# Dopers--Let's Create an Alternate "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years" list **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551 "2003-06-17T21:32:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/21 "2003-06-17T23:07:36Z")
Uh oh, looks like we’ve got a tie for 87. 1. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/22 "2003-06-17T23:08:30Z")
86 (or 85). The Replacements, “Hold My Life” ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/23 "2003-06-17T23:18:12Z")
83 (I think). Love and Rockets – _No New Tale to Tell_ ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/24 "2003-06-17T23:18:50Z")
85 Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/25 "2003-06-17T23:23:47Z")
No way! 85 is far too low. And then, in a shameless piece of hypocrisy 84 Tom Waits, “Rain Dogs” ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/26 "2003-06-17T23:25:35Z")
1. Sleater-Kinney: “I Want to Be Your Joey Ramone” (I always thought Your Joey Ramone would be a great username.) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/27 "2003-06-17T23:26:52Z")
1. The Dandy Warhols “Not if you were the last junkie on earth.” ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/28 "2003-06-17T23:28:14Z")
This 24 yeard old song just squeaks into the 25 year time limit: “Driver’s Seat” - Sniff ‘n’ the Tears from 1979 A good, solid rock song that at a time when disco was starting its death throes, pretty much delivered a coup de grace !!! ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/29 "2003-06-18T00:30:16Z")
**vl\_mungo** , As I stated in my OP, this list isn’t in order of preference. It’s just a collection of the hundred best. **Hüsker Düde** , I strike “Marquee Moon”, as it dates from 1977. This list is for 1978-2003. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/30 "2003-06-18T00:40:30Z")
The list so far, to organize: 100)The Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On 99) The Church - Under the Milky Way Tonight 98) CMX - Ainomieli 97) The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women 96) Pixies - Wave of Mutilation 95) New Pornographers - Letter from an Occupant 94) Joe Jackson - Beat Crazy 93) Hüsker Dü - Pink Turns To Blue 92) The Lemonheads - It’s a Shame About Ray 91) The White Stripes - Fell in Love With a Girl 90) REM - Country Feedback 89) Soul Coughing - Screenwriter’s Blues 88) Talking Heads - Girlfriend is Better 87) Sepultura - Roots, Bloody Roots 86) Cracker - Dr. Bernice 85) Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence 84) The Replacements - Hold My Life 83) Love and Rockets - No New Tale to Tell 82) Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 81) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 80) Sleater-Kinney - I Want to Be Your Joey Ramone 79) The Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth 78) Sniff ‘n’ the Tears - Driver’s Seat and I add 77) The Television Personalities - Part Time Punks ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/31 "2003-06-18T01:40:06Z")
I guess I just gotta read those OP’s a bit more closely… me idiot. BTW great list on your site **Lisa-go-Blind** … 1. **My Heart and the Real World** - The Minutemen ---
**Author:** ![witchwendy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@witchwendy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/witchwendy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/32 "2003-06-18T01:42:54Z")
What? No Ramones? 76) The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/33 "2003-06-18T01:44:56Z")
#74 The Pernice Brothers – “Working Girls (Sunlight Shines).” OK, I could have picked from a lot of PB songs, but it’s the one that drew me to the band in the first place. I haven’t seen anything by The Smiths yet (hint, hint…) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/34 "2003-06-18T01:46:45Z")
1. Roxy Music - “Avalon” ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/35 "2003-06-18T02:07:40Z")
1. Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/36 "2003-06-18T02:11:16Z")
**witchwendy** , “Blitzkrieg Bop” is from 1976, two years too early. Update: 1. The Television Personalities - Part Time Punks 2. The Minutemen - My Heart and the Real World 3. The Pernice Brothers - Working Girls (Sunlight Shines) 4. Roxy Music - Avalon 5. Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/37 "2003-06-18T02:36:43Z")
1. Cat Power – Nude as the News ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/38 "2003-06-18T02:50:31Z")
1. They Might Be Giants: “She’s an Angel” (Yes, I’m bypassing the more widely known “Ana Ng” and “Birdhouse in Your Soul.”) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/39 "2003-06-18T02:53:59Z")
1. Elvis Costello, “Oliver’s Army” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/40 "2003-06-18T02:55:26Z")
Since two members of my musical Holy Trinity, The Replacements and Husker Du, appear to be well-represented, I had better make sure that the third member, Superchunk, also makes it there. So … 1. “Slack Motherfucker” – Superchunk. And as far as choosing “Wave of Mutilation,” are we thinking the version on “Doolittle” or the UK Surf version, which is amazing in its own right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551.md?page=3)