{"id":664,"date":"2006-07-28T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beatzo.net\/blog\/2006\/07\/music-meme\/"},"modified":"2020-09-06T17:01:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T00:01:11","slug":"music-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beatzo.net\/blog\/2006\/07\/music-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Because I am bored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rules: No Indian, Icelandic or Japanese music. No instrumentals. All information valid through the last couple of week, hence not much thought, and all rankings\/lists liable to change without notice or fanfare. A tip of the hat ( Hat? what hat?) to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/sonataindica.livejournal.com\/\">sonataindica<\/a>&nbsp;for the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My Top Five Most Heard Songs\u00a0of all time\u00a0<sub>of the past few weeks<\/sub><\/strong><br>Tough, very tough. The list over the last couple of months would be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Portishead \u2013 Mysterons<br>2) Cake \u2013 Up So Close<br>3) Matmos \u2013 Three Guitar Lessons<br>4) Juno Reactor \u2013 Hotaka<br>5) Travis \u2013 Side<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top Five Feel Good\/ Cheer me up\/ Anti Depressant Songs\u00a0of all time\u00a0<\/strong><sub>that I can think of<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) The Beatles \u2013 Two of Us<br>2) The Eels \u2013 Mr E\u2019s Beautiful Blues<br>3) Kay Hanley \u2013 Pretend To Be Nice<br>4) The Temptations \u2013 My Girl<br>5) Gene Kelly \u2013 I Got Rhythm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top Five feel like shit\/ Life sucks\/ Ultra-Depressing songs\u00a0of all time\u00a0<sub>ditto<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Bruce Springsteen \u2013 Ghost of Tom Joad ( all the songs from the album, actually)<br>2) Radiohead \u2013 Exit Music (For a Film)<br>3) Nirvana \u2013 Polly<br>4) Ralph Stanley \u2013 O Death<br>5) Eminem \u2013 Mockingbird<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Five Funny songs\u00a0of all time<sub>\u00a0yeah, yeah<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Richard Cheese \u2013 Rape Me<br>2) The Beatles \u2013 Norwegian Wood<br>3) Tenacious D \u2013 Fuck Her Gently<br>4) Singing In The Rain OST \u2013 Moses Supposes<br>5) All the Monty Python songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top Five Chick Songs\u00a0of all time\u00a0<sub>what I said above<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Suzanne Vega- Caramel<br>2) Elizabeth Fraser \u2013 Tear Drop<br>3) Mazzy Star \u2013 Disappear<br>4) Lacuna Coil \u2013 Swamped<br>5) Imogen Heap \u2013 Who\u2019s Getting Scared Now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top Five Romantic Songs\u00a0of all time\u00a0<sub>yada yada yada<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Susheela Raman \u2013 Love Trap<br>2) Sixpence None The Richer \u2013 Kiss Me<br>3) Nicole Kidman\/Ewan McGregor \u2013 The Elephant Song\/Come What May<br>4) Fleetwood Mac \u2013 Songbird<br>5) Billy Joel \u2013 She\u2019s always a woman to me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top five Songs with the Coolest Names\u00a0of all time\u00a0<sub>that I can think of<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) The Flaming Lips \u2013 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots<br>2) Trilok Gurtu \u2013 Once I Wished a Cherry Tree Upside Down<br>3) Frank Zappa \u2013 The Sheik Yerbouti Tango<br>4) The Prodigy \u2013 Smack My Bitch Up<br>5) Don Davis- Bow Whisk Orchestra\/Switch or Break Show\/Exit Mr Hat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top Five Covers\u00a0of all time\u00a0<sub>that I can think of<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Eva Cassidy \u2013 Fields of Gold (Sting)<br>2) Filter \u2013 One (Harry Nillson)<br>3) Tori Amos \u2013 Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)<br>4) Jose Feliciano \u2013 Light My Fire (The Doors)<br>5) Cowboy Junkies \u2013 Sweet Jane ( Lou Reed)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because I am bored. The rules: No Indian, Icelandic or Japanese music. No instrumentals. All information valid through the last couple of week, hence not much thought, and all rankings\/lists liable to change without notice or fanfare. A tip of the hat ( Hat? what hat?) to&nbsp;sonataindica&nbsp;for the idea. 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