XM Fred 44 - 2,044 Songs Counted Down

[glokstadt]

For those that care to tune in, the Fred Essencials Countdown, Version 7 has been happening since Boxing Day (12/26--for those that don't know...), and there are around 1,000-ish now. I was listening for the most part from 1690 to 1545, some gems (The Bats - Treason), most are all the more well-known tunes... WIshing You All a Happy New Year!!! _Glok



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[glokstadt]

I have the Top 60 tunes written down, but at home, not with me; I'll post in a day or two... [:)]


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[glokstadt]

Compaire these to our own Top 100.

Will be putting the rest up soon:

[b]Their Top 60[/b]


#60 - Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
#59 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
#58 - (was making hot water for tea, sorry!)
#57 - The Church - Under The Milky Way
#56 - The Jam - Beat Surrender
#55 - Berlin - Sex (I'm A...)
#54 - Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
#53 - Bauhaus - Bella Lugosi's Dead
#52 - Joe Jackson - Nineteen Forever
#51 - Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
#50 - Tears For Fears - Shout
#49 - R.E.M. - The One I Love
#48 - (missed it B-Fast)
#47 - (missed it B-Fast)
#46 - The Cure - Love Song
#45 - The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
#44 - Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
#43 - The Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
#42 - Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
#41 - Depeche mode - Enjoy The Silence
#40 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kiss Them For Me
#39 - (was on the cell phone--didn't pay attention)
#38 - The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang
#37 - Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
#36 - The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
#35 - The B-52's - Rock Lobster
#34 - The Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
#33 - Ministry - Everyday Is Halloween
#32 - The Replacements - I'll Be There
#31 - Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
#30 - Gary Numan - Cars
#29 - David Bowie - Modern Love
#28 - The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You
#27 - Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe
#26 - The Police - King Of Pain
#25 - Erasure - Chorus

[b][i](Will post the rest later...)[/b][/i]


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[glokstadt]

The rest...

#24 - The Violent Femmes - Fat
#23 - P.i.L. - Don't Ask Me
#22 - XTC - Dear God
#21 - The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
#20 - Devo - Whip It
#19 - The Smiths - Big Mouth Strickes Again
#18 - Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go
#17 - Elvis Ccostello & The Attractions - Alison
#16 - The Cure - Pictures Of You
#15 - U2 - With Or Without You
#14 - Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
#13 - The Jam - Town Called Malice
#12 - The Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
#11 - The Clash - Rock The Casbah
#10 - Modern English - I Melt With you
#09 - Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
#08 - New Order - Blue Monday
#07 - Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours
#06 - The English Beat - Mirroe In The Bathroom (I was surprised!)
#05 - Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
#04 - The ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
#03 - The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
#02 - The Clash - London Calling (last year's Number One!)

[b]And Number One:

#01 - The Cure - Just Like Heaven[/b]




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[ralphd]

#24 - Violent Femmes - Fat - are you serious? I like to think I'm a pretty big Femmes fan and I wouldn't put this anywhere near their top song, let alone #24 in a list such as this - I would put every track on their debut LP ahead of this one.

Similary I don't get Just Like Heaven as #1 - I'm not sure if that would make my list of top 5 Cure tracks...

On the other hand, Mirror in the Bathroom didsn't surprise me at all, I think it's a great track - not sure it would score quite so high on my list, but it would be up there, probably in the top 20 or so.

As a side note I liked the reasons for missing songs on the list


Later,
Ralph

[SuNomi]

Some very good selections, but "Lips Like Sugar" & "Just Like Heaven"? They are only pale cousins to "The Cutter" & "Inbetween Days". Oh late 80's retreads, why do you still vex us so?

[TheMunDial]

[quote][i]Originally posted by SuNomi[/i]
<br>Some very good selections, but "Lips Like Sugar" & "Just Like Heaven"? They are only pale cousins to "The Cutter" & "Inbetween Days". Oh late 80's retreads, why do you still vex us so?
[/quote]

I was thinking the exact same thing. Thank you.

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[glokstadt]

I'm with all of you on your point SuNomi/TheMunDail/ralphd. I too was disapointed to hear number 1 after listening for days/hours to their countdown. BenAtWork and I were talking on the phone before the Top 20 were played and we guessed that Soft Cell's Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (two Northern Soul classics!) would be No. 1...

Somewhere I have written the songs from around 1,700 to 1,500 of the countdown--will look for it and post later.


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[glokstadt]

[quote][i]Originally posted by ralphd[/i]
<br>#24 - Violent Femmes - Fat - are you serious? I like to think I'm a pretty big Femmes fan and I wouldn't put this anywhere near their top song, let alone #24 in a list such as this - I would put every track on their debut LP ahead of this one.
[/quote]

I was thinking the same thing, and I couldn't even remember that song "Fat?" Other great V.F. songs were already played in the countdown.

[quote][i]Originally posted by ralphd[/i]
<br>Similary I don't get Just Like Heaven as #1 - I'm not sure if that would make my list of top 5 Cure tracks...
[/quote]

Mine either, but they played all the others ones way before in the countdown...

[quote][i]Originally posted by ralphd[/i]
<br>On the other hand, Mirror in the Bathroom didsn't surprise me at all, I think it's a great track - not sure it would score quite so high on my list, but it would be up there, probably in the top 20 or so.
[/quote]

It's high on my list as well, I was just surprised that it was that high on Fred 44's list because some of the songs that made the last 20 made me start to wonder...

[quote][i]Originally posted by ralphd[/i]
<br>As a side note I liked the reasons for missing songs on the list

[/quote]

Thanks--I would make notes what I was doing when I missed some tunes, couldn't sit there and just watch all that time.[:D]


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