Donnerstag, 22. Jun 2006, 17:26

My friend, Brian, and some of his friends created this game. Basically (if you are playing with 3 people), you have a list of 150 slots and two people suggest one song each that they think should be on the "150 Best Songs" list. The person who is holding the paper decides where each song should go on the list. Then the person passes the paper on to one of the other people and the process is repeated until the whole list is filled. The results are interesting because usually the middle gets filled up first and you are left with best and worst of the list…usually you get some strange results in the top ten.

Rules: You can only use an artist only once (you can use The Beatles once and John Lennon once…you just can't use the Beatles twice). Civers can make the list, but the cover and the original can't both be on the list.

Here's how ours went (the one's with the *'s are mine):

150. Come sail away…if it were up to me Styx would not be on this list at all, so to make up for it I put it last.
149. What I like about you
148. Tubthumping
147. Scatman
146. Pepper
145. Sister Christian
144. Hello
143. Maybe I’m amazed
142. Blinded by the light…I really can't stand this song…
141. Private eyes
140. Fett’s Vette
139. Bom bom bom
138. 1999
137. Thunderball
136. Mister love
135. Stay
134. Beer
133. Supersticious
132. Give it to me baby
131. My sharona
130. Be quiet and drive
129. I of the mourning…I probably should have picked a more popular song, but this is my all-time favorite…
128. Fritz's corner
127. White room
126. Rock the casbah
125. Born too slow
124. Do ya think I’m sexy?
123. Bang bang
122. Foggy mountain breakdown
121. How soon is now…The Smiths did it first, but (and I know I'm going to get crap for this) I really can't stand the Smiths.
120. Living on a prayer…I would have picked "You give love a bad name" or "Bad medicine" but this one is just corny enough to be okay.
119. Good vibrations…this one totally should have been higher…
118. Aerodynamic
117. Yoshimi battles the pink robots
116. White lines
115. What's going on
114. Sugar pie honey bunch (I can't help myself)
113. Walk on by
112. Everybody hurts…all of R.E.M's songs are amazing, so I just picked the most emotional.
111. Playground love
110. In the air tonight
109. Love in a trashcan
108. She’s not there
107. Monster hospital (remix)
106. Crazy train…not a fan of this song…
105. Let’s stay together
104. Pretty woman…I would have placed this lower…
103. Stripped
102. For what it’s worth
101. Song for the dumped…not a fan of ol Ben, frankly I think he sounds like Kermit the Frog, but this song isn't too bad.
100. Rhapsody in blue
99. Don’t save us from the flames
98. Radio gaga…I'm just glad he didn't pick Bohemian rhapsody…
97. Watching the wheels
96. Here to go
95. Big bang baby
94. Strangers in the night…it was hard for my friend to pick the best Frank song; in the end he picked this one and I think it was a pretty good decision
93. Toxic…this is a cover of Britney's song, done by my friend Walt. My friend actually chose it; I was surprised.
92. The Imperial March…this totally should have been higher
91. The day I tried to live…I would have picked Spoonman myself but…
90. Heart-shaped box…I don't know why he picked this one, there are a lot of better Nirvana songs, but whatever
89. Get ready
88. Obla di obla da…I don't care what anyone says, this song is brilliant
87. Rag doll
86. Sex laws
85. Monkey gone to heaven
84. Rock lobster
83. Bombtrack
82. X-Men tv show theme song
81. Everlong
80. I’m into something good
79. California love
78. Ring of fire
77. Shot down in flames…I really should have picked Back in Black or If you want blood (you got it) but I had a brain malfunction
76. Synthesizer
75. Rocket man
74. Frank Sinatra
73. The sound of silence
72. Birdhouse in your soul
71. Stagger Lee
70. Crazy…I would have picked a different one, but this is good too
69. Get an ugly girl to marry you…great song! I'm sorry I didn't think of it first
68. Tequila
67. Africa
66. Burning down the house…this should have been higher!
65. You can call me Al…Brian has a strange obsession with this song. I don't get it.
64. Inertia creeps
63. Dare to be stupid
62. Don’t let me be misunderstood
61. Fire…I would have picked "All Along the Watchtower"
60. Bring it on home to me
59. Knights in white satin
58. Twin Peaks Theme Song…this could have been Number 1…but it was chose to be here instead because the thought of Leonard Nimoy having the Number 1 song was just too irresistable
57. Sunshine superman
56. In the meantime
55. Eric Idle & the Pythons- Always look on the bright side of life
54. Weird science
53. Dick Dale & his Deltones- Mirslou
52. Talkshow host
51. Silly thing
50. Young americans…I would have chosen Golden Years or Suffragette City
49. For the longest time
48. I wanna be like you
47. Manamana
46. LA Woman
45. What a wonderful world
44. Werewolves of london
43. God only knows…Bri was very upset that this wasn't higher, he couldn't let it go all night
42. Battle without honor or humanity
41. Mr. Fantasy
40. Baba O’Reilly
39. You're nobody until somebody loves you
38. The promise
37. Jungle love
36. Power of love…if it were up to me this would not be on the list
35. Learning to fly
34. Jerk it out
33. Smack my bitch up
32. Don’t stop believing
31. Raindrops keep falling on my head
30. Run through the jungle
29. Machinehead
28. You really got me
27. Just what I needed
26. Innagaddadavida
25. Just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)
24. Wonderwall
23. Yellow ledbetter…I don't think Pearl Jam should have been this high but…
22. Suspicious minds
21. Tangled up in blue
20. Stairway to heaven
19. Gimme shelter
18. The thrill is gone
17. C'est la vie
16. Soul to squeeze
15. Hit the road Jack
14. Sitting on a dock of the bay
13. I ran…it starts to get weird from here to number 1
12. Thriller
11. White wedding
10. Moondance
9. Two princes
8. Blitzkrieg bop
7. Rainbow connection Bri really wanted this to be number 1, but it was his own fault because he placed it here
6. Daydream believer
5. Tears of a clown
4. Stonehenge
3. Genius of love
2. Stayin' alive
1. The ballad of Bilbo Baggins…somehow this worked