Just browsing through nme website, who are holding a poll to discover readers all time favourite song, during mags 60 years of existance, thought, if its good enough for nme, its good enough for users of this fine website, so here goes my all time top 10 favourite songs;

1. Heroes - Bowie
2. Sebastian - Cockney Rebel
3. Hurricane - Dylan
4. If There Is Something(live) - Roxy Music
5. Rebellion(Lies) - Arcade Fire
6. With Or Without You - U2
7. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
8. Complete Control - The Clash
9. There Is A Light... - The Smiths
10.The Dangerous Type - The Cars

Of course, so many classics have been released over the years, most peoples top 10 would probably change over time, but by & large that selection has been with me most of my life, & those songs are always up there or thereabouts whenever I compile any top 10 list.

An excellant Top 10
For the record mine is

1)Life On Mars -Bowie
2)Heroes-Bowie
3)Make Me Smile- Steve Harley & CR
4)Sebastian- Cockney Rebel
5)Without You - Nilsson
6)Home By The Sea -Genesis
7)School's Out-Alice Cooper
8)Hurricane - Bob Dylan
9)This Women's Work - Kate Bush
10)Five Years - Bowie

If I had to pick 10 of my all time faves,they would be
1.Death Trip-Steve Harley
2.Child In Time-Deep Purple
3.Paranoid-Black Sabbath
4.Since Youve been Gone-Rainbow
5.Buick Macaine-T.rex
6.Stairway To Heaven-Led Zeppelin
7.I Can Hear Your Heartbeat-Chris Rea
8.My Sharona-The Knack
9.Sultans of Swing-Dire Straits
10.Waterloo Sunset-The Kinks
Of course these are not counting many of Steve or Cockney Rebel,they are another matter,and these 10 would probably change tomorrow,how do I choose.Have just been flicking through my CD's,there's many more,I could have put in,some are faves,because of memories they bring ,some are faves because the heart just skips a beat as the intro starts.

1 cavaliers ..cockney rebel......just outstanding
2 rappers delight..the sugarhill gang..groundbreaking rap
3 stay with me...the faces...magnificent rock(esp.live)
4 redemption song ..bob marley.. genius
5 sebastian... cockney rebel...enuff' said
6 the roots ft.erykah baddhu...you got me...brilliant hip hop/soul
7 thats the way it is...the beastie boys..new yorks finest
8 the night...frankie valli /4 seasons stompimg northern soul
9 this old heart of mine...the isley brothers...classic motown
10 al wilson...the snake....another northern soul gem

jesus I could do 100 here!!!!

I guess the easiest way to do this is choose just one song from my favourite artists, and probably not in any particular order, apart from the first three.

All Men Are Hungry - Harley.
Station To Station - Bowie.
Life's A Gas - Bolan.
A Love You Can't Survive - Richard Thompson.
Rosie - Fairport Convention.
Messin' With The Kid - Rory Gallagher.
Immigrant Song - Led Zep.
Jack U Off - Prince.
What Makes A Man - Marc Almond.
Wind Up - Jethro Tull.

Yeesh, some damn fine lists guys. I smell some mix CDs being born. I think I'll just do it by songs that won't go the hell away in my life. In a good way of course.

New Orleans is Sinking- Tragically Hip
Cavaliers- Steve Harley
Friend is a Four Letter Friend- Cake
Touched- Vast
Swamp Thing- The Chameleons
Long Cool Woman- The Hollies
Lee- Moxy Fruvous
Evangline Waltz- BeauSoleil (hells yeah Zydeco)
The Mountains Win Again- Blues Traveler
She's An Angel- They Might Be Giants.

My list is really depressing songs aside from The Hollies and The Hip....


PS: psychomenagerie- OMG The Cars. I don't know what it is about their music but they make me super emotional and I DON'T KNOW WHY.