The Countdown
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) | 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) | 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 | 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 | 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) | 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 | Video
- 44: "Hallelujah" - Leonard Cohen (from Various Positions, 1985) | Lyrics | Video
- 43: "Stagnation" - Genesis (from Trespass, 1970) | Lyrics | Video (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 | 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 | Video: Part 2 | Video: Part 3
- 33: "The Night Watch" - King Crimson (from Starless and Bible Black, 1974) | Lyrics | "The Nightwatch" by Rembrandt | Video
- 32: "Pirates" - Emerson, Lake and Palmer (from Works Vol. I, 1977) | Lyrics | Video: Part 1 | Video: 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 | Video (studio version) | Live Video
