Our Top 100 Favorite Songs (Nominate Yours!)

[Mary]

♪fearscape♪ said:

Miranda, you better do a list!!!

 

OMG, I forgot to yell at Miranda?!

Yeah, YOU BETTER!!!!!

(see my original post on page one to see what you'll get if you DON'T make a list! )

[Aims]

I've started ok! I've started!   

I feel like this is me -->  

[jackie86]

Wow, I just signed up 2 days ago back on this forum and now I find this game, this is great. I've always wanted someone to do something like this. I started to comprise my list last night, I will take my weekend to do it because Ivan is keeping me in the house all weekend. Its not really going to be a danger to us, we might get 4 inches of rain, but its just going to be an icky weekend, so thank you for giving me something to do over the weekend other than sleep,lol.  

Samantha

[Mary]

jackie86 said:

Wow, I just signed up 2 days ago back on this forum and now I find this game, this is great. I've always wanted someone to do something like this. I started to comprise my list last night, I will take my weekend to do it because Ivan is keeping me in the house all weekend. Its not really going to be a danger to us, we might get 4 inches of rain, but its just going to be an icky weekend, so thank you for giving me something to do over the weekend other than sleep,lol.  

Samantha

Well, you're welcome!! And thank YOU for joining in. The more lists the better!!

[Lemon Pie]

I just finished my list and I simply can't come back to this thread for awhile 'cause otherwise I'll see loads of my favourite songs in other people's lists and will be tempted still to modify... anyways, I love every single of those songs on my list so I'll leave it like that... 50 songs, 10 points each...

[Dennis]

Well, here is a list. It's funny, my mood changed faster than I could compile the list and so parts of it already look funny to me. However, I genuinely really like every song on this list even if they are not necessarily in the top 100 of all time, and so I will just leave the list alone. Each song seemed like a reasonable pick at some point in the past 48 hours.

So, without further ado, here is my list - 50 songs @ 10 points each:

1. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos
2. Hey Jupiter - Tori Amos
3. Pretty Good Year - Tori Amos
4. Buster Boy - Big Rude Jake
5. Set The Prarie On Fire - Shawn Colvin
6. City of Tears - Courage of Lassie
7. I Told Him That My Dog Wouldn't Run - Holly Cole
8. Mary's In India - Dido
9. The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance
10. Moon On The Rain - Fairground Attraction
11. Lord Help Me Please - Vaya Con Dios
12. Weakened State - Sarah Harmer
13. Those Three Days - Lucinda Williams
14. Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song - David Wilcox
15. Palomine - Bettie Serveert
16. Everybody Can Change - Vic Chesnutt
17. Dancing Barefoot - Patti Smith
18. Never Is A Promise - Fiona Apple
19. And If Venice Is Sinking - Spirit of the West
20. Dust Bowl - 10,000 Maniacs
21. This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads
22. Scared - Tragically Hip
23. I Go Ka - Ali Farka Toure
24. Shaking Hands - Michelle Shocked
25. Was I ? - Madeleine Peyroux
26. Uncle Alvarez - Liz Phair
27. Scream In Blue - Midnight Oil
28. Only Thing That Shines - Shriekback
29. Straight To Hell - Moby and Heather Nova
30. Five String Serenade - Mazzy Star
31. 99.9 F - Suzanne Vega
32. Faith Salons - Brenda Kahn
33. She's Rare - Paul Kelly
34. Constant Craving - k.d. lang
35. Kill Your Foes - Ashley MacIsaac
36. Tomorrow Wendy - Concrete Blonde
37. Me And The Devil - Cowboy Junkies
38. Ants Marching - Dave Matthews
39. Not A Pretty Girl - Ani DiFranco
40. Madrugada - Dino Martinis
41. Labour of Love - Frente!
42. Buffalo Ballet - John Cale
43. C'mon Billy - PJ Harvey
44. The Darkest Childe - Sophie B Hawkins
45. My City Has A Place - Crash Vegas
46. Zombie - Cranberries
47. Pensacola - Joan Osborne
48. Stewart's Coat - Rickie Lee Jones
49. Grandoise - Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra
50. Til You're Dead - Melissa Ferrick

Crazy but done.

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: Sophie B Hawkins - Timbre

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[fearscape222]

Dennis~

;D for choosing my favorite "World Without Tears" song!

[Dennis]

♪Carly♪ said:

Dennis~

;D for choosing my favorite "World Without Tears" song!

Always happy to be of service.

[Mary]

Dennis!

(lol, the exclamation marks continue! )
Um, I knew I should've peeked in here before I responded to and chatted back to your last PM....
So expect more!

Lots of cool tunes there. And I do know what you mean about changing your mind a lot.

Nice to see Lucinda, yes, but also Michelle Shocked, Dave Matthews and Suzanne Vega... and I LOVE that k.d. lang song and I also LOVE that Talking Heads song.


"getting excited about music is the only way to go." ;D

[jackie86]

My list, finally!

25 Points:
Losing my Religion-REM
Enjoy the Silence-Depeche Mode
Nothing Compares 2 U-Sinead O' Connor
Under the Bridge-Red Hot Chilli Peppers
(100)

20 Points:
You Oughta Know-Alanis Morissette
Don't Speak-No Doubt
I'll Remember-Madonna
How Soon is Now?-The Smiths
Black-Pearl Jam
(100)

15 Points
Crucify-Tori Amos
Precious Things-Tori Amos
Fast Car-Tracy Chapman
Imagine-John Lennon
What's Going On?-Marvin Gaye
Never is a Promise-Fiona Apple
Dream On-Aerosmith
Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen
Missing-Everything But the Girl
(135)

10 Points
I Know-Fiona Apple
I'm The Only One-Melissa Ethridge
Zombie-Cranberries
One Sweet Day-Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
Hero-Mariah Carey
Winter-Tori Amos
Angels-Robbie Williams
Foolish Games-Jewel
En Vogue-Free Your Mind
Kiss From a Rose-Seal
Pennyroyal Tea-Nirvana
Violet-Hole
Heart of Glass-Blondie
(130)

5 points
Nothing Else Matters-Metallica
Full of Grace-Sarah Mclachlan
Yesterday-The Beatles
What's Up-4 Non Blondes
The Scientist-Coldplay
Love is a Battlefield-Pat Benetar
Me & Bobby McGee-Janis Joplin
(35)

i believe that adds to 500, let me check...

100+100+135+130+35=500 =)

[matzy]

Lemon said:

1. Aimee Mann: Amateur

wow, i love that song. thanks for giving it 10 points! in fact, i love your entire list.

[beulahboi]

I'm literally slapping my hands so as not to totally revamp my entire list lol I was doing so good avoiding this thread completely but I caved, now im regretting it

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: smells like teen spirit--Tori

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[fearscape222]

Paulo, I'm not sure if I mentioned this before but...why in the WORLD isn't "Love Ridden" on your list?!

[redcloud]

so when do votes close? 2 months from 7/11 makes it already close...

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: Thank you - Alanis

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[fearscape222]

redcloud said:

so when do votes close? 2 months from 7/11 makes it already close...

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: Thank you - Alanis

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Oct. 23rd.

[redcloud]

25 points:

Nirvana:
Radio-Friendly Unit Shifter
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Heart-Shaped Box
Lithium

Tori Amos:
Gold Dust
I Can't See New York

Pulp
The Fear
She's A Lady
I Love Life

The White Stripes:
Screwdriver
Jimmy The Exploder
Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine

The Pixies:
Broken Face
Nimrod's Son
Gigantic

--> 375 points


20 points:

Tori Amos:
She's Your Cocaine
Spark
Your Cloud

Serafin:
Lethargy

The Vines:
Get Free

--> 100 points


15 points:

Nirvana:
The Man Who Sold The World


10 points:

Alanis Morissette:
Forgiven



375 + 100 + 15 + 10 = 500


Here's what I did, torn between the wish to promote my tastes and the will to name songs that will be popular enough to make it in your votes...

[Lemon Pie]

matze said:

wow, i love that song. thanks for giving it 10 points! in fact, i love your entire list.

Gee, thanks! Well, I love everybody's lists and should keep away from here in order not to start hating my own lame choices... no, actually I made great choices!

jackie86 said:

25 Points:
Enjoy the Silence-Depeche Mode

Jackie! I love you for loving this song!

[♥Mary♥]

Ok, folks, get your nominations in this week!

Starting next week, this thread will be closed and I'll, err, do something on some kind of spread sheet with some kind of extra-strength coffee to come up with some kind of result(s).

Looking forward to it. Somewhat.

[talulad]

This is a somewhat incomplete list since I basically took this from music I already own (CD or mp3). It would be way too hard otherwise. Also, like the rest of us, I'm sure I forgot zillions of songs. When making a list like this... you just stay happy with the end result and don't ask questions.

25 points: 4x25=100
Tori Amos - Merman
Faye Wong - Eyes On Me
Yasunori Mitsuda - Radical Dreamers~Without Stealing The Jewel
Liz Phair - Perfect World

20 points: 7x20=140
A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras
PJ Harvey - Meet Ze Monsta
Shakira - Inevitable
Sarah McLachlan - Full Of Grace
Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
Sleater-Kinney - Pompeii
Tori Amos - Tear In Your Hand

15 points: 4x15=60
Smashing Pumpkins - Thirty-Three (also wins "favorite video" award)
Joan Baez - Ave Maria
Tori Amos - Lust
Tori Amos - Twinkle

10 points: 15x10=150
Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels
Tom Petty - Last Dance With Mary Jane
Nobuo Uematsu - Não Chora Menina
PJ Harvey - Victory
Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains
Smashing Pumpkins - To Sheila
Tori Amos - Precious Things
Tori Amos - Pretty Good Year
Tori Amos - Cooling
Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale
Joe Hisaishi - Ashitaka and San
System Of A Down - Legend Of Zelda Theme
Hikaru Utada - Hikari
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (yes a Mariah Scarey song made it onto my list, at 10 points even)
Alanis Morissette - All I Really Want

5 points 10x5=50
Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody
Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu
Björk - Hyperballad
Jars Of Clay - Love Song For A Savior
The Sundays - Gone
Beth Orton - Not The Spotlight
Fiona Apple - Limp
Tool - Aenema
Smashing Pumpkins - For Martha
Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing

50+150+60+140+100=500

True story: I was off on my math and made the perfect list... that was 115 points over. Lopping off 115 points was NOT EASY, lol.

Argh, too many edits. I need to stop this. Damnit Aimee!

Edit: Okay, that was the final final final edit

[drunken butterfly]

Hi! I’m new on the forum. I ‘ve spent more than a week to finish my list, it’s really hard, but very, very funny, I really enjoyed and I’m glad to be part of this forum, so cool! ;D
There are a lot of songs, too much, I know, I really try to make a smaller list, but… you know…ahem…
I dreamed with titles and points last night. Haha
and finally, my list!!!

(sorry for my English, I’m learning! )


xxx

laura

10x15=150
1. Exit music (for a film) - Radiohead
2. Rid of me – PJ Harvey
3. Cloud on my Tongue - Tori Amos
4. I remember - Damien Rice
5. This mess we’re in – PJ Harvey + Thom Yorke
6. Come pick me up – Ryan Adams
7. Siren – Tori Amos
8. Your Ghost – Kristin Herst + Michael Stipe
9. Love gets in the way – Dayna Kurtz
10. November – Azure Ray

10x10=100
11. I didn’t need to know your name – Siwel
12. C'mon Billy - PJ Harvey
13. Hey Jupiter - Tori Amos
14. Maps – The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
15. To your love – Fiona Apple
16. Blue flashing light – Travis
17. Walking after you – Foo Fighters
18. Absent Minded Friends – Moloko
19. Don’t speak - No Doubt
20. Put the freaks up front – dEUS

50x5=250
21. Deathly – Aimee Mann
22. All I want is you – U2
23. How to fight loneliness – Wilco
24. (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting
For? - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
25. Northern lad - Tori Amos
26. Never is a promise - Fiona Apple
27. Memphis - PJ Harvey
28. Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
29. Delicate - Damien Rice
30. Playboy Mommy - Tori Amos
31. Missed - PJ Harvey
32. High & Dry – Radiohead
33. Jòga – Bjork
34. This one’s gonna bruise – Beth Orton
35. When the stars go blue – Ryan Adams
36. Your favourite music – Clem Snide
37. This years love – David Gray
38. Putting The Damage On - Tori Amos
39. Love Song - The Cure
40. Everybody here wants you – Jeff Buckley
41. When you’re gone – Cranberries
42. River – Jonni Mitchel
43. Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
44. Hanging around – Cardigans
45. Hyperballad – Bjork
46. No danger – The Delgados
47. Don’t make me wrong – Pretenders
48. Tom the Model - Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man
49. These walls – Julie Dorion
50. Statues - Moloko
51. Because the night – Patti Smith
52. Head over feet – Alanis Morissette
53. Leave – REM
54. Precious Things - Tori Amos
55. These boots are made for walking – Nancy Sinatra
56. Gigantic – Pixies
57. Like a prayer – Madonna
58. Everything you say will destroy you – Auteurs
59. Hardly wait - PJ Harvey
60. A sorta fairytale – Tori Amos
61. Wuthering heights - Kate Bush
62. He war – Cat Power
63. Baby can I hold you - Tracy Chapman
64. Maybe and angel – Heather Nova
65. Gradually – Rosie Thomas
66. 1000 oceans - Tori Amos
67. It’s all right – Marlango
68. Live in a hiding place – Idlewild
69. Piece of my heart – Janis Joplin
70. Back of my hand – Gemma Hayes

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