Stevie's 100 Best Songs List

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*this first posted on July of 2008*
So Ad asked me to contribute to this lovely blog since lists are like our mini obsession. So I decided to post some of the oldies first...

(Rough Draft and in no particular order)

1."Stand By Me" Otis Redding
2. "Young Folks" Peter Bjorn and John
3."Betterman" Pearl Jam
4."Collide" Howie Day
5."Ex Factor" Lauryn Hill
6."California Dreamin" The Mamas and the Papas
7."New Slang" The Shins
8."Gold-Dust Woman" Fleetwood Mac
9."Disarm" Smashing Pumpkins
10."Motorcycle Drive-By" Third Eye Blind
11."Paint it, Black" The Rolling Stones
12."On Your Side" Pete Yorn
13."Chocolate" Snow Patrol (Acoustic version)
14."Trapeze Swinger" Iron and Wine
15."Lake of Fire" Nirvana
16."Imagine" John Lennon
17."Dancing in the Dark" Bruce Springsteen
18."That's How Strong My Love Is" Otis Redding
19."Glycerine" Bush
20."Everlong" Foo Fighters
21."Eight Days A Week" The Beatles
22."Sweet Caroline" Neil Diamond
23."The Only Living Boy in New York" Simon and Garfunkel
24."It's All Understood" Jack Johnson
25."All I Want Is You" U2
26."You've Got a Friend" James Taylor
27."Crazy for You" Madonna
28."Crash Into Me" Dave Matthews
29."Take the Long Way Home" Supertramp
30."Perfect Blue Buildings" Counting Crows
31."Ode to My Family" The Cranberries
32."Mr. Tambourine Man" Bob Dylan
33."I Walk the Line" Johnny Cash
34."People are Strange" The Doors
35."Grace" Jeff Buckley
36."Tiny Dancer" Elton John
37."Kissing You" Des'ree
38."Santa Monica" Everclear
39."Everything In Its Right Place" Radiohead
40."Save Me" Aimee Mann
41."This Years Love" David Gray
42."Over My Head (Cable Car)" The Fray
43."Heartbeats" Jose Gonzalez
44."Novocain For the Soul" The Eels
45."Irish Bars" Dean Fields
46."Learning to Fly" Tom Petty
47."Let's Stay Together" Al Green
48."Faith in Fast Cars" The Format
49."Where is my Mind?" The Pixies
50."6 Underground" Sneaker Pimps
51."Have You Seen The Rain" Creedance Clearwater Revival
52."I've Got Dreams to Remember" Otis Redding
53."Mayonaise" Smashing Pumpkins
54."Lose You" Pete Yorn
55."Chariot" Gavin DeGraw
56."Chasing Cars" Snow Patrol
57."The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" The Postal Service
58."I Will Follow You Into The Dark" Death Cab for Cutie
59."The Man Who Sold the World" Nirvana
60."When She Believes" Ben Harper
61."When I Come Around" GreenDay
62."God Only Knows" The Beach Boys
63."Eleanor Rigby" The Beatles
64."With or Without You" U2
65."Upside Down" Jack Johnson
66."I'm Like a Bird" Nelly Furtado
67."Colorblind" Counting Crows
68."Let Go" Frou Frou
69."Rhiannon" Stevie Nicks
70."How to be Dead" Snow Patrol
71."The Sound of Settling" Death Cab for Cutie
72."Come As You Are" Nirvana
73."Into the Mystic" Van Morrison
74."Broken" Jack Johnson
75."A Long December" Counting Crows
76."Last Goodbye" Jeff Buckley
77."Dreams" Gabrielle
78."Don't Stop Believin" Journey
79."At Last" Etta James
80."Plowed" Sponge
81."Come Pick Me Up" Ryan Adams
82."A Lack of Color" Death Cab for Cutie
83."Ring of Fire" Johnny Cash
84."Wise Up" Aimee Mann
85."Songbird" Fleetwood Mac
86."1979" Smashing Pumpkins
87."Such Great Heights" The Postal Service
88."Circles" Soul Coughing
89."The Scratch" 7 Year Bitch
90."Keep Ya Head Up" 2Pac
91."Secret" The Pierces
92."Killing Me Softly" The Fugees
93."Molly" Sponge
94."Caring is Creepy" The Shins
95."Wouldn't it Be Nice" The Beach Boys
96."Torn" Natalie Imbruglia
97."My Fathers Gun" Elton John
98."Boston" Augustana
99."Counting Blue Cars" Dishwalla
100."Fields of Gold" Sting