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Friday, November 19, 2004

100 Songs

Just a list, in honor of the Rolling Stone 500, which I have yet to see. Here�s one hundred songs from Rock, Rap, and Jazz that I really, really dig. Does it go without saying that there are more songs than just these 100 that I like?

(in no sort of order whatsoever)

�Golden Slumbers� through �The End� off of Abbey Road - Beatles
�For No One� - Beatles
�After the Dance� � Marvin Gaye
�God Only Knows� � The Beach Boys
�All Along the Watchtower� � Jimi Hendrix
�Unit 7� � Wes Montgomery off of Smokin� at the Half Note
�Scenario� � A Tribe Called Quest
�The Weight� � The Band
�Visions of Johanna� � Bob Dylan
�Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat� � Bob Dylan
�Rio� � Duran Duran
�Sweet Thing� � Van Morrison
�Caravan� � Van Morrison (especially off of The Last Waltz)
�Brother Love�s Traveling Salvation Show� � Neil Diamond
�4th Chamber� � GZA
�Making a Name for Ourselves� � Common f/ Canibus
�Electric Relaxation� � A Tribe Called Quest
�Freddie�s Dead� � Curtis Mayfield
�Superfly� � Curtis Mayfield
�Low Spark of High Heeled Boys� � Traffic
�So What� � Miles Davis
�All Blues� � Miles Davis
�Frelon Brun� � Miles Davis
�My Favorite Things� � John Coltrane
�Ev�ry Time We Say Goodbye� � John Coltrane
�Dandelion� � Rolling Stones
�Won�t Get Fooled Again� � Who
�Behind Blue Eyes� � Who
�The Way You Move� � Outkast
�SpottieOttieDopalicious� � Outkast
�Peggy Sue� � Buddy Holly
�She Said� � Beatles
�Shimmy Shimmy Ya� � Ol� Dirty Bastard
�Knuckleheadz� � Raekwon
�Here Comes My Baby� � Cat Stevens
�Fat Man� � Jethro Tull
�Nothing Is Easy� � Jethro Tull
�Hey Jude� � Beatles
�Burning of the Midnight Lamp� through �Still Raining/Still Dreaming� off Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
�(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher� � Jackie Wilson
�Lonely Teardrops� � Jackie Wilson
�Hey Hey What Can I Do� � Led Zeppelin
�Feelin� Alright� � Traffic
�Tangerine� � Led Zeppelin
�Ten Years Gone� � Led Zeppelin
�A Night In Tunisia� � Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker
�Witch Hunt� � Wayne Shorter
�Uptight� � Stevie Wonder
�Shotgun� � Jr. Walker and the All Stars
�What�s Going On� � Marvin Gaye
�Suite: Judy Blue Eyes� � Crosby, Stills, and Nash
�Ohio� � CSN&Y
�Crossroads� � Cream
�Sunshine of Your Love� � Cream
�Holocaust� � RZA as Bobby Digital
�Survival of the Fittest� � Mobb Deep
�Theme from Shaft� � Isaac Hayes
�My Girl� � Temptations
�Sir Duke� � Stevie Wonder
�Walkin After Midnight� � Madeleine Peyroux
�Crazy� � Patsy Cline
�Da Art of Storytelling� � Outkast f/ Slick Rick
�Bring the Pain� � Method Man
�Life�s a Bitch� � Nas
�T.R.O.Y.� � Pete Rock and CL Smooth
�Little Wing� � Jimi Hendrix
�Ball and Chain� � Janis Joplin
�Devil�s Haircut� � Beck
�Tropicalia� � Beck
�Black Cow� � Steely Dan
�FM� � Steely Dan
�Billy Boy� � Ahmad Jamal
�Four on Six� � Wes Montgomery off Smokin at the Half Note
�Fat Albert Rotunda� � Herbie Hancock
�Off the Books� � Beatnuts f/ Big Pun
�Black Ego� � Digable Planets
�9th Wonder� � Digable Planets
�Kill You� � Eminem
�Up on Cripple Creek� � The Band
�Pink Houses� � John Mellencamp
�Saturday in the Park� � Chicago
�Comfortably Numb� � Pink Floyd
�Handle With Care� � Traveling Wilburys
�Sultans of Swing� � Dire Straits
�Triumph� � Wu-Tang Clan
�I Shall Be Released� � The Band f/ Bob Dylan
�Theme from The Love Boat� � (totally not kidding)
�Welcome Back� � John Sebastian
�Green Dolphin Street� � Eric Dolphy
�Better Git Hit In Yo Soul� � Charles Mingus
�Verbal Intercourse� � Raekwon f/ Ghost and Nas
�A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturday� � De La Soul
�Groove is in the Heart� � Dee-Lite
�It�s About That Time� � Miles Davis
�Centerfield� � John Fogerty
�Tonight We�re Going to Rock You Tonight� � Spinal Tap
�Little Pocket Sized Demons� � Henry Threadgill
�Blue in Green� � Miles Davis
�Sara Smile� � Hall and Oates
�8:05� � Moby Grape

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