Monday, September 30, 2013

50 perfect songs


If I had to only listen to 50 songs for the rest of my life, I'd choose these.  Of course in a few hours the list will be different.  I'll have to drag one I made up 5 years ago and compare.

1.  Life on Mars? - David Bowie
2.  Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
3.  Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller
4.  Desolation Row - Bob Dylan
5.  Going to California - Led Zeppelin
6.  After the Goldrush - Neil Young
7.  Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher - Jackie Wilson
8.  The Dangling Conversation - Simon and Garunkel
9.  Reel Around the Fountain - The Smiths
10.  If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley
11.  Stockholm Syndrome - Muse
12.  Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen
13.  Baby Strange - T. Rex
14.  It's Over - Roy Orbison
15.  Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter
16.  She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
17.  Neighborhood #1 - Arcade Fire
18.  Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
19.  Hymn for the Dudes - Mott the Hoople
20.  Proud Mary - Ike and Tina Turner
21.  One Hundred Years - The Cure
22.  She's Always a Woman - Billy Joel
23.  Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
24.  Ant Music - Adam Ant
25.  Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
26.  I'm Waiting For the Man - The Velvet Underground
27.  The Saints are Coming - Skids
28.  Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen
29.  Funeral For a Friend - Elton John 
30.  Sometime Around Midnight - Airborne Toxic Event
31.  All These Things That I Have Done - Thr Killers
32.  Kid Dynamo - The Buggles
33.  Brand New Cadillac - The Clash
34.  True Love Ways - Buddy Holly
35.  You Take My Breath Away - Queen
36.  Stay With Me - The Faces
37.  Something For the Girl With Everything - Sparks
38.  No More Hot Dogs - Hasil Adkins
39.  I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes
40.  School Days - Chuck Berry
41.  Be My Lover - Alice Cooper
42.  Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
43.  A World Without Love - Peter and Gordon
44.  Lonely Days - The Bee Gees
45.  Train - Leo Sayer
46.  The End - The Doors
47.  Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
48.  The Passenger - Iggy Pop
49.  So it Goes - Nick Lowe
50.  Crawlin From the Wreckage - Dave Edmunds

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