100 Other Songs: 101-205

Here is where you start to get a sense of how much more focused (or is that limited? or is that blinkered?) that my big list is this time, all clumped up even at these levels with multiples from the usual suspects, the Replacements and Iggy Pop and the Beatles, so on and so forth. Truth to tell, the whole thing never even pushed 400 very hard (whereas the hit songs list closed hard on 1,000, a really big number to manage). A few songs in this also-ran second hundred, such as the Terry Lee Hale, I purposely left outside the main 100 because I suspect that finding a copy of the right version, even to hear myself, going strictly on memory in these cases, would be nigh impossible. The David Bowie songs I left out because his representatives trolled me so hard on the last list—petty, I know. And you can see how hard a handful of his songs were straining to get in. But you just can't be too cautious in these matters, remember that too. They still have the power.

Otherwise it's all list-making business as usual, the old game of musical chairs, as recalled infatuations and songs heard recently were systematically shuttled in or up, in turn forcing others out one or two or three at a time. Things even got hot and heavy towards the end of the fiddling right at the #200 mark, where I really wanted to keep some of those late-breaking fallers-out. No one could possibly care, but here, out of some misguided sense of responsibility, are the first five of them, #s 201-205, when the music finally stopped: Elvis Presley, "Make the World Go Away" (1970); Aphex Twin, "Pulsewidth" (1993); Doors, "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" (1971); Roxy Music, "Mother of Pearl" (1973); Young Marble Giants, "Choci Loni" (1980). I would also like to say that I'm sorry now I didn't include "Love Jones" by Brighter Side of Darkness on that last list. On to the important matters.

101. Hüsker Dü, "Pink Turns to Blue" (1984)
102. Replacements, "Rock 'n' Roll Ghost" (1989)
103. Bob Dunlap, "Loud Loud Loud Loud Guitars" (1986)
104. Echo & the Bunnymen, "Pictures on My Wall" (1980)
105. Beulah, "If We Can Land a Man on the Moon, Surely I Can Win Your Heart" (1999)
106. David Bowie, "Sound and Vision" (1977)
107. David Bowie, "Queen Bitch" (1971)
108. David Bowie, "V-2 Schneider" (1977)
109. Pulp, "Common People" (1996)
110. Terry Lee Hale, "The Boys Are Waiting" (1988)
111. Mott the Hoople, "I Wish I Was Your Mother" (1973)
112. R.E.M., "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville" (1984)
113. Suburbs, "Chemistry Set" (1978)
114. Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Third Stone From the Sun" (1967)
115. White Stripes, "Ball and Biscuit" (2003)
116. Womack & Womack, "Baby I'm Scared of You" (1983)
117. Odds, "Wendy Under the Stars" (1991)
118. Art Pepper, "Brown Gold" (1952)
119. Bill Coday, "On the Chitlin' Circuit" (1968)
120. Ennio Morricone, "La Storia De Un Soldato (The Story Of A Soldier)" (1966)
121. Pet Shop Boys, "Rent" (1987)
122. Yo La Tengo, "Nowhere Near" (1993)
123. Bruce Springsteen, "Independence Day" (1980)
124. Beck, "Jack-Ass" (1996)
125. Steely Dan, "Pretzel Logic" (1974)
126. Talking Heads, "Animals" (1979)
127. Wire, "I Should Have Known Better" (1979)
128. Beatles, "I Should Have Known Better" (1964)
129. Beatles, "Act Naturally" (1965)
130. Replacements, "Kiss Me on the Bus" (1985)
131. Iggy Pop, "Success" (1977)
132. Ramones, "I Wanna Be Sedated" (1978)
133. Rod Stewart, "Gasoline Alley" (1970)
134. Harptones, "What Did I Do Wrong" (1957)
135. Bongo Herman & Bunny, "Know Far I" (1971)
136. Mojo Nixon, "Elvis Is Everywhere" (1987)
137. Lou Reed, "Bottoming Out" (1983)
138. Iggy Pop, "I'm Bored" (1979)
139. Them, "Gloria" (1965)
140. Sonic Youth, "Shadow of a Doubt" (1986)
141. Culture, "Black Starliner Must Come" (1977)
142. Meat Puppets, "Two Rivers" (1985)
143. Johnny Rivers, "The Snake" (1966)
144. Suburbs, "Love Is the Law" (1984)
145. Angry Samoans, "They Saved Hitler's Cock" (1982)
146. Soft Boys, "I Wanna Destroy You" (1980)
147. Bob Dylan, "Clothes Line Saga" (1967)
148. Kraftwerk, "Computer Love" (1981)
149. Neil Young & Crazy Horse, "Down by the River" (1969)
150. Chris Bell, "Though I Know She Lies" (1974)
151. Angelo Badalamenti, "Twin Peaks Theme" (1990)
152. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, "Falling Slowly" (2006)
153. Kirsty MacColl, "Here Comes That Man Again" (2001)
154. English Beat, "Twist & Crawl" (1980)
155. David Bowie, "Moonage Daydream" (1972)
156. Brian Eno, "King's Lead Hat" (1977)
157. Elliott Smith, "Baby Britain" (1998)
158. Weakerthans, "One Great City!" (2003)
159. Jacobites, "The Big Store" (1985)
160. Talking Heads, "Listening Wind" (1980)
161. Jefferson Airplane, "Lather" (1968)
162. Dwight Yoakam, "Mercury Blues" (2004)
163. David Bowie, "The Prettiest Star" (1973)
164. Doors, "Waiting for the Sun" (1970)
165. Lou Reed, "Heavenly Arms" (1982)
166. Eels, "Your Lucky Day in Hell" (1996)
167. Replacements, "Alex Chilton" (1987)
168. Rolling Stones, "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" (1971)
169. Morrissey, "Now My Heart Is Full" (1994)
170. Saint Etienne, "Lose That Girl" (1998)
171. Beautiful South, "We Are Each Other" (1992)
172. Pretenders, "Precious" (1980)
173. Monks, "I Hate You" (1966)
174. Spring, "Shyin' Away" (1972)
175. Steely Dan, "Glamour Profession" (1980)
176. Old 97's, "Holly Jolly Christmas" (1997)
177. Electronic, "Getting Away With It" (1991)
178. Leon Russell, "Tight Rope" (1972)
179. Rolling Stones, "Gimme Shelter" (1969)
180. Joni Mitchell, "Woodstock" (1970)
181. Phoebe Snow, "Take Your Children Home" (1975)
182. Iggy & the Stooges, "Death Trip" (1973)
183. Buzzcocks, "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" (1979)
184. Camera Obscura, "Teenager" (2003)
185. Afghan Whigs, "What Jail Is Like" (1993)
186. Marilyn Manson, "Antichrist Superstar" (1996)
187. Julie London, "Gone With the Wind" (1955)
188. Elvis Costello & the Attractions, "Man Out of Time" (1982)
189. Ten Years After, "Adventures of a Young Organ" (1967)
190. Sonic Youth, "Titanium Expose" (1990)
191. Bruce Springsteen, "Downbound Train" (1984)
192. Lou Reed, "Coney Island Baby" (1976)
193. Modern English, "I Melt With You" (1982)
194. Echo & the Bunnymen, "The Cutter" (1983)
195. Cardigans, "Lovefool" (1996)
196. Cream, "I'm So Glad" (1966)
197. Sonics, "Boss Hoss" (1965)
198. Brian Eno & David Byrne, "America Is Waiting" (1981)
199. John McLaughlin, "Devotion" (1970)
200. Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, "Dragon Song" (1971)