Favorite Songs By Artist
Submitted by AJDaGreat on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 09:11
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- Adam Again - "Stone"
- The Apples in Stereo - "Ruby"
- The Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (Lies)"
- The Band - "Up on Cripple Creek"
- Barenaked Ladies - "Life, in a Nutshell"
- The Beach Boys - "Caroline No"
- The Beatles - "Here, There, and Everywhere"
- Ben Folds (Five) - "Battle of Who Could Care Less"
- Dan Bern - "Estelle"
- Black Sabbath - "Iron Man"
- David Bowie - "Ziggy Stardust"
- Blur - "Girls and Boys"
- Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - "Dropout Boogie"
- Carbon Leaf - "The Boxer"
- Johnny Cash - "25 Minutes to Go"
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Hiding All Away"
- Eric Clapton, either as a solo artist or with any band he's ever been in - Derek and the Dominoes' electric "Layla"
- The Clash - "Death or Glory"
- Elvis Costello - "Lipstick Vogue"
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Who'll Stop the Rain"
- The Dead Kennedys - "Kill the Poor"
- The Decemberists - "Song for Myla Goldberg"
- Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Seven Days Too Long"
- The Doors - "The End"
- Bob Dylan - "Desolation Row"
- The Fiery Furnaces - "Birdie Brain"
- The Flaming Lips - "Turn It On"
- Fleetwood Mac - "Second Hand News"
- Gang of Four - "Damaged Goods"
- Grateful Dead - "Friend of the Devil"
- Green Day - "Whatsername"
- Mark Heard - "The Dry Bones Dance"
- Jimi Hendrix - "Castles Made of Sand"
- Buddy Holly - "Everyday"
- Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back"
- Michael Jackson - "Black or White"
- The Jam - "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight"
- Billy Joel - "Captain Jack"
- Elton John - "Tiny Dancer"
- Joy Division - "Day of the Lords"
- King Crimson - "21st Century Schizoid Man"
- The Kinks - "Lola"
- Led Zeppelin - "Houses of the Holy"
- Love - "The Red Telephone"
- Madonna - "Live to Tell"
- The Magnetic Fields - "Absolutely Cuckoo" (You may have noticed that for some reason I seem to have a bias towards opening tracks. I really wish I had a a different pick for this band, but the honest truth is that I really enjoy the first love song more than the next 68.)
- Joni Mitchell - "All I Want"
- The Modern Lovers - "Hospital"
- Modest Mouse - "Lives"
- Van Morrison - "(Jackie Wilson Said) I'm in Heaven When You Smile"
- My Bloody Valentine - "I Only Said"
- Neutral Milk Hotel - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
- The New Pornographers - "The Bleeding Heart Show"
- Nirvana - "On a Plain"
- Oasis - "Married With Children"
- Parliament / Funkadelic - "One Nation Under a Groove"
- Pavement - "Elevate Me Later"
- Tom Petty - "Shadow of a Doubt (Complex Kid)"
- Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"
- The Pixies - "Levitate Me"
- The Pogues - "Sally MacLennane"
- The Pretenders - "Mystery Achievement"
- Primal Scream - "Come Together"
- Prince - "Starfish and Coffee"
- R.E.M. - "Nightswimming"
- Radiohead - "No Surprises"
- The Ramones - "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"
- Otis Redding - "A Change Is Gonna Come"
- The Rolling Stones - "Rocks Off"
- Todd Rundgren - "It Takes Two to Tango (This Is For the Girls)"
- The Sex Pistols - "Anarchy in the UK"
- The Shins - "Turn a Square"
- Simon & Garfunkel - "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies"
- Sly and the Family Stone - "I Want to Take You Higher"
- Elliott Smith - "Say Yes"
- Patti Smith - "Land"
- The Smiths - "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"
- Sonic Youth - "Teen Age Riot"
- Sparks - "Equator"
- Spoon - "Stay Don't Go"
- Bruce Springsteen - "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"
- Steely Dan - "Show Biz Kids"
- Sufjan Stevens - "The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts"
- Rod Stewart - "Reason to Believe"
- The Stone Roses - "This Is the One"
- The Strokes - "Hard to Explain"
- Television - "Marquee Moon"
- They Might Be Giants - "End of the Tour"
- Richard and Linda Thompson - "Wall of Death"
- U2 - "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?"
- Tom Waits - "Time"
- The Who - "Baba O'Riley"
- The White Stripes - "The Air Near My Fingers"
- Wilco - "Ashes of American Flags"
- Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
- XTC - "River of Orchids"
- The Velvet Underground - "Pale Blue Eyes"
- Weird Al Yankovic - "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long"
- Neil Young - "Pocahontas"
- Frank Zappa - "Brown Shoes Don't Make It"
Author Comments:
More to come, if I feel like it.
Sorry some of these are pretty boring choices (The Kinks or Stevie Wonder, for example), but I tried to be as honest about my own preferences as possible.
By the way, I reserve the right to change my mind. I didn't want to put any ties on here, but some of these are VERY close calls.
"Born to Run" was the first Springsteen song I fell in love with, but I think I've actually found a song by the Boss I like better, from repeated listens of The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle. Only after listening to the song three or four times did I realize that it's actually a fan favorite that some critics have called the greatest rock song of all-time, but somehow I went all this time without hearing "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)."
It's a quality song, all right, though I'm not sure anything will ever displace "Born to Run" for me.
Lots of great choices here - I'm pleased we seem to agree on BNL's finest hour, "Life in a Nutshell", and naturally I love your picks for The Shins, TMBG, Billy Joel, R.E.M., etc.
It was a tough decision. I guess the more personal elements of the song appealed to me a bit more than "Born to Run," which purports to speak for a generation. I tend to like more personal, emotional stories better than anthems, but that's just a vague general rule, since "Born to Run" is still one of my favorite songs.
Thanks for your comments, and glad you love many of my selections!