Ok, since the blog has kinda slowed while we all have work to do, here is a simple one. Name your top ten (or top five if you are SUPER busy) songs of all time.
As usual, use the comment feature to talk about this topic and to post your list. If you feel led to talk about something else other than your top ten (or top five if you are SUPER busy), please publish a separate post.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Top Ten
3 comments:
Holy crap, of all time?!
Alrighty:
1)"Peter Piper" by Run DMC: Great rhymes, great beat, a near picture perfect scratch in the middle ... definitely a "can't live without" jam.
2) "If This Is It" by Huey Lewis & The News: It's everything that cheesy 80's breakup songs should be. I had this waitress who worked at the Pizza Hut that I slaved in for about 6 yrs, she wanted to get wit' me, and knowing my unabashed love for this song, she'd pump quarters into the jukebox and play the shit. Sweet girl, but she was fucked up.
3) "Black Wings" by Tom Waits: Murder music doesn't get any creepier than this one.
4) "After Dark" by Tito & Tarantula: Wonderful music to tap the monkey to.
5) "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers: "And I know, I know, I know I know I know, I know I know I know I know I know I know, I know, I know I know I know, I know I know I know I know I know I know to leave young things alone, but ain't no sunshine when she's gone ..." It sounds way better than it reads, trust me.
6) "Seven Spanish Angels" by Ray Charles & Willie Nelson: In the right mood, this song is one of the few that could almost make me all misty.
7) "You Gots To Chill" by EPMD: Second best rap song in my mental mix tape of rap tracks.
8) "Sympathy For The Devil" by the Rolling Stones: It conjures up all kinds of conspiracy shit in my head when I hear it, like how the Illuminati, wrestling and politics are all interconnected.
9) "I Wish It Would Rain" by the Temptations: Another great breakup song.
10) "Angry Chair" by Alice In Chains: This harkens back to my days when I would think about songs in terms of greatness by what kind of wrestling entrance theme they'd make. This would definitely be a good one for a Scott Norton-type bruiser, or a non-Irish Finlay brawler type to put it in a present context.
No particular order, without comment, and by no means all-inclusive.
Otis Redding - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
Smokey Robinson - Second that Emotion
Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
The Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Black Sabbath - Wasp/Behind The Wall Of Sleep/Basically/N.I.B.
Blondie - Atomic
Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol
Ice Cube - Wicked
And "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" is a classic, even if that breakdown reads like dookie.
Ok, after much deliberation while I should have been revising my dissertation introduction, here is my list:
1) "Clocks" by Coldplay -- To me, it doesn't get any better than this. The distinctive opening sequence (which is remarkably similar to a drum warm-up we did at DB) sets the tone and, from that point on, the song remains technically perfect.
2. "Black" by Pearl Jam -- This was number one for a long time. The emotion in this song is unbelievable. Everyone who has broken up with someone understands what Eddie is singing about.
3. "Estranged" by Guns N Roses -- The best song off of the Use Your Illusion albums. It is the power ballad from UYI2, kinda like the opposite of November Rain. Better instrumentation and not as cheeseball though.
4. "Man Who Sold the World" by David Bowie. Nirvana covered it on their unplugged album. Its Bowie at its best, even though I still have no idea what he is talking about.
5. "Shake the Disease" by Hooverphonic. A Depeche Mode cover that is better than the original. Well-written song it is.
6. "Hurt" by Johnny Cash. The NIN version is great also, but Cash makes the song his own. The video helps.
7. "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy
8. "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor. Lots of break-up songs on this list huh. Well, its lyrically amazing and Connor delivers....one hit wonder that she is.
9. "One" by U2. Just a classic.
10. "Heaven Hammer" by Beck. A remix of "Missing" that they get right. Absolutely right.
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