The Music Thread!

[Cloud Strife]

Starsailor is really good as is Aqualung. Both British.

Indeed but for the sake of consistency I still support wholeheartedly my generalizing about BritPop.

[Xiang Zhuang]

With v3 starting up here pretty soon, I was reminded that it is tradition for me to be somewhat obnoxious and post lists all over the forum during each game run. Chen Ping in particular wanted me to post a song list, so that was my first goal. Last time, I think I did a top 50 song list, which was fairly difficult. This time, I was going to do a top 100 song list, but then it evolved into a top 250 song list, then to 300, and finally, to 350 songs. This is, more or less, the best of the songs I have rated at 4 or 5 stars on my Windows Media Player. And yeah, it's totally my opinion, and yeah, rating this many songs is rough, but it's all for fun.

Anyway, without further ado...

Xiang Zhuang's Top 350 Song List!
350. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) – Eurythmics
349. Runnin’ Down A Dream – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
348. Because I Love You – Stevie B.
347. Waiting For A Girl Like You – Foreigner
346. Doctor My Eyes – Jackson Browne
345. Cryin’ – Aerosmith
344. Du Hast – Rammstein
343. In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins
342. My Hero – Foo Fighters
341. Instant Karma! – John Lennon
340. The Unforgiven – Metallica
339. Nothing’s Gonna Chang My Love – Glenn Medeiros
338. Sabotage – Beastie Boys
337. Hello – Lionel Richie
336. Renegade – Styx
335. I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
334. Streets Of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen
333. I Don’t Want To Live Without You – Foreigner
332. Back On The Road Again – REO Speedwagon
331. Welcome Home – Coheed And Cambria
330. All By Myself – Eric Carmen
329. I’m Afraid Of Americans – David Bowie & Trent Reznor
328. The World I Know – Collective Soul
327. Don’t Speak – No Doubt
326. Two Step – Dave Matthews Band
325. Amanda – Boston
324. Somewhere Out There – Our Lady Peace
323. I Get Around – The Beach Boys
322. Where The Streets Have No Name – U2
321. I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
320. Hitchin’ A Ride – Green Day
319. Babe – Styx
318. I Will Survive – Cake
317. Dreams – The Cranberries
316. Toy Soldiers – Martika
315. Blue Monday – Orgy
314. What About Love – Heart
313. Jeremy – Pearl Jam
312. What Kind Of Man Would I Be – Chicago
311. Goodbye Stranger – Supertramp
310. Soldier Of Love – Donny Osmond
309. Now And Forever – Richard Marx
308. Zombie – The Cranberries
307. Your Wildest Dreams – The Moody Blues
306. Believe – Elton John
305. Walking In Memphis – Marc Cohn
304. Died In Your Arms – Cutting Crew
303. Don’t Know Much – Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
302. Ten Speed (Of God’s Blood And Burial) – Coheed And Cambria
301. Dream On – Aerosmith
300. Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio
299. If You Go – Jon Secada
298. Round And Round – Ratt
297. How Do I Live – Leann Rimes
296. Riding The Storm Out – REO Speedwagon
295. The Rebel Jesus – Jackson Browne
294. Stuck With You – Huey Lewis And The News
293. Theme to The Legend of Zelda (original) – Koji Kondo
292. A Whole New World – Peabo Bryson & Regina Bell
291. These Eyes – The Guess Who
290. Invisible Touch – Genesis
289. Faint – Linkin Park
288. Always Something There To Remind Me – Naked Eyes
287. Keep On Loving You – REO Speedwagon
286. My Immortal – Evanescence
285. Human Wreckage – Sponge
284. Amnesia – Chumbawamba
283. A Long December – Counting Crows
282. I Can Only Imagine – mercyme
281. The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
280. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You – Michael Bolton
279. Ride Captain Ride – Blood, Sweat, And Tears
278. Layla – Derek And The Dominoes
277. Tenderness – General Public
276. Too Much Time On My Hands – Styx
275. The Paya-Paya Song (From Radiata: Stories) – Kaori Kawasumi
274. Last Christmas – Wham!
273. Walk On The Ocean – Toad The Wet Sprocket
272. The Power Of Love – Celine Dion
271. I’ll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me) – Expose
270. Angel Eyes – The Jeff Healey Band
269. Let Her Cry – Hootie And The Blowfish
268. Friends – Michael W. Smith
267. Time For Me To Fly – REO Speedwagon
266. Crash Into Me – Dave Matthews Band
265. He Is Exalted – Twila Paris
264. If This Is It – Huey Lewis And The News
263. Sehnsucht – Rammstein
262. Dream – Forest For The Trees
261. Selling The Drama – Live
260. Man In The Mirror – Michael Jackson
259. Banditos – The Refreshments
258. Chemicals React – Aly & AJ
257. Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart – Stone Temple Pilots
256. All Mixed Up – 311
255. Walk Of Life – Dire Straits
254. Crazy On You – Heart
253. Hands To Heaven – Breathe
252. Gone Away – The Offspring
251. Linger – The Cranberries
250. The Distance – Cake
249. Give A Little Bit – Supertramp
248. The Unforgiven II – Metallica
247. How Can We Be Lovers – Michael Bolton
246. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns ‘n’ Roses
245. Downtown Train – Rod Stewart
244. How Beautiful – Twila Paris
243. One Night In Bangkok – Murray Head
242. Two Tickets To Paradise – Eddie Money
241. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now – Starship
240. Rewrite – Asian Kung-Fu Generation
239. Lightning Crashes – Live
238. Never Ending Story – Limahl
237. I Get Weak – Belinda Carlisle
236. Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
235. I Will Remember You – Amy Grant
234. Greedy Fly – Bush
233. With Or Without You – U2
232. You May Be Right – Billy Joel
231. Dark World Theme (From The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past) – Koji Kondo
230. Spending My Time – Roxette
229. Boy On A String – Jars Of Clay
228. Two Steps Behind – Def Leppard
227. Prayer For The Dying – Seal
226. Brimful Of Asha (Fatboy Slim remix) – Cornershop
225. This Is Your Night – Amber
224. When There Was Me And You – Vanessa Hudgens
223. This Old Heart Of Mine – Rod Stewart
222. Flirtin’ With Disaster – Molly Hatchet
221. These Dreams – Heart
220. Tell Her About It – Billy Joel
219. Will You Still Love Me – Chicago
218. Where Do Broken Hearts Go – Whitney Houston
217. Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby – Eddie Money & Ronnie Spector
216. Psalm 112 – 4Him
215. Push It – Garbage
214. Attack – 30 Seconds To Mars
213. Wish I Could Fly – Roxette
212. When It’s Love – Van Halen
211. Alien Nights – Aaron Bilodeau
210. Come With Me – Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page
209. Lost In Your Eyes – Debbie Gibson
208. Keep The Faith – Bon Jovi
207. Take It To The Limit – The Eagles
206. Always – Atlantic Starr
205. Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
204. I Just Called To Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder
203. Daydream Believer – The Monkees
202. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
201. Creep – Radiohead
200. Lakini’s Juice – Live
199. Silent Running – Mike And The Mechanics
198. What A Feeling – Irene Cara
197. The Devil Went Down To Georgia – The Charlie Daniels Band
196. Kyrie – Mr. Mister
195. Epic – Faith No More
194. Enter Sandman – Metallica
193. Hollywood Nights – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
192. Brick – Ben Folds Five
191. Desert Rose – Sting
190. Temptation Eyes – The Grass Roots
189. Love The One You’re With – Stephen Stills
188. Hold On – Wilson Phillips
187. Time, Love, And Tenderness – Michael Bolton
186. Rhythm Of My Heart – Rod Stewart
185. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In – The Fifth Dimension
184. I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love – Chicago
183. Here With Me – REO Speedwagon
182. Remember Me – Mark Schultz
181. The Best Of Times – Styx
180. I Want To Know What Love Is – Foreigner
179. Walk On Water – Eddie Money
178. Reeling In The Years – Steely Dan
177. Don’t Rush Me – Taylor Dayne
176. Don’t Cry – Asia
175. Come And Fill This Place – Al Denson
174. Mad About You – Belinda Carlisle
173. Can’t We Try – Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard
172. Shattered Dreams – Johnny Hates Jazz
171. When I Look Into Your Eyes – Firehouse
170. Blue Morning, Blue Day – Foreigner
169. Oh Sherrie – Steve Perry
168. How Can I Fall – Breathe
167. Never Tear Us Apart – INXS
166. Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher – Jackie Wilson
165. More Than Words Can Say – Alias
164. No One Is To Blame – Howard Jones
163. You Can’t Hurry Love – Phil Collins
162. Careless Whisper – Wham!
161. Mr. Roboto – Styx
160. Runaway – Bon Jovi
159. Summer In The City – The Lovin’ Spoonful
158. Touch Of Grey – The Grateful Dead
157. Mighty Wings – Cheap Trick
156. The Heart Of The Matter – Don Henley
155. Midnight Confession – The Grass Roots
154. Love Song For A Savior – Jars Of Clay
153. You Belong To The City – Glenn Frey
152. Waiting For A Star To Fall – Boy Meets Girl
151. Because The Night – 10,000 Maniacs
150. I Don’t Want To Go On With You Like That – Elton John
149. In My Dreams – REO Speedwagon
148. All I Want – The Offspring
147. Foreplay/Long Time – Boston
146. Take On Me – A-Ha
145. Hey Jealousy – Gin Blossoms
144. On Our Own – Bobby Brown
143. Caught Up In You – ’38 Special
142. Ready To Fly – FFH
141. Heal The World – Michael Jackson
140. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
139. In My Prayers Tonight – Al Denson
138. What’s Left Of Me – Nick Lachey
137. If I Stand – Jars Of Clay
136. Valerie – Steve Winwood
135. Hazard – Richard Marx
134. Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
133. Stars – Roxette
132. Hold The Line – Toto
131 .I’m Free (Heaven Helps The Man) – Kenny Loggins
130. Through The Fire And The Flames – Dragonforce
129. D-Technolife - UVERworld
128. Hysteria – Def Leppard
127. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) – Styx
126. The Next Time I Fall – Peter Cetera & Amy Grant
125. Black – Pearl Jam
124. Forever Young – Rod Stewart
123. Cherish – Madonna
122. Juke Box Hero – Foreigner
121. Take It On The Run – REO Speedwagon
120. Straight Up – Paula Abdul
119. Hole-Hearted – Extreme
118. Forever Your Girl – Paula Abdul
117. Kokomo – The Beach Boys
116. I’ll Be Over You – Toto
115. Two Hearts – Phil Collins
114. Dreams – Van Halen
113. Follow Love – FFH
112. Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough – Patty Smyth & Don Henley
111. The Wanderer – Del Shannon
110. Running On Empty – Jackson Browne
109. Mouth (remix) – Bush
108. Pride (In The Name Of Love) – U2
107. Making Love Out Of Nothing At All – Air Supply
106. Fading Like A Flower – Roxette
105. The Motown Song – Rod Stewart & The Temptations
104. Lovefool – The Cardigans
103. Against All Odds – Phil Collins
102. I Think We’re Alone Now – Tiffany
101. Here I Go Again – Whitesnake
100. Why Can’t This Be Love – Van Halen
99. Endless Summer Nights – Richard Marx
98. The Perfect Drug – Nine Inch Nails
97. Wouldn’t It Be Nice – The Beach Boys
96. Love Bites – Def Leppard
95. Broken Wings – Mr. Mister
94. The Promise – When In Rome
93. Borderline – Madonna
92. Staring At The Sun – U2
91. Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx
90. Piano Man – Billy Joel
89. One – Metallica
88. Groovy Kind Of Love – Phil Collins
87. That Was Yesterday – Foreigner
86. If I Could Turn Back Time – Cher
85. St. Elmo’s Fire – John Parr
84. Summer Of ’69 – Bryan Adams
83. Dancing In The Dark – Bruce Springsteen
82. The Look – Roxette
81. What Might Have Been – Little Texas
80. Sanctuary – Utada Hikaru
79. Thy Word – Amy Grant
78. Roll With The Changes – REO Speedwagon
77. Faithfully – Journey
76. Heaven – Bryan Adams
75. Touch Me – The Doors
74. All I Want – Toad The Wet Sprocket
73. Freshmen – The Verve Pipe
72. Will You Be There – Michael Jackson
71. Hard To Say I’m Sorry/Get Away – Chicago
70. Total Eclipse Of The Heart – Bonnie Tyler
69. I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders
68. More Than A Feeling – Boston
67. It Must Have Been Love – Roxette
66. I’ll Be There For You – Bon Jovi
65. If You Leave – Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark
64. Flood – Jars Of Clay
63. One – U2
62. Desperately Wanting – Better Than Ezra
61. Blue Collar Man – Styx
60. Transcending Love – Himekami
59. I Believe – Blessed Union Of Souls
58. The Pretender – Jackson Browne
57. Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
56. I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) – Meatloaf
55. Land Of Confusion – Genesis
54. Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce
53. Superhero – Aaron Bilodeau
52. The Boys Of Summer – Don Henley
51. The Final Countdown – Europe
50. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
49. Who Am I – Casting Crowns
48. Dust In The Wind – Kansas
47. My Will – Dream
46. High Enough – Damn Yankees
45. Hold On To The Nights – Richard Marx
44. Make Me Lose Control – Eric Carmen
43. Wait – White Lion
42. Alone – Heart
41. Losing My Religion – REM
40. Open Your Heart – Madonna
39. Africa – Toto
38. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
37. Handful Of Redemption – Boy Sets Fire
36. He’s My Son – Mark Schultz
35. Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
34. Let It Ride – Bachman Turner Overdrive
33. Everlong – Foo Fighters
32. Eyes On Me – Faye Wong
31. It’s All Coming Back To Me Now – Celine Dion
30. Like A Prayer – Madonna
29. Wind Of Change – Scorpions
28. Hard Habit To Break – Chicago
27. Simple And Clean – Utada Hikaru
26. Come Undone – Duran Duran
25. Can’t Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon
24. Glory Of Love – Peter Cetera
23. Carry On Wayward Son – Kansas
22. Holding Out For A Hero – Bonnie Tyler
21. Ordinary World – Duran Duran
20. Come Sail Away – Styx
19. Born To Run – Bruce Springtseen
18. After All – Peter Cetera & Cher
17. The Living Years – Mike And The Mechanics
16. The End Of The Innocence – Don Henley
15. The Search Is Over – Survivor
14. This Good Day – Fernando Ortega
13. Show Me The Way – Styx
12. Enjoy The Silence – Depeche Mode
11. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) – Journey
10. Always – Bon Jovi
9. Somewhere Out There – James Ingram and Linda Ronstadt
8. I Will Be Here For You – Michael W. Smith
7. Worlds Apart – Jars Of Clay
6. Eternal Flame – The Bangles
5. When She Cries – Restless Heart
4. Look Away – Chicago
3. Listen To Your Heart – Roxette
2. My Place In This World – Michael W. Smith
1. The Flame – Cheap Trick

[Galagros]

Well XZ, I can safely say that about 16 of your 350 would make it on my list (if I made one). 349, 344, 313, 263, 148, 130, 77, 68, 56, 54, 51, 50, 48, 41, 23, 22.

[Zhang Yen]

Celine Dion? This list is a giant trolling attempt.

[ann]

rofl

we should blighter XZs music list!!

[Lurking Tyranny]

If it wasn't so large that'd be an excellent idea. But blighting 350 songs is a bit much.

[Zhang Yen]

Just the artists? (-2 MY HEEEART WILL GOO ONNNN)

[Xiang Zhuang]

Just the artists? (-2 MY HEEEART WILL GOO ONNNN)

You should note that -that- song is not on the list

[Gong Gong]

If I could Turn Back Time - Cher...

.... That is the most gayest song I have ever heard, plus Cher is practically a gay man..


... Even I don't listen to or like that song . haha!

[ann]

I'm pretty sure that's never been in a musical ... and it's not Donna Summer after all.