NationStates Jolt Archive

Since there are no music threads going right now, I figured I would try something new.

So here it is, pick a band and make a Greatest Hits/Favorite songs list of tracks for a CD.

The Decemberists

1. Los Angeles, I'm Yours (Her Majesty)
2. Shiny (5 Songs)
3. On the Bus Mall (Picaresque)
4. Red Right Ankle (Her Majesty)
5. The Legionnaire's Lament (Castaways and Cutouts)
6. The Soldiering Life (Her Majesty)
7. Eli, the Barrow Boy (Picaresque)
8. The Engine Driver (Picaresque)
9. We Both Go Down Together (Picaresque)
10. Oceanside (5 Songs)
11. July, July! (Castaways and Cutouts)
12. Billy Liar (Her Majesty)
13. The Chimbley Sweep (Her Majesty)
14. The Tain, Parts 1-5 (The Tain EP)

The Ramones
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1: Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones, 1976)
2: I Wanna Be Sedated (Road To Ruin, 1978)
3: Judy Is A Punk (Ramones, 1976)
4: Suzy Is A Headbanger (Leave Home, 1977)
5: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Rocket To Russia, 1977)
6: It's A Long Way Back [To Germany] (Road To Ruin, 1978)
7: Pinhead (Leave Home, 1977)
8: Cretin Hop (Rocket To Russia, 1977)
9: I Don't Care (Rocket To Russia, 1977)
10: Beat On The Brat (Ramones, 1976)
11: Rockaway Beach (Rocket To Russia, 1977)
12: Rock 'n' Roll High School (Single Version, 1979)
13: Strength To Endure (Mondo Bizarro, 1992)
14: Poison Heart (Mondo Bizarro, 1992)

Talking Heads

1 Burning Down the House
2 Mr. Jones
3 Sax and Violins
4 Naive Melody
5 Lifetime Piling Up
6 Once in a Lifetime
7 Life During Wartime
8 I Zimbra
9 No Compassion
10 Don't Worry About the Government
11 Take me to the River
12 The Big Country
13 Popsickle
14 Girlfriend is Better
15 Papa Legba

Madonna (not necessarily in this order on the CD)

1. Like A Prayer
2. Like A Virgin
3. Material Girl
4. Vogue
5. Holiday
6. Papa Don't Preach
7. Open Your Heart
8. True Blue
9. La Isla Bonita
10. Who's That Girl
11. This Used to Be My Playground
12. Ray of Light
13. Take a Bow
14. Express Yourself (think that's the title)
15. Borderline
16. Dress You Up In My Love (or whatever it's called)

Marc Cohn
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1. She's Becoming Gold
2. Silver Thunderbird
3. Miles Away
4. Walk Through the World
5. From the Station
6. Don't Talk To Her At Night
7. Dig Down Deep
8. Rest for the Weary
9. Perfect Love
10. Walking in Memphis

I can't wait to hear his new album.

Madonna (not necessarily in this order on the CD)


That CD will be hard to top, but how about:

Michael Jackson

1. Wanna Be Startin' Something (Thriller)
2. Smooth Criminal (Bad)
3. PYT (Pretty Young Thing) (Thriller)
4. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough (Off the Wall)
5. The Girl is Mine (Thriller)
6. Billy Jean (Thriller)
7. Bad (Bad)
8. Remember the Time (Dangerous)
9. The Way You Make Me Feel (Bad)
10. Thriller (Thriller)
11. Rock with You (Off the Wall)
12. Beat It (Thriller)
13. She's Out of My Life (Off the Wall)
14. Human Nature (Thriller)
15. Jam (Dangerous)
16. Off the Wall (Off the Wall)
17. Leave Me Alone (Bad)

The Sex Pistols
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1: Holidays In The Sun
2: Bodies
3: No Feelings
4: Liar
5: God Save The Queen
6: Problems
7: Seventeen
8: Anarchy In The U.K.
9: Sub-Mission
10: Pretty Vacant
11: New York
12: E.M.I. Unlimited Edition

:D

Soul Coughing:

1. Rolling
2. Circles
3. Down to This
4. St. Louise is Listening
5. Is Chicago, Is not Chicago
6. Soundtrack to Mary
7. Sleepless
8. Moon Sammy
9. Soft Serve
10. Sugarfree Jazz
11. Maybe I'll Come Down
12. Screenwriter's Blues
13. True Dreams of Wichita
14. Janine

Metallica:

Whiplash (Kill 'em All)
Four Horsemen (Kill 'em All)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ride the Lightning)
Fight Fire with Fire (Ride the Lightning)
Battery (MoP)
Disposable Heroes (MoP)
Damage Inc. (MoP)
Blackened (...and Justice)
One (...and Justice)
Nothing Else Matters (Black Album)
Fuel (Reload)

Oh my God!

*goes off to make this compilation*

Soul Coughing:


I love Soul Coughing, good choice.

The Clash (Not greatest hits, cause they've yet to compile one that fits a single disc. So I'll put this one out as the best mix of one flavor of the Clash.)

Hate and War
White Man in Hammersmith Palais
Pressure Drop
Tommy Gun
Rudie Can't Fail
Spanish Bombs
Lost in the Supermarket
Clampdown
Washington Bullets
Police and Thieves
Death or Glory
City of the Dead

EDIT: I did not forget City of the Dead.

The Clash (Not greatest hits, cause they've yet to compile one that fits a single disc. So I'll put this one out as the best mix of one flavor of the Clash.)

Hate and War
White Man in Hammersmith Palais
Pressure Drop
Tommy Gun
Rudie Can't Fail
Spanish Bombs
Lost in the Supermarket
Clampdown
Washington Bullets
Police and Thieves
Death or Glory

You forgot City Of The Dead!!!

I love Soul Coughing, good choice.

It was kind of a cop-out on my part. Condensing three records into one means you don't have to cut much. But it still felt like I was leaving too much out.

Now Michael Jackson, that's an ambitious hit list.

It was kind of a cop-out on my part. Condensing three records into one means you don't have to cut much. But it still felt like I was leaving too much out.

Now Michael Jackson, that's an ambitious hit list.

Well, with Jackson I didn't have to stray from his big hits much, with Soul Coughing you are dealing with a band who didn't actually have any actual hits, outside of maybe Circles. So you had a much more difficult task in picking out songs.

Mmmm. Decemberists.

Belle and Sebastian

1) Sleep the Clock Around (The Boy With the Arab Strap)
2) Fox in the Snow (If You're Feeling Sinister)
3) Beautiful (3..6..9 Seconds of Light)
4) The State I Am In (Tigermilk)
5) I Fought in a War (Fold Your Hands...)
6) Is it Wicked Not to Care (The Boy With the Arab Strap)
7) Expectations (Tigermilk)
8) I'm Waking Up to Us (I'm Waking Up to Us)
9) She's Losing It (Tigermilk)
10) Family Tree (Fold Your Hands...)
11) A Summer Wasting (The Boy With the Arab Strap)
12) Asleep on a Sunbeam (Dear Catastrophe Waitress)
13) Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying (If You're Feeling Sinister)
14) The Boy With the Arab Strap (The Boy With the Arab Strap)
15) Judy and the Dream of Horses (If You're Feeling Sinister)

Nine Inch Nails

1 Heresy (Downward spiral, Halo 8)
2 Happiness in Slavery (Broken, Halo 5)
3 Perfect Drug (The Perfect Drug Versions track 3, Halo 11)
4 Ringfinger (Pretty Hate Machine, Halo 2)
5 Starfuckers inc. (The Fragile, Halo 14)
6 Into the Void (Into the Void, no Halo number)
7 Wish (Broken, Halo 5)
8 Closer (Downward Spiral, Halo 8)
9 Sin (Pretty Hate Machine, Halo2)
10 Get Down Make Love (Sin, Halo 4)
11 Suck (Broken, Halo 5)
12 Ruiner (Downward Spiral, Halo 8)
13 Head Like A Hole (Pretty Hate Machine, Halo 2)
14 Mr. Self Destruct (Downward Spiral, Halo 8)

Mmmm. Decemberists.


Heard their new album?

That CD will be hard to top, but how about:

Michael Jackson

1. Wanna Be Startin' Something (Thriller)
2. Smooth Criminal (Bad)
3. PYT (Pretty Young Thing) (Thriller)
4. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough (Off the Wall)
5. The Girl is Mine (Thriller)
6. Billy Jean (Thriller)
7. Bad (Bad)
8. Remember the Time (Dangerous)
9. The Way You Make Me Feel (Bad)
10. Thriller (Thriller)
11. Rock with You (Off the Wall)
12. Beat It (Thriller)
13. She's Out of My Life (Off the Wall)
14. Human Nature (Thriller)
15. Jam (Dangerous)
16. Off the Wall (Off the Wall)
17. Leave Me Alone (Bad)

LMAO, you read my mind... I was going to do one for MJ next but figured it'd be a case of overkill.

Pantera:

Heresy
Domination
FUCKING HOSTILE!!!
Cemetery Gates
Primal Concrete Sledge
Medicine Man
Mouth of War
Walk
The Art of Shredding
Becoming

Heard their new album?

Yeah, I've had it for a couple months now. Listened to it nonstop for about a month when I got it, normally playing The Mariner's Revenge over and over and over again... absolutely epic.

Pantera:

Heresy
Domination
FUCKING HOSTILE!!!
Cemetery Gates
Primal Concrete Sledge
Medicine Man
Mouth of War
Walk
The Art of Shredding
Becoming
Right on! I could keep my neighbors awake for hours blasting that CD.

Toto:

1. Africa (Toto IV)
2. Hold the Line (Toto)
3. Rosanna (Toto IV)

Yeah, I've had it for a couple months now. Listened to it nonstop for about a month when I got it, normally playing The Mariner's Revenge over and over and over again... absolutely epic.

That is a fantastic song with incredible lyrics.

But that album was released on the 22nd of March. I've had it for two days, and I got it around noon the day it came out. Did you snag yourself an advance copy?

Pink Floyd:
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1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) [Wish You Were Here] {13:30}
2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) [Wish You Were Here] {12:22}
3. Interstellar Overdrive [The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn] {9:45}
4. Sorrow [Delicate Sound Of Thunder] {9:28}
5. Comfortably Numb [Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81] {7:26}
6. Echoes [Meddle] {23:31}
7. Money [Dark Side Of The Moon] {6:22}
8. Time [Pulse] {6:46}
9. Dogs [Animals] {17:04}
10. What Do You Want From Me? [The Division Bell] {4:21}
11. Not Now John [The Final Cut] {4:56}
12. Hey You [The Wall] {4:41}

Rush, and they have one:

Rush - The Spirit Of Radio

Pink Floyd:
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1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) [Wish You Were Here] {13:30}
2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) [Wish You Were Here] {12:22}
3. Interstellar Overdrive [The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn] {9:45}
4. Sorrow [Delicate Sound Of Thunder] {9:28}
5. Comfortably Numb [Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81] {7:26}
6. Echoes [Meddle] {23:31}
7. Money [Dark Side Of The Moon] {6:22}
8. Time [Pulse] {6:46}
9. Dogs [Animals] {17:04}
10. What Do You Want From Me? [The Division Bell] {4:21}
11. Not Now John [The Final Cut] {4:56}
12. Hey You [The Wall] {4:41}

That's nice!

Well, with Jackson I didn't have to stray from his big hits much, with Soul Coughing you are dealing with a band who didn't actually have any actual hits, outside of maybe Circles. So you had a much more difficult task in picking out songs.

The funny side note here is that Moon Sammy was my building security guard for a couple years in undergrad. He was like Ghengis Khan poured into a rent-a-cop suit. He was a real ball buster.

We would always razz him with stuff like, "So, what's it like being famous?" and he'd always say something like, "Are you hiding a keg under that wheelchair?"

But about the hits, I don't get is why Casiotone and Beelzebub are always, always included in the greatest hits and various live albums. They're okay, but I'd rather grab more tracks off Irresistible Bliss.

Iron Maiden:

Wasted Years
The Prisoner
Aces High
The Trooper
Run to the Hills
The Clairvoyant
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Only the Good die young
INVADERS!!
Flash of the Blade
Flight of Icarus

Boo yeah!

Backstreet Boys: (!!!)

1. I Want It That Way
2. As Long As You Love Me
3. The Shape Of My Heart
3. Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
4. Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
5. Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
6. Drowning
7. We've Got It Goin' On
8. I'll Never Break Your Heart
9. Larger than Life
10. All I Have To Give

Iron Maiden:

Wasted Years
The Prisoner
Aces High
The Trooper
Run to the Hills
The Clairvoyant
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Only the Good die young
INVADERS!!
Flash of the Blade
Flight of Icarus

Boo yeah!

Oh what the... You forgot 2 Minutes To Midnight! FUCK!!!

Oh what the... You forgot 2 Minutes To Midnight! FUCK!!!
Yeah. I'm fucking sick of it after Vice City. In much the same way I couldn't include Raining Blood in a Slayer one (although nothing could stop me liking Peace sells)

The funny side note here is that Moon Sammy was my building security guard for a couple years in undergrad. He was like Ghengis Khan poured into a rent-a-cop suit. He was a real ball buster.

We would always razz him with stuff like, "So, what's it like being famous?" and he'd always say something like, "Are you hiding a keg under that wheelchair?"

That was his real name?

Beck

1. Tropicalia
2. Loser
3. Hotwax
4. Nobody's Fault But My Own
5. Jackass
6. Bottle of Blues
7. Guess I'm Doing Fine
8. Sexx Laws
9. Satan Gave Me a Taco
10. Paper Tiger
11. Where It's At
12. Beercan
13. Cold Brains
14. New Pollution
15. Lost Cause
16. Lord Only Knows
17. Soul Sucking Jerk
18. Beautiful Way

Backstreet Boys: (!!!)

1. I Want It That Way
2. As Long As You Love Me
3. The Shape Of My Heart
3. Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
4. Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
5. Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
6. Drowning
7. We've Got It Goin' On
8. I'll Never Break Your Heart
9. Larger than Life
10. All I Have To Give

Awwww, you can come up with more songs than that.

Awwww, you can come up with more songs than that.
No, they can't. For all our sakes.

It was a two-part last name. I never knew his first name. It was always "Officer Moon Sammy" at the desk and "Ghengis" on the way into the building.

Did you snag yourself an advance copy?

Yes sir. I got it sometime in December, I believe. It's not the official copy, however, just a leaked version. Satisfied me for awhile, though!

Janet Jackson:

1. Rhythm Nation
2. Come Back To Me
3. Nasty
4. When I Think Of You
5. Escapade
6. Miss You Much
7. Doesn't Really Matter
8. Love Will Never Do (Without You)
9. Control
10. The Pleasure Principal
11. Black Cat
12. Alright
13. What Have You Done For Me Lately
14. Let's Wait Awhile
15. All For You
16. If
17. That's The Way Love Goes
18. Again

Awwww, you can come up with more songs than that.

those were their pop hits, from what i can remember. lol

Besides, would you really want me to list more of their stuff?

Ween

1 Marble Tulip Juicy Tree (God Ween Satan)
2 Porkroll Egg and Cheese (The Pod)
3 She Fucks Me (The Pod)
4 Push th' Little Daisies (Pure Guava)
5 Spinal Meningitis (Chocolate and Cheese)
6 I Can't Put My Finger On It (Chocolate and Cheese)
7 Baby Bitch (Chocolate and Cheese)
8 Japanese Cowboy (12 Golden Country Greats)
9 Piss Up A Rope (12 Golden Country Greats)
10 Mr. Richard Smoker (12 Golden Country Greats)
11 You Were the Fool (12 Golden Country Greats)
12 Mutilated Lips (The Mollusk)
13 The Blarney Stone (The Mollusk)
14 Ocean Man (The Mollusk)
15 Stroker Ace (White Pepper)

Bonus hidden track: Banannas and Blow (White Pepper)

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