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1. "Eighties" by Killing Joke
2. "She Sells Sanctuary" by the Cult
3. "Prophet's Song" by Queen
4. "We Are the Road Crew" by Motorhead
5. "Song to the Siren" by This Mortal Coil

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

1. chubby checker - goodbye victoria
2. love - listen to my song
3. ssd - how we rock intro/how we rock
4. smokey robinson - theme from Big Time
5. dj class - the love theme

that's just today though. although, to be honest. chubby is number one every day. and stormy davis's number one is probably my real number two or one and a half most of the year.

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

1. the tracks of my tears - smokey robinson and the miracles
2. ruby's arms - tom waits
3. buggin' out - a tribe called quest
4. government center - jonathan richman and the modern lovers
5. peephole - guided by voices

― dave heaton, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

The Way You Look Tonight
Norwegian Wood
The Look of Love
Here Come the Warm Jets
Memphis, Egypt

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

at this very moment:

the congos - the wrong thing
blondie - the tide is high
south street player - who keeps changing your mind
wedding present - crawl
little river band - reminiscing

― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Search and Destroy
Highway to Hell
That's When I Reach for My Revolver
Something I Learned Today
Kashmir

― earlnash, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Temptation - New Order
Fiesta (remix) - R. Kelly
Don't Stop the Dance - Bryan Ferry
When the Sun Hits - Slowdive
Cordoba (Fragments version) - John Cale

― Baaderonixxx le Jeune (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

the beatles: 'i'm only sleeping'
stereo mc's : 'connected'
missy elliott: 'work it'
neil young: 'heart of gold'
spiller: 'groovejet'

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

That was hard w/o peeking.

v. hard indeed.

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles "Tears of a Clown"
Joy Division "Transmission"
Pavement "Range Life"
Beatles "In My Life"
The Jesus and Mary Chain "Head On"
But this might not be right.

― Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

The The - Uncertain Smile
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Why I Love Country Music
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
Prefab Sprout - Appetite
Mark Eitzel - Sacred Heart

― Chris Hill (Chris Hill), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Otis Redding - Pain in My Heart
Gram Parsons - $1000 Weddding
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Your Precious Love
Bjork - Hyperballad
Radiohead - Idioteque

― Josh Love (screamapillar), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

QUICKLY NOW

janese addiction 'three days'
lyrics born w/ lateef 'the last trumpet'
beck 'nobody's fault but my own'
bjork 'hyperballad' (brodsky quartet version)
fishbone 'sunless saturday'

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

five more really fast like

aaliyah - are you that somebody?
talking heads - houses in motion
odb - got your money
ween - pumpin 4 the man
teh beatles - here comes the sun

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY POSSIBLE

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Ann Peebles, "I Can't Stand the Rain"
The Zombies, "She's Not There"
MC Lyte, "I Cram to Understand U (Sam)"
Violent Femmes, "Add It Up"
The Chi-Lites, "Have You Seen Her?"

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

1.Abba, "Dancing Queen"
2.Led Zeppelin, "When The Levee Breaks"
3.Joni Mitchell, "Carey"
4.Miracles, "I Second That Emotion"
5.Wanda Jackson, "Let's Have A Party"

What a pathetically inadequate list.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Pinback, 'Loro'
Pinback, 'Tripoli'
Black Sabbath, 'Wheels of Confusion'
Led Zeppelin, 'Bron-yr-Aur'
Metallica, 'Blackened'

― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY POSSIBLE

i think that this may be the point of the drill. how could i else forget the the's 'dogs of lust', joy division's 'love will tear us apart' and rage against the machine's 'bullet in the head'?
if i had remembered them, tho, which songs should go?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Boo Radleys - Lazarus
Coba - After Dinner (Plaid Mix)
Tom Waits - Downtown Train
Jonathan Richman & Modern Lovers - Morning Of Our Lives
Autechre - Arch Carrier

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Prince, "When Doves Cry"
Mekons, "Amnesia"
Aaliyah, "Are You That Somebody?"
New Order, "Your Silent Face"
Neil Finn, "Driving Me Mad"

All but the Prince and Aaliyah subject to change daily. I can think of around a dozen Neil Finn songs alone.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Willie Nelson - "Crazy"
Sonic Youth - "Teenage Riot"
John Coltrane - "Chasin' the Trane"
Talking Heads - "Psycho Killer"
Bob Dylan - "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"

This is a difficult exercise.

― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Boo Radleys - Lazarus

yes, dog latin just made me realize i forgot/mis-called one of mine

― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Damn! I forgot Brian Eno's "St. Elmo's Fire!" Among a bazillion others.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Tommy Roe - "Sweet Pea"

TRIPLE YAY!!!

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

ugh - too many. they all seem totally reasonable.

needles in the camels eye - brian eno
here come the warm jets - brian eno
the sign - ace of base
its time to party - andrew wk
when u were mine - prince

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

LORD OF THE NULL LINES
GET OFF THE CORNER
ANTE UP
DETROIT HAS A SKYLINE
WATERLOO

― adam (adam), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

man, i made a point not to read this thread while i was considering. but SO many of my possibles were in this thread.

"waterloo sunset" is number 6, for fucking sure.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Dexter Gordon - A Night In Tunisia (on Our Man In Paris)
Gong - The Isle of Everywhere
Abbey Lincoln - Left Alone
Van Der Graaf Generator - My Room (Waiting For Wonderland)
Thelonious Monk - Well You Needn't (thinking particularly of the Monk's Music take here)

― Øystein (Øystein), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

"Good Vibrations"
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
"Some Velvet Morning"
"Christmas Wrapping" (Waitresses)
"Awaken" (Yes)

― Jeff W (zebedee), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)

MBV "Only Shallow"
Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Buzzcocks "Harmony In My Head"
Tom Waits "Singapore"
David Bowie "Sound and Vision"

― Telephone Thing, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 17:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Leadbelly - "Midnight Special"
Elizabeth Cotten - "Babe, It Ain't No Lie"
Joy Division - "Sister Ray"
Fiery Furnaces - "Up In the North"
Frog Eyes - "World's Greatest Concertos"

― Mila, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 17:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Lilys - Ginger
Haywood - You Talk Twice
Superchunk - Seed Toss
Whorl - Maybe It's Better
Palace Music - New Partner

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

sonic youth - unwind
the velvet underground - sunday morning
weezer - devotion
queen - death on 2 legs
johnny cash - in my life

― 6335, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

The Embarrassment - "Lewis & Clark"
Christina Aguilera - "What a Girl Wants"
Talk Talk - the 1st track from Laughing Stock
Beatles - "I'm Only Sleeping"
Tsunami - "Match"

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Lessee ...

1. "Revolution," Beatles
2. "Freebird," Lynyrd Skynyrd
3. "Beat It," Michael Jackson
4. "Rockin' in the Free World," Neil Young
5. "B.O.B.," OutKast

― Chris O., Tuesday, 1 February 2005 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

It hurts like almost actual physical pain to see songs on other people's lists that should've been on mine, too.

Baetles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Funkadelic - Can You Get To That?
Bob Marley - Small Axe
Queen - You're My Best Friend
Tom Waits - Time

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

DETROIT HAS A SKYLINE -> props

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

This is a cool thread, cuz it forces you to be honest about yourself. Or at least it did it for me. I mean, when I was 8, I was all about "Beat It," yo.

― Chris O., Tuesday, 1 February 2005 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm going again:

"All Things Must Pass"
"Many Rivers to Cross"
"Fa Ce La"
"Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You"
"Straight, No Chaser"

― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

sonic youth wishfullfilment or xpressway that choice cant be made
ride dreams burn down
dylans she belongs to me
the temps "just my imagination"
bowie's "life on mars"

― b b, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Pinback, 'Loro'
Pinback, 'Tripoli'

yes! haha, i never expected to see a pinback song on this thread.. two of them, at that.

might as well add a couple more:

Stooges, "Dirt"
Will Oldham, "I see a Darkness"

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

"Set You Free This Time" - the Byrds
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" - the Byrds
"She Don't Care About Time" - the Byrds
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" - the Byrds
"Turn, Turn, Turn" - the Byrds

― youn, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Scritti Politti - "Doubt Beat"
The Comsat Angels - "Our Secret"
Breathless - "See How the Land Lies"
The Pop Group - "Blood Money"
Kitchens of Distinction - "Hammer"

Ouch. Don't do that to me!

― Ian Riese-Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't expect to see any of these anywhere else in this thread:

1. Jefferson Starship, "Miracles"
2. Grass Roots, "I'd Wait a Million Years"
3. Nina Simone, "Wild Is the Wind"
4. The Turtles, "She's My Girl"
5. Todd Rundgren, "I Saw the Light"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Bobbie Gentry- Fancy
Giorgio Moroder and Phil Oakey- (Together In) Electric Dreams
Shirely Ellis- The Clapping Song
The Buzzcocks- (Ever Fallen In Love With Someone) You Shoudln't Have Fallen In Love With?
The Dixie Cups- Iko Iko

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Band of Susans - Hope Against Hope (Peel Session)
Magic Dirt - I Was Cruel
Swans - Sex God Sex (from Feel Good Now)
The Nightblooms - Shatterhand
Dustdevils - Hip Priest

― dlp9001, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)

This is cruel.

Top 5 fairly fresh in my mind:
1. Talk Talk - After the Flood
2. My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When
3. My Bloody Valentine - What You Want
4. Boards of Canada - Dawn Chorus
5. Pavement - In The Mouth a Desert

Top 5 that I haven't heard in years:
1. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (Live)
2. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
3. Dave Matthews Band - 41
4. Third Eye Blind - Never Let You Go
5. Orbital - Halcyon + On + On

― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:36 (twenty-one years ago)

oh god, i totally cheated. haha whatever i fail it

― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Off the top:

MBV - Only Shallow
Swervedriver - Kill The Superheroes
Slayer - Altar Of Sacrifice
Mack 10 - Connected For Life
The Church - Under The Milky Way

Fuckin' lists.... I'm gonna think of 3 or 4 that I forgot about here in about 5 minutes.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)

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