150 Good Songs

I was looking for songs to put on my annual driving with the windows down CD and I randomly searched "Good Songs". What I found was a lot of lists of good songs, none of which I thought were all that good. So here is my own list. Keep in mind this isn't a list of my favourite songs, or the best songs. Just good songs. I'm going to try not to repeat artists, and I won't necessarily name my favourite song by an artist, just the first good song I can think of. In no particular order.

1. Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
2. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
3. We're Not Deep - the Housemartins
4. Stay Up Late - The Talking Heads
5. Jingle of a Dogs Collar - Butthole Surfers
6. Toxic - Brittany Spears
7. Hey Ya - Outkast
8. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk
9, Smooth Criminal - Micheal Jackson
10. Don't Think Twice It's Allright - Bob Dylan
11. It's The End of The World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - REM
12. Parklife - Blur
13. Lipgloss - Pulp
14. Wonderful, Wonderful - Johny Mathis
15. On the Radio - Regina Spektor
16. One Gun - 54-40
17. Ping Pong - Stereolab
18. Come Back to Me - Cherry Poppin' Daddies
19. Erie Canal - Bruce Springstein
20. Mexican Radio - Devo
21. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
22. Substitute - The Who
23. Twentysomething - Jamie Cullum
24. Don't Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson
25. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
26. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon
27. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Drury and the Blockheads
28. Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches
29. Electioneering - Radiohead
30. 303 - Kula Shaker
31. So Long And Thanks For All the Fish - Neil Hannon
32. Caught a Light Sneeze - Tori Amos
33. The Mending of the Gown - Sunset Rubdown
34. Hey Bulldog - The Beatles
35. I Guess That's Why They Call it The Blues - Elton John
36. 10538 Overture - ELO
37. Devil's Answer - Atomic Rooster
38. You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones
39. Ain't that Peculiar - Smokey Robinson
40. Something for the Weekend - The Divine Comedy
41. These Days Are Old - Spookey Ruben
42. Single Ladies - Beyonce
43. The Lines You Amend - Sloan
44. You're The Boss - Brian Setzer Orchestra
45. Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
46. Flashlight - Parliament
47. Givin' Up - The Darkness
48. Right Said Fred - Bernard Cribbans
49. E Pro - Beck
50. Harvest - Neil Young
51. Cry Me a River - Joe Cocker
52. What Goes Around (Comes Around) - Justin Timberlake
53. Traveller In Time - Uriah Heap
54. Making Plans For Nigel - XTC
55. Tainted Love - Softcell
56. This Charming Man - The Smiths
57. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
58. Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
59. You're My Best Friend - Queen
60. Dune Buggy - Presidents of the United States of America
61. Sound and Vision - David Bowie
62. Help Me Rhonda - The Beach Boys
63. Head Over Feet - Tears For Fears
64. ABC - Jackson Five
65. Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
66. American Wedding - Gogol Bordello
67. Kids - MGMT
68. Alone + an Easy Target - Foo Fighters
69. Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
70. Spanish Bombs - The Clash
71. If I Had A Million Dollars - the Barenaked Ladies
72. Up On The Roof - The Drifters
73. Rock Lobster - The B52s
74. Your Woman - White Town
75. Van Halen - Nerf Herder
76. Creeper - Islands
77. I Was Born a Unicorn - The Unicorns
78. Little Ghost - The White Stripes
79. Look Good In Leather - Cody Chestnut
80. Paper Planes - MIA
81. If I Only Knew - Tom Jones
82. New York Telephone Conversation - Lou Reed
84. Buddy Holly - Weezer
85. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
86. Hot And Cold - Katy Perry
87. Doctor Who (Is Gonna Fix It) - Bullamakanka
88. King Of the Road - Roger Miller
89. Hard To Explain - The Strokes
90. Holland 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel
91. Ban Marriage - The Hidden Cameras
92. Mary Mac - Great Big Sea
93. Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nancy Sinatra
94. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
95. Transmission - Joy Divison
96. Army - Ben Folds Five
97. Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
98. Danger (High Voltage) - The Electric Six
99. Girls On Film - Duran Duran
100. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
101. I Can't Decide - Scissor Sisters
102. All These Things That I Have Done - The Killers
103. The Twist - Metric
104. Sabotage - Beastie Boys
105. Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
106. Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III - Cornershop
107. Papa Don't Preach - Madonna
108. Supersonic - Oasis
109. Basket Case - Green Day
110. Groove Is In The Heart - Deeelite
111. Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
112. Message In a Bottle - The Police
113. Centerfold - J Geils Band
114. Friends Of P - The Rentals
115. Bang a Gong - T Rex
116. Mother Of Pearl - Roxy Music
117. Well Respected Man - The Kinks
118. Dreaming - Blondie
119. Summertime - Billy Stewart
120. House Of The Rising Sun - Animals
121. Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
122. I Am I Said - Neil Diamond
123. The Beat Goes On - Sonny and Cher
124. It's The Same Old Song - The Four Tops
125. The Infanta - The Decemberists
126. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - CCR
127. Poker Face - Lady Gaga
128. When Doves Cry - Prince
129. The Way - Fastball
130. Waiting For Superman - The Flaming Lips
131. Burnin' Down The House - Tom Jones and the Cardigans
132. In The Meantime - Spacehog
133. Dream On - Aerosmith
134. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
135. 16 Tons - Tennessee Earl Ford
136. Photocorners - The Lovely Feathers
137. I'll Believe in Anything - Wolf Parade
138. Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul) - Meatloaf
139. Voo Doo Child - Rogue Traders
140. Alison - Elvis Costello
141. Circles - Soul Coughing
142. The Longest Time - Billy Joel
143. Hips Don't Lie - Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
144. Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
145. Shadaroba - Roy Orbison
146. Bye Bye Bye - Nsync
147. Camelwalk - Southern Culture on the Skids
148. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
149. Crazy - Seal
150. Crazy - Patsy Cline
151. Crazy - Pylon

RIP Kate McGarrigle

Frankie Says Relax`

I meant to add this on yesterdays Scottish Hall of Fame post, but I forgot. Here's Frankie Boyle on Mock the Week. An Agony Aunt appears to be an advice columnist.

Scottish Hall of Fame

I recently read a post on my friend Melinda's blog about her birthday party. Her friends threw her a "So I Married an Axe Murderer" theme party. Which is the most hilariously awesome and obscure theme I've ever encountered! On her post she has a picture of a wall, I'm assuming in her house, titled "Scottish Wall of Fame". As a service to Melinda (call it a belated birthday present) I've come up with a few suggestions for her to add to her wall.

1. Groundskeeper Willie
No one is sure if Willie is from Aberdeen or Glasgow, but he was recently named the most recognizeable Scot in a US poll. Also, he's really funny.




















2. Frankie Boyle
Frankie is Glaswegian Comedian (that's a fun rhyme) who is best known for his dark and often controversial humour. He was regular on Mock the Week for the last seven seasons, and everything that comes out of his mouth is comic gold!
















3. Do I even need to explain?



















4. Scrooge McDuck
Because more houses need to have Scrooge McDuck on their walls.

Holiday Recap

I'm sitting here at my parent's house in the middle of nowhere. It's Dec 29th and I go back to work tomorrow. Bummer. When it's all been said and done I'll have only been home for about 90 hours. After such a quiet Christmas it's so nice to come home to a big Larabie family get together. We had a quiet dinner with the immediate family on boxing day. Then spent the day at Sandy Beach with the whole family. Yesterday we went to the quaint town of Picton for a ridiculous amount of second hand shopping with mom. I've never seen anyone get a deal like her, although Emilie is a close second. I also ate the best bowl of soup I've ever had at a small coffee shop called The Bean Counter. If you're even in Picton it's right across the street from the giant tiger. It was potato bacon soup and it's bumped me into a new soup bracket. That evening I visited my oldest friend Erin, and went and saw Sherlock Holmes. I thoroughly enjoyed Sherlock Holmes and I think io9's Annalee Newitz' said it best in her review.

"In a season full of swollen special effects blockbusters and annoying Christmas stories, badboy Brit director Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes is a welcome respite. It's a simple whodunnit with Victorian flourishes and a lot of incredibly hammy acting from star Robert Downey, Jr., playing Holmes as a badass Hunter Thompson type. When he's not solving crimes or using his powers of observation to kick bad guys in the nuts, Downey's Holmes mopes in his rooms, taking drugs and testing new kinds of explosives. Jude Law plays Watson with tweedy aplomb. Downey and Law have such incredible chemistry together that every scene featuring the two of them crackles with homoerotic zing and makes you fall completely in love with these two masters of logic who can also fight like Irish wrestlers (did I mention the great Irish wrestling scene? oh yeah)."

Today, my last full day before going back to the city. The whole family, aunts uncles and cousin's are coming to our house for a game night. How fun is that? We even have a trophy that we got at M.O.D. in Picton. All and all it was a fantastic holiday, and thats not even counting the presents. Thanks to all my family for making it so wonderful.

Long Overdue!

I'm back! Although I never really left, just got a new computer with a keyboard that doesn't really work, and makes typing really painstaking and annoying. I came accross an article today "the worst album covers of the decade" and I had to post a comparison.

First MC Hammers "Look Look Look" Album Cover





And now...Doctor Who.


I assume this will lead to some reslly awesome crossovers. Or some really terrible fanfic.

...a tropical heatwave!

Today Emilie pointed out that it is day 12 of the heatwave. I don't know if that's right but it sure feels like it. I would just like to point out that I never complained about the rainy, cool July we had - therefore it's unfair that I'm this hot.

BRING BACK THE COLD SUMMER!

Favourite Songs: Musicals

I'm not sure if this is nerdier or less nerdy than my classical music list. But here we go! Favourite songs from musicals (many of which I haven't actually seen) and my favourite performers of said songs.

1. With One Look - From Sunset Boulevard (performed by Petula Clark)


2. Sunset Boulevard - From Sunset Boulevard (performed by John Barrowman)


3. Sweet Transvestite - From Rocky Horror - Anthony Stewart Head


4. Ya Got Trouble - The Music Man - Robert Preston


5. On The Rise - Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog - Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day

Really anything from Dr. Horrible, it's so hard to pick one.

6. Wig in a Box - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - John Cameron Mitchell

Sad that he's prettier than me.

7. At The Opera Tonight - Repo: The Genetic Opera - Anthony Head, Alexa Vega, Sarah Brightman, Paul Sorvino, Bill Mosley, Ogre, Paris Hilton et al.