Acclaimed Music Top 5000 Songs

Oh no!!!!!
Just as I was about to take this up again, I look on the Acclaimed Music website and they've done their first song list update in like 2 years.
First of all now it's the top 10,000 songs (no, as crazy as I am, I am NOT starting over again)
But now the songs are in a different order and some of the one's I've played already have risen up the ranks

My son says just start at the number I left off and duplicate listens be damned
But I may have an old list downloaded on Excel somewhere

Should I start a poll? What should Zeeba do? No just kidding - but feel free to post here.
I left off my listening at the top 4000
Ugh but a lot of great songs that I love have dropped down - Eagles' "Take It to the Limit" #4404, Joan Baez "We Shall Overcome" #4414
 
Zeeba Neighba said:
Oh no!!!!!
Just as I was about to take this up again, I look on the Acclaimed Music website and they've done their first song list update in like 2 years.
First of all now it's the top 10,000 songs (no, as crazy as I am, I am NOT starting over again)
But now the songs are in a different order and some of the one's I've played already have risen up the ranks

My son says just start at the number I left off and duplicate listens be damned
But I may have an old list downloaded on Excel somewhere

Should I start a poll? What should Zeeba do? No just kidding - but feel free to post here.
I left off my listening at the top 4000
Ugh but a lot of great songs that I love have dropped down - Eagles' "Take It to the Limit" #4404, Joan Baez "We Shall Overcome" #4414
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Do whatever serves your current neurosis.

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Trying to post a little at a time

4298) "Born Free" by M.I.A. (2010)
4297) "Never Leave You - Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh!" by Lumidee (2003)
4296) "El dia que me quieras" by Carlos Gardel (1935)
4295) "Handshake Drugs" by Wilco (2004)
4294) "Heartbreaker" by Metronomy (2008)
4293) "All Around the World" by Lisa Stansfield (1989)
4292) "Underwhelmed" by Sloan (1992)
4291) "Barbara-Ann" by The Regents (1961)
4290) "Solitude Is Bliss" by Tame Impala (2010)
4289) "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" by Marvin Gaye (1969)
4288) "Love and Mercy" by Brian Wilson (1988)
4287) "Trouble Comin' Every Day" by The Mothers of Invention (1966)
4286) "Twiggy Twiggy" by Pizzicato Five (1991)
4285) "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" by Bob Dylan (1965)
4284) "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by Vanilla Fudge (1967)
4283) "Private Number" by Judy Clay and William Bell (1968)
4282) "Sweet Baby James" by James Taylor (1970)
4281) "Planet Earth" by Duran Duran (1981)
4280) "Out of Space" by The Prodigy (1992)
4279) "Teardrops" by Womack and Womack
4278) "Ain't Got No Home" by Clarence "Frogman" Henry (1956)
4277) "Going Up the Country" by Canned Heat (1968)
4276) "Trick Me" by Kelis (2003)
4275) "Cuts You Up" by Peter Murphy (1990)
4274) "My Girl" by Madness (1979)
4273) "Throw" by Paperclip People (1994)
4272) "Make It With You" by Bread (1970)
4271) "Malibu" by Hole (1998)
4270) "I'll Stick Around" by Foo Fighters (1995)
4269) "Munich" by Editors (2005)
4268) "Jukebox Baby" by Alan Vega (1980)
4267) "Let's Go Get Stoned" by Ray Charles (1966)
4266) "Mother and Child Reunion" by Paul Simon (1972)
4265) "Forever" by Haim (2012)
4264) "Date with the Night" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2003)
4263) "Just Because" by Lloyd Price (1957)
4262) "Red Hot" by Billy Riley (1957)
4261) "Faron Young" by Prefab Sprout (1985)
4260) "Black Pearl" by Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd. (1969)
4259) "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" by Roxy Music (1973)

Now that Axo has inspired me, unfortunately I need some catchup posts - actually up to 3999 in my listening and, after a month off, started listening again this AM
Definitely started this journey to hear some unfamiliar songs and this grouping certainly had that - take the top of this list - many of those where new to me.
Lots of fun songs here though:
1) "Mother and Child Reunion" is probably my favorite Paul Simon soul song. Just like the feel to it
2) Yes the Regents original version of "Barbara Ann". I'm sure the Beach Boys will come up further on the list
3) "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" - perhaps the best song about an inflatable sex toy (I like it better than The Police's "Be My Girl - Sally"
4) "Make It With You" by Bread....eh?
5) I've personally never enjoyed "Going Up the Country" and it seems to appear in every nostalgic retro 60s film and car commercial
6) Always think of Daniel Stern singing "Ain't Got A Home" in Diner imitating Frogman Henry's falsetto
7) When I was in college, I enjoyed Vanilla Fudge's version of the Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On". Then as I aged, like a lot of overwrought psychedelia of that era, it became a bit of an eyeroller, but I've come around again and whenever it pops up, I enjoy it.

Thoughts?
 
Zeeba Neighba said:
Thread's back, baby! This time I mean it...:oops:
Trying to post a little at a time

4298) "Born Free" by M.I.A. (2010)
4297) "Never Leave You - Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh!" by Lumidee (2003)
4296) "El dia que me quieras" by Carlos Gardel (1935)
4295) "Handshake Drugs" by Wilco (2004)
4294) "Heartbreaker" by Metronomy (2008)
4293) "All Around the World" by Lisa Stansfield (1989)
4292) "Underwhelmed" by Sloan (1992)
4291) "Barbara-Ann" by The Regents (1961)
4290) "Solitude Is Bliss" by Tame Impala (2010)
4289) "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" by Marvin Gaye (1969)
4288) "Love and Mercy" by Brian Wilson (1988)
4287) "Trouble Comin' Every Day" by The Mothers of Invention (1966)
4286) "Twiggy Twiggy" by Pizzicato Five (1991)
4285) "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" by Bob Dylan (1965)
4284) "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by Vanilla Fudge (1967)
4283) "Private Number" by Judy Clay and William Bell (1968)
4282) "Sweet Baby James" by James Taylor (1970)
4281) "Planet Earth" by Duran Duran (1981)
4280) "Out of Space" by The Prodigy (1992)
4279) "Teardrops" by Womack and Womack
4278) "Ain't Got No Home" by Clarence "Frogman" Henry (1956)
4277) "Going Up the Country" by Canned Heat (1968)
4276) "Trick Me" by Kelis (2003)
4275) "Cuts You Up" by Peter Murphy (1990)
4274) "My Girl" by Madness (1979)
4273) "Throw" by Paperclip People (1994)
4272) "Make It With You" by Bread (1970)
4271) "Malibu" by Hole (1998)
4270) "I'll Stick Around" by Foo Fighters (1995)
4269) "Munich" by Editors (2005)
4268) "Jukebox Baby" by Alan Vega (1980)
4267) "Let's Go Get Stoned" by Ray Charles (1966)
4266) "Mother and Child Reunion" by Paul Simon (1972)
4265) "Forever" by Haim (2012)
4264) "Date with the Night" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2003)
4263) "Just Because" by Lloyd Price (1957)
4262) "Red Hot" by Billy Riley (1957)
4261) "Faron Young" by Prefab Sprout (1985)
4260) "Black Pearl" by Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd. (1969)
4259) "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" by Roxy Music (1973)

Now that Axo has inspired me, unfortunately I need some catchup posts - actually up to 3999 in my listening and, after a month off, started listening again this AM
Definitely started this journey to hear some unfamiliar songs and this grouping certainly had that - take the top of this list - many of those where new to me.
Lots of fun songs here though:
1) "Mother and Child Reunion" is probably my favorite Paul Simon soul song. Just like the feel to it
2) Yes the Regents original version of "Barbara Ann". I'm sure the Beach Boys will come up further on the list
3) "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" - perhaps the best song about an inflatable sex toy (I like it better than The Police's "Be My Girl - Sally"
4) "Make It With You" by Bread....eh?
5) I've personally never enjoyed "Going Up the Country" and it seems to appear in every nostalgic retro 60s film and car commercial
6) Always think of Daniel Stern singing "Ain't Got A Home" in Diner imitating Frogman Henry's falsetto
7) When I was in college, I enjoyed Vanilla Fudge's version of the Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On". Then as I aged, like a lot of overwrought psychedelia of that era, it became a bit of an eyeroller, but I've come around again and whenever it pops up, I enjoy it.

Thoughts?
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"Trouble Comin' Every Day" has a surf vibe, at least in the rhythm.
Did you make it through "Make It with You"? Band should have changed its name to White Bread.
"Sweet Baby James" is at #4282? Doesn't leave a lot of hope for much else that JT did, but ...eh.
I think I'd forgotten that Ray Charles did "Let's Go Get Stoned," but I'm re-intrigued. I'll go find it. BRB. It's so nice.
I just sent off a CD copy of Vanilla McFudge to EvilMcGnome. He wanted it more than I did. Anybody would want it more than I did. They just never did it for me, and I think even then I might have been thinking, "They're trying too hard." That will be my word for them: Overwrought.
 
^
If Joe Cocker did it, someone else must have done it first - just kidding. RIP Joe. Love your emotion, but I do enjoy Ray's version better.

I have a strange aversion to James Taylor (you should see the lightning sparks when he comes on the radio of me changing the dial). Some stuff will come up higher but gotta say I don't care if it doesn't.
 
4258) "Books from Boxes" by Maximo Park (2007)
4257) "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra (1940)
4256) "Goldfinger" by Ash (1996)
4255) "Push It" by Garbage (1998)
4254) "Breaking the Law" by Judas Priest (1980)
4253) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" by Elton John (1975)
4252) "Rock Me Baby" by B.B King (1964)
4251) "Ambulance Blues" by Neil Young (1974)
4250) "I Hear A Symphony" by The Supremes (1965)
4249) "The Bridge is Over" by Boogie Down Productions (1987)
4248) "Left Hand Free" by alt-J (2014)
4247) "If I Fell" by The Beatles (1964)
4246) "Who Is It?" by Mantronix (1986)
4245) "Free Your Mind" by En Vogue (1992)
4244) "Like A Motorway" by Saint Etienne (1994)
4243) "Monomania" by Deerhunter (2013)
4242) "An Ocean Between The Waves" by The War on Drugs (2014)
4241) "Keep Ya Head Up" by 2Pac (1993)
4240) "Set It Off" by Strafe (1985)
4239) "Time Bomb" by Rancid (1995)
4238) "The Lonely Surfer" by Jack Nitzsche (1963)
4237) "Desaparecido" by Manu Chao (1998)
4236) "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" by Eve feat. Gwen Stefani (2001)
4235) "Harry Lime Theme" by Anton Karas (1949)
4234) "Speedway" by Morrissey (1994)
4233) "Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears (1985)
4232) Sinnerman" by Nina Simone (1965)
4231) "Plaster Casts of Everything" by Liars (2007)
4230) "America's Most Blunted" by Madvillain (2003)
4229) "Baby What Yo Want Me to Do" by Jimmy Reed (1959)
4228) "What Goes On" by The Velvet Underground (1969)
4227) "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard (1967)
4226) "Into Dust" by Mazzy Star (1993)
4225) "Misterioso" by Thelonious Monk (1958)
4224) "Time is Tight" by Booker T. & The MG's
4223) "Lyin' Eyes" by The Eagles (1975)
4222) "Main Offender" by The Hives (2000)
4221) "Personality" by Lloyd Price (1959)
4220) "Lost Ones" by Lauryn Hill (1998)

Like a man possessed, here's more of some listens from a few weeks ago. What a list too - great mix
A few personal loves:
a) "Ambulance Blues" - great song off a tremendous Young album (On the Beach)
b) "If I Fell" by The Beatles - hey not all Beatles songs can be up top, but another good one "falls" lower down
c) "The Lonely Surfer" - always welcome surf music on this list
d) "Desaparecido" - how do I have a couple of Manu Chao albums in my collection. I don't know who recommended him to me but really enjoy him
e) "Sinnerman" by Nina - my vote for this list's "It Should be Higher" Award
f) I'd much rather Merle sings me home than Kenny Loggins celebrate me home, but that's just me
g) another Lloyd Price on two consecutive lists...and he's come up before.
h) I don't listen to Judas Priest but really like "Breakin' the Law" - I think Beavis recommended that one to me (though it could have been Butthead)
i) I'll always remember seeing the film Titanic with my wife and in the parking lot debating the lyrics of "Someone Saved My Live Tonight"...yes, it's "Sugarbear" - maybe Bernie Taupin was a Post Super Sugar Crisp cereal fan :shrug:
 
4219) "New York City Cops" by The Strokes (2001)
4218) "Point Blank" by Bruce Springsteen (1980)
4217) "Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes" by Chuck Willis (1958)
4216) "Natural Blues" by Moby (1999)
4215) "America is Waiting" by Brian Eno & David Byrne (1981)
4214) "My City of Ruins" by Bruce Springsteen (2002)
4213) "Partition" by Beyonce (2013)
4212) "He Will Break Your Heart" by Jerry Butler (1960)
4211) "Get Down Tonight" by KC and the Sunshine Band (1975)
4210) "What's Your Name" by Don & Juan (1961)
4209) "Music Is My Radar" by Blur (2000)
4208) "Ohm" by Yo La Tengo (2013)
4207) "F.E.A.R." by Ian Brown (2001)
4206) "GMF" by John Grant feat. Sinead O'Connor (2013)
4205) "Elusive Butterfly" by Bob Lind (1966)
4204) "Bamboleo" by Gipsy Kings (1988)
4203) "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police (4203)
4202) "Africa" by Toto (1982)
4201) "Twin Peaks Theme" by Angelo Badalamenti (1990)
4200) "A String of Pearls" by Glenn Miller (1941)
4199) "Pepper" by Butthole Surfers (1996)
4198) "Lightnin' Strikes" by Lou Christie (1965)
4197) "Some Things Last A Long Time" by Daniel Johnston (1990)
4196) "Alec Eiffel" by Pixies (1991)
4195) "Hard to Handle" by Otis Redding (1968)
4194) "Toxic Girl" by Kings of Convenience (1999)
4193) "Kissing the Lipless" by The Shins (2003)
4192) "Rectangle" by Jacno (1979)
4191) "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand (1973)
4190) "Get At Me Dog" by DMX feat. Sheek (The Lox) (1998)
4189) "Heart of Hearts" by !!! (2007)
4188) "Chances Are" by Johnny Mathis (1957)
4187) "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" by Otis Redding (1966)
4186) "Someday We'll Be Together" by Diana Ross and the Supremes (1969)
4185) "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" by Bob Dylan (1967)
4184) "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1976)
4183) "Stay Useless" by Cloud Nothings (2012)
4182) "My Drug Buddy" by The Lemonheads (1992)
4181) "Mama Said" by The Shirelles (1961)
4180) "Nobody Beats the Biz" by Biz Markie (1987)

Thoughts:
a) Now it's getting personal! A lot of really good songs here. Two Springsteen songs (three if you count Manfred Mann's cover - never really liked that hit version) and both are good. "Point Blank" (first song on second album of The River) is a real downer but man what a song. "My City of Ruins" off The Rising was written with NYC in mind, but Bruce has repurposed it for other cities too e.g. New Orleans post-Katrina. Great later Bruce song.
b) Oh sure there are better Police songs ("Message in a Bottle", "Synchronicity II") and it may be that 1981 nostalgia talking (one of the earliest MTV videos I remember), but "Every Little Thing..." is perhaps their best pop song. I've always loved it.
c) Dylan! Otis! Even a great disco song by KC - good stuff
d) "New York City Cops" was the Strokes song taken off of their debut when released in the U.S. Of course, it's readily available now.
e) I would easily but "Point Blank" and "Every Little Thing..." higher but the "It Should Be Higher" Award this list goes to Jerry Butler's "He Will Break Your Heart" - the Iceman is just fantastic. What a great R&B song (it's so great, it couldn't be ruined by Tony Orlando in 1975 when he released it under "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)")
 
A few more for today:

4179) "Knoxville Girl" by The Louvin Brothers (1956)
4178) "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles (1966)
4177) "Leave Home" by The Chemical Brothers (1995)
4176) "Bring the Boys Home" by Freda Payne (1971)
4175) "The Power" by Snap! (1990)
4174) "The Bitterest Pill" by The Jam (1982)
4173) "Moten's Swing" by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra (1933)
4172) "You Make Me Fell Brand New" by The Stylistics (1973)
4171) "Lost in the Supermarket" by The Clash (1979)
4170) "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" by Eels (200)
4169) "Renegade Snares" by Omni Trio (1993)
4168) "Excerpt from 'A Teenage Opera'" by Keith West (1967)
4167) "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" by Haircut 100 (1981)
4166) "Here Comes a Regular" by The Replacements (1985)
4165) "Somethin' Else" by Eddie Cochran (1959)
4164) "Toys in the Attic" by Aerosmith (1975)
4163) "Det snurrar i min skalle" by Familjen (2007)
4162) "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton (1974)
4161) "Turn the Beat Around" by Vicki Sue Robinson (1976)
4160) "Absolute Beginners" by David Bowie (1986)
4159) "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" by Elvis Costello & The Attractions (1980)
4158) "Achilles Last Stand" by Led Zeppelin (1976)
4157) "The Jag' by The Micronauts (1999)
4156) "NY Excuse" by Soulwax (1994)
4155) "The Sound of the Suburbs" by The Members (1979)
4154) "Love Theme from Spartacus" by Terry Callier (1998)
4153) "How Bizarre" by OMC (1995)
4152) "Accelerator" by Primal Scream
4151) "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden (1982)
4150) "Stranded in the Jungle" by The Cadets (1956)
4149) "You're Going to Lose That Girl" by The Beatles (1965)
4148) "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters
4147) "Children's Story" by Slick Rick (1988)
4146) "Who's Go the Crack?" by The Moldy Peaches (2001)

Thoughts:
a) "Loving You" - ugh. Really? That high note is like nails against a chalkboard
b) I think this is the second time The Moldy Peaches have appeared. I'll give another ugh - that indie Apple-music tailor made ever-so-droll/twee stuff
c) OTOH, 4161 to 4158 was a nice stretch. Elvis Costello's cover of the Sam & Dave number is as good if not better that the original
d) Didn't Sam just reference the Louvin Brothers? Two Louvin references in the same day?! What kind of site is this? ;)
e) Freda Payne's biggest hit is "Band of Gold". Must admit I did not know her anti-war 1971 song (it hit #12 actually). Payne clearly joined other R&B artists at the time (Curtis, Marvin, Tempts) at a change to more socially conscious music.
 
4145) "La Poupee qui fait non" by Miche Polnareff (1966)
4144) "DMD KIU LIDT" by Ja,Panik (2011)
4143) "Boops (Here to Go)" by Sly & Robbie (1987)
4142) "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" by Mahalia Jackson (1956)
4141) "Isis" by Bob Dylan (1976)
4140) "Rock This Town" by Stray Cats (1981)
4139) "You Don't Own Me" by Leslie Gore (1963)
4138) "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne (1963)
4137) "Sheena Is A Parasite" by The Horrors (2006)
4136) "Roam" by The B-52's (1989)
4135) "Joy Spring" by Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet (1954)
4134) "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine (1996)
4133) "Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" by Chic (1977)
4132) "The 15th" by Wire (1979)
4131) "Centerfield" by John Fogerty (1985)
4130) "Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera (1999)
4129) "Help Me Lose My Mind" by Disclosure (2013)
4128) "Tom Cortenay" by Yo La Tengo (1995)
4127) "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" by SOS Band (1980)
4126) "Behind Closed Doors" by Charlie Rich (1973)
4125) "Punk Rock Girl" by The Dead Milkmen (1988)
4124) "Love Wars" by Womack and Womack (1983)
4123) "By The Time I Get to Phoenix" by Isaac Hayes (1969)
4122) "Halleluhwah" by Can (1971)
4121) "365 Is My Number/The Message" by King Sunny Ade (1982)
4120) "Rump Shaker" by Wreckx N'Effect (1992)
4119) "This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush (1988)
4118) "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" by Maxwell (1996)
4117) "Poor Places" by Wilco (2002)
4116) "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" by Traffic (1971)
4115) "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" by The Beatles (1968)
4114) "Bullet the Blue Sky" by U2 (1987)
4113) "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" by Spinners (1973)
4112) "Little Latin Lupe Lu" by The Righteous Brothers (1963)
4111) "She's On It" by Beastie Boys (1985)
4110) "1977" by The Clash (1977)

Thoughts:
a) a lot of songs that I'm just meh about on this list - "Dance, Dance, Dance" is just an OK Chic song, I've never liked "Centerfield" for whatever reason, "Roam" probably wouldn't make my list at all. I'm usually an '80s nostalgia junkie but "Rock This Town" never did it for me. Even "1977" isn't a Clash song I dig.
b) I don't like Traffic's "Low Spark" as much as others, but was surprised to see it down here
c) although The Beatles' "Everybody's Got Something to Hide..." seems like one of those White Album knock-off's that wouldn't be here, I find it infectious, energetic, fun.
d) Two songs I do like seeing here: Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors", a country crossover hit that I haven't heard perhaps in 40 years and "Punk Rock Girl" by The Dead Milkman which is goofy fun (I actually had a couple of albums of theirs in college including this one, Beelzebubba)
e) Yes, I opted to play the single version of Isaac Hayes' "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" instead of the nearly-19 minute album version
f) Most interesting juxtaposition was listening to Leslie Gore's early-60s goodness right next to the filthy Lil Wayne's "Lollipop"
 
4109) "Greetings" by Half Pint (1986)
4108) "Perfect Way" by Scritti Politti (1985)
4107) "Concrete Jungle" by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1973)
4106) "Wild World" by Cat Stevens (1970)
4105) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Diana Ross (1970)
4104) "My Blue Heaven" by Gene Austin (1927)
4103) "Give It Up" by Public Enemy (1994)
4102) "Boombastic" by Shaggy (1995)
4101) "Choice of Colors" by The Impressions (1969)
4100) "One More Chance (Stay with Me Remix)" by The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Faith Evans (1995)
4099) "Is This Love" by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1978)
4098) "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers (1988)
4097) "Boyz" by M.I.A (2007)
4096) "I'm Bad" by LL Cool J (1987)
4095) "Let's Get Married" by Al Green (1973)
4094) "La Memoire et la mer" by Leo Ferre (1970)
4093) "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" by Enya (1988)
4092) "Moments in Love" by Art of Noise (1983)
4091) "Homeward Bound" by Simon and Garfunkel (1966)
4090) "Doggin' Around" by Jackie Wilson (1960)
4089) "Requiem" by Killing Joke (1980)
4088) "One of Us' by Joan Osborne (1995)
4087) "Diamonds and Rust" by Joan Baez (1975)
4086) "Guilty Conscience" by Eminem (1999)
4085) Imagenes paganas" by Virus (1986)
4084) "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga (2008)
4083) "Walk On" by Neil Young (1974)
4082) "I Love a Man in Uniform" by Gang of Four (1982)
4081) "Out There In the Ice" by Cut Copy (2008)
4080) "Rosalyn" by The Pretty Things (1964)
4079) "Cowgirl" by Underworld (1993)
4078) "Alley-Oop" by The Hollywood Argyles (1960)
4077) "Who's That Girl" by Eurythmics (1983)
4076) "Run" by Snow Patrol (2003)
4075) "Initials B.B." by Serge Gainsbourg (1967)
4074) "Brick House" by Commodores (1977)

Thoughts:
Not many. As much as I enjoy a number of these songs (e.g. "Wild World", "Is this Love", "Let's Get Married"), I'm not sure this isn't a fine place for them on the list. If I had to quibble with one song being too low, it would be Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust" - great song.
Is anyone else besides me torn about the Proclaimer's 1988 hit "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - it's kind of annoying yet very catchy and singable. I always laugh when I hear it because there's an episode of How I Met Your Mother where the cassette deck is jammed with that album in it so they play that song on a road trip over and over. I kind of enjoy it - guilty pleasure I suppose.
 
Zeeba Neighba said:
4109) "Greetings" by Half Pint (1986)
4108) "Perfect Way" by Scritti Politti (1985)
4107) "Concrete Jungle" by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1973)
4106) "Wild World" by Cat Stevens (1970)
4105) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Diana Ross (1970)
4104) "My Blue Heaven" by Gene Austin (1927)
4103) "Give It Up" by Public Enemy (1994)
4102) "Boombastic" by Shaggy (1995)
4101) "Choice of Colors" by The Impressions (1969)
4100) "One More Chance (Stay with Me Remix)" by The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Faith Evans (1995)
4099) "Is This Love" by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1978)
4098) "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers (1988)
4097) "Boyz" by M.I.A (2007)
4096) "I'm Bad" by LL Cool J (1987)
4095) "Let's Get Married" by Al Green (1973)
4094) "La Memoire et la mer" by Leo Ferre (1970)
4093) "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" by Enya (1988)
4092) "Moments in Love" by Art of Noise (1983)
4091) "Homeward Bound" by Simon and Garfunkel (1966)
4090) "Doggin' Around" by Jackie Wilson (1960)
4089) "Requiem" by Killing Joke (1980)
4088) "One of Us' by Joan Osborne (1995)
4087) "Diamonds and Rust" by Joan Baez (1975)
4086) "Guilty Conscience" by Eminem (1999)
4085) Imagenes paganas" by Virus (1986)
4084) "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga (2008)
4083) "Walk On" by Neil Young (1974)
4082) "I Love a Man in Uniform" by Gang of Four (1982)
4081) "Out There In the Ice" by Cut Copy (2008)
4080) "Rosalyn" by The Pretty Things (1964)
4079) "Cowgirl" by Underworld (1993)
4078) "Alley-Oop" by The Hollywood Argyles (1960)
4077) "Who's That Girl" by Eurythmics (1983)
4076) "Run" by Snow Patrol (2003)
4075) "Initials B.B." by Serge Gainsbourg (1967)
4074) "Brick House" by Commodores (1977)

Thoughts:
Not many. As much as I enjoy a number of these songs (e.g. "Wild World", "Is this Love", "Let's Get Married"), I'm not sure this isn't a fine place for them on the list. If I had to quibble with one song being too low, it would be Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust" - great song.
Is anyone else besides me torn about the Proclaimer's 1988 hit "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - it's kind of annoying yet very catchy and singable. I always laugh when I hear it because there's an episode of How I Met Your Mother where the cassette deck is jammed with that album in it so they play that song on a road trip over and over. I kind of enjoy it - guilty pleasure I suppose.
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"Orinoco Flow" by Enya offers the heights to which her ouevre will rise, I suspect.
"Run" is one of those lyrically-insipid songs from run-of-the-mill Scottish group Snow Patrol, which has ideal lyrics for such montage-moment shows as Grey's Anatomy, with lyrics like "Light up, light up / As if you have a choice / Even if you cannot hear my voice / I'll be right beside you dear."
"Brick House" is just good stuff to get down to, like "Rubber Band Man" and "Celebration." YMMV.
"One of Us" was performed practically every quarter by the in-house band in our dirty-little-church-in-the park that we put to rest 15 years ago. Celebrate good times, indeed.
 
4073) "Jackpot" by Tocotronic (1999)
4072) "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" by Scott McKenzie (4072)
4071) "Streets of Your Town" by The Go-Betweens (1988)
4070) "Handle with Care" by Traveling Wilburys (1988)
4069) "Brother Louie" by Stories (1973)
4068) "Sirens" by Dizzee Rascal (2007)
4067) "Habit" by Ought (2014)
4066) "Brooklyn's Finest" by Jay-Z (1996)
4065) "He'll Have to Go" by Jim Reeves (1959)
4064) "Proud Mary" by Ike & Tina Turner (1971)
4063) "The Way I Am" by Eminem (2000)
4062) "Cry" by Money Mark (1995)
4061) "Guerrilla Radio" by Rage Against the Machine (1999)
4060) "Murder She Wrote" by Chaka Demus & Pliers (1992)
4059) "Apocalypse Dreams" by Tame Impala (2012)
4058) "Don't Go" by Yazoo (Yaz) (1982)
4057) "Coax Me" by Sloan (1994)
4056) "Talk of the Town" by Pretenders (1980)
4055) "Swinging on A Star" by Bing Crosby (1944)
4054) "Can You Party" by Royal House (1988)
4053) "Tessio" by Luomo (2000)
4052) "In the Morning" by The Coral (2005)
4051) "Cherry-Coloured Funk" by Cocteau Twins (1990)
4050) "On the Other Hand" by Randy Travis (1985)
4049) "People Everyday" by Arrested Development (1992)
4048) "Big Decision" by That Petrol Emotion (1987)
4047) "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens (1961)
4046) "Only in My Dreams" by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (2012)
4045) "11th Dimension" by Julian Casablancas (2009)
4044) "Jesus Christ Pose" by Soundgarden (1991)
4043) "Chan Chan" by Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
4042) "The Way You Look Tonight" by Fred Astaire (1936)
4041) "Hold Me Now" by Thompson Twins (1983)
4040) "September Song" by Walter Huston (1938)

Thoughts: not many - although a bit surprised that "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", the Turner's "Proud Mary" and "The Way I Am" are this low, I'm fine with their position.
Some oldies on this list - the Broadway song "September Song" which is a oft-covered jazz standard though few might remember it was from the 1938 song Knickerbocker Holliday and first sung by actor Walter Huston (director John Huston's father). I love the song "The Way You Look Tonight" but prefer Sinatra's Reprise version. And I always smile at the Oscar-winning "Swinging on a Star" (from Going My Way) with the couplet "And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo/every day you meet quite a few"
Comin' up on #4000
 
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Our neighbors in LA are British emigrees. We had them for Thanksgiving and I played my Spotify fall playlist including Huston’s “September Song”. Much to my surprise, George immediately recognized it. Turns out it was his dad’s favorite record.
 
4039) "The Ocean" by Richard Hawley (2005)
4038) "Don't Be That Way" by Benny Goodman (1938)
4037) "Dy-na-mi-tee" by Ms. Dynamite (2002)
4036) "Headache" by Frank Black (1994)
4035) "Soul on Fire" by Spiritualized (2008)
4034) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Nina Simone (1964)
4033) "Steal My Sunshine" by Len (1999)
4032) "Sweet Nothin's" by Brenda Lee (1959)
4031) "La leyenda del tiempo" by Camaron (1979)
4030) "1/1" by Brian Eno (1978)
4029) "Cocaine" by J.J. Cale (1976)
4028) "My Definition of a Bombastic Jazz Style" by Dream Warriors (1990)
4027) "I'd Rather Dance with You" by Kings of Convenience (2004)
4026) "I Walked" by Sufjan Stevens (2010)
4025) "Inner Meet Me" by The Beta Band (1998)
4024) "Love Letters" by Metronomy (2014)
4023) "Oh Lonesome Me" by Don Gibson (1958)
4022) "Suicide Blonde" by INXS (1990)
4021) "He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother" by The Hollies (1969)
4020) "It Had To Be You" by Betty Hutton (1944)
4019) "This Is Pop?" by XTC (1978)
4018) "Would I Lie to You?" by Eurythmics (1985)
4017) "The Chauffeur" by Duran Duran (1982)
4016) "Solo le pido a dios" by Leon Gieco (1979)
4015) "Strangelove" by Depeche Mode (1987)
4014) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)
4013) "Country Girl" by Primal Scream (2006)
4012) "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels Band (1979)
4011) "Tell Mama" by Etta James (1967)
4010) "Warm Heart of Africa" by The Very Best (2009)
4009) "Gimme Some Truth" by John Lennon (1971)
4008) "In the Trees" by Faze Action (1996)
4007) "A Rose for Emily" by The Zombies (1968)
4006) "Stigmata" by Ministry (1988)
4005) "Key to the Highway" by Big Bill Broonzy (1941)
4004) "I'll House You" by Jungle Brothers (1988)
4003) "One to Another" by The Charlatans (1996)
4002) "Crazy on You" by Heart (1976)
4001) "Psyche Rock" by Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier (1967)

Thoughts:
Time to get serious! ;) Finally posted last of the 4000s. Over the last few weeks I did get a bit into the low 3000s and hope to post them today so I can truly be caught up. Then hoping to keep with my resolution but listening to (and posting) shorter lists (11/day would finish this list over the year so may listen/post to groups of 15 - easier to type too)

Hoping also for more MG comments as many of the songs get more familiar

No big injustices on this list re: placing. I was first exposed to "Oh Lonesome Me" with Neil Young's slower version on After the Gold Rush. Similarly my initial exposure to the blues classic "Key to the Highway" was through Clapton on Layla...
Nice to the The Very Best get some love here. Remember when that album came out in 2009 and was a favorite of many an MGer
The Chauffeur is a nice number by Duran Duran - bit more post-punk c/w their poppier entries.
I've always enjoyed "Devil Went Down to Georgia" (probably nostalgic as it came out when I was 11) - sure it's cheesy/goofy. It belongs down here though.
 
4000) "I'm Your Puppet" by James & Bobby Purify (1966)
3999) "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone" by Sleater-Kinney (1996)
3998) "Shake Your Rump" by Beastie Boys (1989)
3997) "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players (1975)
3996) "Desapariciones" by Ruben Blades (1984)
3995) "Rubber Bullets" by 10cc (1973)
3994) "Young Adult Friction" by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (2009)
3993) "Sex Bomb" by Flipper (1981)
3992) "Both Sides Now" by Judy Collins (1968)
3991) "Dance to the Underground" by Radio 4 (2002)
3990) "I Don't Want to Talk About It" by Crazy Horse (1971)
3989) "Blockbuster" by Sweet (1973)
3988) "We Used to Wait" by Arcade Fire (2010)
3987) "So Much in Love" by The Tymes (1963)
3986) "Katy on a Mission" by Katy B (2010)
3985) "Carolina Shout" by James P. Johnson (1922)
3984) "The Freed Pig" by Sebodah (1991)
3983) "Cruiser's Creek" by The Fall (1985)
3982) "My Little Town" by Simon & Garfunkel (1975)
3981) "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred (1991)
3980) "Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm" by Crash Test Dummies (1993)
3979) "Hymne a L'amour" by Edith Piaf (1950)
3978) "Black is Black" by Los Bravos
3977) "Ladyflash" by The Go! Team (2004)
3976) "How Do You Do It?" by Gerry & The Pacemakers (1963)
3975) "Big Time' by Peter Gabriel (1986)
3974) "Can We Still Be Friends" by Todd Rundgren (1978)
3973) "Don't Play That Song" by Aretha Franklin (1970)
3972) "Come Pick Me Up" by Ryan Adams (2000)
3971) "Higher Ground" by Red Hot Chili Peppers (1989)
3970) "Great DJ" by The Ting Tings (2008)
3969) "I Am A Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel (3969)
3968) "Dance Apocalyptic" by Janelle Monae (2013)
3967) "Tainted Love" by Gloria Jones (1965)
3966) "That's Amore" by Dean Martin (1953)
3965) "Being with You" by Smokey Robinson (1981)
3964) "Fell on Black Days" by Soundgarden (1994)

Thoughts:
a) Some nice songs here. Judy Collins version of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" is too low, but otherwise most songs seem appropriately placed
b)Exceptions: "I'm Too Sexy" ugh - really? That 90s relic belongs in a long-buried time capsule.
c)Ditto to "Mmmm x 4" - though popular at the time, is anyone breaking out their old Crash Test Dummies albums anymore.
d) OTOH - nice for great stride pianist/early jazz trailblazer James P. Johnson to get some love here.
e) We've got the great originals of "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (more popular by Rod Stewart) and "Tainted Love" (more popular version by Soft Cell).
f) Double shot of Simon & Garfunkel :thumbsup:
As wonderfully smooth as Smoky's voice is, "Being with You" (which I don't think I've heart since the early 80s) is just a so-so light R&B love song
 
3963) "La Piscine" by The Little Rabbits (1998)
3962) "Give Me Just A Little More Time" by The Chairmen of the Board (1969)
3961) "I Wish" by Skee-Lo (1995)
3960) "Tears on My Pillow" by Little Anthony and the Imperials (1958)
3959) "If You Leave" by Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (1986)
3958) "3rd Planet" by Modest Mouse (2000)
3957) "Comme d'habitude" by Claude Francois (1967)
3956) "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young (1992)
3955) "Destroy the Heart" by The House of Love (1988)
3954) "Wild Night" by Van Morrison (1971)
3953) "Hello, Dolly!" by Louis Armstrong (1964)
3952) "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang (1980)
3951) "My Perfect Cousin" by The Undertones (1980)
3950) "Christiansands" by Tricky (1996)
3949) "Cybele's Reveries" by Stereolab (1996)
3948) "Tommy Gun" by The Clash (1978)
3947) "Spin Spin Sugar" by Sneaker Pimps (1997)
3946) "Games People Play" by Joe South (1968)
3945) "Always on the Run" by Lennie Kravitz (1991)
3944) "Me & U" by Cassie (2006)
3943) "Don't Tell Me" by Madonna (2000)
3942) "I Was Made For Loving You" by KISS (1979)
3941) "Zuviel Zeit?" by DJ Koze aka Adolf Noise (20050
3940) "Locomotive Breath" by Jethro Tull (1971)
3939) "Ch-Check It Out" by Beastie Boys (2004)

Thoughts:
a) Is this how the 3000s are going to be?! I know almost all of these. That being said, most of these are reasonably ranked
b) Biggest injustice ;) Van the Man's "Wild Night". I have always loved it - impossible for me not to sing along.
c) Trivia on Satchmo's "Hello, Dolly!" - it's the song that dethroned the Beatles 14 week hold on the #1 spot (three successive songs) in 1964. I believe Louis Armstrong still holds the record with this number for oldest artist to hit #1 at age 63
d) I have always enjoyed Joe South's sound. I think I'll break out his greatest hits this week
e) The trivia that always comes to mind when "If You Leave" comes on is that it's Claire and Phil Dunphy's dating "song" on Modern Family. Hilarious first season episode guess starring Edward Norton as the bassist of Spandau Ballet whom Claire hires for their anniversary when she mistakes their song as "True".

Oh let me just post the video:



And, hey! I'm caught up. Hopefully from this point on, I'll be posting lists as I play 'em
 
Zeeba Neighba said:
4034) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Nina Simone (1964)
4029) "Cocaine" by J.J. Cale (1976)
4021) "He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother" by The Hollies (1969)
4020) "It Had To Be You" by Betty Hutton (1944)
4018) "Would I Lie to You?" by Eurythmics (1985)
4014) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)
4012) "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels Band (1979)
4004) "I'll House You" by Jungle Brothers (1988)

Thoughts:

Hoping also for more MG comments as many of the songs get more familiar

No big injustices on this list re: placing. I was first exposed to "Oh Lonesome Me" with Neil Young's slower version on After the Gold Rush. Similarly my initial exposure to the blues classic "Key to the Highway" was through Clapton on Layla...
The Chauffeur is a nice number by Duran Duran - bit more post-punk c/w their poppier entries.
I've always enjoyed "Devil Went Down to Georgia" (probably nostalgic as it came out when I was 11) - sure it's cheesy/goofy. It belongs down here though.
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I listed only the songs I've heard. A couple I'm not sure that I've heard the version with the act listed, and I'm not sure if I heard "The Chauffeur".

Like you, I love "The Devil Went Down To Georgia". I remember listening to it a lot, and loving it a lot. The lyrics seemed so cool to the 13-year-old me.

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" should be higher.

I'm shocked "I'll House You" made the list. It was a fave of everyone I knew in '88. I've mentioned it elsewhere, but one of the Jungle Brothers relocated to NC and became a plumber -- if I ever get rid of my regular guy, I'm going with the JB'er.
 
Zeeba Neighba said:
3998) "Shake Your Rump" by Beastie Boys (1989)
3997) "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players (1975)
3991) "Dance to the Underground" by Radio 4 (2002)
3981) "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred (1991)
3975) "Big Time' by Peter Gabriel (1986)
3973) "Don't Play That Song" by Aretha Franklin (1970)
3971) "Higher Ground" by Red Hot Chili Peppers (1989)
3968) "Dance Apocalyptic" by Janelle Monae (2013)
3967) "Tainted Love" by Gloria Jones (1965)
3966) "That's Amore" by Dean Martin (1953)
3965) "Being with You" by Smokey Robinson (1981)

Thoughts:
b)Exceptions: "I'm Too Sexy" ugh - really? That 90s relic belongs in a long-buried time capsule.
d) OTOH - nice for great stride pianist/early jazz trailblazer James P. Johnson to get some love here.
e) We've got the great originals of "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (more popular by Rod Stewart) and "Tainted Love" (more popular version by Soft Cell).
f) Double shot of Simon & Garfunkel :thumbsup:
As wonderfully smooth as Smoky's voice is, "Being with You" (which I don't think I've heart since the early 80s) is just a so-so light R&B love song
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Again, listing only the songs I've heard.

I love that "I'm Too Sexy" made it. I don't listen to it any more, and I really didn't listen to it much when it was out, but I love the chutzpah of the lyrics.

"Love Rollercoaster" is great, but so too are "Higher Ground", "That's Amore", and "Dance Apocalyptic".

Oh, and I have to disagree about "Being With You". As a child of 80s radio and a child of 60s Soul music, a then-contemporary song by a Soul god like Smokey was solid gold to my ears. It was something on popular radio that teens and adults could both agree was great.
 
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