Topic: RAWK’s own top 100 fave songs of all time

[Timbo's Goals]

When Them released Here Comes the Night in 1965 the charts had a few other white boy Blues tracks, Little Red Rooster for example.

And just noticed that Them covered 'All right now baby blue'. Never knew they'd covered that and I've had the Chris Farlowe cover for years.

Yeah, good shout HP. The Animals, Stones and Them definitely led the way with the white boy Blues and let's be fair they made a bloody great job of it too. And Chris Farlowe - what a perfect voice for that style too. For me, I think the pick of the bunch was probably Van's own composition G-L-O-R-I-A which was just such an amazing song for a young white boy and his band to come up with. I can only think of Paul's I Swa Her Standing There which at that early stage of proper British modern music comes close to matching the authentic American artists at their own game. Some claim Billy Fury and fair play to him but his debut album, outstanding as it is by Brit standards, was really just mimicking American rock'n'roll and rockabilly.

Here Comes The Night was a different story altogether of course.

[Another Red]

You said 50 right?

Love On A Real Train - Tangerine Dream
In A Big Country - Big Country
Shine on you crazy diamond - Pink Floyd
Take me out - Franz Ferdinand
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Gosh   - Jamie XX
Round and Round - Ariel Pink
Pacific State - 808 State
Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
Can You Feel It - Mr Fingers
Man In The Box - Alice in Chains
Float On - Modest Mouse
Born Slippy - Underworld
Sunday Morning - Velvet Underground
Out of Time - Blur
A Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
Karma Police - Radiohead
London Calling - The Clash
Cherry Blossom Girl - Air
What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
Debaser - The Pixies
This Charming Man - The Smiths
Heartbeats - The Knife
Hard To Explain - The Strokes
Heart of Glass - Blondie
When The Sun Hits - Slowdive
Lorelei - Cocteau Twins
My Girls - Animal Collective
Just like heaven   - The cure
Ain't Nothing But a G Thing   - Dr Dre
Midnight in a Perfect World   - DJ Shadow
Prototype - Outkast
It Ain't Hard to tell - NAS
Da Funk - Daft Punk
ROYGBIV - Boards of Canada
Start Choppin' - Dinosaur Jnr
Xtal - Aphex Twin
Goddess on a Hiway - Mercury Rev
Midnight City  - M83
The Laws Have Changed - The New Pornographers
We Are Your Friends - Justice vs Simian
Staring At The Sun - TV on the Radio
House of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture
Sicko Mode - Travis Scott
Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
Inspector Norse   - Todd Terje
Rhinoceros - The Smashing Pumpkins
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys

Has there been a RAWK best movie soundtrack thread? Need to do one of those.

[Timbo's Goals]

You said 50 right?

Love On A Real Train - Tangerine Dream
In A Big Country - Big Country
Shine on you crazy diamond - Pink Floyd
Take me out - Franz Ferdinand
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Gosh   - Jamie XX
Round and Round - Ariel Pink
Pacific State - 808 State
Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
Can You Feel It - Mr Fingers
Man In The Box - Alice in Chains
Float On - Modest Mouse
Born Slippy - Underworld
Sunday Morning - Velvet Underground
Out of Time - Blur
A Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
Karma Police - Radiohead
London Calling - The Clash
Cherry Blossom Girl - Air
What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
Debaser - The Pixies
This Charming Man - The Smiths
Heartbeats - The Knife
Hard To Explain - The Strokes
Heart of Glass - Blondie
When The Sun Hits - Slowdive
Lorelei - Cocteau Twins
My Girls - Animal Collective
Just like heaven   - The cure
Ain't Nothing But a G Thing   - Dr Dre
Midnight in a Perfect World   - DJ Shadow
Prototype - Outkast
It Ain't Hard to tell - NAS
Da Funk - Daft Punk
ROYGBIV - Boards of Canada
Start Choppin' - Dinosaur Jnr
Xtal - Aphex Twin
Goddess on a Hiway - Mercury Rev
Midnight City  - M83
The Laws Have Changed - The New Pornographers
We Are Your Friends - Justice vs Simian
Staring At The Sun - TV on the Radio
House of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture
Sicko Mode - Travis Scott
Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
Inspector Norse   - Todd Terje
Rhinoceros - The Smashing Pumpkins
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys

Has there been a RAWK best movie soundtrack thread? Need to do one of those.

Great idea - albeit a foregone conclusion I guess as  ‘Once Upon A Time In America’ would walk it. 

Great list btw. I’ll be giving some of them a listen.

[Black Bull Nova]

Great idea - albeit a foregone conclusion I guess as  ‘Once Upon A Time In America’ would walk it. 

Great list btw. I’ll be giving some of them a listen.

Beats the Blues Brothers?



Shake Your Moneymaker-Performed by Elmore JamesShe Caught the Katy-Performed by The Blues Brothers
Soothe Me-Performed by Sam & Dave (as Sam and Dave)
The Old Landmark-Performed by James Brown and James Cleveland's Southern California Community Choir
Boogie Chillun-Performed by John Lee HookerHold On! I'm Comin'-Performed by Sam & Dave
Let the Good Times Roll-Performed by Louis Jordan
Courtesy of MCA Records
Your Cheatin' Heart-Performed by Kitty WellsI Can't Turn You Loose-Performed by The Blues Brothers
Anema e Core-Performed by Ezio Pinza
Peter Gunn Theme-Performed by The Blues Brothers
I'm Walkin'-Performed by Fats DominoRide of the Valkyries-Performed by The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Quando, Quando, Quando-Performed by Murph and the MagicTones
Minnie the Moocher-Performed by Cab CallowayBoom Boom-Written and Performed by John Lee Hooker
Think-Performed by Aretha Franklin
Shake a Tail Feather-Performed by Ray Charles and the Blues Brothers Band
Theme from 'Rawhide'-Performed by The Blues Brothers
Stand by Your Man-Performed by The Blues Brothers
Time Is Tight-Performed by Booker T. & the M.G.s
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love-Performed by The Blues Brothers
Sweet Home Chicago-Performed by The Blues Brothers
The Girl from Ipanema-Performed by unknown 'Muzak' band
Gimme Some Lovin'-Performed The Blues Brothers
Jailhouse Rock-Performed by The Blues Brothers, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and the "Crew"
Horst Wessel Lied-Performed by an uncredited German Chorus
Just the Way You Are-Performed by Murph and the MagicTones
Die Romantiker (Op 167)-Written by Joseph Lanner
Somebody Loan Me a Dime-Written and Performed by Fenton Robinson

[lucabrasi]

These polls are so subjective but here’s my 20:
1) What’s Going On -Marvin Gaye
2) Can’t You Hear Me Knocking - Stones
3) Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues -Bob Dylan
4) Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin
5) Low Spark of High Heeled Boys -Traffic
6) Georgia - Ray Charles
7) Norwegian Wood - Beatles
Rock and Roll - Velvet Underground
9) Lucille - Little Richard
10) Train in Vain - Clash
11) Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
12) Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
13) The Weight - The Band
14) Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Revival
15) Ain’t Wastin Time No More - Allman Brothers
16) Backstreets - Springsteen
17) Peace Frog - The Doors
18) Have a Cigar - Pink Floyd
19) Don’t Bring Me Down - The Animals
20) American Woman - Guess Who

[Timbo's Goals]

Beats the Blues Brothers?



Shake Your Moneymaker-Performed by Elmore JamesShe Caught the Katy-Performed by The Blues Brothers
Soothe Me-Performed by Sam & Dave (as Sam and Dave)
The Old Landmark-Performed by James Brown and James Cleveland's Southern California Community Choir
Boogie Chillun-Performed by John Lee HookerHold On! I'm Comin'-Performed by Sam & Dave
Let the Good Times Roll-Performed by Louis Jordan
Courtesy of MCA Records
Your Cheatin' Heart-Performed by Kitty WellsI Can't Turn You Loose-Performed by The Blues Brothers
Anema e Core-Performed by Ezio Pinza
Peter Gunn Theme-Performed by The Blues Brothers
I'm Walkin'-Performed by Fats DominoRide of the Valkyries-Performed by The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Quando, Quando, Quando-Performed by Murph and the MagicTones
Minnie the Moocher-Performed by Cab CallowayBoom Boom-Written and Performed by John Lee Hooker
Think-Performed by Aretha Franklin
Shake a Tail Feather-Performed by Ray Charles and the Blues Brothers Band
Theme from 'Rawhide'-Performed by The Blues Brothers
Stand by Your Man-Performed by The Blues Brothers
Time Is Tight-Performed by Booker T. & the M.G.s
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love-Performed by The Blues Brothers
Sweet Home Chicago-Performed by The Blues Brothers
The Girl from Ipanema-Performed by unknown 'Muzak' band
Gimme Some Lovin'-Performed The Blues Brothers
Jailhouse Rock-Performed by The Blues Brothers, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and the "Crew"
Horst Wessel Lied-Performed by an uncredited German Chorus
Just the Way You Are-Performed by Murph and the MagicTones
Die Romantiker (Op 167)-Written by Joseph Lanner
Somebody Loan Me a Dime-Written and Performed by Fenton Robinson

Yeah, fair point BBN. I do love the Blues Brothers film and soundtrack. American Graffitti too. Sure there’s others too. The Wanderers and that Nick Hornby film about the record shop guy. And then there’s The Last Waltz - what could possibly beat that?!? Help and Hard Days Night?? So many. But to be fair I was thinking of original music soundtrack.

[Timbo's Goals]

These polls are so subjective but here’s my 20:
1) What’s Going On -Marvin Gaye
2) Can’t You Hear Me Knocking - Stones
3) Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues -Bob Dylan
4) Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin
5) Low Spark of High Heeled Boys -Traffic
6) Georgia - Ray Charles
7) Norwegian Wood - Beatles
Rock and Roll - Velvet Underground
9) Lucille - Little Richard
10) Train in Vain - Clash
11) Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
12) Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
13) The Weight - The Band
14) Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Revival
15) Ain’t Wastin Time No More - Allman Brothers
16) Backstreets - Springsteen
17) Peace Frog - The Doors
18) Have a Cigar - Pink Floyd
19) Don’t Bring Me Down - The Animals
20) American Woman - Guess Who

Some cracking stuff in there.

[stara]

Year has based since Timbo's question and I'm still executing play-offs. First 10 out of 100 that made the cut,

Ludvig Van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 - Mvt. 4
- LVB is the GOAT and the movement 4 is out of this world. 

Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No.1
- Erik Satie is the OG of the chill/lounge/elevator music and this piece sends me to dreamworld of my memories. 

Edith Piaf - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
- French Foreign Legion's anthem and just like them and Edith, I do not have any regrets.   

Johnny Burnette Trio - Train Kept A Rollin
- The King of Rockabilly   

Ennio Morricone - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
- L'estasi dell'movie scoring.

Mike Post - The Rockford Files Theme
- This never fails to cheer me up.

Tangerine Dream - Grand Theft Auto 5
- Immersion complete. I'm at Los Santos if anyone asks.

Jorge Ben Jor - Mas, Que Nada!
- This makes me want to Samba or Travel. Out of hundreds of covers I prefer Elza Soares one (Garrincha's wife by the way)

River Plate fans - La Copa Libertadores
- The best chant ever.

Nina Hagen - Eisern Union

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To be continued ...

[red mongoose]

In the year since I made my list (page 3), I have listened to "Ceremony" by New Order around 200 times, and it occurs to me that it may be the greatest song ever written. So I'd add that, as well as "Temptation," to an updated top 100. I always had a bias against them, both because I wasn't into synths at the time, and later - having become more familiar with Joy Division - I didn't like what they had morphed into following Ian's passing. My impression of them was based almost entirely on "Bizarre Love Triangle" and "Blue Monday," neither of which I could take very seriously. It looks like I did them something of a disservice. Stephen Morris is an incredible drummer. 

[stara]

Next ten.

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
- My favourite guitar riff of all time.

Milton Nascimento - Tudo o que você podia ser
- I've no idea what he's singing about, but the chord progression lifts me every time. The whole double album is worth to venture.

CAN - Future Days
- King of motorik drum beat Jaki Liebezeit & co. "Far out" was probably coined listening this.

Giorgio Moroder – Chase
- I asked "Grease" for b-day present, got "Saturday Night". In a highside glad I did. Disco, House, Trance, Chill, Nu-Jazz, Jazz, Samba, Soul, etc. followed. On that road, I picked this gem. 

Sébastien Tellier - La Ritournelle
- Few words and lots of emotion. Magnifique.

Minnie Riperton- Inside My Love
- I was just a boy when I first heard this one. Gave me chills and still do. 

Scandal - Space Ranger
- Again, no idea what they are singing. Fan from 2006 to this day.

New Order - Blue Monday
- I still vividly remember the first time I heard this song. Strobe lights are etched to my skull permanently.

Soda Stereo - De Musica Ligera
- This tune is sounds so familiar and again I do not understand any of it. Still, I go back and back and back again.

Air - La Femme d'Argent
- I have only once travelled in First Class (by chance). With this song, I travel first class every day. I just close my eyes and Im there.

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[Black Bull Nova]

These polls are so subjective but here’s my 20:
1) What’s Going On -Marvin Gaye
2) Can’t You Hear Me Knocking - Stones
3) Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues -Bob Dylan
4) Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin
5) Low Spark of High Heeled Boys -Traffic
6) Georgia - Ray Charles
7) Norwegian Wood - Beatles
  Rock and Roll - Velvet Underground
9) Lucille - Little Richard
10) Train in Vain - Clash
11) Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
12) Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
13) The Weight - The Band
14) Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Revival
15) Ain’t Wastin Time No More - Allman Brothers
16) Backstreets - Springsteen
17) Peace Frog - The Doors
18) Have a Cigar - Pink Floyd
19) Don’t Bring Me Down - The Animals
20) American Woman - Guess Who

You almost came close to something from the last 42 years with the Clash there

[Elblanco twatto]

Kinda stumbled across this thread and glad I did. In no particular order, just a reflection of my current mood somewhat enhanced via a combination of Theakston Old Peculiar and Fuller's ESB:

1) Distant Sun - Crowded House
2) She's Always A Woman - Billy Joel
3) November Rain - Gun's N Roses
4) All My Little Words - Magnetic Fields
5) I Am What I Am - Gloria Gaynor
6) River Flows In You - Yiruma
7) Chi Mai - Ennio Morricone
Life On Mars - Bowie
9) On A Plain - Nirvana
10) Old Town - Phil Lynott

This will do for now as I have to play pool at the Dolphin shortly and this particular establishment has a rather good jukebox which will jog the feeble mind of mine of others deserving a mention.

[kezzy]

Only just stumbled on this thread myself.

Here goes.

1.  Simple Minds - New gold dream
2.  U2 - The unforgettable fire
3.  James - Sometimes
4.  Coldplay - Clocks
5.  Muse - knights of Cydonia
6.  The Bunnymen- Nocturnal me
7.  Pink Floyd - comfortably numb
8.  Big country - Inwards
9.  Pearl Jam - Rearview mirror
10.  The Cult - The Phoenix
11.  The Smiths - How soon is now
12.  The Cure - A forest
13.  Stone Roses - Love spreads
14.  Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
15.  Kraftwerk - computer world
16.  Radiohead - Fake plastic trees
17.  The Killers - human
18.  Sisters of mercy - This corrosion
19.  The Real People - In your hands
20.  Genesis - Home by the sea

I’ll probably come up with 20 new ones if I was to do it again tomorrow.  😃