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Recently one of the biggest radio stations in Australia (Triple J) held a vote for your top 10 songs of all time, in order to make a "Hottest 100 of all-time" (they do a hottest 100 each year for Australia day). It's one of the bigger radio stations here while still being non-commercial. Voting is closed now, and they're playing a few songs from the top 100 each day, and this weekend they'll play the entire thing I think? or at least 50 to 1.
The list so far is here. This is just what's been played/revealed so far.
It was insanely hard to pick a top 10, but this is what I ended up voting (with only seconds to spare before it closed):
Rolling Stones, The - Sympathy For The Devil
Beatles, The - Come Together
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Velvet Underground, The - Heroin
Elliott Smith - Miss Misery
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
Clash, The - London Calling
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Rolling Stones, The - Gimme Shelter
You also have to pick a number 1 song, so I picked 'Pixies - Where Is My Mind?' for that, though really any of those songs could've been it. <_<
So anyway, I was interested to see what TL's top 10 songs of all time would be. I had a quick search and couldn't find a thread like this, just a lot of "top xxx songs" kind of threads, so I hope it's cool.
Go!
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Nice list of tracks, I'll edit mine in when I am not so innebriated.
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Spenguin
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That's such a good list, I was going to do it but I would have agonized over it for so long that in the end I just thought it wasn't worth the hassle.
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my god it would take forever to make a top 10 list -- and a few days later you would want to change that list.
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On July 07 2009 15:58 eMbrace wrote:
my god it would take forever to make a top 10 list -- and a few days later you would want to change that list.
definitely 
I need a Dynamic Top 10 List then
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Really like stafu's list. But I would fit a Pink Floyd somewhere in there ^^
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In lieu of a top 10, I'll submit my #1.
Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Aeon
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On July 07 2009 15:52 Spenguin wrote:
That's such a good list, I was going to do it but I would have agonized over it for so long that in the end I just thought it wasn't worth the hassle.
Yeah man, I know what you mean. It was so hard. I just decided to get it done and just kind of roll a dice in my head between some songs, as I only had about 10 minutes to do it in. There was so much that I had to miss out on though, like a Bob Marley song, a Bob Dylan (though I convinced myself All Along the Watchtower would kind of count  ), a Cream song and a bunch of other stuff No Woman No Cry has already been played which is cool, could've been higher though!
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God I hate doing these, but w.e
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Morbid Angel - Maze of Torment
Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie
SNSD - Gee (zomg)
Sadus - Black
Autopsy - Disembowel
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Pestilence - Out of the Body
Kreator - Blind Faith
Iron Maiden - Flight of Icarus
edit: changed already dammit
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#1 Ramones - Strength to Endure
#x Pink Floyd - ...
#y Led Zeppelin - ...
#z Rolling Stones - ...
...
some other stuff
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This is hard. And slightly vague. Do you mean your favorite songs based on their content? Or the ones you think were the most memorable/important? Or just your current favorites? Or the ones that were your favorites the longest, perhaps?
Anyway, the CURRENT best list I can come up with:
(no particular order)
ACDC - Thunderstruck
Quiet Riot - Mental Health
Metallica - Fade to Black
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
HammerFall - Heeding the Call
Journey - Don't Stop Believing
Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
Manowar - Hail And Kill
Sonata Arctica - San Sebastian
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
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Quiet Riot is "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)"
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Here are my favorites at this moment:
Andrew Bird - Not a Robot, But a Ghost
Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
The Doors - When The Music's Over
James Brown - Cold Sweat
Kings of Leon - King of the Rodeo
Of Montreal - Rapture Rapes the Muses
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto #2 in c minor
The White Stripes - Black Math
edit: Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
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On July 07 2009 16:10 DownMaxX wrote:
This is hard. And slightly vague. Do you mean your favorite songs based on their content? Or the ones you think were the most memorable/important? Or just your current favorites? Or the ones that were your favorites the longest, perhaps?
I guess it's a mix of this. Content/impact/the way it affects you/songs you would never be sick of. All of this together is pretty much how I answered. Songs you've loved the most, and always will.
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Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
RUSH - Spirit of the radio
System of a Down - Peephole
Postal service - iron & wine
Pearl Jam - Alive
Yes - Roundabout
Tool - Schism
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission
The Doors - Soft Parade
Pink Floyd-The WallCD2 tracks 8to13 -In the Flesh to Outside the Wall Most Epic Arrangement Rock has ever had... imo :D
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#1: Everybody Lies - Leo Kottke
Kottkes honest vocals, and a haunting accompaniment from the 12 string guitar makes this song really special to me.
#2: Title and Registration - Death Cab for Cutie
Gibbard's lyrics are just amazing. Everytime i listen to the song I'm in awe of the lyrics. really, listen to the song.
#3: No Children - The Mountain Goats
The lyrics and the unconventional melody really make this special.
#4: Oh, Susquehanna! - Defiance, Ohio
...With every trace of life, it seems, confined within a frame, the faces move from day to day but the strips all look the same. And the punch lines are resoundingly unfunny for those trapped in this architecture of easy money...
#5: Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
The most emotionally moving electric guitar solo i've ever heard. Pure brilliance, and waters lyrics are sensational too.
#6: In Christ there is no East or West - John Fahey
Oh my god 
#7: Easter and the Saragasso Sea - Leo Kottke
Guitar composition at its finest
#8: Wish you were Here - Pink Floyd
Such a touching message
#9: Room 8 - Leo Kottke
Techincal Brilliance
#10: Driving of the Year Nail - Leo Kottke
Techincal brilliance on a 12 string once again, such creative composition. Every time i listen to the song I'm left smiling in disbelief.
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Weezer- Say it Ain't So
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Joe Purdy - Mary May & Bobby
Matt Nathanson - Romeo and Juliet
El Canto del Loco - Pot Ser
Peter Gabriel - The Book of Love
Bright Eyes - First Day of my Life
Flogging Molly - If I Ever Leave This World Alive
Sam Cooke - Bring it on Home to Me
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
I'm obviously not as manly as most of you, but they are great songs imho.
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elliot smith - miss misery
rocky votolato - alabaster
rolling stones - sympathy for the devil
jimi hendrix - voodoo child
16 days - whiskeytown
you remind me of home - ben gibbard
like a rolling stone - bob dylan
to be young - ryan adams
paint it black - the rolling stones
beast of burden - the rolling stones
haha didn't see the op posted elliot smith, he was a brilliant artist.
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I cannot name 10, but i can name my absolute favorite song of all time.
Stairway to heaven - Led Zepplin
this song is a masterpiece, it evokes a sense of serenity in me that cannot be had any other way. Keep in mind that this is coming from a guy whose other top 99 songs would all be hip hop
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On July 07 2009 16:31 iPF[Div] wrote:
Weezer- Say it Ain't So
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Joe Purdy - Mary May & Bobby
Matt Nathanson - Romeo and Juliet
El Canto del Loco - Pot Ser
Peter Gabriel - The Book of Love
Bright Eyes - First Day of my Life
Flogging Molly - If I Ever Leave This World Alive
Sam Cooke - Bring it on Home to Me
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
I'm obviously not as manly as most of you, but they are great songs imho.
bright eyes - first day of my life is a really good song, one of the first songs i learned on my guitar
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