Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Thursday, May 10, 2012

My Ten Favorite Musical Acts

1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Radiohead
5. The Smashing Pumpkins
6. Nirvana
7. Bruce Springsteen
8. Belle and Sebastian
9. The Flaming Lips
10. Elliott Smith

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

My 10 Favorite 90s Songs

Warren G - Regulate
Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But A G Thang
Spacehog - In the Meantime
Belle & Sebastian - Judy and the Dream of Horses
Notorious BIG - Juicy
Pearl Jam - Black
Elliott Smith - Waltz #2
Modest Mouse - Trailer Trash
Daniel Johnston - Rock n Roll EGA
Yo La Tengo - Double Dare

Saturday, June 11, 2011

My 100 Favorite Bob Dylan Songs

For the sake of simplicity I'm only including individual songs once (i.e. Visions of Johanna is listed, so you won't find the acoustic version of the song, Freeze Out, elsewhere on the list). The same goes for basically-the-same-songs, like New Danville Girl and Brownsville Girl.

100. Ring Them Bells
99. Jokerman
98. Only a Pawn in Their Game
97. Too Much Of Nothin'
96. Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
95. To Be Alone With You
94. Precious Angel
93. Workingman's Blues #2
92. Meet Me In the Morning
91. On A Night Like This
90. Absolutely Sweet Marie
89. Tiny Montgomery
88. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
87. Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)
86. Million Dollar Bash
85. The Times They Are A Changin'
84. Hurricane
83. On the Road Again
82. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
81. I and I
80. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
79. Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre
78. It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
77. New Morning
76. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
75. Forever Young
74. Mississippi
73. Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
72. John Wesley Harding
71. Highlands
70. Thief on the Cross
69. Mr. Tambourine Man
68. I Shall Be Released
67. You Ain't Going Nowhere
66. Sign on the Cross
65. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
64. Not Dark Yet
63. Thunder on the Mountain
62. All Along the Watchtower
61. Caribbean Wind
60. Ballad of a Thin Man
59. Day of the Locusts
58. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
57. Isis
56. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
55. Po' Boy
54. New Pony
53. To Ramona
52. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
51. Subterranean Homesick Blues
50. Desolation Row
49. Goin' to Acapulco
48. Maggie's Farm
47. I'm Not There
46. Simple Twist of Fate
45. If Not For You
44. Everything Is Broken
43. Blind Willie McTell
42. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
41. Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
40. Blowin' In The Wind
39. Gates Of Eden
38. Series Of Dreams
37. Masters Of War
36. She's Your Lover Now
35. With God On Our Side
34. Romance In Durango
33. It Ain't Me Babe
32. Buckets of Rain
31. The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar
30. Most Of The Time
29. One More Cup Of Coffee
28. Make You Feel My Love
27. Shelter From The Storm
26. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
25. She Belongs To Me
24. Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
23. Queen Jane Approximately
22. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
21. Sign On The Window
20. Every Grain Of Sand
19. Girl From The North Country
18. New Danville Girl
17. Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie
16. All I Really Want To Do
15. Positively Fourth Street
14. As I Went Out One Morning
13. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
12. Talking World War III Blues
11. One Of Us Most Know (Sooner Or Later)
10. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
9. I Want You
8. Visions of Johanna
7. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
6. Lay Lady Lay
5. Idiot Wind
4. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
3. 4th Time Around
2. Tangled Up In Blue
1. Like A Rolling Stone

Sunday, November 28, 2010

My five favorite songs by the Smashing Pumpkins

5. 1979
4. Cherub Rock
3. Behold! The Nightmare
2. Soots and Stars
1. Thru the Eyes of Ruby

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

My six favorite songs by Bob Dylan during his thin wild mercury period

6. Positively Fourth Street
5. Fourth Time Around
4. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
3. She's Your Lover Now
2. I Want You
1. Visions of Johanna

My ten favorite songs I might have heard on "alternative" radio in the 1990s

10. Weezer - El Scorcho
9. Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
8. Alice in Chains - Man in a Box
7. Oasis - All Around the World
6. The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
5. Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
4. Sublime - Santeria
3. Pearl Jam - Black
2. Elliott Smith - Waltz #2
1. Spacehog - In the Meantime

My 100 favorite albums

100. The Rentals - Return of the Rentals
99. The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
98. Ron Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
97. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
96. Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis
95. Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreaks
94. Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee
93. Ben Folds - Rocking the Suburbs
92. Gorillaz - Gorillaz
91. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
90. Arcade Fire - Funeral
89. She & Him - She & Him Vol. 1
88. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
87. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
86. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
85. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
84. Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
83. Bruce Springsteen - The River
82. Television - Marquee Moon
81. Nirvana - Unplugged in NY
80. The Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages Of...
79. Neil Young - Harvest Moon
78. Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off
77. Operation Ivy - Operation Ivy
76. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
75. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
74. Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
73. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
72. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
71. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
70. Led Zeppelin - IV
69. Neil Young - Harvest
68. Wu Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
67. The Rolling Stones - Their Satantic Majesty's Request
66. Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
65. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
64. Pearl Jam - Ten
63. The Pixies - Doolittle
62. Lou Reed - Transformer
61. The Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines
60. Radiohead - In Rainbows
59. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
58. Johnny Cash - American Music IV
57. Nirvana - Nevermind
56. Radiohead - OK Computer
55. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
54. Elliott Smith - XO
53. Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory
52. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
51. Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Dark Hours
50. Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things
49. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
48. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
47. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
46. Nirvana - In Utero
45. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
44. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
43. Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
42. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
41. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
40. The Who - Who's Next
39. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
38. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
37. Led Zeppelin - III
36. Paul Simon - Graceland
35. The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
34. Beck - Sea Change
33. Radiohead - The Bends
32. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
31. Kanye West - The College Dropout
30. Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Love Songs
29. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
28. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
27. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
26. The White Stripes - Elephant
25. Rilo Kiley - Take Offs and Landings
24. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
23. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
22. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
21. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
20. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
19. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
18. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
17. Led Zeppelin - II
16. Bob Dylan - New Morning
15. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
14. The Rentals - Seven More Minutes
13. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
12. The Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
11. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
10. Townes Van Zandt - For the Sake of the Song
9. Weezer - Pinkerton
8. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
7. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
6. The Beatles - The Beatles (the white album)
5. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
4. The Beatles - Revolver
3. The Strokes - Is This It
2. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
1. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde