OK, it’s a bit flippant but hey, we all love music and here are my top 50 favourite tracks of all time. Check them out or download the very nerdy excel file here: 100besttracks
- Yesterday. The Beatles
- You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. Bachman Turner Overdrive
- One of These Nights. The Eagles
- Come up and see me Cockney Rebel.
- Night Fever Bee Gees
- Goodbye yellow Brick rd Elton John
- Young Americans David Bowie
- Billie Jean Michael Jackson
- American Pie Don McLean
- Into the Groove Madonna
- Riders on the Storm The Doors
- Bette Davies Eyes Kim Carnes
- You’re so vain Carly Simon
- Killing me softly with your song Roberta Flack
- Baker Street Gerry Rafferty
- I’m not in love 10CC
- Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye
- December 63 The Four Seasons
- Walking In Memphis Mark Cohn
- How Long Ace
- Superstition Stevie Wonder
- Don’t fear the reaper Blue Oyster Cult.
- The Way it is Bruce Hornsby and the range.
- The Power of Love Huey Lewis and the News.
- My Sweet Lord George Harrison.
- Changes. David Bowie
- Lay Lady Lay. Bob Dylan
- All right Now Free
- Go your Own Way. Fleetwood Mac
- Dreamer. Supertramp.
- I’ve got the music in me. Kiki Dee
- Walking in rhythm Blackbirds
- The Hustle Van McCoy
- Get Back. The Beatles
- Why Carly Simon
- Killer Queen. Queen.
- Steppin’ out Joe Jackson
- The Story In your Eyes Moody Blues
- Get here Oleta Adams
- Angie baby Helen Reddy
- Run too fast, fly too high Janis Ian
- Do it again Steely Dan
- September Earth, wind and fire
- Clean up woman Betty Wright
- Gypsies, tramps and thieves. Cher
- Horse with no name America
- Midnight train to Georgia Gladys Knight and Pips
- Have you seen her? The Chi Lites
- Fire and rain James Taylor
- Young Hearts run free. Candi Statton
- Smooth Operator Sade
- Nineteen. Paul Hardcastle
- Marlene on the wall Suzanne Vega
- If you love somebody –set them free Sting.
- Made in England. Elton John
- Listen to what the man said Wings
- The pino colada song. Rupert Holmes.
- Big Yellow taxi. Counting Crows.
- A Thousand miles Vanessa Carlton.
- Desiderata. Les Crane.
- I shot the sheriff Derek and the Dominoes.
- Boogie on Reggae woman Stevie Wonder.
- Time in a bottle. Jim Croce
- I’m Mandy, fly me 10CC
- Gonna make you a star David Essex
- Stay with me till dawn. Judie Tzuke.
- It’s too late. Carole King.
- Alone again (naturally) Gilbert O Sullivan.
- Loves Theme. Love unlimited Orchestra.
- The Living Years. Mike and the Mechanics.
- If you could read my mind. Gordon Lightfoot.
- Axel F (theme from Beverly Hills Cop) Harold Faltermayer.
- Never let her slip away Andrew Gold.
- Ride like the wind Christopher Cross.
- Answer me. Barbara Dickson.
- Leaving on a jet plane. John Denver.
- Wired for sound. Cliff Richard.
- Golden Brown. Stranglers.
- Dancing in the moonlight. Toploader.
- Chinese way. Level 42
- Looking for Linda. Hue and Cry.
- Reggae Tune. Andy Fairweather-Lowe.
- Where do you go to my lovely? Peter Sarstedt.
- Brown Sugar. Rolling Stones.
- Give me the night. Randy Crawford.
- Dolce Vita. Ryan Paris.
- Missing. Everything but the girl.
- Baby I’m a want you. Bread.
- License to kill. Gladys Knight and the pips.
- Car Wash. Rose Royce.
- Pick up the pieces. Average White band.
- Can you feel the force? Real Thing.
- Friends. Shalamar.
- Stuck in the middle with you. Stealers Wheel.
- Down Town. Petula Clark.
- Video killed the Radio star. Buggles
- January, February. Barbara Dickson.
- Only you. Yazoo.
- Moon River Andy Williams.
- The Look of love. Dusty Springfield.
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- Stay Lisa Loeb
- Do you know the Way to san Jose Dionne Warwick
- Start Me Up Rolling Stones
- Allen Town Billy Joel
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Wow, what a brilliant list, packed with quality! No duds! You really like a song with a strong hook, don’t you? Very eclectic, too, something from most eras. Are they in order of preference? Actually, they’re so good I’d find them very hard to rank.
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Dave, they’re not in any order. Years ago a friend and I made a tape of ourselves discussing our top 12 records- see this link: http://wp.me/p4F0Np-M4 Years later I thought I’d put together another, more definitive 12 but I couldn’t narrow it down from 100+!
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Interesting piece, Steve, with the theme of enthusiasm running right through it! Your film about plane spotting is a fine testimony to your friend and his passion for planes and a pretty nifty piece of film making in its own right – must have taken time to put together, given the 1980s technology. Nostalgic too – cars, fashions (!) etc. Not surprised it’s had so many views!
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