ILM POLLS THE 20TH CENTURY'S BEST TRACKS ››› YOUR RESULTS THREAD ‹‹‹

tuomas what's your second fav stones song?? you seem like a moonlight mile guy to me

I don't really know much about the Stones, I just have a emotional attachment to "Sympathy for the Devil", because in the pub where we always hung out when we were younger (which sadly doesn't exist anymore), me and my friend Martta used to always put it on the jukebox, and then proceed to sing the "whoo-ooh!" backing vocals throughout the whole song, to everyone else's irritation.

The only Dean I can be certain I've heard is "That's amore" or whatever it's called. I must've missed hearing it on the radio amongst all the Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong.

pretty sure I hadn't heard 'sway' my entire life before it was in some car commercial recently

Will check it out when I get home, though. Dad is a huge Dean fan, should prob borrow his cds.

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Eh? It the Youtube for me.

Maybe people don't the exact version of "Sway" as sung by Dean Martin, but "Sway" as a composition is very well known. Even Björk has covered it.

Think there was some wtf reaction from re: a song or 2 here you hadn't heard, Tuomas. Can't remember which song(s).

Okay, so we began some chatter about a 50s tracks/singles poll yesterday and carried it a little bit over into today, and I was thinking...I don't really want to run another one of these until next year (like, May at the earliest). But what about opening a rolling nominations thread now? Just let it roll through the end of May, giving us approximately six months to consume and evaluate as much 50s music as possible, time permitting. Then we end up with a well-rounded list and an informed electorate, and the voting can then begin.

In short, long window for nominations, brief window for voting. No pressure...you've got six months. Sound appealing?

I feel like there's a magical version of america in your head where dean martin and bjork music is played everywhere

Selective list of recorded versions

Originals

* 1953 - Pablo Beltrán Y Su Orchestra (in Spanish)
* 1954 - Dean Martin, on Capitol Records, catalog number 2818, US 15, UK 6

English versions

"¿Quién será?" and "Sway" have been recorded dozens of times by many artists over the decades. This is merely a select list of popular recordings, not a comprehensive listing.

* 1954 - Eileen Barton, on Coral Records, catalog number 61185, backed with "When Mama Calls"
* 1959 - Rosemary Clooney and Perez Prado, from A Touch of Tabasco
* 1960 - Bobby Rydell, Capitol Recording Studios, NYC
* 1961 - Ben E. King, from Spanish Harlem
* 1963 - Cliff Richard, from When In Spain
* 1963 - Julie London, from Latin in a Satin Mood
* 1998 - Anita Kelsey, from the movie Dark City
* 1999 - Shaft, titled "(Mucho Mambo) Sway"
* 2003 - Michael Bublé, from his self-titled album Michael Bublé
* 2003 - Peter Cincotti, from his self-titled album Peter Cincotti
* 2004 - Pussycat Dolls, from the film Shall We Dance?
* 2007 - Puppini Sisters,Betcha Bottom Dollar
* 2008 - Fady Maalouf, Lebanese-German singer in his album Blessed
* 2009 - Haifa Wehbe, a Lebanese pop star
* 2010 - Paul Byrom of Celtic Thunder, Irish folk gan roup

Live renditions during song competitions

* 2007 - Melinda Doolittle on American Idol
* 2009 - Joe McElderry in UK The X Factor

Language versions

The song has been translated and covered in several languages. Here is a selective listing of language versions

* 1954 - Olavi Virta, titled "Keinu kanssani" (in Finnish)
* 1959 - The Peanuts, titled Quién Será (キエンセラ?) (in Japanese)
* 1968 - Teresa Teng, titled "盼望" (in Mandarin)
* 1973 - Sten & Stanley, titled "Äntligen" (in Swedish)
* 1976 - Ajda Pekkan, from "Kim Ne Derse Desin" (in Turkish)
* 1990 - Bjork in album Gling-Gló, as "Í dansi með þér" (in Icelandic)
* 1999 - Götz Alsmann, titled "Zuckersüß" (in German)
* 1999 - Komár László in album Mambó Lackó, as "Mexikói Karnevál" (in Hungarian)
* 2000 - Athena - Macera, from "Tam Zamanı Şimdi" (in Turkish)
* 2002 - Pedro Fernandez, ¿Quien será? (in Spanish)
* 2004 - Arielle Dombasle, titled "Quién Será (Sway)" (in Spanish)
* 2005 - Aaron Kwok, titled "飛" ("Sway") (in Cantonese)
* 2005 - Nguyễn Hưng in album Dạ Vũ, as "Ai Sẽ Là Em" (in Vietnamese)
* 2005 - Walid Soroor, titled "Yar Nazanin" (in Persian)
* 2006 - Anjelika Varum, titled "Румба" ("Rumba") (in Russian)
* 2007 - Rula Zaki (an Egyptian singer), titled "قلبي دق" ("Albi Dak") (in Arabic)
* 2010 - Rula Zaki, in the album "Rula" (in Arabic)
* 2010 - Mohsen Namjoo, in the song (دور ایرانو خط بکش) ("Dowr-e Iran-o Khat Bekesh") in Persian).

This should tell you how popular it is.

there are 3000 cover versions of 'yesterday' and imagine there are still plenty of people who live in the western world and have never heard it, though we'd need a scientific test or something to find out

BRING ON THE FIFTIES ILM

I am ready. Just say no to poll burnout.

*and I imagine there xp

231 The Associates - Party Fears Two 899
257 The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies 844

Nice to see these getting 7 votes each, including a 1st place for the former. I nommed them knowing they weren't Top 100 contenders but felt sure of at least a little beneath-the-radar support.

FWIW, I had "Moon In June" on my ballot until the very last cut. It very nearly had 2 votes!

Which songs in the list where you unfamiliar with, Tuomas? Find that sort of thing fascinating.

Thanks Johnny Fever and seandalai! Great poll!

I'm wondering why no one voted for two songs that rank among the best-known songs of the 20th century, both of which have been covered hundreds of times.

You mean, "Yesterday" and "Tom Dooley"?

01. 14 ICED BEARS "Come Get Me" (1990) [3,301 points, 30 votes][2 first place votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zs8pHG9qFM

can't wait for the 2001 - 2010 decade poll

I have an early frontrunner for you all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzsFJolrYuI

We've already kind of done that, in two pieces...five years apart.

well we have to do another poll so I can nominate Tea Bag Boyz

Ha! On a slightly different sort of poll I would have definitely given points to that 14 Iced Bears. Along with, say, the Primitives' "Really Stupid".

Yes please do DJP just so I can go TOO HIGH, NO TOO LOW AH OK RIGHT THERE THAT'S PERFECT

perfect

Amazing, amazing work Johnny & Sean, thank you so much. Best fun I could possibly've had this week. Thanks a million. Sorry I wasn't able to keep up and pitch in, but I wanted to make sure I heard it all in order. Was worth it.

Fabulous to see a poll that genuinely got better as it got lower too, it was condensed solid gold by the end. No arguments from me whatsoever.

You didn't use my clip for 'Gimme Shelter' though :(

I didn't forget about that, but in the end I thought I should put up the full recognizable track.

Thanks Johnny Fever and seandalai! Great poll!

― daavid, Friday, December 3, 2010 5:35 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Which songs in the list where you unfamiliar with, Tuomas? Find that sort of thing fascinating.

Before this poll I'd never knowingly heard these tunes (though I might've unknowingly heard them on the background in a party or something):

124. FLEETWOOD MAC "Go Your Own Way" (1977) [1,155 points, 10 votes]
121. PIXIES "Debaser" (1989) [1,161 points, 11 votes]
119. 10CC "I'm Not in Love" (1975) [1,167 points, 12 votes]
115. THE BEACH BOYS "Surf's Up" (1971) [1,184 points, 10 votes]
110. STEREOLAB "Jenny Ondioline" (1993) [1,197 points, 11 votes]
108. NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "Cortez the Killer" (1975) [1,198 points, 11 votes]
102. TALKING HEADS "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (1983) [1,221 points, 10 votes]
99. (TIE) KING CRIMSON "21st Century Schizoid Man" (1969) [1,223 points, 12 votes]
99. (TIE) MOTT THE HOOPLE "All the Young Dudes" (1972) [1,223 points, 12 votes]
96. BOB DYLAN "Tangled Up in Blue" (1975) [1,268 points, 11 votes]
90. THE CLASH "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" (1978) [1,287 points, 11 votes]
88. WIRE "Outdoor Miner" (1978) [1,296 points, 11 votes]
81. MY BLOODY VALENTINE "Soon" (1991) [1,313 points, 11 votes]
79. (TIE) NEW ORDER "Ceremony" (1981) [1,313 points, 13 votes]
75. BRIAN ENO "St. Elmo's Fire" (1975) [1,339 points, 12 votes]
74. ROXY MUSIC "Virginia Plain" (1972) [1,346 points, 12 votes]
73. IGGY & THE STOOGES "Search and Destroy" (1973) [1,351 points, 15 votes]
71. THE ZOMBIES "Care of Cell 44" (1968) [1,355 points, 13 votes]
70. BIG STAR "Thirteen" (1972) [1,362 points, 14 votes]
67. YES "Close to the Edge" (1972) [1,386 points, 12 votes]
64. WIRE "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W" (1979) [1,401 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]
52. CHEAP TRICK "Surrender" (1978) [1,493 points, 15 votes]
49. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND "Sister Ray" (1968) [1,551 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
39. THE UNDERTONES "Teenage Kicks" (1978) [1,703 points, 17 votes]
35. SONIC YOUTH "Teen Age Riot" (1988) [1,865 points, 21 votes]
29. THE MODERN LOVERS "Roadrunner" (1972) [1,957 points, 18 votes]
27. ? & THE MYSTERIANS "96 Tears" (1966) [1,987 points, 17 votes]
24. BIG STAR "September Gurls" (1974) [2,102 points, 21 votes]
15. THE SPECIALS "Ghost Town" (1981) [2,304 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote]
12. DAVID BOWIE "Heroes" (1977) [2,444 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote]
08. TELEVISION "Marquee Moon" (1977) [2,587 points, 22 votes]
02. THE ROLLING STONES "Gimme Shelter" (1969) [3,100 points, 26 votes]

I know "Sway" but it's mannered in a way that irritates the hell out of me. Sorry.

The only two tracks in the top 125 that I didn't previously have at least a cursory knowledge of were the o.g. Doctor Who theme and "Surf's Up".

man, the backup singing on Gimme Shelter nearly ruins it

how does one exist on ILX for 7 years and NEVER hear the big My Bloody Valentine single

out of that list, Tuomas, the ones that surprise me are Fleetwood Mac, Bowie, and the Stones. All of which are way more prevalent in my lifetime than Sway or whatever that Edith Pilaf one was. Now I'm hungry.

I feel like "96 Tears" is actually the weirdest thing to have not heard

Obviously I know the big hits by Bowie and Stones, but AFAIK the ones I listed are not among them.

did that never travel to europe?

man, the backup singing on Gimme Shelter nearly ruins it

o_O

Sean, have you got that list of top acts then?

Nice to see these getting 7 votes each, including a 1st place for the former. I nommed them knowing they weren't Top 100 contenders but felt sure of at least a little beneath-the-radar support.

― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, December 3, 2010 10:33 PM (21 minutes ago)

The first place votes for Party Fears 2 was from me. I had a feeling it would have a few supporters, I'm pretty happy with how well it did.

don't get the "gallery of sadness," cuz you only got like 80s songs on there, lorax, and i count nearly 500 with just one vote (the gist, i think?):

10cc - Don't Hang Up
10cc - Somewhere in Hollywood
2Pac - So Many Tears
69 - Jam the Box
A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
A Tribe Called Quest - Butter
Aaron Copland - Our Town
Aaron Neville - Hercules
Adonis - No Way Back
Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force - Zulu Nation Throwdown
Airto - Samba de Flora
Al Bowlly - You Couldn't Be Cuter
Al Casey and The KC-Ettes - Surfin' Hootenanny
Albert Ayler - Saints
Alexander Skip Spence - Grey/Afro
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
Annette Peacock - I'm the One
Anton Webern - Six Pieces for Large Orchestra, Op.6: III. Mässig
Arab Strap - The Girls of Summer
Archer Prewitt - Good Man
Area - Luglio, Agosto, Settembre (Nero)
Armand Van Helden - U Don't Know Me
Arthur Alexander - Soldier of Love
Arthur Russell - Soon-to-Be Innocent Fun / Let's See
Arthur Russell - This Is How We Walk on the Moon
Artie Shaw Orchestra - Begin the Beguine
Arto Lindsay Trio - Imbue
Asmahan - Ahwa
Asmus Tietchens - Eisgang
Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
Barry White - Let the Music Play
Beck - Lazy Flies
Belle and Sebastian - Dirty Dream Number Two
Benny More - Barbaro del Ritmo
Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues
Bill Fay - Time of the Last Persecution
Billie Holiday - Solitude
Billie Holiday and Lester Young - When You're Smiling
Bing Crosby - Blue Hawaii
Bing Crosby - Here Lies Love
Bing Crosby - Pennies From Heaven
Biz Markie - Pickin' Boogers
Black Box - Everybody Everybody
Blur - Country House
Blur - Starshaped
Blur - Yuko and Hiro
Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at its Cover
Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan - If You See Her, Say Hello
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - San Antonio Rose
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - You're Okay
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
Bobby Please and The Pleasers - The Monster
Bonnie Raitt - Angel from Montgomery
Brian Eno - Discreet Music
Buck Owens - Act Naturally
Buddy Holly - Words of Love
Buffalo Springfield - For What it's Worth
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Poppies (For Mr. Allerton)
Bunny Berigan - I Can't Get Started
Busi Mhlongo - Yehlisan'Umoya Ma-Afrika
Busta Rhymes - Whoo-hah! Got You All in Check
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Sure 'nuff 'n Yes I Do
Cardiacs - Dog-Like Sparky
Cash Money Millionaires - Bling Bling
Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco - El Paso del Mulo
Celia Cruz and Willie Colón - Usted Abuso
Charles Mingus - The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers
Charlie Parker - Ko-ko
Cheikha Rimitti - Jani el Hob
Chuck Berry - Let it Rock
Chumbawamba - Homophobia
Clinic - Porno
Clothilde - Saperlipopette
Cocteau Twins - Aikea Guinea
Colonel Abrams - Trapped
Commodores - The Zoo (Human Zoo)
Cornelius Cardew - Paragraph 1 of the Great Learning
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See the Light
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Ramble Tamble
Crooklyn Dodgers '95 - Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
Curtis Mayfield - The Makings of You
Daft Punk - Phoenix
Dan Hartman - Vertigo / Relight My Fire
Darcy Clay - Jesus I Was Evil
Daryl Hall and John Oates - Method of Modern Love
Daryl Hall and John Oates - Rich Girl
David Bowie - Letter to Hermione
Dean Martin - Sway
Delroy Wilson - Dancing Mood
Dexys Midnight Runners - This Is What She's Like
Dinosaur Jr. - The Lung
Dion - Ruby Baby
Disco Tex and His Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancin'
Dock Boggs - Brother Jim Got Shot
Don Drummond - Eastern Standard Time
Donald Fagen - IGY
Donald Fagen - Nightfly
Donovan - Season of the Witch
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Black and Tan Fantasy
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Cottontail
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - East St. Louis Toodle-oo
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Jack the Bear
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Sentimental Lady
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Transblucency
Dusty Springfield - Anyone Who Had a Heart
Dusty Springfield - Spooky
Echo and The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Eddie Palmieri - Puerto Rico
Edith Piaf - L'Accordéoniste
Edith Piaf - Milord
Einstürzende Neubauten - Yu Gung
El Gran Combo - Don Goyo
Elder Curry and His Congregation - Memphis Flu
Electric Eels - Agitated
Elis Regina - Vou deitar e rolar (Quaquaraquaqua)
Elizabeth Cotton - Shake Sugaree
Ella Fitzgerald - The Way You Look Tonight
Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb - T'aint What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)
Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - The Endless Enigma 1
Emmylou Harris - Boulder to Birmingham
Ennio Morricone - Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Erasure - A Little Respect
Eric Serra - The Big Blue Overture
Ernest Gold - Theme from "Exodus"
Ernest Tubb - Walking the Floor Over You
Ernie K. Doe - Mother-in-Law
Fairouz - Nassam Alayna Al Hawa
Fairport Convention - Chelsea Morning
Fairport Convention - Farewell, Farewell
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
Farid el Atrache - Ya Reitni Tir
Fela Kuti - Dog Eat Dog
Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me
Flipper - Ever
Foetus - Sick Man
Frank Loesser - Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat
Frank Sinatra - One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
Frank Zappa - Inca Roads
Frankie Ruiz - Me Acostumbre
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Freddie Scott - Are You Lonely for Me Baby
Gal Costa - Baby
Gang Starr - Just to Get a Rep
Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
Genesis - One for the Vine
Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle
Gilberto Gil - Marginalia II
Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind
Grace Jones - Demolition Man
Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey
Grupo Niche - Cielo de Tambores
Gwen McCrae - Rockin' Chair
Hamza el Din - Escalay
Hank Williams - Mansion on the Hill
Hank Williams - My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
Hardfloor - Once Again Back
Haris Alexiou - I Mangues Then Iparphoun Pia
Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes - If You Don't Know Me By Now
Harry Nilsson - Moonbeam
Henry Castro - Cumbia de Colombia
Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island
Herbie Hancock - Rain Dance
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Howard Jones - Hide & Seek
Humble Pie - 30 Days in the Hole
Hyper-On Experience - Lord of the Null Lines
Ian Dury - Sweet Gene Vincent
Incredible String Band - First Girl I Loved
Iron Maiden - Aces High
Ismael Rivera - Yo No Quiero Piedras en mi Camino
Jackie DeShannon - When You Walk in the Room
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops
Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run the Game
Jacques Dutronc - Les Cactus
James Brown - Mother Popcorn
James Brown - Papa Don't Take No Mess
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Javanese Court Gamelan - Gending Tejanata / Ladrang Sembawa / Ladrang Playon
Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra - Clementine (From New Orleans)
Jean Jacques Perrey - E.V.A.
Jeanette - Corazon de Poeta
Jill Jones - Mia Bocca
Jim O'Rourke - Ghost Ship in a Storm
Jimmie Rodgers and Louis Armstrong - Standin' on the Corner
Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
Joan Armatrading - Water With the Wine
Joe Arroyo - Por Ti No Morire
John Anderson - Seminole Wind
John Barry - Capsule in Space (You Only Live Twice)
John Coltrane - Ascension (Edition 1)
John Coltrane - Blue Train
John Martyn - Don't Want to Know
John Williams - The Imperial March (Star Wars)
Johnny Cash and June Carter - Jackson
Johnny Osbourne - Truths and Rights
Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Joni Mitchell - River
Jorge Ben - Amor de Carnaval
Jorge Ben - Hermes Trismegisto Escreveu
Jorge Ben - Zumbi
Judee Sill - The Kiss
Judy Collins - Both Sides Now
Julie Andrews - The Lonely Goatherd (The Sound of Music)
Juliette Gréco - La valse brune
k.d. lang - Big Boned Gal
Kaleidoscope - The Sky Children
Kansas - Dust in the Wind
Kasenatz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)
Kate Bush - Why Should I Love You
K-Ci and Jojo - All My Life
King Crimson - Exiles
King Crimson - I Talk to the Wind
King Sunny Adé - 365 Is My Number / The Message
King Tubby - 555 Dub Street
Kirsty Maccoll - Terry
Klaus Nomi - Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
Kurt Weill - The Cannon Song
La Lupe - Amor Gitano
La Monte Young - Poem for Tables, Chairs and Benches etc.
Laurent X - Machines
Lee Perry and The Upsetters - Jungle Lion
Les Rallizes Denudes - Night of the Assassins
Levi 167 - Something Fresh to Swing To
Lionel Hampton - Jack the Bellboy
Little Junior and The Blue Flames - Feelin' Good
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap
Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon
Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mind
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby
Louis Armstrong - Black and Blue
Louis Armstrong - Christmas Night in Harlem
Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly!
Louis Armstrong - I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Louis Armstrong - Potato Head Blues
Louis Armstrong - Tight Like That
Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch'boogie
Love Inc. - R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Love Unlimited - I'm So Glad That I'm a Woman
Low - Immune
Low - Stars Gone Out
Lucho Gatica - Un Historia de un Amor
Luciano Berio - Sinfonia: III - In ruhig fliessender Bewegung
Madonna - Burning Up
Magazine - You Never Knew Me
Mahalia Jackson - Trouble of the World
Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds - Crazy Blues
Mansun - Cancer
Marc Almond - Jacky
Mark Snow - Theme from "The X-Files"
Martin Denny - Quiet Village
Mary J. Blige - Real Love
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Bodies in Trouble
Master P. - Burbons and Lacs
Max Steiner - Tara's Theme (Gone With the Wind)
Meshell Ndegeocello - Elliptical
Metal Urbain - Panik
MFSB - Love Is the Message (Danny Krivit Edit)
Mighty Sparrow - Jean and Dinah
Mikey Dread - World War III
Miriam Makeba - Mbube
Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues
Mister (Fred) Rogers - It's You I Like
Misty in Roots - Intro/Mankind (Live at the Counter Eurovision)
Moby - Go
Mohammed Rafi - Jaan Pehechan Ho
Mongo Santamaria - Afro Blue
Morrissey - Why Don't You Find Out for Yourself
Motorpsycho - Mad Sun
Motorpsycho - The Golden Core
Mr. Bungle - My Ass Is on Fire
Mr. Bungle - Stubb (A Dub)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied
Nara Leão - Lindoneia
Nas - Halftime
Nas - Represent
Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
Neurosis - Purify
Next - Too Close
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
Nick Drake - Which Will
Nick Lucas - Painting the Clouds With Sunshine
Nina Simone - Work Song
Nitro Deluxe - This Brutal House
Oasis - Columbia
Offspring - Self Esteem
Orbital - Belfast
Orbital - Out There Somewhere?
Orbital - The Box
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - 2nd Thought
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Maid of Orleans
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Of All the Things We've Made
Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
Pat Benatar - Love Is a Battlefield
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
Patsy Cline - Walking After Midnight
Pentangle - Train Song
Perez Prado - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
Perez Prado and His Orchestra - Rumbalero
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pete Namlook - Je Suis Triste Et Seul Ici
Phillip Glass - Music in Twelve Parts (Part I)
Piano Magic - Wrong French
Pierre Boulez - Répons
Pierre Henry - Psyché Rock
Pineapples - Come on Closer
Pink Floyd - Money
Pixies - River Euphrates
Planxty - The Blacksmith
Planxty - The Well Below the Valley
Prince - Adore
Prince - U Got the Look
Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Prolapse - Tina, This Is Matthew Stone
R. Dean Taylor - There's a Ghost in My House
R.E.M. - Camera
R.E.M. - Near Wild Heaven
R.E.M. - Orange Crush
Ray Barretto - A Deeper Shade of Soul
Ray Charles - Night Time Is the Right Time
Renaldo and The Loaf - Haul on the Bowline
Ricardo Ray - Richie's Jala Jala
Richard and Linda Thompson - The Great Valerio
Richard O'Brien - Shock Treatment
Richard Thompson - I Misunderstood
Robert Ashley - The Park
Robert Johnson - Kindhearted Woman Blues
Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues
Robert Wyatt - The Age of Self
Roy Harper - When and Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease
Rufus Thomas - The Funky Chicken
Run DMC - Hit it Run
Rush - Hemispheres (full suite)
Salcos - Demolición
Sam Cooke - (What a) Wonderful World
Sandy Denny - Late November
Secos e Molhados - Sangue Latino
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variation 18
Sidney Bechet - Summertime
Silver Apples - Program
Simon and Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Simply Saucer - Illegal Bodies
Sinéad O'Connor - Troy
Siouxsie and The Banshees - Peek-a-Boo
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't it Rain
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Slapp Happy - Dawn
Slayer - War Ensemble
Sleater-Kinney - One More Hour
Slim Gaillard - The Flat Foot Floogie
Slowdive - Ballad of Sister Sue
Slowdive - Crazy for You
Sly and The Family Stone - Sing a Simple Song
Sly and The Family Stone - Spaced Cowboy
Soft Machine - Moon in June
Son House - Empire State Express
Sonic Youth - Stereo Sanctity
Spacemen 3 - Suicide
Sparks - For the Girl With Everything
Sparks - Funny Face
Spiritualized - Medication
Spratleys Japs - Fanny
Steeleye Span - When I Was on Horseback
Steely Dan - Josie
Steve Reich - Different Trains: I. America (Before the War)
Subway Sect - Ambition
Swans - Goddamn the Sun
Syd Barrett - Late Night
T La Rock - It's Yours
T.Rex - Raw Ramp
Tangerine Dream - Birth of Liquid Plejades
Tangerine Dream - Sequent C'
Tantra - The Hills of Katmandu (Patrick Cowley Megamix)
Terminals - Mr. Clean
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
The Adventures of Stevie V - Dirty Cash (Money Talks)
The Bats - Block of Wood
The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
The Beach Boys - Sail on Sailor
The Bob Seger System - Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
The Byrds - Going Back
The Byrds - Hickory Wind
The Byrds - Why
The Cadillacs - Speedo
The Clash - Janie Jones
The Clean - Getting Older
The Clean - Someone
The Coasters - Poison Ivy
The Congos - Open Up the Gate
The Contours - Do You Love Me
The Cowsills - The Rain, the Park and Other Things
The Cure - Friday I'm in Love
The Cure - Play for Today
The Del Vikings - Come Go With Me
The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You
The Drifters - Up on the Roof
The Fall - Bonkers in Phoenix
The Fall - Gross Chapel / British Grenadiers
The Fall - Winter (Peel Session)
The Flaming Lips - A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself
The Gap Band - Burn Rubber
The Germs - Forming
The Glenn Miller Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade
The Gun Club - Ghost on the Highway
The Gun Club - Mother of Earth
The Hollies - King Midas in Reverse
The Homosexuals - False Sentiments
The Honeycombs - Have I the Right?
The Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat
The Jam - A Town Called Malice
The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies
The Kinks - Tired of Waiting for You
The Louvin Brothers - When I Stop Dreaming
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic
The Lovin' Spoonful - You Didn't Have to Be So Nice
The McCoys - Hang on Sloopy
The Mills Brothers - The Old Man of the Mountain
The Monotones - (Who Wrote) The Book of Love
The Moody Blues - The Actor
The Notorious B.I.G. - Who Shot Ya
The Penguins - Earth Angel
The Police - Message in a Bottle
The Prodigy - Charly
The Puddle - Into the Moon
The Red Krayola - Wives in Orbit
The Residents - Skratz
The Rolling Stones - Moonlight Mile
The Rolling Stones - Sister Morphine
The Ronettes - Baby, I Love You
The Sequence - And You Know That
The Shirelles - Soldier Boy
The Slits - So Tough
The Smiths - You Just Haven't Earned it Yet, Baby
The Stooges - Down on the Street
The Underdogs - Love's Gone Bad
The Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes
The Upsetters - Black Panta
The Ventures - Walk, Don't Run
The Verlaines - Death and the Maiden
The Wailers - Mr. Brown
The White Stripes - When I Hear My Name
The Who - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
The Wipers - Tragedy
The Yardbirds - For Your Love
Thelonious Monk - Bemsha Swing
Thelonious Monk - Epistrophy
Them - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments - Baboon's Liver
Tim Buckley - Dream Letter
Tom Waits - Cemetery Polka
Tommy Johnson - Cool Drink of Water Blues
Tony Bennett - Stranger in Paradise
Toru Takemitsu - Waltz from "Face of Another"
Townes Van Zandt - Waiting 'Round to Die
Tricky - Poems
Tyrone Davis - Turn Back the Hands of Time
Uakti - Arrumaçao
Ultra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat
Ultramagnetic MCs - A Chorus Line
Ultravox - Slow Motion
Umm Kulthum - Robaeyat El Khayam
Underworld - Moaner
Unrest - Yes She Is My Skinhead Girl
Van Der Graaf Generator - After the Flood
Van Der Graaf Generator - Afterwards
Van Der Graaf Generator - Childlike Faith in Childhood's End
Van Der Graaf Generator - La Rossa
Van Der Graaf Generator - Scorched Earth
Vangelis - Ask the Mountains
Vashti Bunyan - Rose Hip November
Warren Zevon - Accidentally Like a Martyr
Ween - What Deaner Was Talkin' About
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Willie Nelson - I'd Have to Be Crazy
Willie Rosario - La Mitad
Wire - I Should Have Known Better
Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
Yaz(oo) - Situation
Yello - Domingo
Yellow Magic Orchestra - La Femme Chinoise
Yoko Ono - Mrs. Lennon

Heroes and Gimme Shelter are pretty popular songs of theirs! I mean I'm not a big fan of either, but I've heard those both a ton. Gimme Shelter has been used in like a bazillion films. Heroes was in a commercial, though prob just in the US?

I've never really listened to rock music (even when I was a teen I listened mostly to Eurodance and trance and rap), so I've never really dug deeper into that genre beyond the obvious hit tunes every one knows. I knew the Smith tunes because my ex was a huge Smiths fan, and some other things (like Joy Division) I've heard by hanging out with the sort of people who like indie rock. But that's about it for my knowledge of rock.

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oh duh, it was probably stuff that no one voted for. nevermind...

oh duh, it was limited to the higher-ranking lonelies, never mind...

avert your eyes

It makes me sad I would've had to do a Top 340 countdown just to get my #1 in there.

340 The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 733 6 1

Happy to see that I was the only voter for 'Been caught Stealing' :)

can someone just post like 100 links to that Bo Diddley live clip and then lock thread?

seriously, has anyone else heard 'dream letter'? i can't understand why i was the only person who voted for it.

So is anyone else into this idea...?

Okay, so we began some chatter about a 50s tracks/singles poll yesterday and carried it a little bit over into today, and I was thinking...I don't really want to run another one of these until next year (like, May at the earliest). But what about opening a rolling nominations thread now? Just let it roll through the end of May, giving us approximately six months to consume and evaluate as much 50s music as possible, time permitting. Then we end up with a well-rounded list and an informed electorate, and the voting can then begin.

In short, long window for nominations, brief window for voting. No pressure...you've got six months. Sound appealing?

― Señor Mexico (Johnny Fever), Friday, December 3, 2010 5:28 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'm 100% up for the poll. Also think a long period is a good idea, would give me time to research. But maybe leave it 'til new year before getting it up? I'm fatigued after this, it was kind of exhausting!