So, I started counting down my top 500 favorite songs on Facebook. Then Facebook pissed me off with its attitude towards correcting misinformation. So, I’ve moved stuff back to this blog that has been quiet for quite a while. Before I jump back into it, I thought I’d review what has come so far.
If you’re curious to hear all the songs, I have two playlists I have create. One is on Amazon Music and the other is Spotify. I’ll update them each time I continue the countdown.
Here’s what I have covered so far:
- 500: “Devil’s Pie”: Rhymefest
- 499: “Corona”: Calexico
- 498: “Mayor of Simpleton”: XTC
- 497: “Sing Your Life”: Morrissey
- 496: “American Jesus”: Bad Religion
- 495: “Step On”: Happy Mondays
- 494: “Medieval”: DM & Jemini
- 493: “Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)”: Ernie Maresca
- 492: “Love Your Money”: Daisy Chainsaw
- 491: “Do It Again”: Röyksopp & Robyn
- 490: “Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf Mix)”: Pixies
- 489: “Mr. Tillman”: Father John Misty
- 488: “Jump Around”: House of Pain
- 487: “He Keeps Me Alive”: Sally Shapiro
- 486: “Cannonball”: The Breeders
- 485: “Express Yourself”: N.W.A.
- 484: “No Myth”: Michael Penn
- 483: “Yellow Ledbetter”: Pearl Jam
- 482: “Everything Counts”: Depeche Mode
- 481: “War”: Edwin Starr
- 480: “Burning Down the House”: Talking Heads
- 479: “Almost Ready”: Dinosaur Jr
- 478: “Outshined”: Soundgarden
- 477: “Lost Kitten”: Metric
- 476: “Sixteen Tons”: Tennessee Ernie Ford
- 475: “Kiss Off”: Violent Femmes
- 474: “Leave Them All Behind”: Ride
- 473: “Chop Suey!”: System of a Down
- 472: “Straight Outta Compton”: N.W.A.
- 471: “Runnin’ Down a Dream”: Tom Petty
- 470: “Need You Around”: Smoking Popes
- 469: “Nature Anthem”: Grandaddy
- 468: “Mack the Knife”: Bobby Darin
- 467: “Whoo! Alright – Yeah…Uh Huh”: The Rapture
- 466: “The Punks Are Writing Love Songs”: Tullycraft
- 465: “Lupine Dominus”: Thee Oh Sees
- 464: “Today”: Smashing Pumpkins
- 463: “Pass the Mic”: Beastie Boys
- 462: “The Weeping Song”: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
- 461: “Rabbit in the Log”: Stanley Brothers
- 460: “Feel the Pain”: Dinosaur Jr
- 459: “Bohemian Rhapsody”: Queen
- 458: “All My Friends”: LCD Soundsystem
- 457: “Down in the Park”: Tubeway Army
- 456: “She’s Actual Size”: They Might Be Giants
- 455: “Stove”: Lemonheads
- 454: “Miss Misery”: Elliot Smith
- 453: “The Ice of Boston”: Dismemberment Plan
- 452: “Danny Don’t You Know”: Ninja Sex Party
- 451: “My Coco” Stellastarr*
- 450: “Windowlicker”: Aphex Twin
- 449: “Interlude”: Morrissey & Siouxsie
- 448: “Dirt Off Your Shoulder”: Jay-Z
- 447: “Can’t Hold Us”: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- 446: “I Send My Love To You”: Palace Brothers
- 445: “Famous”: Charli XCX
- 444: “Shady Lane”: Pavement
- 443: “Far Gone & Out”: Jesus & Mary Chain
- 442: “D’yer Mak’er”: Led Zeppelin
- 441: “Nippon Manju”: Ladybaby
- 440: “Crimson & Clover”: Tommy James & the Shondells
- 439: “You Can Call Me Al”: Paul Simon
- 438: “Bounce”: Snoop Dogg & Rage Against the Machine
- 437: “Shout It Out”: Mikal Cronin
- 436: “Games Without Frontiers”: Peter Gabriel
- 435: “Abandoned Flesh”: Mountain Goats
- 434: “Song Against Sex”: Neutral Milk Hotel
- 433: “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down”: LCD Soundsystem
- 432: “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”: Gordon Lightfoot
- 431: “Singular Girl”: The Old 97s
- 430: “Jolene”: Cake
- 429: “Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me”: The Pipettes
- 428: “Teenage FBI”: Guided by Voices
- 427: “Sweet Child O’Mine”: Guns ‘N Roses
- 426: “Be Still My Heart”: Postal Service
- 425: “Dangerous”: Busta Rhymes
- 424: “Stuart”: Dead Milkmen
- 423: “Regret”: New Order
- 422: “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”: Frank Sinatra
- 421: “Dropping Houses”: Wussy
- 420: “Mother”: Danzig
- 419: “Stigmata”: Ministry
- 418: “Hips Don’t Lie”: Shakira & Wyclef Jean
- 417: “The One I Love”: R.E.M.
- 416: “The Only Living Boy in New Cross”: Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
- 415: “Message in a Bottle”: The Police
- 414: “Broke”: Beta Band
- 413: “Born Slippy (Nuxx)”: Underworld
- 412: “I’ll Never Let You Go”: Steelheart
- 411: “Call Me”: Blondie
- 410: “Jennifer”: Pete & the Pirates
- 409: “Last Stop: This Town”: The Eels
- 408: “Regulate”: Warren G & Nate Dogg
- 407: “True Dreams of Wichita”: Soul Coughing
- 406: “The Impression That I Get”: Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- 405: “Come on Home”: Franz Ferdinand
- 404: “Sober”: Tool
- 403: “Float On”: Modest Mouse
- 402: “No Line on the Horizon”: U2
- 401: “Impossible Outcomes”: Get Up Kids
- 400: “In My View”: Young Fathers
- 399: “U Should Know Better”: Robyn & Snoop Dogg
- 398: “A Pillar of Salt”: The Thermals
- 397: “Summertime Rolls”: Jane’s Addiction
- 396: “Mother Sky”: CAN
- 395: “Earthquake”: Labrinth featuring Tinnie Tempeh
- 394: “Undone (the Sweater Song)”: Weezer
- 393: “I Want to Break Free”: Queen
- 392: “Just What I Needed”: The Cars
- 391: “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'”: Nancy Sinatra
- 390: “Beds Are Burning”: Midnight Oil
- 389: “I Fought the Law”: The Clash
- 388: “You Are Right”: Built to Spill
- 387: “The Love I’m Searching For”: The Rentals
- 386: “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding”: Elvis Costello & the Attractions
- 385: “Say It Ain’t So”: Weezer
- 384: “Ladykillers”: Lush
- 383: “Forgot About Dre”: Dr. Dre & Eminem
- 382: “Dare to be Stupid”: “Weird Al” Yankovic
- 381: “Midnight City”: M83
- 380: “Iron Man”: Black Sabbath
- 379: “The Humpty Dance”: Digital Underground
- 378: “The Twilite Kid”: The Twilight Singers
- 377: “The Promise”: When in Rome
- 376: “I Think I Need a New Heart”: Magnetic Fields
- 375: “Daylight”: Matt & Kim
- 374: “People Who Died”: Jim Carroll Band
- 373: “CA in July”: The Bombpops
- 372: “Disco 2000”: Pulp
- 371: “Love Song”: The Cure
- 370: “You Can’t Hurry Love”: The Supremes
- 369: “Love Etc.”: Pet Shop Boys
- 368: “Lost Coastlines”: Okkervil River
- 367: “Head On”: Jesus & Mary Chain
- 366: “Danger! High Voltage!”: Electric Six
- 365: “Greetings to the New Brunette”: Billy Bragg
- 364: “3012”: Push Kings
- 363: “Wounded World”: Mission of Burma
- 362: “Paradise City”: Guns ‘N Roses
- 361: “Summer of 1353”: Flight of the Conchords
- 360: “Wake Up! Time to Die!”: Pop Will Eat Itself
- 359: “Mistreated”: Groundhogs
- 358: “Thrash Unreal”: Against Me!
- 357: “Speeding Motorcycle”: Yo La Tengo & Daniel Johnston
- 356: “Rill Rill”: Sleigh Bells
- 355: “My Descent into Madness”: The Eels
- 354: “The Passenger”: Iggy Pop
- 353: “Drive”: R.E.M.
- 352: “Macy Macy”: Push Kings
- 351: “Circles”: Soul Coughing
- 350: “Stand”: R.E.M.
- 349: “Night & Day”: Hot Chip
- 348: “Marching Bands of Manhattan”: Death Cab for Cutie
- 347: “Ball of Confusion”: The Temptations
- 346: “Ocean”: Sebadoh
- 345: “Hail to Whatever You Found in the Sunlight that Surrounds You”: Rilo Kiley
- 344: “I Miss the Girl”: Soul Coughing
- 343: “Dance Yrself Clean”: LCD Soundsystem
- 342: “Red Right Hand”: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
- 341: “Damage Inc.”: Metallica
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