Anyhoo, last week, they did songs, and the accompanying website had a nifty Javascript thing that allowed you record your progress, so in a characteristic swathe of self-aggrandeur, the Egodeity presents the tracks he has heard, thus far:
1000 songs everyone must hear
Love: part one of 1000 songs everyone must hear
My selection of 55 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 139
- The Shining (Badly Drawn Boy, 2000)
- God Only Knows (The Beach Boys, 1966)
- Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys, 1966)
- Wouldn’t It Be Nice (The Beach Boys, 1966)
- Eight Days a Week (The Beatles, 1964)
- I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles, 1963)
- She Loves You (The Beatles, 1963)
- Something (The Beatles, 1969)
- With a Little Help from My Friends (The Beatles, 1967)
- Song for Whoever (The Beautiful South, 1989)
- How Deep is Your Love? (The Bee Gees, 1977)
- Crazy in Love (Beyoncé, 2003)
- Heroes (David Bowie, 1977)
- Hounds of Love (Kate Bush, 1985)
- The Man With the Child in His Eyes (Kate Bush, 1978)
- I Walk the Line (Johnny Cash, 1956)
- Yellow (Coldplay, 2000)
- Friday I’m in Love (The Cure, 1992)
- Pour Some Sugar on Me (Def Leppard, 1987)
- Visions of Johanna (Bob Dylan, 1966)
- One Day Like This (Elbow, 2008)
- I Say A Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin, 1968)
- The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood, 1984)
- Let’s Stay Together (Al Green, 1971)
- Sweet Child O’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses, 1987)
- Stand By Me (Ben E King, 1961)
- You Really Got Me (The Kinks, 1964)
- Can’t Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue, 2001)
- Madame George (Van Morrison, 1968)
- You’ve Got a Friend (Randy Newman, 1995)
- Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison, 1964)
- I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton, 1974)
- Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley, 1961)
- Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley, 1956)
- Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers, 1965)
- Umbrella (Rihanna, 2007)
- Be My Baby (The Ronettes, 1963)
- Valerie (Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse, 2007)
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow? (The Shirelles, 1961)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel, 1970)
- Fly Me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra, 1966)
- Love and Marriage (Frank Sinatra, 1955)
- There is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths, 1986)
- I Got You Babe (Sonny and Cher, 1965)
- Wannabe (The Spice Girls, 1996)
- She Bangs the Drums (The Stone Roses, 1989)
- I Feel Love (Donna Summer, 1977)
- Baby Love (The Supremes, 1964)
- My Girl (The Temptations, 1964)
- Gloria (Them, 1964)
- Here Comes the Night (Them/Van Morrison, 1965)
- River Deep, Mountain High (Ike and Tina Turner, 1966)
- You Do Something to Me (Paul Weller, 1995)
- Music to Watch Girls By (Andy Williams, 1967)
- Lean on Me (Bill Withers, 1972)
1000 songs everyone must hear
Heartbreak: part two of 1000 songs everyone must hear
My selection of 46 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 145
- The Winner Takes It All (Abba, 1980)
- Never Ever (All Saints, 1997)
- You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away (The Beatles, 1965)
- Heart of Glass (Blondie, 1978)
- One Way Or Another (Blondie, 1979)
- Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) (Buzzcocks, 1978)
- Since U Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson, 2004)
- Should I Stay Or Should I Go (The Clash, 1982)
- Crazy (Patsy Cline, 1961)
- So Long, Marianne (Leonard Cohen, 1967)
- The Scientist (Coldplay, 2002)
- Disintegration (The Cure, 1989)
- Layla (Derek and the Dominos, 1970)
- Warwick Avenue (Duffy, 2008)
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Bob Dylan, 1963)
- Idiot Wind (Bob Dylan, 1975)
- Just Like a Woman (Bob Dylan, 1966)
- I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye, 1967)
- I Want You Back (The Jackson 5, 1970)
- Tainted Love (Gloria Jones, 1964)
- Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division, 1980)
- Caught Out There (Kelis, 1999)
- Mr Brightside (The Killers, 2003)
- Lola (The Kinks, 1970)
- Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis, 2007)
- Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinead O’Connor, 1990)
- Jolene (Dolly Parton, 1973)
- Every Breath You Take (The Police, 1983)
- Always on My Mind (Elvis Presley, 1972)
- Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley, 1969)
- When Doves Cry (Prince, 1984)
- Everybody Hurts (REM, 1992)
- The One I Love (REM, 1987)
- I Know It’s Over (The Smiths, 1986)
- Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths, 1984)
- Dry Your Eyes (The Streets, 2004)
- Last Nite (The Strokes, 2001)
- Back for Good (Take That, 1995)
- No Scrubs (TLC, 1999)
- With Or Without You (U2, 1987)
- Walk on By (Dionne Warwick, 1964)
- Gold Digger (Kanye West, 2005)
- Substitute (The Who, 1966)
- No Regrets (Robbie Williams, 1998)
- You Know I’m No Good (Amy Winehouse, 2006)
- A Man Needs a Maid (Neil Young, 1972)
1000 songs everyone must hear
People and places: part three of 1000 songs everyone must hear
My selection of 33 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 145
- New York, New York (Ryan Adams, 2001)
- A Certain Romance (Arctic Monkeys, 2006)
- Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles, 1966)
- Penny Lane (The Beatles, 1967)
- She’s Leaving Home (The Beatles, 1967)
- Strawberry Fields Forever (The Beatles, 1967)
- Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry, 1958)
- Life On Mars? (David Bowie, 1971)
- Space Oddity (David Bowie, 1969)
- Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway, 1931)
- Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash, 1955)
- Georgia on My Mind (Ray Charles, 1960)
- London Calling (The Clash, 1979)
- Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin, 1959)
- Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan, 1965)
- Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland, 1939)
- Me and Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin, 1971)
- Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks, 1967)
- Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1974)
- California Dreamin’ (The Mamas and the Papas, 1965)
- No Woman, No Cry (Bob Marley and the Wailers, 1974)
- Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd, 1975)
- Dirty Old Town (The Pogues, 1985)
- Rainy Night in Soho (The Pogues, 1985)
- Common People (Pulp, 1995)
- Homeward Bound (Simon and Garfunkel, 1966)
- Mrs Robinson (Simon and Garfunkel, 1968)
- Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen, 1975)
- Up the Junction (Squeeze, 1979)
- Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf, 1968)
- The Boys Are Back in Town (Thin Lizzy, 1976)
- My Perfect Cousin (The Undertones, 1980)
- Wild Wood (Paul Weller, 1993)
1000 songs everyone must hear
Sex: part four of 1000 songs everyone must hear
My selection of 43 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 131
- You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC, 1980)
- Love in an Elevator (Aerosmith, 1989)
- Smile (Lily Allen, 2006)
- When The Sun Goes Down (Arctic Monkeys, 2006)
- Girls and Boys (Blur, 1994)
- Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (James Brown, 1970)
- Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above (CSS, 2006)
- Say My Name (Destiny’s Child, 1999)
- Come On Eileen (Dexys Midnight Runners, 1982)
- I Touch Myself (Divinyls, 1991)
- I Want You (Bob Dylan, 1966)
- Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood, 1983)
- Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel, 1986)
- Let’s Get It On (Marvin Gaye, 1973)
- Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye, 1982)
- No Pussy Blues (Grinderman, 2007)
- Bob’s Yer Uncle (Happy Mondays, 1990)
- You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate, 1975)
- Saving All My Love for You (Whitney Houston, 1985)
- I Just Want to Make Love to You (Etta James, 1961)
- Super Freak (Rick James, 1981)
- Milkshake (Kelis, 2003)
- Ignition (Remix) (R Kelly, 2003)
- Khia (My Neck, My Back (Lick It), 2002)
- Sex On Fire (Kings of Leon, 2008)
- Lady Marmalade (Labelle, 1974)
- Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin, 1969)
- Tutti Frutti (Little Richard, 1955)
- Justify My Love (Madonna, 1990)
- Electric Feel (MGMT, 2008)
- Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order, 1986)
- Roxanne (The Police, 1978)
- Little Red Corvette (Prince, 1983)
- Kiss (Prince and the Revolution, 1986)
- Honky Tonk Women (The Rolling Stones, 1969)
- Reel Around the Fountain (The Smiths, 1984)
- … Baby One More Time (Britney Spears, 1998)
- I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges, 1969)
- Animal Nitrate (Suede, 1993)
- Get It On (T Rex, 1971)
- Wild Thing (The Troggs, 1966)
- Desire (U2, 1988)
- Venus in Furs (The Velvet Underground, 1967)
1000 songs everyone must hear
Politics and protest: part five of 1000 songs everyone must hear
My selection of 50 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 141
- Another World (Antony and the Johnsons, 2008)
- Windowsill (Arcade Fire, 2007)
- I Am the Walrus (The Beatles, 1967)
- Revolution (The Beatles, 1968)
- War Pigs (Black Sabbath, 1971)
- Cop Killer (Body Count, 1992)
- And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle, 1971)
- Army Dreamers (Kate Bush, 1980)
- Straight to Hell (The Clash, 1982)
- White Riot (The Clash, 1977)
- Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, 1970)
- Thou Shalt Always Kill (Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, 2007)
- Maggie’s Farm (Bob Dylan, 1965)
- The Times They Are a-Changin’ (Bob Dylan, 1964)
- Role Model (Eminem, 1999)
- Two Tribes (Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 1984)
- Respect (Aretha Franklin, 1967)
- I Fought the Law (Bobby Fuller Four, 1965)
- What’s Going On? (Marvin Gaye, 1971)
- The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, 1982)
- American Idiot (Green Day, 2004)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (Jimi Hendrix, 1969)
- The Eton Rifles (The Jam, 1979)
- Going Underground (The Jam, 1980)
- Material Girl (Madonna, 1985)
- Redemption Song (Bob Marley, 1980)
- Kick Out the Jams (MC5, 1968)
- Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell, 1970)
- Police and Thieves (Junior Murvin, 1976)
- Fuck tha Police (NWA, 1988)
- Monkey Gone to Heaven (Pixies, 1989)
- Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six (The Pogues, 1988)
- In the Ghetto (Elvis Presley, 1969)
- Come Together (Primal Scream, 1990)
- Sign o’ the Times (Prince, 1987)
- Bring the Noise (Public Enemy, 1987)
- Fight the Power (Public Enemy, 1989)
- Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine, 1992)
- Anarchy in the UK (Sex Pistols, 1976)
- God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols, 1977)
- Ghost Town (The Specials, 1981)
- Born in the USA (Bruce Springsteen, 1984)
- War (Edwin Starr, 1970)
- Suspect Device (Stiff Little Fingers, 1978)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2, 1983)
- We Are the World (USA for Africa, 1985)
- Get Up, Stand Up (The Wailers, 1973)
- My Generation (The Who, 1965)
- Rockin’ in the Free World (Neil Young, 1989)
- Southern Man (Neil Young, 1970)
1000 songs everyone must hear
Life and death: 1000 songs everyone must hear
My selection of 35 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 131
- Fluorescent Adolescent (Arctic Monkeys, 2007)
- What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong, 1968)
- Yesterday (The Beatles, 1965)
- Paranoid (Black Sabbath, 1970)
- (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult, 1976)
- This Is a Low (Blur, 1994)
- School’s Out (Alice Cooper, 1972)
- Killing an Arab (The Cure, 1978)
- Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode, 1989)
- Sunshine Superman (Donovan, 1966)
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan, 1973)
- Regulate (Warren G and Nate Dogg, 1994)
- Hey Joe (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1966)
- Someone Great (LCD Soundsystem, 2007)
- Baggy Trousers (Madness, 1980)
- La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) (Manic Street Preachers, 1993)
- Safe from Harm (Massive Attack, 1991)
- Fade to Black (Metallica, 1984)
- Lithium (Nirvana, 1991)
- Mo Money Mo Problems (The Notorious BIG, 1997)
- Live Forever (Oasis, 1994)
- Ms Jackson (OutKast, 2000)
- 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton, 1980)
- Another Brick in the Wall, Part II (Pink Floyd, 1979)
- Message in a Bottle (The Police, 1979)
- Glory Box (Portishead, 1994)
- Sour Times (Portishead, 1994)
- Paranoid Android (Radiohead, 1997)
- (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding, 1968)
- Paint it Black (The Rolling Stones, 1966)
- Feeling Good (Nina Simone, 1965)
- It Was a Very Good Year (Frank Sinatra, 1965)
- Psycho Killer (Talking Heads, 1977)
- One (U2, 1992)
- Old Man (Neil Young, 1972)
1000 songs everyone must hear
Party songs: part seven of 1000 songs everyone must hear
My selection of 58 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 162
- Dancing Queen (Abba, 1976)
- Back in Black (AC/DC, 1980)
- Because I Got High (Afroman, 2001)
- Windowlicker (Aphex Twin, 1999)
- I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor (Arctic Monkeys, 2005)
- Re-Rewind (The Artful Dodger featuring Craig David, 1999)
- 9pm (Till I Come) (ATB, 1999)
- Love Shack (The B-52’s, 1989)
- (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party) (Beastie Boys, 1987)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees, 1978)
- Let’s Dance (David Bowie, 1983)
- Shake Your Tailfeather (Ray Charles, 1980)
- Le Freak (Chic, 1978)
- Brimful of Asha (Cornershop, 1997)
- Da Funk (Daft Punk, 1995)
- Groove Is in the Heart (Deee-Lite, 1990)
- Just Can’t Get Enough (Depeche Mode, 1981)
- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Ian Dury and the Blockheads, 1978)
- Biology (Girls Aloud, 2005)
- Dare (Gorillaz, 2005)
- Over and Over (Hot Chip, 2006)
- Jump Around (House of Pain, 1992)
- Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (Indeep, 1982)
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson, 1979)
- Off the Wall (Michael Jackson, 1979)
- I Love Rock’n’Roll (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, 1982)
- Transmission (Joy Division, 1979)
- Louie Louie (The Kingsmen, 1963)
- Golden Skans (Klaxons, 2007)
- My Sharona (The Knack, 1979)
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper, 1983)
- Can’t Stand Me Now (The Libertines, 2004)
- Beautiful Stranger (Madonna, 1999)
- Holiday (Madonna, 1983)
- Kids (MGMT, 2008)
- Paper Planes (DFA remix) (MIA, 2008)
- Hot in Herre (Nelly, 2002)
- True Faith (New Order, 1987)
- Cigarettes and Alcohol (Oasis, 1994)
- Hey Ya! (OutKast, 2003)
- Streams of Whiskey (The Pogues, 1984)
- Loaded (Primal Scream, 1991)
- 1999 (Prince, 1983)
- Out of Space (The Prodigy, 1992)
- Feel Good Hit of the Summer (Queens of the Stone Age, 2000)
- House of Jealous Lovers (The Rapture, 2002)
- All Night Long (All Night) (Lionel Richie, 1983)
- Witness (1 Hope) (Roots Manuva, 2001)
- Nite Klub (The Specials, 1979)
- You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Sylvester, 1978)
- How Soon Is Now? (The Smiths, 1985)
- Young Hearts Run Free (Candi Staton, 1976)
- Wipe Out (The Surfaris, 1962)
- Rapper’s Delight (The Sugarhill Gang, 1979)
- Shout (Tears for Fears, 1984)
- A Punk (Vampire Weekend, 2008)
- My Generation (The Who, 1965)
- (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (Jackie Wilson, 1967)
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