1000 : Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself [2000]
999 : Ween - Hey Fat Boy (Asshole) [1992]
998 : Gang of Four - At Home He's A Tourist [1979]
997 : Yo La Tengo - Big Day Coming [1993]
996 : Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers
[1998]
995 : Big Black – Steelworker [1983]
994 : The Apples In Stereo - Seems So [1997]
993 : Elf Power - The Wels [1999]
992 : Squirrel Bait - Virgil's Return [1987]
991 : The Afghan Whigs - Conjure Me [1991]
990 : The Shins - New Slang [2001]
989 : The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Open Heart
Surgery [2000]
988 : The Jesus Lizard – Glamorous [1993]
987 : Husker Du - Celebrated Summer [1984]
986 : Screaming Trees – Transfiguration [1987]
985 : Stephen Malkmus - JoJo's Jacket [2001]
984 : Of Montreal - Butterscotching Mr. Lynn
983 : Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah [1994]
982 : Galaxie 500 – Strange [1989]
981 : The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba [2001]
980 : The Make Up - Time Machine [1998]
979 : Pere Ubu - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo [1978]
978 : The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner [1976]
977 : The Stooges - TV Eye [1988]
976 : The Stinky Puffs - I Am Gross / No You're Not
[1995]
975 : Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Too Real [2000]
974 : Aislers Set - The Red Door [2000]
973 : Daniel Johnston - Worried Shoes [1983]
972 : Clinic - IPC Subeditors Dictate Our Youth [1999]
971 : The Strokes - Barely Legal [2001]
970 : Belle and Sebastian - This Is Just A Modern Rock
Song [1998]
969 : Dillinger Four - J. Harris [2000]
968 : Mudhoney - Burn It Clean [1990]
967 : Helmet - Exactly What You Wanted [1997]
966 : Spliff - Emergency Exit [1982]
965 : Matthew Sweet - I've Been Waiting [1992]
964 : Yatsura - Slain By Elf [1998]
963 : The Webb Brothers - The Liar's Club [2000]
962 : Cursive - The Great Decay [2001]
961 : Rancid - Ruby Soho [1995]
960 : Text - Sound Is Compressed / Words Rebel and
Hiss [2001]
959 : The Locust - Moth-Eaten Deer Head [1999]
958 : The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and
Tra-La-La Band - Sister! Brother! Small Boats of Fire
Are Falling From the Sky [2001]
957 : Hawksley Workman – Bullets [2001]
956 : Karl Hendricks Trio - Some Girls Like Cigarettes
[1993]
955 : Girls Against Boys - Kill The Sexplayer [1994]
954 : Cub - Go Fish [1993]
953 : Supergrass – Mary [1999]
952 : The Breeders – Saints [1994]
951 : Paul Kelly & the Messengers - Sydney From A 727
[1992]
950 : Yo La Tengo - Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
[2000]
949 : Spoon - Everything Hits At Once [2001]
948 : Dismemberment Plan - Soon To Be Ex-Quaker [1995]
947 : The Wrens – Propane [1994]
946 : The Moldy Peaches - Who's Got The Crack
945 : Slumber Party - Bag of Spiders
944 : The Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On
943 : The Smashing Pumpkins - Drown
942 : Space - The Female Of The Species
941 : My Bloody Valentine - Honey Power
940 : Antarctica - Drown The Days
939 : Modest Mouse - Bankrupt On Selling
938 : On A Tip - Halo Benders
937 : The Replacements - Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out
936 : The Krinkles - Working Girl
935 : The Replacements - Here Comes A Regular
934 : Broadcast - Accidentals
933 : Modest Mouse - Doin’ The Cockroach
932 : Big Monster Fish Hook - Ven A Mi
931 : Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Twist The Knife
930 : Silver Jews - People
929 : Pixies - UMass
928 : Tristeza - Memphis Sophisticate
927 : The Prissteens - Going Out Tonight
926 : Beulah - Gene Autry
925 : 764 Hero - Terrified Of Flight
924 : Unwound - Here Come The Dogs
923 : Sleater-Kinney - Turn It On
922 : Radiohead - Trickster
921 : Arab Strap - Girls Of Summer
920 : Super Furry Animals - The Man Don’t Give A Fuck
919 : Run On - Xmas Trip
918 : Guided By Voices - If We Wait
917 : The Mink Lungs - Snail
916 : Mona Lisa Overdrive - It’s Time
915 : Poster Children - Junior Citizen
914 : Chavez - Unreal Is Here
913 : Mission Of Burma - This Is Not A Photograph
912 : Low - Don’t Understand
911 : Pedro The Lion - Simple Economics
910 : The Nerve – Pole Position
909 : Olivia Tremor Control - Hideaway
908 : Danko Jones - The Mango Kid
907 : Pavement - Summer Babe
906 : Stereolab - Nihilist Assault Group
905 : Embrace - Dance Of Days
904 : Charlie Brown Superstar - Beestung (Remix)
903 : Big Dipper - Easter Eve
902 : Pernice Brothers - Working Girls
901 : Texas Is The Reason - Back And To The Left
900 : Modest Mouse - Trailer Trash
899 : The Smiths - Hand In Glove
898 : Whiskeytown - Avenues
897 : Scrawl - Charles
896 : Bis - Tell It To The Kids
895 : Self - So Low
894 : Front 242 - Welcome To Paradise
893 : Ed Harcourt - Beneath The Heart Of Darkness
892 : Jeff Buckley - Vancouver
891 : Rites Of Spring - For Want Of
890 : Jim O’Rourke - Women Of The World
889 : Greg’s Mom – The Girl Who Came After Dark
888 : Liz Phair - Fuck And Run
887 : Explosions in the Sky - Yasmin the Light
886 : The Clash - Washington Bullets
885 : Blur - No Distance Left to Run
884 : Atari Teenage Riot - Deutschland Has Gotta Die
883 : The Geraldine Fibbers - California Tuffy
882 : Jawbox - Jackpot Plus
881 : Jawbreaker - The Boat Dreams from the Hill
880 : Future bible heroes - My blue Hawaii [I'm lonely
and I love it] 2000
879 : Naked Raygun - Vanilla Blue
878 : Superchunk - Skip Steps 1&3
877 : Shitside Story - The New 1-2
876 : Sloan - What's there to Decide
875 : Eels - Dead of Winter
874 : Excuse 17 - Watchmaker
873 : Orange Juice - Laughing and Falling
872 : June Panic - Whirling Dervish
871 : Ani Difranco - 4th of July
870 : Les Savy Fav - Adoptduction
869 : Q and Not U - Fever Sleeves
868 : The Busy Signals - 88's and 73's
867 : Television - Venus De Milo
866 : Archers of Loaf - Mutes in the Steeple
865 : Starflyer 59 - All My Friends Who Play Guitar
864 : Enon - Conjugate the Verbs
863 : Chemical Brothers - Music: Response
862 : Sebadoh - Oceans
861 : Pavement - Carrot Rope
860 : U2 - A Day Without Me
859 : The Donnas - Get Rid Of That Girl
858 : The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House
857 : Built to Spill - Car
856 : The Slugs – Margaret
855 : Throwing Muses - Counting Backwards
854 : The Charlatans UK - The Only One I Know
853 : The Glands - I Can See My House From Here
852 : My Bloody Valentine - Drive It All Over Me
851 : Mercury Rev - Goddess On A Highway
850 : Sianspheric - I Like The Ride
849 : Michael McDermott - 20 Miles South of Nowhere
848 : Husker Du - Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely
847 : Ui - Acer Rubrum
846 : Blur - Bang
845 : The Pattern - Finger Us
844 : Spiritualized - Don't Just Do Something
843 : Meat Puppets – Sam
842 : Havergal - Lungs For the Race
841 : Mogwai - Summer (Priority Version)
840 : Bardo Pond - Datura
839 : Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Grey Cell Green
838 : The Helio Sequence - Demographics
837 : Pulp – Lipgloss
836 : The Wonder Stuff - Hot Love Now
835 : The Candyskins – Submarine Song
834 : Butterglory - Carmen Cross
833 : Varnaline - Gulf of Mexico
832 : Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Bellbottoms
831 : The Chamber Strings - Everyday is Christmas
830 : Portishead - All Mine
829 : The Elevator Drops - $7 Single
828 : Snow Patrol - Velocity Girl
827 : Wilco - Kingpin
826 : Pixies - Gigantic
825 : The Make Up - I am pentagon
824 : K - Not Here
823 : Belle & Sebastian - Sleep Around The Clock
822 : Raising The Fawn - Selene
821 : The Smashing Pumpkins - Frail and Bedazzled
820 : The Bigger Lovers – Forever Is Not So Long
819 : Shudder to Think - 9 Fingers On You
818 : Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
817 : Blur - Chemical World
816 : Elevator Through - Waiting For Tomorrow
815 : Throwing Muses - Not Too Soon
814 : Michael McDermott – Unemployed
813 : Lou Reed – Vicious
812 : Pink Floyd - Lucifer Sam
811 : Gorillaz - Tomorrow Comes Today
810 : Beachwood Sparks - The Sun Surrounds Me
809 : The Orange Peels - You're So Clever
808 : The Julie Dolphin - Cry For Everything
807 : Powerpuff Girls - Love Makes The World Go Round
806 : Syd Barrett - Effervescing Elephant
805 : Joe Strummer - Love Kills
804 : White Town - Your Woman
803 : Smog – Held
802 : Hum - You'd Prefer An Astronaut
801 : Sleater-Kinney - One Song For You
800 : The Connells - Scotty's Lament
799 : Built to Spill - Randy Described Eternity
798 : The Mink Lungs - I Sell Love
797 : Pedro the Lion – Hymn
796 : Freedy Johnston - Mortician's Daughter
795 : The Slugs - Requiem for a Lightweight [Fort Fun]
1992
794 : Low - Sunflower
793 : My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
792 : Guided By Voices - Chasing Heather Crazy
791 : Girls Against Boys - Click Click
790 : Neutral Milk Hotel – Ghost
789 : Belle and Sebastian - The Loneliness of a Middle
Distance Runner
788 : Eels – Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues
787 : Sigur Ros - Hun Jord
786 : Camper Van Beethoven - Eye of Fatima
785 : Wheat - Death Car
784 : Heatmiser - Buick
783 : Cave-In - Crossbearer
782 : Le Tigre - Eau d' Bedroom Dancing
781 : Versus - Shangri-la
780 : The Yardbirds - Stroll on
779 : The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
778 : Squarepusher – Tundra
777 : Manic Street Preachers - Little Baby Nothing
776 : Superchunk - Hello Hawk
775 : Bjork - Army Of Me
774 : Elliot Smith - Waltz #2
773 : The Verve - This Is Music
772 : De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring, Ha Ha Hey
771 : Pooh Sticks - The World is Turning On
770 : Sonic Youth - Bull in the Heather
769 : Weezer - You Gave Your Love To Me Softly
768 : The 6ths - San Diego Zoo
767 : The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
766 : The Afghan Whigs – 66
765 : The Stone Roses - One Love
764 : Pavement – Extradition
763 : The Magnetic Fields - Papa Was A Rodeo
762 : Princeton Reverbs Colonial - Peter Pine and the
Make-Believe Band
761 : Idlewild - Idea Track
760 : Sebadoh - Rebound
759 : Beachwood Sparks - Hearts Mend
758 : Teenage Fanclub - Alcoholiday
757 : Dismemberment Plan - What do you want me to say
756 : Ani Difranco - Jukebox
755 : Stereolab - Lo Boob Oscillator
754 : Shallow - Missle Command
753 : Kent - Heavenly Junkies
752 : The Velvet Underground - Heroin
751 : Sleater-Kinney - Milkshake n Honey
750 : The Cure – InBetween Days
749 : Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweeter
748 : The Buzzcocks – Orgasm Addict
747 : Godspeed You Black Emperor! – The Dead Flag
Blues
746 : The Glands – Work It Out
745 : Minor Threat – In My eyes
744 : Suede – Metal Mickey
743 : Jimmy Eat World – Your New Aesthetic
742 : Fugazi – Waiting Room
741 : The White Stripes – Apple Blossom
740 : The Velvet Underground – Femme Fatale
739 : Idlewild – 4 People Do Good
738 : Wire – Three Girl Rhumba
737 : Black Box Recorder – Child Psychology
736 : Yo La Tengo – Night Falls On Hoboken
735 : The Minutemen - #1 Hit Song
734 : Guided By Voices – Striped White Jets
733 : The Replacements – Answering Machine
732 : The Verve – All In The Mind
731 : Elliott Smith – Needle In The Hay
730 : Boards Of Canada – Hi Scores
729 : Stephen Malkmus – Phantasies
728 : The Anniversary – All Things Ordinary
727 : The Faint – Call Call
726 : American Analog Set – Punk As Fuck
725 : Rainer Maria – Breakfast Of Champions
724 : Songs: Ohia – Captain Badass
723 : Mogwai – Mogwai Fear Satan
722 : The Grifters – She Blows Blasts Of Static
721 : Hello Dave – Summertime
720 : Pat Ortman – All Must Go To Sleep
719 : My Bloody Valentine – Soon
718 : Kathy McCarthy – Living Life
717 : Sonic Youth – The Diamond Sea
716 : The Dambuilders – Shrine
715 : Pavement – Grave Architecture
714 : The Wrens – 6
713 : Air – Kelly Watch The Stars
712 : Broadcast – Unchanging Window
711 : The Replacements – Waitress In The Sky
710 : David Grubbs – Gloriette
709 : The White Stripes – The Union Forever
708 : Mystery Machine – Shaky Ground
707 : Helium – Leon’s Space Song
706 : Lush – Ciao
705 : PJ Harvey – This Is Love
704 : Autechre – Lost
703 : Pleasure Forever – Curtain Call For A Ghost
702 : The House Of Love – Shine On
701 : Cursive – I Lost The Will To Fight
700 : Starflyer 59 – Messed Up And Down
699 : Rainer Maria – Artificial Light
698 : Urusei Yatsura – Kewpies Like Watermelon
697 : Further Seems Forever – Just Until Sundown
696 : Magnetic Fields – Long-Forgotten Fairytale
695 : Tortoise – Seneca
694 : The Dandy Warhols – Get Off
693 : Treat Her Right – Marie
692 : Silkworm – Nerves
691 : Cat Power – Nude As The News
690 : The Movielife – Pinky Swear
689 : Wheat – No One Ever Told Me
688 : Portishead – Roads
687 : Blake Babies – Look Away
686 : Dead Boys – Sonic Reducer
685 : Fantastic Plastic Machine – mpf (Mezzo
Pianoforte)
684 : Flying Saucer Attack – My Dreaming Hill
683 : Telstar Ponies – Last Outpost
682 : Hilt – Super Honey
681 : Air – Playground Love
680 : Kleenex Girl Wonder – Reunited Airlines
679 : MC Paul Barman – MTV Get Off The Air Part II
678 : Wedding Present – Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
677 : Modest Mouse – Paper Thin Walls
676 : Aislers Set – Been Hiding
675: The Chemical Brothers – Where Do I Begin?
674: Bjork & Thom York – I’ve Seen It All
673: Folk Implosion – Free To Go
672: New Wet Kojak – Auto e
671: The Olivia Tremor Control – A Sleepy Company
670: Breeders – Drivin’ On 9
669: Sonic Youth – Sunday
668: Modest Mouse – Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
667: Built To Spill – Sidewalk
666: Hum – Iron Clad Lou
665: The Dismemberment Plan – The Ice Of Boston
664: Elastica – Generator
663: XRay Spex – Oh Bondage Up Yours
662: The Cardigans – Carnival
661: Jawbox – Savory
660: Nation Of Ulysses – Asprin Kid
659: Kleenex Girl Wonder – Wireless
658: Morphine – Honey White
657: XTC – Senses Working Overtime
656: The Autuers – Showgirl
655: Sonic Youth – Death Valley 69
654: Flin Flon – Black Bear
653: Shellac – Prayer To God
652: Eugenius – Mary Queen of Scots
651: T. Rex – Motivator
650: Jawbreaker – Sleep
649: Unwound – Treachery
648: Julian Cope – Tower
647: The House Of Love – Feel
646: Killing Joke – Eighties
645: Godspeed You Black Emperor! – Static
644: Death Cab For Cutie – Steadier Footing
643: Wisdom of Harry – Coney Island of My Mind
642: Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot
641: The Boredoms – Super Going
640: Pernice Brothers – She Heightened Everything
639: The Jesus & Mary Chain – Far And Gone Out
638 : The Dambuilders – Discopolis
637 : Love And Rockets – All In My Mind
636 : The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy – Partytime
635 : Hood – The World Touches Too Hard
634 : Bad Brains – Coptic Times
633 : Sianspheric – Everything’s A Wave
632 : Joy Division – Dead Soul’s
631 : Morcheeba – Trigger Hippie
630 : Company Flow – Krazy Kings
629 : Eric’s Trip – Sixteen Hours
628 : Chameleons UK – Up The Down Escalator
627 : North Of America – Cities and Plans
626 : Sunday’s Best – Saccharine
625 : Sugar – JC Auto
624 : Propagandhi - Hate, Myth, Muscle, Etiquette
623 : The Boo Radleys – Bullfrog Green
622 : Scott Walker – Time Operator
621 : Dave Axelrod – The Warnings Pt. 1
620 : Six By Seven – Eat Junk Become Junk
619 : Love – Andmoreagain
618: Robyn Hitchcock - Tell Me About Your Drugs
617 : Apples In Stereo – Heard About yr Fame
616 : Stereolab – Jenny Ondioline
615 : Pinetop Seven – A Black Eye to be Proud of
614 : Wu Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck
613 : Yo La Tengo – Moby Octopad
612 : Dinosaur Jr. – Feel The Pain
611 : 808 State – Compulsion
610 : Superdrag – Keep It Close To Me
609 : Radiohead – Let Down
608 : REM – West Of The Fields
607 : Add N to X – The Return Of The Black Regent
606 : Dukes Of Stratosphere – Vanishing Girl
605 : Kid Koala – Drunk Trumpet
604 : Big Star – The Ballad of El Goodo
603 : Cybotron – Cosmic Cars
602 : Hot Snakes – If Credit’s What Matters, I’ll Take
Credit
601 : Luna – Slash Your Tires
600 : They Might Be Giants – Ana Ng
599 : Blue Aeroplanes – Yr. Own World [Beatsongs] 1991
598 : Bark Psychosis – Scum [Independency ] 1994
597 : The Jam – That’s Entertainment [Sound Affects]
1980
596 : Gil Scott Heron – Whitey On The Moon [Small Talk
at 125th and Lenox] 1970
595 : Ultra Vivid Scene – Special One [Joy 1967-1990]
1990
594 : UNKLE – If You Find This Earth Boring [The Time
Has Come EP (EP)] 1995
593 : Sigur Ros - Viõrar Vel Til Loftárasa [Ã

Just found this in an old email. Since some of you were there...

Wow...good times!

slightly before my time I believe..1000 songs, listmania indeed.

Now can you figure out who suggested each song?

nice.

Lol.

Did you complile/curate all this, Eric? I was leaning towards that when I was trying to come up with how this came about and how the voting worked...

Also, fitting in a number of ways, my Japandroids station on Last.fm allows me to do this:

np: Changing Of The Guard - Parts & Labor

Also, hi everyone!

534 : Chumbawamba - On The Day The Nazi Died [Uneasy
Listening/Tubthumping] 1999

bort

that Orange Juice tune is konstantin

Listmania was compiled by Whiney -- I helped him out and still have everyone's contributions. Though, I think that list is at home.

this thing was 2002 though. before my time and thus, before your time.

i know, because i remember OPA! hitting on you when you first arrived.

I think Opa started this and people just began posting their favorite songs. A person was not allowed consecutive posts.

Edit: and it's nice to see DS Bruce around again.

There was no voting. It was just songs submitted in somewhat random order by posters. Nothing suggested was vetoed and they appear in the order that they were suggested.

There's nothing really special about the list in that regard. I think it was the impetus for alot of people starting to post at cmj though.

Was it Opa or TheXplorer?

Wasn't there an effort to step in and stop any more Modest Mouse entries at some point?

I was on CMJ prior to 2001, I know that.

And I'm laughing about OPA...that was frickin' hilarious!

Man. Didn't that thing go on for months?

jaysus! how do y'all remember all this?

Even more curious- who the fuck keeps 7 year old emails?

Right? I evidently invented a completely different universe in which the way I recall this thing being spawned came about. I did arch an eyebrow at the list, but then, 2002 seems like at least one lifetime ago.

When I think back to those CMJ days, the following shit STILL gives me red-face canned ham head:


Posted to prove that most of you deserved my scorn right from the outset.

And ATTN: LOOGAR: #958 : The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and
Tra-La-La Band - Sister! Brother! Small Boats of Fire

Not posting under that name. This top 1000 was when I started posting and I know I'd been there awhile when you were nominated as best new boarder in the "Annual" Opa Awards. I wonder if DS Bruce has an email about that.

KPH got "Most Indie" like 3 years in a row.

Hope you hang around and drag KPH and velouria back with you.