[Stu]

Another ten down. From here on in it's a no holds barred, concentrated, calculated race to numero uno. I've loved all the songs so far and would not consider any of them bottom loading filler but from here on out it really is an elite selection. At least in my mind. You may find some of the placings funny but bear in mind this is a personal countdown, not a definitive treatise on which songs are better. Anyway speaking of elite :

HONORABLE MENTIONS
THE RASMUS//Guilty

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Fer A.C 5 days ago
in your way, what makes a man seems masculine? a ridiculous amount of muscles? a face with a beard? c'mon he's ****ing sexy and hot!!! his voice, feelings, personality and talent makes him more man than anyone


GUILTY WOAHOOOOOOOOOWHOAWHOA. Who remembers The Rasmus? You remember In The Shadows, I know that. Forget that. You never heard it. Guilty is the lynchpin of these Finnish beasts delicious back catalogue of sexually frustrated, boundary crossing, barrier breaking smash hits.

Whilst most people were busy figuring out why the lead singer always had feathers in his hair I was preoccupied with why the drummer looked a bit like the old Mr. Muscle.



RATING : THREE OUT OF FIVE ZIGGYS

[Shaun]

always on my mind, tho.

-shall have to give IM a look-in-

[Z]

Also this list is amazing so far and I expect it'll remain to be all the way until the end

[GiRTh]

From Eek a mouse to Girls aloud in the first 10. This should be a good run down

[Shaun]

santana

only got the Abraxas album... dunno why i never branched out

[Z]

I've never been a fan of the Pet Shop Boys and there were a couple of unknowns on that list for me (I'd heard of Infected Mushroom but never heard any music and reggae is a total unknown quality to me for the most part) but everything's been good so far! I like the Ziggy rating system. Shaun you get 3 Ziggys/5 for your posts today. 5/5 to you Stu.

[Shaun]

*doesn't know why i get some but thank you anyway*

[Marc]

-expects Scott's top 50 male torsos very soon-

[Shaun]

as if he'd compile above the waist

[Z]

Originally Posted by Shaun

as if he'd compile above the waist

he'd probably go for a come pile though

[Stu]

RATING : ONE OUT OF FIVE ZIGGYS

[Shaun]

yeah that was weak

[Z]

It's been a long day

[Stu]

thirty nine.
FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON//We Have Explosive

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sounds like.
Electroshock treatment.

it's here because.
Play it now as you read. It's a quick hit so you might like it, who knows. Future Sound Of London is one of those dozens of British electronica acts I got into through the videogame series Wipeout. This one - from Wipeout 2097 - is real head music. A fast paced romp that encourages you to draw pictures in your own head instead of letting psychedelics feed you them. As their name implies Future Sounds do that whole looking at 2015 from 1995 thing. Listening to this tune to me doesn't conjure images of dancefloors but rather of tube stations, advertising billboards and those shiny suits from The Running Man. Beats the pulp of of Sash!, amiright?

Et cetera. Anyway it's a great tune and that's why it's here, isin't it.

[Stu]

thirty eight.
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN//The Killing Moon

Youtube video

sounds like.
One of the better parts of Donnie Darko.

it's here because.
I heard my dad listening to this song I'm sure a gazillion times before it fully resonated with me when I heard it in Richard Kelly's dumb, overrated but nonetheless entertaining Donnie Darko. There underpinning Jake Gyllenhaal having a cycle around at dawn looking vulnerable and sexy was where it first grabbed me. I was reminded by ever dour Ian McCulloch of course that I had heard his haunting intoning before but man ... such a good track.

The line "faith, up against your will" is amazingly powerful in this vague sort of way - that's the song right there - and apparently it's the line Ian had in his head that spurned him to write the whole damn thing. I'm glad he did.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Stu

thirty eight.
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN//The Killing Moon

Youtube video

sounds like.
One of the better parts of Donnie Darko.

it's here because.
I heard my dad listening to this song I'm sure a gazillion times before it fully resonated with me when I heard it in Richard Kelly's dumb, overrated but nonetheless entertaining Donnie Darko. There underpinning Jake Gyllenhaal having a cycle around at dawn looking vulnerable and sexy was where it first grabbed me. I was reminded by ever dour Ian McCulloch of course that I had heard his haunting intoning before but man ... such a good track.

The line "faith, up against your will" is amazingly powerful in this vague sort of way - that's the song right there - and apparently it's the line Ian had in his head that spurned him to write the whole damn thing. I'm glad he did.

[Stu]

thirty seven.
AZTEC CAMERA//Somewhere In My Heart

Youtube video

sounds like.
Nostalgia.

it's here because.
Nostalgia seems like a cheap way out. It's the easiest way I can describe so much of this music which seems to paint my heart in a colour that I cannot name yet which is oddly familiar. I first heard this song when me and my dad used to drive to the hospital to see sick mummy back when I was a smallie. Mummy is okay now thankfully but this song made those moments bittersweet. You always remember hospital visits, don't you. More often than not they're miserable affairs but there is that word again. Resonance.

It twinkles like any good pop song should yet kicks me in the gut at the same time. How I love it so.

[Stu]

thirty six.
NICKI MINAJ//Pound The Alarm

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sounds like.
Another curveball.

it's here because.
I'm not taking the piss, either. Trinidad art attack Nicki's first outing in this countdown is her only one. Forget the the lush Superbass, the nauseously catchy Starships or the instant turn off ego massage that was the otherwise blissed out Freedom. Pound The Alarm is her best song and was last summers real summery sounding song.

It's bright, fun it's got riddim and it might be the best pop song since that part of all our lives where Lady GaGa was a pretty good Madonna getting screwed by eurosynths. It also soundtracked about two months I spent last year in the same gay club every night of the week, letting forty year old men buy me shots of aftershock on the promise that I would go home with them.

I didn't. I was still dancing to this. I even own two T-Shirts. Plasticity has never been this much fun.

[sooty]

Stu is here!

[Stu]

thirty five.
THE JAM//Going Underground

Youtube video

sounds like.
The real cool Britannia.

it's here because.
Paul Weller was a man on a mission. An epoch unto himself the original Modfather was the prince of no nonsense, well dressed, somewhat clean living, cut through the B.S. How refreshing compared to some of the cartoon psychopaths that often reside in and out of the charts.

A hero, in short. His solo albums are bloody good too but they don't really crack the list. At least no particular song does. This Jam number storms in just as the chart heats up and we race to the halfway point though owing to how bloody infectious it is.

The soundtrack to TiBB's Fritzlfest season, too. What more could a girl want?

[Stu]

thirty four.
AGNELLI & NELSON//Holding On To Nothing

Youtube video

sounds like.
Hearts pounding against one another.

it's here because.
It's here because it's one of the best vocal dance tracks ever produced, that's why. Decidedly mainstream but still with an edge. It's like being chased by a rabid dog who wants to spike all your drinks and get you into a dodgy club somewhere in Brixton. Plus I have to remember to get some electronic that doesn't quite crack the top 25 out of the way before soldering on.

I haven't planned this out that well, see.

[Roy Mars III]

[Kate!]

Champagne Supernova and Surburbia

[Mrluvaluva]

No. 44 disappoints me but each to their own.

[Stu]

thirty three.
RADIOHEAD//Nice Dream

Youtube video

sounds like.
Morning walks in the park.

it's here because.
Might as well get started on Radiohead - a band I sometimes lie awake thinking about. Beyond the fanboy choice of Depeche Mode and even beyond the official answer - the importance choice of The Beatles - these five unassuming lads from Oxford probably have the best band ever to walk the earth. Go on then, whose better. They change, challenge destroy and rebuild rocknroll all at once with a wry smile as if y'know ... they're just messing about with a children's toy.

The Bends have all their first important moments and this one is a corker. It's got that Radiohead hallmark of going from a quite blissed out sound to suddenly turning on you as if you poked it too much by daring to continue listening. A ripe fruit that bears endless repeat listening and an early career highlight.