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)