Seconded.

Below is the Top 100 I put together for the old CMJ song version of "Listmania!," though I'd probably make at least a few changes if I redid it today. But I'm too lazy, so this is all you get...

1. Gerry Rafferty - "Baker Street"
2. Sniff 'N' The Tears - "Driver's Seat"
3. Tower of Power - "So Very Hard To Go"
4. Cheap Trick - "Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School"
5. Brick - "Dazz"
6. Tommy Tutone - "867-5309/Jenny"
7. Beulah - "Gene Autry"
8. The Rolling Stones - "Bitch"
9. Sun Kil Moon - "Carry Me Ohio"
10. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Even the Losers"
11. Pedro The Lion - "Magazine"
12. Spinners - "How Could I Let You Get Away"
13. Michael Penn - "No Myth"
14. Skylark - "Wildflower"
15. Spoon - "The Guestlist/The Execution"
16. Frank Zappa - "Muffin Man"
17. Rose Royce - "I Wanna Get Next To You"
18. Ass Ponys - "Dollar a Day"
19. Nilsson - "Down"
20. Dire Straits - "Romeo and Juliet"
21. Gary Numan - "Cars"
22. The Who - "Bargain"
23. The Replacements - "Alex Chilton"
24. Steely Dan - "Don't Take Me Alive"
25. Little Feat - "All That You Dream"
26. Sam Cooke - "A Change is Gonna Come"
27. Elton John - "All the Girls Love Alice"
28. The Band - "Chest Fever"
29. Todd Rundgren - "Can We Still Be Friends"
30. David Bowie - "Fashion"
31. The Police - "When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around"
32. Three Dog Night - "Out in the Country"
33. Queen - "Fat Bottomed Girls"
34. Treat Her Right - "You Don't Need Money"
35. War - "Spill the Wine"
36. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - "Watching the Detectives"
37. Walter Egan - "Magnet and Steel"
38. Haircut 100 - "Love Plus One"
39. Scud Mountain Boys - "Knievel"
40. Devo - "Uncontrollable Urge"
41. Grand Funk - "Got This Thing on the Move"
42. William Bell - "I Forgot To Be Your Lover"
43. Van Halen - "Dirty Movies"
44. Guided by Voices - "The Best of Jill Hives"
45. Ringo Starr - "It Don't Come Easy"
46. My Morning Jacket - "Mahgeetah"
47. Led Zeppelin - "Trampled Underfoot"
48. Stephen Malkmus - "Church on White"
49. Lee Michaels - "Do You Know What I Mean"
50. Steppenwolf - "Everybody's Next One"
51. Joe Jackson - "You Can't Get What You Want (Til You Know What You Want)"
52. R.E.M. - "Low Desert"
53. Blondie - "One Way Or Another"
54. The Cars - "You're All I've Got Tonight"
55. Joe Walsh - "Mother Says"
56. Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Fortunate Son"
57. Centro-Matic - "Hercules, Now!"
58. Andrea True Connection - "More, More, More"
59. Ted Leo/Pharmacists - "The Great Communicator"
60. Dwight Yoakam - "Fast as You"
61. Neil Young - "Down by the River"
62. Chic - "Good Times"
63. Talking Heads - "Mr. Jones"
64. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - "The Love I Lost"
65. Wall of Voodoo - "Mexican Radio"
66. Pete Yorn - "Closet"
67. The Chamber Strings - "It's No Wonder"
68. Genesis - "Keep It Dark"
69. Pearl Jam - "Black"
70. The Detroit Cobras - "Hey Sailor"
71. Jethro Tull - "Hymn 43"
72. Cat Power - "Names"
73. Robert Plant - "Pledge Pin"
74. Bob Marley & The Wailers - "Satisfy My Soul"
75. Don Henley - "Dirty Laundry"
76. Old '97s - "Buick City Complex"
77. Kim Mitchell - "Go For Soda"
78. Jerry Jeff Walker - "Up Against The Wall (Redneck Mother)"
79. The Tubes - "Talk To Ya Later"
80. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Spanish Castle Magic"
81. The Sanford-Townsend Band - "Smoke from a Distant Fire"
82. Mel & Tim - "Starting All Over Again"
83. The Monkees - "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
84. Jane's Addiction - "Ted, Just Admit It"
85. Waylon Jennings - "Honky Tonk Heroes"
86. Pink Floyd - "Have a Cigar"
87. Neko Case - "Tightly"
88. Al Wilson - "Show and Tell"
89. John Vanderslice - "Keep the Dream Alive"
90. Geggy Tah - "I Forgot"
91. Glen Campbell - "Wichita Lineman"
92. The Doors - "Soul Kitchen"
93. Archie Bell & The Drells - "Tighten Up"
94. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - "Cold Shot"
95. Beck - "Sexx Laws"
96. Willie Nelson - "Devil in a Sleeping Bag"
97. The Pattern - "You or You"
98. The Naturalites - "Picture on the Wall"
99. Paul Simon - "Kodachrome"
100. Wesley Willis - "Rock-N-Roll McDonald's"

this rules...thanks FT and other obners

Great call, Greg! That popped up on random last night, and I came to the realization that it's probably my favorite DBT song.

"Lay Low" recently overtook this as my favorite MMJ song.

I'd now have to give the nod to "Why Are They Playing So Loudly?"

I couldn't begin to do a top ten songs but these would be up there and haven't been mentioned yet:

Mother's Little Helper - the Rolling Stones
Strawberry Fields Forever - the Beatles
Care of Cell 44 - The Zombies
Peaches - The Stranglers
Your Precious Love - Linda Jones
She or A Song For You- Gram Parsons
Walk On By - Isaac Hayes
White Man in Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
Tigresa - Caetano Veloso
Desafinado - Joao Gilberto

1. Stairway To Heaven

you're in the wrong thread

um

Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"

HEY!

OH!

FUCK NO!!!

Fuck no? You can't be serious.

OK, I'm done with this thread.

It's a great song and all, but it ain't even the best song on that ALBUM. See "Lobotomy, Teenage."

bastards of young, age of consent, indoor fireworks, streets of baltimore, all that shit. im too tired.

Now THAT is a legitimate entry!

Do I need to point out that YOU have a DON HENLEY song on your list?

You deny the brilliance (not to mention the PRESCIENCE) of "Dirty Laundry"?!?!? Sure, everything else that smug bastard churned out was pure shite, but this was his golden turd.

Actually 'Dirty Boots' is Sonic Youths best song so unless you want to give them two berths....

i did a listmania top 100 songs awhile ago but that list has totally changed since then.

on my i-pod i have a playlist of my favorite tracks, top 10 are:
1. rolling stones - miss you
2. iggy pop - the passenger
3. radiohead - the trickster
4. marvin gaye - what's going on
5. depeche mode - personal jesus
6. david bowie - heroes
7. pixies - hey
8. lou reed - vicious
9. joy division - love will tear us apart
10. television - marquee moon

cliche, i know. piss off. i can easily listen to these 10 songs over and over.

Actually I'd call Sunset Strip his golden turd.

Sunset Grill.

But I'll grant you a mulligan, Cap'n.

This is your theme song for dancing around your apartment getting ready for a night out on the town, innit? My wife's college roommates used this in a similar fashion...

REACH OUT AND TOUCH ME!!!

From a work in progress here.


The Pretty Things "Midnight To Six Man"
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates "Shakin' All Over"
The Flamin' Groovies "Teenage Head"
The DM3 "1 * 2* Devastated"
The Hoodoo Gurus "Bittersweet"
The Who: "The Good Is Gone"
Pere Ubu: "Final Solution"
The Shocking Blue: "Venus"
Echo & The Bunnymen: "Rescue"
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: "Saint Anthony"
The Polecats: "Make A Circuit With Me"
The Records: "Teenarama"
Buddy Holly: "Rave On"
Chameleons UK: "Tears"

Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run"
The O'Jays - "Love Train"
Randy Newman - "Louisiana 1927"

"a change is gonna come" sam cooke
"the arms of mine" otis redding
"street fighting man" stones
"don't let me down" beatles
"can't explain" the who
"echos myron" guided by voices
"bloody mary morning" willie nelson
"jolene" dolly parton
"check the rhyme" tribe called quest
"Juicy" biggie smalls