# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/61 "2003-06-18T13:36:01Z")
1. Ashes to ashes - David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![buckyogi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@buckyogi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckyogi)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/62 "2003-06-18T13:44:11Z")
1. Oh, Me - The Meat Puppets ---
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1. “Murder, Tonight, In The Trailer Park” - Cowboy Junkies. Like it or lump it. ---
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49.) Solsbury Hill— Peter Gabriel ---
**Author:** ![pezboy2u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@pezboy2u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezboy2u)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/65 "2003-06-18T14:40:05Z")
1. “Hyper Ballad”-Bjork ---
**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, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/66 "2003-06-18T15:03:20Z")
Update: 66) Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer 65) Portishead - Roads 64) Black Flag - TV Party 63) Cowboy Junkies - To Love is to Bury 62) Matthew Sweet - Evangeline 61) The Breeders - Cannonball 60) Clem Snide - Joan Jett of Arc 59) Bruce Cockburn - Lovers in a Dangerous Time 58) The Cure - Lullaby 57) Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose 56) Joe Jackson - Breakin’ Us in Two 55) Marillion - Kayleigh 54) The Clash - London Calling 53) Japan - Ghosts 52) The Smiths - This Charming Man 51) David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes 50) The Meat Puppets - Oh, Me 49) Cowboy Junkies - Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park 48) Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill 47) Bjork - Hyper Ballad ---
**Author:** ![blanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@blanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blanx)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/67 "2003-06-18T15:06:19Z")
1. Ben Folds Five- Brick ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/68 "2003-06-18T15:46:07Z")
1. Running up that hill - Kate Bush Not her best, but best suited for this list. ---
**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, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/69 "2003-06-18T15:52:41Z")
1. Public Enemy – Fight The Power ---
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1. Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley Probably down way too far on the list, but I wanted to get it in. ---
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1. Concrete Blond - Tomorrow Wendy ---
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1. Promises - Cranberries ---
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1. Modest Mouse – Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine ---
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1. The Records - Starry Eyes ---
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1. “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five ---
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1. The Replacements, “Bastards of Young” ---
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1. Garbage, Cup of coffee Please, PLEASE, listen to it. It is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/78 "2003-06-18T19:16:45Z")
1. The Oblivians–“Bad Man” 2. The Grifters–“Get Out of That Spaceship and Fight Like a Man” 3. Guided By Voices–“Motor Away” ---
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**vibrotronica** , see the OP. Only one song per post, no double posts. Update: 47) Bjork - Hyper Ballad 46) Ben Folds Five - Brick 45) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 44) Public Enemy - Fight the Power 43) Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye 42) Concrete Blond - Tomorrow Wendy 41) The Cranberries - Promises 40) Modest Mouse - Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine 39) The Records - Starry Eyes 38) Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel 37) The Replacements - Bastards of Young 36) Garbage - Cup of Coffee 35) The Oblivians - Bad Man ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551/80 "2003-06-18T19:46:46Z")
No U2 yet, I think? 1. U2 - With or without you [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-lets-create-an-alternate-100-greatest-songs-of-the-past-25-years-list/182551.md?page=5)