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Okay, okay. I'm going to try. I refuse to put them in any order though. And I can't pick just ten, so these are the songs that would make the shortlist
Favorite Songs: -No Rain, Blind Melon -Going To California, Led Zeppelin -Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset, Modest Mouse -Age Of Consent, New Order -Anthems For A Seventeen-Year-Old Girl, Broken Social Scene -I Slept With Bonhomme at the CBC, Broken Social Scene -Fire Eye'd Boy -Like Spinning Plates, Radiohead -Idioteque, Radiohead -Let Down, Radiohead -Deeper Into Movies, Yo La Tengo -Tiny Birds, Yo La Tengo -California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade, The Decemberists -Of Angels and Angles, The Decemberists -The District Sleeps Alone Tonight, The Postal Service -Suddenly Everything Has Changed, The Postal Service -Decatur, Sufjan Stevens -Casimir Pulaski Day, Sufjan Stevens -Debaser, The Pixies -Monkey Gone To Heaven, The Pixies -Nothing But Flowers, Talking Heads -Once In A Lifetime, Talking Heads -Semen Song For James Bigood, Matmos -Solo Buttons For Joe Meeks, Matmos -Yield To Total Elation, Matmos -Vioar Vel Tl Loftarasa, Sigur Ros -Song Numbers 4 and 6 on Takk..., Sigur Ros -She Bangs The Drums, The Stone Roses -Full Fathom Five, The Stone Roses -E-Bow The Letter, REM -Losing My Religion, REM -Better Man, Pearl Jam -Yellow Ledbetter, Pearl Jam -Heart Shaped Box, Nirvana -In Bloom, Nirvana -All Apologies (Unplugged), Nirvana -Waitin' For A Superman, The Flaming Lips -Dry The Rain, The Beta Band -Your Hand In Mine, Explosions In The Sky -I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Wilco -Where You'll Find Me Now, Neutral Milk Hotel -Two Headed Boy (Yeah, parts one and two), Neutral Milk Hotel -Sympathy For The Devil, The Rolling Stones -Gimme Shelter, The Rolling Stones -You Can't Always Get What You Want, The Rolling Stones -I Am The Walrus, The Beatles -A Day In The Life, The Beatles -Rocket Man, Elton John -I Only Said, My Bloody Valentine -Blown A Wish, My Bloody Valentine
And I will add to this list as I remember more, but somewhere in this list are the ten songs that would make the final cut
As far as albums...
1. Kid A, Radiohead 2. You Forgot It In People, Broken Social Scene 3. Agaetis Byrjun, Sigur Ros 4. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses 5. IV, Led Zeppelin 6. Give Up, The Postal Service 7. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, Yo La Tengo 8. OK Computer, Radiohead 9. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco 10. Automatic For The People, REM
Honorable Mention: -Picaresque, The Decemberists -The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast, Matmos -Illinois, Sufjan Stevens -I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One, Yo La Tengo -Broken Social Scene, Broken Social Scene -Feel Good Lost, Broken Social Scene -Amnesiac, Radiohead -In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel -Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, The Flaming Lips
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