Song List Special : Nicolas

[nicolas]

Ok, this is my list. It was supposed to be my turn on June 11, so I'm posting a top 500. I'll try to add more direct links when I can, but

You can find a youtube playlist with the first 100+ here

I realize that most of the rock songs here are well known of AMers, and the unacclaimed stuff is mostly from other genres

1 . Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road | 1975
2 . Robert Wyatt - Sea Song | 1974 (art rock, prog rock)
3 . The Beatles - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End | 1969
4 . Billie Holiday - Strange fruit | 1939
5 . Georges Brassens - Le Gorille | 1952 (chanson)
6 . Henri Salvador - Dans mon île | 1958 (chanson, bossa nova)
7 . Roy Orbison - In Dreams | 1963 (pop rock)
8 . Jacques Brel - Amsterdam | 1964 (chanson)
9 . Neil Young - After The Gold Rush | 1970
10 . Bruce Springsteen - The River | 1980
11 . John Coltrane - My Favorite Things | 1961 (jazz)
12 . Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene | 1944 (folk blues)
13 . Georges Brassens - La Marine | 1953 (chanson)
14 . Wilco - Impossible Germany | 2007
15 . The Divine Comedy - The Summerhouse | 1994 (pop rock)
16 . Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grapelli - Echoes of France | 1947 (jazz)
17 . Otis Redding - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay | 1968
18 . Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gracy, Jr. | 2005
19 . Mahmoud Ahmed - Ere Mela mela/Meche Neu | 1975 (world, Ethio jazz)
20 . Ray Charles - What'd I Say | 1959
21 . Jacques Brel - Vesoul | 1968 (chanson)
22 . The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever | 1967
23 . Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine | 1968
24 . Alain Bashung - La Nuit je mens | 1998 (chanson, French pop)
25 . Michael Jackson - Billie Jean | 1982
26 . Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman | 1968 (country, pop)
27 . Boris Vian - Le Déserteur | 1955
28 . Stevie Wonder - Superstition | 1972
29 . Georges Brassens - Je m'suis fait tout petit | 1956 (chanson)
30 . Neil Young - Cortez The Killer | 1975
31 . Cesaria Evora - Sodade | 1992
32 . Ry Cooder - A Cancion Mixteca | 1985 (blues rock)
33 . The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations | 1966
34 . The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset | 1967
35 . Tom Waits - Jockey Full Of Bourbon | 1985
36 . Compay Segundo - Yo Vengo Aqui | 1996 (World, Cuba)
37 . Antony & the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone | 2005
38 . Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run | 1975
39 . Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal | 2008
40 . Growling Tiger - Money Is King | 1979 (Calypso)
41 . Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me | 1970
42 . David Bowie - Rock'n Roll Suicide | 1972
43 . Rachid Taha - Yah Rayah | 1993 (World, raï)
44 . Tom Waits - I Don't Wanna Grow Up | 1992
45 . Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up | 1973
46 . The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It (live in Woodstock) | 1970 (rock)
47 . Bill Monroe - Blue Moon Of Kentucky | 1954
48 . Desmond Dekker - The Israelites | 1969
49 . Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan | 1997
50 . Bruce Springsteen - New York City Serenade | 1973
51 . Prince - When Doves Cry | 1984
52 . Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty | 1972 (country)
53 . Erik Satie - Gymnopédie 1 | 1888 (classical)
54 . James Brown - Get up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine | 1970
55 . Bruce Springsteen - Candy's Room | 1978 (rock)
56 . Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode | 1958
57 . Pulp - Common People | 1995
58 . Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit | 1991
59 . Blind Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy | 1961 (blues gospel)
60 . The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | 1965
61 . Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On | 1971
62 . Erik Satie - Gnossienne no5 | 1890 (classical)
63 . Georges Brassens - La Mauvaise Réputation | 1952
64 . Tom Waits - Innocent When You Dream | 1987
65 . Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side | 1972
66 . The Clash - London Calling | 1979
67 . Doc & Merle Watson - My Rough And Rowdy Ways | 1967
68 . Dick Annegarn - Bruxelles | 1974
69 . The Doors - Light My Fire | 1967
70 . Amadou Balaké - Taximen | 1978
71 . Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues | 1955
72 . Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be thy Name | 1982
73 . Drive-by Truckers - Perfect Timing | 2008
74 . Buena Vista Social Club - El Cuarto de Tula | 1997
75 . The Beatles - Rocky Raccoon | 1968
76 . Ron Sexsmith - Speaking with the angel | 1995
77 . Mahalia Jackson - In The Upper Room | 1952
78 . The Specials - Ghost Town | 1981
79 . Robert Wyatt - Maryan | 1997
80 . Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's blues | 1976
81 . Toumani Diabaté - Kaounding Cissoko | 2008
82 . Tom Waits - Time | 1985
83 . The Divine Comedy - Tonight We Fly | 1994
84 . Johnny Cash - One | 2000
85 . The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby | 1966
86 . The Beatles - Blackbird | 1968
87 . Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah | 1994
88 . David Bowie - Starman | 1972
89 . Big Joe Williams - Brother James | 1960
90 . Nick Drake - River Man | 1969
91 . Little Richard - Long Tall Sally | 1956
92 . Robert Wyatt - Alifib/Alife/Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road | 1974
93 . Edith Piaf - L'Accordéoniste | 1955
94 . Bruce Springsteen - Badlands | 1978
95 . Rev. Robert Wilkins - The Prodigal Son | 1965
96 . The Tallest Man On Earth - I Won't Be Found | 2008
97 . David Bowie - Life On Mars ? | 1971
98 . Jimmie Rodgers - Gambling Ballroom Blues | 1932
99 . Barbara - Nantes | 1964
100 . Georges Brassens - Je suis un voyou | 1955
101 . Dick Annegarn - Les Tchèques | 1997
102 . Vic Chesnutt - Guilty By Association | 1995
103 . Hank Williams - Jambalaya | 1952
104 . The Clash - The Guns of Brixton | 1979
105 . Shigeru Umebayashi - Yumeji's Theme | 2000
106 . Björk - Joga | 1997
107 . Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done | 1972
108 . Jacques Brel - Les Bourgeois | 1962
109 . The Flatlanders - Tonight I'm Gonna Go Downtown | 1972
110 . Fabulous Trobadors - Si Tu Te Fais | 2003
111 . The Beatles - Julia | 1968
112 . The Klezmorim - Fidl Volach | 1977
113 . Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz | 1994
114 . William Sheller - Un homme heureux | 1991
115 . Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry | 1975
116 . R.E.M. - Find The River | 1992
117 . Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come | 1965
118 . Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone | 1965
119 . Leadbelly - Black Girl (Where did you sleep last night ) | 1944
120 . Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet : The Knights' Dance (Montagues and Capulets) | 1935
121 . Neil Young - Southern Man | 1970
122 . David Bowie - Space Oddity | 1969
123 . Paul Weller - Wild Wood | 1993
124 . Stevie Wonder - Living For The City | 1973
125 . The Pogues - The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda | 1985
126 . Compay Segundo - Orgullecida | 1996
127 . Pink Floyd - Money | 1973
128 . Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out My Back Door | 1970
129 . Van Morrison - Beside You | 1968
130 . Big Bill Broonzy - When did you leave heaven | 1951
131 . Ry Cooder - No Banker Left Behind | 2011
132 . Dick Annegarn - Que Toi | 1999
133 . The Jayhawks - Waiting For The Sun | 1992
134 . Midlake - Acts Of Man | 2010
135 . The Beach Boys - You Still Believe In Me | 1966
136 . Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell | 1964
137 . Radiohead - Paranoid Android | 1997
138 . The Pogues - Dirty Old Town | 1985
139 . Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band | 1970
140 . Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama | 1974
141 . The Divine Comedy - Lucy | 1993
142 . Julie London - Cry Me A River | 1955
143 . Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song | 2008
144 . Jacques Brel - La Chanson de Jacky | 1965
145 . Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke | 1976
146 . Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough | 1979
147 . Elvis Presley - That's All Right Mama | 1954
148 . Henri Salvador - Le Loup, la biche et le chevalier | 1950
149 . Schubert - Death and the Maiden II | 1817
150 . Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking | 1966
151 . Beck - Tropicalia | 1998
152 . Orchestra Baobab - Bul Ma Miin | 2002
153 . Bob Marley - Redemption Song | 1980
154 . Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' | 1956
155 . Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues | 1928
156 . The Beatles - Penny Lane | 1967
157 . Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B. | 1968
158 . Dick Annegarn - Rhapsode | 1999
159 . Anouar Brahem - Vague/E la nave va | 2006
160 . Bombes 2 Bal - La Voiture | 2004
161 . The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil | 1968
162 . Radiohead - Karma Police | 1997
163 . Björk - Bachelorette | 1997
164 . Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross | 1969
165 . The Hold Steady - Lord I'm Discouraged | 2008
166 . The Rolling Stones - Jigsaw Puzzle | 1968
167 . Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains | 2008
168 . Fela Kuti - Zombie | 1976
169 . Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up | 1970
170 . Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds | 1969
171 . Prince - Sign O' The Times | 1987
172 . Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid | 1966
173 . Tom Waits - Way Down In The Hole | 1987
174 . Compay Segundo - Silencio | 1996
175 . Björk - It's Oh So Quiet | 1995
176 . Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me | 1958
177 . Leadbelly - Western Plain (When I Was A Cowboy) | 1944
178 . Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland | 1975
179 . Gérard Manset - Il voyage en solitaire | 1975
180 . The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows | 1966
181 . Jacques Brel - Madeleine | 1962
182 . Aretha Franklin - Think | 1980
183 . Tom Waits - Kentucky Avenue | 1978
184 . Kante Manfila - Agne Anko | 1994
185 . Stevie Wonder - Love's In Need Of Love Today | 1976
186 . Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart | 1970
187 . DJ Shadow - Stem / Long Stem | 1996
188 . ABBA - Dancing Queen | 1976
189 . Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill | 1956
190 . Sly & the Family Stone - Runnin' Away | 1971
191 . Stevie Wonder - Summer Soft | 1976
192 . The Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise | 1993
193 . Hank Williams - Move It On Over | 1947
194 . The Animals - House of the Rising Sun | 1964
195 . David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes | 1980
196 . Love - Alone Again or | 1967
197 . Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come | 1972
198 . Paco de Lucia - Entre dos aguas | 1973
199 . The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man | 1965
200 . Van Morrison - Astral Weeks | 1968
201 . The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone | 1972
202 . Pharoah Sanders - The Creator Has A Master Plan | 1969
203 . Bob Dylan - Hurricane | 1975
204 . Jeff Buckley - Grace | 1994
205 . Moraes Moreira - Lenda do Pegaso | 1980
206 . Jackson C. Frank - I Want To Be Alone (Dialogue) | 1965
207 . Drive-by Truckers - Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife | 2008
208 . Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen | 1982
209 . Grand Kalle & l'African Jazz - Ambiance Kalle Catho | 1954
210 . Astor Piazzola - Oblivion | 1984
211 . Willie Colón & Rubén Bladés - Pedro Navaja | 1978
212 . John Prine - Hello In There | 1971
213 . AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long | 1980
214 . Willis Alan Ramsey - Angel eyes | 1972
215 . Richard Galliano - Libertango | 1995
216 . Stranger Cole & Lester Sterling - Bangarang | 1969
217 . Brad Mehldau - Exit music | 1999
218 . Ray Charles - Georgia On my Mind | 1960
219 . Antony & The Johnsons - Everglade | 2009
220 . Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues | 1958
221 . Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac | 1959
222 . Jacques Brel - Le Plat Pays | 1962
223 . The Beach Boys - I Get Around | 1964
224 . Grupo Vocal Desandann - Guédé Nibo | 1998
225 . Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven | 1971
226 . The Jayhawks - Blue | 1995
227 . Stevie Wonder - Big Brother | 1972
228 . Neil Young - Don't Let It Bring You Down | 1970
229 . Tom Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker in Minneapolis | 1978
230 . Tony Joe White - Home Made Ice Cream | 1973
231 . George Harrison - My Sweet Lord | 1970
232 . Gavin Bryars - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet | 1993
233 . Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony n*7 -II Allegretto | 1812
234 . Doc & Merle Watson - The Lawson Family Murder | 1967
235 . The Ronettes - Be My Baby | 1963
236 . Fleet Foxes - Blue Spotted Tail | 2011
237 . Georges Brassens - Chanson pour l'Auvergnat | 1954
238 . Kitty Wells - It wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | 1950
239 . Lou Reed - Satellite Of Love | 1972
240 . The Roots - Make My | 2011
241 . Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love ? | 1978
242 . Belle & Sebastian - The Fox in the Snow | 1996
243 . Derek & the Dominos - Layla | 1970
244 . Georges Brassens - Colombine | 1956
245 . Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas | 1985
246 . The Beatles - The Fool on The Hill | 1967
247 . Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine | 1987
248 . The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower | 1968
249 . Fela Kuti - Power Show | 1981
250 . Roy Acuff - Wreck on The Highway | 1942
251 . The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black | 1966
252 . The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon | 1966
253 . Ondatrópica - Curro Fuentes | 2012
254 . Jacques Brel - Le Dernier Repas | 1964
255 . Bob Dylan - Sad-eyed Lady of the Lowlands | 1966
256 . Sarah Vaughan - Lullaby Of Birdland | 1955
257 . The Byrds - Dolphin's Smile | 1968
258 . Boris Vian - Je bois | 1956
259 . Elmore James - Dust My Broom | 1951
260 . Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues | 1971
261 . Gregory Porter - Be Good (Lion's Song) | 2012
262 . The Beatles - Come Together | 1969
263 . Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale | 1967
264 . Jacques Brel - Ne Me Quitte Pas | 1959
265 . Stan Ridgway - Camouflage | 1986
266 . Eagles - Hotel California | 1976
267 . Elliott Smith - Waltz 2 | 1998
268 . The Kinks - Apeman | 1970
269 . Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Theme de Yo-Yo | 1970
270 . Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia | 1969
271 . Melingo - Corazón y hueso | 2011
272 . Compay Segundo - Chan Chan | 1996
273 . Goran Bregovic - Mesecina | 1995
274 . Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary | 1969
275 . The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs | 1967
276 . R-ZA feat. Tekitha - Walking Through The Darkness | 2000
277 . The Beatles - Back in the USSR | 1968
278 . The Beatles - A Day In The Life | 1967
279 . Leadbelly - There's A Man Goin' Round Taking Names | 1944
280 . The Divine Comedy - Neptune's Daughter | 1994
281 . Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean | 1928
282 . Johnny Cash - Redemption | 1994
283 . Booker T & The MG's - Green Onions | 1962
284 . Bruce Springsteen - Factory | 1978
285 . Gnarls Barkley - Crazy | 2006
286 . Septeto Nacional - Arolla Cubano | 1999
287 . Camarón de la Isla - Nana del caballo blanco | 1979
288 . Roy Orbison - Running Scared | 1961
289 . Run DMC - Walk this way | 1986
290 . Ry Cooder - El Corrido de Jesse James | 2011
291 . The Jayhawks - Crowded in the Wings | 1992
292 . Stan Getz, Joao and Astrud Gilberto - The Girl from Ipanema | 1963
293 . Suicide - Ghost Rider | 1977
294 . Mercury Rev - Endlessly | 1998
295 . Bruce Springsteen - Adam Raised A Cain | 1978
296 . Jacques Dutronc - Il est 5 heures Paris s'éveille | 1968
297 . Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water | 1972
298 . Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky | 1973
299 . Miles Davis - Concerto de Aranjuez | 1960
300 . Sonic Youth - Tunic | 1990
301 . Little Richard - Tutti Frutti | 1955
302 . Bad Livers - Precious Time | 1992
303 . Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown | 1950
304 . The Kinks - You Really Got Me | 1964
305 . Daniel Darc - Psaume 23 | 2004
306 . Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day | 2005
307 . The Divine Comedy - A Lady Of A Certain Age | 2006
308 . The Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau | 1971
309 . Trió Matamoros - Lágrimas Negras | 1929
310 . Blind Blake - John B Sail | 1952
311 . Slimane Azem - Algérie, mon beau pays | 1975
312 . Bob Dylan - Lily, Rosemary and the Jack Of Hearts | 1975
313 . David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust | 1972
314 . Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me | 1963
315 . Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding | 1982
316 . Neil Young - Tell Me Why | 1970
317 . Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze out | 1975
318 . Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved ? | 1980
319 . Alain Souchon - Foule sentimentale | 1993
320 . Fleet Foxes - Montezuma | 2011
321 . The Dubliners - The Town I Love So Well | 1973
322 . Led Zeppelin - Going To California | 1971
323 . AC/DC - Highway To Hell | 1979
324 . Jacques Brel - Quand on n'a que l'amour | 1956
325 . Metallica - One | 1988
326 . Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film) | 1997
327 . Jacques Brel - Ces gens-là | 1965
328 . Roy Orbison - Crying | 1961
329 . The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin' | 1965
330 . Tom Waits - Black Wings | 1992
331 . Ry Cooder - Ditty Wah Ditty | 1974
332 . Nick Drake - Things Behind the sun | 1972
333 . Richard Youngs - It Soon Will Be Fire | 1998
334 . Roy Orbison - The Comedians | 1989
335 . Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucia, John McLaughlin - Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho | 1981
336 . Glen Campbell - Gentle On My Mind | 1967
337 . Bessie Smith - Saint Louis Blues | 1925
338 . Georges Brassens - Les Copains d'abord | 1964
339 . Pearl Jam - Alive | 1991
340 . Supertramp - The Logical Song | 1979
341 . Jacques Brel - Les Vieux | 1963
342 . Alela Diane - Tired Feet | 2006
343 . Georges Brassens - Le Bistrot | 1960
344 . Big Brother & the Holding Company - Summertime | 1968
345 . Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman | 1966
346 . Ron Sexsmith - The Impossible World | 2008
347 . Rufus Wainwright - April Fools | 1998
348 . Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat | 1999
349 . Leonard Cohen - The Partisan | 1969
350 . Linton Kwesi Johnson - Di Black Petty Booshwah | 1980
351 . Björk - Hyper Ballad | 1995
352 . Leadbelly - Midnight Special | 1948
353 . Robert Johnson - Stop Breaking Down Blues | 1937
354 . Wilco - Jesus, etc | 2002
355 . The Beatles - Norwegian Wood | 1965
356 . The Clash - Spanish Bombs | 1979
357 . Neil Young - Country Home | 1990
358 . The Who - My Generation | 1965
359 . The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter | 1969
360 . Rod Stewart - Maggie May | 1971
361 . Charles Mingus - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | 1959
362 . Bob Dylan - Workingman's Blues #2 | 2006
363 . Jacques Dutronc - Les Playboys | 1966
364 . Bobby Womack - Across 110th street | 1972
365 . Nick Drake - Fruit Tree | 1969
366 . The Divine Comedy - The Booklovers | 1994
367 . Lotte Lenya - Moritat vom Mackie Messe | 1955
368 . Philip Glass - Opening | 1982
369 . Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World | 1989
370 . The Velvet Underground - Heroin | 1967
371 . Eminem - Stan | 2000
372 . Les Frères Déjean - Experience | 1979
373 . Al Green - Let's Stay Together | 1971
374 . Little Feat - Willin' | 1972
375 . Chet Baker - I Fall In Love Too Easily | 1954
376 . Georges Brassens - L'Orage | 1960
377 . Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge | 1991
378 . Neil Young - Heart Of Gold | 1972
379 . Desmond Dekker - Shanty Town | 1967
380 . The Beatles - I Am The Walrus | 1967
381 . Soft Cell - Tainted Love | 1981
382 . Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for piano # 23, Adagio | 1786
383 . Paulinho Da Viola - Coração leviano | 1993
384 . U2 - Where The Streets have No Name | 1987
385 . Dick Annegarn - Sacré Géranium | 1974
386 . R.E.M. - Losing My Religion | 1991
387 . Blind Blake - Georgia Bound | 1929
388 . Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock | 1957
389 . The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle | 1990
390 . Bruce Springsteen - Point Blank | 1980
391 . Stevie Wonder - Another Star | 1976
392 . The Roots - You Got Me | 1999
393 . The Beatles - Hey Jude | 1968
394 . John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen | 1948
395 . Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue | 1975
396 . Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied | 1947
397 . Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch boogie | 1946
398 . The Band - The Weight | 1968
399 . Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son | 1969
400 . Barbara - L'Aigle noir | 1970
401 . Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice It's All Right | 1963
402 . Ben E. King - Stand By Me | 1961
403 . Elvis Presley - Blue Suede shoes | 1956
404 . Bascom Lamar Lunsford - I Wish I Was A Mole in the Ground | 1928
405 . Patsy Montana - I Want To Be A Cowboy Sweetheart | 1935
406 . Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskogee | 1969
407 . Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff | 1973
408 . The Black Keys - Lonely Boy | 2011
409 . Robert Pete Williams - Levee Camp Blues | 1959
410 . Lou Reed - Perfect Day | 1972
411 . Tom Waits - Hang Down Your Head | 1985
412 . Martin Stephenson & the Daintees - Crocodile Cryer | 1986
413 . Steve Earle - The Mountain | 1999
414 . Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye | 1994
415 . Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou | 1963
416 . The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 1983 (A Merman I Should turn To Be) | 1968
417 . Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird | 1973
418 . The Who - Won't Get Fooled again | 1971
419 . Red Sovine - Phantom 309 | 1967
420 . Aleksandar Sisic - Chelipe | 1973
421 . Genesis - Supper's Ready | 1972
422 . Louis Armstrong Hot Five - Once In A While | 1927
423 . The Cure - In Between Days | 1985
424 . Little Richard - Lucille | 1957
425 . The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Red House | 1967
426 . Ms. Dynamite - Dy-Na-My -Tee | 2002
427 . Pearl Jam - Jeremy | 1991
428 . Renaud - Mistral Gagnant | 1985
429 . The Tallest Man On Earth - The Gardener | 2008
430 . Sisa - Qualsevol nit por sortir el sol | 1975
431 . Valerio Longoria - El Canoero | 1989
432 . Michael Jackson - Off The Wall | 1979
433 . Tom Waits - Romeo Is Bleeding | 1978
434 . Manu Chao - Clandestino | 1998
435 . Daft Punk - One More Time | 2000
436 . Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman | 1972
437 . Genesis - Timetable | 1972
438 . A Tribe Called Quest - Luck Of Lucien | 1990
439 . The Byrds - Chestnut Mare | 1970
440 . Jimmy Rogers - Walking By Myself | 1956 (blues)
441 . The Beatles - Something | 1969
442 . Undertones - Teenage Kicks | 1978
443 . Dick Dale - Miserlou | 1962
444 . Goran Bregovic - Ederlezi | 1988
445 . ? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears | 1966
446 . Bill Monroe - Molly & Tenbrooks | 1947
447 . Madness - One Step Beyond | 1979
448 . Bob Dylan - Tell Me That It Isn't True | 1969
449 . Wilco - Either Way | 2007
450 . Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely | 1960
451 . The Divine Comedy - Queen Of The South | 1993
452 . Pink Floyd - Echoes | 1971
453 . The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing | 1967
454 . Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving you | 1970
455 . Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby | 1968
456 . Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out | 1929
457 . Vampire Weekend - A-Punk | 2007
458 . Roy Orbison - In The Real World | 1989
459 . The Strokes - Last Nite | 2001
460 . Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska | 1982
461 . Goran Bregovic (feat. Cesaria Evora) - Ausencia | 1995
462 . The Beatles - In My Life | 1965
463 . Arcade Fire - Crown of Love | 2004
464 . The Divine Comedy - Becoming More Like Alfie | 1996
465 . Prince - Kiss | 1986
466 . The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe | 1966
467 . Edith Piaf - La Vie en rose | 1946
468 . Bob Dylan - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | 1968
469 . Iron Maiden - Children of The Damned | 1982
470 . Vernon Dalhart - The Wreck Of the Old 97 | 1924
471 . Big Maceo - County Jail Blues | 1941
472 . Stan Getz- Joao Gilberto - Desafinado | 1964
473 . Ron Sexsmith - Strawberrry Blonde | 1997
474 . The Beach Boys - God Only Knows | 1966
475 . Prokofiev - Pierre et Le Loup | 1936
476 . Trio Matamoros - Son de la Loma | 1928
477 . Titi Winterstein Quartett - Milko | 1985 (gypsy jazz)
478 . Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed | 1970
479 . Supergrass - Alright | 1995
480 . Marvin Gaye - Right On | 1971
481 . Robert Wyatt - Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road | 1974
482 . The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) | 1968
483 . Richard Hawley - Just Like The Rain | 2005
484 . Johnny Hallyday - Quelque chose de Tennessee | 1985
485 . The Jayhawks - Clouds | 1992
486 . LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends | 2007
487 . Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite in D Major | 1731
488 . Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire | 1963
489 . Beck - Cold Brains | 1998
490 . Art Blakey - Blues March | 1958
491 . Yann Tiersen - La Dispute | 1998
492 . Son House - Walking Blues | 1942 (Delta blues)
493 . The Beatles - Help! | 1965
494 . Caetano Veloso - Coração Materno | 1968
495 . Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago | 1936
496 . Davlatmand - Devonah Shaw | 1992
497 . The Divine Comedy - When The Lights Go Out All over NY | 1994
498 . Michael jackson - Thriller | 1982
499 . Pixies - Velouria | 1990
500 . Jacques Brel - Voir un ami pleurer | 1977

[nicolas]

I've added links to the first 130 tracks. I'll try to continur ASAP

[Henry]

Great list Nicolas!

So far I've only been able to listen to the following songs:
16 . Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grapelli - Echoes of France | 1947 - I will certainly add Echoes of France to my favorites list. It is indeed a treasure
46 . The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It (live in Woodstock) | 1970 - The Woodstock version of We're Not Gonna Take It is great, but I typically only include studio versions in my top list. Not sure if I'll make an exception here, but the Woodstock version is clearly worthy of further consideration and the Who are one of my favorite performers of all time.

Hopefully, I 'll listen to more songs from your list shortly.

[nicolas]

Thanks Henry! I don't pick live songs either but that one is an exception!

Anybody else?

I know there's nota lot of indie rock in my list, but I'm sure everybody can find something that they like

[Hymie]

147 . Elvis Presley - That's All Right Mama | 1954

There's no "Mama" in the title. It's just "That's All Right."

[nicolas]

Thanks HYmie

Now SavoyBG you can get out of Hymie's body

But if Hymie is your Dr. Jekyll, "That's All Right" with me.

[lenyrock]

Thanks for sharing this awesome list..

[jamieW]

Nicolas: There are still a few other lists I have to catch up on (I was waiting until I had a little more time, since I’ve been focusing more on the Moderately Acclaimed and yearly polls, which have deadlines). However, after scanning your list and seeing so many longtime personal favorites, as well as other great songs I discovered in the World Cup, I was excited to hear some of the songs unknown to me. Here are my favorites so far:

Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grapelli - Echoes of France: The highest ranking song on your list that was unfamiliar to me. I’ve always loved songs that transport me to a place I’ve never been, or an era that I never lived through. This great instrumental managed to do both.

Mahmoud Ahmed - Ere Mela mela/Meche Neu: For some reason, I didn’t recognize this one by title, but I did as soon as I began listening to it. Since I knew I’d heard it in the World Cup, I was shocked that I must not have voted for it! I went back to all of my previous votes and comments, and found that it was a tough call for me between this wonderful song and eventual champion “ Yèkèrmo sèw.” It still would be.

Alain Bashung - La Nuit je mens: This one I also discovered that I knew. (Perhaps from the 90s poll?) The vocals here are exquisite, and I love the way the music intensifies in a subtle way throughout. It has a memorably cinematic, provocative video, too.

Boris Vian - Le Déserteur: What a vivid, powerful song this is! (Thanks for linking to the lyric video.) It’s message is every bit as potent as the best anti-war songs I’ve heard (“Masters of War” by Dylan; “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die” by Country Joe & The Fish; and the little known “Body Count” by Bourgeois Tagg).

Growling Tiger - Money Is King: I noticed that this terrific Calypso song was recorded in 1979, but it’s probably even more timely today. Another great find with a universal message. In fact, all five of these songs will be strong contenders for my next all-time songs list.

Thanks for the recommendations, and I’ll listen to more as soon as I find time!

[Hymie]

396 . Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied | 1947

This is from 1948.

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single ... oing_home/

[nicolas]

Thanks everybody for your comments!
Of course there is NO DEADLINE for this thread. Take your time. I'm gonna post more links soon.

The highest world songs were chosen for the World cup an decade polls but deeper in the list you might find something something you don't know.

[nicolas]

JamieW thanks for the comments. you probably recognized the French national anthem in the Django tune. it was revorded just after World war two and never this wary anthem has sounded so cool.

Jsu after WWII the colinial wars began in Indochina and Algeria. That's when Vian one of the most famous writers and pets of the century, and a great jazz musician, wrote Le Deserteur.

[jenykiron]

Great list!

[nicolas]

Thank you!

Anybody else?

Are you getting tired of the game or is it just my list that is getting so few comments?

[Dan]

Comments on these personal all-time lists have been sparse recently - a bit like tumbleweed in a semi-desert. But it doesn't mean that people aren't paying attention to them. Heck, even people who have never posted here before have thanked you for posting your list. Needless to say, I love your lists and know them very well by now (thanks for the links, by the way). Anyone who doesn't delve into your treasure trove of songs don't know what they're missing. And if all else fails, you can always keep doing this with the thread...

[Henry]

The new top 3000 lists are consuming a lot of my music time. So, please be patient with us as we move through your excellent list and its many treasures for further exploration.

[Bruno]

The new top 3000 lists are consuming a lot of my music time. So, please be patient with us as we move through your excellent list and its many treasures for further exploration.

Yeah, I'd say this.

But your list is great, Nicolas!

[jamieW]

Thank you!

Anybody else?

Are you getting tired of the game or is it just my list that is getting so few comments?

I can't speak for anyone else, but based upon the great discoveries I've made already, I know I'll be back (and within the next few days, too)! Also, thanks for the additional information regarding the songs I've commented on: I always enjoy hearing more about the songs I love (which is probably why I'm always buying books that include stories behind songs and artists).

[nicolas]

I've added more links!

[jamieW]

Here are a few more favorites I’ve found:

Erik Satie - Gymnopédie 1
I was already familiar with this wonderful composition, but I wanted to mention it anyway because it exemplifies the simple beauty I’ve always enjoyed in the minimalist composers from the next century (like Arvo Part).

Blind Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy
I just heard this one recently when I listened to “Harlem Street Singer” for the Moderately Acclaimed game. I loved the album; and this was instantly my favorite song off the album. Blues at its finest, both lyrically and musically.

Georges Brassens - La Mauvaise Réputation
Again, thanks for linking to a lyrics video. I’ve always thought of Brassens as a great, vivid storyteller, and this is now my favorite song by him. Its message of the ultimate price paid for nonconformity demonstrates both the power of his lyrics, and his wry sense of humor (which is an incredible strength of his).

Dick Annegarn - Bruxelles
Another subtle, beautiful discovery. (I’m also wondering if some of these might have been included in the World Cup game before I joined the forum. I definitely need to backtrack and listen to a lot of the nominees I never had the chance to hear.)

Amadou Balaké - Taximen
Both the instrumentation and energy level of this song make it an absolute joy to listen to.

Buena Vista Social Club - El Cuarto de Tula
I definitely need to dig deeper into the music of Buena Vista Social Club, since every time I hear anything by them, I always love it. There’s a magical quality to their music that’s difficult to define. If there’s a specific album of theirs that you think would be a good starting point for me (since I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never heard an entire album by them), I’d appreciate the recommendation.

Ron Sexsmith - Speaking with the angel
This beautiful, melodic, heartbreaking song really struck a chord with me. It’s definitely one of my favorite finds from your list so far.

The musical variety in your list is staggering. I’ve found many of my all-time personal favorites, both current and classic, as well as great world music, blues, bluegrass, and classical. Thanks again for posting. I’m looking forward to exploring further!

[Blanco]

Buena Vista Social Club - El Cuarto de Tula
I definitely need to dig deeper into the music of Buena Vista Social Club, since every time I hear anything by them, I always love it. There’s a magical quality to their music that’s difficult to define. If there’s a specific album of theirs that you think would be a good starting point for me (since I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never heard an entire album by them), I’d appreciate the recommendation.

I think that among all the albums that came out over time under the name of Buena Vista Social Club, there is one that can be considered THE Mr. album. (Please, all standing.) *Applause*. And is the eponymous album "Buena Vista Social Club" by Juan de Marcos González and Ry Cooder. However, we must remember that this album is somehow the tip of an iceberg which is actually Cuban music. I like especially Ibrahim Ferrer discography as well as Omara Portuondo. Oh, just one thing: I do not recommend much the album "Rhythms of the World". Not a bad album, it's just that I do not think it is a good way to meet Cuban music. It's like we say here: Dar atole con el dedo. "Give atole with your finger." This colloquial phrase means that you think you are getting something when really you're getting only a taste, or something that is not what it seems. Anyway, Cuban music is amazing by itself, you'll see.

[jamieW]

Buena Vista Social Club - El Cuarto de Tula
I definitely need to dig deeper into the music of Buena Vista Social Club, since every time I hear anything by them, I always love it. There’s a magical quality to their music that’s difficult to define. If there’s a specific album of theirs that you think would be a good starting point for me (since I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never heard an entire album by them), I’d appreciate the recommendation.

I think that among all the albums that came out over time under the name of Buena Vista Social Club, there is one that can be considered THE Mr. album. (Please, all standing.) *Applause*. And is the eponymous album "Buena Vista Social Club" by Juan de Marcos González and Ry Cooder. However, we must remember that this album is somehow the tip of an iceberg which is actually Cuban music. I like especially Ibrahim Ferrer discography as well as Omara Portuondo. Oh, just one thing: I do not recommend much the album "Rhythms of the World". Not a bad album, it's just that I do not think it is a good way to meet Cuban music. It's like we say here: Dar atole con el dedo. "Give atole with your finger." This colloquial phrase means that you think you are getting something when really you're getting only a taste, or something that is not what it seems. Anyway, Cuban music is amazing by itself, you'll see.

Thanks for the recommendations, Blanco! I will definitely check out the eponymous "Buena Vista Social Club" album, as well as Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo really soon.

[nicolas]

Here are a few more favorites I’ve found:

Blind Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy
I just heard this one recently when I listened to “Harlem Street Singer” for the Moderately Acclaimed game. I loved the album; and this was instantly my favorite song off the album. Blues at its finest, both lyrically and musically.

The album in the Moderately Acclaimed game was my nomination

Georges Brassens - La Mauvaise Réputation
Again, thanks for linking to a lyrics video. I’ve always thought of Brassens as a great, vivid storyteller, and this is now my favorite song by him. Its message of the ultimate price paid for nonconformity demonstrates both the power of his lyrics, and his wry sense of humor (which is an incredible strength of his).

"La Mauvaise Réputation" was his first hit, and a signature song that sums up Brassens' motto

Dick Annegarn - Bruxelles
Another subtle, beautiful discovery. (I’m also wondering if some of these might have been included in the World Cup game before I joined the forum. I definitely need to backtrack and listen to a lot of the nominees I never had the chance to hear.)

Annegarn is one of my favorite French singers, influenced by folk/blues and the great classic chanson singers like Brel and Brassens. "Bruxelles" is quite different from the rest of his songs. It was also a big hit and it's his most classic piece (but also maybe his most beautiful and universal).

Amadou Balaké - Taximen
Both the instrumentation and energy level of this song make it an absolute joy to listen to.

One of my favorite African songs. The music is fantastic, and the lyrics are great and hilarious. The song (probably very autobiographical) is about a guy who's complaining about the cabdrivers in Abidjan who never want to let him in their cars. Balaké was from Burkina Faso, a country that provided a lot of immigrant workers to the richer Côte d'Ivoire. He's singing in French with that inimitable West African vitality and eloquence, about the racism against Northerners and Guys from Burkina that eventually ended in a terrible war between 2002 and 2011.

Buena Vista Social Club - El Cuarto de Tula
I definitely need to dig deeper into the music of Buena Vista Social Club, since every time I hear anything by them, I always love it. There’s a magical quality to their music that’s difficult to define. If there’s a specific album of theirs that you think would be a good starting point for me (since I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never heard an entire album by them), I’d appreciate the recommendation.

I can only second Blanco's recommendations. The eponymous album (and the movie too) is an absolute masterpiece. I can also recommend you 2 more albums by Buena Vista musicians : "Yo Vengo Aqui" by Compay Segundo and "Sublime Illusion" by Eliades Ochoa. And all of the Trio Matamoros songs of course!

Ron Sexsmith - Speaking with the angel
This beautiful, melodic, heartbreaking song really struck a chord with me. It’s definitely one of my favorite finds from your list so far.

Yes, I really love Ron Sexsmith, and it's a pity that he's so unknown; he's a great songwriter. I remember discovering him when he was opening in 1995 for an artist I don't remember (was it Supergrass? Blur? I don't really remember).

Thanks Jamie for your comments!!

[jamieW]

Thanks for the additional song information! I was especially intrigued by the story of “Taximen.” Of your album recommendations, the only one I’d heard before was “Yo Vengo Aqui,” which I do really like. (It was a tough decision for me between that great album and Hank Williams in the Moderately Acclaimed game.) Your list has definitely inspired me to keep exploring the individual song lists, since I sort of dropped out when I became so busy with school. After I take my certification exam in a couple of weeks, I plan on setting aside a little time each week for catching up on the song lists (Fred, Slick, and a couple of others I missed), as well as coming back to this outstanding list which has already provided me with so many unfamiliar gems.

[nicolas]

[Honorio]

Hi nicolas, I got obviously plans of listening (and commenting on) your wonderful list, although I don't expect to find too many unknown songs because I already know many of them thanks to your recommendations on previous games. The problem (as usual) is that I'm too busy right now to do it. But I'll do it as soon as I can...

[nicolas]

Yes, Honorio, thank you! I wouldn't mind you if you skipped my list, because I know you're already familiar with a lot of songs here.

[Honorio]

Ninth list, this time from mon pote nicolas, one of the few AMers I had the luck of meet personally. We shared pleasant times with our families both in Paris and Valencia and, of course, we shared some music listening not only at our homes (and exchanging compilations of our favourite Spanish and French songs) but especially after years of paying attention to every other suggestions on the many music polls at the AM Forum. That's in part the main "problem" when I board the pleasant task of listen to your list, many of the gems that fill your list were unknown to me some years ago but you discovered them to me/us (so some of the Top 10 of unknown songs were not completely unknown, I'm going to write comments for the ones I'm not too familiar with, even if I listened to it before). I wish I could go back in time (let's say) five years and listen to your list with "fresh ears" to be able to discover these wonderful songs for the first time.
Anyway I know that traveling through your list is going to be an exciting experience even without the "surprise factor." Roots music, blues, chanson, world music and good emotional rock, it all sounds good to me! For instance I absolutely love your Top 10!! Only masterpieces there, and three great songs in French on it!


Top 10 of unknown songs:
67. Doc & Merle Watson | My Rough And Rowdy Ways: not completely unknown, I listened to the whole "Deep Gap" album for the Moderately Acclaimed Poll #4 but probably I did not pay enough attention to that particular song. A wonderful traditional country song, great song-writing (by Jimmie Rodgers), beautiful singing (especially the yodel) and guitar playing, it's no surprise that you like it that much. Frank and honest roots music.
70. Amadou Balaké | Taximen: absolutely unknown to me, this artist doesn't even have an entry in Wikipedia. Undeservedly because the song transmits pure joy with these playful rhythms, these fresh guitars and these joyful call-and-response vocals, African music is always so uplifting (despite being created amidst misery and injustice).
79. Robert Wyatt |Maryan: not completely unknown too, I knew the "Shleep" album and recently (during my intensive Eno period some months ago) I listened again to the songs with Eno involvement including "A Sunday in Madrid." But I didn't remember this wonderful song, written by Wyatt with Philip Catherine that features a dreamy (almost uterine) atmosphere, delicate guitars by Catherine and, of course, the beautifully peculiar voice (like an injured bird) of Wyatt.
89. Big Joe Williams | Brother James: I also have listened to the song in that Arhoolie compilation I downloaded from your own copy but I didn't remember it very well. And I should not because the song is a jewel of Delta blues, and this 1960 version is even better than the original 1937 one. Quoting your own comment on Youtube: "Big Joe was just out of jail when Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records recorded this. "His whole psyche was just full of these problems that he had, and he sang with a ferociousness that has never been duplicated"."
95. Rev. Robert Wilkins | The Prodigal Son: of course I know the cover the Rolling Stones made for "Beggars Banquet" and even the original version from 1929 (called then "That's No Way to Get Along"), I recently listened to both for the thread I'm preparing about the Stones covers. This 1965 live version is excellent (more likely the one that influenced the Stones), with all the flavours of rural blues-gospel, both earthy and heavenly.
101. Dick Annegarn | Les Tchèques: excellent song, probably I listened to it while I was chez toi, you played these days Dick Annegarn quite often. I like the minimalist album version, I like it even more the version with the string quartet you linked and, of course, I like your own cover, especially the moment when you sing that beautiful Eastern European melody (from 2'25").
109. The Flatlanders | Tonight I'm Gonna Go Downtown: more a legend than a band. I've seen this band and album in some lists but I don't remember having actually listened to them. And I liked it. A lot. My favourite from this list of unknowns. A deliciously mellow country tune with lovely guitars and mandolins but with a bizarre sound in the background throughout the song. I initially thought that it was a Theremin but I searched on the web to find out that it was a Singing Saw. Absolutely brilliant!
130. Big Bill Broonzy | When Did You Leave Heaven: I found on the Internet that this was Keith Richards' second favourite song (after Jesse Fuller's "Stagolee", you can find his Top 10 here). Terrific chord sequence (just listen the first 15 seconds of the studio version), fantastic vocals that infuses authenticity to such a saccharine-tinged standard. Keith Richards (and Nicolas) are right, this song comes directly from heaven.
134. Midlake | Acts of Man: I like (a lot) their previous album, "The Trials of Van Occupanther" (it's even on my Top 250 albums) but it seems that not enough to ignite my curiosity about their next album, that I admit I never listened to. But, as I expected, the song is superb. A splendid example of how to create music so magnificent and mysterious with so few elements (bass, drums, acoustic guitars, flute and -wonderful- lead and backing vocals). Great.
149. Franz Schubert | Death and the Maiden: II. Andante con moto: I wouldn't have expected to find an unknown (to me) classical piece on your list but I'm delighted to have found it. I already knew the fourth movement (Presto) of this String Quartet for the Dan's recommendation thread about chamber music (Dan, I hope you'll come back with your classical music project in the future). But (and sorry Dan) I prefer this second movement, beginning like a death march (based on the theme of a previous lied, also wonderful) but displaying from there a wide range of emotions. Superb.

And the next 15:
150. Little Brother Montgomery | I Keep on Drinking
158. Dick Annegarn | Rhapsode
172. Junior Wells | Messin' With the Kid
177. Leadbelly | Western Plain (When I Was A Cowboy)
214. Willis Alan Ramsey | Angel Eyes
215. Richard Galliano | Libertango
216. Stranger Cole & Lester Sterling | Bangarang
217. Brad Mehldau Trio | Exit Music (For a Film)
240. The Roots | Make My
249. Fela Kuti | Power Show
261. Gregory Porter | Be Good (Lion's Song)
265. Stan Ridgway | Camouflage
276. RZA feat. Tekitha | Walking Through the Darkness
281. Blind Lemon Jefferson | See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
286. Septeto Nacional | Arolla Cubano

Excellent songs also on the next 15, I particularly liked the songs by Junior Wells, Brad Mehldau Trio, The Roots, Fela Kuti, Gregory Porter, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Septeto Nacional. I liked specially the Live at the Village Vanguard version of "Exit Music," I heard before the studio version (also remarkable) but the live version is even better, expanding it to almost 8 minutes of excellence.
Reading my comments it's obvious that I loved your list. I liked the lists (like yours) that simultaneously are inclusive/horizontal (it shows great variety, covering quite a lot of ground) and exclusive/vertical (it goes deep in some styles you prefer like roots music and perfectly showcases your personality, choosing songs that produce an emotional impact on you). I particularly loved how the songs were spread geographically and historically, with songs from every decade of the last 100 years and from almost every part of the world (not in vain you were the main contributor of songs to that excellent Foreign World Cup Poll we had some years ago).
So, despite my approach to the lists is different (I tend not to show so strongly my personality and include songs I consider "important" in general and not only in a personal level), it shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody that the correlation between our lists is the highest on this Song Special Game (40/250, 16%). Thanks a lot for your list, nicolas!

By the way, everyone forgot this game (after its indisputable peak, sonofsamiam's list) and I'm sure a lot of posters have their lists ready to post (Mindrocker?). As a remainder those were the lists posted:
1st Moonbeam
2nd Henry
3rd Zorg
4th Listyguy
5th Honorio
6th Whuntva
7th Slick
8th Fred
9th nicolas
10th Jackson
11th sonofsamiam
(there was some confusion with the numbers when Slick did not titled his list and then Fred titled his list as the #11 and then Jackson and sonofsamiam followed as #12 and #13).

Next… Jackson! I promise not to delay my listening that much this time.

[Dan]

Nice to read Honorio's comments on Nicolas's excellent list.

(Dan, I hope you'll come back with your classical music project in the future).

I certainly will, Honorio. The main reason why I haven't returned to that thread is that the yearly polls have taken up most of my music-listening time. I consider those yearly polls to be a great opportunity for me to thoroughly explore the music of a particular year. I've just finished my preliminary listening for the 1971 poll. As I might have mentioned before, for every poll I sample loads of albums to decide which albums I want to listen to in full. Usually, it's between 30 and 55 albums, but for the 1971 poll it's just under 100 albums so I'd better move my ass and start listening. Well, that's not quite true, is it? I'd better sit on my ass and start listening. (And the thing I always appreciate most about listening to music for these polls is how the internet's evolution keeps making it more and more possible for us to listen to basically anything we want to.)

But classical music will play a bigger part in my life again shortly. I will return to the UK around the middle of April, and Thorben will undoubtedly ensure that classical music is frequently blaring from the speakers in our house. So I hope to go back to my classical music thread within a few months. Similar to your and Romain's country-specific threads, I'll post a piece of music once a day, or two or three times a week. That's probably better than just dumping a big list that's difficult to digest.

Anyway, I'll end this post with a link to a wonderful song we've both discovered through Nicolas and seem to enjoy equally: "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" by The Flatlanders.

[nicolas]

Hon and Dan thanks for those wonderful comments that go straight to my heart
I'm quite busy these days with my new job, but I don't really miss most of AMF's posts.