You Top 5 Songs By Any Artist

[Bono's shades]

THE BEATLES

Let It Be
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Eleanor Rigby
Yesterday
Revolution

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Placebo (though it changes every five seconds)

1. Burger Queen
2. Special Needs
3. Bionic
4. Second Sight
5. My Sweet Prince

 

[HeadsOnSticks]

Counting Crows

1. High Life
2. Angels of The Silences (acoustic)
3. A Long December
4. Anna Begins
5. Butterfly in Reverse/New Frontier/Holiday in Spain (3 way tie)



Depeche Mode

1. Waiting For The Night
2. Stripped/Here Is The House
3.Lie To Me/SOmething To Do
4. Enjoy The Silence
5.Little 15/I Want You Now/The Dead of Night

 

[Salome]

Tindersticks:

Tiny Tears
A night in
Another night in
Dancing
Cherry blossoms

 

[joyfulgirl]

Okay, this goes back a little far for some of you:

Paul McCartney

Maybe I'm Amazed
Band On The Run
Jet
Mull of Kintyre
Listen To What The Man Said

what's your point--that I'm old or something?

 

[joyfulgirl]

Tori Amos (wow, I've never had to pick before):

So right now, this minute, I'd say:

1. Putting the Damage On (always #1, but 2-5 change all the time)
2. Cooling
3. Pretty Good Year
4. Winter (although I'm really tired of it, it's got to be on the list)
5. iieee

 

[Red Ships of Scalla-Festa]

what's your point--that I'm old or something?

DONT SEXYWINK AT NBCRUSADER, AT LEAST NOT ON MY WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE HAS A WIFE AND KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pax]

Smashing Pumpkins:

5.) Perfect
4.) Jupiter's Lament
3.) Disarm
2.) Rocket
1.) Thirty-Three

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Fiona Apple:
1. The First Taste
2. Pale September
3. I'll Know
4. Slow Like Honey
5. Love Ridden

R.E.M.
1. Strange Currencies
2. Texarkana
3. Belong
4. Fall On Me
5. Orange Crush

 

[pax]

I wanna do an R.E.M. one too, even though it changes all the time:

5.) Me in Honey
4.) Swan Swan H(ummingbird)
3.) Great Beyond
2.) Nightswimming/Strange Currencies
1.) You Are the Everything

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Looking back through this thread, I can't believe I never did a Coldplay list!

Coldplay:
1. Clocks
2. Trouble
3. The Scientist
4. Warning Sign
5. Yellow

Damn. Only two studio albums and I still had trouble narrowing it down.

 

[speedracer]

Since there aren't nearly enough Beatles top 5 lists in this thread...

Eleanor Rigby
Help!
Here, There and Everywhere
In My Life
Strawberry Fields Forever

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Duran Duran

1. Rio
2. Last Chance On The Stairway
3. Lonely In Your Nightmare
4. Serious
5. Edge of America

good choices! i'm surprised with your #4 and #5 picks because they come off of some very underrated albums.

btw, most of you seemed to have missed the part that said "no U2" in the original post.

so here's mine.

duran duran:

1. new moon on monday
2. mars meets venus
3. planet earth
4. do you believe in shame
5. meet el presidente (7" remix)

maybe i'll do some other bands later.

 

[IWasBored]

all of these subject to change...but they're probably surprisingly accurate at the moment

coldplay:
the scientist
amsterdam
clocks
trouble
daylight (or warning sign or whichever one it is on a rush of blood to the head that sounds like the beatles--within you witout you)

bad religion:
new america
don't pray on me
stranger than fiction
cease
sorrow

dropkick murphys (originals, not covers/traditionals):
boys on the docks
as one
buried alive
the gauntlet
10 years of service--tied with--get up

dropkick murphys (traditional songs and covers):
fields of athenry
worker's song (handful of earth)
cadence to arms [scotland the brave]
amazing grace
finnegan's wake

bruce springsteen:
the river
lonesome day
the rising
my hometown
no surrender

the clash:
rudie can't fail
straight to hell
complete control
death or glory
garageland

rancid:
roots radicals
as wicked
antennas
1998
salvation

live:
selling the drama
run to the water
they stood up for love--tied with--dance with you
rattlesnake
the beauty of gray

the beatles:
rain
we can work it out
you won't see me
i'm looking through you
good morning, good morning--tied with--strawberry fields forever

u2:
running to stand still--tied with--the hands that built america
so cruel
kite
with or without you
drowning man

counting crows:
hanginaround
angels of the silence
rain king
new frontier
all my friends

school for the dead:
uncomfortable
pick a gripe
omnivore
photobooth
alya

aloha steamtrain:
mind eraser
here we go
misty paradise
a rite for the innocent you

the pogues:
the body of an american
thousands are sailing
sally maclennane
the broad majestic shannon
the sunny side of the street

silverchair:
luv your life
the greatest view
miss you love
tomorrow
pop song for us rejects

pearl jam:
off he goes
down
corduroy
hail hail
why go

radiohead:
ripcord
how do you?
no surprises
2+2=5
stop whispering

better than ezra:
rewind
roselia
despratly wanting
the king of new orleans--tied with--good
wwoz--tied with--still life with cooley

gaelic storm:
the leaving of liverpool
tell me ma
drink the night away
swimmin' in the sea
new your girls

the ramones:
blitzkrieg bop
rock n roll high school
do you remember rock n roll radio?
strength to endure
outsider

rem:
catapult
i beleive
nightswimming
pop song 89
radio free europe

barenaked ladies:
the old apartment/i live with it everyday/this is where it ends...for some reason i kinda see these songs as a trilogy of sorts, to me they all seem to go together
shoe box
what a good boy
one week
everything old is knew again

oasis:
acquiesce
rock n roll star
what's the story morning glory
cast no shadows
where did it all go wrong?


i think that's enough for now...

 

[Popmartijn]

Hello,

Why haven't I noticed this thread before? Oh well, I have some catching up to do. Here are a few of my lists. The top one is often my absolute favourite, while 2-5 may vary.

Bruce Springsteen
- Born To Run
- The River
- World's Apart
- Independence Day
- Atlantic City

Urban Dance Squad
- Routine
- God Blasts The Queen
- Dresscode
- Demagogue
- Craftmatic Adjustable Girl

Pearl Jam
- Alive
- Rearviewmirror
- Breakerfall
- Footsteps
- Love Boat Captain

Crowded House
- Private Universe
- Distant Sun
- There Goes God
- Weather With You
- Don't Dream It's Over

The Police
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- So Lonely
- Walking On The Moon
- Invisible Sun
- Tea In The Sahara / I Burn For You (tie)

Lou Reed
- Magic And Loss
- Street Hassle
- Dirty Boulevard
- Lisa Says
- Caroline Says II

Bob Dylan
- Tangled Up In Blue
- Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
- Desolation Row
- Love Sick
- Ballad Of A Thin Man

Bob Marley
- War
- Exodus
- Caution
- Guava Jelly
- Keep On Moving

That's it for the moment. More to come later...

C ya!

Marty

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

okay, i have some more now.

the police:

1. every breath you take
2. i burn for you
3. don't stand so close to me
4. invisible sun
5. walking on the moon

japan:

1. quiet life
2. gentlemen take polaroids
3. my new career
4. i second that emotion
5. swing

yeah, it's not fair that the first two albums aren't included at all, now that i think of it. never mind that i didn't include anything from their last album.

japan, pre-1979:

1. rhodesia
2. sometimes i feel so low
3. suburban love
4. deviation
5. don't rain on my parade

that's all i can do for now. i'm wanting to do things like sting and fleetwood mac, but i just can't think of my favourites right now.

 

[theSoulfulMofo]

u2
bad
all i want is you
until the end of the world
lady with the spinning head
hold me thrill me kiss me kill me

rolling stones
under my thumb
you can't always get what you want
ruby tuesday
wild horses
sympathy for the devil

radiohead
anyone can play guitar
high and dry
karma police
knives out
where i end and you begin

pearl jam
even flow
black
wish list
mfc
betterman

rem
losing my religion
the great beyond
superman
belong
me in honey

beatles
hey jude
revolution
daytripper
let it be
a hard day's night

smashing pumpkins
appels and oranjes
1979
tonight, tonight
disarm
muzzle

stone temple pilots
wicked garden
crackerman
interstate love song
trippin on a hole in a paper heart
plush

blackalicious
alphabetic aerobics
first in flight
make you feel that way
release pt.1
a to g

oasis
live forever
roll with it
some might say
rockin chair
the masterplan

 

[joyfulgirl]

DONT SEXYWINK AT NBCRUSADER, AT LEAST NOT ON MY WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE HAS A WIFE AND KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

simma down now

 

[Popmartijn]

Here are two more lists:

Velvet Underground
- Pale Blue Eyes
- Black Angel's Death Song
- Venus In Furs
- Rock'n'roll
- Candy Says

Jimi Hendrix
- 1983 / Moon, Turn The Tides (tie)
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Little Wing
- Purple Haze
- All Along The Watchtower

C ya!

Marty

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

blur (again)

5)no distance left to run
4)coffee and tv
3)pop scene
2)beetlebum
1)this is a low

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

oasis

5)songbird
4)don't look back in anger
3)the masterplan
2)acquiesce
1)live forever

 

[pax]

Ryan Adams:

5.) Come Pick Me Up
4.) To Be Young (Is to be sad, is to be high)
3.) Abigail
2.) Shakedown on 9th Street
1.) Damn Sam (I love a woman that rains)

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

haven't done the clash before, now, have I?

5)rudie can't fail
4)capital radio two
3)white riot
2)complete control
1)janie jones

 

[Popmartijn]

Hello,

Before U2, the Dire Straits were my favourite band. Here's a top 5 of great songs from them:

Dire Straits
- The Man's Too Strong
- Brothers In Arms
- Skateaway
- Fade To Black
- Sultans Of Swing

C ya!

Marty

 

[oliveu2cm]

bruce
1. for you
2. the river
3. born to run
4. spirit in the night
5. valentine's day

 

[U2girl91289]

Coldplay

1)The Scientist
2)A Rush of Blood to the Head
3)Spies
4)In My Place
5)Politik

 

[Popmartijn]

Another great artist, Prince!

Prince
- Raspberry Beret
- My Name Is Prince
- Sign O' The Times
- Now
- Gett Off

 

[Salome]

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

2 kindsa love
Torture
Wail
Brenda
Blues X Man

 

[Jack In The Box]

Super Furry Animals (again)

1. Tradewinds
2. [A] Touch Sensitive
3. Fire In My Heart
4. Altarnate Route To Vulcan Street
5. Receptacle for the Respectable

 

[HeadsOnSticks]

I liked Marty's Prince list, so here's mine:

1. She's Always In My Hair
2. Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
3. If I Was Your Girlfriend
4. Darling Nikki
6. Another Lonely Christmas/How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?