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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 8, 2007 17:43:29 GMT -5
Welcome To The Working Week is pretty good song by it self but opening that album it's great, it really gets things moving. It's on my list for sure. If I were gonna do a top fifty, the both this and No Action would make the list, but with just 25 slots to fill, I had to go with the absolute perfection of No Action and This Year's Model generally. I had no idea when I started this poll that it would be so hard, beyond the (to me obvious) picks at the top. Once I got past Like a Rolling Stone, it was all extremely murky. |
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Post by Galactus on Feb 8, 2007 17:47:47 GMT -5
Yeah, my top five look pretty similar to yours...after that it gets more muddled...
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 8, 2007 17:50:05 GMT -5
I figured you'd have Thunder Road up there as well. Frag should too, which gives it a pretty good shot at winding up near the top of this list once it's all added up.
I'm very curious to see the rest of your list, DED.
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Post by rockysigman on Feb 8, 2007 17:51:41 GMT -5
The Decline and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars KenHolzmanism? |
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 8, 2007 18:00:39 GMT -5
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars KenHolzmanism? Where? Where? I don't see anything wrong with that quote.  (Actually, I was just checking to see if anyone would catch that little error ... yeah, that's what I was doing ... I was just seeing if anyone would actually read everything I listed, and you did! So good for you, you win, um, something. Yeah, that's the ticket). |
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Post by Galactus on Feb 8, 2007 18:02:57 GMT -5
I can reveal that Don Henley did not make my list.
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 8, 2007 18:09:23 GMT -5
I can reveal that Don Henley did not make my list. Then your list is poorer for that. I've got a long reputation for championing Henley's two great solo albums, and so "Boys of Summer" made this list in part b/c of that. But also, it's an amazing opening track, and set up the rest of a record that (whatever its flaws) sounded nothing like the Eagles, looked back fondly at a past that seemed to be fading before our eyes in 1984, was a scathing indictment of Reagan's America, and (did I mention this already?) sounded nothing like the Eagles. Considering how arbitrary everything after the first few spots became, I've got no problem with having Don Henley on my list. And anyway, it was co-written by Mike Campbell, and he's awesome. |
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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Feb 9, 2007 18:52:11 GMT -5
1. Wilco - “At Least That’s What You Said” - A Ghost Is Born
2. Sonic Youth - “Dirty Boots’ - Goo
3. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
4. The Verve - “Bittersweet Symphony” - Urban Hymns
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Warped” - One Hot Minute
6. The Waterboys - “Fisherman’s Blues” - Fisherman’s Blues
7. Radiohead - “Everything In Its Right Place” - Kid A
8. U2 - “Where the Streets Have No Name” - The Joshua Tree
9. Bob Dylan - “Like A Rolling Stone” - Highway 61 Revisited
10. Pink Floyd - “Breathe” - The Dark Side Of the Moon
11. Elliott Smith - “Needle In the Hay” - Elliott Smith
12. Sonic Youth - “Teenage Riot” - Daydream Nation
13. The Jayhawks - "Blue" - Tomorrow the Green Grass
14. R.E.M. - “Drive” - Automatic For the People
15. Muse - “Apocalypse Please” - Absolution
16. Mazzy Star - “Fade Into You” - So Tonight That I Might See
17. Jane’s Addiction - “Stop” - Ritual de lo Habitual
18. Urge Overkill - "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" - Stulll
19. The Rolling Stones - “Gimme Shelter” - Let It Bleed
20. Rush - “Tom Sawyer” - Moving Pictures
21. Led Zeppelin - “Achilles Last Stand” - Presence
22. Led Zeppelin - “The Song Remains the Same” - Houses Of the Holy
23. Superchunk - "Like A Fool" - Foolish
24. Dinosaur Jr. - “Little Fury Things” - You’re Living All Over Me
25. Grateful Dead - "Box Of Rain" - American Beauty
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Post by Galactus on Feb 9, 2007 18:55:29 GMT -5
Carry On is the first song on Deja Vu and Cinnamon Girl is the first track on Everybody Knows...
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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Feb 9, 2007 18:56:06 GMT -5
Oops. Will fix.
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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Feb 9, 2007 18:59:05 GMT -5
There. Fixed.
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Post by Galactus on Feb 9, 2007 20:53:51 GMT -5
I just typed up my list and then accidentally closed the tab...fuck...I'd do it again tomorrow.
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Post by Galactus on Feb 10, 2007 19:01:55 GMT -5
1. Baba O'Riley - The Who - Who's Next
2. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
3. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan - Hwy 61 Revisited
4. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
5. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
6. Heroes & Villains - The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
7. Waiting For The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top- Tres Hombres
8. Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N Roses
9. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
10. Search & Destroy - The Stooges - Raw Power
11. Tonight's The Night - Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
12. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana - Nevermind
13. I Zimbra - Talking Heads - Remain In Light
14. Bone Machine - The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
15. Hells Bells - AC/DC - Back In Black
16. Welcome To The Working Week - Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
17. Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
18. Girls & Boys - Blur - Parklife
19. Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
20. London Calling - The Clash - London Calling
21. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M. - Murmur
22. Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney - Superfuzz Big Muff
23. Hit The Lights - Metallica - Kill "em All
24. Shine On Sweet Jesus - The Flaming Lips - In A Priest Driven Ambulance
25. Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen - Van Halen
I know the ZZ Top is technically two tracks but nobody else is gonna vote for it so it doesn't really matter.
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 10, 2007 19:12:29 GMT -5
Excellent list there DED. Love those picks up at numbers one, two and three.  Now Frag just needs to come and vote for Thunder Road, too, and it should be assured a spot near the top of the final list. I've loved that song since I first heard it (when I was sixteen, about to move out of a town I was sick to death of, and had just gotten my driver's license) and I've never gotten sick of it. Well I'm no hero that's understood, all the redemption I can offer, girl, is underneath this dirty hood.
With a chance to make it good somehow, hey what else can we do now ... |
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 10, 2007 19:14:33 GMT -5
Wow, I just saw that Melaun listed Dylan's "Hurricane" from Desire at number 25. It's a fine opener, too bad the rest of the album is unlistenable.
I thought about including "Jokerman" from 1983's Infidels, but figured that His Bobness was well represented on my honorable mentions anyway.
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