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Here is a self-portrait in song titles. I know it’s a bit of an adolescent thing to do, but i have noticed that people are always talking about their favorite songs and making lists and so-forth. Now what i got to thinking is that nobody includes all those Metallica songs that were their favorites back in junior high. They only include the songs that are currently their favorites.
Now, if you were really going to make a list, it ought to include all the songs that have ever had some kind of personal meaning—at any time in your life—even the bone-rendingly embarrassing ones. It should include the ones you hate now, or the ones that express sentiments you can’t stand, but you happened to hear a lot during some intense part of your life, and so now you associate it with that. Even if nobody else would possibly get the same thing out of it. In short, the list should be painfully honest.
Thankfully i’m not too embarrassed… but anyway, here it is: the 123 or so songs (i started meaning to do 100) that have had the most impact in my life, presented for no particular reason, in no particular order. I would like to A) order them by importance (i’ve started that—some of the most important are near the top) and B) i’d like to turn them all into links to amazon.com or some such.
A quick analysis shows a few things (exact numbers may vary):
1. I really like Bjork A lot.
2. I don’t think i’ve really thought of all the really important songs from when i was a lad. I know there were some. Maybe i’m too embarrassed to remember them. I’ll keep trying to think of them and adding them.
3. I also like Depeche Mode. And Freur.
4. If you get rid of all the main Bjork albums and the two main Depeche Mode albums and the two Freur albums you’re left with only 80 tracks (out of 125).
5. If you get rid of the rest of Bjork (including Sugarcubes) and the rest of Depeche Mode (and the Underworld song, which is latter-day Freur) you’re down to 65—about half.
6. This means the albums that have had the most influence on me are: Bjork—Homogenic, Verpertine, Debut; Depeche Mode—Catching Up With Depeche Mode; Freur—Get Us Out of Here, Doot-Doot. The surprise break-out hits are: The Cure—Disintegration (from the dark days of my youth) nd Goldfrapp—Felt Mountain.
So it’s official. My favorite rockers are: Bjork, Freur and Depeche Mode. Props to The Cure, Chemical Brothers, OMD without whom we are down to 48 songs by lots of whomever.
TITLE | ARTIST | ALBUM |
|---|---|---|
You Only Live Twice | Bjork | <bootleg> |
Hunter | Bjork | Homogenic |
Big Time Sensuality (The Fluke Minimix) | Bjork | Big Time Sensuality |
But Not Tonight (Extended Remix) | Depeche Mode | Singles Box 3 |
Somebody (remix) | Depeche Mode | Catching Up With Depeche Mode |
Blasphemous Rumours | Depeche Mode | Catching Up With Depeche Mode |
All Is Full Of Love (Video Version) | Bjork | All Is Full Of Love |
Alarm Call | Bjork | Homogenic |
Unison | Bjork | Vespertine |
Utopia | Goldfrapp | Felt Mountain |
The Test | The Chemical Brothers | Come With Us |
Everybody Wants To Rule The World | Tears For Fears Tears | Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) |
Human Behavior | Bjork | Debut |
New World | Bjork | Selmasongs |
Happiness | Freur | Get Us Out of Here |
Pictures of You | The Cure | Disintegration |
Everything Counts | Depeche Mode | People Are People |
Pity | The Creatures | Boomerang |
Fascination Street | The Cure | Disintegration |
Skin | Oingo Boingo | Dark at the End of the Tunnel |
Emeralds & Pearls | Freur | Get Us Out of Here |
Regina | Sugarcubes | Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! |
Time (Stonebridge Radio Version) | Therese | Time - EP |
Little Girls | Oingo Boingo | Skeletons in the Closet - The Best of Oingo Boingo |
It’s In Our Hands | Bjork | It’s In Our Hands (Disc 1) |
Hidden Place | Bjork | Vespertine |
It’s Not Up To You | Bjork | Vespertine |
Peek-A-Boo | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Peepshow |
Voodoo Dolly | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Juju |
Oceania | Bjork | Medúlla |
Birthday (Tommy D Mix) | Sugarcubes | It’s-It |
Planet | Sugarcubes | Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! |
Speed is the Key | Sugarcubes | Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! |
One Day | Bjork | Debut |
I Turn To You | Melanie C | Northern Star |
What You Waiting For? (Jacques Lu Cont’s TWD Dub) | Gwen Stefani | What You Waiting For? |
Right Here, Right Now | Jesus Jones | Doubt |
Bloc Bloc Bloc | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | Crush |
The Love Cats | The Cure | Staring At The Sea: The Singles 1979-1985 |
(My My) Baby’s Gonna Cry | Eurythmics | We Too Are One |
I Go Humble | Bjork | Isobel (Disc 1) |
Flexible | Depeche Mode | Catching Up With Depeche Mode |
There’s More To Life Than This | Bjork | Debut |
The Sensual World | Kate Bush | The Sensual World |
Who Is It (Bell Choir Mix | Bjork | Who Is It (Single) |
Possibly Maybe | Bjork | Post |
Enjoy | Bjork | Post |
Hyper-Ballad | Bjork | Post |
Like Someone In Love | Bjork | Debut |
Venus As A Boy | Bjork | Debut |
Theme From The Film Of The Same Name | Freur | Doot-Doot |
Disintegration | The Cure | Disintegration |
Love Song | The Cure | Disintegration |
A.O.K.O. | Freur | Get Us Out of Here |
Fallen Angel | Alphaville | Forever Young |
All Too Much | Freur | Doot-Doot |
Lullaby | The Cure | Disintegration |
Look in the Back for Answers | Freur | Get Us Out of Here |
Underneath The Radar | Underworld | Underneath The Radar |
Let Forever Be | The Chemical Brothers | Surrender |
Violently Happy (live) | Bjork | Live recording (not sure) |
Cvalda | Bjork | Selmasongs |
Something To Do | Depeche Mode | Some Great Reward |
Nothing | Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses |
Don’t You (Forget About Me) | Simple Minds | The Best of Simple Minds |
I Forgive Me | Nicola Hitchcock & Sounds from the Ground | Passive Aggressive |
I Melt with You | Modern English | The Best of ’80s Pop: Party Songs |
Porcelain | Moby | Play |
Lucas with the Lid Off | Lucas | Lucacentric |
So Alive | Love and Rockets | Love and Rockets |
One Word (Album Version) | Kelly Osbourne | One Word - EP |
Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) [Single Version] | Icicle Works & The Icicle Works | Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) - Single |
Hallelujah (Club Mix) | Happy Mondays | Hallelujah |
Headhunter V3.0 | Front 242 | Front By Front |
Here Comes the Rain Again | Eurythmics | Greatest Hits |
People Are Strange | The Doors | Greatest Hits |
Punk Rock Girl | The Dead Milkmen | Beelzebubba |
Tubthumping | Chumbawamba | Tubthumper |
Englighman in New York | Sting | Nothing Like the Sun |
The Great Commandment | Camouflage | Voices & Images |
Blue Water (Radio) | Black Rock & Debra Andrew | Blue Water |
Hello | The Beloved | Happiness |
Sister Moon | Sting | Nothing Like the Sun |
Stars (Original Mix) | Dubstar | Stars (The Best Of Dubstar) |
This is the Way I’d Like to Live My Life | Freur | Get Us Out of Here |
The Piano Song | Freur | Get Us Out of Here |
Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix) | New Order | Blade |
Good Friday | CocoRosie | La Maison de Mon Rêve |
Told You So | Depeche Mode | People Are People |
The Things You Said | Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses |
Strangelove | Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses |
Shake the Disease | Depeche Mode | Catching Up With Depeche Mode |
See You | Depeche Mode | Catching Up With Depeche Mode |
Pleasure, Little Treasure | Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses |
Never Let Me Down Again | Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses |
Little 15 | Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses |
Lie To Me | Depeche Mode | Some Great Reward |
It Doesn’t Matter | Depeche Mode | Some Great Reward |
Behind the Wheel | Depeche Mode | Music for the Masses |
Block Rockin’ Beats | The Chemical Brothers | Block Rockin’ Beats (Disc 2) |
Hey Boy Hey Girl | The Chemical Brothers | Surrender |
Star Guitar | The Chemical Brothers | Come With Us |
The Lights Are Going Out | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | Crush |
6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit) | Sneaker Pimps | 6 Underground (Single) |
107 Steps | Bjork | Selmasongs |
Bachelorette | Bjork | Homogenic |
Isobel | Bjork | Post |
Lovely Head | Goldfrapp | Felt Mountain |
Human | Goldfrapp | Felt Mountain |
Pilots | Goldfrapp | Felt Mountain |
Fly Me Away | Goldfrapp | Supernature [Bonus Track] |
La Femme Accident (12’ Version) | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | The Best of OMD |
Waiting For The Night | Depeche Mode | Violator |
Under the Milky Way | The Church | Starfish |
Doot-Doot | Freur | Doot-Doot |
Milk | Garbage | Garbage |
Bicycle | Caroline | Murmurs |
Balloon | Hanne Hukkelberg | Little Things |
3eme Sexe | Miss Kittin | I Com |
Hello Chanel | Piney Gir | 20 Nights of Wine and Song |
Fidelity | Regina Spektor | Begin to Hope |
My Spine | Bjork | It’s Oh So Quiet (Disc 2) |
Faded Flowers | Shriekback | Oil and Gold |
Paint it Black | The Rolling Stones | Aftermath |
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