List down my favorite songs of all time

just don’t want to do it

21. Phil Collins—“Take Me Home” (1985)
22. Depeche Mode—“Personal Jesus” (1989)
23. Phil Collins—“Another Day In Paradise” (1989)
24. Depeche Mode—“Enjoy the Silence” (1990)
25. Peter Gabriel—“Solsbury Hill” (1977)
26. Genesis—“The Knife” (A CLASSIC!, 1970)

Here are some of mine in no particular order:

Greetings from Shitsville – The Wildhearts
Loveshit – The Wildhearts
29x the Pain – The Wildhearts (this is one of the best sing-along songs ever)
Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
Sugarbuzz – Marvelous 3
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – The Rolling Stones
If You Want Blood- AC/DC
Pressure Drop – The Specials
New Church – Lords of the New Church
Bombed – Backyard Babies
Search and Destroy – Iggy and the Stooges
Clampdown – The Clash
Go! – Tones on Tale
Love Comes in Spurts – Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Lucky Man – The Verve
I Want to Touch You – Catherine Wheel
Last Bandit – The Dogs D’Amour
Wild Wood – Paul Weller
The Hungry Wolf – X
Action Coming Down – The Chelsea Smiles
Drinks – American Heartbreak
Fastboat – Marvelous 3
Parts Unknown – Pure Rubbish
Kiss of Death – Pure Rubbish
Groovus Maximus – Electric Boys
Let’s Go to Hell – Backyard Babies
Rock ‘N’ Roll Star – Oasis
Transmission – Joy Division
Sonic Reducer – The Dead Boys
That’s Entertainment – The Jam
You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory – Johnny Thunders
Rip Her to Shreds – Blondie
Sure Shot – Beastie Boys
Tattooed Love Boys – The Pretenders (and an awesome video to boot)
My Generation – The Who

Third Eye Blind // Never Let You Go
Goo Goo Dolls // Iris
Eve 6 // Here’s To The Night
Annie Lennox // Into The West
Enigma // T.N.T. For The Brain
Daniel Bedingfield // If You’re Not The One
Garbage // Push It
Johnny Hates Jazz // Shattered Dreams
Sarah McLachlan // Angel
Creed // With Arms Wide Open
Aerosmith // Janie’s Got A Gun
Nirvana // Smells Like Teen Spirit
Queen // Fat-Bottomed Girls

I’m just going to list some songs from the CDs that are currently sitting on my CD player…there are definitely more favorites, but here’s a few…

1. Better Together by Jack Johnson
2. Get Rhythm by Johnny Cash
3. Wikked Lil’ Girls by Esthero
4. Inaudible Melodies by Jack Johnson
5. Luxurious by Gwen Stefani
6. Longview by Green Day
7. Sabotage by Beastie Boys
8. Sure Shot by Beastie Boys
9. Is this love by Bob Marley and the Wailers
10. Three Little Birds by Bob Marley and the Wailers
11. One Love/People Get Ready by Bob Marley and the Wailers

My list is neverending…

I have so many favorites. I’ve been thinking about this for a long time and I still don’t even know where to begin. I’ll just say this one for now…

1. Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson

my current list

other than the unfathomable way my mind unjogs its memory:

1. “My Way”, both Sid Vicious and old blue eyes version
2. “Don’t let’s start”, “Your Racist Friend” They Might Be Giants
“Impossible”, (on their kids CD)
3. “Show some emotion” , “Love and affection” by Joan Armatrading (anything she does)
4. “Take your mama out”, “Filthy Gorgeous” Scissor Sisters
5. “Where is the love” “Smells like Funk” “Hey Mama” “Don’t Lie” Black Eyed Peas
6. “I will survive”, both Cake and Gloria Gaynor version, also “Comanche” by Cake
7. “Candela” Buena Vista Social Club
8. “Gone Daddy Gone”, “Blister in the Sun” Violent Femmes
9. “Brown Eyed Girl” Van Morrison
10. “Father of Mine” Everclear
11. “What I Got”, “Santeria” Sublime
12. “Redemption song” “No Woman No Cry” “Get up Stand Up” Bob Marley
13. “Give it Away” “Higher Ground”, Red Hot Chili Peppers
14. “Your Body is a Wonderland”, “Bigger than my Body” John Mayer
15. “Joey Ramone”, “Call the doctor”, “Banned From The End Of TheWorld”Sleater-Kinney
16. “Ladies First” “Dance for Me” Queen Latifah & “Evil That Men Do” with KRS-One
17. “R-e-s-p-e-c-t” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” Arethra Franklin
18. “Unicornio Azul” Sylvio Rodriguez
19. “Tres gotas de agua bendita” Gloria Estefan with Celia Cruz
20. “Burbujas de amor”, Juan Luis Guerra , hottest most passionate love song ever
also “Ojala que llueva café”, “Areito”( awesome merengue/salsa, and very political and passionate)
21. “Maybe Baby”, “That’ll be the Day” Buddy Holly
22. “LA Woman”, “Touch me”, “Love her madly” The Doors
23. “Chelsea Morning”, “Blue” album Joni Mitchell
24. “The price I pay”, “Accident waiting to happen” & “Waiting for the Great Leap Forward” Billy Bragg
25. “Let’s talk about sex”, “Push it”, “Expression” Salt N Pepa
26. “Brown Skin”, “Good Man” “Video” “Talk to her” India Arie
27. “Love”, “Beautiful Boy” & “Imagine” John Lennon
28. “Something”, & “As my guitar gently weeps” Beatles
29. “Pa Lante”, “Dos Cosas Ciertas”, “Vocal Artillery” Ozomatli
30. “Cecilia”& “59th Street Bridge Song” Simon & Garfunkel
31. “September”, “Can’t Hide Love”, “Shining Star” & “Fantasy” Earth, Wind, and Fire
32. “What a wonderful World” “La Vie En Rose” “Ain’t Misbehavin”Louis Armstrong
33. “‘The Lonely Jew on Christmas’ Kyle Broflofski with special celebrity guest”, South Park
34. “Groove is in the Heart” Dee-Lite
35. “Girl in the othe room” & “Temptation” Diana Krall
36. “Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue” & “Mockingbird” Taj Mahal
37. “We are Family” Sister Sledge
38. “I Melt with You” “Mesh and Lace” Modern English
39. “Personal Jesus” “Strangelove” “Just Can’t Get Enough” “Everything Counts” Depeche Mode
40. “I want to be Sedated” “Rockaway Beach” Ramones
41. “E=mc²”, “Rush”, “The Globe” Big Audio Dynamite (and II)
42. “Dancing Queen” “Fernando”Abba
43. “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding”& “Allison” Elvis Costello

(and yes I cheated, too hard to pick songs, so picked some faves of 43 artists, but i’ll miss many memorable one-hit wonders this way) As it is, was difficult to narrow down.

1.Love Me Do – Beatles
2.There’s A place – Beatles
3.Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder
4.Listen To The Music
5.TNT – AC/CD
6. any Led Zeppelin song

In no particular order, just ones I’ve listened to recently.

In the format of
Artist / “Song” / Album / Year / Genre

1. Genesis / “That’s All” / Genesis / 1983 / Progressive Rock
2. J. Geils Band / “Centerfold” / Freeze Frame / 1981 / Rock and Roll
3. Peter Gabriel / “Sledgehammer” / So / 1986 / Progressive Rock
4. Peter Gabriel / “Shock the Monkey” / Security / 1982 / Progressive Rock
5. Peter Gabriel / “Burn You Up, Burn You Down” / Hit / 2003 / Art Rock
6. Peter Gabriel / “Steam” / Us / 1992 / Progressive Rock
7. Phil Collins / “I Don’t Care Anymore” / Hello, I Must Be Going! / 1982 / Rock
8. Asia / “Only Time Will Tell” / Asia / 1981 / Progressive Rock
9. Asia / “Voice of America” / Astra / 1985 / Progressive Rock
10. Genesis / “Land of Confusion” / Invisible Touch / 1986 / Progressive Rock
11. Robert Plant / “Tall Cool One” / Now and Zen / 1988 / Rock
12. Genesis / “Jesus He Knows Me” / We Can’t Dance / 1991 / Progressive Rock
13. Mike Rutherford + The Mechanics / “The Living Years” / The Living Years / 1989 / Rock
14. Peter Gabriel / “In Your Eyes” / So / 1986 / Progressive Rock
15. Peter Gabriel / “Biko” / Peter Gabriel III / 1980 / Progressive Rock
16. Bruce Hornsby / “The Way It Is” / The Way It Is/ 1986 / Rock
17. Phil Collins / “In the Air Tonight” / Face Value / 1981 / Rock
18. Christopher Cross / “Sailing” / Christopher Cross / 1980 / Singer+Songwriter
19. John Parr / “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)” / St. Elmo’s Fire Soundtrack / 1985 / Rock
20. Styx / “Mr. Roboto” / Kilroy Was Here / 1983 / Rock