Top Ten Songs

Update of an ancient thread, but I'm not sure ten can cover it.

No order;
"Love is Just a Four Letter Word" - Joan Baez
"Wild Horses" - Rolling Stones
"Havana Affair" - The Ramones
"Can't Stand Losing You" - The Police
"The Weight" - The Band
"Time Of The Season" - The Zombies
"One Too Many Mornings" - Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan
"Highwayman" - The Highwaymen
"Peaches En Regalia" - Frank Zappa
"2000 Man" - KISS
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" - Rolling Stones

I'll limit this to one song per artist.

1. Leonard Cohen - One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
2. Sonic Youth - Trilogy
3. Miles Davis - Blue in Green
4. Captain Beefheart - Moonlight on Vermont
5. Bob Dylan - It Ain't Me Babe
6. Neil Young - Southern Man
7. The Velvet Underground - Heroin
8. The Beatles - She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
9. Bad Brains - Banned in D.C.
10. Iggy Pop and The Stooges - 1969

"Thirty-Three" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"1979" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"Once Upon a Time" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"Today" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"Ten Years Gone" - Led Zeppelin
"In the Light" - Led Zeppelin
"Good Night" - The Beatles
"Lujon" - Henry Mancini
"I Wish You Love" - Dean Martin
"Jailhouse" - Sublime

I guess.

I don't really rank songs like I would rank an album, because to me, the album is really an over-all artistic statement, rather than a collection of best songs recorded in a single grouping of recording sessions. But here's a shot at it. One song per artist, some songs that I can truly always turn to, others that are simply infatuations of the moment...

"Svefn-g-englar" - Sigur Rós
"Talk Show Host" - Radiohead
"Echoes" - Pink Floyd
"Sir Psycho Sexy" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Teeth Like Gods Shoreshine" - Modest Mouse
"Where Is My Mind" - The Pixies
"Street Hassle" - Lou Reed
"First Breath After Coma" - Explosions in the Sky
"I Am the Walrus" - The Beatles
"Melody 6" - Tera Melos