As many of you know, I love music and I love making lists. You might say that I'm already
combining these two passions by keeping a blog of my top 10,000 favorite songs, even
if I'm not keeping up with it as often as I should.
Well, my friend Pat Dundas asked me to do something even more difficult;
create a list of my 120 favorite songs to count down on his cleverly named radio show,
Battle Star Eclectica. 10 songs per show, 12 shows.
It has been tough to narrow them down, and honestly I'm still making adjustments as I go.
Nevertheless, the proverbial wheels have been set in motion, and
my ultimate 120 songs are being revealed to everyone, including myself.
Here are mp3 files of the shows, followed by the list of songs that have been played so far.
THE MP3s
| Show Date | Song choices | streamable mp3 | download mp3 |
| 9-28-2008 | 120-111 | Show not recorded :( | Show not recorded :( |
| 10-26-2008 | 110-101 | stream mp3 | download mp3 |
| 11-30-2008 | 100-92 | stream mp3 | download mp3 |
| 12-28-2008 | 91-81 | stream mp3 | download mp3 |
| 1-18-2009 | 80-71 | stream mp3 | download mp3 |
| 2-15-2009 | 70-61 | Show not recorded :( | Show not recorded :( |
| 3-15-2009 | 60-51 | stream mp3* | download mp3* |
| 4-19-2009 | 50-41 | stream mp3 | download mp3 |
| 5-24-2009 | 40-31 | stream mp3 | download mp3 |
| 6-21-2009 | 30-21 | stream mp3 | download mp3 |
| 7-19-2009 | 20-11 | stream mp3 | download mp3 |
| 8-16-2009 | 10-1 | stream mp3 | download mp3 |
THE LIST
| Number | Artist | Song |
| 120 | Eels | Fresh Feeling |
| 119 | Q-tip | Gettin' Up |
| 118 | Steely Dan | Haitian Divorce |
| 117 | Peter Gabriel | Sledgehammer |
| 116 | that dog | Minneapolis |
| 115 | Ben Folds Five | Song for the Dumped |
| 114 | Smokey Robinson and the Miracles | Tears of a Clown |
| 113 | The Replacements | Waitress in the Sky |
| 112 | Scritti Politti | Dr. Abernathy |
| 111 | Liam Lynch | Still Wasted |
| 110 | The Knack | Lucinda |
| 109 | Sondre Lerche | Say it All |
| 108 | Ani DiFranco | Little Plastic Castle |
| 107 | The Gap Band | Outstanding |
| 106 | Elliott Smith | Say Yes |
| 105 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Soul to Squeeze |
| 104 | Nine Inch Nails | March of the Pigs |
| 103 | Led Zeppelin | Hey, Hey What Can I Do? |
| 102 | Buddy Holly | Not Fade Away |
| 101 | Jonathan Coulton | Re: Your Brains |
| 100 | The Dismemberment Plan | Memory Machine |
| 99 | The Beach Boys | Sail on Sailor |
| 98 | Stevie Wonder | Sir Duke |
| 97 | Maktub | We've Got Desire |
| 96 | Kevin Gilbert | Parade |
| 95 | SumKid | Breakfast on the Moon |
| 94 | J. Geils Band | Insane, Insane Again |
| 93 | Yu Miyake | Katamari on the Rock |
| 92 | Sugar Ray | RPM |
| 91 | Ellis Paul | Trolley Car |
| 90 | Spoon | The Underdog |
| 89 | Stone Temple Pilots | Big Empty |
| 88 | Brother Machine | Every Day of the Week |
| 87 | Billy Joel | Tomorrow is Today |
| 86 | Duncan Sheik | In the Absence of Sun |
| 85 | Foo Fighters | Everlong |
| 84 | Weezer | Holiday |
| 83 | Paul McCartney | Maybe I'm Amazed |
| 82 | INXS | Need You Tonight/Mediate |
| 81 | Howard Jones | No One is to Blame |
| 80 | De La Soul | Rock Co. Kane Flow |
| 79 | The Police | Canary in a Coalmine |
| 78 | David Bowie | Life on Mars? |
| 77 | Patrice Rushen | Forget Me Nots |
| 76 | Digital Underground | Underwater Rhimes |
| 75 | Dave Brubeck Quartet | Take Five |
| 74 | Odds | Mercy to Go |
| 73 | Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach | I Still Have That Other Girl |
| 72 | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | Can't We Be Friends |
| 71 | Beatles | Dear Prudence |
| 70 | Billie Holiday | Crazy He Calls Me |
| 69 | Wilco | Jesus, Etc. |
| 68 | Pete Rock and CL Smooth | They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) |
| 67 | Frankie Big Face | Locked Box |
| 66 | Atmosphere | Yesterday |
| 65 | Alan Dexter | The Gospel of No Name City |
| 64 | Run DMC | Ragtime |
| 63 | Hall and Oates | Head Above Water |
| 62 | Joe Cang | Make Love |
| 61 | Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem | Can You Picture That? |
| 60 | Muse | Time is Running Out |
| 59 | Liam Lynch | Legal Advice |
| 58 | Jerry Reed | Amos Moses |
| 57 | Dar Williams | Christians and the Pagans |
| 56 | Electric Light Orchestra | Sweet Talkin' Woman |
| 55 | De La Soul | Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) |
| 54 | The Everly Brothers | How Can I Meet Her? |
| 53 | Smashing Pumpkins | Said Sadly |
| 52 | Hours | Ali in the Jungle |
| 51 | Billy Joel | I Don't Want to Be Alone |
| 50 | Fleetwood Mac | What Makes You Think You're the One? |
| 49 | Chuck Berry | Maybellene |
| 48 | Marshall Crenshaw | There She Goes Again |
| 47 | Paul Simon | The Obvious Child |
| 46 | Elliott Smith | Coast to Coast |
| 45 | Atlanta Rhythm Section | Indigo Passion |
| 44 | The Cure | Just Like Heaven |
| 43 | The Beatles | In My Life |
| 42 | Radiohead | Paranoid Android |
| 41 | Frank Sinatra | Fly Me to the Moon |
| 40 | J.J. Jackson | But, It's Alright |
| 39 | Sam and Dave | Hold On, I'm Coming |
| 38 | Kite | Steer by the Stars |
| 37 | Death Cab for Cutie | I Will Follow You Into the Dark |
| 36 | Elvis Costello | Clean Money |
| 35 | Aimee Mann | Deathly |
| 34 | Sondre Lerche & Regina Spektor | Hell, No |
| 33 | Billy Joel | And So It Goes |
| 32 | Wings | Band on the Run |
| 31 | George Michael | Kissing a Fool |
| 30 | Fleetwood Mac | Over and Over |
| 29 | Atlanta Rhythm Section | Do it or Die |
| 28 | Marshall Crenshaw | You're My Favorite Waste of Time |
| 27 | Paul Westerberg | We May Be the Ones |
| 26 | Anita Baker | Giving You the Best That I Got |
| 25 | Juliana Hatfield | Close Your Eyes |
| 24 | Ellis Paul | Maria's Beautiful Mess |
| 23 | Paul Simon | Oh, Marion |
| 22 | Al Stewart | Year of the Cat |
| 21 | Big Star | Thirteen |
| 20 | MC Frontalot | Gonna Be Your Man |
| 19 | Jane Child | I Don't Wanna Fall in Love |
| 18 | Duran Duran | A View to a Kill |
| 17 | Public Enemy | Rebel Without a Pause |
| 16 | Paul Revere & the Raiders | Just Like Me |
| 15 | Scritti Politti | Perfect Way |
| 14 | Antje Duvekot | Dandelion |
| 13 | Journey | Don't Stop Believin' |
| 12 | Beastie Boys | Paul Revere |
| 11 | Paul Westerberg | It's a Wonderful Lie |
| 10 | Travis Morrison Hellfighters | I'm Not Supposed to Like You (But) |
| 9 | Steely Dan | Caves of Altamira |
| 8 | Odds | The Best Things |
| 7 | Lenny Kravitz | Circus |
| 6 | Gerry Rafferty | Baker Street |
| 5 | The Beatles | A Day in the Life |
| 4 | Mama Cass Elliot | Make Your Own Kind of Music |
| 3 | Radiohead | No Surprises |
| 2 | Paul Westerberg | Let the Bad Times Roll |
| 1 | Ellis Paul | Here She Is |