The balbec 100

In no particular order. Criteria for inclusion a great vocal or a great piece of musicianship or just a great tune.

1 Elvis - Are you lonesome tonight?
2 Anna Maria Jopek & Pat Metheny - Gdzie nie siega wrzok
3 Ash - Goldfinger
4 Associates - Party Fears Two
5 Beastie Boys - Fight for your right
6 Chemical Brothers -Setting sun
7 Luke Kelly - The net hauling song
8 Planxty - Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair dom do lamh
9 Bing Crosby & David Bowie - The little drummer boy
10 Cranberries - Linger
11 Smokie Robinson - Tears of a clown
12 Sten Getz / Joaa & Astrid Gilberto - Girl from Ipanema
13 Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobin - How insensitive
14 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make me smile
15 Happy Mondays - Step on
16 Talk Talk - Life’s what you make it
17 Tom Jones - It’s not unusual
18 Utah Saints - New gold dream
19 Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (the first time)
20 Britney Spears - One more time
21 Dianne Warwick - Anyone who had a heart
22 Aztec Camera - Walk out to winter
23 Beach Boys - God only knows
24 Beatles - Help
25 Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs Tears
26 Billy Joel - Allentown
27 Blondie - Hanging on the telephone
28 Blur - Parklife
29 Roxy Music - Street life
30 Cardigans - Daddy’s car
31 Queen & David Bowie - Under pressure
32 David Bowie - Kooks
33 David Bowie - Starman
34 Depeche Mode - I feel you
35 Dire Straits - Sultans of swing
36 Don Henley - The boys of summer
37 Dusty Springfield - The look of love
38 Electronic - Tighten Up
39 Frank Sinatra - Send in the clowns
40 Frank Sinatra - Luck be a lady
41 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
42 Gerry Rafferty - Night Owl
43 Moving Hearts - Faithful departed
44 Elvis Costello - Every day I write the book
45 Tubeway army - Are friends electric?
46 Gene Pitney - 24 hours from Tulsa
47 Glen Campbell - Wichita Linesman
48 Horslips - Dearg doom
49 Teardrop explodes - Reward
50 Human league - Don’t you want me?
51 Joe Jackson - It’s different for girls
52 Kinks - Sunny afternoon
53 Lightning seeds - The life of Reilly
54 Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
55 Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Geno
56 The Police - Every Breath you take
57 Pretenders - Brass in pocket
58 Soft cell - Tainted love
59 Specials - Ghost town
60 Prefab Sprout - Goodbye lucille #1
61 Squeeze - Up the junction
62 Madness - Cardiac arrest
63 Propaganda - Duel
64 Pet Shop Boys - So hard
65 Primitives - Crash
66 Haircut 100 - Boy meets girl
67 Hall & Oates - Say it isn’t so
68 Herbie Hancock - Rock it
69 Kate Bush - Rocket Tail
70 Kd Lang - Constant Craving
71 Kate Bush - Hounds of love
72 The La’s - There she goes
73 Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
74 Willy de Ville - Assassin of love
75 Micheal Jackson - Wanna be starting something
76 New Order - Blue Monday
77 Kraftwerk - Tour de France
78 Suede - Animal Nitrate
79 Thin Lizzy - Waiting for an alibi
80 U2 - One tree Hill
81 XTC - Senses working overtime
82 Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t it be good?
83 Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol
84 Primal Scream - Loaded
85 ABBA - The winner takes it all
86 Radiohead - Just
87 RUN DMC & Aerosmith - Walk this way
88 Scott Walker - If you go away
89 Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are forever
90 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over troubled water
91 The Smiths - Hand in Glove
92 ABC - Tears are not enough
93 Double - The Captain of her heart
94 Clash - I fought the law
95 Frank Sinatra - One for my baby
96 Simple minds - Alive and kicking
97 Hue & Cry - Labour of love
98 Kim Wilde - Kids in America
99 The Jam - Eton Rifles
100 Queen - Somebody to love

Bit too much classic 80’s pop in there for my liking, but delighted to see Willy De Ville included.

When I saw the title of this I thought it was going to be a list of best 100 hurlers to play for Kilmallock. Very disappointed when I opened it.