POXV: All Time Top 15 Songs

1. “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” Joan Baez
2. “Bennie and the Jets” Elton John
3. “Fame” David Bowie
4. “Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin
5. “Summerfly” Maura O’Connell
6. “No Such Thing” John Mayer
7. “The Firebird” Igor Stravinsky
8. “Zip Gun Bop” Royal Crown Review
9. “Intermission Riff” & “Minor Riff” Stan Kenton
10. “Imagine” John Lennon
11. “Lido Shuffle” Boz Scaggs
12. “Rhapsody in Blue” George Gershwin
13. “Right Back Where We Started From” Maxine Nightingale
14. “Workin’ in Corners” Nancy Griffith
15. “Mr. Bojangles” Sammy Davis, Jr.

Almost # 15—Copacabana (Barry Manilow), Hill Where the Lord Hides (Chuck Mangione), Zoot Suit Riot (Cherry Poppin’ Daddies), My Way (Frank Sinatra), Jump, Jive and Wail (Brian Setzer Orchestra), Hotel California (The Eagles), The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand) and The Gayane Suite (Aram Khachaturian).

(Sigmund Freud would have a heyday.)

1. Like A Rolling Stone-Bob Dylan
2. Loving Cup-Rolling Stones
3. Complete Control-The Clash
4. The Promised Land-Bruce Springsteen
5. Teenage Riot-Sonic Youth
6. Summer Babe-Pavement
7. Gloria-Patti Smith
8. Little Red Corvette-Prince
9. Cattle and Cane-Go-Betweens
10. Dock of the Bay-Otis Redding
11. Once In A Lifetime-Talking Heads
12. Ticket To Ride-Beatles
13. Sand In My Joints-Wire
14. Bowling Green-Neko Case & Carl Newman
15. Bring The Noise-Public Enemy

New Pornographers – Letter From an Occupant
Clash – Spanish Bombs
Pixies – Caribou
Talulah Gosh – I Can’t Get No Satisfaction (Thank God)
Heavenly – Shallow
Field Mice – Emma’s House
Elvis Costello – Beyond Belief
Elvis Costello – Lipstick Vogue
Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-Headed Boy (pt 1)
Belle and Sebastian – Expectations
Go-Betweens – Right Here
Black Tambourine – Throw Aggi Off the Bridge
Tiger Trap – Supreme Nothing
The Clean – Tally Ho
Heavenly -- Space Manatee

Ugh, too much left off. These things will happen, I guess.

The first nine are indisputable, the rest are negotiable to varying degrees.

"People Can Choose," Les Rallizes Denudes
"Uptown Top Ranking," Althea & Donna
"Shadowplay," Joy Division
"Hanging on the Telephone," Blondie (Nerves cover)
"Brighton Rock," Queen
"Kiss Me Again," Dinosaur-L (Optimo version)
"You Made Me Realise," My Bloody Valentine
"Shakin' Street," MC5
"Damaged Goods" "Natural's Not In It," Gang of Four
"Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World," Ramones
"Begin," Bailter Space
"Buffalo Stance," Neneh Cherry "Just Got Paid," Rapeman (ZZ Top cover). 2.04-2.12 are the greatest eight seconds of any music ever.
"Move On Up," Curtis Mayfield
"Hayday," Replacements What was I thinking? "Paris 1919," John Cale
"Gloria (in excelsis deo)," Patti Smith

Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
black eyes - deformative
prince - kiss
sonic youth - cotton crown
Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
De La Soul - Eye Know
Bob Seger System - Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
cat power- colors and the kids
Beastie Boys - Shadrach
Ludacris - Southern Hospitality
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Pavement - Summer Babe

Geek Love" - Bang Bang Machine
"Compulsion" - Joe Crow
"Walk Away Renee" - The Left Banke
"Ceremony" - New Order
"Disorder" - Joy Division
"Highlights" - Beef
"How Ghost Affect Relationships" - His Name Is Alive
"Fistfull of Love" - Antony and the Johnsons
"Common People" - Pulp
"We Shall Overcome" - Gustav
"Electicity" - OMD
"You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes & You Get What You Deserve" - Johnny Boy
"Be My Baby" - The Ronnettes
"I See A Darkness" - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
"Umbrellas of Cherbourg Theme" - Michel Legrand
― davelus (davelus)

This is a good one! Not enough love for that Johnny Boy and Joe Crow tracks.

Dean Martin - Sway
Juliette Greco - La valse brune
Abbie Lincoln - Afro-Blue
Jacques Brel - Jacky
Tauno Palo - Shamppanjakuhertelua
Sarah Vaughan - It's Crazy
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - That's All
Doris Day - Que será, será
Edward Elgar - Where Corals Lie
Lale Andersen - Lili Marleen
Carlos Gardel - La cumparsita
Xavier Cugat - Rumbalero
Tony Bennet - Stranger in Paradise
Miriam Makeba - Nongqongqo
Nina Simone - Four Women

15 great songs

samantha sang - emotion
yellow magic orchestra - technopolis
al green - i'm still in love with you
slam/dot allison - visions (ewan pearson remix)
actress - audio track 5
future world orchestra - miracles
felt - penelope tree
rolling stones - 2000 light years from home
motorhead - overkill
motorhead - ace of spades
velvet underground - white light / white heat
vangelis - let it happen
u2 - new years day
ride - drive blind
funkadelic - super stupid

tried to leave out "tracks" but that actress one snuck in there