Stu
03-02-2010, 09:23 PM
My top 100 tunes in pretty much no order, save for the most important tracks up front row*. I'm going for the brief description route over lenghty explanations, too, because I'm high as a kite right now, which may refelect on the content of the list**. Let's get this show on the road, jabronis.
*Hope you like Depeche Mode
*It mosty probably will will.
100 - PPK - RESURECTION
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SOUNDS LIKE : Snorting Coke off a nightclub toilet.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Russian mindless headbanging trance at it's finest, I have many fond memories of banging around in Grand Theft Auto III popping white fools in the ass to this on the custom soundtrack.
99 - FEEDER - BUCK ROGERS
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SOUNDS LIKE :: Playing CD's in your mates dads car.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Who went through early teenhood without encountering and subsequently falling in love with dim Welsh poprock merchants Feeder? Nobody, that's who. Sing along now ...
98 - GIRLS ALOUD - THE LOVING KIND
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SOUNDS LIKE : Nicola Roberts being ginger.
WHY IS IT HERE? : This was about the time Girl's Aloud started to grow up. While their stupidly awesome Xenomania production team were always masters at creating catchy pop hooks, this showed they could do it with a more relaxed, almost spacey adult vibe too.
97 - NINE INCH NAILS - STAR****ERS
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SOUNDS LIKE : Bypassing the swear filter.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Studio mastermind Reznor in one of his more commercial outings with a satisfying, raw fist pumper. Look out for the copies of Marilyn Manson's Mechanical Animals being tossed about in the video.
96 - PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED - THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG
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SOUNDS LIKE : Johnny Rotten going comedy..
WHY IS IT HERE? : Tongue in cheek post punk classic that did much to detatch Rotten from the Pistols. Great ... dancable ... track.
95 - PINK FLOYD - ARNOLD LAYNE
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SOUNDS LIKE : Syd Barret being a nutter.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Some early Floyd wrestling it's way into the cheap seats of the top 100 with a psychedelic, surreal classic typical of acid casualty Barett's writting tenure.
94 - LACUNA COIL - ENJOY THE SILENCE
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SOUNDS LIKE : Sorry, I wasn't listening. I was gazing at the lead singer.
WHY IS IT HERE? : I'm not much for covers but this is a great, wholly unique sounding European goth rock twist on the Depeche Mode classic. And she is worthy of bearing my children. Very worthy. You may not enjoy the silence, but you can at least enjoy the video.
93 - FAD GADGET - RICKY'S HAND
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SOUNDS LIKE : Allowing your weird uncle to make music in his shed.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Depeche Mode were discovered supporting this genuinly gifted electronic nutter at the Bridgehouse Inn in 1970. Frank Tovey AKA Fad Gadget was one of the experimental pioneers on Daniel Miller's Mute label in the early eighties when weird people started realising they could make weird music all by themselevs on synthesizers. Sadly Frank died shortly after a triumphant return to music supporting the Mode on the 2001 Exciter tour - where he still used Black & Decker frills on stage.
92 - NEW ORDER - TRUE FAITH
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SOUNDS LIKE : Staring through the 80's haze.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Because it's good to point out that some positives did come from Ian Curtis's death.
91 -AIRSCAPE - L'ESPERANZA
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SOUNDS LIKE : Coming up on the drug of your choice.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Because if it doesn't excite the sh!t out of you after a couple of cans of lager, your probably not alive inside. Great, pounding trance beat. Cheese never tasted so good, so eat it up.
90 - YUZO KOSHIRO - STREETS OF RAGE THEME
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SOUNDS LIKE : Kicking Mr. X in the balls and saving the day.
WHY IS IT HERE? : First video game track of the evening is from master Sega music producer Yuzo Koshiro who married video game bleeps and blops with early 90's house rhythms to great effect on games such as this and Revenge Of Shinobi.
*Hope you like Depeche Mode
*It mosty probably will will.
100 - PPK - RESURECTION
gYPTgJbfJZ8
SOUNDS LIKE : Snorting Coke off a nightclub toilet.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Russian mindless headbanging trance at it's finest, I have many fond memories of banging around in Grand Theft Auto III popping white fools in the ass to this on the custom soundtrack.
99 - FEEDER - BUCK ROGERS
TataYXStVr8
SOUNDS LIKE :: Playing CD's in your mates dads car.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Who went through early teenhood without encountering and subsequently falling in love with dim Welsh poprock merchants Feeder? Nobody, that's who. Sing along now ...
98 - GIRLS ALOUD - THE LOVING KIND
-p7JSQU4jo4
SOUNDS LIKE : Nicola Roberts being ginger.
WHY IS IT HERE? : This was about the time Girl's Aloud started to grow up. While their stupidly awesome Xenomania production team were always masters at creating catchy pop hooks, this showed they could do it with a more relaxed, almost spacey adult vibe too.
97 - NINE INCH NAILS - STAR****ERS
zOpl2VHsdO4
SOUNDS LIKE : Bypassing the swear filter.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Studio mastermind Reznor in one of his more commercial outings with a satisfying, raw fist pumper. Look out for the copies of Marilyn Manson's Mechanical Animals being tossed about in the video.
96 - PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED - THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG
6aumejrcEHs
SOUNDS LIKE : Johnny Rotten going comedy..
WHY IS IT HERE? : Tongue in cheek post punk classic that did much to detatch Rotten from the Pistols. Great ... dancable ... track.
95 - PINK FLOYD - ARNOLD LAYNE
EQTFRq1hjtM
SOUNDS LIKE : Syd Barret being a nutter.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Some early Floyd wrestling it's way into the cheap seats of the top 100 with a psychedelic, surreal classic typical of acid casualty Barett's writting tenure.
94 - LACUNA COIL - ENJOY THE SILENCE
Lx58hXh4pVA
SOUNDS LIKE : Sorry, I wasn't listening. I was gazing at the lead singer.
WHY IS IT HERE? : I'm not much for covers but this is a great, wholly unique sounding European goth rock twist on the Depeche Mode classic. And she is worthy of bearing my children. Very worthy. You may not enjoy the silence, but you can at least enjoy the video.
93 - FAD GADGET - RICKY'S HAND
e7YdeaBWi8g
SOUNDS LIKE : Allowing your weird uncle to make music in his shed.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Depeche Mode were discovered supporting this genuinly gifted electronic nutter at the Bridgehouse Inn in 1970. Frank Tovey AKA Fad Gadget was one of the experimental pioneers on Daniel Miller's Mute label in the early eighties when weird people started realising they could make weird music all by themselevs on synthesizers. Sadly Frank died shortly after a triumphant return to music supporting the Mode on the 2001 Exciter tour - where he still used Black & Decker frills on stage.
92 - NEW ORDER - TRUE FAITH
og1HAkjOuL0
SOUNDS LIKE : Staring through the 80's haze.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Because it's good to point out that some positives did come from Ian Curtis's death.
91 -AIRSCAPE - L'ESPERANZA
cNnPj_O9HIk
SOUNDS LIKE : Coming up on the drug of your choice.
WHY IS IT HERE? : Because if it doesn't excite the sh!t out of you after a couple of cans of lager, your probably not alive inside. Great, pounding trance beat. Cheese never tasted so good, so eat it up.
90 - YUZO KOSHIRO - STREETS OF RAGE THEME
VXQzyVy9fYM
SOUNDS LIKE : Kicking Mr. X in the balls and saving the day.
WHY IS IT HERE? : First video game track of the evening is from master Sega music producer Yuzo Koshiro who married video game bleeps and blops with early 90's house rhythms to great effect on games such as this and Revenge Of Shinobi.