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My favorite songs when I was 5 years old (1969)

Songs that Stand Apart

  • "A Day in the Life"John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • "Abbey Road 'Medley'"John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
  • "American Pie"Don McClean
  • "Aqualung"Ian Anderson, Jennie Anderson
  • "A Quick One While He's Away"Pete Townshend
  • "Band on the Run"Paul and Linda McCartney
  • "Bohemian Rhapsody"Freddie Mercury
  • "Born to Run"Bruce Springsteen
  • "Bridge Over Troubled Water"Paul Simon
  • "For What It's Worth"Steven Stills
  • "The Friends of Mr. Cairo"Jon Anderson, Vangelis
  • "Good Vibrations"Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  • "Kashmir"John Bonham, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  • "How Soon is Now"Johnny Marr, Morrissey
  • "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)"Mark Farner
  • "I've Seen All Good People"Jon Anderson, Chris Squire
  • "Layla"Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon
  • "Like a Rolling Stone"Bob Dylan
  • "Light My Fire"Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek
  • "Loser"Beck Hansen, Carl Stephenson
  • "Low Spark of High-Healed Boys"Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi
  • "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"Jim Steinman
  • "Piano Man"Billy Joel
  • "Spirit of the Radio"Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson
  • "Stairway to Heaven"Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
  • "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"Stephen Stills
  • "Sympathy for the Devil"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  • "Whiter Shade of Pale"Keith Reid, Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher
  • "Won't Get Fooled Again"Pete Townshend
  • "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"Gordon Lightfoot

Albums for the proverbial deserted island

  • Abbey RoadThe Beatles
  • AjaSteely Dan
  • ArgybargySqueeze
  • Arkansas TravelerMichelle Shocked
  • Automatic for the PeopleR.E.M.
  • Beloved Revolutionary SweetheartCamper van Beethoven
  • Cosmic ThingB52s
  • Dark Side of the MoonPink Floyd
  • English SettlementXTC
  • Every Picture Tells a StoryRod Stewart
  • Exile on Main StreetThe Rolling Stones
  • Fables of the ReconstructionR.E.M.
  • FloodThey Might Be Giants
  • GracelandPaul Simon
  • Indigo GirlsThe Indigo Girls
  • John PrineJohn Prine
  • Joshua TreeU2
    • li>London CallingThe Clash
  • Look Sharp!Joe Jackson
  • Mermaid AvenueBilly Bragg and Wilco
  • MoondanceVan Morrison
  • MurmurR.E.M.
  • New YorkLou Reed
  • OdelayBeck
  • People Who Grinned Themselves to DeathThe Housemartins
  • Pleased to Meet MeThe Replacements
  • QuadropheniaThe Who
  • ReckoningR.E.M.
  • RevolverThe Beatles
  • Rough MixPete Townshend and Ronnie Lane
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe Beatles
  • SkylarkingXTC
  • SynchronicityThe Police
  • Sonny and BrownieSonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
  • Sounds of SilenceSimon and Garfunkel
  • Sticky FingersThe Rolling Stones
  • SublimeSublime
  • TapestryCarole King
  • The Unforgettable FireU2
  • TommyThe Who
  • Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the SeaPoi Dog Pondering
  • The WallPink Floyd

Favorite Movies

  • 40 Year Old Virgin
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Almost Famous
  • American Beauty
  • American Graffiti
  • Best in Show
  • Billy Elliot
  • Bowling for Columbine
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Diner
  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Garden State
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Juno
  • Ordinary People
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Reservoir Dogs
  • Rushmore
  • Sixteen Candles
  • Stalag 17
  • The Breakfast Club
  • The Godfather
  • The Godfather: Part II
  • The Usual Suspects
  • The World According to Garp
  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Songs that should have been #1 hits

  • "A Certain Romance"Arctic Monkeys
  • "Balloon Man"Robyn Hitchcock
  • "Can't Hardly Wait"The Replacements
  • "Come a Long Way"Michelle Shocked
  • "Cynical Girl"Marshal Crenshaw
  • "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio"Joey Ramones
  • "Earthmover"Southern Culture on the Skids
  • "Heavy Metal Drummer"Wilco
  • "Here Comes Your Man"The Pixies
  • "I Don't Like Mondays"Boomtown Rats
  • (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You ToWeezer
  • "Interesting Drug"Morrissey
  • "Living with the Dreaming Body"Poi Dog Pondering
  • "New York City"They Might be Giants
  • "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)"Squeeze
  • "Radio Free Europe"R.E.M.
  • "Romeo Had Juliette"Lou Reed
  • "She Came Along to Me"Billy Bragg and Wilco
  • "Staging the Plaguing of the Raised Platform"Cornershop
  • "Strangers When We Meet"Smithereens
  • "Take the Skinheads Bowling"Camper Van Beethoven
  • "This Charming Man"The Smiths
  • "Town Called Malice"The Jam
  • "Understanding"fIREHOUSE
  • "Way Down Now"World Party
  • "What I Got"Sublime

Ten R.E.M. Songs that are Better than the Ten that you Know (album)

  • "Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)" (Chronictown)
  • "Moral Kiosk" (Murmur)
  • "Sitting Still" (Murmur)
  • "Harborcoat" (Reckoning)
  • "Little America" (Reckoning)
  • "I Believe" (Lifes Rich Pageant)
  • "untitled last track" (Green)
  • "Welcome to the Occupation" (Green)
  • "Me in Honey" (Out of Time)
  • "Find the River" (Automatic for the People)

Biographies

  • "Amos Moses"Jerry Reed
  • "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"Jim Croce
  • "Coal Miner's Daughter"Loretta Lynn
  • "Creeque Alley"John and Michelle Phillips
  • "Garden Party"Rick Nelson
  • "Vincent"Don McLean
  • "Coward of the County"Roger Bowling, Billy Ed Wheeler
  • "Luka"Suzanne Vega
  • "You're So Vain"Carly Simon

Perfect Pop Songs with Composer

  • "1979"Billy Corgan
  • "7 Chinese Bros."Peter Buck, Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
  • "A Hard Days Night"John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • "After the Gold Rush"Neil Young
  • "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
  • "Ain't No Sunshine"Bill Withers
  • "All I Have To Do Is Dream"Phil and Don Everly
  • "All Shook Up"Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
  • "All Summer Long"Brian Wilson
  • "All You Need is Love"John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • "American Pie"Don McLean
  • "American Tune"Paul Simon, Hans Leo Hassler
  • "A Message to You, Rudy"Dandy Livingstone
  • "And it Stoned Me"Van Morrison
  • "Awake"Greg McKenna, Stacy Jone, Scott Riebling, Kay Hanley, Michael Eisenstein
  • "Baba O'Riley"Pete Townshend
  • "Baby Don't Go"Sonny Bono
  • "Back in Black"Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson
  • "Bad Time"Mark Farner
  • "Badge"Eric Clapton, George Harrison
  • "Band of Gold"Edythe Wayne, Ron Dunbar
  • "Be-Bop-A-Lula"Gene Vincent, Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis
  • "Been Caught Stealing"Eric Avery, Perry Farrell
  • "Beyond the Sea"Charles Trenet, Jack Lawrence
  • "Big Me"David Grohl
  • "Big Yellow Taxi"Joni Mitchell
  • "Black Water"Patrick Simmons
  • "Blueberry Hill"Fats Domino
  • "Blue Suede Shoes"Carl Perkins
  • "Bony Moronie"Larry Williams
  • "Book of Love"Warren Davis, George Malone, Charles Patrick
  • "Both Sides Now"Joni Mitchell
  • "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)"Elliot Lurie
  • "Brass in Pocket"James Honeyman-Scott, Chrissie Hynde
  • "Brain Damage/Eclipse"Roger Waters
  • "Brown Eyed Girl"Van Morrison
  • "Buddy Holly"Rivers Cuomo
  • "California Dreamin'"John and Michelle Phillips
  • "Can't Buy Me Love"John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • "Carrie Anne"Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks
  • "Changes"David Bowie
  • "Cherry Bomb"John Mellencamp
  • "Child of the Moon"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  • "Christmas"Pete Townshend
  • "Color Him Father"Richard Lewis Spencer
  • "Come and Get It"Paul McCartney
  • "Come and Get Your Love"Lolly Vegas
  • "Come Go With Me"Clarence Quick
  • "Come on Let's Go"Richie Valens, Bob Keane
  • "Comfortably Numb"David Gilmour, Roger Waters
  • "Creeque Alley"John and Michelle Phillips
  • "Cruel to be Kind"Nick Lowe, Ian Gomm
  • "Dance to the Music"Sly Stone
  • "Dancing in the Moonlight"Sherman Kelly
  • "Dancing in the Street"Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson
  • "Daniel"Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  • "Darling Be Home Soon"John Sebastian
  • "Deadbeat Club"Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson, Keith Strickland
  • "Deep Purple"Peter DeRose (1933)
  • "Different Drum"Michael Nesmith
  • "Doctor My Eyes"Jackson Browne
  • "Don't Be Cruel"Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
  • "Don't Look Back in Anger"Noel Gallagher
  • "Don't Worry Baby"Brian Wilson, Roger Christian
  • "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
  • "Do Ya"Jeff Lynne
  • "Dream On"Steven Tyler
  • "Driver 8"Peter Buck, Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
  • "Do You Believe in Magic?"John Sebastian
  • "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  • "Drift Away"Mentor Williams
  • "Earth Angel"Curtis Williams, Jesse Belvin, Gaynel Hodge
  • "Easy"Lionel Ritchie
  • "Eleanor Rigby"John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • "Everybody's Talkin'"Harry Nilsson
  • "Everyday People"Sly Stone
  • "Everyday"Buddy Holly
  • "Evil Woman"Jeff Lynne
  • "Fever"Eddie Cooley, John Davenport (Otis Blackwell)
  • "Fly Me to the Moon"Bart Howard
  • "Fool in the Rain"Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones
  • "For Once in my Life"Stevie Wonder
  • "Funk #49"Jim Fox, Dale Peters, Joe Walsh
  • "Get a Job"Earl Beal, Raymond Edwards, Richard Lewis, William Horton
  • "Gimme Shelter"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  • "Girls Talk"Elvis Costello
  • "Give it Away"Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • "Good Vibrations"Brian Wilson
  • "Green Onions"Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewis Steinberg, Al Jackson
  • "Hallelujah, I Just Love Her So"Ray Charles
  • "Harbourcoat"Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
  • "Hard Luck Woman"Paul Stanley
  • "Heart of Gold"Neil Young
  • "Heartbreak Hotel"Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden, Elvis Presley
  • "Heart of Glass"Debbie Harry, Chris Stein
  • "Hello in There"John Prine
  • "Hello, It's Me"Todd Rundgren
  • "Hello, Stranger"Barbara Lewis
  • "Help!"John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • "Here Comes the Sun"George Harrison
  • "Hey Jude"John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • "High Hopes"Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  • "Honeycomb"Bob Merrill
  • "Honky Tonk Woman"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  • "Hot Fun in the Summertime"Sly Stone
  • "Hound Dog"Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  • "House of the Rising Sun"Alan Price
  • "I Can See Clearly Now"Johnny Nash
  • "(I Can't Get No Satisfaction"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  • "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To"Rivers Cuomo, Butch Walker
  • "I Got You Babe"Sonny Bono
  • "I Heard it through the Grapevine"Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
  • "I'll Be You"Paul Westerberg
  • "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"Burt Bacharach
  • "I'm a Believer"Neil Diamond
  • "Imagine"John Lennon
  • "In Between Days"Robert Smith
  • "I Only Have Eyes for You"Harry Warren
  • "I Saw the Light"Todd Rundgren
  • "I Say a Little Prayer for You"Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  • "I Second that Emotion"Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland
  • "I Should Have Known Better"John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • "I Think the Answer's Yes"Paul Heaton, David Rotheroy
  • "It Never Rains in Southern California"Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood
  • "I've Got You Under My Skin"Cole Porter
  • "I Wanna Be Sedated"Joey Ramone
  • "I Want to Hold your Hand"John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • "I Will Follow"Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr.
  • "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"Hank Williams
  • "Jane Says"Eric Avery, Perry Farrell
  • "Jazzman"Carole King, David Palmer
  • "Johnny B. Goode"Chuck Berry
  • "Joy to the World"Hoyt Axton
  • "Kansas City"Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  • "Kashmir"Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham
  • "Killing Me Softly with His Song"Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel
  • "King of the Road"Roger Miller
  • "Kodachrome"Paul Simon
  • "La Grange"Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard
  • "Lean on Me"Bill Withers
  • "Leaving Trunk"Sleepy John Estes
  • "Let it Be"John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • "Let's Get Together"Chet Powers
  • "Let the Good Times Roll"Leonard Lee
  • "Light My Fire"Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Jim Morrison
  • "Like a Rolling Stone"Bob Dylan
  • "Loco-Motion"Gerry Coffin, Carole King
  • "Lola"Ray Davies
  • "London Calling"Mick Jones, Joe Strummer
  • "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma"Melani Safka
  • "Loser"Beck Hansen, Carl Stephenson
  • "Losing my Religion"Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
  • "Louie Louie"Richard Berry
  • "Love Her Madly"Robbie Krieger
  • "Love Potion #9"Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
  • "Mack the Knife"Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
  • "Maggie May"Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton
  • "Mayor of Simpleton"Andy Partridge
  • "Melissa"Greg Allman
  • "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"Joe Zawinul
  • "Message in a Bottle"Sting
  • "Mexican Home"John Prine
  • "Midnight Rider"Gregg Allman, Robert Kim Payne
  • "Midnight Train to Georgia"Jim Weatherly
  • "Mind Games"John Lennon
  • "Monday, Monday"John Phillips
  • "Moondance"Van Morrison
  • "More Than a Feeling"Tom Scholz
  • "Mother and Child Reunion"Paul Simon
  • "Mr. Big Stuff"Joseph Broussard, Carol Washington, Ralph Williams
  • "Mr. Jones"Adam Duritz, Steve Bowman, David Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, Matt Malley
  • "Mr. Tambourine Man"Bob Dylan
  • "My Cherie Amour"Stevie Wonder
  • "My Generation"Pete Townshend
  • "Mysterious Ways"Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr.
  • "New Year's Day"Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr.
  • "Ode to Billy JoeBobbie Gentry
  • "O-o-h Child"Stan Vincent
  • "Oliver's Army"Elvis Costello
  • "Ooh La La"Ronnie Lane, Ronnie Wood
  • "Over the Hills and Far Away"Robert Plant, Jimmy Page
  • "Son of a Preacher Man"Dusty Springfield
  • "Peaceful"Kenny Rankin
  • "Penny Lane"Lennon, McCartney
  • "People Get Ready"Curtis Mayfield
  • "Peter Pumpkinhead"Andy Partridge
  • "Photograph"Richard Starkey, George Harrison
  • "Pleasant Valley Sunday"Carole King, Gerry Goffin
  • "Pride (In the Name of Love)"Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
  • "Proud Mary"John Fogerty
  • "Put a Little Love in your Heart"Jackie DeShannon
  • "Question"Justin Hayward
  • "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head"Hal David, Burt Bacharach
  • "Raspberry Beret"Prince
  • "Reeling in the Years"Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
  • "Ring of Fire"Johnny Cash
  • "Roadrunner"Jonathan Richman
  • "Roam"Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Robert Waldrop, Cindy Wilson
  • "Rock and Roll Radio"Joey Ramone
  • "Rocks Off"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  • "Rockaria!"Jeff Lynne
  • "Rockin' Robin"Jimmie Thomas
  • "Romeo's Tune"Steve Forbert
  • "Run-Around"John Popper
  • "Runaround Sue"Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca
  • "Saturday in the Park"Robert Lamm
  • "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"Billy Joel
  • "Senses Working Overtime"Andy Partridge
  • "Shake, Rattle, and Roll"Charles Calhoun
  • "She's a Rainbow"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  • "Silly Love Songs"Paul McCartney and Wings
  • "Sir Duke"Stevie Wonder
  • "Sister Golden Hair"Gerry Beckley
  • "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
  • "Sleep on the Left Side"Tjinder Singh
  • "Sloop John B"Brian Wilson
  • "So Lonely"Sting
  • "Someday We'll Be Together"Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, Harvey Fuqua
  • "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)"Aristides Giosasi, Arthur Zwirn
  • "Sounds of Silence"Paul Simon
  • "Spanish Harlem"Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector
  • "Spiralling Shape"They Might Be Giants
  • "Spirit in the Sky"Norman Greenbaum
  • "Stagger Lee"Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
  • "Stand by Me"Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
  • "Stand"Peter Buck, Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe
  • "Stay"Maurice Williams
  • "Stay With Me"Rod Stewart, Ron Wood
  • "Strawberry Fields Forever"John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  • "Substitute"Pete Townshend
  • "Sunny"Bobby Hebb
  • "Sunshine"Jonathan Edwards
  • "Surf City"Brian Wilson, Jan Berry
  • "Surrender"Rick Nielsen
  • "Sweet Jane"Lou Reed
  • "Sweet Seasons"Carole King, Toni Stern
  • "Take a Giant Step"Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  • "Take the Skinheads Bowling"Victor Krummenacher, David Lowery, Chris Molla, Jonathan Segel
  • "Tangled Up in Blue"Bob Dylan
  • "That'll Be the Day"Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty
  • "The Love You Save"Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, Deke Richards
  • "Tighten Up"Archie Bell, Billy Butler
  • "Time of the Season"Rod Argent
  • "Tossin' and Turnin'"Ritchie Adams, Malou Rene
  • "Train in Vain"Mick Jones, Joe Strummer
  • "Tears of a Clown"Stevie Wonder, Hank Crosby, Smokey Robinson
  • "The City of New Orleans"Steve Goodman
  • "The First of the Gang to Die"Morrissey, Alain Whyte
  • "The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In) "Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni
  • "The Great Pretender"Buck Ram
  • "The Kids are Alright"Pete Townshend
  • "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"Robbie Roberston
  • "The Ocean"Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
  • "The Rain, the Park and Other Things"Artie Kornfield and Steve Duboff
  • "The Times They Are A-Changin'"Bob Dylan
  • "The Tracks of my Tears"Pete Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marv Tamplin
  • "The Village Green Preservation Society"Ray Davies
  • "The Weight"Robbie Robertson
  • "The Wind"Cat Stevens
  • "Tiny Dancer"Elton John
  • "Too Late to Turn Back Now"Eddie Cornelius
  • "Up on the Roof"Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  • "Ventura Highway"Dewey Bunnell
  • "Wake Up Little Susie"Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant
  • "Walk on the Wild Side"Lou Reed (?)
  • "Wanderer"Ernie Maresca
  • "Waterloo Sunset"Ray Davies
  • "We'll Sing in the Sunshine"Gale Garnett
  • "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock"Max C. Freedman, James E. Myers
  • "We've Gonna Only Just Begun"Paul Williams, Roger Nichols
  • "Werewolves of London"LeRoy Marinell, Robert "Waddy" Wachtel, Warren Zevon
  • "What a Wonderful World"Bob Thiele, George David Weiss
  • "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"Nick Lowe
  • "When I Grow Up to be a Man"Brian Wilson, Mike Love
  • "When Will I Be Lived"Phil Everly
  • "Willie and the Hand Jive"Johnny Otis
  • "Willin'"Lowell George
  • "Wish You Were Here"David Gilmour, Roger Waters
  • "Wouldn't It Be Nice"Brian Wilson
  • "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"Bob Dylan
  • "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"Stevie Wonder
  • "You Never Can Tell"Chuck Berry
  • "Young Americans"David Bowie
  • "Young at Heart"Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards
  • "You Really Got Me"Ray Davies
  • "You're My Best Friend"John Deacon
  • "Your Song"Elton John, Bernie Taupin

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