Thursday, December 20, 2012

themusicaddict's Top 500 Songs Of All-Time (Updated 1/1/13)

Hello,

Although I'm anal enough to actually sit down and organize this list into my Top 500 songs ever, I just don't have the time to do that. These songs are organized by artist. Later I'll probably add videos from youtube.com for selected songs. This is obviously a work in progress. I'll gladly take any suggestions.

) AC/DC: "Back In Black", "Girls Got Rhythm", "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)"

) Trace Adkins: "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"

) A-ha: "Take On Me". (This is also one of the best videos of all-time.)

) Air Supply

) Ambrosia

) B-52's ""Love Shack", "Roam", "Rock Lobster", "Strobe Light"

"Rock Lobster"



) Band Aid: "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

) Berlin: "Take My Breath Away", "No More Words"

"Take My Breath Away":



) Blondie: "Heart of Glass", "The Tide Is High",

) Bon Jovi: "Livin' On A Prayer", "On The Edge Of A Broken Heart", "Wanted Dead Or Alive"

) Bowling For Soup: "1985" (My Mom loves this song and who can blame her?)

) Buckcherry: "Crazy B-" (I hate that word!)

) Buggles: "Video Killed The Radio Star". The first video ever shown on MTV (back when they were relevant.)

) The Cars: "Best Friends Girl", "Drive",  "Hello Again", "Let's Go", "Magic", "Shake It Up",  "You Might Think", "You're All I've Got Tonight":

"Let's Go":



) Cascada: "Evacuate The Dancefloor"

) Harry Chapin: "Cats In The Cradle":



) Cheap Trick: "Dream Police", ""The Flame, "I Want You To Want Me"

) Phil Collins: "Against All Odds", "Easy Lover", "In The Air Tonight", "Separate Lives", "Sussudio",

"Against All Odds" (Live at Live Aid"):



) Commodores: "Brick House", "Easy", "Nightshift", "Sail On", "Still", "Three Times A Lady"

"Still" (Although this song takes me back to to riding the school bus to junior high in the winter, I still love it.) :



) Cornershop: "Brimful of Asha":



) Elvis Costello: "Alison", "Valerie", "What's So Funny (About Peace, Love and Understanding?)"

) The Cure: "Just Like Heaven":



) Cutting Crew's "I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight":



) Depeche Mode: "A Pain That I'm Used Too", "A Question of Love", "A Question of Time", "Enjoy The Silence", "Precious", "Strangelove", "Stripped"

) Dexy's Midnight Runners: "Come On Eileen"

) Disturbed: "Down With The Sickness":



) Thomas Dolby: "Europa and the Pirate Twins", "She Blinded Me With Science"

) ELO: "Don't Bring Me Down"

) Enigma "Sadness":



) Everclear "Santa Monica":



) John Fogerty: "Centerfield", "The Old Man Down The Road"

) Peter Gabriel: "Big Time", "Don't Give Up", "In Your Eyes", "Sledgehammer, "Shock The Monkey":



) Garbage: "Milk"

) Genesis: "Land of Confusion":



) Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five: "White Lines (Don't Do It)"

) Paul Hardcastle: "19": (I've never heard this version before. Again thanks to all the men and women that have fought for this great country.)



) Murray Head's "One Night In Bangkok", "We get our kicks about the waist line sunshine"



) Don Henley: "The Boys Of Summer", "The End of The Innocence", "The Heart Of The Matter"

) Billy Idol: "Blue Highway", "Dancing With Myself", "Eyes Without A Face", "Flesh For Fantasy", "Mony Mony", "Rebel Yell", "To Be A Lover", "Trouble With The Sweet Stuff", "White Wedding"

) Incubus: "Nice To Know You",

) Alan Jackson:

) Janet Jackson: "Black Cat", "Nasty", "The Pleasure Principle", "What Have You Done For Me Lately",

) Michael Jackson: "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Thriller", "Smooth Criminal", "Black Or White",

) Oran "Juice" Jones: "The Rain":



) Journey: "Faithfully", "Send Her My Love", "Stone In Love", "Wheel In The Sky"

) Kinks "Come Dancing", "Lola", "Paranoia"

) Lady Antebellum's "Baby It's Cold Outside", "Need You Now", "Just A Kiss"

) Lady Gaga: "Bad Romance", "Poker Face"

) Led Zeppelin: "Stairway To Heaven", "Whole Lotta Love", "The Immigrant Song"

) Lipps Inc. "Funkytown":



) Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam: "All Cried Out:

"All Cried Out":



) Loverboy: "The Kid Is Hot Tonight", "When It's Over", "Working For The Weekend"

) M: "Pop Muzik":



) Madness: "Our House"

) Madonna: "Dress You Up", "Express Yourself", "La Isla Bonita", "Like A Prayer", "Like A Virgin",  "Papa Don't Preach"

) Mary Jane Girls: "Our House"

) Meat Loaf": "I Would Do Anything For Love":



) Metallica: "Enter Sandman", "King Nothing", "Nothing Else Matters", "The Struggle Within", "Through The Never", "The Unforgiven",

) Missing Persons: "Walking In LA", "Words"

) Bette Midler: "The Rose"

) Milli Vanilli: "Blame It On The Rain: (One of my all-time favorite songs.)



) Motley Crue: "Dr. Feelgood", "Home Sweet Home, "Shout At The Devil"

) Muse: "Uprising"

) Nine Inch Nails: "Down In It", "Head Like A Hole",

) Nirvana: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" (MTV Unplugged Version)

) No Doubt: "Just A Girl", Spiderwebs"

) Gary Numan: "Cars"



) Robert Palmer: "Addicted To Love",  "Simply Irrestible"

"Addicted To Love":



) Pearl Jam: "Daughter", "Even Flow", "Love Boat Captain", "Jeremy", "Last Kiss", "Rats"

) Phillip Phillips' "Home":



) Pink: "18 Wheeler", "Catch Me While I'm Sleeping", "Don't Let Me Get Me", "Family Portrait", "Funhouse", "Get The Party Started", "God  Is a DJ", ""Humble Neighborhood, "Just Like A Pill", "Last To Know", "Oh My God", "Please Don't Leave Me", "So What", "Stupid Girls", "Tonight's The Night", "Trouble", "Try Too Hard", "Walk Away"

) Pink Floyd: "Another Brick In The Wall", Part 2, "Learning To Fly", "Money", "Run Like Hell"



) The Power Station: "Some Like It Hot"

) Prince: "1999", "Little Nicki", "Purple Rain", "Raspberry Beret", "Take Me With You", "When Doves Cry"

) Lionel Richie: "All Night Long", "Dancing On The Ceiling", "Hello",  "Truly",

) Lionel Richie and Diana Ross: "Endless Love":



) Stan Ridgway: "Camouflage": (I always get the chills starting at the 6:30 mark)



"Just Drive She Said":

) Ronettes: "Be My Baby"

) RUN-D.M.C.: "It's Tricky" "Peter Piper",

) Rush: "Tom Sawyer":



) Brian Setzer: "Jump, Jive and Wail":



) Paul Simon: "You Can Be My Bodygurard"

) Simon and Garfunkel: "Mrs. Robinson", "Sounds of Silence"

) Frank Sinatra: "New York, New York", "My Way", "Luck Be A Lady Tonight"

) Bruce Springsteen: "Born In The U.S.A.", "Born To Run", "Glory Days", "My Hometown"

) Starland Vocal Band: "Afternoon Delight"

) Cat Stevens: "Peace Train":



) Jermaine Stewart: "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off": (This is such a typically bad 80's video. I also wonder did Stewart own some stock in a company that makes cherry wine?)



) Stray Cats: "Rock This Town", "Stray Cat Strut",

) Barbra Streisand "I Know Him So Well", "The Way We Were"



) Taco "Puttin' On The Ritz":



) Talking Heads "Once In A Lifetime":



) Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy":



) Tenacious D: "Tribute" (It really is their only great song, but a great song it is.)

) The Time: "Jungle Love"

) Toto: "Rosanna":



"Africa":



"I Won't Hold You Back":

) Twisted Sister: "I Wanna Rock","We're Not Gonna Take It"

) Carrie Underwood: "Blown Away", "Good Girl", "Before He Cheats"

) USA For Africa: "We Are The World"

) ZZ Ward's "Put The Gun Down":



) Kim Wilde: "Kids In America", "You Keep Me Hanging On":

"Kids In America":



Wings: "Band On The Run", "Jet",  "Live and Let Live":



) Will Young's "Leave Right Now":



themusicaddict

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