XFM Top 1000 songs of all time
 

British radio station XFM have been counting down what they have called the top 1000 songs of all time (voted by listeners). The top 100 were announced and played yesterday. There's obviously a very British influence in the final 100, and disappointingly not a single Sonic sound. Tbh, there's not a lot outside of the last 20 years, which reflects their listening audience. My personal favourite would have to be The Clash - London Calling.

100 Kings Of Leon - The Bucket
99 Athlete - Wires
98 MGMT - Time To Pretend
97 Doves - Pounding
96 Bloc Party - Banquet
95 Oasis - Rock 'N' Roll Star
94 Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
93 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
92 Coldplay - The Scientist
91 The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
90 Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
89 Feeder - Just A Day
88 The Jam T- hat's Entertainment
87 The Stone Roses - Waterfall
86 Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol
85 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
84 Green Day - American Idiot
83 The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
82 David Bowie - Heroes
81 Kasabian - Empire
80 Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
79 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
78 The Who - Baba O'Riley
77 Oasis - The Masterplan
76 Bloc Party - Helicopter
75 Coldplay - Clocks
74 The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
73 Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
72 Foo Fighters - Everlong
71 Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
70 Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
69 The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way
68 The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
67 The Jam - Going Underground
66 Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
65 Oasis - Supersonic
64 Foo Fighters - The Pretender
63 Oasis - Slide Away
62 The Beatles - A Day In The Life
61 The Killers - Somebody Told Me
60 Kasabian - Fire
59 New Order - Blue Monday
58 Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
57 Coldplay - Fix You
56 Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent
55 The Jam - A Town Called Malice
54 Snow Patrol - Run
53 Doves - There Goes The Fear
52 The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
51 The Killers - When You Were Young
50 The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
49 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
48 Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down
47 David Bowie - Life On Mars
46 Coldplay - Viva La Vida
45 The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
44 Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
43 The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
42 The Beatles - Hey Jude
41 Muse - Starlight
40 Radiohead - Creep
39 Pulp - Common People
38 Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
37 Kasabian - L.S.F.
36 The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
35 Blur - Song 2
34 The Who - My Generation
33 Stereophonics - Dakota
32 Radiohead - Paranoid Android
31 The Smiths - This Charming Man
30 Muse - Time Is Running Out
29 The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
28 The Clash - London Calling
27 The Libertines - Time For Heroes
26 Kasabian - Club Foot
25 The Strokes - Last Nite
24 Muse S- upermassive Black Hole
23 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
22 Oasis - Champagne Supernova
21 The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
20 The Libertines - Can’t Stand Me Now
19 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
18 The Killers - All These Things I've Done
17 The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
16 Muse - Hysteria
15 Coldplay - Yellow
14 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
13 The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
12 The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun
11 Ian Brown - F.E.A.R.
10 Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
9 Muse - Plug In Baby
8 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
7 Oasis - Wonderwall
6 Elbow - One Day Like This
5 Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
4 Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
3 Oasis - Live Forever
2 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor
1 The Killers - Mr Brightside

Wow, is it even possible to make such a shitty list?

Yes, but that's not even nearly the biggest problem, how dense must these people be to draw up a list of the greatest songs ever and your mind go fuzzy at the thought of music anytime before the past 2 years - EURGH! - I wish I could make money out of being fickle.

I must admit this was a total let down to be honest. They were raving this up on the Radio, and I was expecting some proper all time classics. All we ended up with is a local indie disco set-list, with the odd decent song thrown in.

i'm glad i don't know what half of those songs sound like

Wow, The Killers no 1??????????

If I'd make a top 100 shit-songs list it would sort of look like that.
The Killers? Really?
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REALLY?

The depressing thing is that the kind of people who would vote for this colostomy bag of landfillstudentindiedrivel think that they're interested in music.

They probably bitch about Pitchfork as well. Hang on...

I see my vote for The Wonderstuff's Size of a Cow had little influence.

Maybe the fact that this shit exists is only an indication that a portion of the British population didn't have to economise thus far. Perhaps with the price of a lot of things going up this year, drunken students (one random target of the severe budgeting going on) will think twice about smilingly chucking spare change in their bin-liners. One can only hope.

Well I see a small load of great songs(Smiths, Pulp, earlier Kasbian, The Libertines) but yeah most are crap.

I knew I'd rue plumping for Welcome to the Cheap Seats.

11 Ian Brown - F.E.A.R.

Ok, you guys are batshit insane.

I once saw Bass Thing at Plaistow station. I'd never seen a pop star before. I asked him what he was doing here. He said he was going home. True(ish) story.

my thoughts exactly.

lol the fact that 75% of those songs even made it in the top 100 songs....OF ALL TIME (might I add) made that list is unreal.

They probably just set a playlist of a 1000 songs to shuffle and just used them which ever way they sorted themselves out.







EDIT: (oh shit, just saw that the listeners voted. still shit.)

I've never listened to XFM. If you want to listen to a real alternative radio station, then listen to Auckland's 95bFM.

http://www.95bfm.com/

They picked The Killers' "Mr. Brightside" as the greatest song of all time?!

I don't think I've ever felt more like Lisa Simpson's graph of intelligence vs. happiness...

AND they actually said Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" is a better song than Radiohead's "Paranoid Android"?!

Please, someone, I beg of thee, get these people out of broadcasting...

Sure is a lot of "The" bands.

the only way that list could be even slightly justifiable is if it was 'the top 1000 songs of all time... in no particular order'

even then its still gashballs.

I still can't get over how bad this list is. How narrowminded do you have to be to put Oasis NINE TIMES in a top 100 songs list. NINE TIMES
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NINE TIMES!!!

i have no problem with all the shitty picks (they're expected), but at least pick a good no. 1. to say mr. brightside is a better song than, say, a day in the life...well...i have no words.

this list is hilarious

Mr Brightside is crushingly depressing for a very large number of reasons. So look on the bright side (boom boom), all the people who voted for it will one day be 35 with a mortage and a beer belly, and that song will come onto the radio and they'll be filled not with fond memories, but despair.

Its that kind of stuff that really keeps you going.

great post ikara....would have repped you if I could

That's a bit of an understatement. I can't even spot 10 songs that aren't by British bands.

Incredible, the BNP must be pleased.

^I found 12:

84 Green Day - American Idiot (oh, the non-irony)
79 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
72 Foo Fighters – Everlong
64 Foo Fighters - The Pretender
61 The Killers - Somebody Told Me
51 The Killers - When You Were Young
49 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
38 Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
25 The Strokes - Last Nite
13 The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
5 Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
1 The Killers - Mr Brightside

Although, maybe I shouldn't count the Killers, since they basically wish they were a English band. An English band from the 80s, to be exact.

And very few of those songs are by people of non-white origins. Political correctness gone mad.

Ha! I only got to 9... because I assumed The Killers were British. :rolleyes:

Goddamn, I can't stand that band.

worst list i ever fuckin seen