halo20's 100 favorite songs all-time

[halo19]

In celebration of the Labor Day weekend, I've decided to do this. I think that eventually, it might expand some...

100. Dillinger Escape Plan - "Baby's First Coffin"
099. M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume"
098. Coldplay - "The Scientist"
097. The Cure - "Pictures of You"
096. Ministry - "TV II"
095. Kelis - "Milkshake"
094. AFI - "The Leaving Song, Pt. II"
093. Nirvana - "The Man Who Sold the World"
092. Finch - "What is to Burn"
091. Pixies - "Velouria"
090. A Perfect Circle - "3 Libras"
089. Smashing Pumpkins - "Thru the Eyes of Ruby"
088. Radiohead - "I Might Be Wrong"
087. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
086. Beck - "Where It's At"
085. Big Punisher f/ Joe - "Still Not A Player"
084. A Perfect Circle - "Orestes"
083. Smashing Pumpkins - "Hummer"
082. Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains"
081. Stone Temple Pilots - "Atlanta"
080. Front 242 - "Tragedy for You"
079. Stone Temple Pilots - "Lounge Fly"
078. The White Stripes - "The Hardest Button to Button"
077. Deftones - "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)"
076. R.E.M. - "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
075. Madonna - "Into the Groove"
074. Tool - "Parabol/Parabola"
073. A Perfect Circle - "The Noose"
072. Incubus - "Pardon Me"
071. Ginuwine - "Pony"
070. R.E.M. - "Drive"
069. Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight, Tonight"
068. The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?"
067. Gravity Kills - "Guilty"
066. Queens of the Stone Age - "The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret"
065. Dandy Warhols - "Bohemian Like You"
064. U2 - "One"
063. OutKast - "Hey Ya!"
062. Snoop Dogg - "Gin and Juice"
061. Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun"
060. Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy"
059. Helmet - "Unsung"
058. Jay-Z f/ Amil & Ja Rule - "Can I Get A..."
057. nine inch nails - "hurt"
056. VAST - "Thrown Away"
055. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Breaking the Girl"
054. VAST - "Land of Shame"
053. Depeche Mode - "Strangelove"
052. The Cure - "Love Song"
051. U2 - "Beautiful Day"
050. Tool - "Stinkfist"
049. Tool - "Disposition/Reflection/Triad"
048. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Otherside"
047. Placebo - "Every You, Every Me"
046. Busta Rhymes - "Turn It Up/Fire It Up"
045. The White Stripes - "Fell in Love With A Girl"
044. Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
043. nine inch nails - "closer"
042. The Cure - "Fascination Street"
041. Smashing Pumpkins - "Eye"
040. OutKast - "Rosa Parks"
039. Modest Mouse - "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes"
038. Smashing Pumpkins - "Today"
037. Ministry - "Jesus Built My Hotrod" (w/ Gibby Haynes)
036. Harvey Danger - "Meetings With Remarkable Men (Show Me the Hero)"
035. U2 - "With Or Without You"
034. nine inch nails - "help me i am in hell/hapiness in slavery"
033. Soundgarden - "Outshined"
032. nine inch nails - "head like a hole"
031. Nine Inch Nails - "We're In This Together"
030. Ministry - "N.W.O."
029. Madonna - "The Power of Good-Bye"
028. Tool - "Ænema"
027. Madonna - "Frozen"
026. Radiohead - "Just"
025. Smashing Pumpkins - "Perfect"
024. VAST - "Touched"
023. Smashing Pumpkins - "Ava Adore"
022. VAST - "My TV and You"
021. Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"
020. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Mayonaise"
019. Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea"
018. Tool - "Schism"
017. VAST - "I Don't Have Anything"
016. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Warped"
015. System of a Down - "Chop Suey!"
014. Tool - "Prison Sex"
013. VAST - "Temptation"
012. Nine Inch Nails - "The Great Below"
011. The Hives - "Hate To Say I Told You So"
010. VAST - "Free"
009. The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
008. Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
007. Gravity Kills - "Enough"
006. Garbage - "Push It"
005. Queens of the Stone Age - "No One Knows"
004. nine inch nails - "the perfect drug"
003. Stone Temple Pilots - "Vasoline"
002. The White Stripes - "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"
001. VAST - "Turquoise"

[j]

It's "Ginuwine".

"Milkshake"? Really?

I don't care much for the studio version of "Pardon Me" but the acoustic version is excellent.

[Gorminako]

Several of my all-time favorites on your list, like the 2 Depeche Mode songs, the 2 tracks from Madonna's Ray of Light CD, "Love Song" by the Cure, and "The Noose" by APC.

By the way, your current weekly chart has an excellent Top 2!

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

I picked out like 200 songs from my mp3s that I had planned to burn into 10 different CDs as a special Best of The Max Box set thing. I so far burned one of them but those 200 songs may eventually comprise my Top 200 of all time.

[Nicholas2.0]

Oh my God, you and I have a huge overlap of favorite songs!  Let me break down most of your list:

Songs that are either in or near my Top 100 of all-time:

halo20 said:

094. AFI - "The Leaving Song, Pt. II"
084. A Perfect Circle - "Orestes"
082. Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains"
077. Deftones - "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)"
075. Madonna - "Into the Groove"
074. Tool - "Parabol/Parabola"
064. U2 - "One"
062. Snoop Dogg - "Gin and Juice"
057. nine inch nails - "hurt"
055. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Breaking the Girl"
051. U2 - "Beautiful Day"
050. Tool - "Stinkfist"
048. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Otherside"
044. Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
043. nine inch nails - "closer"
041. Smashing Pumpkins - "Eye"
038. Smashing Pumpkins - "Today"
032. nine inch nails - "head like a hole"
031. Nine Inch Nails - "We're In This Together"
030. Ministry - "N.W.O."
029. Madonna - "The Power of Good-Bye"
028. Tool - "Ænema"
027. Madonna - "Frozen"
024. VAST - "Touched"
021. Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"
018. Tool - "Schism"
016. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Warped"
015. System of a Down - "Chop Suey!"
014. Tool - "Prison Sex"
010. VAST - "Free"
008. Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
006. Garbage - "Push It"
004. nine inch nails - "the perfect drug"
003. Stone Temple Pilots - "Vasoline"

Songs that aren't, but I love the fact that they're in your list (especially the ones I've boldfaced, not necessarily becuz I like them the most, but becuz they're nice surprises):

halo20 said:

097. The Cure - "Pictures of You"
096. Ministry - "TV II" ("Connect the g*ddamn dots!!)
093. Nirvana - "The Man Who Sold the World"
092. Finch - "What is to Burn"
090. A Perfect Circle - "3 Libras"
088. Radiohead - "I Might Be Wrong"
087. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
086. Beck - "Where It's At"
081. Stone Temple Pilots - "Atlanta"
079. Stone Temple Pilots - "Lounge Fly"
076. R.E.M. - "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
073. A Perfect Circle - "The Noose"
072. Incubus - "Pardon Me"
071. Ginuwine - "Pony"
070. R.E.M. - "Drive"
068. The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?"
066. Queens of the Stone Age - "The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret"
065. Dandy Warhols - "Bohemian Like You"
063. OutKast - "Hey Ya!"
061. Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun"
060. Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy"
059. Helmet - "Unsung"
058. Jay-Z f/ Amil & Ja Rule - "Can I Get A..."
053. Depeche Mode - "Strangelove"
052. The Cure - "Love Song"
049. Tool - "Disposition/Reflection/Triad"
047. Placebo - "Every You, Every Me"
042. The Cure - "Fascination Street"
040. OutKast - "Rosa Parks"
037. Ministry - "Jesus Built My Hotrod" (w/ Gibby Haynes)
034. nine inch nails - "help me i am in hell/hapiness in slavery"
033. Soundgarden - "Outshined"
026. Radiohead - "Just"
025. Smashing Pumpkins - "Perfect"
023. Smashing Pumpkins - "Ava Adore"
019. Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea"
017. VAST - "I Don't Have Anything"
013. VAST - "Temptation"
012. Nine Inch Nails - "The Great Below"
011. The Hives - "Hate To Say I Told You So"
007. Gravity Kills - "Enough"
005. Queens of the Stone Age - "No One Knows"
002. The White Stripes - "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" (these last two to see them this high.)

And I've only listened to the 3rd Vast album once or twice so far, so I regretfully admit that I can't categorize those.  I can't believe that a Vast song from this year is your favorite of all-time already.

Now, songs I haven't heard (but I love the fact that you have a Dillinger song in there):

halo20 said:

100. Dillinger Escape Plan - "Baby's First Coffin"
099. M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume"
091. Pixies - "Velouria"
080. Front 242 - "Tragedy for You"
039. Modest Mouse - "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes"
036. Harvey Danger - "Meetings With Remarkable Men (Show Me the Hero)"

Completely out of left field:

halo20 said:

085. Big Punisher f/ Joe - "Still Not A Player"
046. Busta Rhymes - "Turn It Up/Fire It Up"

I think the week before the election (becuz this one is so important to me), I'm going to make a supplemental Top 40 of current or recent songs with politicial themes or politically themed videos.)

This means entries from A Perfect Circle, Ministry, Anti-Flag, NOFX, Bad Religion, Incubus, Chronic Future perhaps, the Dixie Chicks, System of a Down, et al. and maybe even classics from John Lennon and G'n'R, and a slew of others I haven't thought of yet.

[halo19]

Well, I can't believe that I heard a song that would end up striking gold with me. It just does, though, and I never really had a strong all-time favorite song before that. You may also not believe it, but an album from this year is also my all-time favorite.

"My Own Worst Enemy" was actually my #1 song of 1999, believe it or not.

And I can't believe someone here has only not heard six of the songs.

And yes, j, that's "Milkshake" ;)

Thanks to all who responded.

[Nicholas2.0]

Ah, since I just noticed that that DEP song is from the Underworld sdtrk, of which I own a copy, that takes the # of songs I haven't heard down to 5. Now, I don't remember the song at all, but I've at least heard it...

[crash46]

I miss report cards and I'd rather do this one than mine, so here goes.

100. Dillinger Escape Plan - "Baby's First Coffin": n/a
099. M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume": C
098. Coldplay - "The Scientist": B
097. The Cure - "Pictures of You": B
096. Ministry - "TV II": n/a
095. Kelis - "Milkshake": C+
094. AFI - "The Leaving Song, Pt. II": A+
093. Nirvana - "The Man Who Sold the World": A
092. Finch - "What is to Burn": A
091. Pixies - "Velouria": n/a
090. A Perfect Circle - "3 Libras": B+
089. Smashing Pumpkins - "Thru the Eyes of Ruby": n/a
088. Radiohead - "I Might Be Wrong": B+
087. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android": d/r
086. Beck - "Where It's At": A
085. Big Punisher f/ Joe - "Still Not A Player": C
084. A Perfect Circle - "Orestes": B
083. Smashing Pumpkins - "Hummer": n/a
082. Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains": B+
081. Stone Temple Pilots - "Atlanta": nh/dr
080. Front 242 - "Tragedy for You": n/a (never even heard of them.)
079. Stone Temple Pilots - "Lounge Fly": nh/dr
078. The White Stripes - "The Hardest Button to Button": B+
077. Deftones - "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)": A- (so far...it's fairly new to me.)
076. R.E.M. - "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?": A
075. Madonna - "Into the Groove": B-
074. Tool - "Parabol/Parabola": A
073. A Perfect Circle - "The Noose": B
072. Incubus - "Pardon Me": B+
071. Ginuwine - "Pony": B
070. R.E.M. - "Drive": A-
069. Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight, Tonight": B-
068. The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?": A
067. Gravity Kills - "Guilty": A (I got to play drums to this in the MTV drum studio game. :))
066. Queens of the Stone Age - "The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret": A (this should be a lot higher on mine)
065. Dandy Warhols - "Bohemian Like You": B
064. U2 - "One": A
063. OutKast - "Hey Ya!": A+
062. Snoop Dogg - "Gin and Juice": A
061. Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun": A
060. Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy": B+
059. Helmet - "Unsung": n/a
058. Jay-Z f/ Amil & Ja Rule - "Can I Get A...": B+
057. nine inch nails - "hurt": A
056. VAST - "Thrown Away": na/dr
055. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Breaking the Girl": A
054. VAST - "Land of Shame": na-dr
053. Depeche Mode - "Strangelove": n/a
052. The Cure - "Love Song": B+
051. U2 - "Beautiful Day": B
050. Tool - "Stinkfist": A
049. Tool - "Disposition/Reflection/Triad": B+
048. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Otherside": A
047. Placebo - "Every You, Every Me": n/a
046. Busta Rhymes - "Turn It Up/Fire It Up": n/a
045. The White Stripes - "Fell in Love With A Girl": A-
044. Foo Fighters - "Everlong": B+
043. nine inch nails - "closer": B
042. The Cure - "Fascination Street": n/a
041. Smashing Pumpkins - "Eye": B
040. OutKast - "Rosa Parks": d/r
039. Modest Mouse - "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes": n/a
038. Smashing Pumpkins - "Today": B+
037. Ministry - "Jesus Built My Hotrod" (w/ Gibby Haynes): n/a
036. Harvey Danger - "Meetings With Remarkable Men (Show Me the Hero)": n/a
035. U2 - "With Or Without You": B+
034. nine inch nails - "help me i am in hell/hapiness in slavery": n/a
033. Soundgarden - "Outshined": n/a
032. nine inch nails - "head like a hole": B
031. Nine Inch Nails - "We're In This Together": A-
030. Ministry - "N.W.O.": B+
029. Madonna - "The Power of Good-Bye": B
028. Tool - "Ænema": A+
027. Madonna - "Frozen": C+
026. Radiohead - "Just": d/r
025. Smashing Pumpkins - "Perfect": B-
024. VAST - "Touched": d/r
023. Smashing Pumpkins - "Ava Adore": B+
022. VAST - "My TV and You": B+
021. Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence": A
020. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Mayonaise": n/a
019. Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea": n/a
018. Tool - "Schism": A+
017. VAST - "I Don't Have Anything": B+
016. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Warped": n/a
015. System of a Down - "Chop Suey!": A+
014. Tool - "Prison Sex": A-
013. VAST - "Temptation": n/a
012. Nine Inch Nails - "The Great Below": n/a
011. The Hives - "Hate To Say I Told You So": A
010. VAST - "Free": A
009. The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army": B+
008. Smashing Pumpkins - "1979": B-
007. Gravity Kills - "Enough": n/a
006. Garbage - "Push It": A-
005. Queens of the Stone Age - "No One Knows": A+
004. nine inch nails - "the perfect drug": d/r
003. Stone Temple Pilots - "Vasoline": B
002. The White Stripes - "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground": A
001. VAST - "Turquoise": n/a!

[halo19]

Front 242 are a Belgian industrial band, one of the legendary bands of that style. They're more techno-based than any of the other indstrial acts on the charts, and one of the bands who never amped up the guitars and kept it with the keyboards. I actually own Front By Front.

As for the comment on "Guilty"... that sounds really awesome.

LOL, I thought you hated "Ava Adore".

[thedualityofman]

Ava Adore is one of those songs that I didn't give much respect to at the time it came out, even though the Smashing Pumpkins have always been one of my favorite bands.

It took about 4 years, some maturity, and some exposure to other music to appreciate it. I like Adore a lot more now than I ever did, especially when it came out.

[crash46]

Hmm, I don't remember claiming to not like "Ava Adore". I did used to hate the Smashing Pumpkins, and I know I've mentioned that a few times. The more material I got a chance to hear (and this is well into the 00's decade I'm talking about here), the more I began to respect them as musicians, and with that came accepting their music more. I still am not a huge fan of theirs, and "1979" is still overrated, but I do admit that they were a pretty damn good band. Good enough to convince me that I should own an album of theirs or two. I'd say they're at #1 on my list of "favorite bands of which I own none of their albums".

[Nicholas2.0]

Steve, you have too heard "Enough" by Gravity Kills. It's on one of the mix CDs I sent you.

[friday]

This is gonna have a lot of n/a's

100. Dillinger Escape Plan - "Baby's First Coffin": n/a
099. M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume": B-
098. Coldplay - "The Scientist": A+
097. The Cure - "Pictures of You": B (The majority of listens came from those HP commericals)
096. Ministry - "TV II": n/a
095. Kelis - "Milkshake": A
094. AFI - "The Leaving Song, Pt. II": A-
093. Nirvana - "The Man Who Sold the World": B+
092. Finch - "What It is to Burn": A
091. Pixies - "Velouria": A (Nice choice! I heard this last night, I think this could be my new favorite from them)
090. A Perfect Circle - "3 Libras": A
089. Smashing Pumpkins - "Thru the Eyes of Ruby": n/a
088. Radiohead - "I Might Be Wrong": A
087. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android": A-
086. Beck - "Where It's At": A-
085. Big Punisher f/ Joe - "Still Not A Player": B+
084. A Perfect Circle - "Orestes": n/a
083. Smashing Pumpkins - "Hummer": n/a
082. Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains": A-
081. Stone Temple Pilots - "Atlanta": n/a
080. Front 242 - "Tragedy for You": n/a
079. Stone Temple Pilots - "Lounge Fly": n/a
078. The White Stripes - "The Hardest Button to Button": A
077. Deftones - "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)": B+
076. R.E.M. - "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?": A-
075. Madonna - "Into the Groove": A+
074. Tool - "Parabol/Parabola": A-
073. A Perfect Circle - "The Noose": B (This one's kind of a stretch though)
072. Incubus - "Pardon Me": A
071. Ginuwine - "Pony": A
070. R.E.M. - "Drive": A
069. Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight, Tonight": A
068. The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?": A
067. Gravity Kills - "Guilty": n/a
066. Queens of the Stone Age - "The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret": A-
065. Dandy Warhols - "Bohemian Like You": B
064. U2 - "One": A+
063. OutKast - "Hey Ya!": A+
062. Snoop Dogg - "Gin and Juice": A
061. Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun": C+ (Bleh, this is very overrated; I think "Add It Up" is better)
060. Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy": B+
059. Helmet - "Unsung": n/a
058. Jay-Z f/ Amil & Ja Rule - "Can I Get A...": A-
057. nine inch nails - "hurt": A- (But it's impossible to hear this now without thinking how much Johnny Cash made this his own)
056. VAST - "Thrown Away": n/a
055. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Breaking the Girl": A
054. VAST - "Land of Shame": n/a
053. Depeche Mode - "Strangelove": B-
052. The Cure - "Love Song": A+
051. U2 - "Beautiful Day": A+
050. Tool - "Stinkfist": A
049. Tool - "Disposition/Reflection/Triad": n/a
048. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Otherside": A
047. Placebo - "Every You, Every Me": n/a
046. Busta Rhymes - "Turn It Up/Fire It Up": n/a
045. The White Stripes - "Fell in Love With A Girl": A
044. Foo Fighters - "Everlong": A
043. nine inch nails - "closer": A-
042. The Cure - "Fascination Street": n/a
041. Smashing Pumpkins - "Eye"n/a
040. OutKast - "Rosa Parks": n/a (I haven't heard this in a long time)
039. Modest Mouse - "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes": n/a
038. Smashing Pumpkins - "Today": A-
037. Ministry - "Jesus Built My Hotrod" (w/ Gibby Haynes): n/a
036. Harvey Danger - "Meetings With Remarkable Men (Show Me the Hero)": n/a
035. U2 - "With Or Without You": A+
034. nine inch nails - "help me i am in hell/hapiness in slavery": n/a
033. Soundgarden - "Outshined": A-
032. nine inch nails - "head like a hole": A
031. Nine Inch Nails - "We're In This Together": n/a
030. Ministry - "N.W.O.": n/a
029. Madonna - "The Power of Good-Bye": B+
028. Tool - "Ænema": B+
027. Madonna - "Frozen": A
026. Radiohead - "Just": B+
025. Smashing Pumpkins - "Perfect": n/a
024. VAST - "Touched": n/a
023. Smashing Pumpkins - "Ava Adore": n/a
022. VAST - "My TV and You": n/a
021. Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence": A
020. The Smashing Pumpkins - "Mayonaise": B
019. Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea": B+
018. Tool - "Schism": B
017. VAST - "I Don't Have Anything": n/a
016. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Warped": n/a
015. System of a Down - "Chop Suey!": A
014. Tool - "Prison Sex": n/a
013. VAST - "Temptation": n/a
012. Nine Inch Nails - "The Great Below": n/a
011. The Hives - "Hate To Say I Told You So": F-
010. VAST - "Free": n/a
009. The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army": A+
008. Smashing Pumpkins - "1979": A
007. Gravity Kills - "Enough": n/a
006. Garbage - "Push It": A
005. Queens of the Stone Age - "No One Knows": A+
004. nine inch nails - "the perfect drug": A-
003. Stone Temple Pilots - "Vasoline": A
002. The White Stripes - "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground": A
001. VAST - "Turquoise": n/a

[crash46]

Nicholas2.0 said:

Steve, you have too heard "Enough" by Gravity Kills.  It's on one of the mix CDs I sent you.

Plain & simple; just totally forgot about that one.

[Miguelín]

I've only heard the 53% of that list, and I've never heard a song by VAST, so I think I'm going to download some.

[halo19]

Here's where some of these could be found:

Modest Mouse - "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes" (scroll down to "The Moon & Antarctica"

Harvey Danger - "Meetings With Remarkable Men (show me the hero)"

So far, I know where those two can be located.