Sometimes people can be oh so dense


#113.



The Pixies - "Alec Eiffel" / "Motorway to Roswell"

Year: 1991

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Stphone (#8)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Trompe Le Monde

Awesome intro for Sweet Child O mine Bill

there are thousands of songs better than sweet child o' mine

Amen. That's from that McSweeney's thing, right?




Pleasantly astounded that this made it this far. Well done, everyone.

Just wait till tomorrow
I guess that's what they all say
Just before they fall apart


#112.



New Order - "Regret"

Year: 1993

US Chart Position: #28 / #7 Top 40 / #1 Dance / #1 Modern Rock

UK Chart Position: #4

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #20 (year), #171 (decade), #1211 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: Would've been #541

AMG Says: "Almost four years after the release of 1989's Technique, New Order fans around the world eagerly awaited the trailer single, "Regret," to find out what changes the band had made for their sixth LP in more than a dozen years. Fortunately, the answer was not much. As sublime a balance of obtuse lyrics, just barely emoted vocals, vague club leanings, and grooving synth melodics as their classic material, "Regret" hit the British Top Five and, led by a video that actually pictured members of the band, stormed the American Top 40 (a first for the band)."

Ranked Highest By: BobtheSquid (#9)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Republic

Name 3000.

Say what you will about Axl, but that song fucking rocks.

I bet this is the first time anyone ever told the Good Dr Bill that he had a beautiful snatch

I saw someone who looked exactly like Bernard Sumner from 20 years ago at school today.

"my style is awesome
causin' more family feuds than Richard Dawson
and the survey said, you're dead
fatal flying guillotine chops off your fuckin' head"

easily some of the best lines ever.

also, #29 as the highest vote for SCO'M is bizarre. Wow.

Funk
On a whole new level
The rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble


#111.



Warren G. f/ Nate Dogg - "Regulate"

Year: 1994

US Chart Position: #2 / #1 Rap

UK Chart Position: #5

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #11 (year), #70 (decade), #581 (all-time)

Ranked Highest By: The Luscious Phil (#4)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Above the Rim

Where rhythm is life and life is rhythm


Shame it's not higher.

Dyed my eyes and called me pretty


#110.



James - "Laid"

Year: 1994

US Chart Position: #61 / #3 Modern Rock

UK Chart Position: #25

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: #107

AMG Says: "The title track of their most critically acclaimed and commercially successful album in the U.S., "Laid" gave James their first American chart single in 1993; although it wasn't a huge pop hit, stalling outside the Top 50, it did get enough air play on MTV and college/ alternative radio to break the band to a wider audience. On the surface, "Laid" seemed to be a playful departure from the album's shimmering melancholy, but there was a dark undercurrent to its humor that matched well with the brooding intimacy of the more serious material. The song concerns a relationship that's sexually fulfilling for both parties but utterly dysfunctional outside the bedroom. The lyrics get into somewhat explicit territory, but they don't cross the line separating playful from glib. Once the initial shock of revelation wears off, there's a surprising intimacy in details like "she only comes when she's on top," or "dressed me up in women's clothes/messed around with gender roles." Yet in spite of this sexual openness, the rest of the verses make both partners out to be obsessive, dysfunctional ("My therapist said not to see you no more"), perhaps even violent ("Caught your hand inside the till/slammed your fingers in the door/fought with kitchen knives and skewers" -- although it isn't clear whether these lines are literal, metaphorical, or simply a dark joke, they can't bode well regardless). The music has the same sort of contrast between lightheartedness and drama; Tim Booth's rich, expressive voice has natural leanings toward the latter, but his keening, vaguely Celtic falsetto on the chorus, as well as the song's simple chord progression and sing-song melody, keep things from sounding too serious. Plus, Brian Eno's warmly atmospheric production helps keep things grounded, and actually helps the song sound more confessional than was probably intended. All of this makes for a quintessential pop single that manages to be funny and emotionally complex at the same time."

Ranked Highest By: Slackmo (#6)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Laid



every line in this song could be the teaser

good song. I should have voted for that one.

What a fucking kick-ass song! Totally didn't expect it on here at all, let alone this high...

So there was only one thing that I could do
Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long


#109.



Ministry - "Jesus Built My Hotrod"

Year: 1992

US Chart Position: #37 Dance / #19 Rap

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #38 (year), #395 (decade), #2304 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: #463

AMG Says: "One of Ministry's best-known songs, "Jesus Built My Hotrod" has been likened to an industrial version of the Trashmen's garage rock staple "Surfin' Bird" -- and the comparison actually isn't too far off. The gonzo lead vocal was performed by the Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes (who also co-wrote the song), and it's mostly manic gibberish spat through a distortion unit. Haynes has no problem keeping pace with the pounding, up-tempo beat, and neither does guitarist Al Jourgensen, who has to maintain a blistering clip on the repeated riff that takes up the vast majority of the song. It's more complicated than it first sounds because although the song is in standard time (four beats to a measure), the riff is actually two and a half measures long -- so its emphasized parts never fall onto the beat the same way two times in a row, and never land quite where the ear expects (unless you're counting very carefully). Jourgensen also contributes a careening solo which climaxes with an unaccompanied slide up the guitar neck, mimicking the sound of a hotrod motor revving up to return to the song. "Jesus Built My Hotrod" was released in late 1991, a little over half a year before it appeared on the Psalm 69 album; when MTV picked up on the accompanying video, Ministry suddenly had more exposure than ever before, which built significant anticipation for Psalm 69 and helped make it their most popular album ever. Jourgensen usually reserved the crazed humor of "Jesus Built My Hotrod" for his Revolting Cocks side project, but pairing it with the precise Ministry attack produced a classic of industrial metal."

Ranked Highest By: Coolrock (#10)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Psalm 69

when i saw tim booth last year, he played a slow version of "laid" that lasted about five minutes. and he sang it totally differently than on the single. i'd always heard that one as playful, but the way he sang it was dark. very interesting take on it. it was like the way he sang it fit better with the subject content.

Rhyming the same word = brilliance

Though it makes good sense for you to be together
Still you bought a toy that can reach the places he never goes


#108.



Pulp - "Do You Remember the First Time?" / "Street Lies"

Year: 1994

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: #33 / #73 in '96

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Ramked Highest By: Falling and Laughing (#13)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: His 'n' Hers

I always tried to tell you
Someday that it'd seem so special


#107.



Sugar - "Helpless"

Year: 1992

US Chart Position: #5 Modern Rock

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: #419

AMG Says: "Would “Helpless” have done so well in 1992 had there not been a strange interest on the part of record companies in loud, slightly aggressive guitar rock? Probably not, but all commercial questions aside, it is still one of Bob Mould’s better moments, and easily Sugar’s best. Initially released on his Singles Only Label, “Helpless” was a worthy introduction to a considerably less volatile (than Husker Du) but arguably more technically proficient band. “Helpless” shies away from Mould’s darker side -- prevalent on Black Sheets of Rain -- and turns more towards the pop sensibilities that Husker Du were just beginning to explore. Malcolm Travis’ aggressive drumming style compliments Dave Barbe’s melodic bass line, which lays a perfect foundation for Mould’s distorted guitar work. While commercially speaking Sugar wouldn’t equal this kind of success again in their career, those who stuck with them saw “Helpless” as just one aspect of a multifaceted band."

Ranked Highest By: Bobandbob (#6)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Copper Blue

I'm a loser
And a user
So I don't need no accuser


#106.



Green Day - "When I Come Around"

Year: 1994

US Chart Position: #2 Top 40 / #2 Mainstream Rock / #1 Modern Rock

UK Chart Position: #27

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a (?????)

Ranked Highest By: Derry Dukes (#9)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Dookie

Ouch.

what, low?

I would've liked to see it make the top 100, but #106 doesn't seem that urneasonable, especially since the song doesn't get nearly as much respect as it deserves elsewhere (chack the AM numbers, or rather, lack thereof)

I have no problem with Green Day this high, I just find that song significantly inferior to "Basket Case" and "Longview." The snark without the energy, I guess.

nah, WICA is the gem on that album. If "Basket Case" and "Longview" were the siongs that made it obvious that Green Day was about to become one of the biggest bands in the world, this was the song that pointed to the fact that the band would still have a career just as big ten years down the road. Special, special song, one of the best pop/rock singles of the decade.

You say special, I say lackadaisical. Pretty much hook-free, and introduced us to the cringe-inducing cliche-fest that would become the hallmark of their future singles. The beginning of their slide into Adult Contemporary. They're Bon Jovi with eyeliner these days.

HIT IT


#105.



Rob Base & DJ EZ-Rock - "It Takes Two"

Year: 1988

US Chart Position: #36 / #17 Dance / #3 R&B

UK Chart Position: #24 / #47 in '89

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #4 (year), #53 (decade), #358 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: #457

AMG Says: "There are many critics and listeners who claim that Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock's "It Takes Two" is the greatest hip-hop single ever cut. It's hard to disagree with them. Built on a sample of Lyn Collins' "Think (About It)," the song is a prime example of how the best hip-hop doesn't merely recycle the past -- it expands upon it. "It Takes Two" may be unthinkable without the sample, but it's hardly a loop -- the bass phrase has been fattened and strengthened, placed front and center in the mix so it now functions like a heavy metal guitar riff. The beat is constructed around the phrase, and everything grows from there, from the female vocalist singing "It takes two to make a thing go right" to Base's effortless rhyming. This is party music, pure and simple, but it's transcendent party music -- it sweeps you up immediately, and you're carried away by the sheer thrill of the bass, beat, and rhymes. It takes a few concentrated listens to realize just how immaculately the record is constructed, and, even then, it's amazing how easy Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock make it seem. But if it really was easy, not only would more hip-hop from 1988 be this timeless, but the years that followed would have produced many records that matched it. As it stands, "It Takes Two" is a singular work. It broke down the doors for crossover rap -- although it barely scraped the Top 40, it went platinum -- and it provided the hook-heavy blueprint for its successors. And, as the years pass, its musical brilliance loses none of its luster. It's still irresistible, and still a sure-fire way to get a party started right."

Ranked Highest By: Diesel & Mad Clown (#8)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: It Takes Two

Wow--can't believe that didn't make the 100.

Now if your from Uptown, Brooklyn- bound
The Bronx, Queens, or Long Island Sound
Even other states come right and exact
It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at


#104.



Eric B. & Rakim - "I Know You Got Soul"

Year: 1986

US Chart Position: #64 Dance / #34 R&B

UK Chart Position: #76 / #13 in '88

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #15 (year), #72 (decade), #475 (all-time)

Ranked Highest By: Citizen (#1)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Paid in Full

Yeah, you're both right.

the highest vote was #8? shocking

You Wanted to See It


#103.



Weezer - "Buddy Holly"

Year: 1994

US Chart Position: #34 Mainstream Rock / #17 Top 40 / #2 Modenr Rock

UK Chart Position: #12

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #10 (year), #65 (decade), #140 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: #199

AMG Says: "The most immediately infectious song on Weezer's debut album (as well as their biggest hit, thanks in no small part to Spike Jonze's hilarious and inventive video, which inserted the band into an episode of Happy Days), "Buddy Holly" is short, brash, incredibly catchy, and utterly charming. Frontman Rivers Cuomo's lyrics, as always, don't actually make a lot of sense and the singalong chorus has absolutely nothing to do with the nonsensical verses; really, the song is as much about hooks like the "hoo-hoo" backing vocals and bassist Matt Sharp's falsetto lead-in to each chorus as anything else. The ultra-crunchy, distorted guitars clash agreeably with the bubblegummy melody, giving the song a feel akin to a classic T. Rex single. What's odd is that a song with such a peculiar structure (the opening, with Cuomo singing over a roar of guitars, sounds like the CD has started reading the disc several seconds into the song, and the ending is equally abrupt) could immediately become so popular, testament to Cuomo's under-acknowledged gift for writing smart, funny, and catchy pop songs. The Moog Cookbook recorded a tongue-in-cheek synthesizer version for their self-titled 1995 debut."

Ranked Highest By: Paul (#8)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Weezer (The Blue Album)

"under-acknowledged"

I would be more than happy to provide a list of 5000 songs I'd rather hear than Sweet Child Of Mine.

I have to say, I find Buddy Holly's placing really low. And yes, I know I should've voted or something, I'm just observing.

Didn't know I was comitting a cardinal SOMB sin by never posting comments here....At least I contributed a list, unlike some of the regulars here! I am guilty, however of: 1. Not owning my own computer and 2: Working three jobs and only having computer access at job #3! It seems that the few times I can get up to date on this thread, GDB isn't giving results.

We're thirty-seven pages into this; he's giving results.

But yeah, I don't think you're Cobe's bro.

There's a crazy mirror showing us both in 5-D
I'm laughing at you you're laughing at me


#102.



Bruce Springsteen - "Tunnel of Love"

Year: 1987

US Chart Position: #9 / #1 Mainstream Rock

UK Chart Position: #45

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #47 (year), #400 (decade), #2084 (all-time)

Ranked Highest By: Coolrock (#16)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Tunnel of Love

And Killing Joke miss out at yet another SOMB poll


#101.



Nirvana - "Come As You Are"

Year: 1992

US Chart Position: #32 / #3 Modern Rock / #3 Mainstream Rock

UK Chart Position: #9

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #14 (year), #103 (decade), #769 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: #335

AMG Says: "Hearing Kurt Cobain sing "And I swear that I don't have a gun" gives "Come as You Are" a sting it was never meant to have when Nirvana's breakthrough album, Nevermind, was first released in 1991. However, coming from a band (and an album) whose raison d'être was usually bad karma, "Come as You Are" was a rare oasis of compassion and understanding; if it's hardly an up tune, with its descending minor-key melody and wobbly, effects-drenched guitar lines, it also suggests that the often judgmental Mr. Cobain was willing to accept his audience on their own terms, at least at this moment -- either "doused in mud" or "soaked in bleach." When Cobain declares that he's unarmed, it's an attempt to reassure listeners that no matter how much of a misanthrope he may be, his target is the world at large rather than the individuals in it, and that there was still room in this damaged world for everyone. A year after he recorded "Come as You Are," the world at large was showing up at Cobain's doorstep as he went from being a minor cult figure to a bona fide rock star, and it's significant that he wouldn't express quite this degree of openness for his audience again."

Ranked Highest By: jdubs3 (#5)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Nevermind

AMR is buttraping these Nirvana singles. What was "Lithium", like #1500? Considering how high Nevermind was on their albums list, that's surprising.

AMR prefers "About a Girl" and the UTero singles, surprisingly

Weird. I do too, but I wouldn't have expected anyone to agree.

same

I agree with the fellas posting above me.

My highest ranking in this poll. I know I am in the small minority of those that favor this over "Smells Like Teen Spirit". The simple opening riff still gives me goosebumps. Just an awesome song, and as we all know now, eerily cryptic.

it's pretty much impossible to talk objectively about SLTS, but I definitely prefer hearing this, yes.

SLTS is easily one of those songs I could never hear again and be perfectly fine with that.

here's 250 - 101 for whoever's interested in a recap. Top hundred starts tomorrow, in between my packing for school.

250 Smashing Pumpkins Disarm / Landslide 211 4
249 Portishead Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me) 211 4
248 Cure Friday I'm in Love 211 4
247 Rage Against the Machine Killing in the Name Of 212 5
246 Green Day Basket Case 212 4
245 U2 Stay (Faraway, So Close) 212 3
244 Nirvana Sliver / Dive 213 4
243 LL Cool J Goin' Back to Cali / Jack the Ripper 214 5
242 Red Hot Chili Peppers Under the Bridge 215 4
241 Napalm Death You Suffer 215 2
240 Frank Black Speedy Marie 215 2
239 Soul Asylum Somebody to Shove 216 5
238 Paul Simon You Can Call Me Al / Gumbots 217 4
237 Dinosaur Jr. Feel the Pain 217 4
236 Smiths Girlfriend in a Coma / Work is a Four-Letter Word / I Keep Mine Hidden 219 3
235 Beastie Boys (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party) 220 4
234 Chris Isaak Wicked Game 220 3
233 Moby Go 221 5
232 Traveling Wilburys Handle With Care / Margarita 221 4
231 Ice Cube It Was a Good Day 222 5
230 Tricky Aftermath 223 3
229 Cure A Letter to Elise 223 3
228 Lisa Loeb Stay (I Missed You) 225 6
227 Megadeth Symphony of Destruction 225 4
226 Love and Rockets So Alive 225 3
225 Paul Simon Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes / All Around the World 227 4
224 Tom Waits Downtown Train 227 3
223 Soul II Soul Keep on Movin' 231 4
222 My Bloody Valentine You Made Me Realize EP 232 3
221 Dinosaur Jr. Start Choppin' 233 4
220 Cranberries Linger 234 4
219 Nirvana In Bloom 236 4
218 A Tribe Called Quest Can I Kick It? 236 3
217 Counting Crows Mr. Jones 237 5
216 Iron Maiden Wasted Years 237 3
215 Soundgarden Rusty Cage 241 4
214 Smithereens Blood and Roses / Mr. Eliminator / Beauty and Sadness (Live) 242 4
213 Steve Earle Copperhead Road 243 4
212 Primitives Crash 243 4
211 Dinosaur Jr. Little Fury Things 243 4
210 Morrissey The Last of the International Playboys 245 3
209 Nine Inch Nails Head Like a Hole 247 5
208 KLF Last Train to Trancentral 247 3
207 Sugarcubes Birthday 248 5
206 Sonic Youth Sugar Kane 251 3
205 U2 Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses 253 4
204 Paul Simon Graceland 254 5
203 Wu-Tang Clan Can It Be All So Simple / Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nothin' to Fuck Wit 254 3
202 KLF 3 A.M. Eternal 255 5
201 Elastica Stutter 255 4
200 Pearl Jam Jeremy / Footsteps / Yellow Ledbetter 256 5
199 Jeff Buckley Lover, You Should've Come Over 256 3
198 Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas 257 4
197 Stereolab Jenny Ondioline / French Disko 260 4
196 Disco Inferno Summer's Last Sound / Love Stepping Out 260 4
195 LL Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out 261 7
194 Liz Phair Never Said 261 5
193 Soul Asylum Runaway Train 262 4
192 Smithereens A Girl Like You 263 5
191 Notorious B.I.G. Big Poppa 265 6
190 Rhythim is Rhythim Strings of Life 265 4
189 Prince Sign O the Times 267 7
188 Talking Heads And She Was 269 5
187 Jane's Addiction Been Caught Stealing 271 5
186 Talking Heads Road to Nowhere 272 5
185 De La Soul The Magic Number / Buddy 273 4
184 Nirvana All Apologies / Rape Me 274 4
183 Tone Loc Wild Thing 276 5
182 Madonna Live to Tell 278 5
181 World Party Ship of Fools (Save Me from Tomorrow) 278 4
180 Erasure A Little Respect 279 5
179 Talking Heads (Nothing But) Flowers 280 5
178 Geto Boys Mind Playing Tricks on Me 280 4
177 Prince U Got the Look / Housequake 281 6
176 Charlatans UK The Only One I Know / Everything Changes 283 6
175 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You) 284 5
174 U2 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 285 5
173 Smiths Shoplifters of the World Tonight / London / Half a Person 286 5
172 Depeche Mode Policy of Truth / Kaleid 286 5
171 Public Enemy Don't Believe the Hype / Prophets of Rage 288 4
170 Ride Vapour Trail 289 4
169 Bruce Springsteen Brilliant Disguise 290 4
168 Oasis Whatever EP 293 5
167 R.E.M. Pop Song '89 294 5
166 Cure Love Song / 2 Late 295 4
165 Bob Mould See a Little Light 296 4
164 Meat Puppets Backwater 297 4
163 R.E.M. The One I Love 301 7
162 Bangles Manic Monday 302 6
161 Bjork Big Time Sensuality 304 6
160 Public Image Ltd. Rise 305 7
159 R.E.M. Drive 306 4
158 Metallica Enter Sandman 317 5
157 Alice in Chains Would? 319 5
156 Green Day Longview 324 9
155 Indigo Girls Closer to Fine 324 5
154 Smashing Pumpkins Cherub Rock 325 6
153 Sugar If I Can't Change Your Mind 328 5
152 Happy Mondays Kinky Afro 328 5
151 Guided By Voices I Am a Scientist 329 5
150 Suede Animal Nitrate 331 6
149 U2 Mysterious Ways 331 5
148 N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton 333 7
147 Afghan Whigs Gentlemen 334 7
146 Blur Parklife 337 7
145 Tracy Chapman Fast Car / For You 338 8
144 Metallica One 343 5
143 Stone Temple Pilots Plush 344 6
142 Orb Little Fluffy Clouds 345 7
141 Tears for Fears Shout / The Big Chair 345 4
140 N.W.A. Express Yourself 348 6
139 Underworld Rez / Cowgirl 350 6
138 Primal Scream Come Together 351 6
137 Flaming Lips She Don't Use Jelly 353 7
136 Big Audio Dynamite E = MC2 353 5
135 Veruca Salt Seether 359 6
134 Massive Attack Unfinished Sympathy 360 7
133 Eric B. and Rakim Follow the Leader 360 6
132 Nirvana Lithium 361 7
131 Primal Scream Higher Than the Sun 362 4
130 Cure Close to Me / Stop Dead 363 7
129 Replacements Left of the Dial / Swingin' Party 363 6
128 Housemartins Happy Hour / The Mighty Ship 364 7
127 Depeche Mode Never Let Me Down Again / Pleasure Little Treasure 366 8
126 Nas The World is Yours 369 6
125 Teenage Fanclub The Concept 378 7
124 Pavement Cut Your Hair 382 8
123 Blow Monkeys Digging Your Scene 384 6
122 Beastie Boys Shake Your Rump / Hey Ladies 386 8
121 Wu-Tang Clan Protect Ya Neck / Method Man 388 5
120 Happy Mondays Step On 392 7
119 Danzig Mother 393 6
118 Waterboys The Whole of the Moon 394 8
117 Beastie Boys Sabotage / Get It Together 397 11
116 Michael Penn No Myth 400 6
115 Husker Du Could You Be the One? / Everytime 400 5
114 Guns n Roses Sweet Child O Mine 405 9
113 Pixies Alec Eiffel / Motorway to Roswell 405 5
112 New Order Regret 407 8
111 Warren G. Regulate (f/ Nate Dogg) 409 7
110 James Laid 416 6
109 Ministry Jesus Built My Hotrod 417 8
108 Pulp Do You Remember the First Time? / Street Lies 417 6
107 Sugar Helpless 419 6
106 Green Day When I Come Around 419 6
105 Rob Base & DJ EZ-Rock It Takes Two 424 8
104 Eric B. and Rakim I Know You Got Soul 429 5
103 Weezer Buddy Holly 433 8
102 Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love 434 7
101 Nirvana Come As You Are 436 6

what an awesome early run.

seriously. just about any 20 random songs from that bunch would make a killer mix.

god damn are those points totals close.