CDR80 - What kinda stuff? Explain your taste in one CD

Baby Blue - Badfinger
Too Clever by Half - David J
Make Up - Lou Reed
Mystery Wind - Richard Thompson
People Ain't No Good - Nick Cave
Prophet Song - Queen
Various Times - The Fall
nervous breakdown - black flag
I Will Wait - Pere Ubu
Ice Cream for Crow - Captain Beefheart
Terror Couple Kill Colonel - Bauhaus
The Sweetest Chill - Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Second Line - clinic
Show Biz Kids - Steely Dan
Big Saturday - Jazz Butcher
To Reach Me - Go-Betweens
Take the Fifth - Spoon
Go On - Waitresses
Out to Play - Miracle Legion
Deeper into Movies - Yo la tengo

The battle of Evermore-Led zepelin
Up All Night (RMX)-Jon B
i Luv U-Dizee
Burning Down The House-Talking Heads
Bombs Over Bagdad-outcast
I Wanna Give You Devotion-Nomad
Master of Puppets-Metallica
Bye Bye Bye-N'sync
Tiny Dancer-Elton John
Northern Skye-Nick Drake
Ride Wid Us-So Solid
Witchitau lineman-Glen Campbell
Lapdance-N*E*R*D
Hyperspeed-Prodigy
O.P.P-Naughty By Nature
Dreamweaver-Gary Wright
Original Nutta-Shy Fx ft. Uk Apache
Stronger-Britney Spears
Oh Very Young-Cat Stevens

Interesting that you chose "CD" instead of, say, "Mix tape". A sign of the times.
"Hey Bulldog" by the Beatles
"Love Her All I Can" by Kiss
"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath
"Unchained" by Van Halen
"See Emily Play" by Pink Floyd
"Diamond Dogs" by David Bowie
"EMI" by the Sex Pistols
"Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" by the Ramones
"Police on My Back" by the Clash
"Science Friction" by XTC
"Harmony in My Head" by Buzzcocks
"Behind the Door" by the Circle Jerks
"Hybrid Moments" by the Misfits
"Rip Ride" by Venom
"Fast as a Shark" by Accept
"She Is Beyond Good & Evil" by the Pop Group
"To Hell with Poverty" by Gang of Four
"Isolation" by Joy Division
"Lorelei" by Cocteau Twins
"Spellbound" by Siouxsie & the Banshees
"Follow the Leader" by Killing Joke
"the Hardest Walk" by the Jesus & Mary Chain
"Kennedy" by the Wedding Present
"Unbearable" by the Wonder Stuff
"Drop the Bombs" by Cop Shoot Cop
"Car Crash Collaborator" by Firewater
"Wide Open" by Skeleton Key
"Visible Cow" by Barkmarket
"Fait Accompli" by Curve
"44 Robbers" by Laika
"Dead Womb" by Death from Above

Mostly off the top of my head, then adjusted to try and reflect the reality a bit better:

ACR - Waterline
France Gall - Ne soi pas si bête
Andrea True Connection – More More More
Was (Not Was) - Out Come The Freaks (original version)
Herman Kelly – Dance To The Drummer’s Beat
Kevin Blechdom - I Done Usin' U's and B's
Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (Jackson 5 remix)
Les Yper Sound - Psyché Rock
William Bell - I Forgot To Be Your Lover
Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder
Elton John - Madman Across The Water
23 Skidoo – Language 'B'
Stereolab - The Noise of Carpet
Stereolab - Suggestion diabolique
Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise

(hidden bonus track: The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping)

Well, yeah Alex ... and I was also thinking that other people's attention span isn't that long.. So 80 minutes was generous. (I had to drop about 20 songs that wouldn't fit.)

I was going to say limit it to about 20 songs ....

Part One - How I Got Where I Am Today...

ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me
Madonna - Into The Groove
David Bowie - Speed Of Life
The Smiths - Ask
Public Enemy - Caught, Can I Get A Witness?
Bob Dylan - Absolutely Sweet Marie
Talking Heads - Cities
The Pixies - Alec Eiffel
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
A Guy Called Gerald - Finley's Rainbow
JX - There's Nothing I Won't Do

Part Two - ...Wherever That Is

Alison Hinds feat Bling Dawg - Keep Winin'
Daft Punk - One More Time
Sugababes - Freak Like Me
Shirley Collins - Send In The Clowns
David Banner - Like A Pimp
Gene Austin - Lonesome Road
Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough
Dusty Springfield - In Private
Kate Ryan - Libertine

this is an honest representation of the sort of thing i have been listening to the most in the last 6 months...not as varied or interesting as it could be perhaps:

nomad ft mc mikee freedom - (i wanna give you) devotion
my bloody valentine - soon
wu-tang clan - re-united
roots manuva - highest grade dub
snap ant - saviour piece
dj trax - infinite hype
stereolab - the free design
outkast - happy valentine's day
aztec camera - oblivious
duplex - late night cycling
prefuse 73 - nuno
chromeo - destination overdrive (dfa remix)
gonzales - chilly in f minor
the strokes - reptilia
sos band - just be good to me
colder - confusion
basement jaxx ft dizzee rascal - lucky star
lifelike - my precious diamond
alan braxe & fred falke - rubicon

Farmer In The City - Scott Walker
I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
Dominoes - Syd Barrett
Sweet Thing - David Bowie
Je Suis Venu Te Dire - Serge Gainsbourg
Evolution - Cat Power
Hummingbirds - Love
What Goes On - Velvet Underground
How About You - Frank Sinatra
From Safety To Where? - Joy Division
Build That Wall - Aimee Mann
Jerusalem - Simon Finn
Backwater - Brian Eno
Sea Song - Robert Wyatt
So What - Miles Davis
Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash

Re: Tico's CD, Shirley = Judy (or an ILX meme possibly)

sorry, lack of sleep! Yes it's Judy of course.

Doves - "Firesuite"
The Meeting Places - "Wide Awake"
Mazzy Star - "Fade Into You"
Bahaus - "Who Killed Mr. Moonlight"
Bruce Springsteen - "Atlantic City"
Elbow - "Not a Job"
Portishead - "Only You"
Manitoba - "Crayon"
Interpol - "Leif Erickson"
Johnny Cash - "I See a Darkness"
Sugarcubes - "Birthday"
Kitchens of Distinction - "4 Men"
Yo La Tengo - "A Worrying Thing"
Echo and the Bunnymen - "Heads will roll"
DJ Shadow - "Midnight in a perfect world"
My Bloody Valentine - "Sometimes"
Coldplay - "Don't Panic"
The Sems - "Slumber"
The Cure - "Disintegration"
Brian Eno - "By this river"

Using one song from each segment of my two "self-definitive" CDR-length MP3 mixes. Will they all fit on one CD? Doubt it, but I don't have the time to check:

Chemical Brothers, "Music: Response"
Machine, "There But For the Grace of God Go I"
The JB's, "The Grunt (Pts 1 & 2)"
Sonic Youth, "Sugar Kane"
Clinic, "Internal Wrangler"
Ennio Morricone, "Citta Violenta"
Ghostface Killah, "Nutmeg"
The Specials, "Ghost Town"
The Raspberries, "Go All the Way"
Beck, "Got No Mind"
The Avalanches, "Electricity (12" mix)"
Van Halen, "Big Trouble ('77 demo)"
Funkadelic, "Standing on the Verge of Getting it On"
Nicole ft. Missy Elliott, "Make It Hot"
King Geedorah, "Fazers"
Tubeway Army, "Replicas"
Fantomas, "Experiment in Terror"
The Quadrajets, "Man With Golden Helmet"
The Bellrays, "Killer Man"
Eric B and Rakim, "Follow the Leader"

shirley collins did "Present Ye Clownes Of Olde To Thee" i think.

(and that won't fit on a CD -- feel free to omit King Geedorah)

I Get Around - Beach Boys
Lonely at the Top - Randy Newman
Red - King Crimson
Blackbird - Beatles
Chain Reaction/Quantum Physics - Can
Killer Queen - Queen
Good Old Music - Funkadelic
Ballet for a Rainy Day - XTC
Trois Nocturnes: Sirenes - C.Debussy
Jazz Snob Eat Shit - Naked City
the first track on Vision Creation Newsun - Boredoms
S.O.S. - ABBA
Shhh/Peaceful - Miles Davis
L'Ascension: Majesty of Christ (orch) - O.Messiaen
Lullaby - G.Gershwin
VI Scose Poise - Autechre
Maahinen Neito - Varttina
Faust - Rainy Day Sunshine Girl
Grembo Zavia - Koenjihyakkei

and Zep's Kashmir

I opened up a drawer and picked 20 cd's at random and i don't think i could have done a better job if i had tried:

Hayley Mills - Cranberry Bog
Godflesh - Xnoybis
Toy Dolls - Carol Dodds Is Pregnant
Big Pokey of the Screwed Up Click - Range Rover
Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets
Go Kart Mozart - Wear Your Foghat With Pride
Adventures of Stevie V - Dirty Cash
Thin Lizzy - The Friendly Ranger of Clontarf Castle/Honesty Is No Excuse (these songs go together well although they are seperate songs)
Jungle Brothers - I'm In Love With Indica
Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
Amon Amarth - Victorious March
Olivia Newton John - Have You Never Been Mellow
Wimple Winch - Rumble On Mersey Square South
Add N To (X) - Metal Fingers In My Body
Spacemen 3 - When Tomorrow Hits
Anathema - Deep/Pitiless/Forgotten Hopes/Destiny Is Dead (It's a 4-part thing)
Oh Ok - Brother
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Matapedia
Rocket From The Tombs - Final Solution

wow! that would make a great cd. have no idea how long it is though. i'm gonna pretend that cd's are really long. definitely hits all my rock tastes pretty well and this is the kinda stuff i listen to a lot. a whole lot.

1. ABC - All of My Heart
2. The Chiffons - Sweet Talking Guy
3. Althea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
4. Erma Franklin - Piece of My Heart
6. Stockholm Monsters - Miss Moonlight
7. Fire - Father's Name is Dad
8. King Tubby - Soundboy Massacre
9. Madonna - Like A Prayer
10. Subway Sect - Ambition
11. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Plan B
12. Len Barry - 1,2,3
13. X-Ray Spex - Identity
14. Tornadoes - Telstar
15. Chic - Flash Back
16. The Temptations - Shakey Ground
17. Joy Division - Decades
18. Linval Thompson - Pop No Style
19. Human League - Love Action
20. The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache
21. Sparks - This Town
22. Martha and The Vandellas - Nowhere to Run

The Damned - New Rose
Buzzcocks - Times Up
Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me
Killing Joke - Unspeakable
Bauhaus - Double Dare
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
The Slits - Newtown
Linton Kwesi Johnson - It Noh Funny
The Clash - Armagideon Time
Aztec Camera - Walk Out To Winter
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Prefab Sprout - A Prisoner Of The Past
Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize
Charles Mingus - Haitian Fight Song
Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman
Captain Beefheart - Frownland
Public Image Ltd - Poptones
XTC - I'll Set Myself On Fire
Captain Beefheart - Electricity
Love - Alone Again Or
The Damned - Eloise

I've done this once, and I think the tracklist was the following (w/ some added tracks for full 80 mins):

Genesis "Dancing With the Moonlit Knight"
Manic Street Preachers "La Tristessa Durera"
Fugazi "Caustic Acrostic"
Pixies "Is She Weird?"
Stone Temple Pilots "Vasoline"
Jethro Tull "Wond'ring Aloud"
Smashing Pumpkins "Thru the Eyes of Ruby"
XTC "Senses Working Overtime"
Radiohead "Polyethylene Pt. 1 & 2"
Nirvana "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter"
Led Zeppelin "When the Levee Breaks"
Blur "Oily Water"
Appliance "Pacifica"
Yes "On the Silent Wings of Freedom"

Miles Davis, "On The Corner/New York Girl/Thinkin' Of One Thing And Doin' Another/Vote For Miles"
Anaal Nathrakh, "The Supreme Necrotic Audnance"
Opeth, "Wreath"
Dimmu Borgir, "Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse"
Yes, "Close To The Edge"
Agoraphobic Nosebleed, "Hungry Homeless Handjob"

My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
Tool - Eulogy
Low - Sunflowers
The Pixies - Hey
The Cure - Disintegration
Mogwai - Christmas Steps
Tom Waits - Earth Died Screaming
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
Neurosis - From The Hill
Dirty Three - I Really Should Have Gone Out Last Night
Envy - Seasons And Oblivion
The Wedding Present - Suck
Sigur Ros - Staralfur
Radiohead - Idioteque

I guess...

Using Tico's method:

Part one:
Elvis Costello-"High Fidelity"
Madness-"The Prince"
Bob Dylan-"Visions of Johanna"
Pavement-"Shady Lane"
The Capitols-"Cool Jerk"
They Might Be Giants-"Don't Lets Start"
Green Day-"Welcome To Paradise"
Real McCoy-"Another Night"
Nirvana-"Heart Shaped Box"
Hank Williams-"Lost Highway"
Nas-"Halftime"

Part Two:
ABBA-"When All Is Said and Done"
Mountain Goats-"The Alphonse Mambo"
Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boys-"Get Low"
The Lucksmiths-"Little Athletics"
Aaliyah-"We Need a Resolution"
Saturday Looks Good To Me-"Meet Me By The Water"
Fleetwood Mac-"What Makes You Think You're the One"
Avril Lavigne-"Complicated"
R. Kelly-"Ignition (Remix)"
Journey-"Don't Stop Believin'"

i dunno if this would be the order. and tomorrow it might all be different...

but yack, close enough

bob dylan - idiot wind
paradise by the dashboard light - loaf of meat
i wanna be a bear - descendants
social living - burning spear
bad reputation - the dB's
growing on me - the darkness (fuck off, naysayers)
see no evil - television
tell balgeary, balgeary is dead - ted leo/pharmacists
seconds - U2
kentucky rain - elvis
girlfriend - modern lovers
happiest girl in the whole u.s.a - donna fargo
bron-yr-aur stomp - led zeppelin
i'll be you - replacements
this year's jessica - the beatifics
le bourgois - jacques brel
all nite diner - modest mouse
judy and the dream of horses - belle and sebastian
adult books - X
ask - the smiths
rocket queen - guns and roses
my daydream - westerberg
grandpa - the judds
thin line between law and rape - public enemy
all time fave - Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

....weird

i don't fully read directions....ever
mine's like, several hours.

i'm not trimming

follow the yellow brick road:

1. Weird Al Yankovich - "Dare To Be Stupid"
2. The Beastie Boys - "You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party"
3. George Michael - "Father Figure"
3. Prince - "Batdance"
4. Public Enemy - "Revolutionary Generation"
5. Guns'n'Roses - "You Could Be Mine"
6. Nirvana - "Lithium"
7. Dr. Dre & Snoop - "Deep Cover"
8. Husker Du - "Chartered Trips"
9. Craig Mack - "Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)"
10. Superchunk - "Foolish"
11. A Guy Called Gerald - "Finley's Rainbow"
12. Mercury Rev - "Holes"
13. Oval - "Do While (Edit)"
14. Dem 2 - "Destiny"
15. Can - "Oh Yeah"
16. All Saints - "Pure Shores"
17. Scritti Politti - "Confidence"
18. R. Kelly - "Ignition"/"Ignition (Remix)"

big black - bad penny
prurient - corn fields
lungfish - mother made me
the dead c - helen said this
sonic youth - skip tracer
bedhead - the unpredictable landlord
jackie-o motherfucker - everyday
pearls before swine - there was a man
sunroof! - snow covered hills
wolf eyes - burn yr house down
olneyville sound system - headlice
comets on fire - return to heaven
rolling stones - sister morphine
usaisamonster - d. boon
the fall - totally wired
men's recovery project - my body is a jerk
six finger satellite - bad aptitude
fugazi - long distance runner
neutral milk hotel - naomi
neil young - don't let it bring you down

1. Simmer Down - The Wailers
2. On The Beach - The Paragons
3. Rivers Of Babylon - The Melodians
4. What Do I Get - Buzzcocks
5. Eat Y'self Fitter - The Fall
6. Big Jesus Trashcan - The Birthday Party
7. Eight Miles High - Husker Du
8. Love Will tear Us Apart - Joy Division
9. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
10. For The Good Times - Al Green
11. Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone
12. I Don't Know Why I Love You - Stevie Wonder
13. Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub
14. The First Big Weekend - Arab Strap
15. Laser Beam - Low
16. They want EFX - Das EFX
17. Let's Push Things Forward - The Streets
19. I Luv U - Dizzee Rascal
19. All The Things She Said - TATU
20. I'm Under Your Spell - 'Once More With Feeling' Soundtrack

my soundtrack

1. What's Going Ahn - Big Star
2. Slim Slow Slider - Van Morrison
3. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times - The Beach Boys
4. Like Dylan in the Movies - Belle & Sebastian
5. Raw Ramp - T. Rex
6.Cinderella Backstreet - Peter Laughner
7. There She Goes - Bob Marley
8. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
9. Train in Vain - The Clash
10. Face to Face - Daft Punk
11. She's Lost Control - Joy Division
12. Johnny Sunshine - Liz Phair
13. Sometimes - My Bloody Valentine
14. Beeswing - Richard Thompson
15. Song to the Siren - Tim Buckley
16. Mr. Pitiful - Otis Redding
17. Yip Roc Heresy - Slim Gaillard
18. Je T'aime moi Non Plus - Serge Gainsbourg
19. Summertime - Miles Davis

The Challengers - Out of limits
The Nebulas - Mandalore
The Apemen - Space Race
Barry Gray - Capt. Scarlet & the Mysterons
Treble Spankers - Araban
Crank-Tones - Lovers Curse (Bracey Everett)
The Emperors - I Want My Women
Motörhead - Train Kept A-Rollin
Embrooks - Standing Upside Down
Bobby Smith & The Dreamgirls - Now He's Gone

26 tracks, 80:39
Ruth Brown - I Don't Know
Nino Ferrer - Mirza
Stereo Total - Tokyo Mon Amour
JGirls - Yellow World
Bertrand Burgalat - Gris Metal
Air - Playground Love (vibraphone version)
Faye Wong - You Are Happy, I Am Happy
Makin' Time - Where The Rhythm Takes You
Lamont Dozier - Why Can't We Be Lovers
Dave Pike - Big Schlepp
Michel Legrand - The Boston Wrangler
Alan Moorhouse - Expo In Tokyo
Maurice Pop - Funky Monkey
Les 5-4-3-2-1 - Bond Street
Etienne Charry - Coeur Brisé
Blue Stingrays - Zuma Sunset

The Gang Of Four - I Found That Essence Rare
Roxy Music - Editions Of You
Brendan Benson - Good To Me
Guided By Voices - Game Of Pricks
The Handsome Family - Weightless Again
Dion - My Own Back Yard
The Association - Never My Love
Glen Campbell - Guess I'm Dumb
Aphex Twin - Heliospan
John Holt - Ali Baba
The Meters - Ease Back
James Brown - Funky President ( People It's Bad)
The Casuals - Jesamine
The Smoke - My Friend Jack
The Left Banke - I've Got Something On My Mind
The Apples In Stereo - Rainfall
Super Furry Animals - Calimero
Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear
The Go-Betweens - Spring Rain
Mazzy Star - Blue Flower
James Carr - The Dark End Of The Street
Nick Drake - Northern Sky
Boards Of Canada - Roygbiv
Primal Scream - Shoot Speed Kill Light

hey Alan!

01 Bark Psychosis - A Street Scene
02 Kool & the Gang - Summer Madness
03 Carl Craig - Televised Green Smoke
04 Jay-Z - Nigga What, Nigga Who
05 Big Black - Racer X
06 Superpitcher - Fieber
07 X-Clan - Cosmic Ark
08 Throwing Muses - Fear
09 Love - The Red Telephone
10 The Auteurs - Bailed Out
11 Son of Bazerk - Change the Style
12 Sly & the Family Stone - Just Like a Baby
13 Prince & the Revolution - Erotic City
14 Cybotron - Cosmic Cars
15 Metro Area - Caught Up
16 Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure

1. Shostakovich - Symphony No.11, The Year 1905
2. The Archies - Sugar Sugar

My CDR80 is now up on Slsk, if anyone wants it. User name: Phenagen. Folder: [safety eighty 0402] the denny mclain - from 31-6 to 7-11.

Over Under Sideways Down - The Yardbirds
Spanish Castle Magic - Jimi Hendrix
Useless Information - The Move
Forget All About It - The Nazz
Rocks Off - The Rolling Stones
Roll Away the Stone - Mott the Hoople
Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
Going For the One - Yes
Hot Love - Cheap Trick
Map Ref. 41 N 93 W - Wire
I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
Golden Soldiers - The Sound
On the Beach - The Chameleons
Pink Turns to Blue - Husker Du
The Headmaster Ritual - The Smiths
Fools Gold - The Stone Roses
The Other Jesus - Swervedriver
Inner City Life - Goldie
Spudink - Plaid
Pretty Bombs - Guided By Voices
Eriatarka - The Mars Volta
Busy Signal - Prefuse 73

eleki-san, I'd love a copy of your CD-R, or something like it

my bloody valentine - sometimes
blur - he thought of cars
notorious big - warning
low - sunflower
aphex twin - xtal
mu-ziq - the fear
pavement - trigger cut
dmx - what's my name?
global communication - 14:31
canibus - the c-quel
teenage fanclub - neil jung
massive attack - inertia creeps
mercury rev - frittering
madonna - crazy for you
boards of canada - roygbiv
snoop - g-funk intro

Disc 1 - Pop
let's active - writing the book of last pages
thomas dolby - europa and the pirate twins
prefab sprout - i remember that
depeche mode - only when i lose myself
kitchens of distinction - gone world gone
radiohead - idioteque
radiohead - let down
pet shop boys - liberation
grace jones - slave to the rhythm (blooded)
xtc - senses working overtime
joe jackson - breaking us in two
photek - ni ten ichi ryu
haujobb - overflow
blue nile - tinseltown in the rain
divine comedy - 10 seconds to midnight
divine comedy - tonight we fly
...there would be some techno on this (orbital? underworld?) but I'm not in the mood to even think about it

Disc 2 - Classical
milton babbitt - whirled series (alto saxophone and piano)
elliott carter - duo for violin and piano
mario davidovsky - synchronisms 9 (violin and electronic sound on tape)
morton feldman - trio for three flutes
brian ferneyhough - etudes transcendantales 1, 8, 9
iannis xenakis - jonchaies

It's tricky, so here goes.

Meat Puppets - Light
Wire - I Am The Fly
Judee Sill - Jesus Was A Crossmaker
Rain Parade - Prisoners (live)
Buffalo Tom - Sunflower Suit
REM - Disturbance At The Heron House
Jane's Addiction - Of Course
fIREHOSE - Riddle Of The Eighties
Levitation - Bedlam
Dillinger Escape Plan - Under The Running Board EP
Tom Waits - Yesterday Is Here
Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam
The Sillhouetes - Get A Job
Thingy - Thread & Karo
The Young Gods - Seerauber Jenny
XTC - No Language In Our Lungs
Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-Englar
Cocteau Twins - Domino
Cardiacs - Duck & Roger The Horse

Oh Hell I forgot Bark Psychosis.

Scum - (as a hidden mp3)

A side qn - when you think of your taste is it in terms of 'favourite artists' or 'favourite styles'?

I see it as Bands/Tracks that led you up a particular avenue, like listening to Meat Puppets and checking out a lot of the SST back catalogue, REM > Paisley Underground/College Rock, Cocteau Twins > 80's British Indie, Dillinger Escape Plan > Noisecore etc:

Color Me Impressed-The Replacements
Pretty Vacant-The Sex Pistols
Monkey Wrench-Foo Fighters
Serve the Servants-Nirvana
The Bends-Radiohead
Hey Good Lookin'-Hank Williams
Everybodies Girl-Dwarves
Parklife-Blur
Bellboy-The Who
Golden Slumbers-The Beatles
Before They Make Me Run-The Stones
Roses-OutKast
Into The Void-Black Sabbath
Heavy Metal Drummer-Wilco
Sedated-The Ramones
Man or Mouse-Millencolin
Smoke That Cigarette-Tex Ritter
Aside-The Weakerthans
Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory-Johnny Thunders
T.B. Sheets-Van Morrison
Twist and Shout-The Beatles

I realize that I left out all dance songs, but this is more of my personal cannon.

Tico - styles i guess, but then i think of the artists who represent those styles the best so they interpolate

A bit of both, I guess. I tend to argue I don't have favourite artists, rather favourite records. However, most of the acts I usually bang on about on ILM seem to have made my CD-R :-)

Don Ross - Thin Air
Bonnie Prince Billy - Even if Love
Iron and Wine - Naked As We Came
Nick Drake - Hazey Jane I
Autumn Defense - Nothin At All
Oceanographer - The Beauty of Deep Blue Lines
David Wingo - Hottub
Beach Boys - Don't Talk
Sun Kil Moon - Last Tide
Damien Jurado - Bad Dreams
Dolorean - Morningwatch
Kings of Convenience - Manhattan Skyline
Matt Pond PA - Green Grass
Pernice Brothers - How To Live Alone
Simon and Garfunkel - April Come She Will
John Martyn - Couldn't Love You More

and Love - Alone Again Or

This thread fascinates me, I guess, because it's interesting to see how people reconcile their disparate "influences"

I think of my taste in terms of favorite moods, I'd say. Lots of the moods are just genre names turned into adjectives, ie soulful, rocking, but it's not the genres that are important, really