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1. The Slits 'I Hear It Thru The Grapevine'

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:12 (twenty-three years ago)

thats HEARD obviously

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:13 (twenty-three years ago)

2. husker du- eight miles high

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:14 (twenty-three years ago)

3. adeva "respect"

― michael wells (michael w.), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:14 (twenty-three years ago)

4. 13th floor elevators- its all over now baby blue

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:14 (twenty-three years ago)

5. Television- fire engine

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

6. Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

7. scooter "the logical song"

― michael wells (michael w.), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

7. cat power- satisfaction

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

8 Robert Forster - Echo Beach

― MikeB, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:16 (twenty-three years ago)

8. Primal Scream - Slip inside this house

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:16 (twenty-three years ago)

9. derek bailey- body and soul

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:16 (twenty-three years ago)

11. St Etienne 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart'

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

8. Spirit, 'Like A Rolling Stone'

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

13. Ultraviolet 'Kites'

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

16. Felix Da Housekatt 'Magic Fly'

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

12. The Byrds, 'Mr Tambourine Man'

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:18 (twenty-three years ago)

15.Diamanda Galas - Gloomy Sunday

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:18 (twenty-three years ago)

12. Grateful Dead - Not Fade Away

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:18 (twenty-three years ago)

14. the chocolate watch band ~ its all over now baby blue

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:18 (twenty-three years ago)

17.Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:18 (twenty-three years ago)

18. Galaxie 500 - Don't let our youth go to waste

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:18 (twenty-three years ago)

we're on about 22 now

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

19.The Cardigans - Iron Man

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

23. Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

24.Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

derek bailey (DB)
20. What's new

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:20 (twenty-three years ago)

25. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:20 (twenty-three years ago)

26. Janis Joplin - "Me and Bobby McGee"

― Jacob, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:20 (twenty-three years ago)

please count before adding another!

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:20 (twenty-three years ago)

DB-
21. My melancholy baby

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Gareth you god: 14. the chocolate watch band ~ its all over now baby blue - what a drop!

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:21 (twenty-three years ago)

30. DJ Sammy - Boys Of Summer

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:21 (twenty-three years ago)

22. DB-
Stella by starlight (07.21)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:21 (twenty-three years ago)

NOW we're on 30 i think

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:22 (twenty-three years ago)

32.Sepultura - Orgasmatron

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:22 (twenty-three years ago)

31. Low - Transmission

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:22 (twenty-three years ago)

27. DB-
Georgia on my mind (04.57)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:22 (twenty-three years ago)

28. DB-Please don't talk about me when I'm gone

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:23 (twenty-three years ago)

34. ladies first "i can't wait"

― michael wells (michael w.), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:24 (twenty-three years ago)

33. Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:24 (twenty-three years ago)

29. DB- Gone with the wind (02.28)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:24 (twenty-three years ago)

34. XTC, "All Along the Watchtower"

― Matt C., Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:24 (twenty-three years ago)

30. The Sandpipers - Hang on Sloopy

― Paul R (paul R), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:24 (twenty-three years ago)

37. Blue States - ALphabet Street

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:25 (twenty-three years ago)

35. Jimi hendrix- satrs and stripes.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:25 (twenty-three years ago)

38. Bryan Ferry - A hard rain's gonna fall

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:25 (twenty-three years ago)

38. Alan Vega - Everyone's a Winner

can't you count people?

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:25 (twenty-three years ago)

36.Megiddo - Earth's Last Picture

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:25 (twenty-three years ago)

40. antony and the johnsons - child of god

― angela (angela), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 16:26 (twenty-three years ago)

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100. sex pistols- god save the queen

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:04 (twenty-three years ago)

99. Jimi Hendrix, 'All Along The Watchtower'

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

that's it folks. thanks for contributing. I'll clean this up later. or not.

roger PKD- we've had that

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:06 (twenty-three years ago)

99. zeitraker- metal machine music

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:07 (twenty-three years ago)

I've already done that one, Roger, so how about:

99. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry James - got all keen, just like Roy. Then saw yer entry at 33. Ah.

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Barman - another round of backslaps for the house.

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:10 (twenty-three years ago)

haha julio should NOT be allowed to tidy this up by virtue of the Matos-Monkees rule of 3!

― Jeff W, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Hey, there's no-one keener than Roy.
Should be back soon thankfully, to go all off-thread for a moment.

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Thankfully? Hey now waitaminute... for my sins I'm Leeds mate. I'd rather see that twat steamrollered.

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:16 (twenty-three years ago)

thought Gaye's 'Grapevine' was the original...shock horror

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Well maybe we should do some sort of non-aggresion pact then, Roger. Cos while we might agree about some music, we're not going to get on talking about football.

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Yu-huh. Just don't mention Bolton and everything will be gravy.

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:22 (twenty-three years ago)

And I won't mention Eric either, I promise.

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:23 (twenty-three years ago)

hahahahahahahah! i hear o'learys looking for a job!

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:24 (twenty-three years ago)

And I won't mention 1-0.

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:26 (twenty-three years ago)

the rule of three only applied because Dan Perry nominated like fifteen Monkees songs in a row!

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:27 (twenty-three years ago)

um, i'm not a man u fan though!

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:28 (twenty-three years ago)

rules suck!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Fair enough Roger. Are we starting this pact then or what?

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Well OK Gareth, divulge your allegiance and let us rip into you. Impeccable dropping on the above thread btw.

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:29 (twenty-three years ago)

meaning it wasn't actually a rule of three, it was a rule of "ENOUGH ALREADY DAN"

fuck you Julio

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:29 (twenty-three years ago)

OK man - no football banter. Unless we beat you again, of course.

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:31 (twenty-three years ago)

ENOUGH ALREADY DAN rule applied strictly:

1. Slits – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
2. Husker Dü - eight miles high
3. adeva - respect
4. 13th floor elevators- its all over now baby blue
5. Television- fire engine
6. Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat
7. scooter - the logical song
8. cat power- satisfaction
9. Robert Forster - Echo Beach
10. Primal Scream - Slip inside this house
11. derek bailey- body and soul
12. St Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
13. Spirit - Like A Rolling Stone
14. Ultraviolet - Kites
15. Felix Da Housekatt 'Magic Fly'
16. The Byrds - 'Mr Tambourine Man'
17. Diamanda Galas - Gloomy Sunday
18. Grateful Dead - Not Fade Away
19. the chocolate watch band ~ its all over now baby blue
20. Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall
21. Galaxie 500 - Don't let our youth go to waste
22. The Cardigans - Iron Man
23. Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
24. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
25. Derek Bailey - What's new?
26. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q
27. Janis Joplin - "Me and Bobby McGee"
28. Derek Bailey - My melancholy baby
29. DJ Sammy - Boys Of Summer
30. Sepultura - Orgasmatron
31. Low - Transmission
32. Ladies First "i can't wait"
33. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
34. XTC - All Along the Watchtower
35. The Sandpipers - Hang on Sloopy
36. Blue States - ALphabet Street
37. Jimi hendrix - The Star-Spangled Banner
38. Bryan Ferry - A hard rain's gonna fall
39. Alan Vega - Everyone's a Winner
40. Megiddo - Earth's Last Picture
41. antony and the johnsons - child of god
42. MC5 - Back in the USA
43. The Cure - Purple Haze
44. Frente - Bizarre Love Triangle
45. Galaxie 500 - Here She Comes Now
46. kramer - insight
47. borbetomagus - Blue Jay Way
48. Peter Sellers - She loves you
49. David Bowie 'China Girl'
50. bongwater ~ bedazzled
51. U2 - 'Pop Muzik'
52. Boyce & Hart - Jumpin Jack Flash
53. Slint - Cortez the Killer
54. Isaac Hayes - Walk on by
55. minutemen - dr. wu
56. Mercury Rev - Cortez the Killer
57. Massive Attack 'Be Thankful For What You’ve Got'
58. Martine McCutcheon - On the radio
59. shirley bassey - light my fire
60. Happy Mondays - 'Step On'
61. west coast pop art experimental band ~ heres where you belong
62. Sugababes - 'Freak Like Me'
63. Napalm Death - Nazi Punks Fuck Off
64. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
65. REM - Wall of Death
66. REM - Toys in the Attic
67. Mazzy Star - Blue Flower
68. Built to Spill - cortez the killer
69. west coast pop art experimental band ~ high coin
70. siousie and the banshees- helter skelter
71. Swans - Love Will Tear Us Apart
72. My Bloody Valentine - We Have All the Time in the World
73. Yo La Tengo - Speeding Motorcycle
74. Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye baby
75. Ciccone Youth - Into the groove(y)
76. Galaxie 500 - Isn't it a pity
77. Models - Ding a dong
78. Feelies - Helter Skelter
79. Aretha Franklin - Respect
80. west coast pop art experimental band - Louie, Louie
81. Redd Kross - Blow You a Kiss in the Wind
82. Aretha Franklin- Eleanor Rigby
82. Big Black - the model
83. Elvis Presley - Something
84. minor threat-12 XU
85. Fun Boy 3 - Our Lips Are Sealed
86. Mrs. Miller - Downtown
87. Hugo Montenegro- Dizzy
88. 16 Horsepower - Day of the Lords
89. joni mitchell - twisted
90. Sam Moore & Conway Twitty - Rainy Night in Georgia
91. Patti Smith-Gloria
92. enoch light - bond street
93. LB - Be Near Me
94. zeitraker - metal machine music
95. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said
96. Enoch Light - Marrakech Express
97. CSNY - 'Woodstock'
98 Jefferson Airplane - Triad
99. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
100. Marvin Gaye - I heard it through the grapevine

― zebedee, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:40 (twenty-three years ago)

great list! i'd rotate 1 and 100 on an hourly basis

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 17:52 (twenty-three years ago)

That list is conspicuously missing...

Ween - "Hot For Teacher", "Dukes of Hazzard Theme"
Mr. Bungle - "Oops I Did It Again"
Devo - "Satisfaction" (c'mon! best version of "Satisfaction" evah!)
Beck - "Electric Avenue"
Wyclef Jean/Pharoah Monch/Kenny Rogers - "The Gambler"
Bjork - "It's Oh So Quiet"

That's okay, I'll forgive ya. :D

― nickalicious, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 18:25 (twenty-three years ago)

huddersfield town

ok you win rog!

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 19:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Another major miss:
Calexico - Clothes of Sand

Especially as I have never heard Nick Drake's original as it is not on the Fruit Tree Box.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 19:41 (twenty-three years ago)

''fuck you Julio''

matos baby you're turning me on.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 22:03 (twenty-three years ago)

zebedee- god save the queen is a genuine cover. so is zeitraker's performance of metal machine music. damn you popists to hell!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 22:06 (twenty-three years ago)

OK I know I'm late but here goes nothing...

Frazier CHorus - Anarchy in the UK

Cocteaus - Song to the siren

― jon (jon), Thursday, 21 November 2002 09:03 (twenty-three years ago)

zeitraker is in there julio

― zebedee (Jeff W), Thursday, 21 November 2002 09:39 (twenty-three years ago)

What happened to the whole of 'Exile' by Pussy Galore?

Not that I've heard it, mind you, but they must get some credit for doing a whole (double) album.

― James Ball (James Ball), Thursday, 21 November 2002 09:45 (twenty-three years ago)

albums were disqualified. all complaints to: pitchforkmedia . com

― zebedee (Jeff W), Thursday, 21 November 2002 09:53 (twenty-three years ago)

OK its at no 94 instead of 99. sorry for not reading things properly at 11 pm.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 21 November 2002 10:04 (twenty-three years ago)

"Andy, I was about to put [Grapevine] at the end.."

yeh, I intended to put it at the end too, but it got to five o'clock and I thought "fuck symmetry, I'm going home".

― andy, Thursday, 21 November 2002 10:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Santana's major songs were all covers
"Oye Como Va" Tito Puente
"Black Magic woman" Fleetwood Mac
"Jingo" - Babatunde Olatunji

agree that the Devo "Satisfaction" should clearly be on that list - also Tom Jones/Art of Noise "Kiss"

― H (Heruy), Thursday, 21 November 2002 10:15 (twenty-three years ago)

I might have a go at writing something about each of the final 100 (and list closed - sorry folks, but dem's the rules). Might as well put these lists to some use.

Trouble is, I've never heard 65% of the songs...

― Jeff W (Jeff W), Thursday, 21 November 2002 10:25 (twenty-three years ago)

get 'ballads' by derek bailey and you'll hear a few more jeff.

if you take ballads out then yes, there's prob only five of those I have heard (haven't heard husker du and television cover versions, just know that they did them from memory)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 21 November 2002 10:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Santana's major songs were all covers
What about Samba Pa Ti from 1973 which I always considered as their peak? I guess it was theirs or am I wrong?

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Thursday, 21 November 2002 15:44 (twenty-three years ago)

We somehow missed:

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing compares to U
Mudhoney - Revolution
and another one that I've just forgotten again.

― James Ball (James Ball), Thursday, 21 November 2002 17:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Also missed: Pavement's cover of Killing Moon, Big Star's cover of Femme Fatale, REM's cover of Strange, Dinosaur Jr.'s cover of Just Like Heaven, Trash Can Sinatra's cover of To Sir, With Love and Superchunk's covers of Brand New Love and 100,000 Fireflies.

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Friday, 22 November 2002 03:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Why the HELL isn't Aztec Camera's cover of "Jump" on here? Or White Flag's cover of "Wuthering Heights"?

― Xibalba (xibalba), Friday, 22 November 2002 06:00 (twenty-three years ago)

because you didn't suggest them (in time) - duh

― zebedee (Jeff W), Friday, 22 November 2002 10:25 (twenty-three years ago)

four years pass...

aaliyah's ARE U THAT SOMEBODY gracefully and passionately done by the gossip. my fave cover in years and years, thrown away as track 6 on a 6 track remix mini album last year.

― pisces (piscesx), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 12:33 (nineteen years ago)

jeremy dellar - 'pacific state'

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

six years pass...

Part 2?

― Moka, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 05:56 (twelve years ago)

twelve years pass...

bardo pond "in every dream home a heart ache"

― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 4 February 2026 18:37 (one month ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uqxRhaHLv8

― Jonk Raven (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 February 2026 18:41 (one month ago)

two weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyr2VbKC9qY

― Schlub 7 (Tom D.), Friday, 20 February 2026 14:46 (two weeks ago)

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