As the list turns...

200 . Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
199 . Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out of My Head
198 . Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
197 . Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
196 . Police, The - Every Breath You Take
195 . Björk - Isobel
194 . Smashing Pumpkins, The - Today
193 . Beatles, The - And Your Bird Can Sing
192 . Clash, The - Spanish Bombs
191 . Björk - Bachelorette
190 . Miles Davis - So What
189 . Doors, The - The End
188 . Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
187 . Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland
186 . Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
185 . Flaming Lips, The - Race for the Prize
184 . Human League - Don't You Want Me
183 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
182 . Jam, The - Going Underground
181 . New Order - Ceremony
180 . Beatles, The - Revolution
179 . Joy Division - Disorder
178 . Byrds, The - Eight Miles High
177 . Band, The - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
176 . Johnny Cash - Hurt
175 . Beatles, The - Happiness is a Warm Gun
174 . Coldplay - Yellow
173 . Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
172 . R.E.M. - Drive
171 . Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin'
170 . Blur - This Is A Low
169 . Prince - Sign o' The Times
168 . Who, The - My Generation
167 . Kinks, The - You Really Got Me
166 . Prince - Kiss
165 . Replacements, The - Unsatisfied
164 . Bob Marley and the Wailers - No Woman No Cry
163 . Smiths, The - Bigmouth Strikes Again
162 . Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
161 . Prince - Little Red Corvette
160 . Smashing Pumpkins, The - Tonight, Tonight
159 . Flaming Lips, The - Do You Realize?
158 . Blur - Song 2
157 . Mercury Rev - Godess On A Hi-Way
156 . David Bowie - Space Oddity
155 . Pixies - Gigantic
154 . Simon and Garfunkel - America
153 . Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
152 . Del Shannon - Runaway
151 . R.E.M. - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
150 . Stone Roses, The - I Am the Resurrection
149 . Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness
148 . Neil Young - Cortez the Killer
147 . New Radicals - You Get What You Give
146 . Knife, The - Heartbeats
145 . R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend
144 . Breeders, The - Cannonball
143 . Zombies, The - Hung Up on a Dream
142 . White Stripes, The - Fell in Love with a Girl
141 . Radiohead - Pyramid Song
140 . David Bowie - Station to Station
139 . Beck - Loser
138 . New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Extended)
137 . Prince - Let's Go Crazy
136 . Iggy Pop - The Passenger
135 . New Order - Temptation
134 . Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
133 . Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
132 . David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
131 . Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
130 . Arcade Fire, The - Wake Up
129 . James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
128 . Radiohead - Idioteque
127 . Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
126 . Lou Reed - Perfect Day
125 . Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High
124 . Specials, The - Ghost Town
123 . R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
122 . Animals, The - House of the Rising Sun
121 . Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
120 . Stan Getz with Joao and Astrud Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema
119 . Portishead - Glory Box
118 . Arcade Fire, The - Rebellion (Lies)
117 . Strokes, The - Last Nite
116 . Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
115 . Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
114 . Beastie Boys - Sabotage
113 . Al Green - Let's Stay Together
112 . Ben E. King - Stand By Me
111 . Beatles, The - Blackbird
110 . Beatles, The - Yesterday
109 . Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
108 . Wilco - Jesus, Etc.
107 . OutKast - B.O.B. (bombs over baghdad)
106 . Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
105 . U2 - With Or without You
104 . Pulp - This Is Hardcore
103 . Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
102 . Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
101 . Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
100 . Smashing Pumpkins, The - 1979
99 . Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
98 . Beach Boys, The - Don't Worry Baby
97 . Who, The - I Can See for Miles
96 . Bruce Springsteen - The River
95 . Cure, The - In Between Days
94 . Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je t’aime… moi non plus
93 . Simon and Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence
92 . Arcade Fire, The - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
91 . Beach Boys, The - Til I Die
90 . Massive Attack - Teardrop
89 . Bob Dylan - Desolation Row
88 . Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
87 . Velvet Underground, The - Heroin
86 . Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
85 . Beatles, The - Eleanor Rigby
84 . Pink Floyd - Echoes
83 . Oasis - Live Forever
82 . Oasis - Wonderwall
81 . Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
80 . R.E.M. - Fall On Me
79 . Nick Drake - River Man
78 . Sly and the Family Stone - Family Affair
77 . Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
76 . Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
75 . Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears
74 . Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
73 . Robert Wyatt - Sea Song
72 . Eminem feat. Dido - Stan
71 . Tom Waits - Downtown Train
70 . Roy Orbison - In Dreams
69 . Prince - 1999
68 . Beatles, The - I Am the Walrus
67 . Undertones - Teenage Kicks
66 . Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There)
65 . Who, The - Won't Get Fooled Again
64 . Big Star - Thirteen
63 . Verve, The - Bittersweet Symphony
62 . Neil Young - After The Goldrush
61 . Smiths, The - How Soon is Now?
60 . Eagles, The - Hotel California
59 . Radiohead - No Surprises
58 . Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
57 . Velvet Underground, The - Sunday Morning
56 . Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K.
55 . Elliott Smith - Waltz #2
54 . Rolling Stones, The - Paint It, Black
53 . LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
52 . Rolling Stones, The - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
51 . Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues

50. The Jackson 5- I Want You Back (1969)



Total points: 308.66

Place in the 2005 poll: unranked

Appears on: 7 ballots

Ranked by:

John (9)
Otisredding (14)
Schwah (14)
Dumbangel (19)
Toni (69)
Neoptolemos (82)
Lonesome Panda (123)

great kick off for today's cession !

Yes, we're going again!

From an earlier discussion, I know that both Neo and I have "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" in our lists. I also know that the song is not in the top 50-500. Can it REALLY be in the top 49!?

Sweet! I didn't know if that would get in or not.

49. Prince and the Revolution- When Doves Cry (1984)



Total points: 310.63

Place in the 2005 poll: 52

Appears on: 12 ballots

Ranked by:

Rocky Raccoon (16)
Otisredding (2
Rendle (30)
Mo (60)
Ajackon (62)
Giuseppe (63)
Rune (96)
Ozphoenix (97)
BillAdama (100.5)
Andre (123)
Nicolas (16
Eduard (189)

Comments:

Rocky Raccoon: Go on with your bad-ass no bass funky self.

Took me awhile to find a place to stream the song! Click on the image below and click the "Listen Now" text on the left.

48. Elvis Presley- Suspicious Minds (1969)



Total points: 311.41

Place in the 2005 poll: 314

Appears on: 8 ballots

Ranked by:

Otisredding (10)
Andre (13)
Miguel (1
Vgrd (21)
Eduard (79)
Giuseppe (81)
Midaso (101)
Ozphoenix (156)

Wooo! Elvis' best song.

47. New Order- Blue Monday (1983)



Total points: 311.70

Place in the 2005 poll: 53

Appears on: 12 ballots

Ranked by:

Otisredding (11)
Jonah (2
Slush (52)
Midaso (54)
Andre (55)
Dumbangel (57)
Mo (81)
Giuseppe (89)
Moonbeam (114)
Ajackson (166)
Eduard (17
Lonesome Panda (195)

Comments:

Moonbeam: That chillingly gothic bass line gets me every time, and if it’s good enough for Robert Smith to rip off (“The Walk” , it’s good enough for me! The first “dark” New Order track that doesn’t sound like they’re missing Ian.

I mostly know this song from the Orgy cover from the 90s. You can tell the original is really good. New Order has three albums in the AM top 500 and I don't have any of theirs, I should pick one up.

Get the 2005 compilation Singles. I like it better than Substance.

46. The Beta Band- Dry the Rain (1997)



Total points: 311.74

Place in the 2005 poll: 257

Appears on: 7 ballots

Ranked by:

Michel (3)
Jonah (4)
Mo (26)
Mitchell Stirling (35)
Fed (87)
Lonesome Panda (91)
Pop Elton (179)

Comments:

Lonesome Panda: My favourite discovery of the 90s poll, I hope it will be the highest suprise of the poll !

Nothing disgusts me more than a one-hit wonder whose only hit is a cover of a nearly perfect song. Orgy is the prime example of that, with all the goth posturing and excessive Trent Reznorish instrumental immitation making it all the worst.

The Orgy version was the first version I heard completely, I confess, since you really couldn't avoid it on radio in the mid-1990s. Something about the melody was familiar though, and when I heard the song in it's original pure form I loved it. I've haven't really dived into much of New Order beyond Power, Corruption, and Lies, but the way each of the songs just coldly and patiently emerge before the vocals come in is awesome.

YES! I like this part of the countdown.

45. Derek and the Dominos- Layla (1970)



Total points: 315.55

Place in the 2005 poll: 101

Appears on: 11 ballots

Ranked by:

Midaso (9)
Slush (19)
Rocky Raccoon (3
Giuseppe (42)
Honorio (44)
Andre (92)
BillAdama (100.5)
Nicolas (113)
Anthony (134)
Georgie (182)
Neoptolemos (182)

Comments:

Honorio: Eric Clapton teamed with members of Delaney and Bonnie and Allman Brothers Band to form Derek & the Dominos. Their masterpiece was these pleading of love for the wife of his best friend (no other than George Harrison). The first part of the song is superb, with its legendary riff and the desperate lyrics. But the second part, built around a wonderful piano part, is pure beauty.

The cool factor of this list has taken a severe hit!

44. The Velvet Underground & Nico- Venus in Furs (1967)



Total points: 316.68

Place in the 2005 poll: 337

Appears on: 8 ballots

Ranked by:

Ozphoenix (4)
Rune (
Stammer (14)
Mo (31)
Michel (94)
Toni (157)
Giuseppe (167)
Neoptolemos (196)

Great VU song that reminds me of that scene in Gus Van Sant's "Last Days"

I still need to see that movie.

43. Sonic Youth- Teenage Riot (198



Total points: 318.61

Place in the 2005 poll: 115

Appears on: 10 ballots

Ranked by:

Vgrd (1)
Stammer (22)
Ozphoenix (32)
Rendle (4
Greg (71)
Lonesome Panda (74)
BillAdama (100.5)
Rocky Raccoon (15
Giuseppe (165)
Otisredding (165)

No bloody way.

42. David Bowie- Life on Mars? (1971)



Total points: 323.12

Place in the 2005 poll: 17

Appears on: 9 ballots

Ranked by:

Honorio (16)
Schwah (17)
Pop Elton (20)
Rendle (33)
Dumbangel (39)
Ajackson (61)
Schleuse (6
Nicolas (97)
Moonbeam (147)

Comments:

Honorio: It’s not by chance that Bowie had chosen his dramatic “Life on Mars?” for his 2005 comeback with Arcade Fire. Backed by Rick Wakeman’s piano and Mick Ronson’s string arrangements, Bowie brilliantly croons a cryptic litany about the strange times going on 1971, with “the mice (hippies?) in their million hordes”, when “the workers struck out for fame / cause Lennon’s (Lenin?) on sale again” and “Mickey Mouse’s grown up a cow”.

Moonbeam: Bowie at his most majestic. “Life on Mars?” is an absolute celebration of imagination, and its camp delivery is perfect to capture its otherworldly theme.

Are you really that surprised by Teenage Riot? I think it's one of the most overrated songs ever but I'm not surprised it's here.

41. U2- One (1991)



Total points: 324.39

Place in the 2005 poll: 84

Appears on: 12 ballots

Ranked by:

Anthony (
Neoptolemos (19)
Andre (50)
Rocky Raccoon (52)
Giuseppe (57)
Mo (63)
Henrik (71)
Michel (135)
Nicolas (140)
Schleuse (151)
Toni (153)
Lonesome Panda (19

I think everybody who likes Sonic Youth picked Teenage Riot as sort of a representative Sonic Youth song because their albums tend to work better as whole albums than groups of singles.

Nope. I had "Bull in the Heather" and "100%" in my top-200, but "Teenage Riot" (and "Swimsuit Issue") were bubbling under for me.

40. Bruce Springsteen- Thunder Road (1970)



Total points: 328.73

Place in the 2005 poll: 58

Appears on: 9 ballots

Ranked by:

Nicolas (5)
John (7)
Slush (20)
Rune (36)
Vgrd (79)
Neoptolemos (105)
Otisredding (107)
Rocky Raccoon (152)
Giuseppe (186)

When did this poll start going so wrong...

Thunder Road is 1975 Moon, but don't sweat it.

You're the cranky one, Sinder. These are fine solid songs.

I'd say for the most part at #60.

Teenage riot is not overrated at all ! It's one of the few songs that makes me think that 80s has been a total waste of time for rock'n'roll !
Catchy songs, great riff, huge influence, great drum on the middle of the song (I wanted to say "great bridge" but I'm not totally sure that's the good way to say that in english)
Teenage kicks is overrated, teenage riot is not !

PLease, no negative comments !
It's a rule we had during the album polls
Each time a song appears, somebody's happy so please don't ruin that

Nah, 1/3 of #50-#60 was solid cool.

39. The Beatles- Tomorrow Never Knows (1966)



Total points: 335.13

Place in the 2005 poll: 92

Appears on: 11 ballots

Ranked by:

Ozphoenix (5)
Rendle (6)
Mo (15)
Schleuse (63)
BillAdama (100.5)
Sonofsamiam (127)
Vgrd (153)
Ajackson (17
Anthony (182)
Schwah (182)
Nicolas (194)

Alright Nicolas.

Great, I love this song Setting Sun ! I voted for it too...
Oh wait... another confusion... looks like Tomorrow Never Knows was INDEED The Chemical Brothers' favourite song !

Well, every time, someone's sad too.

Yeah, but you have the duty to remain silent

Wow, frs time I suceed in being there in real time while Moonbeam unloads the goods. And smack in the middle of Tomorrow never knows, too! Great!

38. The Who- Baba O’Riley (1971)



Total points: 335.15

Place in the 2005 poll: 330

Appears on: 9 ballots

Ranked by:

Jonah (3)
Neoptolemos (10)
Ajackson (34)
Eduard (45)
Slush (60)
Anthony (71)
Greg (90)
Lonesome Panda (97)
Mo (109)

Loosening up > ^

alright, Susmumrik, I leave you my seat because I'm going to bed...
Too late for grandpa Nick

Baba - terrific song from a terrific album. I would have voted for that ...

37. Radiohead- Let Down (1997)



Total points: 336.21

Place in the 2005 poll: 140

Appears on: 7 ballots

Ranked by:

Mo (1)
Mitchell Stirling (10)
Midaso (19)
Pop Elton (2
Anthony (36)
Toni (107)
Ozphoenix (124)

Atta boy, nicolas. You tell him!

No offense Sinder. But with things like this, people like to throw in their two cents about where things should be ranked (if at all), and the dialogue gets really old after a while. Nobody cares.

Sweet dreams, nicolas.

(Can't help but wonder if there's any surprises still in store from now on.)

Sleep well, Nicolas (actually, I was in bed, but couldn't sleep. Lucked out.

Now, as expected of course, all the classics come rolling in, and I don't have a problem with that at all. There were some real surprises in the list, but you didn't really expect the usual suspects to just be forgotten?

Henrik, I'm afraid it's not gonna make it. I didn't place it that high, so it might not have gotten enough points.

Aw damn, there we go. That leaves 3 song from my top 10 in the race.

36. Glen Campbell- Wichita Lineman (196



Total points: 342.99

Place in the 2005 poll: 200

Appears on: 6 ballots

Ranked by:

Sonofsamiam (4)
Stammer (12)
Mark Propp (14)
Dumbangel (15)
Midaso (23)
Mitchell Stirling (89)

And there he is. Great placement for the lineman.

Sinder, no offense, that thing about silent was a joke (no I'n not in bed yet), I don't wanna play the part of the bad cop here

Don't complain Neo ! I've got none left (well, I have one but I really doubt anyone else has voted for a Millencolin song) !
I was going to say that Dry the rain would probably be the last surprise on the top, but I guess Let Down must be a huge surprise too for anyone who did not follow the 90s poll results !

Anthony, it's sarcasm, not obnoxiousness.

Or sarcobcanoxismousness at least.

It's just that it used to be a wacky little poll before "Layla" showed up.

Big Surprise, though, that "No Surprises" was lower than "Let Down"... Gratified.

I know LonesomePanda, my top 10 is an odd combination of guilty pleasures and highly acclaimed songs. If these remaining 3 come in top 10 I wouldn't be too surprised.

35. Talking Heads- Once in a Lifetime (1980)



Total points: 344.30

Place in the 2005 poll: 68

Appears on: 9 ballots

Ranked by:

Michel (1)
Mo (27)
Otisredding (29)
Rocky Raccoon (35)
Ajackson (41)
Rendle (47)
Georgie (83)
Schleuse (94)
Midaso (130)

Comments:

Rocky Raccoon: One of the great climaxes in rock. "You may ask yourself, how did I get here?"

A Philip K. Dick-like song

Sorry Sinder - you're right.

Hey, I just went back and revisited some of the Bracketology comments on "Lineman" (week 15 in case anyone is interested).

Some funny stuff.

(we need to do a "bracketology revisited" thread)

34. The La’s- There She Goes (1990)



Total points: 345.40

Place in the 2005 poll: 44

Appears on: 11 ballots

Ranked by:

Midaso (15)
Michel (22)
Rendle (22)
Mo (41)
Otisredding (43)
Honorio (45)
Neoptolemos (76)
Stammer (89)
Toni (92)
Rocky Raccoon (131)
Pop Elton (162)

Comments:

Honorio: This song creates addiction. But don’t blame it to heroin, blame it to the secret ingredient of the formula of pop, the one that makes you sing along and hear the song again and again, the one that makes this style superior to any other (in my opinion). By the way, I don’t know the secret ingredient. If I knew it maybe I would be Paul McCartney. Or Lee Mavers.

Yay.

Now I believe in God again.

33. OutKast- Hey Ya! (2003)



Total points: 345.71

Place in the 2005 poll: 63

Appears on: 11 ballots

Ranked by:

Ajackson (4)
Schleuse (7)
Rocky Raccoon (30)
Rendle (43)
Eduard (89)
Otisredding (94)
Pop Elton (100)
Honorio (111)
Midaso (134)
Andre (185)
Michel (190)

Comments:

Rocky Raccoon: Irresistible along the same lines that "Superstition" is. "Shake it like a Polaroid picture."

32. Lou Reed- Walk on the Wild Side (1972)



Total points: 349.11

Place in the 2005 poll: 77

Appears on: 11 ballots

Ranked by:

Henrik (5)
Honorio (23)
Neoptolemos (24)
Otisredding (3
Andre (56)
Ozphoenix (59)
Ajackson (60)
Mo (95)
Nicolas (150)
Miguel (151)
Michel (193)

Comments:

Honorio: Lou Reed got back to some emblematic people from Andy Warhol’s Factory in order to taking us for a walk on the New York wild side, with a smooth jazz rhythm build on Herbie Flower’s upright bass. Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Jose D’Allesandro, Jackie Curtis. Transvestism, prostitution, hustle, drugs, decadence. “I said, babe, take a walk on the wild side / and the coloured girls go doo, doo, doo”.

does anyone else get the chills when the colored girls go "doo, doo doo...?"

i find it terrifying.

in a really good way.

I never mistook that for Nico. Honest!

31. John Lennon- Imagine (1971)



Total points: 357.79

Place in the 2005 poll: 59

Appears on: 9 ballots

Ranked by:

Rocky Raccoon (
Ajackson (14)
Henrik (1
Giuseppe (19)
Midaso (25)
Pop Elton (61)
Mo (11
Andre (132)
Eduard (184)

Comments:

Rocky Raccoon: If the sentiment of this one doesn't get to you, you need to check the hole where your heart should be. A beautiful and mournful piano line runs all the way through it to great effect.

Every song in my top 100 gives me the chills. The higher, the more.

Neoptolemos, even "Subterranean Homesick Blues"?

Definitely, why not?

me too. that was actually one of my criteria - has this song ever goosebumped my forearms? well...sort of.

the colored girls give me eerie chills, though. it's mostly the production, i think, but they sound like ghosts or something.

I'd say Subterranean is absolutely goosebumpinducing. Just the thought of the way he goes "Jahhhhhhnyzinthe behsment" makes me happy.

30. Big Star- September Gurls (1974)



Total points: 358.13

Place in the 2005 poll: 125

Appears on: 11 ballots

Ranked by:

Stammer (2)
John (32)
Midaso (35)
Vgrd (3
Mark Propp (41)
Greg (5
Otisredding (62)
Mitchell Stirling (79)
Mo (111)
Rocky Raccoon (146)
Giuseppe (170)

Heh. Neoptolemos was the only person to rank Subterranean Homesick Blues higher than I did. It gives him the most goosepimples of anyone.

"Better stay from those who carry round a firehose"

Just funny for that to give you chills.

Wow...

Two Big Star songs in the Top 100?

That really made my day.

29. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- All Along the Watchtower (196


Total points: 382.51

Place in the 2005 poll: 47

Appears on: 11 ballots

Ranked by:

Rocky Raccoon (6)
Ozphoenix (23)
Anthony (33)
Vgrd (35)
Schleuse (37)
Ajackson (39)
Honorio (6
Lonesome Panda (71)
Nicolas (84)
Midaso (96)
BillAdama (100.5)

Comments:

Rocky Raccoon: Dylan wrote it, so you know it's great, but when guitar god Hendrix got a hold of it he transformed it into something mindblowingly amazing.

And then it was ruined.

28. Stevie Wonder- Superstition (1972)



Total points: 383.30

Place in the 2005 poll: 37

Appears on: 12 ballots

Ranked by:

Rocky Raccoon (17)
Rune (17)
Schwah (1
Nicolas (22)
Andre (43)
Midaso (66)
Anthony (72)
Honorio (7
Schleuse (7
Otisredding (104)
Lonesome Panda (131)
Neoptolemos (185)

Comments:

Rocky Raccoon: Irresistible, you can't keep it out of your blood.

27. The Rolling Stones- Sympathy for the Devil (196



Total points: 386.38

Place in the 2005 poll: 46

Appears on: 11 ballots

Ranked by:

Ozphoenix (
Slush (14)
Otisredding (15)
Rocky Raccoon (27)
Neoptolemos (34)
Mo (56)
Schleuse (75)
BillAdama (100.5)
Giuseppe (122)
Ajackson (144)
Michel (166)

26. R.E.M.- Losing My Religion (1991)



Total points: 388.58

Place in the 2005 poll: 21

Appears on: 13 ballots

Ranked by:

Andre (7)
Honorio (26)
Giuseppe (40)
Rocky Raccoon (41)
Ozphoenix (45)
Schleuse (56)
Nicolas (62)
Ajackson (66)
Neoptolemos (70)
Mo (99)
BillAdama (100.5)
Michel (115)
Anthony (15

Comments:

Honorio: “Life is bigger / bigger than you”. Michael Stipe sending out a string of inscrutable confessions. “That’s me in the spotlight / losing my religion”. Peter Buck playing a timeless mandolin. “Consider this / the hint of the century”. The poetic (and commercial) zenith that R.E.M. were pursuing from the middle eighties. But “I’ve said too much / I haven’t said enough”.

And voila! Only an eighth of the list remains to be unfolded...

It's been great, as always.

Now it's time for me to hit the sack.

Oh noes. A horrible cliffhanger.

Please come back soon!!!

You know, I had seen that clip of Superstition before, but I never realized it was from Sesame Street. Awesome!

Terrific video. Stipe with a John Hiatt haircut! I'm off to bed again. Thanks so much for running this, Moonbeam. Made my night.

Imagine the album has a lot of great songs on it, all of which are about how everybody who disagrees with John Lennon is a stupid lying capitalist Nazi.

I'M SO SICK OF HEARING THINGS FROM PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH ME! ALL I WANT IS THE TRUTH! MY OPINION IS TRUTH!

Wow great countdown - the big surprise for me was 'Venus In Furs' just never considered it in the top 100. Thought 'Losing My Religion' would be higher given the level of support R.E.M. seem to get here...

25. Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven (1971)



Total points: 392.27

Place in the 2005 poll: 54

Appears on: 13 ballots

Ranked by:

Rocky Raccoon (10)
Giuseppe (1
Ajackson (20)
Dumbangel (26)
Nicolas (49)
Pop Elton (70)
Anthony (76)
Mo (91)
Eduard (94)
Neoptolemos (97)
BillAdama (100.5)
Midaso (175)
Lonesome Panda (196)

Comments:

Rocky Raccoon: Ask anyone who's ever played guitar how amazing this arrangement is. Yeah, it's overplayed, but that's because it's great. When it comes on the radio turn it off and only listen when you're ready to listen to it.

Great, I'm live with the Top 25!!!

*Neoptolemos locks the doors, closes the windows, turns on the speakers and gets settled in*

Great start!

24. Radiohead- Paranoid Android (1997)



Total points: 401.19

Place in the 2005 poll: 14

Appears on: 16 ballots

Ranked by:

Ajackson (11)
Mo (14)
Dumbangel (2
Midaso (2
John (69)
Pop Elton (71)
Vgrd (99)
BillAdama (100.5)
Rocky Raccoon (105)
Mitchell Stirling (130)
Stammer (132)
Rune (135)
Schwah (14
Ozphoenix (171)
Toni (175)
Schleuse (192)

So true Rocky Raccoon - every guitarist loves "Stairway". (I was almost hoping to see a vote from schleuse for that one... lol)

Whoa, 16 inclusions. How many lists were submitted again?

37 lists were submitted!

23. Michael Jackson- Billie Jean (1982)



Total points: 419.47

Place in the 2005 poll: 81

Appears on: 13 ballots

Ranked by:

John (1)
Henrik (11)
Otisredding (20)
Nicolas (37)
Honorio (39)
Ajackson (90)
Neoptolemos (91)
BillAdama (100.5)
Anthony (116)
Midaso (122)
Mo (127)
Rocky Raccoon (134)
Lonesome Panda (139)

Comments:

Honorio: No doubt, the most important cross-over hits that deserved all its success. The usual impeccable singing of Michael Jackson met here with great song-writing, with lyrics about a fictional paternity suit. And let me point to the polite and detailed production of Quincy Jones. Every note, every sigh, every cry, every element of the song is perfectly executed and exactly placed.

Over 40% voting for 1 song out of the hundreds of thousands of songs, that's quite a few. I wonder what that holds in story for the top 10.

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Top 25!! Aw, I'm gonna have to be away for the next couple of hours, guess I'll miss it. Great to see Paranoid Android come in so well though, my number 1 of all time.

22. Love- Alone Again Or (1967)



Total points: 429.33

Place in the 2005 poll: 26

Appears on: 12 ballots

Ranked by:

Stammer (4)
Pop Elton (13)
Mo (22)
Rune (29)
Mitchell Stirling (30)
Giuseppe (32)
Honorio (47)
Otisredding (75)
Mark Propp (127)
Rocky Raccoon (130)
Michel (177)
Schwah (179)

Comments:

Honorio: A delicious anomaly in 60s California psychedelic scene, and even an anomaly within its own band and album. While “Forever Changes” was the work of art of Arthur Lee, “Alone Again Or” was written and sang by Bryan MacLean and featured a flamenco-style chord pattern and a Tijuana Brass-style trumpet solo. But it had a bittersweet tone common with Lee material: “And I will be alone again tonight my dear”.

Three (great) usual suspects so far...