The All-Time Favorite Songs Ballot Thread • Page 3

I might end up doing two lists. One official ballot where I limit it to a few songs per artist so I can spread my votes and then the real list lol.

 

If I actually end up tabulating all of this into a master list, I'll just take the top 50. Don't worry!

 

Who else can I rope into this torturous experience? @cshadows2887, @phaynes12, you game?

 

Just so we're not messing it up, are we referring to Tevin Campbell as "Powerline" when we all list "I2I", or his real name?

 

oh man. ranking albums has always been pretty easy for me but this seems next to impossible.

 

i might just pick one song from my albums list and rank those. otherwise idk how id ever do this lol

 

this is so hard to cut down and order but it's so fun listening to all of my favourite songs lol.

 

I have 218 songs listed and I am not even satisfied with that list in terms of missing things

EDIT:
Here's where I'm at so far, out of order

 

50 Joyce Manor - Beach Community - 2011
49 Mazzy Star - Halah - 1990
48 Grimes - Kill V. Maim - 2015
47 Blood Orange - Time Will Tell - 2013
46 Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth - 2005
45 Seahaven - Bottled - 2010
44 Mystery Jets - Flakes - 2008
43 Justin Timberlake - Don't Hold The Wall - 2013
42 BROCKHAMPTON - JUNKY - 2017
41 The Dangerous Summer - Where I Want To Be - 2009
40 Frank Turner - I Knew Prufrock Before He Was Famous - 2008
39 Thrice - Anthology - 2011
38 There Will Be Fireworks - River - 2013
37 Lorde - Green Light - 2017
36 Counting Crows - Round Here - 1993
35 Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy - 1992
34 Mayday Parade - If You Wanted A Song Written About You, All You Had To Do Was Ask - 2007
33 Kendrick Lamar - u - 2016
32 Press to MECO - Autopsy - 2015
31 Taking Back Sunday - Makedamnsure - 2007
30 Titus Andronicus - The Battle of Hampton Roads - 2011
29 Patti Smith - Gloria - 1975
28 Fionn Regan - Be Good Or Be Gone - 2006
27 Childish Gambino - Freaks & Geeks - 2011
26 New Found Glory - My Friends Over You - 2001
25 Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better - 1977
24 Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive By - 1997
23 Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End - 2020
22 Sigur Ros - 3 - Samskeyti - 2002
21 Nujabes - Blessing It - 2003
20 Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York - 1970
19 Weezer - Across The Sea - 1996
18 The Menzingers - Casey - 2012
17 Transit - Long Lost Friends - 2011
16 Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs - 1977
15 Oceansize - Ornament / The Last Wrongs - 2005
14 Bon Iver - Michicant - 2011
13 Los Campesinos! - I Just Sighed, I Just Sighed, Just So You Know - 2010
12 The Wonder Years - I Don't Like Who I Was Then - 2015
11 The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon - 1985
10 Pearl Jam - Corduroy - 1996
9 The Hotelier - An Introduction To The Album - 2014
8 The Gaslight Anthem - The Backseat - 2008
7 Manchester Orchestra - Colly Strings - 2006
6 Biffy Clyro - All The Way Down (Prologue - Chapter 1) - 2003
5 Trophy Scars - Never Dead - 2011
4 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me - 2015
3 LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends - 2007
2 American Football - Never Meant - 1999
1 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run - 1975

 

A few of these will definitely be on my list.

 

I'll do this. I'll hate the list immediately after, but I'll do it.

Is there a date we have to be done by?

 

I don’t think so. Hoping the conversation in here will stay active for a few weeks at least, and I’d expect lists to trickle in over that time period.

 

it’s hard enough to do this with songs from my library, let alone songs from the wild. i think i’m gonna limit to one per album

 

I might have to limit it to albums I own or are on my "to buy" list. I wouldn't even know how to start with songs I love but haven't heard the record.

 

right haha. a lot of one-hit wonder type bands with songs that are ubiquitous enough where I don't need them in the library, like come on eileen or whatever

 

How the fuck didn't I include Come on Eileen. That's easily top 50. Shit

 

lol i've done 1,106 bias sorter matchups and i'm only 33% through

 

How many songs did you throw into the bias sorter?

 

Dude, Too Rye Ay is actually an awesome record.

I mean, I get the general point, but swing and miss on the particular example. Haha

 

chris, there are plenty of one hit wonder bands with great albums haha

 

I have a suspicion that like 44/50 on my list will appear on zero other lists, which is discouraging. But then there’s a chance that maybe me and Craig can overlap on a Chad Perrone song and get it to land, which is motivating.

 

Now I’m trying to figure out what your Chad song would be…

 

So am I, my friend. So am I

 

I've got one on my list but idk if it would be one either of you would pick lol.

 

I always think about music from an album perspective. I could probably put together a favorite songs from my favorite albums list without too much struggle, but trying to come up with and incorporate all the single songs I love from albums/artists that aren't my personal favorites is completely overwhelming.

Will probably start working on this today

 

Did this quickly, and already kinda hate it ha.

For any omissions, I basically weighed up if I have any specific memories associated with the song, and went with the ones that I have more "history" with.

Getting the 50 was a nightmare, so didn't spend too long on the ordering after then. Hyperballad is my number 1 - anything else I'd be happy to shuffle about, more or less.

1. Bjork - Hyperballad
2. The Clash - Train in Vain
3. Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper
4. Nina Simone - Sinnerman
5. Tegan and Sara - The Ocean
6. Bjork - Domestica
7. Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
8. Biffy Clyro - Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies
9. There Will Be Fireworks - River
10. Blondie - Union City Blue
    
    
11. David Bowie - Heroes
12. The National - All The Wine
13. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
14. Bon Iver - 8 (Circle)
15. Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
16. Biffy Clyro - 57
17. Rufus Wainwright - Poses
18. Bright Eyes - Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and To be Loved)
19. The Cure - A Few Hours After This...
20. Van Morrison - Sweet Thing
    
    
21. Bjork - Big Time Sensuality (Fluke Minimix)
22. Minus The Bear - Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse
23. Bruce Springsteen - Blinded by the Light
24. Tegan and Sara - The Con
25. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
26. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
27. Bjork - Play Dead
28. Massive Attack - Angel
29. Refused - New Noise
30. Faye Wong - Dreams
    
    
31. Thursday - Jet Black New Year
32. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
33. Simon and Garfunkel - Keep the Customer Satisfied
34. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
35. Enter Shikari - Constellations
36. Frightened Rabbit - Acts of Man
37. Dessa - The Chaconne
38. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
39. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
40. The National - Terrible Love
    
    
41. 65daysofstatic - Tiger Girl
42. Saul Williams - Penny For a Thought
43. The Sugarcubes - Leash Called Love
44. The Tallest Man on Earth - Sagres
45. And So I Watch You From Afar - Set Guitars to Kill
46. The Twilight Sad - And She Would Darken the Memory
47. Pulp - Common People
48. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody
49. The Pogues - Bottle of Smoke
50. Amerie - One Thing