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 Jan 1 2018, 06:41 PM
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I've mentioned I've been putting this chart together a few times now and it's finally ready to start. Since March 2016,I have been playing my entire music collection and writing down a list of the best songs. To make the task of putting the songs in order easier,each song that made the cut was put into one of 20 groups. At the end,all the songs in group 1 were then arranged in order and then the same for each group down to group 20. I finished with 1042 songs,so 42 songs in group 20 had to be left out all together.
I will be playing 10 of these songs a night over the next 100 nights but for this thread,things will move a bit more slowly. If I can post an average of three songs a day,I should get this finished by the end of the year. The songs are from the 60s all the way thorough to 2017 and most genres of music are represented so there should be something here for everyone. A lot of these songs are well known but there will be plenty of fairly obscure ones as well and they are not all singles. Please feel free to comment on any songs you know and if you have time,listen to the ones that you don't know. This post has been edited by King Wencesrollo: Dec 21 2018, 07:45 PM |
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Jan 1 2018, 07:11 PM
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1000. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division (1980)
Why is it something so good Just can't function no more? I had to start my countdown with something that had a good intro and the intro is probably the best part of this song. Joy Division's music is a bit too dark and gloomy for my liking and their classic signature song is the only one I have selected but there will be plenty of New Order later on. Ian Curtis had already killed himself by the time this was released as a single and its title was inscribed on his grave stone. |
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Jan 1 2018, 07:41 PM
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999. 7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry (1994)
And when a child is born into this world It has no concept of the tone the skin it's living in It's just occurred to me there are not many foreign language songs in my chart. Apart from this one,there is only one other that I can think of but there may be more. A lot of this one,of course,is sung in English. The backing track running through it is wonderful as are both vocals. The title refers to the first moments of a child's life. The song topped the French chart for 16 weeks which was a record at the time. |
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Jan 1 2018, 08:05 PM
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Ooh, I love your ambition - and I love both of the tracks listed so far. Personally I would rank “Love Will Tear Us Apart” much higher - possibly in my Top 10 songs of all-time. Will definitely be following this!
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Jan 1 2018, 08:07 PM
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998. Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt (1982)
Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards And notifying the next of kin The lyrics to this were written by Elvis Costello who appears in the video on guitar. He recorded his own version but preferred Robert Wyatt's vocals so this was the version that was released as a single,reaching no.35 on its re-issue in 1983. It's about the Falklands War bringing back jobs to the shipbuilders in the north of Britain but at the same time,leading to some of their sons being killed in the conflict. Robert Wyatt has been confined to a wheelchair since 1973 after drunkenly falling out of a fourth floor window. |
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Jan 1 2018, 08:30 PM
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997. Not Going Home - Faithless (2010)
I'm not going home til I can take you with me This is the full seven minute album version but the youtube link is the shorter single version so you've got something to look at if you want to listen to it. This is from their album 'The Dance' the CD of which was only on sale at Tesco. As with most of Faithless' dance tunes,it features a great Sister Bliss keyboard riff. |
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Jan 2 2018, 12:27 AM
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QUOTE(Doctor Blind @ Jan 1 2018, 08:05 PM)  Ooh, I love your ambition - and I love both of the tracks listed so far. Personally I would rank “Love Will Tear Us Apart” much higher - possibly in my Top 10 songs of all-time. Will definitely be following this! Thanks for the comment. I know there are plenty that would put that song in their top 10s as well. |
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Jan 2 2018, 05:20 PM
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996. Elstree - Buggles (1980)
Elstree,remember me? I had a part in a B movie Trevor Horn is my favourite record producer and there will be plenty of songs produced by him to come. Here he is with his own band,best known for their no.1 single 'Video Killed The Radio Star'. I actually prefer this song which should have been a top 40 hit but it only got to no.55. It was the fourth single to be taken from their debut album 'The Age Of Plastic'. |
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Jan 2 2018, 05:49 PM
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995. Buffalo Gals - Malcolm McLaren and the World's Famous Supreme Team (1982)
Two buffalo gals go around the outside You didn't have to wait long for the first of those Trevor Horn productions. This may seem dated now but at the time I'd never heard anything like this. Malcolm McLaren got the idea for this after attending an Afrika Bambaataa concert in New York. There is also a link to Neneh Cherry who was covered yesterday as she sampled this song on her 1989 top 3 hit 'Buffalo Stance'. |
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Jan 3 2018, 06:55 PM
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994. Evil Twin Brother - Thomas Dolby (2011)
I hadn't touched a drink in over a year but told myself I'd stop at just one beer The studio version isn't on youtube but this live version will do. In 1992,Thomas Dolby took a fifteen year break from music to go into the technology business. At one point,50% of the mobile phone ringtones in the world were created by Thomas Dolby. This track is from his comeback album,'A Map Of The Floating City' which was accompanied by a web based social networking game the prize for which was a private concert by Thomas. |
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Jan 3 2018, 07:18 PM
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993. Half Light I/Half Light II (No Celebration) - Arcade Fire (2010)
We run through these streets that we know so well and the houses hide so much This is from Arcade Fire's no.1 album 'The Suburbs' which was about the band members' childhoods growing up in the suburbs. I like the guitars and drums on this one. Their last two albums have lacked the big cinematic sound they started out with and while I understand they want to change with each album,I hope they go back to it at some point in the future. |
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Jan 4 2018, 04:47 PM
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992. At The River - Groove Armada (1997)
If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air Quaint little villages here and there A chillout anthem that always makes me think of long summer days at the beach,the trombone solo is the highlight. The vocal is sampled from 'Old Cape Cod' by Patti Page from 1957. |
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Jan 4 2018, 04:56 PM
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QUOTE(King Herodollo @ Jan 4 2018, 04:47 PM) 992. At The River - Groove Armada (1997) Lovely song, probably (?) their best - although I thought it was great shame that their 2010 comeback didn't receive more attention Black Light has some really strong tracks on it. |
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Jan 4 2018, 05:05 PM
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991. Finally - Yes (1999)
We put it to the test Yes are this year celebrating their 50 year anniversary. Not for the first time in their history,there are two versions of the group with only the official version allowed to use the Yes name. This track is from their album 'The Ladder' when they were all together as one band. |
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Jan 4 2018, 05:24 PM
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990. The Opera Song (Brave New World) - Jurgen Vries featuring CMC (2003)
I can hear things that no one hears Charlotte Church's operatic vocal ability came in handy for this trance tune that reached the top 3. Jurgen Vries is English DJ Darren Tate. |
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Jan 4 2018, 05:45 PM
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989. Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs (1982)
There's an army on the dance floor This one just failed to reach the top 40,peaking at no.42. It features prominent use of the marimba,part of the xylophone family,which was played by producer Todd Rundgren. Psychedelic Furs are probably best known for the theme tune to the film 'Pretty In Pink' and are still touring today. |
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Jan 4 2018, 06:07 PM
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I love “Love My Way” - what a tune. Great choice!
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Jan 4 2018, 06:11 PM
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Thanks. It's stood the test of time.
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Jan 4 2018, 07:47 PM
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Nice to see Love Will Tear Us Apart scrape in, I quite like the song as a whole but agree Joy Division are a little gloomy for my taste.
I'm torn about At The River, I used to really dislike it since it was so long and so slow compared to the rest of the album, but now it makes me feel quite nostalgic (like most other songs I used to dislike), plus it basically describes my ideal holiday 
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Jan 5 2018, 06:21 PM
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988. He Ain't Heavy,He's My Brother - The Hollies (1969)
His welfare is of my concern No burden is he to bear This is the first of 40 UK no.1 singles in my chart. I like the harmonica and orchestral arrangement and a great lead vocal. The song was originally recorded by Kelly Gordon in the same year. The title's origins are from a 19th century Scottish parable about a little girl carrying a boy who was almost the same size as her and what she said when asked if she was tired. The single reached no.3 but finally got to no.1 in 1988 after being featured in a TV ad for Miller Lite beer. This post has been edited by Sausage Rollo: Dec 29 2018, 01:20 PM |
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