Top Songs - Season 37
Another set of 7 lists for artists as voted for by punters on 7Rock.
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
Top Songs - Season 37
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| At the Drive-In Song | Votes | Album |
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| One-Armed Scissor | 9 | Relationship of Command |
| Arcarsenal | 8 | Relationship of Command |
| Pattern Against User | 8 | Relationship of Command |
| Incurably Innocent | 4 | in•ter a•li•a |
| No Wolf Like The Present | 4 | in•ter a•li•a |
| Pendulum in a Peasant Dress | 3 | in•ter a•li•a |
| Napolean Solo | 3 | In / Casino / Out |
| Invalid Litter Dept | 3 | Relationship of Command |
| Enfilade | 3 | Relationship of Command |
| Governed By Contagions | 3 | in•ter a•li•a |
| Pickpocket | 3 | In / Casino / Out |
| Rolodex Propaganda | 2 | Relationship of Command |
| Starslight | 2 | Acrobatic Tenement |
| Mannequin Republic | 2 | Relationship of Command |
| Chanbara | 2 | In / Casino / Out |
| Sleepwalk Capsules | 2 | Relationship of Command |
| Quarantined | 2 | Relationship of Command |
| Continuum | 2 | in•ter a•li•a |
| Extracurricular | 1 | Split EP with Sunshine |
| Initiation | 1 | Acrobatic Tenement |
| Tilting at the Univendor | 1 | in•ter a•li•a |
| Hourglass | 1 | In / Casino / Out |
| Proxima Centauri | 1 | Vaya |
| Alpha Centauri | 1 | In / Casino / Out |
| Metronome Arthritis | 1 | Vaya |
| Rascuache | 1 | Vaya |
| Non-Zero Possibility | 1 | Vaya |
| Helitrope | 1 | Vaya |
| Catacombs | 1 | Relationship of Command |
| A Devil Among the Tailors | 1 | In / Casino / Out |
| Hostage Stamps | 1 | in•ter a•li•a |
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
| Billy Talent Song | Votes | Album |
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| Viking Death March | 10 | Dead Silence |
| Red Flag | 6 | Billy Tallent II |
| Devil in a Midnight Mass | 5 | Billy Tallent II |
| Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats | 5 | Afraid of Heights |
| Surprise Surprise | 5 | Dead Silence |
| Judged | 4 | Crisis of Faith |
| Afraid of Heights | 3 | Afraid of Heights |
| Surrender | 2 | Billy Tallent II |
| Rabbit Down The Hole | 2 | Afraid of Heights |
| Big Red Gun | 2 | Afraid of Heights |
| This Suffering | 2 | Billy Tallent II |
| Saint Veronika | 2 | Billy Tallent III |
| Devil on My Shoulder | 2 | Billy Tallent III |
| Fallen Leaves | 2 | Billy Tallent II |
| I Beg to Differ | 2 | Crisis of Faith |
| Turn Your Back | 2 | Billy Tallent III |
| The Crutch | 1 | Afraid of Heights |
| The Dead Can't Testify | 1 | Billy Tallent III |
| Hanging By A Thread | 1 | Dead Silence |
| Prisoners of Today | 1 | Billy Tallent |
| Diamond on a Landmine | 1 | Billy Tallent III |
| Rusted from the Rain | 1 | Billy Tallent III |
| River Below | 1 | Billy Tallent |
| This is Our War | 1 | Afraid of Heights |
| Hanging Out with All the Wrong People | 1 | Crisis of Faith |
| This is How It Goes | 1 | Billy Tallent |
| One Less Problem | 1 | Crisis of Faith |
| Leave Them All Behind | 1 | Afraid of Heights |
| Louder Than the DJ | 1 | Afraid of Heights |
| Try Honesty | 1 | Billy Tallent |
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
| Jane's Addiction Song | Votes | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Been Caught Stealing | 11 | Ritual De Lo Habitual |
| Mountain Song | 9 | Nothing's Shocking |
| Three Days | 8 | Ritual De Lo Habitual |
| Jane Says | 8 | Nothing's Shocking & Jane's Addiction |
| Just Because | 7 | Strays |
| Stop! | 6 | Ritual De Lo Habitual |
| Had a Dad | 5 | Nothing's Shocking |
| Ain’t No Right | 4 | Ritual De Lo Habitual |
| Ocean Size | 4 | Nothing's Shocking |
| Irresistible Force | 4 | The Great Escape Artist |
| Obvious | 3 | Ritual De Lo Habitual |
| I Would For You | 3 | Jane's Addiction |
| Pigs in Zen | 3 | Nothing's Shocking |
| Twisted Tales | 3 | The Great Escape Artist |
| 1% | 2 | Jane's Addiction |
| Then She Did | 2 | Ritual De Lo Habitual |
| No One's Leaving | 2 | Ritual De Lo Habitual |
| True Nature | 2 | Strays |
| Words Right Out of My Mouth | 2 | The Great Escape Artist |
| Ultimate Reason | 2 | The Great Escape Artist |
| Ted, Just Admit It | 1 | Nothing's Shocking |
| Summertime Rolls | 1 | Nothing's Shocking |
| Classic Girl | 1 | Ritual De Lo Habitual |
| Then She Did | 1 | Ritual De Lo Habitual |
| True Calling | 1 | Strays |
| End to Lies | 1 | The Great Escape Artist |
| Suffer Some | 1 | Strays |
| Underground | 1 | The Great Escape Artist |
| Strays | 1 | Strays |
| Whores | 1 | Jane's Addiction |
| Price I Pay | 1 | Strays |
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
| Freedom Hawk Song | Votes | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Blood Red Sky | 6 | Into Your Mind |
| Land of the Lost | 5 | Sunlight |
| Universal | 5 | Freedom Hawk |
| Age of the Idiot | 5 | Take All You Can |
| Ten Years | 4 | Freedom Hawk |
| On the Other Side | 3 | Freedom Hawk |
| Indian Summer | 3 | Holding On |
| Lost in Space | 3 | Into Your Mind |
| Magic Lady | 2 | Holding On |
| Faded | 2 | Holding On |
| Living for Days | 2 | Holding On |
| Bad Man | 1 | Freedom Hawk |
| Coming After You | 1 | Beast Remains |
| Standing in Line | 1 | Holding On |
| King of Order | 1 | Sunlight |
| Comin' Home | 1 | Take All You Can |
| Stand Back | 1 | Sunlight |
| Solid Gold | 1 | Beast Remains |
| Seize the Day | 1 | Take All You Can |
| Into Your Mind | 1 | Into Your Mind |
| Deep Inside | 1 | Beast Remains |
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
| The Presidents of the USA Song | Votes | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Lump | 8 | The Presidents of the USA |
| Peaches | 8 | The Presidents of the USA |
| Mach 5 | 4 | II |
| Video Killed the Radio Star | 4 | Pure Frosting |
| Kitty | 4 | The Presidents of the USA |
| Volcano | 3 | II |
| Dune Buggy | 3 | The Presidents of the USA |
| Love Everybody | 2 | Love Everybody |
| Back Porch | 2 | The Presidents of the USA |
| Flea vs Mite | 2 | Kudos to You! |
| Bug City | 2 | II |
| Kick Out the Jams | 1 | The Presidents of the USA |
| Boll Weevil | 1 | The Presidents of the USA |
| We're Not Going to Make It | 1 | The Presidents of the USA |
| Tiny Explosions | 1 | Feaked Out and Small |
| Some Postman | 1 | Love Everybody |
| Drool At You | 1 | Love Everybody |
| Truckstop Butterfly | 1 | Thes Are the Good Times People |
| Feather Pluckin' | 1 | The Presidents of the USA |
| Bad Times | 1 | These Are the Good Times People |
| Rooftops in Spain | 1 | Kudos to You! |
| Slow Slow Fly | 1 | Kudos to You! |
| Stay With Me | 1 | Kudos to You! |
| Zero Friction | 1 | Love Everybody |
| Electric Spider | 1 | Kudos to You! |
| Song | 1 | Album |
| Song | 1 | Album |
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
My Order of Albums
Although, not an album run, I am doing all the albums before I decide on songs, so may as well put them in one place to make it easier to look up my favourite songs.| The Presidents of the United States of America | 1 | The Presidents of the United States of America | May13. This was a breath of fresh air through the 'serious' music of the time. I loved several songs and saw them live. Quirky stuff. Jul25. The four singles off this album are so good. They brought forward some very good songs from their Froggystyle EP, including first single Kitty. If that one was testing the water, then Lump was a huge splash in the deep-end. I still love this song. I had completely forgotten about songs like Feather Pluckin' and Stranger - there are a lot of deep gems on here. The version of Boll Weevil is awesome, and what a run through the middle with this into Peaches and then Dune Buggy, a song I loved and have the Aussie tour CD for. Then we hit two cracking covers in We Are Not Going to Make It and Kick Out the Jams. Not many album middle-runs are as engaging as this. Back Porch was always a favourite too and then we finish with Candy and a newer version of Naked and Famous. Whilst this is not going to be in my Top50 albums of the year, it sure stands out in my collection, and an on an individual song level, it is outstanding. This is an album I would get out for a good time, but not one I would listen to a lot. Picking a Fav4 is next to impossible, but today it is: Lump, Peaches, Kitty and Dune Buggy. Yep the singles, but several others are very stiff to miss out. Upping my score to Excellent. 6/7 |
| The Presidents of the U.S.A. | 0 | Kudos to You! | Jul25. I have never heard this album. Reading about it, it sounds like it almost never happened. Several songs on here are rerecorded versions of songs that have appeared on Ballew's other bands recordings and solo projects. Poor Little Me, a fun little, countrified ditty, even dates back to 1988. The very first thing I noticed when the album started with the cool Slow Slow Fly was the awesome production/engineering. Every instrument just pops and the sound is so organic and very fresh sounding. The guitars sound great when they fuzz, like on Good Morning Tycoon. The vocals are crisp and not over-produced which is also a great surprise. The songs are your typical fair by the band, with weird and wonderful, and often child-like, lyrics and wacky dynamics. The songs hold up pretty well. Rooftops in Spain is a great, almost new-wave/pop-punk crossover song, that of course appealed to me. What a fantastic, catchy chorus. Stay with Me has squealing, fuzzed out guitars in piles. Holy crap - this album is really surprising me. Many hard rock bands can't get to track 7 before slowing down, but The Presidents did here, with Crown Victoria. It is a cool little slow song with a fun, fuzzy lead break. Electric Spider is another cool song - is that a bit of a tribute to Sabbath at the start? Same with Flea vs Mite - it is like a toned down metal song. Innocent Bird and Ohio keep the good times rolling and also got thumbed. In fact, I enjoyed all songs here and thumbed 8 of them. Fav4: Rooftops in Spain, Slow Slow Fly, Stay with Me, and Flea Vs Mite, but I wanted to squeeze in a lot more than I was expecting to. Very Good to Excellent album. This is not that far behind the debut for me. 5.5/7 |
| The Presidents of the USA | 0 | Froggystyle - EP | Jul25. Although this is 10 songs it appears it was released as an EP, and self-released too. I can see how this got the band signed. Four of the tracks got re-recorded for their debut the next year, but I have heard some of the others before. I thought they might have been on the Dune Buggy Aussie Tour EP, but I just checked, and nope. Puffy Little Shoes must have stuck in my head from a live performance. In any case, I really like this one. Kitty At My Foot obviously went on to be the very successful Kitty - I had no idea it had already been released here. Songs like Naked & Famous got cleaned up a bit but the version of Kitty here is just perfect. Love the fast beat of Lunatic for Love, but not some of the lyrics. In all, a bloody good first recording for any band. Fav4: Kitty at My Foot, Boll Weevil, Puffy Little Shoes and Tremolo Blues. Very Good 5/7. |
| Presidents of the U.S.A. | 0 | Love Everybody | Jul25. I kinda feel bad for this band. I am sure I am not the only one that seems to have just dropped them after their first two albums without even listening to their later stuff. They just never got promoted and I am not sure I saw a single CD of theirs after II. I even own their first two and saw them in concert, which I really enjoyed, but I just never pursued their later work - even when streaming became a thing. Well, as we are doing a 7Songs run for the band, now is my chance. I do believe I heard the title track somewhere and it is a fun song. In fact, whilst I barely listened on my first listen, I have played this a through a few times now and I am enjoying it. Not that different to their earlier stuff. I guess the novelty had wore off for most, including radio, by this point, but listening to now, I am enjoying this. A lot of fun tracks. Whilst there might not be a Lump or Peaches here, there are a lot of good-time songs. There are fun, upbeat numbers, but they also slow down for some nice tunes. I ended up thumbing half-a-dozen songs, but liked several others too. That cool little riff in Drool at You is awesome. Fav4: Love Everybody, Zero Friction, Some Postman and Drool at You. Good to Very Good. 4.5/7 |
| The Presidents of the U.S.A. | 0 | II | Jul25. Despite liking a few songs, I remember being quite disappointed in this album when I bought it back in the day. Listening now and it is still well behind the debut. It also suffers from having too many songs and there are a few that could be cut. There is still a lot of fun to be had here and I now know where I had heard those other songs from Froggystyle - they are on here (some with different names). They extended one of my favourites, Puffy Little Shoes, out to 5 minutes and added more keys, which was not necessary at all. Three-and-a-half minutes is enough for such a song. Supermodel was a song I obviously had not paid much attention to and it is pretty good, and another song to reference *Star Wars*. I did not like some of the vocal inflections in some songs either - that exaggerated sound at the end of lines kind of put me off. Still, we have some fun tracks, such as my Fav4: Mach 5, Volcano, Bug City and Froggie. 4/5 |
| The Presidents of the U.S.A. | 0 | These Are the Good Times People | Jul25. Another album I have never heard from this band. Unlike the last one, I had a lot of trouble connecting with songs here. I have always liked their dumb, off-the-cuff lyrics, but many on this album just did not work for me. Some felt like they were trying too hard to reproduce a dumb, fun song like Peaches or Kitty, especially on songs like Ladybug - though I do love the fuzzed-out guitar parts. Only one song stood out to me and that was not until several listens. That song is Bad Times and it is a fun and funny. French Girl and Rot in the Sun grew on me and I ended up thumbing them. This is a decent album for what they do, but it did wear thin, especially at 14 tracks. Fav4: Bad Times, French Girl, Rot in the Sun and Mixed Up S.O.B.. Borderline pass. 3.5/7 |
| The Presidents of the U.S.A. | 0 | Freaked Out & Small | Jul25. Not sure what happened here, but maybe I was not the only one disappoined with II. After releasing a tonne of music from 94-96, this album comes 4 years later and on an internet label. Even stranger, it is the only album where the band play proper (full-stringed) guitars. I have just listened to the band's discography and this one appealled to me the least. It starts okay with Tiny Explosions, the only song I had thumbed for several listens. I liked some humour of mid-album tracks and thumbed a couple, but after that this album is quite bland. Not only that, I found several songs annoying, especially Death Star that sounds like it is sung by Kermit the Frog. I love Star Wars and Kermit, but this is bad. The version of the album I listened to had some demos at the end and many of those were better than the finished songs, especially Tiger Bomb. Things do pick up near the end and the band sound surprisingly like Mudhoney on songs like I'm Mad. I ended up thumbing 5 songs, but none of them will make my lists for my President's favourite songs. Fav4: Tiny Explosions, Jazz Guy, I'm Mad and Black Baby. Average album. 3/7 |
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
| Bracket Song | Votes | Album |
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| Sour | 5 | Novelty Forever |
| Flea Market | 4 | Like You Know |
| Cool Aide | 3 | 4-Wheel Vibe |
| Shoe Gazer | 3 | Like You Know |
| Talk Show | 3 | For Those About to Mock EP |
| Trailer Park | 3 | 4-Wheel Vibe |
| A Place In Time | 2 | When All Else Fails |
| Hearing Aid | 2 | Live Fat, Die Young |
| No Brainer | 2 | When All Else Fails |
| Green Apples | 2 | 4-Wheel Vibe |
| Last Day Sunday | 2 | Novelty Forever |
| Going Out Of Style in Style | 2 | Too Old to Die Young |
| Huge Balloon | 2 | 924 Forestville St. |
| Cloud Ate | 2 | Too Old to Die Young |
| Why Should Eye | 2 | 924 Forestville St. |
| Dodge Ball | 1 | 924 Forestville St. |
| John Wilke’s Isolation Booth | 1 | 4-Wheel Vibe |
| Optimist | 1 | Novelty Forever |
| 2RAK005 | 1 | Fat Music for Fat People |
| S.O.B. Story | 1 | When All Else Fails |
| Caving In | 1 | Hold Your Applause |
| Warren's Song Pt. 2 | 1 | 924 Forestville St. |
| The Evil Bean | 1 | Novelty Forever |
| Everybody Says I Will Never Win, Going Out with a Girl From Marin | 1 | When All Else Fails |
| My Phantom Limb | 1 | Hold Your Applause |
| Missing Link | 1 | 924 Forestville St. |
| Eating Pie | 1 | Like You Know |
| Wrong | 1 | Hold Your Applause |
| A Perfect Misfit | 1 | Too Old to Die Young |
| Habit | 1 | Hold Your Applause |
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
| The Clash Song | Votes | Album |
|---|---|---|
| London Calling | 17 | London Calling |
| Train in Vain | 16 | London Calling |
| Should I Stay or Should I Go? | 15 | Combat Rock |
| White Riot | 10 | The Clash |
| Rock the Casbah | 8 | Combat Rock |
| Straight to Hell | 7 | Combat Rock |
| (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais | 7 | Non-album single |
| Career Opportunities | 7 | The Clash |
| I Fought the Law | 6 | Cost of Living EP |
| The Guns of Brixton | 5 | London Calling |
| Tommy Gun | 5 | Give 'Em Enough Rope |
| Clampdown | 5 | London Calling |
| Janie Jones | 4 | The Clash |
| The Magnificent Seven | 4 | Sandinista! |
| English Civil War | 4 | Give 'Em Enough Rope |
| Rudie Can't Fail | 4 | London Calling |
| Safe European Home | 3 | Give 'Em Enough Rope |
| Bankrobber | 3 | Non-album single |
| Spanish Bombs | 3 | London Calling |
| This is England | 3 | Cut the Crap |
| Death or Glory | 3 | London Calling |
| Lost in the Supermarket | 2 | London Calling |
| Know Your Rights | 2 | Combat Rock |
| Complete Control | 2 | Non-album single |
| Garageland | 2 | The Clash |
| Police on My Back | 2 | Sandinista! |
| Car Jamming | 1 | Combat Rock |
| This is Radio Clash | 1 | Non-album single |
| Clash City Rockers | 1 | Non-album single |
| I’m So Bored with the USA | 1 | The Clash |
| Hateful | 1 | London Calling |
| What's My Name | 1 | The Clash |
| Brand New Cadillac | 1 | London Calling |
| London's Burning | 1 | The Clash |
| The Right Profile | 1 | London Calling |
| Guns on the Roof | 1 | Give 'Em Enough Rope |
| Police & Thieves | 1 | The Clash |
| Stay Free | 1 | Give 'Em Enough Rope |
| Remote Control | 1 | The Clash |
| Hate & War | 1 | The Clash |
| Koka Kola | 1 | London Calling |
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“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
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