It's been about 5 years since I put out a list of my 101 favourite songs (and when I did it in 2015 that was 5 years after the previous time), so it's as good a time as any to do it again.
Here the two previous lists for reference - one more verbose than the other
https://101songs.blogspot.com/2010/08/101-101-songs.html (2010)
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There is no attempt or pretence at objectivity here, these are just my favourites.
There's a lot that is the same as last time and the time before, a fair bit that is different. It's a bit sappier, reflects a little bit, but not too much, how these last five years have been spent.
I haven't put much thought into it, haven't applied any formulae, just looked through my various playlists and thought "yes, still love love love that" or "love that but it's a little in my past right now".
The order is pretty much entirely specious, except that I'd say that I do think 'All My Friends' has pretty solidly become my favourite song in the world. Saying that, I'll probably compel myself to be bored of it (for the first time) shortly.
Apart from the obvious, the other big lifestyle/music change from 5 years ago is that I don't run while listening to music anymore (I don't really run at mo, and even when I do it's sans headphones). That's surprisingly important. A lot of the euphoric listening to music I was doing between 2006 and 2016 was pounding the streets/treadmill, and it suited a certain type of song.
I might put in the odd note of explanation/mitigation here and there ...
- All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
- From the Morning - Nick Drake
- Pa'lante - Hurray for the Riff-Raff
- Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill
- In California - Joanna Newsom
- When the Haar Rolls In - James Yorkston
- Idiot Wind - Bob Dylan
- My Baby Don't Understand Me - Natalie Prass
- Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
- I See a Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
- The Modern Leper - Julien Baker (cover of Frightened Rabbit)
- Being Alive - Stephen Sondheim
- Grace - Jeff Buckley
- Take it with Me - Tom Waits
- Song for Our Daughter - Laura Marling
- Lean on Me - Bill Withers
- Blind Willie McTell - Bob Dylan
- Family Affair - Mary J Blige
- Girl in Amber - Nick Cave
- Heatwave - Martha and the Vandellas
- Danny Callahan - Conor Oberst
- The Trapeze Swinger - Iron and Wine
- A Case of You - Joni Mitchell
- Place to Be - Nick Drake
- Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
- Witness (1 Hope) - Roots Manuva
- Isis (live) - Bob Dylan
- Yes - McAlmont and Butler
- Floating in the Forth - Frightened Rabbit
- Up With People - Lambchop
- She's a Jar - Wilco
- First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
- Bring da Ruckus - Wu-Tang Clan
- Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny's Child
- Holes - Mercury Rev
- King Kunta - Kendrick Lamar
- Random Rules - Silver Jews
- Rise - Josh Rouse
- So Long, Marianne - Leonard Cohen
- Shake - Otis Redding
- No Children - Mountain Goats
- Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez
- American Trilogy - The Delgados
- Bryte Side - The Pernice Brothers
- Black - Dave
- Be My Baby - The Ronettes
- Nutmeg - Ghostface Killah
- Amsterdam - UNPOC
- Better Son/Daughter - Rilo Kiley
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) - Bruce Springsteen
- There She Goes, My Beautiful World - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Angela Surf City - The Walkmen
- Dancing on My Own - Robyn
- Caroline No - The Beach Boys
- Green Light - Lorde
- St Elmo's Fire - John Parr ... sometimes the ones we love ironically end up being the ones we love most of all
- I Want You - Elvis Costello
- The Rat - The Walkmen
- Send in the Clowns - Barbra Streisand (Sondheim)
- The Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys
- Simple Man - Graham Nash
- Unfollow the Rules - Rufus Wainwright ... this is pretty brand new, but it's really pure unfettered Wainwright and i love it
- How Far I'll Go - Moana
- Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher - Jackie Wilson
- Sign of the Times - Jamie T
- Jesus Etc - Wilco
- Danny Nedelko - Idles
- Ice Hockey Hair - Super Furry Animals
- Love Child -The Supremes
- Au Fond Du Temple Saint - Jussi Bjorling
- A Whole Lot Better - Brendan Benson
- You've Got a Friend - Carole King
- Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground
- Downtown Train - Tom Waits
- Kung Fu - Ash
- Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson
- Lithuania - Dan Bern
- Pink Rabbits - The National
- Be not So Fearful - Bill Fay
- Galveston - Glen Campbell
- Branches - Midlake
- Fight the Power - Public Enemy
- Love Love Love - Mountain Goats
- On and On - The Longpigs
- You Are Everything - Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross
- Tilted - Christine and the Queens
- Free Falling - Tom Petty ... after years of indifference, this one caught up with me recently
- There There My Dear - Dexys Midnight Runners
- Anyone - Joan as Policewoman
- Where Does the Good Go - Tegan and Sara
- Down in the Tube Station at Midnight - The Jam
- Dear Lord and Father of Mankind ... it's still can give me the shivers just to think about this one being sung well, let alone to here it sung well
- Mid Air - Paul Buchanan
- Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space - Spiritualized
- Shake it Off - Taylor Swift
- Friday Night - The Darkness ... pure silliness
- No One Know Me Like the Piano in My Mother's Room - Sampha
- The Judgement of the Moon and Stars - Joni Mitchell
- Time for Heroes - The Libertines
- The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan
- Redemption Song - Bob Marley
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