Baker's Dozen - the herculean task of selecting 13 favourite songs.

[SerenityNigh]

I approve of this thread but 13 is a very small number

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Old Town...Phil Lynott
Get outta here....Thin Lizzy
How does it feel...Slade
No1 song in heaven...Sparks.
Squeeze me Please me.....Slade
My World....Secret affair
Sail away sweet sister ....Queen
Ghost of Love....Fiction Factory
Cry boy Cry...Blue Zoo
Tiny Children..Teardrop explodes
New Gold Dream.....Simple Minds
Love is a wonderful Colour.....Icicle Works
Lets make this precious....Dexys Midnight Runners.

 

[Prevenger17]

God there are so many. I've probably missed loads of contenders but here's my first stab

Muse - Map of the Problematique
Nancy Sinatra - You Only Live Twice
Radiohead - Pyramid Song
The Eagles - Hotel California
Queen - The Show Must Go On
Portishead - The Rip
Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Pulp - Disco 2000
Louis Armstrong - We Have all the Time in the World
Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen
REM - Crush with Eyeliner
Jamiroquai - Canned Heat

 

[Charro]

Bruce Springsteen- The River
Midlake- Roscoe
Jake Thackeray- la di dah
Sharon von eten- Seventeen
Sam Fener- Seventeen going under.
Frightened rabbit- head rolls off
Sufjan Stevens- Chicago
War on drugs- I don’t live here anymore
Bob Dylan- One more cup of coffee
Echo and the bunny men- The Killing moon
Grandaddy- AM 180
Foster the people- Helena Beat
Boy Azooga- Loner Boogie

 

[Swartzy]

Bruce Springsteen- The River
Midlake- Roscoe
Jake Thackeray- la di dah
Sharon von eten- Seventeen
Sam Fener- Seventeen going under.
Frightened rabbit- head rolls off
Sufjan Stevens- Chicago
War on drugs- I don’t live here anymore
Bob Dylan- One more cup of coffee
Echo and the bunny men- The Killing moon
Grandaddy- AM 180
Foster the people- Helena Beat
Boy Azooga- Loner Boogie

Should have chosen 'Streets of Philadelphia' for Springsteen'

Than again this is your list !!!

 

[peteblue]

I wrote down a top ten recently (not easy), not that you've ever heard at least half of them. I get three more that I cut?

Neurotically Wired - Arch/Matheos
A.D.I./Horror of It All - Anthrax
Other Side of the Rainbow - Extreme
Happy - King's X
Professional Killer - KMFDM
Ashes in Your Mouth - Megadeth
Spreading the Disease - Queensryche
Turn the Page - Rush
Raspberry Jam Delta V - Joe Satriani
Elemental - Tears for Fears

Hmm...

The Ultra-Violence - Death Angel
A Clear and Present Rager - Nuclear Power Trio
Practice What You Preach - Testament

Didn't get any less obscure, now did it?

Nope, never heard of one of them……..

 

[WA Toffee]

Smash it up - The Damned
Starlight - Muse
From the sea - Eskimo Joe
Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
Common People - Pulp
Bright eyes - Art Garfunkel
Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Never tear us apart - Inxs
Help - The Beatles
New years day - U2
Made of stone - Stone roses
Saturn 5 - Inspiral carpets
Flower of Scotland - The Corries

 

[perth_blue]

Smash it up - The Damned
Starlight - Muse
From the sea - Eskimo Joe
Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
Common People - Pulp
Bright eyes - Art Garfunkel
Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Never tear us apart - Inxs
Help - The Beatles
New years day - U2
Made of stone - Stone roses
Saturn 5 - Inspiral carpets
Flower of Scotland - The Corries

Was contemplating putting a Gyroscope song up, but you'd be the only one here who'd know of them.

 

[Hogwild]

Pictures of You - The Cure
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley version
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
Don’t Come Round Here No More - Tom Petty
Silver Spring - Fleetwood Mac
Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Synchronicity II - The Police
The Scientist - Coldplay
Come Together - The Beatles
Loser - Beck
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Beautiful Ones - Prince

 

[Hogwild]

Smash it up - The Damned
Starlight - Muse
From the sea - Eskimo Joe
Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
Common People - Pulp
Bright eyes - Art Garfunkel
Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Never tear us apart - Inxs
Help - The Beatles
New years day - U2
Made of stone - Stone roses
Saturn 5 - Inspiral carpets
Flower of Scotland - The Corries

Never Tear Us Apart is a great song

 

[WA Toffee]

Was contemplating putting a Gyroscope song up, but you'd be the only one here who'd know of them.

And I almost put in a Jebediah song

 

[Andy is the King]

Smash it up - The Damned
Starlight - Muse
From the sea - Eskimo Joe
Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
Common People - Pulp
Bright eyes - Art Garfunkel
Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Never tear us apart - Inxs
Help - The Beatles
New years day - U2
Made of stone - Stone roses
Saturn 5 - Inspiral carpets
Flower of Scotland - The Corries

The Dead Kennedys wrote so many great songs. Kill the Poor is probably my favourite. Saw them live in 1983.

I couldn't find a place for the Stone Roses. It was hard to leave them out.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Portishead - The Rip

This would be in mine as well. Gets a bit overlooked compared to earlier stuff

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Pictures of You - The Cure
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley version
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
Don’t Come Round Here No More - Tom Petty
Silver Spring - Fleetwood Mac
Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Synchronicity II - The Police
The Scientist - Coldplay
Come Together - The Beatles
Loser - Beck
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Beautiful Ones - Prince

Something crawls to the surface
Of a dark Scottish loch.......

 

[Prevenger17]

This would be in mine as well. Gets a bit overlooked compared to earlier stuff

Was never a massive Portishead fan or anything, but my cousin sat me down and introduced me to it many years ago and it pretty much became one of my favourite songs overnight. There is just something so moving and unsettling about it, and a wonderful video to top it all off