Top Ten Prettiest Joe Henry Songs (in no particular order) 1. This Close to You 2. Parker's Mood 3. Trampoline 4. Short Man's Room 5. God Only Knows 6. Mean Flower 7. Sault Ste. Marie 8. Johnny the Conqueror 9. Like She Was a Hammer 10. Spent It All
They did come to mind and they're certainly one of my favorites but I felt they're more in the Beach Boys ala Queen musical vein.
Top 10 Smiths non-album B-sides 1. Wonderful Woman (This Charming Man 12") 2. Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (William, It Was Really Nothing 7/12") 3. Back to the Old House (What Difference Does It Make 7/12") 4. Unloveable (Bigmouth Strikes Again 12") 5. Asleep (The Boy With the Thorn in His Side 7/12") 6. Rubber Ring (The Boy With the Thorn in His Side 12") 7. Half a Person (Shoplifters of the World Unite 12") 8. Stretch Out and Wait (Shakespeare's Sister 12") 9. Is It Really So Strange? (Sheila Take a Bow 7/12") 10. Sweet and Tender Hooligan (Sheila Take a Bow 12")
I did think of that, but I just thought I'd go with the version I liked most.* *(That's probably sacrilege, isn't it? )
Top 10 "Ten" Songs Monochrome Set, Ten Don'ts for Honeymooners Yardbirds, Happenings Ten Years Time Ago XTC, Ten Feet Tall Roy Harper, Ten Years Ago Undertones, Nine Times Out of Ten Rush, Force Ten Cocteau Twins, Five Ten Fiftyfold Led Zeppelin, Ten Years Gone Teardrop Explodes, Count to Ten and Run for Cover Cheap Trick, Clock Strikes Ten
Top 10 Songs I've Had Stuck in My Friggin' Head This Week 1. Andrew Bird -- A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left 2. Bowie -- Ashes to Ashes 3. Tennessee Ernie Ford -- Sixteen Tons 4. Catatonia -- I Am the Mob 5. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros -- Janglin' 6. Lindsey Buckingham -- Underground 7. The Ink Spots -- Whispering Grass 8. Bob Marley -- Is This Love? 9. The Wrens -- Ex-Girl Collection 10. Glenn Miller -- In the Mood
Ten Great Previously Unreleased Hits That Were Taken from Greatest Hits Albums [listed chronologically] 1. "Fernando," ABBA (from Greatest Hits, 1976) 2. "September," Earth, Wind and Fire (from The Best of Earth, Wind and Fire, Vol. 1, 1978) 3. "On the Radio," Donna Summer (from On the Radio, 1979) 4. "Lady," Kenny Rogers (from Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits, 1980) 5. "Under Pressure," Queen featuring David Bowie (from Queen's Greatest Hits, 1981) 6. "Say It Isn't So," Daryl Hall & John Oates (from Rock 'n Soul Part 1, 1983) 7. "Making Love Out of Nothing at All," Air Supply (from Greatest Hits, 1983) 8. "Tonight She Comes," The Cars (from Greatest Hits, 1985) 9. "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party," Rosanne Cash (from Hits 1979-1989, 1989) 10. "Like the Rain," Clint Black (from Greatest Hits, 1996)
Top 10 "Top" Songs Randy Newman, Lonely at the Top Al Stewart, Genie on a Table Top XTC, Spinning Top Jim Pembroke, Hard Top Lincoln Family, Top of the Hill Cream, Sitting on Top of the World Hollies, I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top Miles Davis, The Surrey with the Fringe on Top Dixie Dregs, Take It off the Top John Mayall, On Top of the World
10 Twist songs 1. The Twist 2. Let's Twist Again 3. Twisting The Night Away 4. Sherry ("...come on to my twist party...") 5. Twistin' Postman 6. Twist and Shout 7. Twist and Crawl 8. Peppermint Twist 9. Twistin' USA 10. Dear Lady Twist
Ten songs that hit #1 at least two years after they were first released in the U.S. [Listed chronologically] 1. "Heartaches," Ted Weems, 1947 (first released 1933) 2. "Mr. Lonely," Bobby Vinton, 1964 (first released 1962) 3. "I'm Telling You Now," Freddie & the Dreamers, 1965 (first released 1963) 4. "Hanky Panky," Tommy James & the Shondells, 1966 (first released 1964) 5. "Leaving on a Jet Plane," Peter, Paul & Mary, 1969 (first released 1967) 6. "The Tears of a Clown," Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, 1970 (first released 1967) 7. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," Roberta Flack, 1972 (first released 1969) 8. "At This Moment," Billy (Vera) & the Beaters, 1987 (first released 1981) 9. "Red Red Wine," UB40, 1988 (first released 1984) 10. "When I'm with You," Sheriff, 1989 (first released 1983)
10 orange barrel sunshine/windowpane songs Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter Uriah Heep – Salisbury Pink Floyd – Several Small Species Of Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict Jimi Hendrix – Third Stone From The Sun Traffic – Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Yes – South Side Of The Sky Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath Jefferson Airplane – Today Nilsson – Jump In The Fire Cream - Toad
Top 10 Flying Nun releases: [only vinyl currently in my possession] Boodle, Boodle, Boodle 12" EP - The Clean Victor Dimisich Band 12" EP - Victor Dimisich Band Pink Frost 7" - The Chills In the Same Room LP - This Kind of Punishment Clean Out of Our Minds LP - The Great Unwashed Thermos LP - Bailter Space Gordons LP (F. Nun reissue) - Gordons A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down LP - Able Tasmans Uncoffined LP - Terminals Cut it Out 12" EP - Double Happys
Top 10 Power Pop songs: Badfinger - "No Matter What" Richard X Heyman - "Loud" the Spongetones - "She Goes Out With Everybody" the Flamin' Groovies - "Shake Some Action" Todd Rundgren - "Couldn't I Just Tell You" Big Star - "In the Street" the Vandalias - "Build This House" the Raspberries - "Tonight" the Hudson Bros. - "Spinning the Wheel" Artful Dodger - "She's Just My Baby"
top 10 songs off Odessey & Oracle Brief Candles This Will Be Our Year A Rose For Emily Maybe After He's Gone Hung Up On A Dream Care Of Cell 44 Friends Of Mine Butchers Tale (Western Front 1914) Changes Beechwood Park
Top 10 Noise albums: Merzbow- Venereology Kevin Drumm - Sheer Hellish Miasma Yellow swans- going places Guilty Connector -Beats, Noise, and Life Voice Crack - Earflash C.C.C.C.- Early works Merzbow- Oersted Zbigniew Karkowski- One and many Merzbow- Green wheels Stimbox / A.U.M. / Death Squad- Enjoy happiness
Top ten Punk and New Wave songs about masturbation: Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol Turning Japanese - The Vapors She Bop - Cyndi Lauper Everyday I Die - Tubeway Army Be Stiff - Devo Orgasm Addict - The Buzzcocks Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes Pink Thing - XTC Jack U Off - Prince Friggin' In The Riggin' - The Sex Pistols
Top 10 favourite Mozart recordings: Serenade in B flat Major "Gran Partita": Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer Piano Concerto No. 23: Karl Böhm/Maurizio Pollini Horn Concerto No. 3: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra/William Purvis Piano Trio No. 4: Anne-Sophie Mutter/André Previn/Daniel Müller-Schott Piano Sonata No. 14: Friedrich Gulda Symphony No. 25: English Concert/Trevor Pinnock Piano Concerto No. 9: Angela Hewitt/Orchestra da Camera di Mantova Trio in E flat Minor "Kegelstatt": James Levine/Ensemble Wien-Berlin String Quartet No. 15: Hagen Quartett Requiem in D Minor: Berliner Philharmoniker/Claudio Abbado
Top ten favorite bald musicians 1. Peter Garrett from Midnight Oil 2. Billy Corgan 3. Phil Collins 4. Angry Anderson from Rose Tattoo 5. Seal 6. Howard Jones, ex-singer from Killswitch Engage 7. Brian Eno 8. Moby 9. Sinead O'Connor 10. Bruce Willis (singer/harmonica player extraordinaire)
And in reply, the top ten man songs Family Man- Hall and Oates Man in a Suitcase- The Police Demolition Man- The Police Trouble Man- Marvin Gaye Man of Colours- Icehouse Wanted Man- Johnny Cash Old Man- Neil Young Iron Man- Black Sabbath Better Man- Pearl Jam Nowhere Man- The Beatles
Top ten songs to fall asleep to: 1) Echoes - Pink Floyd 2) A day in the life - The Beatles 3) Will to love - Neil Young 4) Teardrop -Massive Attack 5) Don't talk - Beach Boys 6) The Congos - Fisherman 7) Inner city blues - Marvin Gaye 8) Peperina - Seru Giran 9) Elis Regina - Agua s de marzo 10) Errare humanum est - Jorge Ben