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1. Misery is the River of the World - Tom Waits
2. Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
3. One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five
4. 9 to 5 - Lady Sovereign
5. Burn the Witch - Queens of the Stone Age

1. You Wouldn't Like Me - Tegan & Sara
2. Gray - Heartless Bastards
3. Service - Tella
4. Rehab - Amy Winehouse
5. Not Ready to Make Nice - The Dixie Chicks

One More Night - Stars
Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
1 + 1 = Heartache - Sekiden
Saturday Night - Misfits
Wolf Like Me - TV on the Radio

1. The Jam- That's Entertainment

2. The Monkees - Goin Down'

3. Apples in Stereo - Energy

4. Cat Stevens - I Think I See The Light

5. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in your Soul (Just because, TMBG should be on the mix!)

1. Miss Misery- Elliott Smith
2. Yeah! Oh, Yeah! - The Magnetic Fields
3. Mad World- Gary Jules
4. The Only Living Boy in New York- Simon & Garfunkel
5. Sing for Absolution- Muse

Joanna Newsom - Sprout and the Bean
Sparta - Glasshouse Tarot
Fiona Apple - Waltz
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Leave My Girl Alone

And why the Zeppelin hate? Some of us began rocking out to Led Zeppelin at the ripe old age of 6. I consider Zeppelin to be my rock n' roll heritage.

1. Just Like The Rain - Richard Hawley

2. Butterfly Caught - Massive Attack

3. Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros

4. Humor Me - Pere Ubu

5. La Mer - Nine Inch Nails

1. Theme from The Mission - Ennio Morricone
2. Ugly Girl - Fleming & John
3. Rusty Cage - Johnny Cash
4. It's Love - King's X
5. Unbalanced - the 77s

1. Party & Bullshit - Biggie Smalls (Ratatat Remix)
2. Gronlandic Edit - of Montreal
3. Menomena - Boyscout'n
4. Ambulance - TV on the Radio
5. Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks - The Rapture

while we were hunting for rabbits - matthew good
born to kill - matthew good band
hold on, hold on - neko case
the first - tegan and sara
the rain - k-os

I'm a fan of lovely mellow songs, so I'll put a sampling of calming ditties my fellow bitchy people would approve of. I love this game!

1: Today is the Day - Yo La Tengo
2: Knot Comes Loose - My Morning Jacket
3: A Good Man is Hard to Find - Sufjan Stevens
4: Windowsill - Arcade Fire
5: Long Time Coming - Otis Redding

All Along The Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix
Landlocked Blues - Bright Eyes
Wish List - Pearl Jam
The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby And The Range
Slow Turning - John Hiatt

"One Evening" by Feist
"Freedom" by Jimi Hendrix
"Please Do Not Let Me Go" by Ryan Adams
"I Want You" by Bob Dylan
"Jesus, Etc." by Wilco

1) Anthems of a 17-year-old girl----Broken Social Scene

2) Put Your Hands up For Detroit----Freddie LeGrand

3) Sinnerman----Nina Simone (Felix da Housecat remix)

4) Poison----Alice Cooper

5) You Don't Know Me----Ray Charles

I'm so sick - Flyleaf
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
45 - Shinedown
Blue Orchid - White Stripes
Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers

1. District Sleeps Alone Tonight - Postal Service
2. I Will Survive - Cake
3. California (II) - Mason Jennings
4. One More Night - Stars
5. Making Time - Creation

That's Entertainment: The Jam
(Bless you, litelysalted)

Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards: Billy Bragg

(However, I'm willing to negotiate here. I'm so desperate to get a Billy song on the Pajiba list that I'll transfer my vote to any other of his songs if there's an interest)

Fairytale of New York: Kirsty McColl and the Pogues

Whistle for the Choir: The Fratellis

A Thousand Kisses Deep: Leonard Cohen

1. Diamonds on the Inside - Ben Harper
2. Mad World - Gary Jules
3. Creep - Radiohead
4. Teardrop - Massive Attack
5. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith

1. The Loneliness of a Middle-Distance Runner / Belle & Sebastian
2. Saint Simon / The Shins
3. Grace Cathedral Hill / The Decemberists
4. When the Day is Short / Martha Wainwright
5. Maps / The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
California - Rufus Wainwright
Mexico - Jump, Little Children
We Used to Be Friends - The Dandy Warhols
One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five

1. "Oh My God"--Kaiser Chiefs
2. "Life on Mars"--David Bowie
3. "Mad World"--Gary Jules
4. "Goodbye Blue Skies"--Pink Floyd
5. "Teardrop"--Massive Attack

You kids have good taste!

1)Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
2)Brand New - The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
3)Moneen - How Many Girls Are There In The World Anyway
4)Tegan and Sara - My Number
5)Sarah Harmer - Lodestar

Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

Iron & Wine - Passing Afternoon

Hellogoodbye - Here (In Your Arms)

Finger Eleven - Paralyzer

Keane - Crystal Ball

Whipping Post (live at the Fillmore East)- Allman Brothers Band

Milk - Kings of Leon

Peace Frog - The Doors

Tiny Dancer - Elton John

Sittin' on the Dock of The Bay - Otis Redding

1. Ain't nobody who can sing like me--Billy Bragg

2. Sundrenched world--Joshua Radin

3. Arms of a Woman--Amos Lee

4. Hold you in my arms-- Ray LaMontagne

5. Not Ready to Make Nice--Dixie Chicks

1. The Jam - Thats Entertainment (I actually like a lot of other songs by them a bit more, but in the name of consensus)

2. Billy Bragg - Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key (In continuing with my Matt B-Paddydog solidarity. Beautiful song.)

3. Immortal Technique - The Point of No Return (Because we need some hip hop)

4. Le Tigre - Deceptacon (Because its the ultimate in annoyingly catchy guily pleasures)

5. The Clash - Straight to Hell

These are songs I listen to while driving late at night:
1. District Sleeps Alone Tonight - Postal Service
2. Breathe Me and/or Numb - Sia
3. Don't Panic - Coldplay (I know, I know. I've loved them for about 5 years now, so get off my case because I'll never stop the love!)
4. In the Backseat - Arcade Fire
5. My Lovely - Eisley

1. Life on Mars - David Bowie (That's 3 votes now!)
2. Miles From Nowhere - Cat Stevens
3. Blankest Year - Nada Surf
4. Penny on the Train Track - Ben Kweller
5. Made Up Love Song #43 - The Guillemots

I tried to find more than the one song that would bring more of a consensus to the list but damn if I'm just not hip enough to keep up with you crazy kids' indy music. Unless any of ya'll are fans of the theme from the Greatest American Hero, I'm afraid most of my favorite songs wouldn't go over to well with this crowd ;).

To build consensus:

1. Bruce Hornsby and the Range: The Way it Is
2. Fiona Apple: Oh, Well
3. Gary Jules: Mad World
4. The Pogues: Fairytale of New York
5. Simon and Garfunkel: Bleecker Street (okay, I added that one in myself)

"No Children" - The Mountain Goats
"A New Name For Everything" - Weakerthans
"This Lamb Sells Condos" - Final Fantasy
"One Beat" - Sleater-Kinney
"Mass Romantic" - New Pornographers

Breathe Me -SiA
Let's Call it Love -Sleater-Kinney
Float on -Modest Mouse
Rehab -Amy Winehouse
Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels) -Arcade Fire
Hope this list is bitchy enough and suits the folks who visit Pajiba!

Not Even Jail - Interpol

Wet and Rusting - Menomena

It's 5! - Architecture in Helsinki

Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire

On Peak Hill - Stars




This was a good diversion from my computer applications class. Thank you, Pajiba.

Yeah Oh Yeah! by The Magnetic Fields YAY!
Hold On Hold On by Neko Case (love love love her)
Please Do Not Let Me Go by Ryan Adams
West Palm Beach by Bonnie Prince Billy
Fidelity by Regina Spektor

Come on people, keep it alive. We scarily have a lot of the same taste though...

1. "Words So Leisured" by Franz Ferdinand (From a "Take Me Out" single)
2. "What Sarah Said" by Death Cab For Cutie
3. "It Just Is" by Rilo Kiley
4. "Golden" by Fall Out Boy (It's from the new CD and it's quite different from their usual songs)
5. "Logic of a Friend" by Badly Drawn Boy

Mad World - Gary Jules
Learning to Fly - Tom Petty
Sausalito Summer Nights - Diesel
Boomtown - David & David
The Scientist - Coldplay

for the team (mostly):

1. "Poison Cup" - M.Ward
2. "Ain't No Sunshine" - Bill Withers
3. "Hold On, Hold On" - Neko Case
4. "Miss Misery" - Elliott Smith
5. "Red Vines" - Aimee Mann

I already posted my songs, as painful as the selection process was, but I can tell this mix is going to be good. Pajiba, keep the music distractions coming. In fact, I'll read everything you post here, anyway. I'm a Pajiba sheep.

this is just not possible! because I have yet to see any of these artists posted (and the songs are available on itunes), I'm listing the following:

black rebel motorcycle club ~ shuffle your feet
cocorosie ~ by your side
"chris glover" ~ stand on your seat
aberfeldy ~ summer's gone
antony and the johnsons ~ cripple and the starfish

I may just have to come back and cast my vote again for songs/artists that *have* been posted...if only to assure that certain folks I love make the cut (like pj harvey, the decemberists, wilco, ryan adams/whiskytown).

let me reiterate -- this is impossible!

1. Mad World Gary Jules
2. Only Living Boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Summer Skin - Death Cab for Cutie
4. Volcano - Damien Rice
5. Street Spirit - Radiohead

1. Maybe Katie - Barenaked Ladies
2. Not Ready to Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
3. Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
4. Wake Me Up When September Ends - Greenday
5. Southern California Wants to be Western New York - Dar Williams

The Arcade Fire-- 'Rebellion (Lies)'
The Shins-- 'Turn a Square'
Death Cab for Cutie-- 'Stable Song'
Van Morrison-- 'Brown-Eyed Girl'
The Clash-- 'Spanish Bombs'

Mad World - Gary Jules
Rebellion - Arcade Fire
Lord Leopard- Caribou (The best live act I have ever seen!!!)
Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl- Broken Social Scene
Ghostwork - 13 & God (Nice and Weird)

Lovin' the Love for Gary Jules!

OK, three that other people have named, to play nice, and two of my own, hoping others will support them...

No Children -- Mountain Goats
Bleecker Street -- Simon & Garfunkel
Oh Well -- Fiona Apple
Flashes & Cables -- Centro-matic
Dry Your Eyes -- The Streets

Matthew Good - While We Were Hunting Rabbits (excellent call, kim)
The Black Heart Procession - Square Heart
Regina Spektor - Oedipus
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Mirah - Cold, Cold Water

To try and gather a consensus, I picked my favs from those already listed...

One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five
"Canned Heat" - Jamiroquai
Houston -Soul Coughing
"Milk" Kings of Leon (I still insist they're singing about salty beef in this song...)
The Roots- "Seed 2.0"

This was SO hard!

1. "Good Woman" - Cat Power
2. "St. Ides Heaven" - Elliott Smith
3. "One More Hour" - Sleater-Kinney
4. "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" - Billy Bragg
5. "Carbon Monoxide" - Regina Spektor

Piazza, New York Catcher by Belle and Sebastian
Lady Stardust by David Bowie
Two-Headed Boy Part 2 by Neutral Milk Hotel
The End of Medicine by The New Pornographers
The Good Life by Weezer

1. Cantara - Dead Can Dance
2. Release - Tea Party
3. Heavy Lifting - Ambulance LTD
4. Marlene Dietrich's Favorite Poem - Peter Murphy
5. A Strange Day - The Cure

1. "Young Liars" -TV on the Radio
2. "Anthem for a 17 Year Old Girl" - Broken Social Scene
3. "Your Ex-Lover is Dead" - Stars
4. "Stockholm Syndrome" - Muse
5. "the Mariner's Revenge Song" - the Decemberists

1. Radiohead - Polyethylene
2. Radiohead - Lucky
3. Radiohead - Pyramid Song
4. Radiohead - Optimistic
5. Radiohead - Climbing Up the Walls

Yeah. I've got a problem.

tv on the radio: ambulance
yeah yeah yeahs: maps
new pornographers: the bleeding heart show
sleater-kinney: let's call it love
regina spektor: fidelity

1. Wagon Wheel -- OCMS
2. Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Otis
3. Miles from Nowhere - Cat Stevens
4. Only Living Boy in New York - Paul Simon
5. Birdhouse in Your Soul -- They Might Be Giants

1. Fiona Apple: The Child is Gone
2. The Strokes feat. Regina Spektor: Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men
3. Jenny Lewis: The Big Guns
4. Tori Amos: Smells Like Teen Spirit (cover)
5. Andrew Bird: Fake Palindromes

1. Sitting on the dock of the bay--Otis
2. Birdhouse in your soul--TMBG
3. Catch--the Cure
4. Black is the color of my true love's hair--Nina Simone
5. Leather--Tori Amos

1. Here's Where the Story Ends - The Sundays
2. Squares - The Beta Band
3. You Learn - Alanis
4. Red Right Ankle - The Decemberists
5. Post Coitus Rock - Joan of Arc

Mondo Bongo -- Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Sinnerman -- Nina Simone
Nothing Brings Me Down -- Emiliana Torrini
Float On -- Modest Mouse
Starlight -- The Wailin' Jennys

If I Laugh; Cat Stevens

Mr. Blue Sky; Electric Light Orchestra

Tunnels; Arcade Fire

Long Ride Home; Patty Griffin

Guitars, Cadillacs; Dwight Yoakum (seriously)

The Good that Won't Come Out - Rilo Kiley
Pretty Things - Joe Firstman
Rise Up With Fists!! - Jenny Lewis
Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups

1. Mad World - Gary Jules
2. You Wouldn't Like Me - Tegan and Sara
3. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
4. It Just Is - Rilo Kiley
5. Taxman - The Beatles (I know, it's not on iTunes but - Get Bent, Tax Man!)

not to deter from my previous post, but i completely forgot about "Tom Courtenay" by Yo La Tengo, and "Song Against Sex" by Neutral Milk Hotel. Damn, this IS hard...

Err, just switcheroo that one to "The Shins - Saint Simon" obviously.
And this extra comment just lets me tell you guys what a fun idea this is. I will totally buy the playlist! (unless it's all crap I already have of course)

"Dirty Pennies" by Mischief Brew
"Armchairs" by Andrew Bird
"I am Warm and Powerful" by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
"Ocean" by Nina Nastasia
"February" by the Appleseed Cast

Oh, and I second "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left." But listen to "Armchairs" from his new album. It will change your world.

1) Here Comes Your Man -- Pixies
2) Rebellion (Lies) -- Arcade Fire
3) Hold on, Hold On -- Neko Case
4) The Jessica Numbers -- The New Pornographers
5) Heimdalsgate like a Promethean Curse -- Of Montreal

fiona apple - waltz
the postal service - the district sleeps alone tonight
tom waits - step right up
gary jules - mad world

and one not on the list: Madeleine Peyroux - Blue Alert

1. Jingle of a Dog's Collar - Butthole Surfers
2. Hook - Blues Traveler
3. Expectations - Belle and Sebastien
4. Oh my God - Kaiser Chiefs
5. Souring - David Usher

Learning to Fly- Tom Petty
Like Deserts Miss the Rain- Everything but the Girl
Goin' Down- The Monkees
Life on Mars- David Bowie
Old Brown's Daughter- Great Big Sea

samson - regina spektor
get to know you - maxwell
gimmie that nutt - eazy e
we just disagree - dave mason
take it to the limit - the eagles

"Volcano"- Damien Rice

"Last Goodbye"- Jeff Buckley

"Ego Tripping At the Gates Of Hell"- The Flaming Lips

"Age of Consent"- New Order

"We Haven't Turned Around"- Gomez

Andrew Bird - A Nervous Tick Motion of the Head to the Left(or any song of his at all, really)
Joy Division - Wilderness
Feist - One Evening ( Was gonna choose Mushaboom, but this is up there a few times already, so...)
Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
The Like - June Gloom

Bill Whithers - Ain't No Sunshine
Ray Charles - You Don't Know Me
Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Flaming Lips - Flight Test
David Bowie - Life on Mars

"Promising Actress"- John Vanderslice. Basically the song that made me want to comment.

"Bukowski"-Modest Mouse.

"Holiday in Spain"- Counting Crows

"Crystal Ball"-Keane, I would vote for any Keane, this was just the only one I saw above.

"Ballad of a Thin Man"- Bob Dylan

..I'm just posting this before I revise for the next 6 hours

Without further ado and in random order, the nominees are:

~ "Hey Pretty" by Poe
~ "Miss Misery" by Elliot Smith
~ "Timebomb" by Old 97's
~ "Come Pick Me Up" by Ryan Adams
~ "Wanna Rock & Roll" by Cross Canadian Ragweed

mad world -- gary jules (the most played song on my ipod. i had no idea it was so popular, although it was the first song that my almost 60 year old dad wanted on his ipod)
breathe me -- sia
rise up with fists!! -- jenny lewis with the watson twins
and 2 of my own--although all my picks are based on my current mood:
heartbeats -- jose gonzalez
the owls go -- architecture in helsinki

Hang Me Up to Dry - Cold War Kids
Rise Up With Fists!! - Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins
Everything's Just Wonderful - Lily Allen
Le Disko - Shiny Toy Guns
Swing Low - Rocco DeLuca & the Burden

Nicole,

Sorry if my hateration was too scathing. Or bitchy.

One crowded Hour - Augie March
Mad World - Gary Jules
Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
Fidelity - Regina Spektor
Muscle Museum - Muse

sorry for posting again, but my orphans are making me sad, so I'll give up and back some previously mentioned songs.

yeah yeah yeahs ~ maps
kings of leon ~ milk
dresden dolls ~ gravity
arcade fire ~ tunnels
decemberists ~ mariner's revenge song

Finally, I made it through all the lists. Excellent taste, we all have! Mostly, I'll divert into my own playlist and hope to open some ears.

Big Wreck: "Ladylike," The Pleasure and the Greed; nicely representative of the tone of this unbelievable and, sadly, final album from Big Wreck.

Fountains of Wayne: "'92 Subaru," Traffic and Weather; I defy you to not like this song. It's mind-explodingly catchy.

The Juliana Theory: "Do You Believe Me?," Love; Oft-overlooked rock outfit.

Mellowing out...

Great Big Sea: "When I Am King," Something Beautiful; fantastically upbeat song from this Irish folksy band from Newfoundland.

Edwin: "Alive" (acoustic), Better Days; it was a tossup between this and "Never Over," but this gorgeous acoustic rendition of one of his older songs won out. Just beautiful.

Damn you, iTunes, for not selling I Mother Earth. And damn the rules for only five songs! I doubt any of these will make the final cut, but check them out anyway.

1. "Hold On, Hold On" - Neko Case (I'm seeing her live tonight, hope she plays it!)

2. "Samson" - Regina Spektor

3. "Phantom Limb" - The Shins

4. "Grace Cathedral Hill" - The Decemberists

5. "California" - Rufus Wainwright

I pulled those entirely from what people have already suggested to try and build consensus. I might've picked different songs, especially for Rufus & the Decemberists, but oh well.

I'm gonna just go ahead and kick it old school if y'all don't mind. Others, feel free to join the bandwagon:

Poison-Bell Biv Devoe/
Billie Jean-Michael Jackson/
Meeting in the Ladies Room-Klymaxx/
Head-Prince/
Nasty Girl-Vanity 6/

1. mad world -- gary jules (ok..i'll bite and vote for this one also)
2. FunHouse - Iggy Pop & the Stooges
3. Jet Boy Jet Girl - The Damned
4. "TV Party" - Black Flag (another goodie listed above)
5. Ball and Chain -Social Distortion (preferably from the Live at the Roxy release)

1. Life on Mars-David Bowie
2. Burnin' Down the Spark-Nancy Sinatra
3. Helter Skelter-The Beatles
4. Sing Me Spanish Techno-The New Pornographers
5. Mercy-Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

As random as this sounds even for my own tastes...

"Laika (Neighborhood #2)", by Arcade Fire
"That's Entertainment", by The Jam
"Butterflies and Hurricanes", by Muse
"Where is My Mind", by Pixies
"Leave", by REM

Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols
Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric
I Bleed - The Pixies
Common People - Pulp
Institutionalized Misogyny - The Mr. T Experience (Frank Portman's band)

The Monkees - Goin Down'
Thievery Corporation - Lebanese Blonde
Gary Jules - Mad World
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt.1
The Dropkick Murphys - Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced

Actually looked at some of the other posts; then I just went and looked at the play counts in media player. It seems few Pajibans have similar tastes in music, just movies.

Mr. Fix It - The Amazing Royal Crowns
Walkie Talkie Man - Steriogram
Earth, Wind, & Fire - September
In the Sun - Joseph Arthur
More Than A Feeling - Boston

Had an argument w/ my roommate about how using movie review sites to kinda screen movies makes me a mindless drone. Wondering if anyone had any thought on that or would like to write a rant about it.

Längtan Skala 3:1 - Kent
Ny batteri - Sigur Ros
Rub Till It Bleeds - PJ Harvey
Blue Valentine - Tom Waits
Everything in Its Right Place - Radiohead

AMAGAD LORD ONLY KNOWS IS MY FAVOURITE SONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *implodes*

Lord Only Knows -> Beck

Rebellion => Arcade Fire

Rehab => Amy Winehouse

The Bleeding Heart Show=> New Pornographers

Mad World=> Gary Jules

My boyfriend tears up every time he hears that song Gary Jules song... (who wears the panties huh?!?!)

For Consensus:
1. Fiona Apple, Tymps
2. Flogging Molly, Black Friday Rule
3. Silversun Pickups, Landlocked Blues

New ones:
4a. Lily Holbrook, Make Them Wonder (might not be on itunes)
4b. Charlotte Martin, Under the Gravel Skies (might not be on itunes)
5. Poe, Angry Johnny

I figure that since I have 2 that might not be itunes-ed, that makes one whole song.

okay okay (in no order)
1) The Pioneers-- Bloc Party
2) The Dark of the Matinee-- Franz Ferdinand
3) Jesus Christ was an Only CHild-- Modest Mouse
4) Sleeping Lessons-- The Shins
5) Don't Stop Believin'-- Journey (FUCK YES)

1. Hotel Song-Regina Spektor (or Fidelity if we must have consensus. Not my favorite though.)
2. Cactus-Pixies
3. Extraordinary Machine-Fiona Apple
4. Caring is Creepy- The Shins
5. Lover, You Should Have Come Over-Jeff Buckley

Ok...going for consensus here. I tried to pick from what everyone else had chosen and with just a few little changes came pretty close:
1.Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Has got to be on the final list
2.Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
cuz we gotta have a New York song
3.Good Morning Heartache- Billy Holiday
cuz she's BILLY for criiee
4. Famous Blue Raincoat- Leonard Cohen
cuz he's Canadian and still HOT at 70 years old

...and the one and only change up:
Northwest Passage- Stan Rogers
because THIS should be Canada's National Anthem!

1. "Revelate" - The Frames
2. "The Only Living Boy In NY" - Simon & Garfunkel
3. "No Rain" - Blind Melon
4. "Dogs" - Damien Rice
5. "Flowers in the Window" - Travis

1. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
2. Winter - Tori Amos
3. Mad World - Gary Jules
4. Cosmic Dancer - T. Rex
5. Hope There's Someone - Antony & the Johnsons

1. I am the Ressurection - The Stone Roses
2. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
3. Chapter 22 - Pink Floyd
4. Cars - Gary Numan
5. Heart of Gold - Neil Young

Three repeats:

Postcards from Italy - Beirut
Rebellion - the Arcade Fire
Way Over Yonder In the Minor Key - Billy Bragg

and two new ones (I think):

Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Boston - Augustana

I'll Believe in Anything by Wolf Parade
Lover You SHould Have Come Over by Jeff Buckley
I am Trying to Break Your Heart by Wilco
You Said Something by PJ Harvey
Labyrinthian Pomp by Of Montreal

mad world - gary jules
i want you - bob dylan
revolver - rage against the machine!!!!!!!!!
i am the walrus - beatles
Oh honey - the audreys

come on people!!!

Rootless tree - Damien Rice
Excuse me mister - Ben Harper
Origin of love - Hedwig & the Angry Inch soundtrack
You only hide - Something for Kate
Operate - Peaches

This is an indecisive person's worst nightmare! It's way harder that the "would you rather" game...

oh an di forgot the roots- the seed, and any song by erykah badu.... and kings of leon.... ok so thats 8. oops

Amy Winehouse - Rehab

Bel Biv Devoe - Poison (it makes me giggle because it is inextricably linked to Turk's dance)

Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue (not my favorite, but I'm going for consensus)

Sigur Ros - Ny Batteri

Foo Fighters - Aurora (I don't think it's been mentioned, but it deserves to be)

whip game proper by twista lil wayne and joe budden. for colour

In no particular order save as they occurred to me:

Mystic's Dream by Loreena McKennitt

Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin

Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Step Right Up by Tom Waites

Skullcrusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton

Okay, here goes:

1. "Use Me Up": Bill Withers
2. "Not Ready To Make Nice": Dixie Chicks
3. "Higher Ground": Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. "Boogie On, Reggae Woman": Stevie Wonder
5. "Ordinary World": Duran Duran

AHHH!
I put "The Bleeding Heart Show" for my song but changed it to "Sing Me Spanish Techno" at the last second. TBHS always reminds me of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for some reason.

IN ANY CASE:
I second "Winter" by Tori Amos and "Cosmic Dancer" by T.Rex. :)

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Two Headed Boy pt. 2 - Neutral Milk Hotel
Here's Where the Story Ends - The Sundays
Only Living Boy in New York - Paul Simon
California Stars - Wilco & Billy Bragg

Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
We Used to Be Friends - The Dandy Warhols
The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young
Love Spreads - The Stone Roses

And I've tried to find this on iTunes and couldn't, but if it has recently become available: Boomtown - David & David

"Lebanese Blonde," by Thievery Corporation
"Talk of the Town," by Bruce Hornsby and the Range
"Mistery is the River of the World," by Tom Waits
"Heart of Gold," by Neil Young
"The Good Life," by Weezer

"Earth Jam" - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
"Teen Town - live" - Jaco Pastorious and Weather Report
"Moanin'" - Herbie Hancock
"Paradise City" - Guns N Roses
"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" - Allman Brothers, live at the Filmore.

I have to be honest and say that I haven't heard of 99 percent of the music listed by everyone.

1. Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah, I like it better than Leonard Cohen's but I would vote for that too if anyone else did.

2. White Stripes' Hotel Yorba, but I will throw a second vote behind anything White Stripes

3. Israel Kamakawiweo'ole's Wonderful World Medley, it really is lovely.

4. The Shin's New Pilgrims. Whatever. It *will* change your life.

5. Deathcab for Cutie's I will follow you into the dark. It made me cry the first time I heard it.

These are all songs other people have suggested or might, or have suggested things by the same artists. Some more obscure tastes would be Sixteen Horsepower (there must be some other fans out there?) and Josh Ritter (Girl in the War is sad and beautiful).

1. Three Cheers For the Fuckhead in the Corner- Caustic Soda
2. Time to Grow Up- Bodyjar
3. Ugly Side- Blue October
4. That's Entertainment- The Jam
5. My Way Home- My Chemical Romance

This is almost impossible.

Here's some ska. Real music! Band name, then song.

Streetlight Manifesto - Point/Counterpoint
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - A Jackknife To A Swan
Bomb The Music Industry! - Even Winning Feels Bad
Big D And The Kid's Table - Shining On
the Pietasters - Night Owl

There's far too many already for me to see what's been listed before...so I'll just have to dive in.

Sleater-Kinney - I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
Sigur Ros - Hoppipola
Sonic Youth - Sunday
Aimee Mann - Deathly
Ben Folds Five - Army

1) tom waits-cold water
2) lil wayne-shooter
3) ghostface killah-the champ
4) james brown-say it loud
5) jackson 5-abc

for consensus purposes, i'll throw votes behind:

lover, you should've come over - jeff buckley
hallelujah - jeff buckley (as someone else said, i prefer his cover)
dramamine - modest mouse

and

anything by:

radiohead (unless it's creep)
the white stripes
the cure
pj harvey

Alright, so I know I already posted, but if it's at all helpful to you poor souls trying to compile the final list, I'd just like to say that I will second any song by the following artists that I've seen here:

1. Fiona Apple

2. David Bowie

3. Massive Attack

4. Tool (maylai--I'm so with you on the agro, we seem to be a little lacking in that department)

5. Cake

Seconding some earlier recommendations:

"Where is My Mind?", Pixies
"A Place Called Home", P. J. Harvey
"Sinnerman", Nina Simone
"Screenwriter's Blues", Soul Coughing
"A New England," Billy Bragg

Eh, I'll play along...

Bad Religion -- "American Jesus"

Sublime -- "April 29, 1992 (Miami)"

Cake -- "Comfort Eagle"

Incubus -- "Pendulous Threads"

Dire Straits -- "Money for Nothing"

and the random bonus pick:

Gogol Bordello -- "Think Locally Fuck Globally"

1. Pete Yorn - For Us
2. The Dandy Warhols - We Used to be Friends
3. Cake - I Will Survive
4. TV on the Radio - Dirtywhirl
5. Biggie Smalls (Ratatat Remix) - Party and Bullshit

Mother by Danzig (please don't stone me)

Two Way Monologue by Sondre Lerche

Cherry Cola by Le Eagles of Death Metal

Here Come Your Man by The Pixies

Breathe Me by Sia

Ok, let's throw in some more consensual stuff. Cause, you know, it's only good and legal when it's consensual, right?

"New Slang", by The Shins
"Mad World", Gary Jules' version
"Pink Moon", by Nick Drake
"Ain't No Sunshine", by Bill Withers
"In The Sun", by Joseph Arthur

Add some more as suggestions for people who are still in the works:

- "Heroin", by The Velvet Underground (or "Venus in Furs", or "Waiting For The Man")
- "Fuzzy", by Grant Lee Buffalo
- "Hallelujah", Jeff Buckley's version
- "Nietzsche", "Bohemian Like You", "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" or "Goddess", by The Dandy Warhols (but NOT "We Used to Be Friends", come on...)
- "This Mess We're In", by PJ Harvey with Thom Yorke
- "Lullaby", by The Cure
- "Tender", by Blur
- "Feeling Good", Muse's cover of Nina Simone
- "Get It On", by T-Rex
- and "Where Is My Mind", by The Pixies, again - just because this is SERIOUS shit-losing material.

Ok, so I am trying to help establish consensus but I haven't heard of some of the bands.. (I live in China, guys!)
So, for team building:
Everlong- Foo Fighters
Touched- VAST
Tiny Dancer- Elton John
My two cents worth:
Will You Smile Again- And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Gone- Tea Party

Following in the steps of the All-Canadian Edition that I noticed earlier I'm going to add the All-Australian Mix.

Already listed...
1. One Crowded Hour - Augie March
2. Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches
3. Breathe Me - Sia
4. It's 5 - Architecture in Helsinki

New entry...
5. Hearts a Mess - Gotye

1. Massive Attack - "Teardrop"
2. The Faint - "Glass Danse"
3. Incubus - "Dig"
4. Amon Tobin - "El Wraith"
5. Stereo MC's - "Deep Down and Dirty"

1: Feelin' Good - Nina Simone
2: Chocolate Jesus - Tom Waits
3: March Of the Pigs - Nine Inch Nails
4: Stripped (Depeche Mode Remix) - Rammstein
5: Sunshine - Handsome Boy Modeling School

-Jon.

Prince: "Controversy" (any pre-90s Prince will do).
Fountains of Wayne: "Red Dragon Tattoo"
Ben Folds Five: "Battle of Who Could Care Less" (take what you want by Ben Folds)
The Cure: "Just Like Heaven" (any single will do actually)
Pizzaman: "Happiness"

Hmmm, all quite uplifting. It must be sunny outside.

Seems like there is an overwhelming amount of indie rock type stuff on here. I'll add some of my own.

1. Matt Pond PA - KC

2. Death Cab for Cutie - We Looked Like Giants

3. MC Lars - Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock

4. Beastie Boys - Sabotage

5. The Fall Of Troy - You Got A Death Wish Johnny Truant

Okay, I'm not adding votes for songs that I think everyone should already have (ie, The Velvet Underground, NIN, Radiohead, etc.) and am adding votes for:

hold on, hold on - Neko Case (love her)
a nervous tic motion of the head to the left - Andrew BIrd
long ride home - Patty Griffin (love her even more)
any song from the Hedwig and the Angry Inch soundtrack

and because I am a very large dork, this song

Shinin' On by Grand Funk Railroad

Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Corporation
Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
I Will Survive - Cake (though Sheep Go to Heaven is more my fave - going for consensus to get them on the list)
It's Alright - Indigo Girls
Shaking the Tree - Peter Gabriel, Secret World Live

Two Headed Boy Pt. 2 - Neutral Milk Hotel (Can't possibly pick a favorite off of what I consider the greatest album ever, but I'll pick this to build some consensus)
Method Actor - Bright Eyes
Postcards From Italy - Beirut
Chickamauga - Uncle Tupelo
Hoist That Rag - Tom Waits

If I say that I can't stand Mad World will that erase a positive vote for it? How about if I say it 30 friggin' times?!

Even though Modern Love is by far the best Bowie song...
1. Life on Mars
2.One More Night - Stars
3. You Wouldn't Like Me - Tegan & Sara
4. Anthems for a 17-Year-Old Girl - Broken Social Scene
5. The Trapeze Swinger - Iron & Wine

Bishop Allen Drive - Bishop Allen
Saint Simon - The Shins
Mariners Revenge Song - The Decemberists
One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five
Care of Cell 44 - The Zombies

I can't believe I haven't seen the love for these, as they are five of my all-time faves:

1. Sonic Youth - "Schizophrenia"
2. XTC - "Making Plans for Nigel"
3. Kraftwerk - "Trans-Europe Express"
4. Pixies - "Gouge Away"
5. Velvet Underground - "Pale Blue Eyes"

Another all-Canadian list...
Matthew Good Band - Apparitions
Sloan - Coax Me
Sarah Harmer - Lodestar
Tegan and Sara - Divided
The Tragically Hip - Ahead By A Century

Based on earlier votes. Even using that criteria, this is durned hard...

1. Wagon Wheel -- OCMS

2. Hold on, hold on - Neko Case

3. Red Vines - Aimee Mann

4. Timebomb - Old 97's

5. Kingpin - Wilco (okay, that one's new from a previously voted artist...)

I would like to add my vote for Amy Winehouse, but instead of Rehab, I vote for Back to Black. I love that song.

As far as NIN or Tool, but I think that there might be something wrong with you for not knowing a NIN song other than "Closer" or for not knowing a Tool song. Might I suggest "Right Where it Belongs" or "Beside You In Time" for NIN. For Tool, check out AEnima.

Also adding to the voting for Fiona Apple. I think she's awesome.

I would like to add my own choices: The Scissor Sisters (Any song) and A Perfect Circle.

Consensus List:
1. Hold On, Hold On - Neko Case (I love that so many dig it as much as I do!)
2. I Think I See the Light - Cat Stevens
3. Sinnerman - Nina Simone
4. Age of Consent - New Order (my husband's fave)
5. Lady Stardust - David Bowie

Now some of my own:
1. Sexuality - Prince
2. I'm a Man you Don't Meet Every Day - The Pogues
3. Waltz #1 (XO) - Elliott Smith
4. Shore Leave - Tom Waits
5. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens

1. Windmills: Toad the Wet Sprocket
2. Saint Simon: The Shins
3. Wagon Wheel: Old Crow
4. The Weight: The Band
5. Bill Whithers: Ain't No Sunshine

Feelin Good - by the one, the only, Nine Simone. FUCK Michael Buble!

Sabotage - Beastie Boys (No beastie love on Pajiba??)

Glory Box - Portishead

Ms. Fat Booty - Mos Def

La Vie En Rose - Louis Armstrong

Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

Paradise City - Guns N Roses

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

I feel like I really should have spent more time on this. Oh well.

Arcade Fire: Keep the Car Running

I'm From Barcelona: We're from Barcelona

Coldwar Kids: Robbers

Heart: Alone

Naughty by Nature: OPP

Can I just say I HATE Mad World by Gary Jules and it makes me sad how many people seem to like it. HATE IT.

"Rise up with fists!!!" - Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
"I wanna be your Joey Ramone" - Sleater-Kinney
"Bucky Done Gun" - M.I.A
"I've Been Thinking" - Handsome Boy Modeling School ft. Cat Power
"I wanna know what love is" - Julie Ruin

This Year - Mountain Goats

Goin' Against Your Mind - Built to Spill

Bro's - Panda Bear

That's Entertainment - The Jam

Ms Fat Booty - Mos Def

Arcade Fire- Rebellion
Modest Mouse- Float On
Talking Heads- Road to Nowhere
Tapes N Tapes- Insistor
The Faint- Agenda Suicide

1.) Wagon Wheel- O.C.M.S.
I could listen (and sing along) forever
2.) Ode To Billie Jo- Bobbie Gentry
The was brilliant, and if anything led to roots music popularity, it was this song
3.) Respect-Aretha Franklin
Because you could hardly live without either
4.) Fast Car- Tracy Chapman
Another brilliant short story-unlike anything else in rock
5.) Atlantic City- The Band
Levon Helm is a saint. I think music is why he's still allive. You can't get more angelic than that.

Sticking with songs that have already been voted:

Sia - Breath Me
Tom Waits - Misery is the River of the World
Tool - Aenima
Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs
The Roots - Seed 2.0

1. The See 2.0- The Roots (the moment I discovered this song, the music was seared in my brain and I must listen to it from now until eternity!)

2. Crazy- Gnarls Barkley (even though I'm totally, like, not)

3. I'd Like To- Corinne Bailey Rae (actually, I have her cd on constant replay in my pickup truck, yeah I'm that girl, and it was hard to pick just one song off this album but this is it)

4. When You Were Young- The Killers (yeah, rumor is Brandon Flowers is an ass and we totally shouldn't try to feed his already bloated ego but, what can I say, the song speaks to me).

5. Hey Ya- OutKast (yeah, I shook it like a Polaroid picture and still do to this day whenever I hear this song).

I'm trying to pull from above, let's see.

--OCMS - Wagon Wheel (just so damn good)
--New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (not my favorite (miss teen
wordpower) but we need the some Pornographers
--David Bowie - Life on Mars?
--Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
--Rufus Wainwright - California (I've see it up there, I prefer I
Don't Know Where it Is, but Rufus also must be on "the list")

--Langhorne Slim - Checking Out (I don't see him, but he's
awesome, definitely worth a listen)

Also seriously if I see Razorlight on "the list" someone's getting a kick in the nuts.

1.Consequence of Sounds--Regina Spektor (Sorry, can't go fo consensus on that one, love it so much more than fidelity or samson)

2. Paper Bag- Fiona Apple

3. Mad World- Gary Jules

4. Blue Orchid- White Stripes

5. Ain't No Sunshine- Bill Withers

Love Sick - Bob Dylan

It's alright ma (im only bleeding) - Bob Dylan

Gates of eden - Bob Dylan

Pink Moon - Nick Drake

Shadowboxer - Fiona Apple

In the name of consensus:

1. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
2. Big Time in the Jungle - OCMS
3. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
4. Everlong - Foo Fighters

And a new one:

5.Demons - Guster

Amazing idear--here we go!!!

1.) On a Neck, On a Spit--Grizzly Bear
2.) Tacobel Canon--Ratatat
3.) If I Had a Reason--OCS
4.) Take Pills--Panda Bear
5.) Do or Die--Super Furry Animals

I have lots of animal bands in my selections--but I encourage you to have a listen. All big time favorites of mine. :):)

In the interest of consensus:
1. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
2. Demons - Guster (great choice!)
3. Shelter from the Storm - Bob Dylan
4. The Seed 2.0 - The Roots
5. Breathe Me - Sia (Anyone who has seen the end of Six Feet Under loves this song, even if you don't know the name)

My top songs on frequent rotation are absolutely

Ta Douler - Camille
Rehab- Amy Winehouse
My Lover Will Go - Ane Brun
Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Coporation
Do You Wanna (Mr Scruff Soul Party Mix from Verve Remixed series) - Ramsey Lewis

Then (cheating i know)
Littlest Bird - Be Good Tanyas
Don't Think Twice - Indigo Girls and Joan Baez version
(both compliment OCMS Wagon Wheel, different vibe altogether)

nod to Catpower, Bill Withers (more use me up than Ain't No Sunshine), Dandy Warhols, Cat Stevens,and S&G's Only Living Boy

I am not gonna even put 5 songs I think should be on there because I have a feeling the oh-so-sensitive indie rock hordes that seem to make up Pajibaland would have a fit.

That being said, people need to stop voting for Mad World by Gary Jules. We all KNOW you were very touched by Donnie Darko, but a shitty cover of a shitty Tears For Fears song needn't be on this thing.

I'm hoping I speak for the majority of the Pajibians when I make this request: Let's not ruin the spirit of this thing by deriding others music tastes. This is supposed to be a FUN distraction. i don't agree with everyones choices, but they are theirs to make.

Peace.

1.Friction--Television
2.Purr--Sonic Youth
3.Corduroy--Pearl Jam
4.What Goes On--The Velvet Underground
5.Queens of the Stone Age--The Sky is Fallin'

Rockin' Chair- The Band
Once I was- Tim Buckley
Jellybones- Unicorns
Grounds For Divorce- Wolf Parade
Everyday Is Like Sunday- Morrissey

My consensus choices:

1. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
2. Yoshimi battles the pink robots - The Flaming Lips
3. Church on sunday - Green Day
4. Mint Car - The Cure
5. Sabotage - The Beastie Boys

And I would really love it if Jens Lekman made the list...Maple Leaves is a great song

1. The Fox In The Snow--Belle and Sebastian
2. Calculation Theme--Metric
3. Holland, 1945--Neutral Milk Hotel
4. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight--Postal Service
5. Red Rabbits--The Shins

1: Star Wars Episode IV, "Cantina Theme"-John Williams

2: Acknowledgment-John Coltrane

3: What's Happening Brother-Marvin Gaye

4: Dear Old Stockholm-Miles Davis

5: All or Nothin' At All-Frank Sinatra

in hopes of simplifying....

Wagon Wheel - O.C.M.S.
Breathe Me - Sia
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Not Ready to Make Nice - The Dixie Chicks
Miles From Nowhere - Cat Stevens

... i'm so excited for the mix to come!

glad to see neko case - deep red bells - love that one! better than 'hold on, hold on' in my book.

and ODB - shimmy shimmy ya and fugees - fugee la - in the same entry, no less!

and how good is regina spektor - ghost of corporate future??! any other fans of that one?

i already contributed but wanted to add that i'm thrilled this isn't a 99% dude list. shit is gender diversified!

anyone else love some beth orton?

maybe there'll be room for another music post where we all contribute the most unheard tunes from our collections. cause we like impressing each other and we'd all learn shit.

now that's what i call pajiba two - hahahahhaa love it.

1. Breath, the Cure
2. To Wish Impossible Things, the Cure
3. Mint Car, the Cure
4. Fire Woman, The Cult
5. Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley

Me and Mr. Jones - Amy Winehouse
We Got Back the Plague - The Fiery Furnaces
All Caps - Madvillain
Dirt Off Your Shoulder - DJ Danger Mouse
Que Sera, Sera - Sly and the Family Stone
Eulogy to Lenny Bruce - Nico

Patti Smith: Gloria
Nina Simone: Sinnerman
James Brown: Sex Machine
Pixies: Here Come Your Man
The Handsome Family: Weightless Again

You don't like failed experiments because you want everything free and easy, thus killing the point of an experiment. That isn't Pajiba, that's the Bush Administration.

1. Angel Eyes - Anita O'Day
2. You Are My Sunshine - Aretha Franklin
3. Dangerous Birds - Laurie Anderson w/ Peter Gabriel
4. Little Girl Blue - Janis Joplin
5. You Must Be Certain of the Devil - Diamanda Galas

I've already posted earlier in the week, but I had to say one thing: so I am working out today and decided to press play on Purple Rain on the pod and am dissapointed in both myself and the many people here for leaving out some clutch sdtrk tracks from the 80's ESPECIALLY Purple Rain. SMH.

from the previous lists:



postal service- the district sleeps alone tonight


damien rice- rootless tree


fiona apple- paper bag


bright eyes- land locked blues



and my own addition:



anything by rufus wainwright


♥ Zoe

It was damn hard to find songs I wanted that were actually on iTunes. Here they are.

1. Okkervil River - Black (Really everything they've released is great, but someone else also suggested this one, so I'll go it, too.)
2. The Exploding Hearts - Modern Kicks (Tragically, almost every member of this band died in a car accident before they could go to become vastly successful because they're goddamn awesome.)
3. Radiohead - Talk Show Host (An amazing song in its own right, and one of very few Radiohead songs to be found on iTunes.)
4. The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres (Again limited by iTunes' selection, but this is a pretty good song.)
5. Eef Barzelay - I Wasn't Really Drunk (This guy is Clem Snide's singer, I just saw him live this past week, and he was pretty great. The lyrics to this song are funny and tragically probably true.)

1. "Fairytale of New York" - The Pogues
2. "That's Entertainment" - The Jam
3. "Gotta Getaway" - Stiff Little Fingers
4. "Stuart" - The Dead Milkmen
5. "Coolidge" - Descendents

Would have thrown in something by Best Kissers in the World but iTunes doesn't admit they ever existed.

I promise I won't do this again, but these are too good to go unnamed!

Alive, Alone - Chemical Brothers

Further to Fly - Paul Simon

Pyramid Song - Radiohead

I Can't Decide - Scissor Sisters

So Weit? - Urbs

Elliott Smith - King's Crossing
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Especially In Michigan
Pixies - Hey
The Good Life - O'Rourke's, 1-20 AM
Cake - Jolene

Wolf Like Me - TV on the Radio
I'll Believe in Anything - Wolf Parade
Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) - Beirut
The Blues are Still Blue - Belle and Sebastian
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - The Arcade Fire

I think this is my first post here, but I couldn't resist this...

I only have one, which has already been recommended:
Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show)

Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Corporation

You Wouldn't Like Me - Tegan and Sara

Play Dead - The Birthday Massacre

This Picture - Placebo

On Top - The Killers

You Got Me - The Roots
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
A B C - Jackson 5
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

1. Almost Crimes (Radio Kills Remix) - Broken social scene

2. Waiting for Superman - The Flaming Lips
3. The skin of my yellow country teeth - Clap your hamds say yeah
4. Made up love song #43 - Guillemots

5. Whatever it takes - Ron Sexsmith

and for those who don't mind listenign to things they don;t understand

6. YukiGoku - the Tokyo Incidents (a great Japanese electronic jazz/rock collective)

Big Star-Thirteen
Slowdive-Alison
Salyu as Lily Chou Chou-Kyoumei
Sonic Youth-Winner's Blues
The Knife-Heartbeats

If it's not pop, it's pop in disguise.

quote**

Sweet Child o' Mine---Guns 'n' Roses

I addded the last one because it effing rocks. It always makes me want to dance and puts me in a good mood, so there. Don't judge.
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I won't judge, Claire. It is a rocking song, even if Axel mysteriously transforms into Ethel Merman halfway through.

I am going to print this column and hit the E-mule (I mean iTunes) because I respect all your judgements.

However, I also know how well my judgement usually meshes with those unfortunate enough to share my lifespace, so I'm not even going to try for unanimity.

1. Goin' Down Slow -- Tom Jones(!) & Jeff Beck

From Martin Scorsese's PBS film series The Blues.

2. Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk -- Frank Zappa

From Broadway the Hard Way - from a concert during (and concerning) the Reagan years, but listen and see if it doesn't have some relevance today...

3. Cry Me a River -- Julie London

Or anything by Julie London, the lovely Nurse McCall on the Emergency! TV show, whose co-star/husband Bobby Troup gave us the classic (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66.

4. You're Pretty When I'm Drunk -- Bloodhound Gang

A romantic a cappella offering from a group that makes the Beastie Boys look like O-Town. See you in Hell.

5. Gangsta Folk -- Pat Godwin

Cracka pleez!

wolf parade- i'll believe in anything
the band- king's harvest has surely come
fiona apple- oh well
jeff buckley- hallelujah
bob dylan- buckets of rain

For starters, I'd like to support the Neutral Milk Hotel love, but may I humbly suggest that "Holland 1945" be the song selected, as opposed to "Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2," which seems to be the frontrunner--don't we want to be dancing rather than crying?

And for the rest...
- "Common People," Pulp
- "Cold Cold Water," Mirah
- "Talk Show Host," Radiohead
- "Popular," Nada Surf

"One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces" - Ben Folds Five
"Casimir Pulaski Day" - Sufjan Stevens
"Army" - Ben Folds Five
"The Mariner's Revenge Song" - The Decemberists
and
"Here We Go" - Jon Brion (I know no one's voted for this one yet, and probably no one else will for the duration of the survey, but seriously, folks-- beautiful song!)

What is the purpose of this exercise? There have been contradictory directions given, although the clarification indicates that the site is really looking for groupthink based on Pajiba's primary demographic, which appears to the same demographic the producers of the movies reviewed on this site market to, namely 18-to-34-year-olds with sufficient discretionary income and free time to come up with the choices listed here. Or as Rachael put it: "We scarily have a lot of the same taste though..." No kidding!

You're not looking for "any five tunes"--you're looking for combinations of "any five tunes" that have already proved to be popular with the primary demographic. Moreover, you've restricted it to those available on iTunes, which suggests that you're not interested in anyone's list who doesn't use iTunes (or who cannot access or afford iTunes).

Granted, it would be very difficult to parse a series of lists that really did contain every posters' "any five tunes," in which case it could very well become a "failed experiment." But there seems to be an attempt to force a consensus here. Back in the '60s, the Merry Pranksters stated that "you're either on the bus or you're off the bus." It doesn't look much different for the "Pajiba generation."

As for musical forms that "really seem to be off limits for the collective Pajiba tastes[,] . . . opera and most country," there isn't a lot of international music listed here. For example, it wasn't that long ago that every campus hacky-sacker was gettin' irie wit de reggae, mon, but it looks as if that trend has faded like the smoke from a died-out spliff.

Kudos to pajibill for listing Zappa's "Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk," and I agree with the observation about its relevance today--indeed, FZ was eerily prescient about the direction the US would be taking from the Reagan era on. However, I think FZ made that point earlier--and more effectively--with the suite of similar-themed songs from 1981's You Are What You Is: "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing," "Dumb All Over," and "Heavenly Bank Account."

1) Sea Legs- The Shins
2) Cowboy Dan- Modest Mouse
3) Cry, Cry, Cry- Johnny Cash
4) We Used to be Friends- The Dandy Warhols
5) Poison Oak- Bright Eyes

Jeff Buckley - So real
Jose Gonzales - Crosses
The Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone
Radiohead - Talk show host
Guillemots - Annie lets no wait

alright - since someone else started this, best songs from movies:

Chaiyya Chaiyya - Sapna Awasthi & Sukhwindar Singh (Inside Man)
When She Loved Me - Sarah McLachlan (Toy Story 2)
Witches Song - Julianna Hatfield (The Craft)
Wise Up - Aimee Mann (Magnolia)
The Israelites - Desmond Dekker (Drugstore Cowboy)

The Roots - Seed 2.0
TV on the Radio - Young Liars (or whichever of their songs has the most votes)
Spoon - Everything Hits at Once
Beirut - Postcards from Italy
New Pornographers - Mass Romantic

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists hasn't been mentioned by anyone, so I'm not going to include them. But c'mon, people-does nobody else love The Tyranny of Distance and Hearts of Oak?

Seven Swans - Sufijan Stevens
A lady of a certain age - devine Comedy
Slow like honey - Fiona Apple
the Mariner´s revange song - The Decemberists
Take it with me when I go - Tom Waits (for no man)

Late to the party, as usual.

Avocadogirl: I'm with you. NO Regina Spektor. ever. for any reason.

Kitty X: I laughed my ass off at that Gin and Juice cover. excellent!

So, my consensus votes are already so overdone I probably shouldn't even bother with them, but here they are:
Birdhouse - TMBG
Use Me - Bill Withers (Ain't no sunshine is my second favorite)
Volcano - Damien Rice
Ramalama Bang Bang - Roisin Murphy

I'm not a particularly average pajiban, I'm sure, as the majority of the artists on this list were completely foreign to me. I did have an interesting day, though, spent listening to 30-second snippets of about 100 new songs. I now have a playlist on the ipod called "pajiba distractions". Thanks for the enlightenment, y'all.

Last but not least, here's my list:

Enchantment - Corinne Bailey Rae
Hippies on a Corner - Joe Sample
Ain't Nobody Worryin' - Anthony Hamilton
I'm Confessin' - Lizz Wright
In A Sentimental Mood - John Coltrane
Everything is Everything - Lauryn Hill

Sing for Absolution - Muse
Yellow - Coldplay
Black Friday Rule - Flogging Molly
Spanish Bombs - The Clash
The Mariner's Revenge Song - The Decemberists

Postcards from Italy - Beirut

The Only Living Boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkel

Life on Mars - David Bowie

Phantom Limb - The Shins

Lily and Parrots - Sun Kil Moon

DDT, you got me thinking. I'm not familiar with a lot of the Zach-Braff-style indie rock that many Pajibans have recommended (though, thanks to lists like this one, I have learned about wonderful music purveyors like Andrew Bird and Neutral Milk Hotel, and I am mightily thankful for it!), and felt ouchily, pinchily constrained by the "consider the songs others have chosen when you make your choices (for the sake of compiling a Pajiba CD in the near future)" directions.

When I recommend music that I like to others with NO such constraints in mind, what are the songs I recommend? For you, DDT, here're some of my faves, chosen without checking for pan-Pajiba consensus, iTunes availablility, or ... well, or anything.

* Just about anything from Gilberto Gil's latest album, "Gil Luminoso". Some philisophical, introspective tracts, some political ones, some soft, lilting Brazilian jazz, some Tropicalia... it's worth a listen, or a thousand listens.

* All For Me Grog -- The Dubliners. Perfect for singing drunkenly off-key at the top of one's voice in a pub full of friends and colleagues.

* Natalie Merchant singing "One Fine Day". Some of Merchant's stuff is adolescent and annoying, but the woman has a VOICE on her. I really like what she did with this dippy little tune. I suppose Norah Jones' "Cold Cold Heart" fits the same bill.

* Visa Para Un Sueno -- Juan Luis Guerra. If you want your song to get your political point made far and wide, give it a really catchy danceable beat, y'all. Yes, there is discussion about the possibility of horrible death by shipwreck and the soul-crushing hell that is paperwork, but I defy you not to shake your butt to it.

* God's Away On Business -- Tom Waits. Everybody needs Tom Waits. It's a given.

* El Talisman De Tu Piel -- Rosana. I'm sure I spelled a bunch of that wrong. But lyrics like "Yo soy la tierra de tus raiz" don't come long every day. I believe that even Quentin Tarrantino likes this song (it made the soundtrack to one of his movies, 'Curdled'... come to think of it, everything on that soundtrack is wondeful. Cumbia, some hot guitar, and Rosana, both the track mentioned above and 'Lunas Rotas'. Brilliant.), which should carry some weight in Pajiba-land.

* La Mer -- Charles Trenet. Bobby Darin's 'Somewhere Beyond The Sea' may have the same tune, but it doesn't have the wonderful lyrics, with their imagery and their gentle internal rhymes: "Ses reflets changeants / sous la pluie".

* Autumn Leaves -- Chet Baker. The man didn't have a lot of range to his voice OR to his trumpet, and yet, he managed to work miracles. Loves me some Chet, and I force every hapless passenger in my car to listen to him.

1) Red Right Ankle - The Decemberists

2) Am I Awake - They Might Be Giants (Theme from Nip/Tuck, I believe, though I've never seen the show)

3) Sing - Dresden Dolls

4) Hurt - Johnny Cash

And just to be difficult:

5) Frog......Secret Agent - 3 Leg Torso



That's just the (bizarre) mood I'm in at the moment. Limiting to 5 is hard.

And yay for Gary Jules' Mad World.