Our Top 100 Favorite Songs (Nominate Yours!)

[Hellfire]

~Slave said:

'Kay. Now I think I have a grip on things. I hope Hellfire doesn't mind if I blatantly steal from his shining example because math is not my strong suit. Heh.

lol, i wouldn't trust my math skills too much either if i were you! by the way, i absolutely love your list. it's what's been most similar to mine so far, i gather. i love exactly 30 out of your 60 songs. some of them are even in my list!

ps. EDIT FOR MARY: I all of a sudden realized, going through my list, that #16 and #40 were the same song, so i replaced the latter with Doth I Protest Too Much, just in case you thought i wouldn't mess with the list again. not that i intended to.

ps. and hooray, i was the first one! not that it matters, i just wanted to celebrate it.

hey Mary, are you gonna do some crazy useless statistics for us? like, who had more songs off a list in the final 50, or what artist (other than Tori) showed up most often or what song was in most lists? not that you have to, i'm just wondering.

[talulad]

Hellfire said:

i don't think i'm ever gonna forgive you for this. and we only have one song in common in our entire lists!!! i hope i match better with Aimee and Carly.

LOL Like we didn't know this was going to happen, Merman-hater!

[Dennis]

Hello Hellfire,

Nice to hear there's a little support for kd lang and suzanne vega.

I am amazed in some ways if any part of my list matches up with anyone else at all. Heck, I wouldn't expect the list I submitted to match up at all with the list I would draw up today either.

Well, waiting for the results with bated breath,

Dennis

[Hellfire]

¥Jay¥ said:

LOL Like we didn't know this was going to happen, Merman-hater!

god, i hate that tune.

and oh yea, dennis, i'm sure there'll be at least one Suzanne Vega song in the list. she's quite big around here! hopefully KD Lang will make the cut too. i love Constant Craving to pieces.

[Mary]

Uh, you guys...

I've been meaning to pop in here all week... just been too busy.

Here's the deal:
I've started to tally songs and I really don't think it's going to take me as long as I originally thought to get to a final list... HOWEVER, I'm going to leave this open for yet another week. I know, it's dumb since everyone's been considering it "closed", but there's at least one more person who never got to post a list... and honestly, I never finalized mine completely. So, yeah, I'm doing it for partly selfish reasons, lol

So, the official word is now:
THIS THREAD IS STILL OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS AND/OR EDITS UNTIL NOVEMBER 14.

Then, the results should come fairly quickly after that.

(Don't throw tomatoes at me, ok?)

-Mary

[Natasha~]

I wish I could've sat down and tried to figure out the rules to this, it just always seemed so complicated to me. maybe I'm just stoopid .
xo

[DaturaFae]

¢¾Mary¢¾ said:

Uh, you guys...

I've been meaning to pop in here all week... just been too busy.

Here's the deal:
I've started to tally songs and I really don't think it's going to take me as long as I originally thought to get to a final list... HOWEVER, I'm going to leave this open for yet another week. I know, it's dumb since everyone's been considering it "closed", but there's at least one more person who never got to post a list... and honestly, I never finalized mine completely. So, yeah, I'm doing it for partly selfish reasons, lol

So, the official word is now:
THIS THREAD IS STILL OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS AND/OR EDITS UNTIL NOVEMBER 14.

Then, the results should come fairly quickly after that.

(Don't throw tomatoes at me, ok?)

-Mary

Yay!
I've been working on one when I've been bored at work (most of the time), but I haven't bothered to post it cause I figured that it was way too late. I was mainly working on it to keep me busy, but maybe I'll actually post it in time! LOL.

[Ashley]

Just thought I would stop in to say I am working my arse off on this, and it is getting to be insane!!!! I would have never imagined it to be so difficult!

( My next post should be my list...lets hope!)

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[Lemon Pie]

Natasha¢¾ said:

I wish I could've sat down and tried to figure out the rules to this, it just always seemed so complicated to me. maybe I'm just stoopid .
xo

Your not... it's just that Mary wrote her simple instructions in the most complicated and longwinded way ( )...

Basicly you just nominate as many songs you want and give them points that add up to 500 points... max 25 points per song. I was lazy and just listed songs until they reached fifty and gave each 10 points... (or maybe I didn't get the instructions at all )

[Mary]

TANJA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so loving the new Nick Cave... I can't even tell you how much!
I almost put that avatar up in my profile the other day! LOL!
And I've got the Abattoir Blues, too, baby!
(seriously, this is his/their best work, I think!)
I hope you have a BLAST at the upcoming show.
I'm freaking out at just the thought of hearing songs like "Cannibal's Hymn" or "Breathless" live! Whaaah, lucky you!!!

Ahem, what was I saying? oh yes...
the game thing...

I'm glad some of you are taking advantage of the extended deadlines to get your lists in!

nattie, what Tanja said. LOL
Just make a list of songs you like... pick 100 songs or 50 songs or even just 25 songs (minimum) and I'll do the math for you (and let you know if you've stayed within all the rules).
I want you to play!

[*Herry*]

*busts in all Kramer-like AGAIN*

I've had the same problem as Aims, dammit but think I might have to do an elizabeth!

So sorry Mary and everyone for being so late. Okidoki:

25 points:

Pretty Good Year ~Tori Amos
Upside Down ~Tori Amos
Crucify ~Tori Amos
Space Dog ~Tori Amos
Sakura Drops ~Hikaru Utada
My Way Home ~Alex Lloyd
Still Real ~george
Elsewhere ~Sarah McLachlan
Weather With You ~Crowded House
So Real ~Jeff Buckley

Subtotal: 250 points



20 points:

Sister Janet ~Tori Amos
Cloud On My Tongue ~Tori Amos
Honey ~Tori Amos
Putting The Damage On ~Tori Amos
Here. in my head ~Tori Amos
Special Ones ~george
Snow ~Alex Lloyd
Imagine ~John Lennon
Goodbye ~The Sundays
Let Go ~Frou Frou

Subtotal: 200 points



10 points:

If God Will Send His Angels ~U2
Landslide ~Fleetwood Mac
Shh ~Frou Frou
Father Lucifer ~Tori Amos
What Do You Think? ~The Sundays

Subtotal: 50 points

TOTAL: 250+200+50 =500 points


WOO!

[Mary]

I'm working on this... ;D

Deadline is less than 2 hours away.

Trevor, I know your list was in-progress and about half of them were only 'possibles'... I was going to just score them anyway and make it work, but YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME 25 SONGS! (only 20 if I count everything you mentioned)

Boo.

If you show up in the next 1.6 hours or so, I hope you'll finalize it so I can include your list.
Otherwise... Sorry, babe!

Paulo, I got your edit. Thanks!

[Mary]

Rock On, Helen!!!! ;D

(I just got the Frou Frou cd and I've always loved Shh... now I love it still/more! It's so good!)

[*Herry*]

♥Mary♥ said:

Rock On, Helen!!!! ;D

(I just got the Frou Frou cd and I've always loved Shh... now I love it still/more! It's so good!)

Oh, I'm so glad you picked this up Mayr. I've been quietly obsessing over this album for a while now. I got it when I was in England last year, and sadly it became the soundtrack to the break-up cos I was playing it so much when I got back. I thought if I keep playing it, the association would slowly die, and it almost has, thank heavens. (Just gotta iron out 'Hear Me Out' now!! But it's fine )
I know that Mandy loves Frou Frou too. Yay!

[♥Sean♥]

50 songs, 10 pts each.

In no particular order, because that would have caused me way too much grief....

01. Kashmir / Led Zeppelin
02. Stairway to Heaven / Led Zeppelin
03. Pride / U2
04. One / U2
05. Master Of Puppets / Metallica
06. Sanitarium / Metallica
07. One / Metallica
08. Fuel / Metallica
09. Precious Things / Tori
10. A Sorta Fairytale / Tori
11. Cooling / Tori
12. Ain't Talkin' Bout Love / Van Halen
13. Comfortably Numb / Pink Floyd
14. Another Brick In the Wall, Part II / Pink Floyd
15. National Anthem / Radiohead
16. Idioteque / Radiohead
17. Empire / Queensryche
18. Eyes of a Stranger / Queensryche
19. Weak and Powerless / A Perfect Circle
20. Pushit / Tool
21. Aenima / Tool
22. Forty Six & 2 / Tool
23. Beds Are Burning / Midnight Oil
24. Daniel / Elton John
25. Rocket Man / Elton John
26. So Far Away / Dire Straits
27. Brothers In Arms / Dire Straits
28. Man In The Box / Alice In Chains
29. Like A Stone / Audioslave
30. All My Life / Foo Fighters
31. Times Like These / Foo Fighters
32. Vasoline / Stone Temple Pilots
33. Arials / System Of A Down
34. Sanctuary / The Cult
35. Don't Fear The Reaper / Blue Oyster Cult ..."I got to have more cowbell!!!"
36. In the Air Tonight / Phil Collins
37. Run To The Hills / Iron Maiden
38. Flight Of Icarus / Iron Maiden
39. Remedy / Black Crowes
40. For Those About To Rock / AC/DC
41. Hells Bells / AC/DC
42. You Got Lucky / Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
43. Don't Come Around Here No More / Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
44. Welcome To The Jungle / Guns 'N Roses
45. Civil War / Guns 'N Roses
46. Don't Cry / Guns 'N Roses
47. Last Cup Of Sorrow / Faith No More
48. Midlife Crisis / Faith No More
49. The Chain / Fleetwood Mac
50. Golddust Woman / Fleetwood Mac

[DaturaFae]

NEARLY AS LAST-MINUTE AS POSSIBLE>>>
Technically it is nearly 2am where I am, but it is still not past midnight 11/15 in Mary-land (PST), LOL!!!!

Anyway, I finally finished my list.
You may notice that there is no Tori in it. That's because it would have taken another few months to figure out a way to have a list that included a limited amount of her stuff to leave some room for other artists!

I also had a tough time cutting down my list to 50 songs (i figured that each one deserved at least 10 points, so I skipped the 100-song idea). There was no way I could cut it down even further than that to allow different amounts of points, so they are ten points each.

I put it in roughly alphabetical order, so that I wouldn't have to figure out which ones I like most.

So (drumroll please...), here's my list:

Fiona Apple – Carrion
The Beatles – A Day in the Life
The Beatles – Blackbird
Bjork – Human Behaviour
Bjork – Alarm Call
Coldplay – The Scientist
The Cure – Lovesong
The Cranberries – Daffodil Lament
Dead Can Dance – The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
The Doors – Love Her Madly
Dave Matthews Band - Satellite
Everclear – Strawberry
Fleetwood Mac – Landslide
Frou Frou – Let Go
Godsmack – Spiral
Green Day – Brain Stew
Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower
Jack Johnson – The Horizon Has Been Defeated
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
Loreena McKennitt – Mystic’s Dream
Nine Inch Nails – I’m Looking Forward to Joining You, Finally
Nirvana – All Apologies
Nirvana – Lithium
Nirvana – Breed
No Doubt – Sunday Morning
A Perfect Circle – Pet
A Perfect Circle – Blue
Pearl Jam – Why Go
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd – Brain Damage
Poe – Spanish Doll
Portishead – Wandering Star
Portishead – Numb
REM – Leave
Radiohead – Paranoid Android
Radiohead – Idioteque
Radiohead – There There
Staind – Epiphany
Stone Temple Pilots – Kitchenware & Candybars
System of a Down - Boom
Tool – Forty-Six & 2
Tool – Aenima
Tool – Parabol
VAST – Pretty When You Cry
VAST – Touched
Violent Femmes – American Music
Weezer – Keep Fishin’
White Stripes – The Hardest Button to Button
White Stripes – Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine
Neil Young – Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World

[Mary]

Ok, I'm going to get radical and pare down my list from my previous in-progress one...

50 songs, 10 points for each, in no specific order:


01. Spark - Tori Amos
02. How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead
03. Idioteque - Radiohead
04. How Soon is Now? - The Smiths
05. Poor Places - Wilco
06. Lover You Should Have Come Over - Jeff Buckley
07. After the Goldrush - Neil Young
08. Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
09. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
10. Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren

11. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
12. A Day In The Life - The Beatles
13. Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues
14. Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac
15. Third Planet- Modest Mouse
16. Lodestar - Sarah Harmer
17. Alison - Elvis Costello
18. California - Joni Mitchell
19. Hotel California - The Eagles
20. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

21. Hallelujah - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
22. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
23. Strange Fruit - Billie Holliday
24. Moondance - Van Morrison
25. Mistake - Fiona Apple
26. Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders
27. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
28. Living For the City - Stevie Wonder
29. Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John
30. This Woman's Work- Kate Bush

31. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads
32. Special Ones - george
33. Where Is My Mind? - The Pixies
34. Red Hill Mining Town - U2
35. Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
36. Jolene - Cake
37. It's Not - Aimee Mann
38. Lightning Crashes - Live
39. In Liverpool - Suzanne Vega
40. All This Time - Sting

41. No Leaf Clover - Metallica
42. Prayer For The Dying - Seal
43. Volcano - Damien Rice
44. #41 - Dave Matthews Band
45. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
46. Amazing Grace - Jars Of Clay
47. In The Sun - Joseph Arthur
48. Do You Realize? - The Flaming Lips
49. Meet Me By The Water - Rachael Yamagata
50. Tom the Model - Beth Gibbons

[Mary]

Whoohoo, Lau! ;D I was posting at the same time....

Sean and I are diggin' on your list.
Man, I had at least 3 or 4 songs that you did, too, but I had to cut mine.

Sean loves your Neil Young pick. ;D

(And I just gotta say: GOOO, IDIOTEQUE!!!!!!! )

This should be fun....

[redcloud]

Datura, we have several songs in common!!

;D ;D

[Mary]

Hey, peeps...

Everyone who either started a list or said they would submit a list did finalize theirs EXCEPT for:
Trevor (partial list makes it only partially useful and makes me only partially happy, lol)
and Miranda (no list still!...you get an eye kick, missy!)
and Mandy (understandable, dear).
and Sam (also understandable, especially this week.)

I will allow ONLY those 4 people a 24 hour grace period to finish and post their lists (if they still want to) here before I begin the final counting.

Because I'm the rules-maker and I'm nice.

I will notify those 4 people by PM AND e-mail. ;D

Stay tuned...

Thanks to EVERYONE who turned in a list on time. As of now, we have 19 lists! ;D