Sunday, June 14, 2015

Homogenize, Decentralize

The following are the top one-hundred songs of all time as selected by the editors of Kitsch magazine.   (The following is subject to change without notice and the information contained on this is general information only and should not be relied upon as legal advice or counsel. The following list is not an offer to represent you nor does it intend to create an attorney-client relationship with you. Any links in this website are included only to help you locate other Internet resources that may be of interest to you, and are not intended to state or imply that this blog is associated with any such links. The blog does not warrant the accuracy of or claim any responsibility for the information contained in these other websites).  On closer examination, you will find that these songs are in no particular order:

1.  When the Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave--Butthole Surfers
     1a.   Michigan--Josh Rouse
2.  El Mariachi--The Freak Fandango Orchestra
     2a.  Take a Walk--Passion Pit.
3.  Help on the Way/Slipknot!--The Grateful Dead
      3a.   Pop Muzak--M
4.  Never Tell--The Violent Femmes
       4a.  Rock Lobster--The B52's.
5.  God only Knows--The Beach Boys
        5a.  Spanish Castle Magic--James Hendrix (lol)
6.  Let that Good Thing Grow--The Jean Paul Satre Experience
         6a.  That's what you always say--The dream syndicate.
7.  Gates of Steel--Devo
          7a,   Underwater Moonlight--The Soft Boys
           7b.   I got the hots--The Soft Boys.
8.  The Meeting--North Mississippi All Stars
9.  Cemetery Walk--Umphreys McGee
10.  Wise Up--Aimee Mann
11.  Skating Away(On the Thin Ice of a New Day)--Jethro Tull
12.  Memo From Turner--Mick Jagger
13.  Brown-Eyed Woman--The Grateful Dead
14.  Freeker by the Speaker--Keller Williams
15.  Cannibal--Scratch Acid
16.  Holiday in Cambodia--The Dead Kennedys.
17.  Under Pressure--Queen/David Bowie
18.  Ashes to Ashes--David Bowie.
19.  Many Rivers to Cross--Jimmy Cliff
20.  Roscoe--Midlake
21.  Greenlander--Pavement
22.  Kansas City--Okkervil River
23.  Heavy Metal Drummer--Wilco
24.  People Used to Dream About the Future--A Girl Called Eddy
25.  Maybe I Belong--Howie Beck
26.  Connect Up to Me--Ric Ocasek
27.  Candy-O--The Cars
28.  Mexican Cousin--Phish
29.  Unbroken Chain--The Grateful Dead
30.  Time Stands Still--Rush
31.  Lost--The Meat Puppets
32.  Death Valley '69--Sonic Youth/Lydia Lunch
33.  Home--The Talking Heads
34.  Little Wing--The Jimi Hendrix Experience
35.  Happy Death Men--Echo and the Bunnymen
36.  Slit Skirts--Pete Townsend
37.  Eminence Front--The Who
38.  The Revealing Science of God--Yes
39.  Comfortably Numb--Pink Floyd
40.  Scissor Man--XTC
41,  Time to Pretend--MGMT
42.  Vava Voom--Bassnectar
43.  Metarie--Brendan Benson
44.  Can You Get to That?--Funkadelic
45.  Swimming Pools(Drank)--Kendrick Lamar
46.  Tonight's the Night--Neil Young
47.  I Found the Essence Rare--Gang of Four
48.  The Trader--The Beach Boys
49.  Sometimes a River--The String Cheese Incident
50.  Half Moon Rising--Yonder Mountain String Band
51.  Let's Go Crazy--The Clash
52.  Blank Generation--Richard Hell and the Voidoids
52.  Daisy Glaise--Big Star
53.  Celebrated Summer-Husker Du
54.  Bar-B-Q Pope--The Butthole Surfers
55.  Good Feeling--The Violent Femmes
56.  El Espectro--Scratch Acid
57.  Genesis--Jorma Kaukonen
58.  How I Wish My Train Would Come--North Mississippi AllStars
59.  Burnin' For You--Blue Oyster Cult
60.  Freedom of Choice--Devo
61.  V--Golden Smog
62.  This Wheels on Fire--The Band
63.  1972--Josh Rouse
64.  Estimate Prophet--The Grateful Dead
65.  The Sound of German Hip-Hop--Clem Snide
66.  Right in Tune--Railroad Earth
67.  Ghost--Phish
68.  Let's Get Radical--Gogol Bordello
69.  Breath--Keller Williams
70.  Jenny & The Ess-Dog--Steve Malkmus
71.  Tom Courtenay--Yo La Tengo
72.  Goodbye Caroline--Aimee Mann
73.  Two Weeks--Grizzly Bear
74.  Blue--The Jayhawks
75.  Come and Find Me--Josh Ritter
76.  Kick Drum Heart--The Avett Brothers
77.  Our Life is a Movie or Maybe--Okkervil River
78.  Jane--Golden Smog
79.  Evangeline--Matthew Sweet
80.  The Ballad of El Goodo--Big Star
81.  I will Dare--The Replacements
82.  Can't Forget--Yo La Tengo
83.  Box of Rain--Grateful Dead
84.  Golden Lady--Stevie Wonder
        84a.  Blame it on the Sun--Stevie Wonder.
85.  Sweet Old World-Lucinda Williams
86.  I Can't Hardly Stand It--The Cramps
87.  Back of a Car--Big Star
88.  I'll Be You--The Replacements
89.  The Rover--Led Zeppelin
90.  Sea and Sand--The Who
91.  Subdivisions--Rush
92.  Ruebin and Cherise--The Jerry Garcia Band
93.  The Wheel--The Jerry Garcia Band
94.  Little Fury Things--Dinosaur Jr.
95.  True Love  Part 1--X
        95a.  We're desperate--X
96.  Black Girls--The Violent Femmes
97.  It Can Happen--Yes
98.  The Ghost in You--The Psychedelic Furs
99.  Wouldn't it Be Nice--The Beach Boys
100.  I Dig a Pony--The Beatles


I want to go on record(after my solo ride to the danenberger winery yesterday) that "never tell" and "shah sleeps in lee Harvey's grave are the two most significant punk songs of the last century.

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