The Smashing Tunes Thread (Part 1)

I’ve recently become a big fan of the Dropkick Murphys and this would have to be my favourite of their songs. I was at one of their concerts last summer and it was absolutely mental altogether and serious craic.

“Famous For Nothing” from “The Meanest of Times” album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqUYV6eMrEo

farmerinthecity · May 25, 2009, 7:25pm

Marco Benevento - Atari.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc-3wPxbwvM

farmerinthecity · May 25, 2009, 7:31pm

Thievery Corporation - The State of the Union

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ao9Pdaj-n0

Watch_The_Break · May 26, 2009, 3:02pm

Was looking at the Rolling Stones top 100 guitar songs there and was sickened almost beyond words at the paltry number 32 given to Sultans of Swing. So here’s my support for Mark and the boys and one of the greatest moments in rock and roll history -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jH74e3Qo9k

farmerinthecity · May 26, 2009, 3:06pm

Stick up the list here WTB if you get a chance.

Watch_The_Break · May 26, 2009, 3:13pm

Some of it is borderline farce, but not altogether surprising from a corporate rag like Rolling Stone.

edit: although I fully accept that there are some amazing songs on this list

100 Tool - “Vicarious”
99 My Morning Jacket - “Run Thru”
98 Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Under the Bridge”
97 Queens of the Stone Age - “No One Knows”
96 Hsker D - “New Day Rising”
95 Moby Grape - “Omaha”
94 Dire Sraits - “Money for Nothing”
93 My Bloody Valentine - “Only Shallow”
92 Mick Jagger - “Memo from Turner”
91 The Mars Volta - “Drunkship of Lanterns”
90 The Smiths - “How Soon Is Now?”
89 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - “I Love Rock N Roll”
88 Quicksilver Messenger Service - “Mona”
87 King Crimson - “Red”
86 Jeff Beck - “I Ain’t Superstitious”
85 Phish - “You Enjoy Myself”
84 John Mayer - “Gravity”
83 Sublime - “What I Got”
82 The Ventures - “Walk – Don’t Run”
81 Michael Jackson - “Beat It”
80 Steely Dan - “Kid Charlemagne”
79 Sonic Youth - “Silver Rocket”
78 Buddy Guy - “Stone Crazy”
77 Pearl Jam - “Even Flow”
76 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - “American Girl”
75 Frank Zappa - “Willie the Pimp”
74 ZZ Top - “La Grange”
73 Blue Cheer - “Summertime Blues”
72 Weezer - “Say It Ain’t So”
71 The Strokes - “Take It Or Leave It”
70 Smashing Pumpkins - “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
69 Pink Floyd - “Money”
68 B.B. King - “The Thrill is Gone”
67 Bruce Springsteen - “Adam Raised A Cain”
66 Stevie Ray Vaughan - “Texas Flood”
65 The Police - “Message in a Bottle”
64 Lynyrd Skynyrd - “Freebird”
63 Guns n’ Roses - “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
62 Albert King - “Born Under a Bad Sign”
61 Sam And Dave - “Soul Man”
60 Funkadelic - “Maggot Brain”
59 Jeff Beck - “Freeway Jam”
58 Link Wray - “Rumble”
57 Grateful Dead - “Dark Star”
56 The Byrds - “Eight Miles High”
55 Cream - “White Room”
54 Stevie Ray Vaughan - “Little Wing”
53 Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Born on the Bayou”
52 Radiohead - “My Iron Lung”
51 Ozzy Osbourne - “Crazy Train”
50 Pixies - “Debaser”
49 Jimi Hendrix - “Machine Gun”
48 The Clash - “London Calling”
47 Van Halen - “Panama”
46 Dick Dale and the Del-Tones - “Miserlou”
45 The Beatles - “I Saw Her Standing There”
44 Sleater-Kinney - “Dig Me Out”
43 The Sex Pistols - “Holidays in the Sun”
42 John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - “Hideaway”
41 Television - “Marquee Moon”
40 The Who - “I Can See for Miles”
39 Santana - “Black Magic Woman”
38 The Faces - “Stay With Me”
37 Elvis Presley - “That’s All Right”
36 Pink Floyd - “Interstellar Overdrive”
35 The Stooges - “1969”
34 Aerosmith - “Walk This Way”
33 Metallica - “Master of Puppets”
32 Dire Straits - “Sultans of Swing”
31 Queen - “Keep Yourself Alive”
30 Bill Haley and His Comets - “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock”
29 AC/DC - “Back in Black”
28 U2 - “Where the Streets Have No Name”
27 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - “Look Over Yonders Wall”
26 B.B. King - “How Blue Can You Get”
25 The Rolling Stones - “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”
24 Rage Against the Machine- “Killing in the Name”
23 The Yardbirds - “Over Under Sideways Down”
22 The Beatles - “A Hard Day’s Night”
21 The White Stripes - “Seven Nation Army”
20 The Impressions - “People Get Ready”
19 Prince and the Revolution - “Purple Rain”
18 Ramones - “Blitzkrieg Bop”
17 Black Sabbath - “Black Sabbath”
16 Neil Young with Crazy Horse - “Cowgirl in the Sand”
15 The Who - “My Generation”
14 Bruce Springsteen - “Born to Run”
13 Derek and the Dominos - “Layla”
12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”
11 Led Zeppelin - “Whole Lotta Love”
10 Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
09 The Allman Brothers Band - “Statesboro Blues”
08 Led Zeppelin - “Stairway to Heaven”
07 The Beatles - “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
06 Van Halen - “Eruption”
05 Rolling Stones - “Brown Sugar”
04 The Kinks - “You Really Got Me”
03 Cream - “Crossroads”
02 Jimi Hendrix - “Purple Haze”
01 Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode

Watch_The_Break · May 26, 2009, 5:27pm

Kim Deal in smashing form -

Pixies - subbacultcha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg362ZSVyDI

SHANNONSIDER · May 27, 2009, 12:02pm

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farmerinthecity · May 28, 2009, 6:36pm

Kraftwerk - The Model

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHHv4u8Vomw

farmerinthecity · May 28, 2009, 7:07pm

REM in their ‘political, anti-Regan’ years

I Believe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM41tBA-Gc0

Welcome To The Occupation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJsRRlchFzQ

Exhuming McCarthy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2wET1OlK4Q