100 favorite songs

07.01.2003

A few Fourth Coast regulars, sitting at the bar, challenged themselves to make a list of their 100 favorite songs. The list didn't have to be ranked. Here's mine, in alphabetical order:

"Adieu Mon Coeur" - Edith Piaf
"Allison" - Slowdive
"Ask" - The Smiths
"Baby Blue Sedan" - Modest Mouse
"Bizarre Love Triangle" - New Order
"Boqueron" - Sulma Yugar
"Brass In Pocket" - The Pretenders
"Brick" - Ben Folds Five
"The Best Thing" - Ivy
"Boys Don't Cry" - The Cure
"Bright As Yellow" - The Innocence Mission
"Brown Eyed Girl" - Van Morrison
"Can't Help Falling In Love" - Lick The Tins
"Ceremony" - Joy Division
"City Of New Orleans" - Arlo Guthrie
"Close to Me" - The Cure
"Country Roads" - John Denver
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
"Dreams" - The Cranberries
"Dress Sexy At My Funeral" - Smog
"Edelweiss" - Christopher Plummer & Julie Andrews
"The Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
"Esa Noche" - Café Tacvba
"Everything You Say" - Holiday
"Free" - The Martinis
"The Freed Pig" - Sebadoh
"From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea" - The Cure
"Gangster Of Love" - Steve Miller
"Gigantic" - The Pixies
"Goodbye Saigon" - Billy Joel
"Head On" - The Jesus & Mary Chain
"Helter Skelter" - The Beatles
"Here Comes Your Man" - The Pixies
"Homeless Club Kids" - My Favorite
"How Blue Can You Get?" - B. B. King
"Huele A Peligro" - Myriam Hernandéz
"I Go Crazy" - Flesh For Lulu
"I Wanna Be Adored" - The Stone Roses
"If I Had Words" - James Cromwell
"If You Leave" - OMD
"IMpossible" - Figurine
"In Between Days" - The Cure
"In Your Room" - The Bangles
"It's A Crime I Never Told You About The Diamonds In Your Eyes" - Black Heart Procession
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" - REM
"Ixtepec" - Café Tacvba
"Just Like Heaven" - The Cure
"Just What I Needed" - The Cars
"Kalamazoo" - Luna
"Last Days Of Disco" - Yo La Tengo
"Leave A Clean Camp And A Dead Fire" - Juno
"Long Black Veil" - The Chieftans (w/ Mick Jagger)
"Losing My Religion" - REM
"Love" - The Sundays
"Lovefool" - The Cardigans
"Lucy Doesn't Love You" - Ivy
"Lunita Camba" - Gladys Moreno
"La Marseilles"
"Makin' Whoopee" - Louis Armstrong
"Martinis On The Roof" - Superchunk
"Need You Around" - The Smoking Popes
"Never No More" - Patsy Cline
"No One Else" - Weezer
"Obsoletion" - Barcelona
"Ojala Que Llueva Café" - Café Tacvba
"One" - U2
"Our Lips Are Sealed" - The GoGos
"Our Way To Fall" - Yo La Tengo
"Pianoman" - Billy Joel
"Pie Jesu" - Sarah Brightman
"Polonaise" - Chopin
"Pretty Baby" - Blondie
"Pretty Woman" - Roy Orbison
"The Queen Is Dead" - The Smiths
"Redemption Song" - Bob Marley
"Regina" - The Sugarcubes
"Revolution" - The Beatles
"Run Letter" - Throwing Muses
"Say Something" - James
"Sesame Street" - Jean 'Toots' Thielemans
"Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye
"The Sound Of Silence" - Simon & Garfunkel
"Sunday Girl" - Blondie
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" - Johny Cash
"Superconnected" - Belly
"Superheroe 82" - Cecilia Ann
"Sweet Jane" - The Cowboy Junkies
"Take On Me" - Aha
"Talkin' Shit About A Pretty Sunset" - Modest Mouse
"These Are Days" - 10,000 Maniacs
"These Things" - Looper
"Tripping Me Up" - Brittle Stars
"Volaré" - Dean Martin
"Walkin' In Memphis" - Marc Cohn
"Waltzin' Matilda"
"Wonderwall" - Oasis
"You're Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)" - The White Stripes

Posted by Miguel at 05:48 PM

Comments

Ok, Miguel...before I list mine:

I only recogized 10 of your songs! You either have a very eccentric taste or you need to turn on your radio once in a while...ten million Botswanans can't be wrong!

Anyhow...

I'm not sure if I am going to actually list my top 100...now that I think of it, it seems like a chore.

We'll see.

Love,
Micah

Posted by: Micah at July 1, 2003 08:00 PM

I think I'll take the physical challenge and try to list mine as well...in no particular order of course.

Posted by: Jon Pataky at July 2, 2003 02:32 AM

i actually was singing most of them as i was scrolling down your list... funny.
but i don't think that i could physically pull a favorite 100 out of my hat!!!
but i was glad to read yours. thanks!

Posted by: beth at July 2, 2003 02:16 PM

there's quite a few repeats and no Magnetic Fields on there. I'm still mulling my list over, I'll probably post it next year sometime. I'm coming to realize I don't own most of my favorites and that I'm an 80s fan

Posted by: bil at July 7, 2003 02:25 PM