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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky (Post 962088)

Good for you, EMG. My list would be really mainstream too... :laughing:

Mainstream is the way to go these days...

Here's my 50, couldn't be arsed to do numbers, the top three are pretty much set in concrete, apart from that its a free for all, I do know however that I have enjoyed, played these songs above all others.

Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven
Rhythm Is Rhythm - Nude Photo
Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
Roky Erickson - If You Have Ghosts
Elvis Costello - Beyond Belief
The Smiths - Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Killing Joke - Fall Of Because
Nick Cave - Straight To You
13th Floor Elevators - Your Gonna Miss Me
The Stooges - TV Eye
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Return
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
Leatherface - I Want The Moon
Ramones - Swallow My Pride
Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce
Fugazi - Casavettes
The Chills - Pink Frost
808 State - Pacific State
23 Skidoo - Coup
Underground Resistance - Mirage
Go-Betweens - Cattle And Cane
Husker Du - First Of The Last Calls
Dexys Midnight Runners - Whats She Like
Sabres Of Paradise - Wilmot
My Bloody Valentine - You Never Should
Gene Clark - One In A Hundred
Embrace (U.S) - Dance Of Days
Basement Jaxx - If I Ever Recover
Dusty Springfield - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Marvin Gaye - Whats Happenin Brother
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Kitchens Of Distinction - Quick As Rainbows
Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
Rudimentary Peni - Bile Ball
Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
Bob Marley - Caution
Misfits - Horror Business
Big Black - Cables
Bad Brains - Sailin On
Moon Unit - Connection
Jesus And Mary Chain - Upside Down
Public Enemy - B Side Wins Again
The Clash - Train In Vain
Eric B & Rakim - Lyrics Of Fury
Chameleons - Dont Fall
Cabaret Voltaire - I Want You
Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
Doves - There Goes The Fear
The Beatles - Please Please Me

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Originally Posted by clutnuckle (Post 950802)

I already did this list times two.

Cool songs! - Rate Your Music

Gotta love that top 10 man.

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Originally Posted by clutnuckle (Post 950802)

I already did this list times two.

Cool songs! - Rate Your Music

Excellent list... lots of my favorite albums on there too. :D

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Originally Posted by clutnuckle (Post 950802)

I already did this list times two.

Cool songs! - Rate Your Music

Good list. If this board had rep, you'd be getting some.

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Originally Posted by Dr.Seussicide (Post 964957)

Gotta love that top 10 man.

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Originally Posted by Laurent Quinn Proper (Post 965029)

Good list. If this board had rep, you'd be getting some.

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Originally Posted by Robert_Arctor (Post 964963)

Excellent list... lots of my favorite albums on there too. :D

Thanks to all of you; it means a lot! I still have to work on writing little diatribes for each song, as I'm OCD about that kind of thing.

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Originally Posted by Moriarity (Post 964936)

Odd, a lot of bands I like are on here and I've never heard of the songs that are your favorites. Perhaps I've just been living under a rock! Great choices for Public Enemy/Pixies.

As of December 8, 2010, these are my 50 favorite songs. Whew! That was tough. I'm sure I'll feel differently an hour from now, but at this moment I am happy with my list.

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1) 'Freak Scene' - Dinosaur Jr.
2) 'Slack Motherfucker' - Superchunk
3) 'Waiting Room' - Fugazi
4) 'Jerry Was a Race Car Driver' - Primus
5) 'Aeroplane' - Red Hot Chili Peppers
6) 'Old School Reasons' - Alkaline Trio
7) 'Roads Signs Always Look Better Looking Over Your Shoulder' - Defiance, Ohio
8) 'Only in Dreams' - Weezer
9) 'Thickfreakness' - The Black Keys
10) 'Here's Your Future' - The Thermals
11) 'Swim' - Surfer Blood
12) 'Brave as a Noun' - Andrew Jackson Jihad
13) ‘Car’ – Built to Spill
14) 'Manchasm' - Future of the Left
15) 'Damaged Goods' - Gang of Four
16) 'A Million Ways' - OK Go
17) '$100 Cover' - Japanther
18) 'Summer Babe [Winter Version]' – Pavement
19) 'One Better' - Les Claypool
20) 'The Pot' – Tool
21) 'The Waydown' - Modest Mouse
22) 'Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues' – mclusky
23) 'You Got That' - Yummy
24) 'Carousel' - blink 182
25) 'This Ain't No Picnic' - The Minutemen
26) 'People of the Sun' - Rage Against the Machine
27) 'A Certain Shade of Green' - Incubus
28) 'Love Buzz' - Nirvana
29) 'Summerholidays vs. Punkroutine' –Refused
30) 'Gigantic' - Pixies
31) 'Basket Case' - Green Day
32) 'Sugar' - System of a Down
33) '100%' - Sonic Youth
34) ‘Web in Front’ - Archers of Loaf
35) 'Check the Rhime' - A Tribe Called Quest
36) ‘She’s Got Spies’ – Super Furry Animals
37) '300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues' - The White Stripes
38) ‘Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe’ – Whale
39) ‘Bonin’ in the Boneyard’ – Fishbone
40) ‘Sabotage’ – Beastie Boys
41) 'Jenny Was a Friend of Mine' - The Killers
42) ‘Touch Me I’m Sick’ – Mudhoney
43) 'Electric Feel' - MGMT
44) 'Jackolantern's Weather' – 311
45) 'Violent & Funky' - Infectious Grooves
46) ‘Mountain Song’ – Jane’s Addiction
47) 'Cat Claw' - The Kills
48) ‘Bury Me’ – Smashing Pumpkins
49) ‘Plug in Baby’ – Muse
50) ‘Break Stuff’ – Limp Bizkit

(I limited myself to one song per artist to make it easier)

Nice list my Mainstream friend ; ). I haven't heard of a couple of those bands, checking them out now.

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Originally Posted by xEMGx (Post 967230)

Nice list my Mainstream friend ; ). I haven't heard of a couple of those bands, checking them out now.

Thanks. :)

Which have you never heard of?

Whale, MGMT, Fugazi, and A Tribe Called Quest.

I've heard a lot of talk of MGMT but never bothered to check them out.