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Kaplan's Top 50 Songs

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First, thanks to Gatsby for starting this trend. Second, here’s what you can expect: A hodgepodge of songs across many genres and decades, but with very minimal emphasis on “recent” music. I only focused on songs in the rock era, excluding any classical, jazz, or blues. Also, there are only two rap songs and one heavy metal song. So if that’s your thing... I also didn’t repeat any artist, with one exception.

As for the order, I used an online random list generator, so the order is random...until we get to the final two songs.

So there you have it.

THE LIST:

50. No Feelings - Sex Pistols
49. Highway - Lightning Dust
48. Loser - Beck
47. Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
46. It Was a Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra
45. Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
44. Teardrop - Jose Gonzalez
43 Truckin' - Grateful Dead
42. Scentless Apprentice - Nirvana
41. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
40. King of Birds - R.E.M.
39. Young Folks - Peter Bjorn And John
38. Sugar Mountain - Neil Young
37. Seattle - Public Image Ltd.
36 The Drowning Man - The Cure
35. China - Tori Amos
34. Lady Godiva's Operation - The Velvet Underground
33. Fight the Power - Public Enemy
32. Arabian Knights - Siouxsie and the Banshees
31. I Can See for Miles - The Who
30. Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
29. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - The Smiths
28. A Well Respected Man - The Kinks
27. Guilty Conscience - Eminem
26. Rent - Pet Shop Boys
25. Rehab - Amy Winehouse
24. Heartbeats - The Knife
23. Fearless - Pink Floyd
22. The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
21. Ghost of the Year - Max Q
20. Drink Before the War - Sinead O'Connor
19. Hole in the Sky - Black Sabbath
18. Worlock - Skinny Puppy
17. Working Class Hero - John Lennon
16. Human Behavior - Björk
15. Flesh and Blood - Johnny Cash
14. White Room - Cream
13 Casey's Last Ride - Kris Kristofferson
12. A Horse With No Name - America
11. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
10. Wax and Wane - Cocteau Twins
9. Burning Down the House - Talking Heads
8. The Jean Genie - David Bowie
7. Lost Coastlines - Okkervil River
6. Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin
5. Surrender - U2
4. Penetration - The Stooges
3. Mr. Self Destruct - Nine Inch Nails
2. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles
1. A Day in the Life - The Beatles

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50. No Feelings - Sex Pistols

The random list generator decreed we start with the Sex Pistols. I love this song the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vklyIhg9PM8

49. Highway - Lightning Dust

Great voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcTIA6gXMKE

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48. Loser - Beck

Despite having heard this tons of times, I still love it, and it was the perfect opening song to a bizarre and incredible album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE

47. Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot

Sometimes I can't get enough of this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8rR7E6NfY4

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46. It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra

I'm not a big fan of Sinatra, but this one hits the spot for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emAe6IClGys

45. Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes

This is one of the newest bands to make my list, but they have a great sound and write great lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyP0DACgdgc

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Anything from the Sex Pistols gets you rep. Loser and Sundown are great too.

Wow, 10 months of MoFo service and I finally got to start a trend. :D

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It Was A Very Good Year always reminds me of The Sopranos. Some great choices so far :up:

Originally Posted by Camo (Post 1375365)

It Was A Very Good Year always reminds me of The Sopranos. Some great choices so far :up:

Well, Frank supposedly had his mob connections... :)

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Always rep for Beck. :up:

I love "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot, and almost anything by Sinatra. :up:

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I love that Sinatra song :)

Originally Posted by Kaplan (Post 1375142)

As for the order, I used an online random list generator, so the order is random...until we get to the final two songs.

I don't know if I could ever make an overall top song list (it is always much easier to go by artist), but I like your idea of how to put them in order. :)

:up: For Sex Pistols and Beck. Unfortunately, though, I am not one who cares for that Sinatra song. It isn't one of my favorites of his.

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SV, what Sinatra songs would be your favorites?

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Originally Posted by Kaplan (Post 1375361)

48. Loser - Beck

Despite having heard this tons of times, I still love it, and it was the perfect opening song to a bizarre and incredible album.

Possibly the most quotable song ever. In fact, I'm still saving all my foodstamps to burn down that trailerpark.

Originally Posted by Kaplan (Post 1375581)

SV, what Sinatra songs would be your favorites?

Come Fly With Me
Time After Time
Fly Me To The Moon
My Way
The Way You Look Tonight
Lean Baby
How Are Ya Fixed For Love (with Keely Smith)
Same Old Saturday Night

And so on and so forth. That is all I will list now so that I don't bombard your thread with my Sinatra favorites. :)

Sundown is my favorite so far.

Please post the whole list when done; a lot of videos crash my phone so hard for me to follow:)

44. Teardrop - Jose Gonzalez

I like Jose Gonzalez's voice and his stripped down arrangements. His two best songs might be covers, of which this is one, but I do like his style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6rIks03cdM

43. Truckin' - Grateful Dead

I'm not a Dead Head, but they did make some good music, and this song seems to contain the very best of everything they had to offer. Plus it's fun as heck to sing along to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafY6sZt0FE

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Good picks there. Gonzalez is vastly underrated. :up:

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42. Scentless Apprentice - Nirvana

I could have picked any number of Nirvana songs, but I decided on one that's not been overplayed and is fun to play at high volume. And the drums are great in this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyxoQIQaogE

41. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix

I think this Jimi's masterpiece, a psychedelic blues jam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPN0zJeXsWk

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Love the Nirvana and Hendrix of course :up:

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This is now officially my favorite music list on this site (other than mine). :D