Xenakis Webern Stockhausen Kagel Henry Cow Tom Waits Zappa Voivod Napalm Death Eric Dolphy Coltrane Sandy Denny Rodriguez Slowdive XTC Bach Messiaen Cowboy Junkies Enya Slayer Black Sabbath Loreena Mckennitt Magma Faust Nick Cave Overkill Peter, Paul & Mary The Residents Jerry Goldsmith Devin Townsend Gershwin Derek Bailey Godflesh Stravinsky Schoenberg Joy Division Miles Davis Meshuggah Brahms Gesualdo
Top Ten Coolest Band Names: 10. The Swingin' Neckbreakers 9. The Detroit Wheels* 8. Witchfinder General 7. Teenage Jesus & The Jerks 6. Lyin' Bitch & The Restraining Orders 5. And They Shall Know Us By The Trail of Dead 4. Smack 3. REO SpeedDealer 2. Dead Kennedys 1. The The * All names with Detroit in it are cool. Detroit Emeralds. Detroit Spinners. Detroit Cobras. et al.
Top Ten Songs About Cars Beach Boys - "Little Duece Coupe" Sammy Hagar - "I Can't Drive 55" Prince - "Little Red Corvette" Queen - "I'm In Love With My Car" Metallica - "Fuel" T.I. - "Top Back" Foghat - "Slow Ride" ALL - "Hot Rod Lincoln" Primus - "Jerry Was A Race Car Driver" Gary Numan - "Cars"
Top Ten Favorite Venues That No Longer Exist (NYC/Chicago Chapter) 1. - The Academy of Music/Palladium NYC 2. The Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ 3. The Bottom Line, NYC 4. CBGBs 5. The Granada Theater, Chicago 6. Tuts, Chicago 7. Poplar Creek (Chicago area) 8. Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City (best dump in the world) 9. The Joint in the Woods, Parsippany NJ 10. The Uptown Theater, Chicago
10 venues I have seen concerts that no longer exist: Scorgies Penny Arcade Buffalo Aud CNE Stadium Triangle Theater Downtown Festival Tent Red Creek Montreal Forum Masonic Temple Ballroom Holleder Stadium Stretching the definition a bit to get to 10. A couple of the above are still there in different forms but don’t have rock concerts.
Top Ten Songs With Numbers: The Beatles - "When I'm 64" Paul Simon - "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" U2 - "One" Nena - "99 Luftballoons" Public Enemy - "911 Is A Joke" Bryan Adams - "Summer of '69" The Fixx - "Saved By Zero" Jay Z - "99 Problems" Three Dog Night - "One Is The Loneliest Number" Blur - "Song No. 2"
Top 10 of some of the most overplayed songs on the radio: Hotel California - The Eagles Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin Dreams - Fleetwood Mac Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Rockin Me Baby - Steve Miller Band More Than A Feeling - Boston Who Are You - The Who Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who Baba O'Reily - The Who Free Falling - Tom Petty
Top 10 acts I wish I had seen in concert: Carpenters Tina Turner Pat Benatar Bangles Abba Def Leppard Belinda Carlisle Foreigner The mamas and papas The seekers
Top Ten Favorite Double (or Triple) Albums {At This Very Moment} Alphabetically-- The Beatles - The Beatles The Clash - London Calling The Clash - Sandinista! Husker Du - Zen Arcade Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box/Second Edition Pulp - This Is Hardcore The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation Suede - Dog Man Star
Top 10 musical eccentrics (Sixties centric): 1) Viv Stanhall (truly one of a kind) 2) Keith Moon (his partner in crime...) 3) Kevin Ayers 4) Syd Barrett (before he lost it) 5) Skip Spence (ditto) 6) Craig Smith (Maitreya Kali) 7) Steve Peregrine Took 8) Licorice McKechnie 9) Graham(e) Bond (the son of Alaister Crowley...) 10) Roy Wood
Top ten acts I'd wish I'd seen live: Journey The Cars Queen Boston Foreigner Toto Bruce Springsteen Def Leppard Styx REO Speedwagon Top ten most overrated artists: Sex Pistols Nirvana Oasis Radiohead Rolling Stones The Beatles ABBA Adele Beyonce Taylor Swift
Top 10 songs about somebody's dog (not just songs with "dog" in the title": "Shannon" - Henry Gross "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" - Lobo "Martha My Dear'" - Beatles "I Love My Dog" - Cat Stevens "Old King - Neil Young "Me and My Arrow" - Harry Nilssen "Old Shep" - Elvis "Move It On Over" - Hank Williams/George Thorogood. "My Dog and Me" - John Hiatt "Seamus" - Pink Floyd.
Top Ten guitar / pedal steel guitar work Duane Allman-Dreams Buddy Cage-Gypsy Cowboy by New Riders David Gilmore-On The Turning Away Eric Clapton / Duane Allman-Layla Rusty Young-Magnolia by Poco David Gilmore-Comfortably Numb Al Perkins-Four Days Gone Rick Roberts solo album Peter Frampton-Blackhole Sun off his Fingerprints album Derek Trucks-Keep On Growing Tedeschi Trucks Oakland Jock Bartley-Even Steven by Firefall
Top 10 current tracks I hate: Believer Ride I'm the One Don't Wanna Know Body Like a Backroad Nothing Holding Me Back Say You Won't Let Go Shape of You Slow Hands That's What I Like
I'm a day late, but yesterday was the birthday of America's favorite demon, Gene Simmons. Just for fun, here are 10 of my favorite Kiss songs written and sang predominately by Gene: 1. Let Me Go, Rock n Roll (Co-written with Paul Stanley) 2. Got Love For Sale 3. Calling Dr. Love 4. I Love It Loud 5. Any Way You Slice It 6. Great Expectations 7. See You Tonite 8. Mr. Make Believe 9. She 10. Goin Blind (MTV Unplugged, especially)
Top Ten Robert Plant solo songs: Big Log I Believe 29 Palms Little By Little Sixes And Sevens Darkness Darkness Ship Of Fools In The Mood Heaven Knows
Top 10 Dischord bands that don't include Ian MacKaye: 1. Soul Side 2. Jawbox 3. Rites of Spring 4. Bluetip 5. Holy Rollers 6. Shudder to Think 7. One Last Wish 8. Happy Go Licky 9. Scream 10. Three
Top 10 Robert Pollard projects: 1. Guided by Voices 2. solo 3. Boston Spaceships 4. Ricked Wicky 5. Circus Devils 6. Lifeguards 7. The Takeovers 8. ESP Ohio 9. Psycho and the Birds 10. The Moping Swans
