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fastcakes Posted on 18/6 23:47
Top 150 singles of all time
About six years ago I started to compile a list of the top 100 singles of all time. It has proved an almost impossible task. I set myself some guidelines, all tracks must have been an a-side single, released in the UK. There was to be no more than one from each artist. Almost immediately I started to bend the rules, several b-sides have crept in, and even a couple of US only releases have been included. The hardest task was to keep it at 100, and also the restriction of one song per artist proved impossible to keep. So, after much deliberation, I decided to expand it to the top 150 singles - thus allowing duplicate entries from the usual suspects (Beatles, Dylan etc.) And so (drum roll) I give you, after six years work, the top 150 singles of all time: (ommisions welcome) ABC - All Of My Heart Babybird - You're Gorgeous Beach Boys - God Only Knows Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Beatles - Paperback Writer Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven Bob and Marcia- Young Gifted and Black Boomtown Rats - I don't Like Mondays David Bowie - Life On Mars Billy Bragg - Between The Wars Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket (12" version with toast) Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Kate Bush - Moments Of Pleasure Kate Bush - The Big Sky Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man The Church - Unguarded Moment The Clash - Complete Control The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palaise Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup Coldplay - Fix You Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come Alice Cooper - School's Out John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny About) Peace Love and Understanding Elvis Costello - Olivers Army Crowded House - Weather With You Cure - In Between Days Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away The Damned - Smash It Up Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing The Doors - Riders On The Storm Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changing The Eagles - Hotel California Echo and The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses Eddie and The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do ELO - Mr. Blue Sky Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me Faces - Ooh La La Family - Burlesque Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well Four Tops - It's All In The Game Aretha Franklin - Respect Free - Allright Now Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) Genesis -Carpet Crawlers Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message Dobie Gray - Drift Away Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Bruce Hornsby and The Range - The Way It Is The Jam - Going Underground Jethro Tull - Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day Elton John - Tiny Dancer Elton John - Your Song Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Kingsmen - Louie Louie The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset The La's - There She Goes John Lennon - Imagine Lightning Seeds - Pure Lucky Pierre - Idlewood Luxuria - Redneck Manfred Mann's Earthband - Blinded By The Light Marillion - Lavender Bob Marley - Waiting In Vain Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life Paul McCartney and Wings - Band On The Run Kirsty McColl - A New England David McWilliams - The Days Of Pearly Spencer Steve Miller - The Joker The Monkees - Daydream Believer Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes OMD - Souvenir The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) The Out - Who Is Innocent Graham Parker - Temporary Beauty Tom Petty - American Girl Pilot - January Pink Floyd - See Emily Play Pogues feat. Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York Police - Every Breath You Take Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes Primal Scream - Loaded Pulp - Common People ? and The Myterians - 96 Tears Radiohead - No Surprises Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner Smokey Robinson - The Tracks Of My Tears Rolling Stones - Satisfaction Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend Roxy Music - Virginia Plain Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters Paul Simon - St. Judy's Comet Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now Small Faces - Itchycoo Park Patti Smith - Gloria Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma The Specials - Ghost Town Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run Squeeze - Up The Junction Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Cat Stevens - Where Do The Children Play Rod Stewart - Maggie May Sting - Fields Of Gold Stone Roses - Waterfall Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums Stranglers - Something Better Change Sugarcubes - Birthday T. Rex - Ride A White Swan Talking Heads - Love Goes To Building On Fire Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime James Taylor - Fire And Rain Tears For Fears feat. Oleta Adams - Woman In Chains Television - Marquee Moon Temptations - Just My Imagination The The - Uncertain Smile This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name Velvet Underground - Waiting For The Man Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony Clifford T. Ward - Gaye Clifford T. Ward - Home Thoughts From Abroad Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon Keith West - Excerpt From A Teenage Opera The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again Edgar Winter - Frankenstein Wire - Outdoor Miner Neil Young - After The Goldrush Neil Young - Hey Hey My My (Out Of The Blue)

guisBOROugh Posted on 18/6 23:52
re: Top 150 singles of all time
no Bohemian Rhapsody?

Mat_Evans Posted on 18/6 23:55
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there are some tuuuuuuuuuuuuuunes on that list. Looks pretty good to me!

fastcakes Posted on 18/6 23:58
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guisborough: I agonised over Bohemian Rhapsody. I'm not sure of it was over familiarity - it was certainly in my long list - but I had to excise 20 odd songs, and it got chopped. I agree it is generally regarded as one of the best singles, but personally I'm tired of hearing it.

bobstermarley Posted on 18/6 23:59
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Sorry to be critical, but your choice of Smiths track is dubious - "What Difference Does It Make", "This Charming Man", "Sheila Take A Bow", "Panic", "Ask" and "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" are intrinsically better singles than "Girlfriend In A Coma". Also, I reckon New Order and "Blue Monday" is one of the most influential tracks of the last 30 years and should be in the list. If we're talking about great singles, as such, I'd have "West End Girls" in as well.

uwe_fuchsball Posted on 19/6 0:01
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no Miami Sound Machine, no Peter Cunnah and D:Ream, no Musical Youth, no Sabrina?

guisBOROugh Posted on 19/6 0:02
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fair doo's. it is, afterall, your list! would be quite high on my list like, with like likes of take it easy - the eagles a view to a kill - duran duran i walk the line - johnny cash and roundabout - yes

bobstermarley Posted on 19/6 0:07
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It'd be great that - "Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be...... Sabrina"

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 0:07
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bobstermarley: You're right, The Smiths deserve 2 entries (Panic for sure) and Blue Monday is an oversight - I had it in an earler list - it MUST be re-instated. I will re-jig the list and post a new one.

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 0:11
re: Top 150 singles of all time
OK. Revised list. I have took out Pilot - January, and The Lightning Seeds - Pure I have put in New Order - Blue Monday and The Smiths - Panic ABC - All Of My Heart Babybird - You're Gorgeous Beach Boys - God Only Knows Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Beatles - Paperback Writer Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven Bob and Marcia- Young Gifted and Black Boomtown Rats - I don't Like Mondays David Bowie - Life On Mars Billy Bragg - Between The Wars Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket (12" version with toast) Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Kate Bush - Moments Of Pleasure Kate Bush - The Big Sky Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man The Church - Unguarded Moment The Clash - Complete Control The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palaise Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup Coldplay - Fix You Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come Alice Cooper - School's Out John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny About) Peace Love and Understanding Elvis Costello - Olivers Army Crowded House - Weather With You Cure - In Between Days Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away The Damned - Smash It Up Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing The Doors - Riders On The Storm Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changing The Eagles - Hotel California Echo and The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses Eddie and The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do ELO - Mr. Blue Sky Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me Faces - Ooh La La Family - Burlesque Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well Four Tops - It's All In The Game Aretha Franklin - Respect Free - Allright Now Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) Genesis -Carpet Crawlers Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message Dobie Gray - Drift Away Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Bruce Hornsby and The Range - The Way It Is The Jam - Going Underground Jethro Tull - Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day Elton John - Tiny Dancer Elton John - Your Song Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Kingsmen - Louie Louie The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset The La's - There She Goes John Lennon - Imagine Lucky Pierre - Idlewood Luxuria - Redneck Manfred Mann's Earthband - Blinded By The Light Marillion - Lavender Bob Marley - Waiting In Vain Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life Paul McCartney and Wings - Band On The Run Kirsty McColl - A New England David McWilliams - The Days Of Pearly Spencer Steve Miller - The Joker The Monkees - Daydream Believer Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes New Order - Blue Monday OMD - Souvenir The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) The Out - Who Is Innocent Graham Parker - Temporary Beauty Tom Petty - American Girl Pink Floyd - See Emily Play Pogues feat. Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York Police - Every Breath You Take Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes Primal Scream - Loaded Pulp - Common People ? and The Myterians - 96 Tears Radiohead - No Surprises Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner Smokey Robinson - The Tracks Of My Tears Rolling Stones - Satisfaction Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend Roxy Music - Virginia Plain Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters Paul Simon - St. Judy's Comet Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now Small Faces - Itchycoo Park Patti Smith - Gloria Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma Smiths - Panic The Specials - Ghost Town Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run Squeeze - Up The Junction Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Cat Stevens - Where Do The Children Play Rod Stewart - Maggie May Sting - Fields Of Gold Stone Roses - Waterfall Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums Stranglers - Something Better Change Sugarcubes - Birthday T. Rex - Ride A White Swan Talking Heads - Love Goes To Building On Fire Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime James Taylor - Fire And Rain Tears For Fears feat. Oleta Adams - Woman In Chains Television - Marquee Moon Temptations - Just My Imagination The The - Uncertain Smile This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name Velvet Underground - Waiting For The Man Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony Clifford T. Ward - Gaye Clifford T. Ward - Home Thoughts From Abroad Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon Keith West - Excerpt From A Teenage Opera The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again Edgar Winter - Frankenstein Wire - Outdoor Miner Neil Young - After The Goldrush Neil Young - Hey Hey My My (Out Of The Blue)

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 0:11
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uwe - Unless I'm missing something, I guess you are trying a funny one!

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 0:12
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bobstermarley: Hmmm... West End Girls, it was on the long list, but...

sproutyrouty Posted on 19/6 0:14
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no boyzone .... im shocked

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 0:14
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guisboro: There are certain artists like Yes (and I would add Zappa) that did their best stuff on albums, and, if I was to do a top 150 albums, would certainly be represented.

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 0:15
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sprouty - even if the list was infinite, Boyzone would still miss out!

red_rebel2 Posted on 19/6 0:50
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It's very, er, white, seventies and top twenty. Where's the Motown? Where's the reggae? Where's the rap? Where's the disco? Where's Public Image? Where's Blitzkreig Bop?

Mat_Evans Posted on 19/6 0:52
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jeff buckley - halelujah is my favourite song of all time...that's all i have to say about that.

bblf Posted on 19/6 1:00
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Where the hell are Windsor davies and Don Estelle ( on the list I know ones dead). Surely a mistake to miss them out.

sossage Posted on 19/6 1:27
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Good work - to do what you've done in just six years is a glorious achievement; almost perfect. Only criticism I have is that you have incorrectly attributed the song "All the Young Dudes" to Mott the Hoople, in fact the song was a solo hit for the late great Bruce Dickinson, shortly after the band split and he went solo.

Lakesideboro Posted on 19/6 1:43
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the best single of all time was "dont you want me" by frankie played in the areana in 1993 when dancing on the bar with a huge titted women who i dont know the name of but would have liked to. --- Post edited by Lakesideboro on 19/6 1:44 ---

redcar_racer Posted on 19/6 2:21
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Wash my cotton socks I'm in the news!! No Teardrop Explodes and Reward. Good list, some stuff not to my taste but you will never please everyone with something like this.

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 8:11
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red rebel: Where's the Motown? Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Temptations...next Reggae? Dennis Brown, Bob Marley, Bob and Marcia...next Rap? Grandmaster Flash...errr...Public Enemy and NWA were "bubbling under"...can't please everyone! Disco? next... PIL? Public Image and Rise were bubbling under (indeed Rise was cut at the last minute) next... Blitzkrieg Bop? You're right, I will amend the list shortly (joke)

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 8:12
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redcar racer: Our Julian was represented with "World Shut Your Mouth" (a killer tune, you must agree) "Reward" was bubbling under - I agree a top tune, but unless I changed 150 to 500 tough decisions have to be made.

redbookboro Posted on 19/6 8:40
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Mark and The Myterians - 96 Tears

redarmy1986 Posted on 19/6 8:42
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WHAT ABOUT OASIS - LIVE FOREVER!!!! QUITE POSSIBILY ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER WROTE!

redbookboro Posted on 19/6 8:49
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What about Brian adams = everything i do? h8 it but was a massive hit? nice to see some hendrix in there :) John lennon= Imagine?

Tom_Fun Posted on 19/6 9:02
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No list is complete without Funkytown.

Capybara Posted on 19/6 9:08
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No top anything is complete without Ambition by Subway Sect. No Buzzcocks either. And don't give me the hugely overrated Ever Fallen in Love. Sorry to gripe, but such lists are there to be popped at It's actually not a bad list apart from Imagine.

redarmy1986 Posted on 19/6 9:10
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Boomtown Rats - I don't Like Mondays Colplay - Fix You I am not being funny but how can these be two of the gratest songs of all time!!!!!

PapaJohn Posted on 19/6 9:31
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3 songs I consider top notch which are not in the list. Maria - Blondie - IMO the best POP song ever made. Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins - timeless. Revolt into Style - Bill Nelson - not sure what category that fits in. WELL DONE on the list btw

StevieT Posted on 19/6 9:47
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Applause. But surely 'She Loves You' before 'Paperback Writer'?

zaphod Posted on 19/6 9:47
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A list with no Buddy Holly cannot be taken seriously. Probably the most influential musician of the last 60 years.

Tom_Fun Posted on 19/6 9:51
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He's not putting together a list of influential artists, he's putting together a list of his favourite singles.

mickbrown Posted on 19/6 10:04
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Surely cover versions shouldn't count.

MatrixUK Posted on 19/6 10:53
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Good to see Radiohead in there but Fake Plastic Trees is a far better tune than No Surprises Surprised that Pearl Jam - Alive doesn't make it

djn_rustie Posted on 19/6 14:22
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What ? ? The Top 150 singles of all time ? And no "Satisfaction" ? In fact nothiing at all from the Stones ? Also, no "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" ?

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:06
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redbookboro: ? and The Mysterians are in there!

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:08
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redarmy: I'm surprised it took this long for someone to mention Oasis. To be honest, they probably deserve to be in, and they were in my long list, but personally I decided to leave them out.

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:10
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redbookboro: Bryan Adams? surely not. Remember this is not a list of "massive hits" (although some were massive hits). Using that criteria I should have the Birdie Song in. John Lennon - Imagine IS listed. Under L.

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:12
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tom fun: Funkytown is a good call. (Lipps Inc. if memory serves.) Maybe if I had done a top 200 it would have squeezed in. The problem I have is for every new one, I need to lose one, which is hard.

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:13
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Capybara: I'm glad you realise its an impossible task, and subjective up to a point. I never got Subway Sect - tuneless racket to me, but, ho hum. Buzzcocks? A better case could be made, a string of excellent singles - my vote would be for "Wthat Do I Get".

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:16
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redarmy1986: well, "I don't Like Mondays" was one of the very first on my list, a stone wall classic, an almost perfect pop song. I agonised over Fix You, because I originally had a rule that I couldn't include anything from the last 5 years, as snap decisions on a current wave of popularity can distort even the most educated of minds. But... Fix You is such a masterpiece I had to include it.

misterpaul89 Posted on 19/6 18:19
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Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life/If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next?

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:22
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papajohn: good call on all those, although if I was going to include Blondie I may have chosen "Hanging On The Telephone" Stevie T: She Loves You? hmmmm...I much prefer The Beatles 66-69 than 62-65...mind you, they were pretty good from the get go. If I was going to choose an early one, I'd go for "I Feel Fine"

boro74 Posted on 19/6 18:24
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Dionne Warwick - Walk on by Gladys Knight - The way we were Marvin Gaye - I heard it through the grapevine Candi Staton - Young hearts run free Esther Phillips - What a difference a day makes Curtis Mayfield - Move on up Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the oasis

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:24
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zaphod: You have a case. Buddy Holly was in my long list (with That'll Be The Day), and indeed I have covered "Not Fade Away" on my new album (due August) entitled "LIVEYOUNGDIEFAST" (news below)

Link: fast cakes

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:27
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mickbrown: I don't see the relevance of whether its a cover version or not. Quite often even the version that is universally thought of as "original" is actually a cover version of an obscure song. For example "It's All In The Game" was written before the first World War.

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:28
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MatrixUK: That's a good call on Radiohead, you might be right. Pearl Jam? They have pretty much passed me by. I'll check out this "Alive" song and see what's what.

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:30
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djn rustie: You haven't read the list have you? There are TWO Rolling Stones songs, Satisfaction, which you mentioned, and the sublime "Waiting On A Friend" As for "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"? A fantastic Beatles track sure, but there are many of them.

Mat_Evans Posted on 19/6 18:30
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i agree with fix you. ahem Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah cough

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:31
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misterpaul89: Manics? Very good call. Not one of my favourite bands, but would probably squeeze into the 200.

Fatsuma Posted on 19/6 18:32
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A good cosmopolitan list. All the better for no Bohemian Rhapsody! Nice to see The The - Uncertain Smile and The Church in there. Agree it needs Blue Monday. And also the Go Betweens would have to be there, for me (Cattle and Cain, Bye Bye Pride, Spring Rain or Finding You) Given your other choices fastcakes I was surprised with your Bunnymen selection. Dancing Horses was my least favourite. Rescue, The Back of Love, Killing Moon, or The Cutter would be there for me. Good list though! Saddo!!

hartley_mfc Posted on 19/6 18:32
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Is the final countdown there? if not it needs to be i would check myself but i cant be arsed

London_Jinx Posted on 19/6 18:32
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Great list fast. Would have loved to see the pogues collaboration with sinead included, instead of the Christmas special with Kirsty (no not I'm a man you don't meet everyday) Haunted by the Ghost. I personally think that Painted Black and Sympathy with the Devil were the stones best tracks but hey down to personal taste. Well done good stuff

Capybara Posted on 19/6 18:32
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Ambition is anything but tuneless. And I've just spotted something on there that I thought only I had heard of Who is Innocent? by The Out. I know nothing about this band, except that I saw them support John Cooper Clarke in Nottingham in either 1978 or 1979, that I saw the single in a shop a few days later and bought it and that, therefore, it is in my record collection. Haven't heard it for years. And I'd go along with What Do I Get?

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:33
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Boro74: A real good call on all of those (although Midnight At The Oasis might be stretching it) "Grapevine" was in my long list, but didn't make the cut. An RandB themed top 100 would certainly have all of them in.

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:35
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Mat Evans: I haven't heard much by Jeff Buckley (although I am constantly told of his greatness by all and sundry) I promise to check this track out.

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:42
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Capybara: Sorry, I was being dismissive of Subway Sect, I am basing my opinion on their performance supporting The Clash at The Rock Garden in 1977, where I was unimpressed. I think I have Ambition in my collection, can't remember ever playing it much - maybe I'll check it out again. The Out - Who Is Innocent is a stonewall classic, as you say. AFAIK the band did little else - a true one off classic.

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:45
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Hartley: final countdown? Not there, not even in the long list!

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:50
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Fatsuma: Yeah, The Go Betweens are probably going to be in the subjective category. I concede on the Bunnymen track. I will change the list to include The Back Of Love and take out Dancing Horses. UPDATED LIST: ABC - All Of My Heart Babybird - You're Gorgeous Beach Boys - God Only Knows Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Beatles - Paperback Writer Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven Bob and Marcia- Young Gifted and Black Boomtown Rats - I don't Like Mondays David Bowie - Life On Mars Billy Bragg - Between The Wars Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket (12" version with toast) Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Kate Bush - Moments Of Pleasure Kate Bush - The Big Sky Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man The Church - Unguarded Moment The Clash - Complete Control The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palaise Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup Coldplay - Fix You Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come Alice Cooper - School's Out John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny About) Peace Love and Understanding Elvis Costello - Olivers Army Crowded House - Weather With You Cure - In Between Days Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away The Damned - Smash It Up Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing The Doors - Riders On The Storm Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changing The Eagles - Hotel California Echo and The Bunnymen - The Back Of Love Eddie and The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do ELO - Mr. Blue Sky Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me Faces - Ooh La La Family - Burlesque Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well Four Tops - It's All In The Game Aretha Franklin - Respect Free - Allright Now Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) Genesis -Carpet Crawlers Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message Dobie Gray - Drift Away Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Bruce Hornsby and The Range - The Way It Is The Jam - Going Underground Jethro Tull - Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day Elton John - Tiny Dancer Elton John - Your Song Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Kingsmen - Louie Louie The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset The La's - There She Goes John Lennon - Imagine Lightning Seeds - Pure Lucky Pierre - Idlewood Luxuria - Redneck Manfred Mann's Earthband - Blinded By The Light Marillion - Lavender Bob Marley - Waiting In Vain Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life Paul McCartney and Wings - Band On The Run Kirsty McColl - A New England David McWilliams - The Days Of Pearly Spencer Steve Miller - The Joker The Monkees - Daydream Believer Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes OMD - Souvenir The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) The Out - Who Is Innocent Graham Parker - Temporary Beauty Tom Petty - American Girl Pilot - January Pink Floyd - See Emily Play Pogues feat. Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York Police - Every Breath You Take Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes Primal Scream - Loaded Pulp - Common People ? and The Myterians - 96 Tears Radiohead - No Surprises Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner Smokey Robinson - The Tracks Of My Tears Rolling Stones - Satisfaction Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend Roxy Music - Virginia Plain Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters Paul Simon - St. Judy's Comet Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now Small Faces - Itchycoo Park Patti Smith - Gloria Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma The Specials - Ghost Town Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run Squeeze - Up The Junction Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Cat Stevens - Where Do The Children Play Rod Stewart - Maggie May Sting - Fields Of Gold Stone Roses - Waterfall Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums Stranglers - Something Better Change Sugarcubes - Birthday T. Rex - Ride A White Swan Talking Heads - Love Goes To Building On Fire Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime James Taylor - Fire And Rain Tears For Fears feat. Oleta Adams - Woman In Chains Television - Marquee Moon Temptations - Just My Imagination The The - Uncertain Smile This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name Velvet Underground - Waiting For The Man Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony Clifford T. Ward - Gaye Clifford T. Ward - Home Thoughts From Abroad Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon Keith West - Excerpt From A Teenage Opera The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again Edgar Winter - Frankenstein Wire - Outdoor Miner Neil Young - After The Goldrush Neil Young - Hey Hey My My (Out Of The Blue)

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 18:54
re: Top 150 singles of all time
London Jinx: I think "Fairytale" is such a standout track (it has even merited a documentary on BBC3!) that it had to go in. Can't say I've heard the Sinead/Pogues thingy - that's the problem, it can only ever be a top 150 of all the singles I have heard! was "Sympathy" ever a single? To be honest, I find it rather repetetive, despite the incediary lyrics. I think "Satisfaction" lyrically trounces Paint It Black.

EIO_EIO_EIO Posted on 19/6 18:55
re: Top 150 singles of all time
arctic monkeys? oasis?

Fatsuma Posted on 19/6 18:59
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Anyone hear the BBC Radio 2 documentary about Louie Louie? Excellent! Follow the link to listen again....

Link: Louie Louis (!) - half way down page

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 19:51
re: Top 150 singles of all time
EIO: Oasis? Tough call - see posts above. Arctic Monkeys? Do me a favour - a prime example of "the emperors new clothes"

wato63 Posted on 19/6 19:59
re: Top 150 singles of all time
good vibrations by the beach boys Good shout

Dundee_Gadgey Posted on 19/6 20:46
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Missed most of my faves off; Lay your hands-Reef Gomez-Whipping Piccadilly Richard Ashcroft-well, anything(not talking The Verve) Doves-There goes the fear Westworld-Sonic boom boy Proclaimers-500 miles orig version(you would get hung up here for not having that on the list) James-Sit Down Inspiral Carpets-This is how it feels Suede-Animal Nitrate Robbie-Angels Placebo-Pure Morning

fastcakes Posted on 19/6 21:11
re: Top 150 singles of all time
dundee: Lay your hands-Reef A perfectly good rock song - but is it THAT good? Gomez-Whipping Piccadilly Never heard Richard Ashcroft-well, anything(not talking The Verve) Heard his solo stuff, saw him live, still think Bittersweet Symph wipes the floor with the rest... Doves-There goes the fear Excellent song, got all their albums, might have made top 500 Westworld-Sonic boom boy next... Proclaimers-500 miles orig version(you would get hung up here for not having that on the list) Great singalong, but doesnt stand repeated listenings James-Sit Down Good shout, might be in top 250 Inspiral Carpets-This is how it feels I know some of their stuff, dont recognise it by the title Suede-Animal Nitrate Funnily enough I had "Positivity" in and pulled it at the last minute, no space you see... Robbie-Angels Maybe in a poll by The Sun.. Placebo-Pure Morning Never heard

Capybara Posted on 20/6 13:54
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Indeed. Subway Sect were notoriously 'patchy' live, though I never saw them myself. The great Vic Godard is still around and still plays from time to time. Known in these parts as 'The Singing Postman' because of his other life as a, well, postman. As for The Out. I'd never heard of them before that performance and I've never heard of them again. As I recall, the single was on a fairly big label, so they must have impressed someone. I wonder if they, or part of them, went on to be something else who we have heard of?

Capybara Posted on 20/6 13:54
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Indeed. Subway Sect were notoriously 'patchy' live, though I never saw them myself. The great Vic Godard is still around and still plays from time to time. Known in these parts as 'The Singing Postman' because of his other life as a, well, postman. As for The Out. I'd never heard of them before that performance and I've never heard of them again. As I recall, the single was on a fairly big label, so they must have impressed someone. I wonder if they, or part of them, went on to be something else who we have heard of?

fastcakes Posted on 20/6 16:23
re: Top 150 singles of all time
The Out single was on Rabid, a small indie that had Slaughter and The Dogs on and several others I cant remember at the mo. afaik there were no members of The Out that made it famous.. there's a link here to a band called The Backsliders who released a cover version of the song: http://www.nkvdrecords.com/backslid.htm and with the wonders of google, here is a link to news of a new album by the songs writer, including a re-recording of said tune. http://www.geocities.com/uheep2/guitargeorge2003.htm

burydweller Posted on 20/6 16:37
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Bollox,I despair at pop music, most of it is in the charts, or charted, not because it was good, because it had excellent distribution from rich companies. The Rolling Stones and Beatles are my case in point, both groups ripped of American 60s RandB. Look at Elvis, he watched Roy Hamilton (black Elvis) and stole his style, and vocal style, he even admitted to this, however, Elvis and the other lot tick the pop boxes.

Link: Roy Hamilton

Capybara Posted on 20/6 16:57
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Cover versions. Crikey. I'm surprised when you say the single was on Rabid - although John Cooper Clarke started there so it's not surprising. See also: Jilted John. I'll check my copy out ce soir. Might even give it a spin.

fastcakes Posted on 20/6 19:28
re: Top 150 singles of all time
capybara: I've ordered the album of that gadgie from The Out with the re-recording of Who Is Innocent. If you want a copy of it let me know.

Capybara Posted on 21/6 9:03
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Thanks. I might look out for it myself. I dug out my copy last night and played it for the first time in at least ten years. Still as good as ever. In fact it was on Virgin. I wonder if they were originally on Rabid, were spotted and the single was then brought out on Virgin. A similar thing happened to Jilted John.

fastcakes Posted on 21/6 17:27
re: Top 150 singles of all time
aye, you've probably got some grubby re-issue ;-) Jilted John ended up on EMI (I was working at HMV Stockton when it was in the charts - so I know all these nerdy details)

Capybara Posted on 21/6 17:30
re: Top 150 singles of all time
He did indeed. I have a copy of both

fastcakes Posted on 21/6 18:03
re: Top 150 singles of all time
After being stung by a comment above about the lack of black artists in the list, I thought I'd do a bit of calculating. Black acts make up 26%, therefore white artists make up 74% I don't think this is too unusual, considering I am a white male, and that's another thing, I have only listed 6% of acts that are either female or have female singers. Don't ask me why that is, but its not helped that one of my all-time favourite is Joni Mitchell, but I struggled to find a single that I could include, despite her producing many brilliant albums. Also, as far as decades go, the list breaks down thus: 1950's - 1 1/2% 1960's - 34% 1970's - 46% 1980's - 22% 1990's - 6% 2000's - 1 1/2% The 70's win out, but that's not surprising, as this decade has the double whammy of both punk/new wave and the great acts from the early part of the decade (Bowie, Roxy Music etc) Finally, I really wish I could find a place for Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us, maybe Pilot will have to go.

RedWurzel Posted on 21/6 18:40
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Fastcakes It's very subjective, but did you consider Alternative Ulster by Stiff Little Fingers and Holidays in Cambodia by Dead Kennedys? I was a bit amazed that I would probably have 20% of your songs on my top 150, but my formative years for music were 77-80, listening to John Peel 10-12 on Radio 1 etc. The Jilted John on Rabid was hard to get hold of in the summer of 78, Peel played it and EMI got hold of him very quickly. My Buzzcocks choice would be Boredom, but it was on a EP called Spiral Scratch. I probably still have 15 Buzzcocks singles and the same for Jam. Jam - Strange Town I'll stop there

fastcakes Posted on 21/6 19:03
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Redwurzel: You're right, it is subjective, and it would be odd indeed that anyone would have exactly the same list...but as you say, there is a core of around 30-40 on the list that almost pick themselves. As for SLF, I always preferred "Suspect Device" for some reason, although it's a close call - it was indeed on my "long list" before I started pruning it to 150. I'm afraid The Dead Kennedys are a blind spot for me, it's probably my fault, but I lumped a lot of that early 80's stuff together (Oi, Cockney Rejects, Kennedy's etc) and musically, I had moved on to Human League, The Smiths, Prefab Sprout, that kind of thing. There's very little punk that I rate that wasn't produced 76-80. Good call on The Buzzcocks "Boredom". it certainly would qualify - and was in my long list.

tees_tripper Posted on 21/6 19:20
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Undertones - Teenage Kicks ? Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit ?

smoggyramone Posted on 21/6 19:23
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Nice list. You'll never please everybody even if it's your own personal list. Mind you, it still doesn't excuse you from missing out Blitzkrieg Bop. (=(_8^(1)) --- Post edited by smoggyramone on 21/6 19:28 ---

fastcakes Posted on 21/6 21:00
re: Top 150 singles of all time
tees tripper: You're probably right on those two - good calls. I didn't select Teenage Kicks because quite frankly I got a little tired of Peely raving about it, I began to question my judgement. Even so, I still think it will only make my "bubbling under" pile. Nirvana? Like Arctic Monkeys today, I struggle to see the attraction of Nirvana, despite almost universal praise from all quarters. I suppose there is an argument that this particular song was such a massive influence, but, as I am 51, I feel it's for a different generation - I can't relate to it - it comes across to my ears as a rather leaden thrash - not without charm of course, but to scale the dizzy heights of a top 150, it has to offer me more. smoggyramone: damn good call. There's a distinct possibility that if I was starting to compile the list today, rather than 6 years ago, that The Ramones' Blitzkrieg Bop would have been in there at the start, personally speaking, that song was responsible for me leaving the awful disco band I was in and inspiring me to start a punk band.

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 0:29
re: Top 150 singles of all time
OK. After taking soundings on this board I have expanded the top 150 to a top 200. Listed below are 195 - I have added many of the suggestions from posters plus a few more of my own. All I need now are another 5 nominations, and that's where YOU come in. Any glaring omissions? THE TOP 200 SINGLES OF ALL TIME: (actually 195 at the moment) ABC - All Of My Heart Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer Babybird - You're Gorgeous Beach Boys - God Only Knows Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Beatles - Paperback Writer Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever Beck - Loser Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone Blur - Parklife Bob and Marcia- Young Gifted and Black Boomtown Rats - I don't Like Mondays David Bowie - Life On Mars David Bowie - Heroes Billy Bragg - Between The Wars Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket (12" version with toast) James Brown - Sex Machine Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Kate Bush - Moments Of Pleasure Kate Bush - The Big Sky Buzzcocks - Boredom Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man The Church - Unguarded Moment The Clash - Complete Control The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palaise Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup Coldplay - Fix You Lloyd Cole and The Coomotions - Perfect Skin Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come Alice Cooper - School's Out John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny About) Peace Love and Understanding Elvis Costello - Olivers Army Crowded House - Weather With You Cure - In Between Days Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away The Damned - Smash It Up Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing The Doors - Riders On The Storm Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changing The Eagles - Hotel California Echo and The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses Eddie and The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do ELO - Mr. Blue Sky Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me Faces - Ooh La La Family - Burlesque Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well Four Tops - It's All In The Game Aretha Franklin - Respect Free - Allright Now Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) Genesis -Carpet Crawlers Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message Dobie Gray - Drift Away Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day Bruce Hornsby and The Range - The Way It Is House Of Love - Beatles and The Stones The Jam - Going Underground James - Sit Down Jethro Tull - Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day Elton John - Tiny Dancer Elton John - Your Song Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Kingsmen - Louie Louie The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset The La's - There She Goes John Lennon - Imagine Lightning Seeds - Pure Lipps Inc - Funkytown Lucky Pierre - Idlewood Luxuria - Redneck Madness - My Girl Manfred Mann's Earthband - Blinded By The Light Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life Marillion - Lavender Bob Marley - Waiting In Vain Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life Paul McCartney and Wings - Band On The Run Kirsty McColl - A New England David McWilliams - The Days Of Pearly Spencer Steve Miller - The Joker Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now The Monkees - Daydream Believer Chris Montez - Let's Dance Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately? Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes New Order - Blue Monday Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit NWA - Straight Outta Compton Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U OMD - Souvenir The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) The Out - Who Is Innocent Graham Parker - Temporary Beauty Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Tom Petty - American Girl PIL - Public Image Pilot - January Pink Floyd - See Emily Play Pogues feat. Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York Police - Every Breath You Take Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes Primal Scream - Loaded Prince - Sign O The Times Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype Pulp - Common People Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody ? and The Myterians - 96 Tears Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side REM - Nightswimming REM - Losing My Religion Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner Smokey Robinson - The Tracks Of My Tears Rolling Stones - Satisfaction Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out Roxy Music - Virginia Plain Roxy Music - Streetlife Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters Paul Simon - St. Judy's Comet Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now Small Faces - Itchycoo Park Patti Smith - Gloria Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma Smiths - Panic Sparks - This Town Aint Big Enough For The Both Of Us The Specials - Ghost Town Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run Squeeze - Up The Junction Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Cat Stevens - Where Do The Children Play Rod Stewart - Maggie May Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device Sting - Fields Of Gold Stone Roses - Waterfall Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums Stranglers - Something Better Change Suede - Positivity Sugarcubes - Birthday T. Rex - Ride A White Swan Talking Heads - Love Goes To Building On Fire Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime James Taylor - Fire And Rain Teardrop Explodes - Reward Tears For Fears feat. Oleta Adams - Woman In Chains Television - Marquee Moon Temptations - Just My Imagination The The - Uncertain Smile This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open The Door Undertones - Teenage Kicks U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name Velvet Underground - Waiting For The Man Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony Clifford T. Ward - Gaye Clifford T. Ward - Home Thoughts From Abroad Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon Keith West - Excerpt From A Teenage Opera The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again The Who - Who Are You Edgar Winter - Frankenstein Wire - Outdoor Miner World Party - Put The Message In The Box XTC - Senses Working Overtime Neil Young - After The Goldrush Neil Young - Hey Hey My My (Out Of The Blue)

swordtrombonefish Posted on 24/6 1:03
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Nothing by: The Pixies Procol Harem's Whiter Shade of Pale Led Zeppelin ONE Doors entry but TWO by Genesis??? Thankless task mate, I could cut half of them and nominate another hundred. Personal taste and all of that.....some good stuff, but some things I would not want to listen to again......

Cecil_J_McTumshie Posted on 24/6 1:23
re: Top 150 singles of all time
think you need more SLF-the whole first album for instance The Men They Couldn't Hang should be in there-Ironmaster or Green Fields.... and please please please get rid of dire straits-NO WAY should any of their crap be in anyone's top 100000000 let alone top 200

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 2:25
re: Top 150 singles of all time
swordtronmbone: The Pixies - haven't really heard anything by them, my fault. Genesis/Doors - it was a toss up. What do you nominate for the 2nd Doors track? Led Zepellin - remember, its a list of singles. Procol Harum - is in there! under "P"

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 2:28
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Cecil - SLF? Its a list of SINGLES so can't have any album tracks, but I will consider Alternative Ulster. The Men They Couldn't Hang? Never heard anything by them. My fault. Mark Knopfler's performance on guitar during "Sultans Of Swing" is peerless, I don't care if Dire Straits are out of vogue - this list does not discriminate, class is permanent.

clubsource Posted on 24/6 10:13
re: Top 150 singles of all time
fastcakes, top lists are all very subjective by there nature, especially when their made by one person. Ive not heard of some of yrs and was never influenced by the 1970's like you obviously where. Mr Blue Sky, There she goes, when love breaks down, loaded - can go along with all those but Kate Bush?! Alice Cooper! And Genesis! Thats all pretty awful to me. Many of my faves influenced me when I was growing up - and I'm guessing I'm a fair bit younger than you!. Here's my top 20 1 Spirit of �76 The Alarm 2 Love You More Buzzcocks 3 The Queen is Dead The Smiths 4 Ever Fallen in Love? Buzzcocks 5 Come Home James 6 Comfortably Numb Scissor Sisters 7 Hotel California Eagles 8 A New South Wales The Alarm 9 There is a Light that Never Goes Out The Smiths 10 You Oughta Know Alanis Morrissette 11 Move any Mountain Shamen 12 Blue Monday New Order 13 The Size of a Cow The Wonderstuff 14 Laid James 15 Don�t Look Back in Anger Oasis 16 Two out of Three Ain�t Bad Meatloaf 17 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode 18 Wonder Wall Oasis 19 In the Mood Glenn Miller 20 California Uber Alles Dead Kennedys

boro74 Posted on 24/6 10:24
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny come home Lisa Stanfield - All around the world Toni Childs - Don't walk away Patti Smith - Because the night

smoggyramone Posted on 24/6 10:48
re: Top 150 singles of all time
It'd take me a l-o-o-o-ng time to mull over 150. So here's MY top 40 in no particular order. 1. Are Friends Electric - Tubeway Army 2. Ace of Spades - Motorhead 3. Highway Star - Deep Purple 4. Bodies - Sex Pistols 5. Cigarettes and Alcohol - Oasis 6. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard 7. Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain 8. The Passenger - Iggy Pop 9. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones 10. Time Is Tight - Booker T and The MG's 11. Queen Bitch - David Bowie 12. I Am The Resurrection - Stone Roses 13. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths 14. Fields of Fire - Big Country 15. Rave On - Buddy Holly 16. Teenage Kicks - Undertones 17. Where Have All The Bootboys Gone? - Slaughter and The Dogs 18. You Can't Do That - The Beatles 19. Let It Rock - Chuck Berry 20. Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC 21. Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow 22. Silver Machine - Hawkwind 23. She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult 24. What A Waste! - Ian Dury and The Blockheads 25. Who Are You - The Who 26. Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden 27. Suedehead - Morrissey 28. Mothers Little Helper - The Rolling Stones 29. Apache - The Shadows 30. Jackie - Scott Walker 31. Live Forever - Oasis 32. Rock And Roll - Led Zeppelin 33. Fire Brigade - The Move 34. Into The Valley - The Skids 35. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield 36. I Fought The Law - The Clash 37. Because The Night - Patti Smith 38. Cars - Gary Numan 39. (This Is) The Modern World - The Jam 40. Hot Love - T Rex --- Post edited by smoggyramone on 24/6 10:51 ---

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 11:10
re: Top 150 singles of all time
clubsource: Yes, of course it's subjective, and I don't suppose for one second that my list is definitive. It's really on here as a source (sic) for discussion. There are some dairly obscure stuff on my list, I doubt anyone will have heard of Lucky Pierre, but their single "Idlewood" is a masterpiece. Alice Cooper was a hugely influencial artist, and Genesis are responsible for the best pair of albums in history (Selling England By The Pound/Lamb Lies Down On Broadway) and as for Kate Bush, arguably the best British female artist ever. I am 51, so I guess I am older than you. here's my thoughts on your list: 1 Spirit of �76 The Alarm Clash copyists - I prefer the original 2 Love You More Buzzcocks I've listed the Buzzcocks, but not this one. 3 The Queen is Dead The Smiths Everyone seems to go for TQID when the Smiths are mentioned, but not me. 4 Ever Fallen in Love? Buzzcocks The obvious choice, good call. 5 Come Home James I chose Sit Down. This time it's me being "obvious" 6 Comfortably Numb Scissor Sisters A desecration of the Floyd classic. 7 Hotel California Eagles I agree. 8 A New South Wales The Alarm See #1 9 There is a Light that Never Goes Out The Smiths I prefer their poppier stuff 10 You Oughta Know Alanis Morrissette Over-rated one shot Canadian. 11 Move any Mountain Shamen Generations clash! 12 Blue Monday New Order I agree. 13 The Size of a Cow The Wonderstuff Inconsequential pop. 14 Laid James see #5 15 Don�t Look Back in Anger Oasis I agree 16 Two out of Three Ain�t Bad Meatloaf Don't talk to me about Genesis! Meatloaf? 17 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode Never got the Mode. 18 Wonder Wall Oasis Hasn't dated well. 19 In the Mood Glenn Miller Good call. 20 California Uber Alles Dead Kennedys Post punk hardcore is a blind spot for me - I concede

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 11:12
re: Top 150 singles of all time
boro 74: Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny come home An unconvincing, posey pop band Lisa Stanfield - All around the world Nice choice from an under-rated British soul singer Toni Childs - Don't walk away Never heard Patti Smith - Because the night I love Patti, probably my favourite female artist alongside Joni Mitchell - good call.

smoggyramone Posted on 24/6 11:15
re: Top 150 singles of all time
PHEW! Looks like I got away with it!!

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 11:25
re: Top 150 singles of all time
smoggyramone: 1. Are Friends Electric - Tubeway Army good call - so good in fact I will add it to my 200!! 2. Ace of Spades - Motorhead yep, good call, but i'll pass. 3. Highway Star - Deep Purple Yep, maybe in a specific heavy rock 100 4. Bodies - Sex Pistols not a single 5. Cigarettes and Alcohol - Oasis hmmm..this song never really got me going 6. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard Yep - I had this listed early on. 7. Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain Good call. 8. The Passenger - Iggy Pop I agonised over this - you are right, its going in my 200. 9. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones I agree 10. Time Is Tight - Booker T and The MG's Good call 11. Queen Bitch - David Bowie I wanted to limit it to two per artist, good call though 12. I Am The Resurrection - Stone Roses Yep 13. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths I prefer their poppier stuff 14. Fields of Fire - Big Country hmmmm...dunno 15. Rave On - Buddy Holly yep 16. Teenage Kicks - Undertones yep 17. Where Have All The Bootboys Gone? - Slaughter and The Dogs above average punk 18. You Can't Do That - The Beatles not a single 19. Let It Rock - Chuck Berry yep 20. Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC I prefer Highway To Hell 21. Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow good call 22. Silver Machine - Hawkwind very good call 23. She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult I agree! its going in! 24. What A Waste! - Ian Dury and The Blockheads prefer Sweet Gene Vincent 25. Who Are You - The Who I agree 26. Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden next... 27. Suedehead - Morrissey good call 28. Mothers Little Helper - The Rolling Stones not a single 29. Apache - The Shadows good call 30. Jackie - Scott Walker sorry, haven't heard 31. Live Forever - Oasis maybe 32. Rock And Roll - Led Zeppelin not a single 33. Fire Brigade - The Move good call 34. Into The Valley - The Skids good call 35. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield good call 36. I Fought The Law - The Clash very good call 37. Because The Night - Patti Smith good call 38. Cars - Gary Numan hmmmm...maybe 39. (This Is) The Modern World - The Jam yep 40. Hot Love - T Rex yep At another time and in a different mood I could well have chosen many of these. You have impeccable taste.

Rigger_Mortis Posted on 24/6 11:27
re: Top 150 singles of all time
How about Joe Dolce and 'Shaddupa your face' (1981) ? A classic.

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 11:28
re: Top 150 singles of all time
So, with two new additions from Smoggyramone (Tubeway Army and The Cult), it now has 197...3 to go. ABC - All Of My Heart Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer Babybird - You're Gorgeous Beach Boys - God Only Knows Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Beatles - Paperback Writer Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever Beck - Loser Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone Blur - Parklife Bob and Marcia- Young Gifted and Black Boomtown Rats - I don't Like Mondays David Bowie - Life On Mars David Bowie - Heroes Billy Bragg - Between The Wars Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket (12" version with toast) James Brown - Sex Machine Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Kate Bush - Moments Of Pleasure Kate Bush - The Big Sky Buzzcocks - Boredom Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man The Church - Unguarded Moment The Clash - Complete Control The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palaise Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup Coldplay - Fix You Lloyd Cole and The Coomotions - Perfect Skin Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come Alice Cooper - School's Out John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny About) Peace Love and Understanding Elvis Costello - Olivers Army Crowded House - Weather With You The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary Cure - In Between Days Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away The Damned - Smash It Up Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing The Doors - Riders On The Storm Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changing The Eagles - Hotel California Echo and The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses Eddie and The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do ELO - Mr. Blue Sky Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me Faces - Ooh La La Family - Burlesque Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well Four Tops - It's All In The Game Aretha Franklin - Respect Free - Allright Now Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) Genesis -Carpet Crawlers Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message Dobie Gray - Drift Away Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day Bruce Hornsby and The Range - The Way It Is House Of Love - Beatles and The Stones The Jam - Going Underground James - Sit Down Jethro Tull - Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day Elton John - Tiny Dancer Elton John - Your Song Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Kingsmen - Louie Louie The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset The La's - There She Goes John Lennon - Imagine Lightning Seeds - Pure Lipps Inc - Funkytown Lucky Pierre - Idlewood Luxuria - Redneck Madness - My Girl Manfred Mann's Earthband - Blinded By The Light Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life Marillion - Lavender Bob Marley - Waiting In Vain Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life Paul McCartney and Wings - Band On The Run Kirsty McColl - A New England David McWilliams - The Days Of Pearly Spencer Steve Miller - The Joker Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now The Monkees - Daydream Believer Chris Montez - Let's Dance Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately? Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes New Order - Blue Monday Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit NWA - Straight Outta Compton Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U OMD - Souvenir The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) The Out - Who Is Innocent Graham Parker - Temporary Beauty Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Tom Petty - American Girl PIL - Public Image Pilot - January Pink Floyd - See Emily Play Pogues feat. Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York Police - Every Breath You Take Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes Primal Scream - Loaded Prince - Sign O The Times Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype Pulp - Common People Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody ? and The Myterians - 96 Tears Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side REM - Nightswimming REM - Losing My Religion Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner Smokey Robinson - The Tracks Of My Tears Rolling Stones - Satisfaction Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out Roxy Music - Virginia Plain Roxy Music - Streetlife Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters Paul Simon - St. Judy's Comet Simple Minds - (Don't You) Forget About Me Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now Small Faces - Itchycoo Park Patti Smith - Gloria Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma Smiths - Panic Sparks - This Town Aint Big Enough For The Both Of Us The Specials - Ghost Town Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run Squeeze - Up The Junction Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Cat Stevens - Where Do The Children Play Rod Stewart - Maggie May Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device Sting - Fields Of Gold Stone Roses - Waterfall Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums Stranglers - Something Better Change Suede - Positivity Sugarcubes - Birthday T. Rex - Ride A White Swan Talking Heads - Love Goes To Building On Fire Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime James Taylor - Fire And Rain Teardrop Explodes - Reward Tears For Fears feat. Oleta Adams - Woman In Chains Television - Marquee Moon Temptations - Just My Imagination The The - Uncertain Smile This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open The Door Tubeway Army - Are "Friends" Electric Undertones - Teenage Kicks U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name Velvet Underground - Waiting For The Man Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony Clifford T. Ward - Gaye Clifford T. Ward - Home Thoughts From Abroad Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon Keith West - Excerpt From A Teenage Opera The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again The Who - Who Are You Edgar Winter - Frankenstein Wire - Outdoor Miner World Party - Put The Message In The Box XTC - Senses Working Overtime Neil Young - After The Goldrush Neil Young - Hey Hey My My (Out Of The Blue) --- Post edited by fastcakes on 24/6 14:13 ---

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 11:30
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Riggor: It's the top 150 singles, not the top 150 annoying tunes, but then I guess you were being mischevious, you naughty scamp you!

mitch_mfc Posted on 24/6 12:28
re: Top 150 singles of all time
where the hell is the simple minds - dont you forget about me

smoggyramone Posted on 24/6 13:57
re: Top 150 singles of all time
I am honoured Fastcakes. NB You Can't Do That by the Beatles was the B side of Can't Buy Me Love - hope it counts! Check out Jackie by Scott Walker on Youtube. Marc Almond did a version about 10 years ago it's good but Walkers version is far superior

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 14:12
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Mitchy - Simple Minds? You're right. Duly added. 2 more spaces left.

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 14:17
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Fair enough on YCDT, but I would still put many a-sides ahead, "Something", "Let It Be", even "Lady Madonna". I will check out Scott Walker, in fact I still have a documentary on him on my sky+ that I havent got round to seeing yet. I have plonked all the Glastonbury stuff on sky+ and found I had only 2% space left, so I nearly erased the Scott Walker doc to make room, but in the end a wodge of Al Murray got nixed.

boro74 Posted on 24/6 18:36
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Terrance Trent D'arby - If you let me stay Simply Red - Money's too tight (To Mention)

boro74 Posted on 24/6 18:43
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Bad Company - Can't Get Enough

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 20:18
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Boro 74 - Terence Trent Derby and Joan - a totally over-rated five minute wonder who looked the part, but despite the hormonally-charged big up from Paula, sang sharp and dressed blunt. Simply Red - Money's Too Tight OK tune but hardly up there with the very best. Bad Company - The mercurial Paul Rodgers may well deserve a 2nd entry, and Can't Get Enough is a rocking tune, but I withdrew Free's "My Brother Jake" at the last minute, and that would be ahead of it.

boro74 Posted on 24/6 20:28
re: Top 150 singles of all time
It's hard to think of a good single that's not already on your list. Every time I come up with one and check up, it's already there.

fastcakes Posted on 24/6 22:19
re: Top 150 singles of all time
I must be doing something right then! That's why its took me so long to compile, trying to leave nothing "obvious" out.

rick4974 Posted on 24/6 23:22
re: Top 150 singles of all time
how about metallica - master of puppets, enter sandman, nothing else matters red hot chili peppers - under the bridge or californication

fastcakes Posted on 25/6 8:21
re: Top 150 singles of all time
rick: I must admit that Mettalica are in a "blindspot" with me. I've heard them numerous times and seen them on the telly many times but nothing I've heard moves me in any way. I am baffled at the praise heaped on the Chilli's...they seem to be decent musicians but the quality of the song writing always leaves me shaking my head.

DrBuck Posted on 25/6 10:12
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Oy! You've forgotten The Fall son!!!

boro74 Posted on 25/6 17:11
re: Top 150 singles of all time
How about "Back In The Night" - Doctor Feelgood? or "Walls come tumbling down" - Style Council --- Post edited by boro74 on 25/6 17:19 ---

smoggyramone Posted on 25/6 18:35
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Sorry had to round it up to a nice 50 In no particular order 1. Are Friends Electric - Tubeway Army 2. Ace of Spades - Motorhead 3. Highway Star - Deep Purple 4. Bodies - Sex Pistols 5. Cigarettes and Alcohol - Oasis 6. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard 7. Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain 8. The Passenger - Iggy Pop 9. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones 10. Time Is Tight - Booker T and The MG's 11. Queen Bitch - David Bowie 12. I Am The Resurrection - Stone Roses 13. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths 14. Fields of Fire - Big Country 15. Rave On - Buddy Holly 16. Teenage Kicks - Undertones 17. Where Have All The Bootboys Gone? - Slaughter and The Dogs 18. You Can't Do That - The Beatles 19. Let It Rock - Chuck Berry 20. Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC 21. Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow 22. Silver Machine - Hawkwind 23. She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult 24. What A Waste! - Ian Dury and The Blockheads 25. Who Are You - The Who 26. Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden 27. Suedehead - Morrissey 28. Mothers Little Helper - The Rolling Stones 29. Apache - The Shadows 30. Jackie - Scott Walker 31. Live Forever - Oasis 32. Rock And Roll - Led Zeppelin 33. Fire Brigade - The Move 34. Into The Valley - The Skids 35. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield 36. I Fought The Law - The Clash 37. Because The Night - Patti Smith 38. Cars - Gary Numan 39. (This Is) The Modern World - The Jam 40. Hot Love - T Rex 41. All The Way From Memphis - Mott The Hoople 42. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey 43. California Man - The Move 44. Alright Now - Free 45. Soothe Me - Sam And Dave 46. Wierdo - The Charlatans 47. Move It - Cliff Richard (yeah I know!) 48. Living In The Past - Jethro Tull 49. Twenty Flight Rock - Eddie Cochran 50. Party Fears Two - The Associates

hairypie4dinner Posted on 25/6 19:01
re: Top 150 singles of all time
You spent 6 years doing that? What a pointless fooking exercise.

Grumpy_Paul Posted on 25/6 21:54
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Maybe it's an age thing cos I'm an old fart but surely no all time list can omit Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkle. Also 'Music' by John Miles Also 'Meet Me On The Corner' and 'The Winter Song' by Lindisfarne. Good list though

smoggyramone Posted on 25/6 21:56
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Bugger! yes Music.....shoite!

fastcakes Posted on 26/6 18:05
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Grumpy Paul - Simon and Garfunkel is in there already!! Its under S!! John Miles - Music? absolutely not. Lindisfarne is a good call - but I wouldn't choose either of those, I feel that there best work was the whole album "Dingly Dell" which I would have in my top 50 all time albums list.

fastcakes Posted on 26/6 18:28
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hairypie4dinner: "You spent 6 years doing that? What a pointless fooking exercise." Hairy, I love you and want to have your baby

fastcakes Posted on 26/6 18:30
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Boro 74: I don't think Dr. Feelgood produced anything that could touch a top 250. Style Council? The least of Weller's various phases.

fastcakes Posted on 26/6 18:31
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smoggy: top list mate. I see its crept up to 50 now! tune-creep they call it round our way. Give it a week and you'll be up to 200!

boro74 Posted on 26/6 20:03
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Sunshine of your love - Cream Layla - Derek and the Dominoes

fastcakes Posted on 27/6 1:05
re: Top 150 singles of all time
Boro74: Sunshine of your love - a bit of a dirge, always preferred "Badge" Layla - damn good call, I'll have to sleep on it.

redarmy1986 Posted on 27/6 9:46
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Oasis - Live Forever Always named in the top three singles of all time by every music magazine, msuic programme etc. Also how about robbie williams with angels?

fastcakes Posted on 27/6 19:04
re: Top 150 singles of all time
redarmy: I understand about Live Forever and Angels but I honestly think the Oasis stuff has not wethered very well. Don't get me wrong, excellent stuff, but "Don't Look Back In Anger" is enough. Angels? Really nice tune, but Robbie just grates on me, and that is the clincher.