# You're an FM DJ: 26 songs in alphabetical order by artist - What tracks do you pick? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818 "2003-09-05T21:43:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818/61 "2003-11-15T06:34:39Z")
OK! Mr. Eclectic goes to work and comes up with the most convuluted list anyone has ever seen. Ready? Abba - Dancing Queen Band, The - The Weight Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 Dean Friedman - Humor Me Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again Fogelberg, Dan - Same Old Lang Syne Godspell - Day By Day Hank Williams Jr. - A Country Boy Can Survive Imbruglia, Natalie - Torn John Mellencamp - Jack and Diane Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley Lawrence Welk - Calcutta Men At Work - Down Under Night Ranger - Sister Christian O’Jays - Love Train Paul Revere and the Raiders - Indian Reservation Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls Rod Stewart - Maggie May Sam Cook - Chain Gang Tom Petty - Free Fallin’ UB40 - Red Red Wine Vinton, Bobby - Blue Velvet Waits, Tom - Jersey Girl XTC - I Am The Walrus Young, Paul - Everytime You Go Away Zevon, Warren - Werewolves Of London Oh that was fun. If I ever programmed a radio station this way, I’d be ushered out the door and asked not so politely to never return. But I like all those songs. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818/62 "2003-11-15T07:30:29Z")
Dangit - drawing blanks on the X and Y here. :D[list=A][li]Amos, Tori - Winter[/li][li]Blur - You’re So Great[/li][li]Cardigans - Rise and Shine[/li][li]The Dandy Warhols - Solid[/li][li]Erasure - When I Needed You[/li][li]Fountains of Wayne - Hey Julie[/li][li]Gene - Fighting Fit[/li][li]Hersh, Kristin - Beestung[/li][li]Ivy - You Don’t Know Anything[/li][li]Jars of Clay - Only Alive[/li][li]Kula Shaker - Shower Your Love[/li][li]Lush - 500[/li][li]Morrissey - My Love Life[/li][li]Nada Surf - Popular[/li][li]Old 97’s - Timebomb[/li][li]Plumb - Drugstore Jesus[/li][li]Quarashi - Malone Lives[/li][li]The Rentals - Seven More Minutes[/li][li]The Smiths - Asleep[/li][li]They Might Be Giants - Dead[/li][li]U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday[/li][li]Violent Femmes - Good Feeling[/li][li]Weezer - Only In Dreams[/li][li]X[/li][li]Y[/li][li]The Zombies - She’s Not There[/li][/list] Cool thread! ---
**Author:** ![AchimbaProphet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@AchimbaProphet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AchimbaProphet)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818/63 "2003-11-15T08:32:17Z")
Some heaviness: 40 Below Summer - Rope Alexisonfire - .44 Caliber Love Letter Boy Sets Fire - Curtain Call Chimaira - Down Again Downset - Fallen Off Every Time I Die - The Logic Of Crocodiles From Autumn To Ashes - The After Dinner Payback Glassjaw - Hover Hatebreed - I Will Be Heard In Flames - Cloud Connected Jane’s Addiction - Whores Killswitch Engage - My Last Serenade Lamb Of God - 11th Hour Machinehead - All Falls Down Norma Jean - Shotgun Message Otep - Possession Poison The Well - For A Bandaged Iris Quicksand - Dine Alone Refused - Refused Are Fucking Dead Shadows Fall - Thoughts Without Words Today Is The Day - Black Dahlia Unloco - Panic Vision Of Disorder - Landslide Walls Of Jericho - Home Is Where The Heart Is Yakuza - Yama ---
**Author:** ![SJSB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SJSB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SJSB)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818/64 "2003-11-16T21:44:25Z")
I’ve been racking my brains all day, and this is what I have come up with. Please forgive me, for I am drunk. A: AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie B: Bowie, David - Rock N’ Roll Suicide C: Cult, The - Fire Woman D: Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes E: Eurythimics - There Must Be An Angel F: Feeder - Come Back Around G: Garbage - Cup Of Coffee H: Hole - He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) cover. I: Idol, Billy - White Wedding J: Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower K: Kinks, The - My Sharona L: Linkin Park - In The End M :Manic Street Preachers - There By The Grace Of God N: Nickelback - Never Again O: Ozzy Osbourne - Suicide Solution P: Police, The - Don’t Stand So Close To Me Q: Queen - I’m Going Slightly Mad R: REM - Orange Crush S: Suidakra - Au Dudlachd T: Type O Negative - Set Me On Fire U: U2 - Pride In The Name Of Love V: Vines, The - Paint it Black. cover W: Wheatus - A Little Respect X: Xymox, Clan Of - No Words Y: Yazoo - Only You Z: ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818/65 "2003-11-16T21:47:09Z")
I gotta say, XTC & Zevon make this possible. Though I guess there’s X, & Zig Zig Sputnik (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![SJSB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SJSB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SJSB)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818/66 "2003-11-16T21:56:07Z")
Erm, would that be Sigue Sigue Sputnik? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818/67 "2003-11-16T22:29:01Z")
```auto A : Air, Kelly, Watch The Stars! B : Ian Brown, FEAR C : The Charlatans, Then D : The Doves, There Goes The Fear E : Elvis Presley, Always On My Mind F : Furniture, Brilliant Mind G : Goldfrapp, Lovely Head H : The Housemartins, Happy Hour I : The Inspiral Carpets, Bitches Brew J : Johnny Cash, Ring Of Fire K : The Kinks, Victoria L : Lemon Jelly, The Staunton Lick M : Mazzy Star, Fade Into You N : Nightmares On Wax, Night's Interlude O : The Only Ones, Another Girl, Another Planet P : Pierre Henry & Fatboy Slim, Psyche Rock Q : Queens Of The Stone Age, Go With The Flow R : Royksopp, Remind Me S : The Stone Roses, Fools Gold T : Tindersticks, No More Affairs U : Ursula 1000, Hip Length V : The Verve, This Is Music W : The Wedding Present, Kennedy X : XTC, Senses Working Overtime Y : The Yardbirds, Heart Full Of Soul Z : The Zombies, She's Not There ``` ---
**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:** [November 16, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818/68 "2003-11-16T22:46:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SJSB \* > \*\* > K: Kinks, The - My Sharona \*\* The Knack did “My Sharona,” not the Kinks. It still works alphabetically, though. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818/69 "2003-11-17T03:40:47Z")
As long as you don’t make fun of how utterly mainstream mine will be, and the fact that I probably won’t get all the exact song titles right. 1. Amos, Tori - Your Cloud 2. The Beatles - With a Little Help from My Friends 3. Cash, Johnny - Orange Blossom Special 4. The Doors - Gloria 5. Ellington, Duke - Duke’s Place 6. Fitzgerald, Ella - Blue Skies 7. Gaye, Marvin - What’s Goin’ On? 8. Henley, Don - End of the Innocence 9. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart 10. Jackson, Michael - Goin’ Back to Indiana 11. King, B.B. - Peace to the World 12. Lennon, John - Woman 13. Madonna - Live to Tell 14. Nelson, Willie - Crazy 15. Osborne, Joan - Spider Web 16. Presley, Elvis - Can’t Help Falling in Love 17. Queen - Bicycle Race 18. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Lovin’ You 19. The Sheila Divine - Back to the Cradle 20. Tears for Fears - I Believe 21. U2 - Stay (Far Away, So Close) 22. Van Halen - Runnin’ with the Devil 23. Wonder, Stevie - Sir Duke 24. X 25. Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart 26. Zappa, Frank - Little Umbrellas ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818/70 "2003-11-17T06:37:41Z")
At The Drive In - One Armed Scissor Broken Social Scene - Stars and Sons The Clash - Clampdown Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus The Eels - Novocaine for the Soul Foo Fighters - Big Me Goldfinger - Wayne Gretzky (Just too funny of a song) Hot Hot Heat - Talk to Me, Dance with Me Incubus - Anti-Gravity Love Song James - Laid Kula Shaker - Tattva The Living End - Prisoner of Society Moby - Honey Nirvana - Drain You Offspring - Bad Habit The Pixies - Where is My Mind? Queens of the Stone Age - Lost Art of Keeping a Secret Radiohead - Paranoid Android The Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock The Tragically Hip - 50 Mission Cap Underworld - Born Slippy Violent Femmes - American Music Weezer - El Scorcho XTC - Senses Working Overtime Young, Neil - Fucking Up Zebrahead - Check Surprised by the fact that L was the hardest one for me to get. ---
**Author:** ![SJSB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SJSB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SJSB)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818/71 "2003-11-17T13:06:37Z")
I was just making sure you were paying attention, **Lisa-go-Blind** …:smack: And mine were painfully mainstream, so don’t worry **Heart On My Sleeve**. I blame commercial radio… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-fm-dj-26-songs-in-alphabetical-order-by-artist-what-tracks-do-you-pick/199818.md?page=3)