More top fives..

I’m off work, sick, today. Hence the time to think of these, so… More Personal Top Five..

Grunge Songs:

Corduroy - Pearl Jam

Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana (DON’T moan about the commercial aspect, this song fucking started the era!)

Down In A Hole – Alice In Chains

Rusty Cage – Soundgarden

Touch Me I’m Sick – Mudhoney

Album Openers:

1. Black Dog – Led Zeppelin, from IV

2. Cherub Rock – Smashing Pumpkins from Siamese Dream

3. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart – Wilco, from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

4. Plainsong – The Cure, from Disintegration

5. My Name Is Jonas – Weezer, from Weezer

Album Closers

(when taking into consideration their effect on listening to the album as a whole)

1. I Shall Be Free – Bob Dylan, from The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

2. Jungleland – Bruce Springsteen from Born To Run

3. The Tourist – Radiohead, from OK Computer

4. Brain Damage/Eclipse – Pink Flyod, from Dark Side of The Moon

5. Somedays – Regina Spektor, from Soviet Kitsch

Some Top Fives

Some personal Top Fives…

Songs About Drugs:

White Light / White Heat – Velvet Underground

Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix

Would? – Alice In Chains

Cocaine Blues – Johnny Cash

Mountain Song – Jane’s Addiction

Songs About Death:

I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Deathcab for Cutie

Knockin’ On Heavens Door – Bob Dylan

Death Is Not The End – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Asleep – The Smiths

P.S You Rock My World – The Eels

 Songs About Sex:

Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye

I’m On Fire – Bruce Springsteen

Darling Nikki – Prince

Closer – NIN

You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC

Rolling Stones Songs:

Gimme Shelter

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Can’t You Hear Me Knocking

Sympathy For The Devil

She’s A Rainbow

Beatles Songs:

Here Comes The Sun

Let It Be

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Elvis Songs:

American Trilogy

Suspicious Minds

(You’re The) Devil In Disguise

Burnin’ Love

That’s All Right