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Wimps ...have my top 100 , although I should point out this was written almost 2 and a half years ago , it would be very different now


100 SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNICK - LOVE MISSILE F1-11

You either had to be dead or need a sense of humour transplant not to love this.Never before has a blatant cash in been so much fun to listen too.Their album even had adverts between the songs.

99 TOM JONES - IT`S NOT UNUSUAL

This is what i`m usually singing (badly) after a good night out.Classic song too

98 JUDAS PRIEST - YOU`VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMIN

One of the greatest metal songs ever written.Halford`s vocals are godlike

97 HEFNER - SONG FOR THE CIGARETTES

More cigarette references than a formula one race.I can`t think of any song where the singer refers to events in his life by the ***s he was smoking at the time.

96 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - FEELGOOD HIT OF THE SUMMER

Not so much of a song.More of a checklist for a good night out ... still rocks though

95 1000 HOMO DJ`S - SUPERNAUT

A fantastic sabbath cover done by an Al Jourganson/Ministry side project.Worth getting just for the 'Hey *******'B side with a cop pulling a guy over & giving him abuse while in the background you have the backing vocals repeadedly chanting the songs title.

94 ED HARCOURT - SHANGHAI

A singer songwriter with a difference ... he`s not afraid to rock out a bit,class song too.

93 IRON MAIDEN - SANCTUARY

The nearest they ever got to being'punk rock'such a shame they left that direction to write 15 min epics about sailors shooting seagulls or something.

92 ASH - JESUS SAYS

I know the album was **** but i STILL think this is their best single

91 DIVINE COMEDY - LOVE WHAT YOU DO

I thought this was probably one of the best singles of 2001.It did **** all so i guess that says more about what i think than anything else does

90 SMASHING PUMPKINS - TODAY

In all honesty this could be any song of Siamese Dream it was such a good album but i`ve gone with this one.Shame after this they went **** & Corgan turned into a whining slaphead.

89 AUTEURS - LENNY VALENTINO

This band are easily the best kept secret in Britain.Intelligent rock without the pretentiousness of Radiohead`s later efforts.

88 GRANDADDY - THE CRYSTAL LAKE

Beautiful & chilled out song , just the sort of thing to calm you down after a hard day.

87 CHEAP TRICK - I WANT YOU TO WANT ME

Pure unashamed pop & all the better for it.Catchy as hell

86 MENSWEAR - DAYDREAMER

Horrible band that exemplified everything bad about the Britpop movement but this song was so good i forgave & just enjoyed the music (Well just this song anyway)

85 BLACK GRAPE - KELLY`S HERO`S

Jesus was a black man , No Jesus was Batman , no no no that was Bruce Waaaaaaaaaaayne..... How can you not like a song with lyrics like that.

84 JESUS & MARY CHAIN - UPSIDE DOWN

Their first single. A primal blast of raw feedback somehow shaped into some sort of a song.

83 BREEDERS - CANNONBALL

Melody Makers 1993 single of the year.Like Blondie jamming with the Ramones

82 HANOI ROCKS - DON`T EVER LEAVE ME

Thank god Axl Rose never used this for the GnR covers album.Do yourself a favor & get the original.

81 THEREPY? - SCREAMAGER

The nearest a British band ever got to writing anything like Smells Like Teen Spirit.EVERBODY i know liked this song.

80 PINK FLOYD - ARNOLD LAYNE

Beleive it or not they were a very good psychadelic pop band at one time.Funny as hell too

79 SPACE - YOU & ME VS THE WORLD

I`ve lost count of the number of films that have included this song.Very personal to me too.

78 PORTISHEAD - SOUR TIMES

This is one of those songs I was sick to death of hearing at the time but when it stopped getting played i sorta missed it.

77 BETA BAND - DRY THE RAIN

I will now sell 5 copies of the 3 EPs by the Beta Band.....

76 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - HIGHER GROUND

Pisses over their own material

75 CORNERSHOP - LESSONS LEARNED FROM ROCKY 1 TO ROCKY 3

Scathing attack on the music industry , great riff borrowed from the Stones at their best & still my favorite single of the year so far.

74 RAMONES - BABY I LOVE YOU

The Ramones were not a punk band .They were a Rock n Roll band who just happened to play fast,they could slow it down too judging by this song plus it was produced by the legendary Phil Spector.

73 ELASTICA - CONNECTION

Their career highlight , having this song used as the music to Trigger Happy TV

72 WIRE - OUTDOOR MINER

Possibly the most melodic punk song ever written

71 SLADE - *** ON FEEL THE NOIZE

They would probably been given more credit for their contribution to music had they not done merry xmas everyone , and remind us of it ...EVERY ****ING YEAR.

70 CURE - LULLABY

Their best single off their best album. You couldn`t get away from this in 89/90

69 BEATLES - HELTER SKELTER

The song that invented Grunge. Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth said so and as it was him who got Nirvana signed so if you disagree you can go argue with him.

68 UNDERTONES - TEENAGE KICKS

John Peel`s favorite song.As i`m not John Peel it only makes 68

67 LOU REED - WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

OK so his name sounds like a book you`d find in a toilet but this is a great song & EVERYBODY in the UK (TV , radio , media ect) missed out the blow job reference.

66 MOTORHEAD - ACE OF SPADES

EVERY metal covers band i know does this for an encore

65 STRANGLERS - GOLDEN BROWN

I never really did see them as punks.They seemed to me to be more like a bunch of old pub rockers.This however was a class tune.

64 PRODIGY - FIRESTARTER

I remember seeing the video on TV for the first time in the pub. Everybody was just staring at the screen jaws wide open in disbelief.

63 GORKYS ZYGOTIC MYNCI - YOUNG GIRLS & HAPPY ENDINGS

Brilliant parody of teen pop love songs.The basic premace for the song is a pop star telling a girl he didn`t write a love song coz he loves her but he wrote it to make money. Sheer genius.

62 SONIC YOUTH - SUNDAY

A gem in the middle of a 10 year long downturn in quality songs.

61 TELEVISION - MARQUEE MOON

Wonderful song ... I have a 16 min version somewhere

60 JANES ADDICTION - BEEN CAUGHT STEALING

One of the funkiest songs ever written by a white man

59 BUZZ****S - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE YOU SHOULDN`T HAVE

They did the whole thing better than all those crappy American immitators

58 KINKS - YOU REALLY GOT ME

Credited by some as the first ever metal song of all time.Van Halens version was alright too

57 EELS _ NOVOCAINE FOR THE SOUL

Brilliant song from possibly the most criminally ignored band to come out of the U.S.

56 PUBLIC ENEMY - DON`T BELEIVE THE HYPE

I just didn`t get rap till I heard this.

55 SUPERGRASS - RICHARD III

One of the heaviest songs they`ve ever done complete with Star Trek style theremins.Shut the people in the press calling them the new Monkees up too.

54 DAMNED - SMASH IT UP

For a band called the Damned who played punk rock & wrote a song about smashing up things I have to say the first time I heard it I was expecting something a little more ...um violent & heavier.Grew to love it in time.

53 GOMEZ - WHIPPIN PICADILLY

Great song from a once great band.Now however they sound more like a school orchestra tuning up.

52 THIN LIZZY - DON`T BELEIVE A WORD

It`s a farce none of this bands work were on the top 100 rock list.So here they are on mine & this is my favorite Thin Lizzy tune.

51 IGGY POP - THE PASSENGER

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