I don't get it

THE END of the countdown.

Sorry, I just have nothing else to contribute right now but I wanted to post in the thread again, if only to acknowledge that, while I didn't contribute to it, I did read it and appreciate it.

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I only dislike 5 of the top 10, so I'm coming along nicely.

And I only dislike 4 of them (2 of the top 5, though). Glad to see Talking Heads in the #2 slot, for sure.

Thanks GDB!

I only dislike one of the top five.

the rest of them are either pretty much written by the same band or is 'Once In A Lifetime" which is unfuckwithable.

I don't like "Blue Monday," really.

EDIT: Or "Love Will Tear Us Apart." This song does nothing for me. All Joy Division songs sound really ugly.

I'd like LWTUA a lot more if it didn't have such a weak chorus. The rest of the song is pretty amazing.

I only checked this thread every so often since I didn't submit a list but I wanted to say GOOD JOB Dr Bill. Once again you've gone above and beyond.

I feel personally responsible for "Born To Run" failing to come in at #1. Had I voted, it would have been my #1 and none of the other tunes in the top 5 would have been on my list.

Sorry, elc. I failed you.


Oh, and you're welcome, Slackmo!

If it makes you feel any better, it still would only have been second to that one song that I'll never really understand the appeal of.

Here's the whole top 250 again:

250 Police Every Little Thing She Does in Magic 221 4
249 Depeche Mode Everything Counts / Work Hard 221 4
248 Fall Totally Wired / Putta Block 222 4
247 Blondie Dreaming 222 3
246 Hall & Oates You Make My Dreams / Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect) 223 4
245 Dead Boys Sonic Reducer / Down in Flames 223 4
244 Clash Complete Control / City of the Dead 223 3
243 Rush Spirit of Radio 224 7
242 Patti Smith Because the Night 224 5
241 Althea & Donna Uptown Top Ranking 225 3
240 ABBA The Winner Takes it All 227 6
239 Talk Talk It's My Life 227 5
238 Pere Ubu 30 Seconds Over Tokyo / Heart of Darkness 228 4
237 Michael Jackson Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 228 4 1
236 Motors Dancing the Night Away 232 4 1
235 Go-Betweens Cattle and Cane 233 4
234 X-Ray Spex Oh Bondage Up Yours 235 5
233 Stevie Wonder Sir Duke 235 5
232 Journey Don't Stop Believin' 235 5
231 Duran Duran Rio 237 5
230 Bee Gees How Deep is Your Love? 237 4
229 Madonna Borderline 238 8
228 Herbie Hancock Rockit 238 5
227 Go-Gos Vacation 240 4
226 Neil Young Like a Hurricane / Hold Back the Tears 241 5
225 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Relax 241 5
224 Bob Dylan Hurricane 242 5
223 Ozzy Osbourne Crazy Train 242 5 1
222 Thin Lizzy Cowboy Song 242 3
221 Tommy Tutone 867-5309 / Jenny 243 5
220 Police Don't Stand So Close to Me 244 6
219 Madonna Holiday 244 6
218 Specials A Message to You Rudy / Night Klub 245 4
217 Echo and the Bunnymen The Cutter 247 4
216 New Order Everything's Gone Green / Procession 248 4
215 Rick James Super Freak 248 3
214 Chic I Want Your Love 248 3
213 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Refugee 249 5
212 ABBA Take a Chance on Me 251 4
211 Stevie Wonder As 253 4
210 Bauhaus Bela Lugosi's Dead 254 4
209 Sweet Fox on the Run 255 5
208 ABC The Look of Love (Parts 1 & 2) / Parts 3 & 4 256 6
207 ESG You're No Good / Moody / UFO 257 5
206 Judas Priest You've Got Another Thing Coming 257 4
205 Van Halen Jump 258 6
204 Public Image Ltd. Public Image 259 5
203 Greg Kihn The Break-Up Song (They Don't Write 'Em) 266 4
202 Graham Parker Discovering Japan / Local Girls 266 3 1
201 Richard Hell & the Voidods Blank Generation 272 4
200 Queen Another One Bites the Dust 273 5
199 R.E.M. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville 274 4
198 Gang of Four Damaged Goods / Love Like Anthrax / Armalite Rifles 276 4
197 Elvis Costello Watching the Detectives / Blame it on Cain (Live) / Mystery Dance (Live) 279 6
196 Supertramp The Logical Song 280 6
195 Kurtis Blow The Breaks 284 5
194 Yes Owner of a Lonely Heart / Our Song 287 5
193 Fall C.R.E.E.P. / Pat-Trip Dispenser 287 5
192 David Bowie Young Americans 288 6
191 Damned Neat, Neat, Neat 288 5
190 Afrika Bambaataa Looking for the Perfect Beat 288 4
189 Madness One Step Beyond 289 5
188 Mission of Burma Academy Fight Song / Max Ernst 292 5
187 AC/DC Highway to Hell 292 5
186 Squeeze Up the Junction 296 4
185 AC/DC Back in Black 300 5
184 Elvis Costello Accidents Will Happen 301 6
183 Black Flag Nervous Breakdown 302 3 1
182 Kim Wilde Kids in America 303 6
181 Bruce Springsteen The River / Independence Day 305 5
180 Smiths Hand in Glove / Handsome Devil 307 5
179 Elvis Costello Man Out of Time / Town Cryer 307 5
178 Human League (Keep Feeling) Fascination 308 5
177 Cars My Best Friend's Girl / Don't Cha Stop 311 6
176 Damned New Rose / Help 311 5
175 Newcleus Jam On It 312 6
174 Hall & Oates Private Eyes 313 6
173 Don Henley The Boys of Summer 315 6
172 Kraftwerk The Model 321 5
171 Michael Jackson Beat It 322 8
170 XTC Generals and Majors 324 7
169 Queen We Will Rock You / We are the Champions 324 5
168 Gerry Rafferty Baker Street 325 7
167 Echo and the Bunnymen The Killing Moon 326 11
166 Iron Maiden The Trooper 327 4
165 Wreckless Eric Whole Wide World 328 5
164 Wire Map Ref. 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W 331 6
163 Heaven 17 (We Don't Need This) Fascist Grove Thing 331 5
162 Orange Juice Falling and Laughing / Moscow / Moscow Olympics 336 6
161 Elvis Costello (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes / Mystery Dance 336 4
160 Warren Zevon Werewolves of London / Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner 337 7
159 Andrea True Connection More, More, More 337 6
158 Patti Smith Gloria / My Generation 338 7
157 Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel 338 4
156 Toto Africa 339 7
155 Steely Dan Deacon Blues / Home at Last 339 7
154 Dire Straits The Sultans of Swing 341 6
153 Police Roxanne / Dead End Job 345 8
152 M Pop Muzik 346 7
151 Blondie Rapture 347 5 1
150 Electric Light Orchestra Don't Bring Me Down 349 6
149 Cars Let's Go 350 6
148 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers American Girl 350 4
147 Prince I Wanna Be Your Lover 352 5
146 Devo Whip It 360 5
145 Sugarhill Gang Rappers' Delight 362 6
144 Bram Tchaikovsky Girl on My Dreams 363 5
143 Husker Du Eight Miles High 364 6 1
142 Michael Jackson Rock With You 365 6
141 Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star 369 10
140 Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 369 8
139 Pete Shelley Homosapien / Keat's Song 370 8
138 Wire Mannequin / Feeling Called Love / 12XU 371 7
137 Ramones I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend / Judy is a Punk 374 6
136 Iron Maiden Run to the Hills / Total Eclipse 376 5
135 ABBA Knowing Me Knowing You 380 6
134 Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel White Lines (Don't Do It) 383 6
133 J. Geils Band Centerfold 390 8 1
132 Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf 391 8
131 Phil Collins In the Air Tonight 391 6
130 Doobie Brothers What a Fool Believes 392 6
129 Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb / Hey You 393 6
128 James White & the Blacks Contort Yourself 394 9
127 Prince I Would Die 4 U 396 5 1
126 Blondie Hanging on the Telephone 400 7
125 Boston More Than a Feeling 401 10
124 Earth, Wind & Fire September 402 6 1
123 Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the Heart 405 10
122 Cheap Trick I Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes Ten 405 8
121 Clash The Magnificent Seven / The Magnificent Dance 406 6
120 Rick Springfield Jessie's Girl 410 7
119 U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday 411 11
118 Hall & Oates I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) 416 6
117 Bruce Springsteen Dancing in the Dark / Pink Cadillac 422 8
116 Pop Group She is Beyond Good and Evil / 3:38 424 8 1
115 Thelma Houston Don't Leave Me This Way 424 6
114 Talking Heads This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody) 432 6
113 Rush Tom Sawyer 432 6
112 New Order Ceremony 434 7
111 Dave Edmunds Girls Talk 435 8
110 David Bowie Modern Love 435 7
109 Musical Youth Pass the Dutchie 439 7
108 Ramones Rockaway Beach 445 7
107 Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated 448 7 1
106 Police Every Breath You Take 449 7
105 Squeeze Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) 453 8
104 Def Leppard Photograph 457 10
103 David Bowie Ashes to Ashes 462 7
102 Prince 1999 / How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore 463 8
101 Sparks No. 1 Song in Heaven 464 8
100 Buzzcocks What Do I Get? / Oh Shit 466 9 1
99 Elvis Costello (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding 466 6
98 Prince Purple Rain / God 467 8 1
97 Joe Jackson Is She Really Going Out With Him? 478 9
96 Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way / Silver Springs 479 8
95 Violent Femmes Blister in the Sun 484 9
94 Electric Light Orchestra Mr. Blue Sky 487 7
93 Funkadelic One Nation Under a Groove 499 8
92 Steely Dan Peg / I Got the News 509 8
91 Parliament Flashlight 517 10 1
90 Joy Divison Transmission / Novelty 517 8
89 Police Message in a Bottle / Landlord 524 8
88 Records Starry Eyes 531 7
87 Clash Rock the Casbah / Mustafa Dance 532 12
86 Yazoo Situation / Only You 534 11
85 Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express / Franz Schubert 534 10
84 Nick Lowe So it Goes / Heart of the City 542 9 1
83 Jam A Town Called Malice / Precious 549 8
82 Blue Oyster Cult (Don't Fear) The Reaper 555 9
81 Madness Our House / Cardiac Arrest 559 10
80 R.E.M. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) 562 7
79 Kate Bush Wuthering Heights / Moving 564 9
78 Joe Jackson Steppin' Out 566 8
77 Knack My Sharona 569 11
76 Pretenders Brass in Pocket 570 7
75 Roxy Music Love is the Drug / Sultanesque 583 11
74 Elvis Costello Pump It Up / Big Tears 600 9
73 David Bowie Sound and Vision / A New Career in a New Town 603 8
72 Go-Gos Our Lips are Sealed 605 12
71 Buzzcocks Everybody's Happy Nowadays / Why Can't I Touch It? 606 9
70 Bruce Springsteen Atlantic City / Mansion on the Hill 607 8
69 Elvis Costello Oliver's Army / My Funny Valentine 613 11
68 David Bowie Let's Dance 613 8
67 Modern English I Melt With You 620 12 1
66 Elvis Costello Alison / Welcome to the Working Week 624 11
65 Jam Going Underground / Dreams of Children 634 10
64 Iggy Pop The Passenger 634 10
63 Depeche Mode Just Can't Get Enough 641 9
62 Gary Numan Cars 644 11
61 10cc I'm Not in Love 650 9
60 Elvis Costello Radio Radio / Tiny Steps 660 13
59 ABBA S.O.S. 662 11
58 Bee Gees Stayin' Alive 668 12
57 Prince Controversy / When You Were Mine 673 12
56 Blondie Heart of Glass 688 15
55 Talking Heads Psycho Killer 690 13
54 Smiths William, It Was Really Nothing / Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want 704 10 1
53 Chic Good Times 737 14 1
52 Prince Let's Go Crazy / Erotic City 739 12
51 Smiths This Charming Man / Jeanne 742 11
50 Tom Tom Club Genius of Love 749 15
49 Only Ones Another Girl, Another Planet 755 11
48 Jam That's Entertainment 763 9
47 Clash (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais / The Prisoner 770 9 3
46 Specials Ghost Town / Why? / Friday Night, Saturday Morning 775 13 1
45 Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill 784 15
44 Human League Don't You Want Me / Seconds 792 16
43 Nick Lowe Cruel to Be Kind 796 12 1
42 Modern Lovers Roadrunner 804 13
41 Squeeze Tempted 810 13
40 Sex Pistols God Save the Queen / No Feelings 815 13
39 Neil Young Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) / My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) 844 10 1
38 R.E.M. Radio Free Europe / Sitting Still 845 12
37 Television Marquee Moon 852 13
36 XTC Making Plans for Nigel 853 14
35 Ramones Sheena is a Punk Rocker 861 11
34 XTC Senses Working Overtime 877 14
33 Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five The Message 885 13
32 Thin Lizzy The Boys are Back in Town / Emerald 895 16
31 Sex Pistols Anarchy in the U.K. 899 14
30 Iggy Pop Lust for Life 907 19
29 Joy Divison Atmosphere / She's Lost Control 908 14
28 Wire Outdoor Miner / Practice Makes Perfect 917 11
27 Cure Boys Don’t Cry 934 11 1
26 Buzzcocks Ever Fallen in Love / Just Lust 939 15
25 Queen and David Bowie Under Pressure 939 15 1
24 Undertones Teenage Kicks 956 13
23 Prince Little Red Corvette / All the Critics Love U in New York 963 17 2
22 Cheap Trick Surrender 995 18
21 Cars Just What I Needed 1008 18
20 Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop / Havana Affair 1031 16
19 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1042 13 1
18 ABBA Dancing Queen 1043 17
17 Bob Dylan Tangled Up in Blue / If You See Her, Say Hello 1054 14
16 Dexy's Midnight Runners Come on Eileen 1061 15 1
15 Replacements I Will Dare / 20th Century Boy / Hey Good Lookin' 1093 19
14 Donna Summer I Feel Love 1125 16
13 Motorhead Ace of Spades 1129 17
12 David Bowie Heroes / V-2 Schneider 1153 16
11 Michael Jackson Don't Stop Till You Get Enough 1186 19
10 Clash Train in Vain (Stand By Me) 1362 21
9 Michael Jackson Billie Jean 1397 22 1
8 Soft Cell Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? 1442 23
7 Clash London Calling / Armagideon Time 1456 22
6 Prince When Doves Cry / 17 Days 1471 24
5 New Order Temptation / Hurt 1572 19 1
4 New Order Blue Monday / The Beach 1708 22 1
3 Bruce Springsteen Born to Run / Meeting Across the River 1717 23 1
2 Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime 1781 23 3
1 Joy Divison Love Will Tear Us Apart / These Days 2110 28 4

God Bless You.

I guess it's the aftereffects of being born in Jersey. The Boss is the only thing from my home state I couldn't get away from. Yeah, well--tramps like me...

That's the point. It is ugly music by ugly people from an ugly place (both emotionally and physically). Love it. Kinda gutted that one of my top 10 ended up #357 or whatever, but it was to be expected, I suppose.


Was wondering why you think the chorus is weak. I love it, and think it works really well. It's not an anthemic deal, but it's the anti-pop song I suppose. I used to love JoyDiv so much, but have kinda soured on them a bit (still much prefer them to NO though). That song stands the test of time for me.

And thanks for investing your time in this: to both GDB and everyone who put thought into their lists. I know I spent far too much time on mine than was reasonable. But who ever said music love was reasonable?

The fact that Better Things failed to make the 250 is proof that people just assumed the Kinks were incapable of producing great music at this stage in their career. It's really one of their best songs ever.

cf "Blinded By the Light".

Eh, "Keep Feeling Fascination" loses points for me for that annoying bubbly ambulance siren synth riff.



Best use of stock footage in music video history.




Really, it really squeaks by on its funk instrumental jam, not on the song itself. 2 very simplistic verses which really don't make much sense of anything, and a chorus. What about that vocal noise at the front that sounds a chipmunk vomiting? A weird friggin' tune, all told. That really isgenius.

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The London Symphony Orchestra and The Braids covers are quite fine, too.

my blasphemous excuse for excluding it is that i heard the fountains of wayne version first. and i've never been able to really enjoy the kinks' because i know there's a better version of the song elsewhere.

Thanks again GDB. Rockin' my world.

Yancy, you can do it!

1. Nick Lowe has never been an angry young man. Nick Lowe is happy.
2. After twenty-some years of trying to like it, or at least see the appeal of it, I've officially put "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in the "I don't get it" file for good.
3. As always, A-plus for Dr. Bill. Bravissimo!

citizen otm on all 3 counts. I'll add that while Joe Jackson definitely got lumped into the angry young man group with his debut record, one of the 2 singles that made the top 100 "Steppin' Out" was about as far from angry as one can get and the other, great as it is, was more of a novelty than a real angry young man song.

I realy don't get why "Steppin' Out" did so well. ISRGOWH is much, much better.

agreed on that one. I never really got why it was even a hit single. It was kinda just there - not even one of the better tracks from that album, imo.

Hey, thanks, babe. We should go listen to some (checks Last.fm..."23. Steely Dan - 86," awesome) Steely Dan sometime.

Hey ElC... that's the first thanks I've ever seen directed to BMG [in your sig]!

I'd like to thank ComEd for supplying me with power.

The bass line just drove it. Kind of different for those days.

Nice work GDB. Good #1 SOMB, I'm proud of you.

i suck so bad. can anybody put all the songs into one folder and then up the thing? i need to be educated.

Mitchell promised us this at the beginning of the thread:

if station to station and power, corruption and lies break the top 10, i will be the happiest man on the somb.