Top 10 Songs of All Time

Top Ten Songs Of All Time: A list of songs I like to sing to! Oh no, not another Top Ten list! Love 'em or hate 'em, Top Ten lists are by their very nature extremely difficult to write - the mind is a fickle beast and what constitutes someone's best-liked tunes one week will undoubtedly change before the next hour, day or week is up. There's so much good music by so many talented artists that a definitive Top 10 is practically impossible - you'll always forget about a track or two that should have been in your list but only remember them as soon as the original line-up is committed to print ... more

From a very early age I have possessed a peculiar taste for old music not just because my parents had wonderful taste in music in those days and had a brilliant record collection between them, but I have just been blown away to another world quite literally by certain albums and specific songs. The divine rock stylings of the Beatles and the stones were like motivational conmen but in a diversely wonderful manor. On my 16th birthday I went to see the datsuns live, and was completely blown away by the thundering guitars and possessive vocals I just thought to myself man I have to get an ... more

This is my personal list of the top ten worst songs of all time. I’m sure there are hundreds more. The order is loose and I’m really not sure if number one should really be number ten. I suppose it all depends on the non-listening mood I’m in. 1: Achy Breaky Heart, Billy Ray Cyrus Country and Western, but not as we know it. Written by Vietnam vet Don ‘Pickle Puss’ (Pickle Puss for Gawd’s sake!) Von Tress in the style of a brain-dead Blue Suede Shoes, Achy Breaky Heart represented every prejudice non-believers have about country: It was trite, it was inane, it was big in trailer parks and it ... more

Despite the category I'm writing in here, these are not necessarily my favourite songs of all time. However, they all have something about them that either grabs my attention or holds a particular memory. Most songs pass me by and are instantly forgotten and there are even fewer I can listen to twice in quick succession, but all these easily pass the "two consecutive listens" test. They aren't in any particular order and I should warn you that my taste is not in the least cool or trendy. Right, if you could just give me a moment then I'll adjust my polyester slacks, slip off my Hush Puppies ... more

When I started this I thought it would be an easy exercise, just think of the 10 songs that mean the most to you and explain why. However, when it actually came down to it, I think it would have been easier to write a top 100 as so many songs have meant different things to me at different times in my life. Instead, I decided to go for those 10 songs which, whenever I hear them, still make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and have me diving for the volume button. In order to make the selection process a little easier, I decided to only pick one song from each of the named artists as ... more