My top 40 songs of the decade (with commentary)
Inspired by my friend Dave, who preceded me as music director at our college radio station in the 1980s and who just published a list of his top 300 songs of the decade (!), I assembled a more modest top 40.
These are songs, not artists (indeed, there are a few artists here for whom I only own one song), but I did decide not to repeat any artists.
My original thought was to do this as an old-fashioned mix tape (except on cd) - but with 20 recipients at 3 cds each that was going to be a lot of postage and plastic (I couldn't get it down to two cds - somewhere along the way I started liking a lot of 6 minute songs) . So then I thought podcast, but after a few hours I felt like I had less understanding of the concept than when I started. So here are two formats I was able to figure out: a single big audio file you can download or stream.
Songs 40 to 21:
download (about 75 MB)
stream
Check back in a few days for 20 to 1.
These are songs, not artists (indeed, there are a few artists here for whom I only own one song), but I did decide not to repeat any artists.
My original thought was to do this as an old-fashioned mix tape (except on cd) - but with 20 recipients at 3 cds each that was going to be a lot of postage and plastic (I couldn't get it down to two cds - somewhere along the way I started liking a lot of 6 minute songs) . So then I thought podcast, but after a few hours I felt like I had less understanding of the concept than when I started. So here are two formats I was able to figure out: a single big audio file you can download or stream.
Songs 40 to 21:
download (about 75 MB)
stream
Check back in a few days for 20 to 1.
Labels: lists, popular music, the 00s
posted by frank b. at
7:13 PM
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Thanks, Frank. I really enjoyed that. Any chance you can include a set list for the top 20?
Michael (who held the microphone while you played the skill crane song at Bernie & John's reception)
Really looking forward to hearing this, Frank! THANKS. (Downloading on Safari i got a text file (?) but on Firefox it worked just fine.)
Awesome list FB! Thanks for making my nauseous workday a little more bearable - sony walkman user for 30 years. New Pornographers! Mountain Goat guy seemed honored to meet me in '95 because I knew you; the same for
Al Larsen, but I'm starting to do the tangent thing. Looking forward to the next score set.
I didn't even realize there were 40 songs this decade that weren't remakes.
I enjoyed the end of part 1 on the bus ride home today - looking forward to part 2.
From one Albany to another (I think mine was named after yours),
Dave
Ok this is awesome.. but i cant find it in my itunes. where would it be? I'm dumb
I will eventually post the track list, but I don't want to spoil the surprise. #20-1 should go up today (Saturday).
bernie, it shows up in iTunes as just the song title "part1"
the expectation is building...
all right, i just checked facebook, and there's nothing quite as exciting as the countdown. twelve more friends joined team conan, and one joined temple israel of hollywood.
anticipation... I thought that was a ketchup thing, not a chocolate syrup thing.
If this list is somewhat like an Academy Awards program, the trademark schmaltzy tribute to death needs to be included. It's not the old memories of Channel 17, there's no nasty sliders from Steve Carlton, no funny 'the Bull' Luzinsky batting stance, but it is a
clip I listened to courtesy saltinwound.
r.i.p.
Hey Frank, This is great. i would never have the mind space to remember all of this..
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