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djd, I've beat the Dire Straits drum and the Knopfler drum for years on ES (as you've likely noticed) and couldn't agree more--two disparate performers such as Eric Clapton and Chet Atkins have called him one of their favorite all-time guitarists and performers (he's done a lot of work with both and a great disc with Atkins--he's touring with the corpse of Bob Dylan currently).

Good call on the Spinners Mr. S. Rubberband Man is one of my favorites.

Norman G. was just a freakazoid. Way too much acid I think. :pfft:

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365. Dirty Boulevard---Lou Reed

Some NSFW lyrics.

There's room for another Reed tune. :)

Wish you could hear the lyrics in the live video. :(

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djd, I've beat the Dire Straits drum and the Knopfler drum for years on ES (as you've likely noticed) and couldn't agree more--two disparate performers such as Eric Clapton and Chet Atkins have called him one of their favorite all-time guitarists and performers (he's done a lot of work with both and a great disc with Atkins--he's touring with the corpse of Bob Dylan currently).

The "outros" alone on Dire Straits are just incredible. Romeo & Juliet, Tunnel of Love (especially) , On Every Corner and heck, even a lesser song like Private Investigations all offer incredible endings. Been a fan from the first listen in prolly 1978 or so. Damn I'm old! Just did an iPod run thru for the past hour and the tunes from these guys just age incredibly well to me.

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I had a hard time choosing between my two favorite Hendrix songs. Instead of Castles Made of Sand I decided to go with...

75) Hey Joe-Jimi Hendrix

Those two plus Wind Cries Mary are my favorite Hendrix songs too. There's also an instrumental version of Bold As Love that's one of my favorite recordings ever. I don't know where the take comes from, I just got it off a compilation CD from my friend back when I was in high school and have treasured it ever since. It's stunning.

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151. A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke

Badass song. Good choice.

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188. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (1967)

Legendary guitar riff. Clapton's best work was always with supergroups.

Love that song. Ginger Baker's drumming is actually what makes the song for me. It's awesome.

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Easy-E "gimme that nutt"

LOL! Ridiculous. I like My Baby'z Mama.

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We have a distinct shortage of the blues in this list so far.

I thought so too. No Delta Bluesmen. Problem is the recording qualities blow and don't do the songs or artists justice. You have to condition your ear to actually enjoy it.

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297. Float On - Modest Mouse

Not a fan of that song or most of that album. It's their nadir. I like Modest Mouse and Ugly Cassanova though. Got me through the tenth grade. If you want just one song to represent them, I'd go with 3rd Planet or Dramamine.

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1. Layla - Derek and the Dominos (1970)

2. Mad World - Gary Jules

3. Three Days - Jane's Addiction

4. The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel

5. Hey Jude - The Beatles (1969)

6. When the Levee Breaks- Led Zeppelin (1971)

7. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash

8. Time - Pink Floyd

9. They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y) - Pete Rock & CL Smooth (1992)

10. Shout - The Isley Brothers (1959)

11. The Show Must Go On - Queen (1991)

12. Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd

13. Breathe Me - Sia

14. Everlong - Foo Fighters (1997)

15. American Pie- Don McLean

16. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

17. Sweet Jane - Lou Reed

18. Daylight - Coldplay

19. School's Out - Alice Cooper

20. Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin

21. Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters

22. Sing For The Moment - Eminem

23. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

24. American Woman - Lenny Kravitz

25. Piano Man - Billy Joel

26. Death or Glory - The Clash

27. Bright Lights - Gary Clark Jr.

28. Light My Fire - The Doors

29. Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band

30. Stockton Gala Days- 10,000 Maniacs

31. Nocturne - Billy Joel

32. Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

33. Star Spangled Banner - Whitney Houston

34. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith (1975)

35. Everybody Loves the Sunshine - Roy Ayers (1976)

36. Nirvana - Lithium (1991)

37. Sittin on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding (1967)

38. Boys of Fall - Kenny Chesney

39. Say It Ain't So - Weezer (1994)

40. Put Your Lights On - Santana ft. Everlast

41. Dust in the Wind - Kansas

42. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

43. Let Down - Radiohead

44. Parabola - Tool

45. Albatross - Fleetwood Mac

46. Summer Breeze - Seals and Croft

47. Aqueous Transmission - Incubus

48. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones

49. England - The National

50. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

51. Art of Flight Outro - M83

52. Rappers Delight - Sugar Hill Gang

53. I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones

54. Superstition - Stevie Wonder

55. Mellow Mood - Bob Marley

56. Fall on Me - R.E.M.

57. Proud Mary - CCR

58. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire

59. This Charming Man - The Smiths

60. Put it On - Big L

61. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

62. My Generation - The Who

63. Money Don't Matter 2 Night - Prince

64. What'd I Say - Ray Charles

65. Jeremy - Pearl Jam

66. No Son of Mine - Genesis

67. A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum

68. The Trooper - Iron Maiden

69. Hurt - Johnny Cash

70. Nutshell - Alice in Chains

71. Sabotage - Beastie Boys

72. La Vie en Rose - Edith Piaf

73. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

74. Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

75. Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix

76. Ave Maria - Franz Schubert

77. Imagine - John Lennon

78. Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues

79. The Universal - Blur

80. Where is My Mind - The Pixies

81. We Are the Champions - Queen

82. Add It Up - Violent Femmes

83. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash

84. Overkill - Motorhead

85. Hurricane - Bob Dylan

86. The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1982)

87. Free Mason - Rick Ross

88. A Murder of One - Counting Crows

89. Marriage of Figaro, Sull'aria - Mozart

90. Right Here (Human Nature) - SWV

91. Hard Knock Life - Jay Z

92. Superfreak - Rick James (1981)

93. Bennie and the Jets - Elton John

94. Hard Times - Run DMC

95. I Got a Good Mind to Give Up Living - Fleetwood Mac

96. Wild is the Wind - David Bowie (and/or Nina Simone)

97. It's A Man's World - Etta James

98. Southern Man - Neil Young

99. Foreplay/Long Time - Boston

100. Don Quixote - Gordon Lightfoot

101. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly

102. Carnage - Descendants

103. Runnin' - The Pharcyde

104. I Against I - Bad Brains

105. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones

106. Witches - Aqualords

107. Calhoun Square - Prince

108. Father and Son - Cat Stevens

109. The Mercury Craze - Subtle

110. Dirty Love - Frank Zappa

111. Lay My Burden Down - Allison Krause

112. Red Barchetta - Rush

113. Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington

114. We Want the Funk - Parliament

115. The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies

116. Black Water - The Doobie Brothers

117. You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones

118. Atomic Dog - Parliament Funkadelic

119. Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh

120. Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone

121. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

122. The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young

123. Hold On - Alabama Shakes

124. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - The Temptations

125. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis

126. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley

127. Danse Russe - Hurt

128. Lucky - Seven Mary Three

129. War - Edwin Starr (1969)

130. Burning Down the House - The Talking Heads

131. Masochistic Beauty - Marvin Gaye

132. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin (1971)

133. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (1966)

134. Radio Radio - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

135. PYT (Pretty Young Thing) - Michael Jackson

136. Waiting Room - Fugazi

137. Wind me Up Chuck/Hoochie Coochie Man Live - Chuck Brown (19 something)

138. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

139. Lay it Down (Candles in the rain) - Melanie

140. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

141. Hail To The Redskins - Washington Redskins Marching Band

142. The Cave - Mumford and Sons

143. Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin

144. C.R.E.A.M. - Wu Tang Clan

145. Melodies of Love - Joe Sample

146. Bullet With the Butterfly Wings - The Smashing Pumpkins

147. Blue Bayou - Linda Rondstat

148.The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra (1968)

149. My Immortal - Evanescence (2004)

150. Know Your Enemy - Rage Against The Machine (1992)

151. A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke (1963)

152. Glory Box - Portishead

153. How Soon Is Now - The Smiths (1985)

154. The Weight - The Band (1964)

155. Attaboy - Goat Rodeo Sessions

156. Rapture - Cormega

157. Paper Forest - Emmy The Great

158. Rocket From The Crypt - Sturdy Wrists

159. A Shot In The Arm - Wilco

160. Estranged - Guns N' Roses

161. Classical Glass - Mason Williams (1968)

162. Do What You Have To Do - Sarah McLachlan

163. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake and Palmer

164. Long Way Down - Goo Goo Dolls

165. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens (1961)

166. Hot For Teacher - Van Halen

167. Telegraph Road - Dire Straits

168. La Grange - ZZ Top

169. Wind Up - Jethro Tull

170. Not Forgotten - Leftfield (1990)

171. The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

172. Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren (1972)

173. Bring The Noise - Public Enemy/Anthrax

174. Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones (1966)

175. Busindre Reel - Hevia (1999)

176. Go All The Way - The Raspberries

177. Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies

178. Mars - Gustav Holts

179. The Planet - Gang Starr (1994)

180. Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby - Harris. Krauss, and Welch

181. Rainforest - Paul Hardcastle (1984)

182. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles

183. All I Want - The Cure

184. The Wild Ones - Waylon Jennings

185. All These Things That I've Done - The Killers

186. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

187. Bodhisattva - Steely Dan

188. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream (1967)

189. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers ( 1971)

190. City of New Orleans - Steve Goodman

191. Pere Ubu - Laughing

192. I Wanna Get High - Cyprus Hill

193. Killing Me Softly - Lauryn Hill

194. Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith

195. Peaches En Ragalia - Frank Zappa

196. Beginnings - Chicago (1969)

197. Common- Invocation (1997)

198. Open Up - Chic

199. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughn

200. Elevators (Me&You) -Outkast (1996)

201. Paranoid Android - Radio Head

202. Night Prowler - AC/DC

203. Freedom Fighters - P.O.D. (2003)

204. With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles (1967)

205. I Used To Love H.E.R - Common (1994)

206. Money - Pink Floyd (1973)

207. This Bitter Earth - Dinah Washington

208. Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project (1982)

209. Into Temptation - Crowded House

210. El Paso - Marty Robbins

211. Gimme that Nutt - Easy-E

212. 10001110101 - Clutch

213. Graceland - Paul Simon

214. Season of the Witch - Donovan

215. Stormy Monday - Albert King

216. Contusion - Stevie Wonder

217. Closer to the Sun - Slightly Stoopid

218. Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues (1968)

219. Rockit - Herbie Han****

220. On A Corner Called Jazz (Jazzy Dub Mix) - Mr. Fingers (1992)

221. Mobb Deep- Survival of the Fittest

222. Hocus Pocus - Focus

223. Mouthful of Cavities - Blind Melon

224. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

225. One Love/People Get Ready - Bob Marley

226. Casino Queen - Wilco

227. Laid - James

228. La Cienega Just Smiled - Ryan Adams

229. Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (1967)

230. Youth of the Nation - P.O.D.

231. System Of A Down - Toxcity (2001)

232. Take Your Time (Do It Right) - SOS Band (1980)

233. Wonderwall- Oasis

234. Payphone - Maroon 5 (Feat. Wiz Khalifa)

235. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths

236. By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers

237. God of Wonders- Third Day (with Ceadmon's Call)

238. Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Israel "IZ" Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole

239. Wouldn't It Be Nice - Beach Boys

240. Ugly Truth Rock - Matthew Sweet

241. Automatic - The Pointer Sisters (1984)

242. Time's Up - O.C.

243. A Horse With No Name - America (1972)

244. Itchykoo Park---Small Faces (1968)

245. Here Comes A Regular - The Replacements

246. One Day Like This - Elbow

247. Lizards - Phish

248. Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) - Harry Belafonte

249. Dead Flowers - Townes Van Zandt (Rolling Stones cover)

250. Town Called Malice - The Jam (1982)

251. Jeru the Damaja- Seinfeld

252. Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen

253. I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After (1971)

254. Sleep the Clock Around - Belle & Sebastian (1998)

255. Bridge Over Trouble Water - Simon and Garfunkel

256. Ooh Child - The Five Stairsteps (1970)

257. O Mio Babbino Caro (Oh My Beloved Father) - Giacomo Puccini

258. Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult

259. Madame George - Van Morrison

260. Lights (Bassnectar Remix) - Ellie Goulding ft Bassnectar (2011)

261. You Dropped a Bomb on Me - Gap Band

262. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

263. Suzanne - Leonard Cohen

264. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

265. Low Rider - War

266. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith (1998)

267. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

268. Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen

269. Terrapin Station - The Grateful Dead

270. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

271. Psychotic Reaction - The Count Five (1966)

272. Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction

273. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

274. U.N.I.T.Y. - Queen Latifah

275. John Barleycorn - Traffic

276. Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin (1971)

277. Karma Police - Radiohead (1997)

278. Slow Ride - Foghat

279. 93 'til Infinity - Souls of Mischief

280. Simple Twist Of Fate - Bob Dylan

281. Stuck in the Middle with You - Stealers Wheel

282. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Robert (Bob Dylan) Zimmerman

283. Nocturne in C sharp Minor (No.20) - Frederic Chopin

284. Bonnie Banks of Lock Lomond - John McDermott

285. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

286. Aqualung - Jethro Tull

287. Northern Sky - Nick Drake (1970)

288. Wind of Change - Scorpions

289. All For Love - Nancy Wilson

290. Quiet Storm - Smokey Robinson (1975)

291. Company Flow- 8 Steps To Perfection

292. Just Breathe- Pearl Jam

293. Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue

294. Beautifully Broken - Gov't Mule

295. Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead

296. In A Big Country - Big Country

297. Float On - Modest Mouse

298. Killing Joke - Eighties (1984)

299. Fall of the Peacemakers - Molly Hatchet

300. You Got Me - The Roots/Erykah Badu

301. Tears Dry On Their Own - Amy Winehouse

302. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil

303. The Clash - London Calling (1979)

304. Right Where It Belongs - Nine Inch Nails

305. Hard Sun - Eddie Vedder

306. Tread Softly - Grada

307. Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

308. Overture to Egmont - Beethoven

309. Tears of Sahara - Tony MacAlpine

310. Shake Some Action - Flamin’ Groovies

311. Amber - 311

312. Wendy - Concrete Blonde

313. Back on the Chain Gang - Pretenders

314. Rise - Public Image Limited (1986)

315. Surgical Gloves - Raekwon

316. Broken Drum (Guerolito Version) - Beck

317. Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees (1977)

318. I Saw God Today - George Strait

319. Anenome - The Brian Jonestown Massacre

320. One - U2

321. Love Is Stronger Than Death - The The

322. Ghost Riders in the Sky - The Outlaws (or whichever version you prefer)

323. Teenage Idol - Ricky Nelson

324. This is the Day - The The

325. Lover's Cross - Jim Croce

326. Metropolis - Boney James (1992)

327. Simon & Garfunkel - America

328. The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

329. Oh Death - Ralph Stanley

330. Dear God - XTC

331. Leaving Here - The Who

332. Kiss Them for Me - Siouxsie & the Banshees (1991)

333. Don't Explain - Nina Simone

334. Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath

335. Applause - Swoope

336. Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue - Duke Ellington

337. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her - Simon & Garfunkel

338. Moments In Love - The Art Of Noise (1985)

339. How Blue Can You Get - B.B. King

340. Charlotte Sometimes - The Cure

341. The Real Me- Guilty Simpson (2008)

342. My Purgatory Years - The Quick

343. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) - Missy Elliott (1997)

344. California Dreamin - The Mamas & The Papas

345. Heroin - Velvet Underground

346. All Night Long - Peter Murphy (1988)

347. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

348. Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys

349. Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers Band

350. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica (1991)

351. Tiny Dancer- Elton John

352. Such a Night - Dr. John

353. Do It Again- Steely Dan

354. Moving In Stereo - The Cars

355. MLK/Where The Streets Have No Name- U2 (super bowl halftime show)

356. House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

357. When Doves Cry - Prince

358. Message in a Bottle - The Police

359. Yesterday, When I Was Young- Roy Clark

360. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

361. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles

362. I'll Be Around - The Spinners

363. Friend of The Devil - The Grateful Dead

364. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum

365. Dirty Boulevard - Lou Reed

366. Blue Sky - Allman Brothers Band

367. Caffeine - Faith No More

368. I'm Kurious - Kurious

369. Fly by Night - Rush.

370. I Love You- Climax Blues Band

371. I Want You to Want Me - Cheap Trick

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Someone should say some Daft Punk.

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374) In The Sun--Michael Stipe and Chris Martin (Joseph Arthur song).

Here's a simply beautiful song from Joseph Arthur (an under-rated song writer imho and one worth checking out if you're not familiar with his material). he has of course his own version of this song BUT this cover of it, by a couple artists you'll recognize, is notably stunning. The lyrics take me back to XTC's Dear God but w/o the obvious hopelessness or darkness. Really thoughtful lyrics and two voices which blend together well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix77YY2ggjg

I don't know anymore

What it's for

I'm not even sure

If there is anyone who is in the sun

Will you help me to understand

'Cause i been caught in between all I wish for and all I need

Maybe you're not even sure what it's for

Any more than me

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Anyone else find something unsatisfying about this exercise? I've got a million songs that were deeply meaningful to me at one point in my life that would mean nothing to most people. Plus one thing comes to mind and by the time it's your turn again the moment is lost and you think of something else. Though in a way I suppose that could be good.

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Anyone else find something unsatisfying about this exercise? I've got a million songs that were deeply meaningful to me at one point in my life that would mean nothing to most people. Plus one thing comes to mind and by the time it's your turn again the moment is lost and you think of something else. Though in a way I suppose that could be good.

Just like any list, it's going to be imperfect. I'm trying to make an effort to step away from the top pop, rock, rap, whatever hits that everyone's already heard a thousand times. I think at its best threads like this should take you somewhere you haven't been or help you uncover something you might have missed. I too suffer from the "dammit I already forgot what I was going to add" syndrome.

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374) In The Sun--Michael Stipe and Chris Martin (Joseph Arthur song).

The lyrics take me back to XTC's Dear God but w/o the obvious hopelessness or darkness. Really thoughtful lyrics and two voices which blend together well.

i had to check that out, as a huge fan of old REM (and a couple of coldplay songs). very nice!

interesting point about XTC's dear god. while i really like the lyrics to 'in the sun', the XTC song always made me cringe a little.

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i had to check that out, as a huge fan of old REM (and a couple of coldplay songs). very nice!

interesting point about XTC's dear god. while i really like the lyrics to 'in the sun', the XTC song always made me cringe a little.

And yet, Dear God made this list, courtesy of me.

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Anyone else find something unsatisfying about this exercise? I've got a million songs that were deeply meaningful to me at one point in my life that would mean nothing to most people. Plus one thing comes to mind and by the time it's your turn again the moment is lost and you think of something else. Though in a way I suppose that could be good.

Same here. There are a ton of songs that I listen to that plenty of people on this site wouldn't like, and there are a ton that I listen to that are very popular. That's just the way it is. There are a ton of songs that I've wanted to post, but seeing which genres have been represented already, I've decided to go in a different direction just to balance the thread out a little. For the most part, I've gone the fairly popular route, though I'll occasionally throw in a personal favorite, like this one. Though it is a tough crowd on this site when it comes to Coldplay, this is actually one of their best songs, great storytelling, and overall a great dark vibe, which is in stark contrast from to most of their songs

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376.) Cemeteries Of London - Coldplay (2008)

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