You know you love a list.
You know you love Steely Dan.
QED.
(something to argue about, if you get bored watching the rolling 24 hour political news…)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/20/steely-dans-20-greatest-songs-ranked
Musings on the byways of popular culture
You know you love a list.
You know you love Steely Dan.
QED.
(something to argue about, if you get bored watching the rolling 24 hour political news…)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/20/steely-dans-20-greatest-songs-ranked
Okay, so I have a massive list of my favourite songs of all time continually floating around in my head and I decided to have a bit of fun with that list and pick one for each letter of the alphabet [counting XYZ as one letter, giving two dozen songs in all]. Obviously, ignore “The” or “A” at the beginning of titles.
If you find this idea tedious or unworthy, don’t bother posting to tell me so; just join in if you want to. We may have done this before. But you may have time on your hands, as I do.
America [Simon & Garfunkel] Bell Bottom Blues [Derek & The Dominoes] Cinnamon Girl [Neil Young] Days [The Kinks] Everything Means Nothing To Me [Elliott Smith] Famous Blue Raincoat [Leonard Cohen] Gan To The Kye [The Unthanks] Harvest For The World [Isley Brothers] Into Temptation [Crowded House] Just Like A Woman [Bob Dylan] Kangaroo [Big Star] Life’s A Gas [T Rex] Mojo Pin [Jeff Buckley] Next [Jacques Brel] Ode To Billy Joe [Bobbie Gentry] Paranoid Android [Radiohead] Quicksand [David Bowie] Rainy Night House [Joni Mitchell] Strawberry Fields Forever [The Beatles] Tin Soldier [Small Faces] Up The Junction [Squeeze] Virginia Plain » Continue Reading.
by Carl 68 Comments
I know we have mixed feelings about lists here, but this one is quite interesting. National Public Radio in the US have compiled their choice of the best 150 albums made by women since 1964. I reckon I own about 20 of them, have heard maybe another 20 and there are plenty I’ve never heard and a fair few by artists I’ve never heard of. As I type I’m listening to Deep Listening by Pauline Oliveros, someone I’d never heard of until about 15 minutes ago.
Some are obvious. Some are WTF is that doing there? Some are bloody marvellous and as indicated above some are completely unknown.
Have a browse. In the words of the late Mrs Merton “Let’s have a heated debate”. NPR’s 150 greatest albums by women since 1964