In the spirit of theft teamwork, I’m stealing Not A Punk Rocker‘s post from yesterday, which she stole from herself from last year’s Nano Poblano/NaBloPoMo, which was inspired by a Rarasaur prompt, so we’ve come full circle. Or something. In any event, Go Team Tiny Pepper!

Anyway, I’ve shared a lot of music on this blog, like yesterday’s post in the 10 Bands You’ve Probably Never Heard series, but I don’t think I’ve ever shared my absolute favorite songs in existence. So, in alphabetical order according to my itunes, here are some selections from my playlist called Best Songs Ever. These are not necessarily my favorite songs by the band (because it would be impossible to pick only one), but the first one I saw in that playlist.

For simplicity’s sake, I have excluded classical music since those aren’t really “songs,” but pieces and I could do a whole list with classical alone. I had to cut a LOT of great songs to give you this list. I could have spent hours and hours making replacements, but I don’t have time for that, so some of these songs are greater than others.

I’m not going to post 50 videos because no one would be able to load this post, but if you click the link, it will take you to Youtube where you can hear it (if I got the links right).

1. AC/DC – Girls Got Rhythm
2. Alabama 3 – Woke Up This Morning
3. The Andrews Sisters – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
4. Aretha Franklin – The Weight
5. The Beastie Boys – So Whatcha Want
6. Benny Goodman – Sing Sing Sing
7. The Black Keys – You’re The One
8. Black Sabbath – The Wizard
9. Blood For Blood – Wasted Youth
10. Boris – Electric
11. The Brought Low – Blues For Cubby
12. The Buzzcocks – Harmony In My Head
13. Cab Calloway – This Is Always
14. Cake – I Will Survive
15. The Clash – Guns of Brixton
16. Clutch – Dragonfly
17. Corrosion of Conformity – Over Me
18. Creedence Cleerwater Revival – Lookin’ Out My Backdoor
19. David Bowie – Life On Mars
20. Descendents – Original Me
21. Edith Piaf – Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
22. Elmore James – Standing At The Crossroads
23. Etta James – Almost Persuaded
24. Frank Sinatra – All The Way
25. Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
26. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Moya
27. Howlin’ Wolf – Down In The Bottom
28. Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
29. James Brown – It’s A Man’s World
30. Jane’s Addiction – Three Days
31. John Lee Hooker – I Cover The Waterfront
32. Johnny Cash – Solitary Man
33. Maria Callas – Gianni Schicchi – O Mio Babbino Caro
34. Nina Simone – Four Women
35. Operation Ivy – Here We Go Again
36. Percy Sledge – The Dark End Of The Street
37. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
38. Pixies – Where Is My Mind?
39. The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York
40. Public Enemy – By The Time I Get to Arizona
41. R.L. Burnside – Miss Maybelle
42. The Ramones – Do You Wanna Dance
43. The Rolling Stones – Not Fade Away
44. Sigur Ros – Hoppipolla
45. Stevie Wonder – Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
46. Tom Waits – Fish And Bird
47. Toots & The Maytals – Pomps And Pride
48. Unida – Human Tornado
49. The Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes
50. ZZ Top – Brown Sugar