years Gone - Led Zeppelin
2. Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
3. To Bid You Farewell - Opeth
4. Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin
6. La Villa Strangiato - Rush
7. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
8. Riders On the Storm - The Doors
9. War Pigs - Black Sabbath
10. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd
11. Comfortaby Numb - Pink Floyd
12. Coming Back To Life - Pink Floyd
13. Doctor Doctor - UFO
14. Pet Semetary - The Ramones
15. Fool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin
16. Hangar 18 - Megadeth
17. Space Oddity - David Bowie
18. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
19. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
20. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
21. Excuses - The Morning Benders
22. November Rain - Guns N' Roses
23. Ænema - Tool
24. Redemption Song - Bob Marley
25. Heaven And Hell - Black Sabbath
26. Light My Fire - The Doors
27. The Wicker Man - Iron Maiden
28. The End - The Doors
29. Every Me And Every You - Placebo
30. Last Caress - Misfits
31. I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
32. A Day In The Life - The Beatles
33. Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
34. Land Of Confusion - Disturbed (Genesis Cover)
35. Unknown Soldier - The Casualties
36. Imagine - John Lennon
37. I Fought The Law - The Clash
38. Erotomania - Dream Theater
39. White Riot - The Clash
40. Over The Hills And Far Away - Led Zeppelin
41. Laredo - Band Of Horses
42. Goodbye to Romance - Ozzy Osbourne
43. Us And Them - Pink Floyd
44. Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
45. I Was Wrong - Social Distortion
46. Bron-Yr-Aur - Led Zeppelin
47. Right Now - Van Halen
48. Scream - Misfits
49. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
50. Baba O' Riley - The Who

No particular order. **** list I know, but these were all my "favorite songs" at some point in my life.

Good for you, EMG. My list would be really mainstream too... :laughing:

Mainstream is the way to go these days...

Here's my 50, couldn't be arsed to do numbers, the top three are pretty much set in concrete, apart from that its a free for all, I do know however that I have enjoyed, played these songs above all others.

Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven
Rhythm Is Rhythm - Nude Photo
Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
Roky Erickson - If You Have Ghosts
Elvis Costello - Beyond Belief
The Smiths - Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Killing Joke - Fall Of Because
Nick Cave - Straight To You
13th Floor Elevators - Your Gonna Miss Me
The Stooges - TV Eye
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Return
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
Leatherface - I Want The Moon
Ramones - Swallow My Pride
Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce
Fugazi - Casavettes
The Chills - Pink Frost
808 State - Pacific State
23 Skidoo - Coup
Underground Resistance - Mirage
Go-Betweens - Cattle And Cane
Husker Du - First Of The Last Calls
Dexys Midnight Runners - Whats She Like
Sabres Of Paradise - Wilmot
My Bloody Valentine - You Never Should
Gene Clark - One In A Hundred
Embrace (U.S) - Dance Of Days
Basement Jaxx - If I Ever Recover
Dusty Springfield - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Marvin Gaye - Whats Happenin Brother
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Kitchens Of Distinction - Quick As Rainbows
Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
Rudimentary Peni - Bile Ball
Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
Bob Marley - Caution
Misfits - Horror Business
Big Black - Cables
Bad Brains - Sailin On
Moon Unit - Connection
Jesus And Mary Chain - Upside Down
Public Enemy - B Side Wins Again
The Clash - Train In Vain
Eric B & Rakim - Lyrics Of Fury
Chameleons - Dont Fall
Cabaret Voltaire - I Want You
Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
Doves - There Goes The Fear
The Beatles - Please Please Me

Gotta love that top 10 man.

Excellent list... lots of my favorite albums on there too. :D

Good list. If this board had rep, you'd be getting some.

Thanks to all of you; it means a lot! I still have to work on writing little diatribes for each song, as I'm OCD about that kind of thing.
Odd, a lot of bands I like are on here and I've never heard of the songs that are your favorites. Perhaps I've just been living under a rock! Great choices for Public Enemy/Pixies.

As of December 8, 2010, these are my 50 favorite songs. Whew! That was tough. I'm sure I'll feel differently an hour from now, but at this moment I am happy with my list.

(I limited myself to one song per artist to make it easier)

Nice list my Mainstream friend ; ). I haven't heard of a couple of those bands, checking them out now.

Thanks. :)

Which have you never heard of?

Whale, MGMT, Fugazi, and A Tribe Called Quest.

I've heard a lot of talk of MGMT but never bothered to check them out.

All very good! :D

These aren't in any order.

Waiting In Vain- Bob Marley
Golden- Signal to Trust
Pyramid Song- Radiohead
B Boys Will B Boys- Black Star
Twilite Speedball- Mos Def
Tourette's- Nirvana
Good Morning- Slint
Low Class Conspiracy- Quasimoto
Raid- Madvillain
Strawberry Fields Forever- The Beatles
Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)- Gorillaz
Surfing On a Rockey- Air
Flying Lotus-
9th Caller- J Dilla
Black Wave/Bad Vibrations- Arcade Fire
Martha My Dear- The Beatles
Obstacle 1- Interpol
Life On Mars?- David Bowie
Motion Picture Soundtrack- Radiohead
Now The Mouse Is Freezing- Signal To Trust
Accorian- Madvillain
Pistola- Mos Def
Gazzillion Ear- Doom
When You Sleep- my Bloody Valentine
Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone- Neutral Milk Hotel
More Rice- Madlib
Chonkyfire- Outkast
Ex Lion Tamer- Wire
Auditorium- Mos Def
Alter Ego- Tame Impala
1983- Flying Lotus
Carry the Zero- Built to Spill
Basic Cable- Aesop Rock
Sound Check (Gravity)- Gorillaz
Kill Your Co-Workers- Flying Lotus
Idioteque- Radiohead
Mathematics- Mos Def
Drive- El-P
Something in the Way- Nirvana
The Orchard- Les Savy Fav
Cowboy Song- Thin Lizzy
The Fine Print- King Geedorah
Tetragrammaton- The Mars Volta
Microphone Mathematics- Quasimoto
Fatalist Palmistry- Why?
Get A Hold- A Tribe Called Quest
Doe Deer- Crystal Castles
Anti-American Graffiti- Jay Dee
Something in the Way- Nirvana
A Wolf At The Door (It Girl. Rag Doll)- Radiohead

'Something in the Way' is so good it gets listed twice?

Oops. That means something got left out. Oh, and the other Flying Lotus one is Breathe . Something/Stellar ST

You have incredibly unoriginal tastes there, Abearmauledme...

"Haters say Hey!, Haters say What!
Cuz if you hatin on me your gettin stomped in the nuts!"
-Thugnificent

no order

1. you and whose army? – radiohead
2. Dracula mountain – lightning bolt
3. true love will find you in the end – Daniel Johnston
4. bloody hammer – roky Erickson
5. thumbscrews – jesus lizard
6. freakin out - death
7. today your love, tomorrow the world – the ramones
8. Indian summer – beat happening
9. academy fight song – mission of burma
10. breadcrumb trail – slint
11. my mind is a muffler – arab on radar
12. gyroscope – dismemberment plan
13. the best ever death metal band out of denton – the mountain goats
14. suburbia – the rugburns
15. I want to find a woman that’ll hold my big toe – captain beefheart
16. the life here – yea big + kid static
17. my baby’s coming back – jellyfish
18. hey there little insect – jonothan richman
19. I felt like a gringo – minutemen
20. prison braid – qui
21. I love you – Andrew Jackson jihad
22. night goat – melvins
23. start choppin’ – dinosaur jr.
24. touch me I’m sick – mudhoney
25. something I learned today – husker du
26. I’m so tired – fugazi
27. I wanna be a drug sniffing dog – lard
28. low self opinion – Rollins band
29. reggaejunkiejew – ween
30. a kid who tells on another kid is a dead kid – nation of ullyses
31. I wanna join a cult – the dockers
32. agitated – the electric eels
33. hittin the wall – cows
34. cat brain land – melt-banana
35. saints – the breeders
36. violent school – the dead milkmen
37. Montana – frank zappa
38. psychotic reaction – the count five
39. start saving for your funeral – coffinworm
40. ya mama – pharcyde
41. sex bomb – flipper
42. teenage riot – sonic youth
43. savory – jawbox
44. orphans – teenage jesus and the jerks
45. where were you? – the mekons
46. cactus – pixies
47. crashing foreign cars – helmet
48. up beat – rapeman
49. wasted – black flag
50. into my arms – nick cave