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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)

Top of my head (at work so no peaking):

Splash "Babylon"
Elephant Man "Replacement Killers"
4-Hero "Mr Kirk's Nightmare"
Missy Elliot "Get Yr Freak On"
Public Enemy "Welcome to the Terrordrome"

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 00:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Pinback 'Loro'
The Beatles 'A Day in the Life'
Beach Boys 'God Only Knows
Built to Spill 'Car'
The Kinks 'Waterloo Sunset'

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 00:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuck it, I'm doing five more. TRY and stop me!

6. "(I'm) Stranded" by the Saints
7. "Hybrid Moments" by the Misfits
8. "Safe From Harm" by Massive Attack
9. "Summerhead" by the Cocteau Twins
10. "New Toy" by Lene Lovich

And Sundar....is "Stairway to Heaven" really one of your favorites????

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 00:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Very hard to do off the top, but here's what immediately came to mind:
1. Prince: "When Doves Cry"
2. Marvin Gaye: "Midnight Lady" (is that the name? aargh, can't peek)
3. Four Eagles: "Paul and Silas"
4. Stevie Wonder: "I Was Made To Love Her"
5. Manu Dibango: "Abele Dance"

Ask me tomorrow and it'll be different, but these are all untouchable.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:02 (twenty-one years ago)

(Ever Fallen In Love With Someone) You Shoudln't Have Fallen In Love With?

...reminded me not only of a great song, but great title!

― peepee (peepee), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:35 (twenty-one years ago)

"all time" does not exist as a category, ergo, my 5 favorite songs of the moment:

1) Captain Beefheart "Abba Zabba"
2) Wu-Tang Clan "Rulez"
3) Steely Dan "Change of the Guard"
4) Archie Shepp "There is a Balm in Gilead"
5) Spiritualized "Amazing Grace/Peace on Earth"

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:37 (twenty-one years ago)

...of the moment is of all time, ain't it?

― peepee (peepee), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:39 (twenty-one years ago)

that's right

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Powderfinger--Neil Young
Close to the Edge--Yes
Fun House--Stooges
Heartbreaker/Livin Lovin Maid--Led Zeppelin
Isolation--Joy Division

― time capsule, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:45 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Johnny Nash, "I Can See Clearly Now"
2. Milton Nascimento, "San Vicente"
3. The Electric Eels, "Cyclotron"
4. Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns, "Don't You Just Know It"
5. The Avalanches, "Since I Left You"

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't ever do this, but these are in the neighbourhood anyway

The Spoons - Nova Heart
Trashcan Sinatras - Hayfever
Finn Brothers - Only Talking Sense
Talk Talk - New Grass
Depeche Mode - It's No Good

― Kim (Kim), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Also:

6. Blind Willie Johnson, "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"
7. New Order, "Temptation"
8. The New Pornographers, "Letter From an Occupant"
9. All Saints, "Pure Shores"
10. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Sam Cooke, "A Change Is Gonna Come"
The Zombies, "This Will Be Our Year"
The Chi-Lites, "Have You Seen Her?"
The Beach Boys, "In My Room"
Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters, "Tonight, You Belong to Me"

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Oof.

Elliott Smith, "Say Yes"
Ghostface Killah, "Nutmeg"
Fugazi, "Smallpox Champion"
Mission of Burma, "Academy Fight Song"
Superchunk, "From the Curve"

― Daniel Cohen (dayan), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 02:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm delighted to find that there's nothing to this point that I actively dislike.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yeah, 'Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground'is incredible. I definentely should've included that

― Phil Gruner, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 02:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Fun Thread!

Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
Left Banke - Walk Away Renee
Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
Beatles - I Feel Fine
Rivieras - California Sun

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 03:15 (twenty-one years ago)

bonnie prince billy- just to see my holly home
pulp- disco 2000
love- you set the scene
rolling stones- wild horses
zombies- care of cell 44

― t0dd swiss, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 03:22 (twenty-one years ago)

5 more

cannibal ox- the f word
modern folk quartet- this could be the night
television- venus
underworld- juanita/kiteless/to dream of love
the walkmen- rue the day

― t0dd swiss, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 03:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex: Yep. I don't even find it's all that overplayed, compared to say, "D'Yer Maker", which I hear all the time. Is it really that hard to understand, if you're picking "Prophet's Song"?

Bryan: Thanks. I'd honestly seriously considered just saying
"1-5) Superchunk - 'Slack Motherfucker'".

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 03:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I did think about picking "The Lemon Song" instead (insane bassline - is this like harmolodic?) but it was supposed to be a quick choice... if you're just picking one, it's very complete and satisfying.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Award Tour - A Tribe Called Quest
Broke - Modest Mouse
Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
Let's Get Incredible - Lifter Puller
Full Disclosure - Fugazi

Right now, at least

― joygoat (joygoat), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread is really really fun

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

The Spacemen 3 - Honey
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
New Order - Perfect Kiss
My Bloody Valentine - Never Say Goodbye
My Bloody Valentine - Sunny Sundae Smile

...that was very, very hard

― Aerodynamic (Aerodynamic), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

otis redding - dock of the bay
nas - ny state of mind
gladys knight and the pips - midnight train to georgia
ccr - have you ever seen the rain
dr. dre - nuthin' but a g thang

― Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 04:04 (twenty-one years ago)

To try to pick out a couple of my favourite aspects (though I know too much has been written about it): the sighing slide guitar overdub in the guitar solo; the triumphant chorus of guitars pulling off suspensions on D just before the solo; the way that the imagery is thrown about in enough of an abstract manner as to avoid falling into traps of pseudo-medieval kitsch; how it manages to hint at disenchantment, a wish for change, and self-doubt without beating you with any of them.

4xpost

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 04:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Except for maybe the recorder (?) and maybe the "piper" reference, it doesn't really rely on cliches from classical music or older linguistic/literary forms like a lot of prog and metal, even compared to "Prophet's Song". It evokes that sort of atmosphere using a harmonic (suspensions and a chromatic base for the initial guitar line) and literary vocabulary that was very contemporary.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 04:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"Sugar Sugar"-the Archies
"Spirit in the Sky"-Norman Greenbaum
"Goodbye to Love"-Carpenters
"Sweet Thing"/"Candidate"-David Bowie
"I Feel Love"-Donna Summer

― Hot Bitch with an Electric Guitarthur (Arthur), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 04:39 (twenty-one years ago)

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