Your top twenty tracks? Can you do it?

[Foxhound]

Here are my top twenty tracks of all time:

1. Satisfaction - Rolling Stones

2. Gloria - Shadows of Knight

3. Light My Fire - Doors

4. I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night - Electric Prunes

5. Paint It Black - Rolling Stones

6. Hard Day's Night - Beatles

7. 96 Tears - ? & the Mysterians

8. Heart Full of Soul - Yardbirds

9. Wild Thing - Troggs

10. Psychotic Reaction - Count Five

11. It's My Life - Animals

12. Louie Louie - Kingsmen

13. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire

14. Happy Jack - Who

15. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

16. All Day and All of the Night - Kinks

17. Surfin' Bird - Trashmen

18. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream

19. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones

20. When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin



Anyone else bold enough to give it a try?

[Matty Red Sox]

Nope.

[B]

of all time

Huh?

[Matty Red Sox]

of all time

Huh?

Well, the bulk of the mid 60's anyway. Out in the first round of the cup with that list though.... too many white boys with guitars, I think!

[Davey the Fat Boy]

An impossible task - and certainly not one that could possibly lead to anything but a list of standards but here goes...

You Really Got Me - The Kinks
I Can See For Miles - The Who
Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
Many Rivers to Cross - Jimmy Cliff
All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
There's a Place - The Beatles
A Song For You - Leon Russell
Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Drown in My Own Tears - Ray Charles
To Ramona - Bob Dylan
Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye
I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos
Eight Miles High - The Byrds
Walk Away Renee - The Left Bank
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
Never My Love - The Association
Be My Baby - The Ronettes

[Matty Red Sox]

"B"

[Tactful Cactus]

Sure...

Fat Children - Jarvis
Torn & Frayed - Rolling Stones
No Regrets - King Khan & the Shrines
Gimme Danger - Iggy and the Stooges
You Sure Love to Ball - Marvin Gaye
Debaser - Pixies
a Beatles
Spanish Harlem Incident - Dylan
Don't Look That Way at it - White Denim
Bold as Love - Hendrix
Balmy Night - Department of Eagles
Time to get it together - Marvin Gaye
Autumn Almanac - Kinks
1970 - The Stooges
Sprout and the Bean - Joanna Newsom
I Heard Her Call My Name - the Velvet Underground
Wah Wah - George Harrison
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting - Charles Mingus
Street Hassle - Lou Reed
River Deep Mountain High - Ike & Tina

These songs are the ones I think the most about every day.

[Bungo the Mungo]

Yeah, more or less.

What Goes On - The Velvet Underground
I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
Initials BB - Serge Gainsbourg
General Confessional - Electric Prunes/David Axelrod
Feel It - It's All Meat
The Classical - The Fall
Help You Ann - The Lyres
Streets of Calcutta - Ananda Shankar
Father's Name Is Dad - Fire
Touch Me - The Doors
Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations
Girl U Want - Devo
Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred and His Playboy Band
Victoria - The Kinks
Lightnin' Strikes - Lou Christie
Contact - Brigitte Bardot
Street Waves - Pere Ubu
Let's Build A Car - Swell Maps
Street Life - Roxy Music
Dogs - The Who
Out Of The Question - The Seeds
Slip Inside This House - 13th Floor Elevators
Fire Brigade - The Move
Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
Eloise - Barry Ryan
Worried Worried - Mayo Thompson

[Matty Red Sox]

"D"

But I can see the backlash around Help You Ann building!

[Hepcat]

Anything the mangy mutt can do I can do better:

1. Behind Blue Eyes - Who

2. When the Music's Over - Doors

3. House of the Rising Sun - Animals

4. Do Wha Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann

5. Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkle

6. Save the Last Dance for Me - Drifters

7. Cross-Eyed Mary - Jethro Tull

8. Iko Iko - Dixie Cups

9. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Pink Floyd

10. Waiting for the Sun - Doors

11. When I Was Young - Animals

12. She's Not There - Zombies

13. Stray Cat Blues - Rolling Stones

14. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie

15. Clapping Song - Shirley Ellis

16. Will You Love Me Tomorrow? - Crystals

17. Californa Dreaming - Mamas & the Papas

18. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown & His Famous Flames

19. Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers

20. No Milk Today - Herman's Hermits

[Matty Red Sox]

This is starting to look like the cup.

BTW, Hepcat, have you ever found a vinyl HH best of that includes No Milk Today? I frequently check, but that's the one that's always missing.

[Foxhound]

of all time

Huh?

You need to submit your own list in order to earn the right to criticize other ones.

[Matty Red Sox]

of all time

Huh?

You need to submit your own list to earn the right to criticize other ones.

I don't think Brian was criticizing as much as trying to figure out how to chose 20 tunes.... that man has a HUGELY broad spectrum of music.

Then again I could be wrong....

[Hepcat]

BTW, Hepcat, have you ever found a vinyl HH best of that includes No Milk Today? I frequently check, but that's the one that's always missing.

The one I bought about forty years ago has it:

[Foxhound]

Huh?

You need to submit your own list to earn the right to criticize other ones.

I don't think Brian was criticizing as much as trying to figure out how to chose 20 tunes.... that man has a HUGELY broad spectrum of music.

Okay, in which case I apologize. I worked on my own list for a week. And I know for a fact that Hepcat just recycled one of the old lists he already had in his pocket.

[Beno]

Off the top of my head and in no particular order here's my 20.

Atmosphere – Joy Division
Baby’s On Fire – Brian Eno
Summer Babe (Winter Version) – Pavement
Fire For A While – Shoes
Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Nightswimming – REM
That’s When I Reach For My Revolver – Mission of Burma
I Want You Back – Jackson 5
Sweet Child O’Mine – Luna
Norwegian Wood – The Beatles
Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones
Fear Is A Man’s Best Friend – John Cale
Life On Mars – David Bowie
Thirteen – Big Star
Melody – Serge Gainsbourg
Isi – Neu!
I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) – Stevie Wonder
Tomorrow Is Such A Long Time – Rod Stewart
Complicated Game – XTC
To Love Somebody – James Carr

[pcqgod]

I'll give it a shot:

"Go all the way" The Raspberries
"Heart of Glass" Blondie
"Ticket to Ride" The Beatles
"Happenings 10 years time ago" The Yardbirds
"Honky Tonk Women" The Rolling Stones
"Popsicles & Icicles" The Murmaids
"Sweet and Dandy" Maytals
"Under Skys" Lazy Smoke
"Victim of Changes" Judas Priest
"She said Yeah" Flamin' Groovies
"I can't pretend" The Barracudas
"Daisy Glaze" Big Star
"Face to Face" Zakary Thaks
"Fox on the Run" Sweet
"Angels Holocaust" Iced Earth
"Semi detached suburban Mr. James" Manfred Mann
"Jump in the line" Harry Belafonte
"Days" The Kinks
"Say it, say it" E.G. Daily
"Beautiful People" We All Together

[Jeff K]

You were doing so well until...

"Say it, say it" E.G. Daily

[Matty Red Sox]

You were doing so well until...

"Say it, say it" E.G. Daily

He had at least 4 songs from my cup list.... when I saw the Sweet, thought that he might go all the way.

[Loki]

Whew. Ok. Too many white boys with guitars....I'd have to do Jazz separately.

No order~

Roxy Music ~ "All I Want is You"
Jethro Tull ~ "Inside"
The Animals ~ "Don't Bring Me Down"
Electric Flag ~ "Groovin' Is Easy"
Psychedelic Furs ~ "All That Money Wants"
Sneaker Pimps ~ "6 Underground"
David Bowie ~ "Moonage Daydream"
Dusty Springfield ~ "All Cried Out"
The Flamingos ~ "I Only Have Eyes For You"
The Beatles ~ "It's Only Love"
The Monkees ~ "Daily Nightly"
The Mindbenders ~ "It's Getting Harder"
Petula Clark ~ "Just Say Goodbye"
Todd Rundgren ~ "I Saw the Light"
Sebadoh ~ "Not Too Amused"
ELP ~ "Still.....You Turn Me On"
Yes ~ "Sweetness"
The Drifters ~ "On Broadway"
The Verve Pipe ~ "She Loves Everybody"
Herman's Hermits ~ "Jezebel"

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