Just for fun, in 2013 I counted down my 100 favorite songs of the
rock era:
- 100:
"Untitled #4" - Sigur Ros
(from ( ), 2002) | Official
Download | Video
- 99:
"Sons and Daughters" - The
Decemberists (from The Crane Wife, 2006)
| Lyrics
| Video
- 98:
"Pyramid Song" - Radiohead
(from Amnesiac, 2001) | Lyrics
| Video
- 97:
"Every Day" - Steve
Hackett (from Spectral Mornings, 1979) |
Lyrics
| Video
- 96:
"Mother of Pearl" - Roxy
Music (from Stranded, 1973) | Lyrics
| Video
- 95:
"Joan of Arc" - Leonard
Cohen (from Songs of Love and Hate,
1971) | Lyrics
| Video
- 94:
"Perpetual Change" - Yes
(from The Yes Album, 1971) | Lyrics
| Video
- 93:
"Fracture"
- King Crimson (from Starless and Bible
Black, 1974) | Buy
online | Video
- 92:
"Gift
Shop" - The Tragically Hip (from Trouble at
the Henhouse, 1996) | Lyrics | Video
- 91:
"Nightswimming"
- R.E.M. (from Automatic for the People,
1992) | Lyrics
| Video
- 90:
"Let the Day Begin" - The
Call (from Let The Day Begin, 1989) | Lyrics
| Video
- 89:
"Space
and Time" - The Verve (from Urban Hymns,
1997) | Lyrics
| Video
- 88:
"Every
Day Is Like Sunday" - Morrissey (Viva Hate,
1988) | Lyrics
| Video
- 87:
"Mr.
Brightside" - The Killers (Hot Fuss,
2004) | Lyrics
| Video
- 86:
"Famous
Blue Raincoat" - Leonard Cohen (from Songs
of Love and Hate, 1971) | Lyrics
| Video
- 85:
"Fix
You" - Coldplay (from X & Y, 2005) |
Lyrics
| Video
- 84:
"Bridge
Over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkel (from
Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970) | Lyrics
| Video
- 83:
"Breath
After Breath" - Duran Duran (featuring Milton
Nascimento) (from Duran Duran (The Wedding
Album), 1993) | Lyrics
| Video
- 82:
"The
Endless Enigma Part 1/Fugue/The Endless Enigma
Part 2" - Emerson, Lake and Palmer (from Trilogy,
1972) | Buy
CD | Lyrics
| Video
- 81:
"Do
You Realize??" - The Flaming Lips (from Yoshimi
Battles the Pink Robots, 2002) | Lyrics
| Video
- 80:
"Skateaway"
- Dire Straits (from Making Movies,
1980) | Lyrics
| Video
- 79:
"That
Joke Isn't Funny Any More" - The Smiths (from Meat
is Murder, 1985) | Lyrics
| Video
- 78:
"Mission"
- Rush (from Hold Your Fire, 1987) |
Lyrics | Video
- 77:
"Serpentine
Song" - Steve Hackett (from To Watch The
Storms, 2003) | Lyrics
| Video
- 76:
"Islands"
- King Crimson (from Islands, 1971) | Lyrics
| Buy
online | Video
- 75:
"Deep
Water" - Seal (from Seal, 1991) | Lyrics
| Video
- 74:
"Wallflower"
- Peter Gabriel (from Security, 1982) |
Lyrics
| Video
- 73:
"Intervention"
- Arcade Fire (from Neon Bible, 2007) |
Lyrics
| Video
- 72:
"Slave
to Love" - Bryan Ferry (from Boys and Girls,
1985) | Lyrics
| Video
- 71:
"Nostradamus"
- Al Stewart (from Past, Present and Future,
1974) | Lyrics
| Video
- 70:
"I
Talk To The Wind" - King Crimson (from In
The Court Of The Crimson King, 1969) | Lyrics
| Buy
online | Video
- 69:
"Sea
Song" - Doves (from Lost Souls,
2000) | Lyrics
| Video
- 68:
"Politik"
- Coldplay (from A Rush Of Blood To The Head,
2002) | Lyrics
| Video
- 67:
"Turn
the Page" - Terence Trent D'Arby (from Symphony
or Damn, 1993) | Lyrics
| Video
- 66:
"There
Is a Light That Never Goes Out" - The Smiths
(from The Queen Is Dead, 1986) |
Lyrics
| Video
- 65:
"The
Pass" - Rush (from Presto, 1989) | Lyrics
| Video
- 64:
"Marching
Bands of Manhattan" - Death Cab for Cutie (from Plans, 2005)
| Lyrics
| Video
- 63:
"Anthem" - Leonard Cohen (from The
Future, 1992) | Lyrics
| Video
- 62:
"Red"
- King Crimson (from Red, 1974) | Buy
online | Video
- 61:
"The Cedar Room"
- Doves (from Lost Souls, 2000) |
Lyrics
| Video
- 60:
"Now
My Heart Is Full" - Morrissey (Vauxhall and
I, 1994) | Lyrics
| Video
- 59:
"Transatlanticism"
- Death Cab for Cutie (from
Transatlanticism, 2003)
| Lyrics
| Video
- 58:
"Biko"
- Peter Gabriel (from Peter Gabriel ("Peter
Gabriel 3"/"Melt"), 1980)
|
Lyrics | Video
- 57:
"Democracy"
- Leonard Cohen (from The Future, 1992) | Lyrics
| Video
- 56:
"Dancing
with the Moonlit Knight" - Genesis (from Selling
England By The Pound, 1973) | Lyrics
| Video
- 55:
"Take
a Pebble" - Emerson, Lake and Palmer (from Emerson,
Lake and Palmer, 1971) | Lyrics
| Video
- 54:
"Here
Comes the Flood" - Peter Gabriel (from Peter
Gabriel ("Peter Gabriel 1"/"Car"),
1977) | Lyrics
| Video
- 53:
"If
It Be Your Will" - Leonard Cohen (from Various
Positions, 1985) |
Lyrics
| Video
- 52:
"What
Sarah Said" - Death Cab for Cutie
(from Plans, 2005) | Lyrics
| Video
- 51:
"Video
Killed the Radio Star"- The Buggles (from The
Age of Plastic, 1979) | Lyrics
| Video
- 50:
"Open
Letter (To a Landlord)" - Living Colour (from Vivid,
1988) | Lyrics
| Video
- 49:
"No
Surprises" - Radiohead (from OK Computer, 1997)
| Lyrics
| Video
- 48:
"The
Boxer" - Simon and Garfunkel (from Bridge
Over Troubled Water, 1970) | Lyrics
| Video
- 47:
"Run" - Snow Patrol (from The
Final Straw, 2004) | Lyrics
| Video
- 46:
"Romeo
and Juliet" - Dire Straits (from Making
Movies, 1980) | Lyrics
| Video
- 45:
"The
Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson (from
In The Court Of The Crimson King, 1969) |
Lyrics
| Buy
online | Video
- 44:
"Hallelujah" - Leonard Cohen
(from Various Positions, 1985) |
Lyrics | Video
- 43:
"Stagnation"
- Genesis (from Trespass, 1970) | Lyrics
| Video1
(cover) | Video
2 (partial)
- 42:
"Turn
of the Century" - Yes (from Going For the
One, 1977) | Lyrics
| Video
- 41:
"Thick
as a Brick" - Jethro Tull (from Thick as a
Brick, 1972) | Lyrics
| Video
(short version)
- 40:
"The
Remembering (High the Memory)" - Yes (from Tales
from Topographic Oceans, 1974) | Lyrics
| Video
(fan video)
- 39:
"Last
Year's Man" - Leonard Cohen (from Songs of
Love and Hate, 1971) | Lyrics
| Video
- 38:
"Fallen
Angel" - King Crimson (from Red, 1974) |
Lyrics
| Buy
online | Video
- 37:
"More
Than This" - Roxy Music (from Avalon,
1982) |
Lyrics | Video
- 36:
"The
Whole of the Moon" - The Waterboys (from This
Is the Sea, 1985) |
Lyrics | Video
- 35:
"American Pie" - Don McLean (from American
Pie, 1971) | Lyrics | Video
- 34:
"Ritual
(Nous Sommes du Soleil)" - Yes (from Tales
from Topographic Oceans, 1974) | Lyrics
| Video: Part
1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- 33:
"The
Night Watch" - King Crimson (from Starless
and Bible Black, 1974) | Lyrics
| Buy
online | "The
Nightwatch" by Rembrandt | Video
- 32:
"Pirates"
- Emerson, Lake and Palmer (from Works Vol. I, 1977) | Lyrics
| Video: Part
1 | Part
2
- 31:
"Starship
Trooper" - Yes (from The Yes Album,
1971) | Lyrics
| Video
- 30:
"Crazy"
- Seal (from Seal, 1991) | Lyrics
| Video
- 29:
"Everything
In its Right Place" - Radiohead (from Kid A,
2000) | Lyrics
| Video
- 28:
"Am
I Wrong" - Love Spit Love (from Love Spit
Love, 1994) | Lyrics
| Video
- 27:
"Let
My Love Open the Door" - Pete Townshend (from Empty
Glass, 1980) | Lyrics
| Video
- 26:
"Heart
of the Sunrise" - Yes (from Fragile,
1972) | Lyrics
| Video
- 25:
"Paranoid
Android" - Radiohead (from OK Computer, 1997)
| Lyrics
| Video
- 24:
"The
Crane Wife 1 & 2" - The Decemberists (from The
Crane Wife, 2006) | Lyrics
| Video
- 23:
"Where
the Streets Have No Name" - U2 (from The
Joshua Tree, 1987) | Lyrics
| Video
- 22:
"Ordinary
World" - Duran Duran (from Duran Duran (The
Wedding Album), 1993) | Lyrics
| Video
- 21:
"Lucky
Man" - The Verve (from Urban Hymns,
1997) | Lyrics
| Video
- 20:
"Street
Spirit (Fade Out)" - Radiohead (from The Bends, 1995) | Lyrics
| Video
- 19:
"Can-Utility and the Coastliners" -
Genesis (from Foxtrot, 1972) |
Lyrics
| Video
- 18:
"Suzanne"
- Leonard Cohen (from Songs of Leonard Cohen,
1967) | Lyrics
| Video
- 17:
"Xanadu"
- Rush (from A Farewell to
Kings, 1977)
| Lyrics
| Video
- 16:
"Under
Pressure" - Queen and David Bowie (from Hot
Space, 1981) | Lyrics
| Video
- 15:
"The Musical Box" -
Genesis (from Nursery Cryme, 1971) |
Lyrics | Video
- 14:
"Don't Cry" - Seal (from Seal
(Seal II), 1994) |
Lyrics
| Video
- 13:
"How Soon Is Now" - The Smiths
(from Meat is Murder, 1985) | Lyrics
| Video
- 12:
"Fake
Plastic Trees" - Radiohead (from The Bends, 1995) | Lyrics
| Video
- 11:
"Close
to the Edge" - Yes (from Close to the Edge,
1972) | Lyrics
| Video
- 10:
"Tarkus" - Emerson, Lake and
Palmer (from Tarkus,
1971) | Lyrics
| Video
- 9:
"Bitter
Sweet Symphony" - The Verve (from Urban
Hymns, 1997) | Lyrics
| Video
- 8:
"Epitaph"
- King Crimson (from In The Court Of The
Crimson King, 1969) | Lyrics | Buy
online | Video
- 7:
"Awaken"
- Yes (from Going For the One, 1977) | Lyrics
| Video
- 6:
"Nights
in White Satin" - The Moody Blues (from Days
of Future Passed, 1967) | Lyrics
| Video
1 (original) | Video
2 (live)
- 5:
"While
You See a Chance" - Steve Winwood (from Arc
of a Diver, 1980) | Lyrics
| Video
- 4:
"Let
Down" - Radiohead (from OK Computer, 1997)
| Lyrics
| Video
- 3:
"And
You And I" - Yes (from Close to the Edge,
1972) | Lyrics
| Video
- 2:
"Supper's Ready" - Genesis (from Foxtrot,
1972) | Lyrics
| Video
- 1:
"Starless"
- King Crimson (from Red, 1974) |
Lyrics | Buy
online | Video (studio version) |
Live
Video