Considering Uxpatc is also about Rock n Roll. There are times where I will talk about music. The story behing this "top 100" is quite amusing. When I lived in Dubai in the late 90's, I read an article published by St Louis Chronicle written by some rock critic abt Rolling Stone latest Top 100 songs of all time. It was a piece to end the century in music and he was arguing some of the choices from Rolling Stones magazine. Since, Rolling Stones magazine wasn't available in the middle east in those days, I drop him a mail asking if he could share the list so I could make my own opinion. Which is exactly what I did after receiving it. In my opinion, the list was too american oriented and lacked some of the british monument of rock and roll. He then challenged me to establish one and sent it to him so he could compare. With my other Rock n Roll partner's in crime (boutte, bartoch, rich, nabel, david) we established a list of 500 songs and gradually voted our top 100. 3 months laters, after some complex voting protocols and rules, we ended up with the list below. I forwarded OUR list to him and although we did not get our name on the paper, he acknowledged that our list could have been one selected in his top 100. I was happy with that. Anyway, below is the list. Enjoy......
Artiste titre - title
The Rolling Stones | Sympathy for the devil |
The Clash | London calling |
Nirvana | Smell like teen spirit |
The Clash | The magnificent seven |
Iggy Pop | The Passenger |
Patti Smith | Because the night |
The Sex Pistols | Anarchy in the U.K |
Bruce Springsteen | The River |
Oasis | Supersonic |
The Rolling Stones | Satisfaction |
AC/DC | Highway to hell |
Radiohead | Creep |
Joe Jackson | Hometown |
The Breeders | Cannonball |
David Bowie | Heroes |
Joe Jackson | I'm the man |
The Smiths | Bigmouth strikes again |
David Bowie | Rock'n roll suicide |
Pink Floyd | Another brick in the wall |
The Who | Don't get fool again |
The Doors | The end |
Led Zeppelin | Stairway to heaven |
The Who | Pinball wizard |
The Who | My generation |
Smashing Pumpkins | 1979 |
Lou Reed | Perfect Day |
Sid Vicious | My way |
Peter Gabriel | In your eyes |
Blur | Girls and boys |
U2 | Where the streets have no name |
The Rolling Stones | Jumpin Jack Flash |
The Smiths | The queen is dead |
ZZ Top | La Grange |
U2 | Sunday Bloody Sunday |
The Clash | Guns of Brixton |
Oasis | Wonderwall |
Patti Smith | Frederick |
Jeff Buckley | Grace |
Iggy Pop | Candy |
The Pixies | Here comes your man |
Public Image Limited | This is not a love song |
Moby | In this world |
The Clash | Rock the casbah |
Muse | Time is Running |
Massive Attack | Unfinished Simpathy |
Placebo | Special k |
The Doors | L.A Woman |
Jimi Hendrix | Hey joe |
Jimi hendrix | All along the watchtower |
Bjork | Violently happy |
Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody |
The Specials | Gangsters |
U2 | New Years day |
Queen | We will rock you |
Led Zeppelin | Whole lotta love |
Rage against the machine | Killing in the name of |
The Rolling Stones | Brown sugar |
Talking Heads | Psycho Killer |
Madness | Our house |
Noir Désir | Tostaky |
James Brown | Sex machine |
Litfiba | Istanbul |
Peter Gabriel | Sledge hammer |
Portishead | Glory Box |
The Rolling Stones | It's only rock'n roll |
Steppenwolf | Born to be wild |
Lou Reed | Walk on the wild side |
John Lennon | Instant Karma |
Martha and the muffins | Echo beach |
Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode |
Rod Stewart | Passion |
Dire Straits | Sultans of swing |
The Cure | Boy's don't cry |
Telephone | Un autre monde |
Led Zeppelin | Kashmir |
The Kinks | You realy got me |
Men at work | Down under |
John Lennon | Imagine |
The Simple Minds | Don't you |
The Doors | Light my fire |
Blue Nile | Tinseltown in the rain |
B52's | Planet claire |
Deep purple | Smoke on the water |
Bruce Springsteen | Born to run |
Iggy Pop | Lust for life |
AC/DC | Hell bells |
The Simple Minds | Somewhone, somewhere in summertime |
The Simple Minds | Sactify yourself |
Propellerheads | History repeating |
Supertramp | School |
Aerosmiths | Dream on |
The Pogues | Dirty old town |
Depeche mode | Enjoy the silence |
Joe Jackson | Fools in love |
U2 | Pride |
Elvis Presley | Suspicious minds |
The Simple Minds | Alive and Kicking |
Jorge Ben | Taj Mahal |
Beck | Sex laws |
Frank Sinatra | My way |
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