Uh oh, looks like we’ve got a tie for 87.
- Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
86 (or 85). The Replacements, “Hold My Life”
83 (I think). Love and Rockets – No New Tale to Tell
85 Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart.”
No way! 85 is far too low. And then, in a shameless piece of hypocrisy
84 Tom Waits, “Rain Dogs”
- Sleater-Kinney: “I Want to Be Your Joey Ramone”
(I always thought Your Joey Ramone would be a great username.)
- The Dandy Warhols “Not if you were the last junkie on earth.”
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 !!!
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.
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
I guess I just gotta read those OP’s a bit more closely… me idiot. BTW great list on your site Lisa-go-Blind…
- My Heart and the Real World - The Minutemen
What? No Ramones?
76) The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
#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…)
- Roxy Music - “Avalon”
- Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind
witchwendy, “Blitzkrieg Bop” is from 1976, two years too early.
Update:
- The Television Personalities - Part Time Punks
- The Minutemen - My Heart and the Real World
- The Pernice Brothers - Working Girls (Sunlight Shines)
- Roxy Music - Avalon
- Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind
- Cat Power – Nude as the News
- They Might Be Giants: “She’s an Angel”
(Yes, I’m bypassing the more widely known “Ana Ng” and “Birdhouse in Your Soul.”)
- Elvis Costello, “Oliver’s Army”
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 …
- “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?