Well, well, well. The big day has finally arrived. My date of birth, 9/11/69 was 50 years ago today.
Anyone that knows me knows I’ve had a serious music listening habit my entire life. I’m rock and roll right through to my soul. Months ago I decided I was going to compile a list of my favorite songs and reveal them on this day. No individual rankings (my head would implode), just the top 500.
You might think I made some great choices. You’ll likely gag on a few as well. That’s fine, I can and will defend them all. Making this list was a fun but arduous process. Many difficult decisions were made. I tried to find songs that really stuck in my consciousness, regardless of how old the song is or what my age was when I first heard the song.
What defines a favorite to me? It could be a lot of things. The entirety of the lyrics or just one line. Every second of the music or a small moment of complete brilliance. A favorite could be connected to a memory. A favorite might just have that melodic staying power, the kind of song you hum when you’re not even listening to it. Bottom line, these are songs I always want to hear.
A few observations about the choices and decision process. Some of my favorite genres are underrepresented. That’s probably because I like a lot of the music as a whole but not specific stand out tracks. I’m suprised at how any outliers made the list. Outliers being single songs from artists I do not necessarily care about outside of that particular song. That’s especially the case with the rhythm & blues, disco and soul choices I made. I was also surprised at how many bands I really like somewhat surprisingly did not have a single song make the final 500. I could have a detailed conversation about everything on this list. There’s also a few hundred more songs I wish I could have included. These choices were tough to make. Decisions had to bounce around in my brain for a while.
This list is filled with groovy, messy, melodic, aggressive, passionate, soulful, fuzzy, funky, spaced out, distorted, weird, contradictory songs, I’ve got time for it all.
So, here it is. My big list. My 500 favorite songs, listed in alphabetical order both by artist and song.
The Top 500
(in alphabetical order by artist)
Baby, Please Don’t Go – AC/DC
It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock N’ Roll) – AC/DC
Ride On – AC/DC
Combination – Aerosmith
Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith
Going To Town – The Afghan Whigs
Is It My Body? – Alice Cooper
Again – Alice In Chains
No Excuses – Alice In Chains
Alabaster – All Them Witches
The Death Of Coyote Woman – All Them Witches
Dreams – The Allman Brothers
Midnight Rider – The Allman Brothers
Morning Dew – The Allman Brothers
Don’t Bring Me Down – The Animals
It’s My Life – The Animals
R U Mine? – Arctic Monkeys
Faustian Bargain – Astrosoniq
Kiss The Sun – The Atomic Bitchwax
Transparent – Awesome Color
Third Eye Surgery – Baby Woodrose
Burnin’ Sky – Bad Company
Baby Blue – Badfinger
Just A Chance – Badfinger
The Line Between – Baroness
Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
Intergalactic – The Beastie Boys
Sabotage – The Beastie Boys
Glass Onion – The Beatles
Hey Bulldog – The Beatles
Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles
Paper Tiger – Beck
Livin’ Alone – Bizi Gara
Army Of Me – Björk
Low Desert Punk – Brant Bjork
Punk Rock Guilt – Brant Bjork
Black Grease – The Black Angels
Young Men Dead – The Black Angels
Gone – The Black Crowes
Wiser Time – The Black Crowes
Funeral Bell – Black Label Society
House Of Doom – Black Label Society
Don’t Run Our Hearts Around – Black Mountain
Voices – Black Mountain
Wucan – Black Mountain
Thanks Anyways – Black Nasa
Supernaut – Black Sabbath
Symptom Of The Universe – Black Sabbath
War Pigs – Black Sabbath
Chill Out – Black Uhuru
Mouthful Of Cavities – Blind Melon
Sleepyhouse – Blind Melon
Burnin’ For You – Blue Öyster Cult
There’s No Other Way – Blur
Up All Night – The Boomtown Rats
More Than A Feeling – Boston
Golden Years – David Bowie
The Letter – The Box Tops
Needle & Thread – Brad
Vacuum Boots – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Whatever Hippie Bitch – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Mother Popcorn – James Brown
Super Bad – James Brown
Bluebird – Buffalo Springfield
Mr. Soul – Buffalo Springfield
Goin’ Against Your Mind – Built To Spill
Spill The Wine – Eric Burdon & War
Going Down South – R.L. Burnside
Eight Miles High – The Byrds
Stop – Camille Lil’ Bob
Honey Child What Can I Do – Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
On The Road Again – Canned Heat
Zig Zag Wanderer – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Electricity – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
All Mixed Up – The Cars
Bye Bye Love – The Cars
Candy-O – The Cars
Let’s Go – The Cars
My Beautiful Friend – The Charlatans
Sproston Green – The Charlatans
What’d I Say, Pt. 1 & 2 – Ray Charles
Surrender – Cheap Trick
I Cannot Stop You – The Cherry Slush
Good Times – Chic
25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago
Beginnings – Chicago
I’m A Man – Chicago
Tantalized – The Church
The Core – Eric Clapton
Mainline Florida – Eric Clapton
One More Time – The Clash
Police & Thieves – The Clash
Train In Vain – The Clash
The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff
Couldn’t Get It Right – Climax Blues Band
Army Of Bono – Clutch
The Regulator – Clutch
A Girl Like You – Edwyn Collins
Mandocello – Concrete Blonde
Scene Of A Perfect Crime – Concrete Blonde
Shipwreck – Chris Connelly
Good Shit – Cornershop
Clean My Wounds – Corrosion Of Conformity
A Common Disaster – Cowboy Junkies
The Things You Do To Me – Robert Cray
Badge – Cream
SWLABR – Cream
Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Run Through The Jungle – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Naturally High – The Cult
Love Removal Machine – The Cult
She Sells Sanctuary – The Cult
Cigarette Burns – Mark Curry
Godless – The Dandy Warhols
Plan A – The Dandy Warhols
Wishing Well – Terence Trent D’Arby
Runaway Clocks – Darlahood
Let It Whip – Dazz Band
Ain’t Got Nothing (To Go Wrong) – Dead Meadow
Sleepy Silver Door – Dead Meadow
Aisha – Death In Vegas w/ Iggy Pop
Hands Around My Throat – Death In Vegas
Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
Every Time You Go – The Devlins
Freedom Of Choice – Devo
Holy Diver – Dio
Rainbow In The Dark – Dio
Six Blade Knife – Dire Straits
Skateaway – Dire Straits
Stop – The Dirtbombs
I Ain’t Superstitious – Willie Dixon
Season Of The Witch – Donovan
The Changeling – The Doors
Soul Kitchen – The Doors
Right On Baby, Baby – Dramarama
Train Going Backwards – Dramarama
Wrapped In Sky – Drivin N’ Cryin
Ship To Shore – Dub Narcotic Sound System
How Can A Man With So Many Friends Feel So Alone – Eagles Of Death Metal
September – Earth Wind & Fire
Fresh Blood – Eels
Saturday Morning – Eels
The Sea Of Your Mind – Elephant Stone
From The Beginning – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
King For A Day – Faith No More
Stripsearch – Faith No More
One Thing Leads To Another – The Fixx
The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) – The Flaming Lips
Gold Dust Woman – Fleetwood Mac
Exhausted – Foo Fighters
Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People
All Right Now – Free
I Fought The Law – Bobby Fuller Four
Evil Eye – Fu Manchu
Hell On Wheels – Fu Manchu
Waiting Room – Fugazi
Bonnie & Clyde – Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot
To Hell With Poverty – Gang Of Four
What We All Want – Gang Of Four
I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
Help You Out – The Go
Yer Stoned Italian Cowboy – The Go
Birth, School, Work, Death – The Godfathers
Detrimental – Gomer Pyle
Bring It On – Gomez
Revolutionary Kind – Gomez
Bethlehem Steel – Grant Lee Buffalo
Honey Don’t Think – Grant Lee Buffalo
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
Contact Me Now – The Grifters
Cherry Red – The Groundhogs
No Time – The Guess Who
Rocket Queen – Guns N’ Roses
Take Care Of Your Own Business – Dave Hamilton
Motherless Child – Harmonica Paul
God Fearing Man – Ben Harper
I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Running In Place – Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders
Masters Of The Universe – Hawkwind
Never Been Any Reason – Head East
Barracuda – Heart
Magic Man – Heart
No One Is Gonna Do It For You – The Hellacopters
All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
Freedom – Jimi Hendrix
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
Beneath The Damage And The Dust – Peter Himmelman
Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) – The Hombres
Bittersweet – Hoodoo Gurus
Don’t Leave Me This Way – Thelma Houston
Nomads – Howlin’ Rain
Self Made Man – Howlin’ Rain
Nobody But Me – The Human Beinz
Zodiac Sign – Imperial Drag
The One Thing – INXS
Ah Leah! – Donnie Iris
Flight Of Icarus – Iron Maiden
You Owe Me Some Kind Of Love – Chris Isaak
Beautiful Homes – Chris Isaak
Look Sharp! – Joe Jackson
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
Funk #49 – The James Gang
Walk Away – The James Gang
Mountain Song – Jane’s Addiction
Sugar Ray – The Jesus And Mary Chain
Mouth Breather – The Jesus Lizard
Then Comes Dudley – The Jesus Lizard
Teacher – Jethro Tull
Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John
Afro – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Bellbottoms – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Here Come The Girls – Ernie K-Doe
Born Under A Bad Sign – Albert King
Going Down – Freddie King
Morning Dew – King Loser
Over My Head – King’s X
Do It Again – The Kinks
Long Term Exit Strategy – Kinski
It’s Alright, Baby – Komeda
Demon Cleaner – Kyuss
Whitewater – Kyuss
Beg Steal Or Borrow – Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
For The Summer – Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
Carnival – Mark Lanegan
One Hundred Days – Mark Lanegan
One Way Street – Mark Lanegan
Strange Religion – Mark Lanegan
North American Scum – LCD Soundsystem
Good Times Bad Times – Led Zeppelin
Houses Of The Holy – Led Zeppelin
How Many More Times – Led Zeppelin
I’m Gonna Crawl – Led Zeppelin
In The Light – Led Zeppelin
Nobody’s Fault But Mine – Led Zeppelin
Over The Hills And Far Away – Led Zeppelin
Ten Years Gone – Led Zeppelin
Something About You – Level 42
Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot
My Black Sabbath – The Limiñanas
Transform – Jason Loewenstein
Between The Eyes – Love Battery
Fuzz Factory – Love Battery
Nehru Jacket – Love Battery
Dear Diary – Luna
Pup Tent – Luna
I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier – Mad Season
November Hotel – Mad Season
Shimmering – Maids Of Gravity
Taste – Maids Of Gravity
Get Up Stand Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Joy & Blues – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
Let The Good Things Come – John Martyn
Dissolved Girl – Massive Attack
John Brown – Masters Of Reality
King Richard The Lion Heart – Masters Of Reality
She Got Me (When She Got Her Dress On) – Masters Of Reality
Curl Of The Burl – Mastodon
Pair Of Cherry – Eric Matthews
Little Child Runnin’ Wild – Curtis Mayfield
Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield
Pusherman – Curtis Mayfield
Over And Over – MC5
Lake Of Fire – Meat Puppets
Scum – Meat Puppets
Peace Sells – Megadeth
Last Chance – John Mellencamp
A History Of Bad Men – Melvins
Honey Bucket – Melvins
Let It All Be – Melvins
Revolve – Melvins
For Whom The Bell Tolls – Metallica
Electric Feel – MGMT
The Window – The Steve Miller Band
Blow ‘Em Off – Monster Magnet
Negasonic Teenage Warhead – Monster Magnet
Alive & Amplified – The Mooney Suzuki
Never An Easy Way – Morcheeba
All Wrong – Morphine
Hanging On A Curtain – Morphine
I’m Free Now – Morphine
Chloe Dancer / Crown Of Thorns – Mother Love Bone
Ace Of Spades – Motörhead
Champagne & Reefer – Muddy Waters
I Have To Laugh – Mudhoney
You Got It – Mudhoney
Hair Of The Dog – Nazareth
Jump Into The Fire – Harry Nilsson
Even Deeper – Nine Inch Nails
Dive – Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
Cars – Gary Numan
Hundred Mile High City – Ocean Colour Scene
Over The Mountain – Ozzy Osbourne
Ice Cold Daydream – Shuggie Otis
Happy With Myself – Over The Rhine
Gonna Put My Foot Down – Bill Parker
Taxman – Junior Parker
Even Flow – Pearl Jam
In Hiding – Pearl Jam
Present Tense – Pearl Jam
Here Comes My Girl – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid) – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Straight Into Darkness – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me) – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Fearless – Pink Floyd
Sheep – Pink Floyd
Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
Planet Of Sound – Pixies
Good Fortune – PJ Harvey
Working For The Man – PJ Harvey
Burning Down One Side – Robert Plant
When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around – The Police
Winners & Losers – Iggy Pop
Cursed Female – Porno For Pyros
Burning Love – Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
Silently Bad Minded (Remix) – Pressure Drop
My City Was Gone – The Pretenders
Mystery Achievement – The Pretenders
Loaded – Primal Scream
Girls & Boys – Prince
Sign ‘O’ The Times – Prince
Tumbleweed – Puscifer
Keep Yourself Alive – Queen
You’re My Best Friend – Queen
In My Head – Queens Of The Stone Age
Mexicola – Queens Of The Stone Age
Misfit Love – Queens Of The Stone Age
The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret – Queens Of The Stone Age
Begin The Begin – R.E.M.
Feeling Gravitys Pull – R.E.M.
Level – The Raconteurs
Old Enough – The Raconteurs
Just – Radiohead
Separator – Radiohead
Subterranean Homesick Alien – Radiohead
People Of The Sun – Rage Against The Machine
I Just Want To Celebrate – Rare Earth
Round & Round – Ratt
Every Little Twist – Red Fang
Within Your Reach – The Replacements
400 Bucks – Reverend Horton Heat
Really Wanted You – Emitt Rhodes
Leave Them All Behind – Ride
Only Good For Conversation – Rodriguez
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – The Rolling Stones
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) – The Rolling Stones
Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones
Stray Cat Blues – The Rolling Stones
Time Waits For No One – The Rolling Stones
Ventilator Blues – The Rolling Stones
You’re No Good – Linda Ronstadt
Out Of The Blue – Roxy Music
Hello It’s Me – Todd Rundgren
Tom Sawyer – Rush
Just For Kicks – Salem’s Pot
I Thank You – Sam & Dave
Santa Maria Street – Sand Rubies
Lowdown – Boz Scaggs
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron
Dollar Bill – Screaming Trees
Make My Mind – Screaming Trees
Too Far Away – Screaming Trees
Winter Song – Screaming Trees
Sorry – Sebadoh
Green Belly – Ty Segall
You Say All The Nice Things – Ty Segall
Learn & Burn – The Sheepdogs
Blue On Black – Kenny Wayne Shepherd
How Do You Sleep? – The Sights
Dragonaut – Sleep
Maui Tears – Sleepy Sun
Underwhelmed – Sloan
Family Affair – Sly & The Family Stone
Drown – Smashing Pumpkins
I Am One – Smashing Pumpkins
Rhinoceros – Smashing Pumpkins
Rock Anthem For The Retarded Teenage Hipster Population – Smile
Dancing Barefoot – Patti Smith Group
Blues Before & After – The Smithereens
Bad Luck – Social Distortion
Drunken Butterfly – Sonic Youth
Pink Steam – Sonic Youth
Sunday – Sonic Youth
Formaldehyde – Sons Of Elvis
Soul Brothers Testify – Soul Senders
Dusty – Soundgarden
Jesus Christ Pose – Soundgarden
Searching With My Good Eye Closed – Soundgarden
No Fence Around Me – Joe South
Love Left Us Strangers – Space Needle
Rubber Connection – Speedball Baby
I’ll Be Around – The Spinners
I Think I’m In Love – Spiritualized
Don’t You Evah – Spoon
Nobody Gets Me But You – Spoon
Twenty Five Miles – Edwin Starr
It Don’t Come Easy – Ringo Starr
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye – Steam
Do It Again – Steely Dan
Do For The Others – Stephen Stills
Fools Gold – The Stone Roses
Atlanta – Stone Temple Pilots
Hello, It’s Late – Stone Temple Pilots
Down On The Street – The Stooges
Loose – The Stooges
Rosechild – Stress
Charlotte Rose – The Suede Brothers
A Good Idea – Sugar
Green-Eyed Lady – Sugarloaf
The Man Don’t Give A Fuck – Super Furry Animals
The Roman Road – Super Furry Animals
Slow Life – Super Furry Animals
Run – Supergrass
You Keep Me Hangin’ On – The Supremes
Giving It Back – Matthew Sweet
Ugly Truth Rock – Matthew Sweet
Goodnight – Sweet Apple
A Change Is Gonna Come – Swervedriver
Duel – Swervedriver
Never Lose That Feeling / Never Learn – Swervedriver
Explosive Mouth – T. Rex
The Motivator – T. Rex
The Slider – T. Rex
Chevrolet – Taj Mahal
Life’s What You Make It – Talk Talk
Crosseyed & Painless – Talking Heads
Apocalypse Dreams – Tame Impala
Lucidity – Tame Impala
Marquee Moon – Television
Times Of Trouble – Temple Of The Dog
I Can’t Get Next To You – The Temptations
(I Know) I’m Losing You – The Temptations
Slow Emotion Replay – The The
Encrypted Bounce – Thee Oh Sees
Sticky Hulks – Thee Oh Sees
Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed – Thin Lizzy
One – Three Dog Night
Time Machine – Thumlock
City Of Hate -The Toadies
God Hates A Coward – Tomahawk
Vicarious – Tool
Gonna Get Ya – Pete Townshend
Christiansands – Tricky
Motivation – Tripping Daisy
Bridge Of Sighs – Robin Trower
Monte Gargano -Truckfighters
Writing Notes – Jen Trynin
She’s A Beauty – The Tubes
New Health Rock – TV On The Radio
Wear You Out – TV On The Radio
Flashback – The Twilight Singers w/ Mark Lanegan
Papillon – The Twilight Singers
Dirty Day – U2
New Year’s Day – U2
Surrender – U2
Last Night / Tomorrow – Urge Overkill
Sister Havana – Urge Overkill
Mean Street – Van Halen
Where Have All The Good Times Gone? – Van Halen
Oh Sweet Nothing – The Velvet Underground
Rock & Roll – The Velvet Underground
Catching The Butterfly – The Verve
Lucky Man – The Verve
Air Bud – Kurt Vile
Amnesia – The Vines
Lesson No.1 – Viva Voce
Snow Angel Summer – Voyager One
The Changingman – Paul Weller
Sunflower – Paul Weller
Shadow Of The Sun – Paul Weller
Icky Thump – The White Stripes
The Hardest Button To Button – The White Stripes
Thunder Kiss ’65 – White Zombie
Big Sky Country – Chris Whitley
Kick The Stones – Chris Whitley
Know – Chris Whitley
The Seeker – The Who
Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
At Least That’s What You Said – Wilco
Heavy Metal Drummer – Wilco
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
A Girl Like You – The Wolfgang Press
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
You Haven’t Done Nothin’ – Stevie Wonder
Contact – Wooden Shjips
Golden Flower – Wooden Shjips
Rumble – Link Wray
Heart Full Of Soul – The Yardbirds
Shapes Of Things – The Yardbirds
Roundabout – Yes
Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young
Cowgirl In The Sand – Neil Young
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Neil Young
Old Man – Neil Young
Time Of The Season – The Zombies
Just Got Paid – ZZ Top
Precious & Grace – ZZ Top
Sheik – ZZ Top
You’re Gonna Miss Me – The 13th Floor Elevators
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The Top 500
(in alphabetical order by song)
Ace Of Spades – Motörhead
Afro – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Again – Alice In Chains
Ah Leah! – Donnie Iris
Ain’t Got Nothing (To Go Wrong) – Dead Meadow
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Air Bud – Kurt Vile
Aisha – Death In Vegas w/ Iggy Pop
Alabaster – All Them Witches
Alive & Amplified – The Mooney Suzuki
All Along The Watchtower – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
All Mixed Up – The Cars
All Right Now – Free
All Wrong – Morphine
Amnesia – The Vines
Apocalypse Dreams – Tame Impala
Army Of Bono – Clutch
Army Of Me – Bjork
At Least That’s What You Said – Wilco
Atlanta – Stone Temple Pilots
Baby Blue – Badfinger
Baby, Please Don’t Go – AC/DC
Bad Luck – Social Distortion
Badge – Cream
Barracuda – Heart
Beautiful Homes – Chris Isaak
Beg Steal Or Borrow – Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
Begin The Begin – R.E.M.
Beginnings – Chicago
Bellbottoms – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Beneath The Damage And The Dust – Peter Himmelman
Bethlehem Steel – Grant Lee Buffalo
Between The Eyes – Love Battery
Big Sky Country – Chris Whitley
Birth, School, Work, Death – The Godfathers
Bittersweet – Hoodoo Gurus
Black Grease – The Black Angels
Blow ‘Em Off – Monster Magnet
Blue On Black – Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Bluebird – Buffalo Springfield
Blues Before & After – The Smithereens
Bonnie & Clyde – Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot
Born Under A Bad Sign – Albert King
Bridge Of Sighs – Robin Trower
Bring It On – Gomez
Burnin’ For You – Blue Öyster Cult
Burnin’ Sky – Bad Company
Burning Down One Side – Robert Plant
Burning Love – Elvis Presley
Bye Bye Love – The Cars
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – The Rolling Stones
Candy-O – The Cars
Carnival – Mark Lanegan
Cars – Gary Numan
Catching The Butterfly – The Verve
Champagne & Reefer – Muddy Waters
A Change Is Gonna Come – Swervedriver
The Changeling – The Doors
The Changingman – Paul Weller
Charlotte Rose – The Suede Brothers
Cherry Red – The Groundhogs
Chevrolet – Taj Mahal
Chill Out – Black Uhuru
Chloe Dancer / Crown Of Thorns – Mother Love Bone
Christiansands – Tricky
Cigarette Burns – Mark Curry
Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young
City Of Hate – The Toadies
Clean My Wounds – Corrosion Of Conformity
Combination – Aerosmith
A Common Disaster – Cowboy Junkies
Contact – Wooden Shjips
Contact Me Now – The Grifters
The Core – Eric Clapton
Couldn’t Get It Right – Climax Blues Band
Cowgirl In The Sand – Neil Young
Crosseyed & Painless – Talking Heads
Curl Of The Burl – Mastodon
Cursed Female – Porno For Pyros
Dancing Barefoot – Patti Smith Group
Dear Diary – Luna
The Death Of Coyote Woman – All Them Witches
Demon Cleaner – Kyuss
Detrimental – Gomer Pyle
Dirty Day – U2
Dissolved Girl – Massive Attack
Dive – Nirvana
Do For The Others – Stephen Stills
Do It Again – The Kinks
Do It Again – Steely Dan
Dollar Bill – Screaming Trees
Don’t Bring Me Down – The Animals
Don’t Leave Me This Way – Thelma Houston
Don’t Run Our Hearts Around – Black Mountain
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
Don’t You Evah – Spoon
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) – The Rolling Stones
Down On The Street – The Stooges
Dragonaut – Sleep
Dreams – The Allman Brothers
Drown – Smashing Pumpkins
Drunken Butterfly – Sonic Youth
Duel – Swervedriver
Dusty – Soundgarden
Eight Miles High – The Byrds
Electric Feel – MGMT
Electricity – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Encrypted Bounce – Thee Oh Sees
Even Deeper – Nine Inch Nails
Even Flow – Pearl Jam
Every Little Twist – Red Fang
Every Time You Go – The Devlins
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Neil Young
Evil Eye – Fu Manchu
Exhausted – Foo Fighters
Explosive Mouth – T. Rex
Family Affair – Sly & The Family Stone
Faustian Bargain – Astrosoniq
Fearless – Pink Floyd
Feeling Gravitys Pull – R.E.M.
Flashback – The Twilight Singers (featuring Mark Lanegan)
Flight Of Icarus – Iron Maiden
Fools Gold – The Stone Roses
For The Summer – Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
For Whom The Bell Tolls -Metallica
Formaldehyde – Sons Of Elvis
Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Freedom – Jimi Hendrix
Freedom Of Choice – Devo
Fresh Blood – Eels
From The Beginning – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Funeral Bell – Black Label Society
Funk #49 – James Gang
Fuzz Factory – Love Battery
Get Up Stand Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones
A Girl Like You – Edwin Collins
A Girl Like You – The Wolfgang Press
Girls & Boys – Prince
Giving It Back – Matthew Sweet
Glass Onion – The Beatles
God Fearing Man – Ben Harper
God Hates A Coward – Tomahawk
Godless – The Dandy Warhols
Goin’ Against Your Mind – Built To Spill
Going Down – Freddie King
Going Down South – R.L. Burnside
Going To Town – The Afghan Whigs
Gold Dust Woman – Fleetwood Mac
Golden Flower – Wooden Shjips
Golden Years – David Bowie
Gone – The Black Crowes
Gonna Get Ya – Pete Townshend
Gonna Put My Foot Down – Bill Parker
Good Fortune – PJ Harvey
A Good Idea – Sugar
Good Shit – Cornershop
Good Times – Chic
Good Times Bad Times – Led Zeppelin
Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
Goodnight – Sweet Apple
Green Belly – Ty Segall
Green-Eyed Lady – Sugarloaf
Hair Of The Dog – Nazareth
Hands Around My Throat – Death In Vegas
Hanging On A Curtain – Morphine
Happy With Myself – Over The Rhine
The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff
The Hardest Button To Button – The White Stripes
Heart Full Of Soul – The Yardbirds
Heavy Metal Drummer – Wilco
Hell On Wheels – Fu Manchu
Hello It’s Late – Stone Temple Pilots
Hello It’s Me – Todd Rundgren
Help You Out – The Go
Here Come The Girls – Ernie K-Doe
Here Comes My Girl – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Hey Bulldog – The Beatles
A History Of Bad Men – Melvins
Holy Diver – Dio
Honey Bucket – Melvins
Honey Child What Can I Do – Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Honey Don’t Think – Grant Lee Buffalo
House Of Doom – Black Label Society
Houses Of The Holy – Led Zeppelin
How Can A Man With So Many Friends Feel So Alone – Eagles Of Death Metal
How Do You Sleep? – The Sights
How Many More Times – Led Zeppelin
Hundred Mile High City – Ocean Colour Scene
I Ain’t Superstitious – Willie Dixon
I Am One – Smashing Pumpkins
I Can’t Get Next To You – The Temptations
I Cannot Stop You – The Cherry Slush
I Fought The Law – Bobby Fuller Four
I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier – Mad Season
I Have To Laugh – Mudhoney
I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
I Just Want To Celebrate – Rare Earth
(I Know) I’m Losing You – The Temptations
I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
I Thank You – Sam & Dave
I Think I’m In Love – Spiritualized
I’ll Be Around – The Spinners
I’m A Man – Chicago
I’m Free Now – Morphine
I’m Gonna Crawl – Led Zeppelin
Ice Cold Daydream – Shuggie Otis
Icky Thump – The White Stripes
In Hiding – Pearl Jam
In My Head – Queens Of The Stone Age
In The Light – Led Zeppelin
Intergalactic – The Beastie Boys
Is It My Body? – Alice Cooper
It Don’t Come Easy – Ringo Starr
It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock N’ Roll) – AC/DC
It’s Alright, Baby – Komeda
It’s My Life – The Animals
Jesus Christ Pose – Soundgarden
John Brown – Masters Of Reality
Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed – Thin Lizzy
Joy & Blues – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
Jump Into The Fire – Harry Nilsson
Just – Radiohead
Just A Chance – Badfinger
Just For Kicks – Salem’s Pot
Just Got Paid – ZZ Top
Keep Yourself Alive – Queen
Kick The Stones – Chris Whitley
King For A Day – Faith No More
King Richard The Lion Heart – Masters Of Reality
Kiss The Sun – The Atomic Bitchwax
Know – Chris Whitley
Lake Of Fire – Meat Puppets
Last Chance – John Mellencamp
Last Night / Tomorrow – Urge Overkill
Learn & Burn – The Sheepdogs
Leave Them All Behind – Ride
Lesson No.1 – Viva Voce
Let It All Be – Melvins
Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) – The Hombres
Let It Whip – Dazz Band
Let The Good Things Come – John Martyn
Let’s Go – The Cars
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
The Letter – The Box Tops
Level – The Raconteurs
Life’s What You Make It – Talk Talk
The Line Between – Baroness
Little Child Runnin’ Wild – Curtis Mayfield
Livin’ Alone – Bizi Gara
Loaded – Primal Scream
Long Term Exit Strategy – Kinski
Look Sharp! – Joe Jackson
Loose – The Stooges
The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret – Queens Of The Stone Age
Love Left Us Strangers – Space Needle
Love Removal Machine – The Cult
Low Desert Punk – Brant Bjork
Lowdown – Boz Scaggs
Lucidity – Tame Impala
Lucky Man – The Verve
Magic Man – Heart
Mainline Florida – Eric Clapton
Make My Mind – Screaming Trees
The Man Don’t Give A Fuck – Super Furry Animals
Mandocello – Concrete Blonde
Marquee Moon – Television
Masters Of The Universe – Hawkwind
Maui Tears – Sleepy Sun
Mean Street – Van Halen
Mexicola – Queens Of The Stone Age
Midnight Rider – The Allman Brothers
Misfit Love – Queens Of The Stone Age
Monte Gargano – Truckfighters
More Than A Feeling – Boston
Morning Dew – The Allman Brothers
Morning Dew – King Loser
Mother Popcorn – James Brown
Motherless Child – Harmonica Paul
Motivation – Tripping Daisy
The Motivator – T. Rex
Mountain Song – Jane’s Addiction
Mouth Breather – The Jesus Lizard
Mouthful Of Cavities – Blind Melon
Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield
Mr. Soul – Buffalo Springfield
My Beautiful Friend – The Charlatans
My Black Sabbath – The Limiñanas
My City Was Gone – The Pretenders
Mystery Achievement – The Pretenders
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye – Steam
Naturally High – The Cult
Needle & Thread – Brad
Negasonic Teenage Warhead – Monster Magnet
Nehru Jacket – Love Battery
Never An Easy Way – Morcheeba
Never Been Any Reason – Head East
Never Lose That Feeling / Never Learn – Swervedriver
New Health Rock – TV On The Radio
New Year’s Day – U2
No Excuses – Alice In Chains
No Fence Around Me – Joe South
No One Is Gonna Do It For You – The Hellacopters
No Time – The Guess Who
Nobody But Me – The Human Beinz
Nobody Gets Me But You – Spoon
Nobody’s Fault But Mine – Led Zeppelin
Nomads – Howlin’ Rain
North American Scum – LCD Soundsystem
November Hotel – Mad Season
Oh Sweet Nothing – The Velvet Underground
Old Enough – The Raconteurs
Old Man – Neil Young
On The Road Again – Canned Heat
One – Three Dog Night
One Hundred Days – Mark Lanegan
One More Time – The Clash
The One Thing – INXS
One Thing Leads To Another – The Fixx
One Way Street – Mark Lanegan
Only Good For Conversation – Rodriguez
Out Of The Blue – Roxy Music
Over And Over – MC5
Over My Head – King’s X
Over The Hills And Far Away – Led Zeppelin
Over The Mountain – Ozzy Osbourne
Pair Of Cherry – Eric Matthews
Paper Tiger – Beck
Papillon – The Twilight Singers
Peace Sells – Megadeth
People Of The Sun – Rage Against The Machine
Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John
Pink Steam – Sonic Youth
Plan A – The Dandy Warhols
Planet Of Sound – Pixies
Police & Thieves – The Clash
Precious & Grace – ZZ Top
Present Tense – Pearl Jam
Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People
Punk Rock Guilt – Brant Bjork
Pup Tent – Luna
Pusherman – Curtis Mayfield
R U Mine? – Arctic Monkeys
Rainbow In The Dark – Dio
Really Wanted You – Emitt Rhodes
The Regulator – Clutch
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron
Revolutionary Kind – Gomez
Revolve – Melvins
Rhinoceros – Smashing Pumpkins
Ride On – AC/DC
Right On Baby, Baby – Dramarama
Rock And Roll – The Velvet Underground
Rock Anthem For The Retarded Teenage Hipster Population – Smile
Rocket Queen – Guns N’ Roses
The Roman Road – Super Furry Animals
Rosechild – Stress
Round & Round – Ratt
Roundabout – Yes
Rubber Connection – Speedball Baby
Rumble – Link Wray
Run – Supergrass
Run Through The Jungle – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Runaway Clocks – Darlahood
Running In Place – Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders
Sabotage – The Beastie Boys
Santa Maria Street – Sand Rubies
Saturday Morning – Eels
Scene Of A Perfect Crime – Concrete Blonde
Scum – Meat Puppets
The Sea Of Your Mind – Elephant Stone
Searching With My Good Eye Closed – Soundgarden
Season Of The Witch – Donovan
The Seeker – The Who
Self Made Man – Howlin’ Rain
Separator – Radiohead
September – Earth Wind & Fire
Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid) – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Shadow Of The Sun – Paul Weller
Shapes Of Things – The Yardbirds
She Got Me (When She Got Her Dress On) – Masters Of Reality
She Sells Sanctuary – The Cult
She’s A Beauty – The Tubes
Sheep – Pink Floyd
Sheik – ZZ Top
Shimmering – Maids Of Gravity
Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
Ship To Shore – Dub Narcotic Sound System
Shipwreck – Chris Connelly
Sign ‘O’ The Times – Prince
Silently Bad Minded (Remix) – Pressure Drop
Sister Havana – Urge Overkill
Six Blade Knife – Dire Straits
Skateaway – Dire Straits
Sleepy Silver Door – Dead Meadow
Sleepyhouse – Blind Melon
The Slider – T. Rex
Slow Emotion Replay – The The
Slow Life – Super Furry Animals
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
Snow Angel Summer – Voyager One
Something About You – Level 42
Sorry – Sebadoh
Soul Brothers Testify – Soul Senders
Soul Kitchen – The Doors
Spill The Wine – Eric Burdon & War
Sproston Green – The Charlatans
Sticky Hulks – Thee Oh Sees
Stop – Camille Lil’ Bob
Stop – The Dirtbombs
Straight Into Darkness – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Strange Religion – Mark Lanegan
Stray Cat Blues – The Rolling Stones
Stripsearch – Faith No More
Subterranean Homesick Alien – Radiohead
Sugar Ray – The Jesus And Mary Chain
Sunday – Sonic Youth
Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot
Sunflower – Paul Weller
Super Bad – James Brown
Supernaut – Black Sabbath
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Surrender – Cheap Trick
Surrender – U2
Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith
SWLABR – Cream
Symptom Of The Universe -Black Sabbath
Take Care Of Your Own Business – Dave Hamilton
Tantalized – The Church
Taste – Maids Of Gravity
Taxman – Junior Parker
Teacher – Jethro Tull
Ten Years Gone – Led Zeppelin
Thanks Anyway – Black Nasa
Then Comes Dudley – The Jesus Lizard
There’s No Other Way – Blur
The Things You Do To Me – Robert Cray
Third Eye Surgery – Baby Woodrose
Thunder Kiss ’65 – White Zombie
Time Machine – Thumlock
Time Of The Season – The Zombies
Time Waits For No One – The Rolling Stones
Times Of Trouble – Temple Of The Dog
To Hell With Poverty – Gang Of Four
Tom Sawyer – Rush
Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles
Too Far Away – Screaming Trees
Train Going Backwards – Dramarama
Train In Vain – The Clash
Transform – Jason Loewenstein
Transparent – Awesome Color
Tumbleweed – Puscifer
Twenty Five Miles – Edwin Starr
Ugly Truth Rock – Matthew Sweet
Underwhelmed – Sloan
Up All Night – The Boomtown Rats
Vacuum Boots – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Ventilator Blues – The Rolling Stones
Vicarious – Tool
Voices – Black Mountain
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) – The Flaming Lips
Waiting Room – Fugazi
Walk Away – James Gang
War Pigs – Black Sabbath
Wear You Out – TV On The Radio
What We All Want – Gang Of Four
What’d I Say, Pt. 1 & 2 – Ray Charles
Whatever Hippie Bitch – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around – The Police
Where Have All The Good Times Gone? -Van Halen
Whitewater -Kyuss
The Window – The Steve Miller Band
Winners & Losers – Iggy Pop
Winter Song – Screaming Trees
Wiser Time – The Black Crowes
Wishing Well – Terence Trent D’Arby
Within Your Reach – The Replacements
A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me) – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
Working For The Man – PJ Harvey
Wrapped In Sky – Drivin ‘N’ Cryin
Writing Notes – Jen Trynin
Wucan – Black Mountain
Yer Stoned Italian Cowboy – The Go
You Got It – Mudhoney
You Haven’t Done Nothin’ – Stevie Wonder
You Keep Me Hangin’ On – The Supremes
You Owe Me Some Kind Of Love – Chris Isaak
You Say All The Nice Things – Ty Segall
You’re Gonna Miss Me – The 13th Floor Elevators
You’re My Best Friend – Queen
You’re No Good – Linda Ronstadt
Young Men Dead – The Black Angels
Zig Zag Wanderer – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Zodiac Sign – Imperial Drag
25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago
400 Bucks – Reverend Horton Heat
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