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| From | "josh chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: best songs of 2002 |
| Date | Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:58:58 -0500 |
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You know, in this day and age I couldn't fathom doing a top-X songs list.
I'd be, like, "Track 14, Right to Chews", "Track 1, Brilliant", "Track 7,
Lapalco", and so on. In the CD age, I have no freaking idea anymore what
the names of songs are. I still remember when a friend told me in 1986 or
whenever that he too liked the Peter Gabriel album So. (Or Us? the one with
"Don't Give Up.") I asked him what he liked on it. He said, "7 and 10."
I will say, though, that I could listen to "Why Winona Why" (Kennedys) and
"Do Anything You Want to Do" (Flashcubes) 20 times in a row each. And I
heard them both for the first time on the same night, at IPO NY.
----- Original Message -----
From: Harris, Will <wharris1@bcharrispub.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: best songs of 2002
> Hmmmmm...it's always harder to do a top 5 songs than it is to do a top 20
> albums (but, mathematically, I guess that stands to reason), but here's my
> best shot:
>
> Top 5 originals:
>
> 1. "Maria (Shut Up And Kiss Me)," Willie Nelson (The Great Divide)
> 2. "Drunk In A Band," Del Amitri (Can You Do Me Good?)
> 3. "Where Do They Make Balloons?," They Might Be Giants (No!)
> 4. "Home and Dry," Pet Shop Boys (Release)
> 5. "You Held The World In Your Arms," Idlewild (The Remote Part)
>
> Top 5 covers:
>
> 1. "The Drifter," Mello Cads featuring Paul Williams
> 2. "I Woke Up In Love This Morning," Doug Powell
> 3. "Better Things," Fountains of Wayne
> 4. "Insane In The Brain," The Connells
> 5. "School's Out," A*Teens with Alice Cooper
>
> 30 very honorable mentions, to make it a solid Top 40:
>
> 1. "Keep Fishin'," Weezer (Maladroit)
> 2. "Shining Light," Ash (Free All Angels)
> 3. "On A High," Duncan Sheik (Daylight)
> 4. "Forget To Be Numb," Dora Flood (Welcome)
> 5. "Gimme A Sign," Ryan Adams (Demolition)
> 6. "Sk8er Boi," Avril Lavigne (Let Go)
> 7. "Across The Night," Silverchair (Diorama)
> 8. "Lifelines," a-ha (Lifelines)
> 9. "No Show Jones," Chris Difford (I Didn't Get Where I Am)
> 10. "The Man Comes Around," Johnny Cash (American IV: The Man Comes
Around)
> 11. "Hands Clean," Alanis Morissette (Under Rug Swept)
> 12. "Point Shirley," Rhett Miller (The Instigator)
> 13. "Jeff Lynne," Paul Melancon (Camera Obscura)
> 14. "Diane," The Dons (Dawn of the Dons)
> 15. "Sister Surround," The Soundtrack of Our Lives (Behind The Music)
> 16. "Love Is One Of Those Words," The Barrys (Who Else)
> 17. "Heavy Metal Drummer," Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
> 18. "English Road," Kimberley Rew (Great Central Revisited)
> 19. "Whisper," Wayne (Music On Plastic)
> 20. "Tom Jones International," Tom Jones (Mr. Jones)
> 21. "I Had A Good Time," Boston (Corporate America)
> 22. "Must Be You," Josh Joplin Group (The Future That Was)
> 23. "The Way It Really Is," Lisa Loeb (Hello Lisa)
> 24. "Building Atlantis," Josh Clayton Felt (Spirit Touches Ground)
> 25. "Sometimes A Circle," Louise Goffin(Sometimes A Circle)
> 26. "Mr. Kennedy," The Soft Boys (Nextdoorland)
> 27. Ricky Ross, "Hippy Girl" (This Is The Life)
> 28. Berlin, "Drug" (Voyeur)
> 29. Simple Minds, "Cry" (Cry)
> 30. The Mission UK, "Evangeline" (Aura)
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