Favorite Song By <Artist/Band>

This thread spurred me to open an iTunes account.

Where I promptly downloaded songs by Dr. Wily and the Robot Masters.

 

Ryan Adams — Come Pick me Up
Replacements — Little Mascara, Bastards of Young or Unsatisfied
Pixies — I've Been Tired
Old 97s — Nineteen
Death Cab — Sound of Settling
REM — We Walk
Jayhawks — Angelyne
Whiskeytown — Drank Like a River
Wilco — I Got You (At the end of the Century)
XTC — I'm the Man Who Murdered Love
The Who — Won't get Fooled Again; So Sad About us for a lesser known song.
The Clash — Clampdown
Ramones — Howling At the Moon
Butthole Surfers — Gary Floyd
White Stripes — Seven Nation Army
U2 — All I Want is You; or I Trip Through Your Wires
Rilo Kiley — The Frug
Ted Leo — Me & Mia
Josh Rouse — Sad Eyes
Soundgarden — Drawing Flies
Pearl Jam — Better Man
Nirvana — Been A Son
Smithereens — Behind the Wall of Sleep
Public Enemy — Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos.


Of course, these are all subject to change depending on my mood.

 

Aerosmith -- Walk This Way (with Run DMC)
The Beatles -- Revolustion
Billy Joel -- New York State of Mind
Blues Traveler -- Maybe I'm Wrong
Bob Seger -- Night Moves
Doobie Brothers -- Jesus is Just Alright
Eagles -- Seven Bridges Road
Elton John -- Crocodile Rock
Eric Clapton -- Ridin' With The King
George Jones -- Corvette Song
Jackson Browne -- Doctor My Eyes
Jim Croce -- Don't Mess Around With Jim
Prince -- When Doves Cry
R.E.M. -- Man On The Moon
Rolling Stones -- Start Me Up
Stevie Wonder -- Superstition
Tom Petty -- Last Dance With Mary Jane
Van Halen -- Fucking hate them


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OK, I went nuts. The great thing about iTunes is it counts how many times you listen to tracks, so you can't lie. I stuck to it for the most part. And, yeah, this was really fun.

Air – La Femme D’Argent
Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
The Band – Chest Fever
Beatles – Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Beck – Nobody’s Fault But My Own
Bela Fleck – Bigfoot
The Besnard Lakes – Disaster
Bill Frisell – Go Jake
Black Crows – Wiser Time
The Black Keys – Grown So Ugly
Blind Melon – Sleepyhouse
Bob Dylan – Meet Me in the Morning
Bob Marley – Mellow Moods
Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City
Buena Vista Social Club – Saludo A Chango
Charlie Hunter – Two for Bleu
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Over and Over Again
David Grisman Quintet – Dawg’s Rag
Death Cab For Cutie – Stable Song
Drive By Truckers – Outfit
Eels – Numbered Days
Elbow – Ribcage
The Flaming Lips – Buggin’
Frank Zappa – More Trouble Every Day
Grant Green – The Windjammer
Grateful Dead – The Music Never Stopped
Grizzly Bear – Knife
The Hold Steady – Certain Songs
Interpol – Untitled
Iron & Wine – Naked As We Came
J.J. Cale – Ride Me High
The Jayhawks – Tampa To Tulsa
Jimi Hendrix – 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
John Scofield – Tomorrow Land
Kings Of Leon – Knocked Up
Led Zeppelin – Traveling Riverside Blues
Marc Ribot – Aqui Como Alla
Martin Sexton – In the Journey
MGMT – The Handshake
Miles Davis – All Blues
Morphine – Scratch
My Morning Jacket – Mahgeetah
The National – Mr. November
Neil Young – Harvest Moon
Panda Bear – Take Pills
Phish – Punch You In the Eye
Radiohead – Subterranean Homesick Alien
Robert Randolph – Run For Your Life
Rolling Stones – Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’
Ryan Adams – Cold Roses
The Shins – Caring Is Creepy
Spoon – Don’t You Evah
Steely Dan – Sign In Stranger
Stevie Wonder – Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing
Sufjan Stevens – Jacksonville
Talking Heads – Girlfriend Is Better
They Might Be Giants – Don’t Let’s Start
Traffic – Empty Pages
Uncle Tupelo – New Madrid
Vampire Weekend – M79
Velvet Underground – Rock & Roll
Ween – Pork Roll Egg & Cheese
Whiskeytown – Tennessee Square
The White Stripes – Death Letter
Wilco – One By One

 

I'm sure I'm going to leave some singers/groups off this list and some of the songs are subject to change:

Springsteen - Thunder Road
Dylan - Desolation Row
The Band - It Makes No Difference
Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
Beach Boys - Fun, Fun, Fun
Dan Bern - Estelle (as good as the new stuff is, I like the old stuff better)
Chuck Berry - Promised Land
Blasters - Marie, Marie
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Kasey Chambers - If I Were You
Ray Charles - What I'd Say
Slaid Cleaves - One Good Year
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers - Ashes of San Miguel
Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home to Me
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army
Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - Long as I Can See the Light
Joe Ely - Settle for Love
John Fogerty (solo) - Almost Saturday Night
Woody Guthrie - Blowin' Down This Road (aka I Ain't Going to be Treated This Way)
Hall & Oates - Did It in a Minute (or Rich Girl)
Terri Hendrix - Consider Me
Buddy Holly - Rave On
Jayhawks - Two Hearts
Billy Joel - Miami 2017
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
Journey - Any Way You Want It
Kinks - Around the Dial (or Misfits or Celluloid Heroes or ...)
Shelby Lynne - Killing Kind
Marah - Round Eye Blues (or Christian St.)
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
Tift Merritt - Late Night Pilgrim
Allison Moorer - Think It Over
Old 97s - Harold's Super Service
Roy Orbison - Dream Baby
Tom Petty - American Girl
Rod Picott - Up All Night (or Trouble Girl or Angels & Acrobats)
Queen - Somebody to Love
Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Refreshments - Fonder & Blonder
REO Speedwagon - In Your Letter
Josh Ritter - To the Dogs or Whomever
Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers (or Let it Bleed)
Bob Seger - Against the Wind
Simon & Garfunkle - Baby Driver
Paul Simon (solo) - Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Son Volt - Windfall
Southside Johnny & the Jukes - This Time Baby's Gone for Good
Traveling Wilburys - Wilbury Twist
Van Morrison - Into the Mystic (or Jackie Wilson Said)
Waco Brothers - Walking on Hell's Roof Looking at the Flowers
Tom Waits - Ol' 55 (or Heart of a Saturday Night)
Whiskeytown - Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight
Dar Williams - Spring Street
Lucinda Williams - Big Red Sun Blues (or Lines Around Your Eyes or Metal Firecracker)
Warren Zevon - Disorder in the House (or Keep Me In Your Heart)

 

Boognish -- how can you have Uncle Tupelo and Wilco on your list and omit Son Volt?

 

I just realized I have a favorite Doobie Brothers song.
"Another Park, Another Sunday."

 

Cruising through the iTunes on a rainy Sunday. Of course this list is subject to change without notice.

.38 Special: If I'd Been The One
ABBA: Does Your Mother Know
AC/DC: Highway To Hell
Aerosmith: Big 10-Inch Record (Live)
The Alarm: Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke
Alice Cooper: Under My Wheels
Allman Brothers: Statesboro Blues (live)
B.B. King: Sweet Sixteen (live @ Cook County Jail)
The Band: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Beach Boys: Sloop John B
The Beatles: The Night Before
Billy Idol: Dancing With Myself
The Blasters: So Long Baby Goodbye
Blondie: Dreaming
Bob Marley: Buffalo Soldier
Bob Seger: Brave Strangers
Bruce Springsteen: Backstreets
Bryan Adams: Ain't Gonna Cry
Buddy Holly: Rave On
Cars: Let's Go
Cheap Trick: California Man
Chuck Berry: Memphis Tennessee
Clash: White Man In Hammersmith Palais
Colin James: Cadillac Baby
CCR: Fortunate Son
Crowded House: Locked Out
David Bowie: Modern Love
Def Leppard: Rock Brigade
Dire Straits: Two Young Lovers (live)
Dwight Yoakam: Suspicious Minds
Eagles: James Dean
Elvis Costello: Radio Radio
Elvis Presley: Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
English Beat: Mirror In The Bathroom
Eric Clapton: Layla
Everclear: Santa Monica
Fabulous Thunderbirds: Down At Antones
Faces: Had Me A Real Good Time
Fats Domino: Let The Four Winds Blow
Foo Fighters: Monkey Wrench
Frank Sinatra: Send In The Clowns
Frank Zappa: Joe's Garage
George Thorogood: Back To Wentzville
Georgia Satellites: Battleship Chains
GNR: Paradise City
Headstones: Tweeter And The Monkey Man
Ian Hunter: Just Another Night
J. Geils Band: Lookin' For A Love (live)
Jackie Wilson: Higher And Higher
Jackson Browne: Load Out/Stay
Jam: Absolute Beginners
Jason And The Scorchers: My Kingdom For A Car
Jesus & Mary Chain: Happy When It Rains
Jimi Hendrix: Red House
Jimmy Buffett: Pencil Thin Mustache
Joe Ely: Me & Billy The Kid
Joe Jackson: I'm The Man
John Mellencamp: Pink Houses
Johnny Winter: Slippin' And Slidin'
Johnny Cash: Big River
Kinks: Celluloid Heroes
KISS: Cold Gin
Led Zeppelin: Hot Dog
Lou Reed: Sweet Jane
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimme Three Steps (live)
Marvin Gaye: Can I Get A Witness
Metallica: Master Of Puppets
Motorhead: Ace Of Spades
Mott The Hoople: All The Way From Memphis
Neil Young: Rockion' In The Free World
Nirvana: Aneurysm (live)
Old 97's: If My Heart Was A Car (live)
Otis Redding: I Can't Turn You Loose
Paul McCartney: Jet
Pearl Jam: Yellow Ledbetter
Peter Gabriel: Modern Love
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
Pogues: Fiesta
Police: Born In The 50's
Pretenders: The Wait
Prince: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
REM: Fall On Me
Ramones: Rockaway Beach
Rancid: Time Bomb
Ray Charles: The Right Time
Robert Plant: Burning Down One Side
Rolling Stones: Tumblin' Dice
Roxy Music: More Than This
Rush: Spirit Of Radio
Sex Pistols: Holidays In The Sun
Simple Minds: Speed Your Love To Me
Snow Patrol: Open Your Eyes
Split Enz: Message To My Girl
Squeeze: Up The Junction
Squirrel Nut Zippers: Got My Own Thing Now
Steely Dan: My Old School
Steve Earle: Johnny Come Lately
Steve Winwood: While You See A Chance
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Texas Flood (live)
Stiff Little Fingers: Alternative Ulster
Ted Nugent: Wang Dang Sweet Poontang (live)
Tom Petty: American Girl
Tragically Hip: Wheat Kings
U2: Electric Co.
Van Halen: Ice Cream Man
Van Morrison: Into The Mystic
Warren Zevon: Lawyers, Guns And Money
Who: 5:15
XTC: Senses Working Overtime
ZZ Top: I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide

 

Neil Young -- Helpless
Beatles -- In My Life
Grateful Dead - Brown-eyed Woman
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Seger - Night Moves
Billy Joel - Captain Jack
Elton John - Levon
Genesis - Lonely Man on the Corner
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Widespread Panic -- Holden Oversoul
Jimmy Buffett - Son of Son of a Sailor
Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
Van Morrison -- Bulbs
Squeeze -- Black Coffee in Bed
Tom Petty -- Refugee
REM -- Cuyahoga
Ted Nugent -- Fred Bear
Pretenders -- Brass in Pocket
Prince -- Little Red Corvette
Led Zeppelin -- Down by the Seaside
Jim Croce -- Operator
Police -- Everything Little She Does is Magic
Bruce Springsteen -- Spirit in the Night
CSN -- Helplessly Hoping
Mellencamp --- Small Town
Fleetwood Mac -- Over My Head
Pearl Jam -- Black
Drive by Truckers -- My Sweet Annette
Eagles -- One of These Nights
Steely Dan -- My Old School
Counting Crows -- Sullivan Street
Psychedelic Furs -- The Ghost in You
Pink Floyd -- Time
Paul McCartney -- Band on the Run
Talking Heads -- This Must be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Radiohead -- How to Disappear Completely
Ryan Adams -- Dear John
10,000 Maniacs -- Happy Puppet
U2 -- New Year's Day
Bob Marley -- Waiting in Vain
Joni Mitchell -- River
Bruce Horsnby -- The Way It Is
Jayhawks -- Settled Down Like Rain
Big Head Todd and the Monsters -- Bittersweet
Robert Earl Keen -- Gringo Honeymoon
Warren Zevon -- Werewolves of London
Gillian Welch -- Revelator
Ben Harper -- Walk Away
XTC -- Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
Whiskeytown -- Dancing with the Women at the Bar
Tracy Chapman -- Across the Lines
Phish -- Wolfman's Brother
James Taylor -- Mexico

 

--Abba, Mamma Mia
--XTC, Senses Working Overtime
--Blondie, Hanging on the Telephone
--Cars, You're All I've Got Tonight
--Dire Straits, Skateaway
--Elvis Presley, Stuck on You
--Kiss, Rock and Roll All Night
--Ted Nugent, Stranglehold

 

Beck - Girl
Black Crows - Omaha
Cars - Bye, Bye Love
Elton John - The Bitch is Back
Eric Clapton - The Core
John Mellencamp - Minutes to Memories
KISS - Shock Me
Little River Band - Cool Change
Pearl Jam - Better Man
REO Speedwagon - Son of a Poor Man (Live - You Get What You Play For cut)
Steely Dan -Midnight Cruiser
Warren Zevon - Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
Tom Petty - Deliver Me
Yes - Starship Trooper

 

"Helpless" is probably the very best song that I absolutely hate.
Weird.