Top 10 Songs of All Time
1. Don't You Want Me, Baby - Human League
The most entertaining song I've ever heard. If my life comes out the way I hope, my wife and I are going to duet this song on our wedding day. Think about the concept of the refrain: "Don't you want me?" It's a tootsie pop with sadness inside.2. In The Ghetto - Elvis (written by Scott Davis)
I'm not sure why I love this song. I just do. I didn't grow up in the ghetto, though I hated kids for North Arlington and often fought them. For me, its probably the coolest sung song I've ever heard and the lyrics are really touching.3. A Better Son/Daughter - Rilo Kiley
The best lyrics I've ever heard in a rock song. If you know me a little, you know why.4. The Superbowl Shuffle - The 1985 World-Champion Chicago Bears
My very first memory is these buffoons singing this song is the cheesiest music video of all-time. I have loved the Chicago Bears ever since. They've been responsible for three near-suicides, one dead relationship and for two weeks in fall 2001 - joy, when I didn't think I'd find it.5. Barcelona (from Company) - Stephen Sondheim
The song that made me love musical theatre. Its brilliantly crafted and endlessly clever and most importantly real. If I can write one song as good as this in my career, I will be a success.6. Freshmen - The Verve
Second best rock lyrics I've ever heard. Just a really really powerful song that I listened to on-loop for about two years (and then revisited with Lou during my frosh college year).7. I Saw Red - Warrant
Well, a hair band had to get on the list. I'm sorry. The day I walk into a karaoke bar and this is on the list...every woman in the room will want to fuck me. I'm convinced of this.8. Jeremy / Garden - Pearl Jam
I could have chosen any songs from this album. It is the greatest album of my lifetime.9. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
I sang this song in a karaoke bar in Dundee, Scotland called The Fort which prompted the captain of police to invite my uncle and I to his home for Sunday roast.10. (tie) Summer Nights (from Grease) - Jim Jacbos / Warren Casey
10. (tie) Getting Married Today (from company) - Stephen Sondheim
The two songs that made me love Marie's Crisis in the West Village. I sang one with Alexandra to begin the craziest romance of all time and sang the other to prove that I know more about musical theatre than any other straight guy in the universe. Oh shit, I just realized I'm straight.Honorable Mentions: Jessie's Girl (Rick Springfield), For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield), What's the Use of Wondrin' from Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein), Pretty Women from Sweeney Todd (Sondheim), Closing Time (Semisonic), Mr. Jones (Counting Crows), If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof (Bock & Harnick)
I'm still working on mine (lists are due in December). Everyone is invited to join in (and if I know you and you add your list, you'll get a copy of everyone elses CD). Add your list in the comments.