2008 Top 500 Modern Rock Songs

[kirbypuckett]

This is from the Futurist, let's discuss...

500. Feist - My Moon My Man

499. The Twilight Singers - Teenage Wristband

498. Big Country - In A Big Country

497. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

496. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

495. Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains

494. Joe Jackson - I’m The Man

493. Cat Power - Cross Bones Style

492. XTC - The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead

491. Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To

490. Sonic Youth - Incinerate

489. Matthew Sweet - Sick Of Myself

488. X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!

487. Ride - Vapour Trail

486. Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Elvis Is Everywhere

485. Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade

484. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl

483. Morrissey - Suedehead

482. Pinback - Fortress

481. They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng

480. Lo Fidelity All Stars - Battle Flag

479. Rogue Wave - Endless Shovel

478. Tears For Fears - Shout

477. DNA / Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner

476. Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero

475. Elbow - Forget Myself

474. Placebo - Pure Morning

473. Arcade Fire - No Cars Go

472. Portishead - All Mine

471. The The - This Is The Day

470. Roxy Music - More Than This

469. The Cure - The Lovecats

468. Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock

467. Junior Boys - In the Morning

466. Muse - New Born

465. The Wrens - Hopeless

464. Smoking Popes - Need You Around

463. The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground

462. Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth

461. Doves - Black And White Town

460. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

459. Bjork - Joga

458. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great

457. X - 4th Of July

456. Firehose - Flyin’ The Flannel

455. Sleater-Kinney - Entertain

454. Suzanne Vega - Luka

453. Concrete Blonde - Joey

452. The National - Mistaken for Strangers

451. The Verve - Lucky Man

450. Modest Mouse - Dashboard

449. Spoon - I Turn My Camera On

448. Radiohead - There There

447. Ted Leo / Pharmacists - Me and Mia

446. Band of Horses - The Funeral

445. The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

444. Stereolab - Miss Modular

443. Death Cab for Cutie - The New Year

442. Papas Fritas - Way You Walk

441. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?

440. Guided By Voices - My Valuable Hunting Knife

439. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand

438. Jonathan Richman - Dodge Vedge-O-Matic

437. The Decemberists - 16 Miliatary Wives

436. The Streets - Let’s Push Things Forward

435. Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses

434. The Cloud Room - Hey Now Now

433. New York Dolls - Personality Crisis

432. The Sugarcubes - Hit

431. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)

430. Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Television The Drug Of A Nation

429. Split Enz - I Got You

428. Bob Marley - Redemption Song

427. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers

426. R.E.M. - Finest Worksong

425. Belly - Feed The Tree

424. The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women

423. World Party - Ship Of Fools

422. Sleater-Kinney - You’re No Rock & Roll Fun

421. Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)

420. Ryan Adams - To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)

419. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta

418. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

417. The White Stripes - My Doorbell

416. Beck - Devil’s Haircut

415. Pavement - Rattled by the Rush

414. Coldplay - Yellow

413. Radiohead - No Surprises

412. Eels - Novocaine For The Soul

411. Talking Heads - Stay Up Late

410. Spiritualized - Come Together

409. Tori Amos - God

408. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

407. Joe Jackson - Sunday Papers

406. G. Love and Special Sauce - Cold Beverage

405. Dada - Dizz Knee Land

404. Doves - There Goes The Fear

403. TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me

402. The Cure - Fascination Street

401. Massive Attack - Protection

400. Stereo MC’s - Connected

399. Cake - The Distance

398. The Bears - Fear Is Never Boring

397. Fishbone - Party At Ground Zero

396. Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)

395. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child

394. Lou Reed - Dirty Boulevard

393. Forget Cassettes - Instruments Of Action

392. Bloc Party - Banquet

391. The Vapors - Turning Japanese

390. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man’s Party

389. Front 242 - Welcome To Paradise

388. The Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit)

387. Sinead O’Connor - The Emperor’s New Clothes

386. The Pretenders - Middle Of The Road

385. Weezer - Say It Ain’t So

384. The National - Secret Meeting

383. Ted Leo / Pharmacists - Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?

382. Pixies - Alec Eiffel

381. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Sometimes Always

380. Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank

379. Blind Melon - No Rain

378. Hum - Stars

377. The Charlatans UK - Weirdo

376. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye

375. Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock

374. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

373. Cake - Never There

372. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science

371. The B-52’s - Love Shack

370. R.E.M. - Driver 8

369. The Black Keys - 10 A.M. Automatic

368. They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

367. Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes

366. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

365. Pulp - Disco 2000

364. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap

363. L7 - Pretend We’re Dead

362. Superdrag - Sucked Out

361. Pixies - Velouria

360. My Morning Jacket - Off the Record

359. Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - Grey Cell Green

358. Yaz - Situation

357. Shriekback - Nemesis

356. Meat Puppets - Backwater

355. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

354. The Breeders - Divine Hammer

353. TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun

352. Grandaddy - The Crystal Lake

351. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

350. PJ Harvey - Good Fortune

349. Killing Joke - Eighties

348. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

347. Grandmaster Flash - The Message

346. The Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth

345. Paul Westerberg - Dyslexic Heart

344. The Jam - That’s Entertainment

343. Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon

342. Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty

341. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This

340. Bright Eyes - Lover I Don’t Have to Love

339. Massive Attack - Angel

338. Bettie Serveert - Tom Boy

337. Tegan and Sara - Walking With A Ghost

336. Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin’

335. Faith No More - We Care A Lot

334. Public Image Limited - Public Image

333. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth

332. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

331. The Decemberists - The Bachelor And The Bride

330. Hot Chip - Over and Over

329. LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House

328. Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again

327. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground

326. Black Flag - TV Party

325. Wire - Strange

324. Mclusky - To Hell With Good Intentions

323. Tones On Tail - Go!

322. The Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic

321. The Cardigans - My Favourite Game

320. Sebadoh - Skull

319. Robyn Hitchcock - My Wife And My Dead Wife

318. The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat

317. Royal Crescent Mob - Get On The Bus

316. Guided By Voices - Glad Girls

315. Social Distortion - Bad Luck

314. R.E.M. - What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?

313. The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be

312. Ministry - Stigmata

311. Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized

310. Simple Minds - Don’t You (Forget About Me)

309. Wilco - I’m The Man Who Loves You

308. They Might Be Giants - Don’t Let’s Start

307. The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York

306. The Specials - A Message To You Rudy

305. Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz

304. Lemonheads - Into Your Arms

303. Blur - There’s No Other Way

302. Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love

301. Air - Sexy Boy

300. Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved?

299. The Sundays - Here’s Where The Story Ends

298. The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed

297. Doves - Catch The Sun

296. Interpol - Slow Hands

295. Nirvana - Lithium

294. The Stone Roses - Waterfall

293. New Order - Regret

292. Weezer - Buddy Holly

291. Social Distortion - Ring Of Fire

290. Morphine - Cure For Pain

289. XTC - Mayor of Simpleton

288. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul

287. Primal Scream - Movin’ On Up

286. The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon

285. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name

284. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Talk About The Blues

283. Ministry - Everyday Is Halloween

282. Eels - Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues

281. The Velvet Underground - What Goes On

280. The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So

279. Public Enemy - Bring The Noise

278. !!! - Me & Guiliani Down By The Schoolyard

277. The Jam - Start!

276. Muse - Time Is Running Out

275. Nine Inch Nails - Down In It

274. Depeche Mode - Route 66

273. The Walkmen - The Rat

272. Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey

271. Elliott Smith - Waltz #2

270. MC900 Ft Jesus - The City Sleeps

269. Built to Spill - Goin’ Against Your Mind

268. Suede - Metal Mickey

267. Elastica - Connection

266. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds

265. Beck - The New Pollution

264. Blondie - One Way Or Another

263. Juliana Hatfield - My Sister

262. Pearl Jam - Even Flow

261. Mission Of Burma - That’s When I Reach For My Revolver

260. Bjork - Big Time Sensuality

259. Blur - Coffee & TV

258. Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink

257. Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth

256. Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater

255. The Replacements - I’ll Be You

254. Modern English - I Melt With You

253. David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

252. B-52’s - Private Idaho

251. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

250. Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks

249. The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think

248. Liz Phair - Supernova

247. Tricky - Black Steel

246. Arcade Fire - Wake Up

245. Silversun Pickups - Kissing Families

244. The Pretenders - My City Was Gone

243. Pavement - Shady Lane

242. Talk Talk - It’s My Life

241. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

240. Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

239. Jeff Buckley - So Real

238. Frank Black - Headache

237. Wilco - Monday

236. Talking Heads - Crosseyed And Painless

235. The Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma

234. The Police - Can’t Stand Losing You

233. The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket

232. Modest Mouse - Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes

231. The Strokes - Last Nite

230. Urge Overkill - Sister Havana

229. Belle & Sebastian - Your Cover’s Blown

228. Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?

227. Tori Amos - Silent All These Years

226. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

225. The Charlatans UK - The Only One I Know

224. Public Enemy - Fight the Power

223. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo

222. The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers

221. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

220. The Jam - In The City

219. The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again

218. Romeo Void - Never Say Never

217. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

216. Living Colour - Cult Of Personality

215. Built to Spill - Big Dipper

214. Guided By Voices - I Am A Scientist

213. The English Beat - Save It For Later

212. Daft Punk - Da Funk

211. Happy Mondays - Step On

210. Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

209. Soul Coughing - Screenwriter’s Blues

208. Social Distortion - Ball And Chain

207. Concrete Blonde - God Is A Bullet

206. The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin’ Beats

205. Love And Rockets - So Alive

204. Bob Mould - Sunspots / Wishing Well

203. Radiohead - Optimistic

202. The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button

201. U2 - One

200. Blur - Girls And Boys

199. Veruca Salt - Seether

198. Oasis - Supersonic

197. Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone

196. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor

195. The La’s - There She Goes

194. Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug

193. Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died

192. Sonic Youth - 1

191. Dinosaur Jr. - Feel The Pain

190. Faith No More - Epic

189. The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen

188. The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom

187. Nirvana - About A Girl

186. Elliott Smith - Miss Misery

185. Spoon - Everything Hits At Once

184. Mazzy Star - Fade Into You

183. Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up

182. Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You

181. Beastie Boys - So What’cha Want

180. Devo - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

179. R.E.M. - Stand

178. Pixies - Debaser

177. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

176. Bob Marley - Jamming

175. Guided By Voices - Teenage FBI

174. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

173. The Replacements - I Will Dare

172. The Shins - So Says I

171. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

170. The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

169. The Jam - Going Underground

168. XTC - Making Plans For Nigel

167. The Cure - Pictures Of You

166. Oasis - Live Forever

165. The Flaming Lips - She Don’t Use Jelly

164. Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way

163. Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives

162. Folk Implosion - Natural One

161. Interpol - Obstacle 1

160. Dramarama - Anything Anything

159. The Afghan Whigs - Debonair

158. PJ Harvey - Down By The Water

157. Cracker - Teen Angst

156. Gary Numan - Cars

155. Nine Inch Nails - Closer

154. The Clash - This Is Radio Clash

153. R.E.M. - Orange Crush

152. Talking Heads - Take Me To The River

151. Public Image Limited - Rise

150. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

149. The Ramones - Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio

148. The Sugarcubes - Birthday

147. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

146. Talking Heads - Life During Wartime

145. XTC - Senses Working Overtime

144. Squeeze - Tempted

143. Boomtown Rats - I Don’t Like Mondays

142. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold

141. Pavement - Stereo

140. DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World

139. The Shins - Caring Is Creepy

138. Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box

137. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

136. U2 - With Or Without You

135. Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer

134. The Cure - Close To Me

133. Massive Attack - Safe From Harm

132. Sonic Youth - Kool Thing

131. Gang Of Four - I Love A Man In A Uniform

130. The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

129. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Head On

128. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away

127. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

126. The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl

125. The Clash - The Magnificent Seven

124. The Police - Every Breath You Take

123. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

122. Modest Mouse - Polar Opposites

121. Elvis Costello - Alison

120. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

119. Smashing Pumpkins - Today

118. Cracker - Low

117. Pulp - Common People

116. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust

115. The Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll

114. The Church - Under The Milky Way

113. The Replacements - Bastards Of Young

112. Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia

111. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend

110. Afghan Whigs - Rebirth Of The Cool

109. Bob Marley - Get Up, Stand Up

108. U2 - I Will Follow

107. Elvis Costello - Pump It Up

106. Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot

105. Devo - Whip It

104. New Order - True Faith

103. The Smiths - Panic

102. The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?

101. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge

100. Weezer - Undone - The Sweater Song

99. Portishead - Sour Times

98. Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole

97. The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

96. Dead Milkmen - Bitchin’ Camaro

95. Interpol - PDA

94. Oasis - Wonderwall

93. David Bowie - Suffragette City

92. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love

91. R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion

90. The Jam - Town Called Malice

89. Blondie - Heart Of Glass

88. Depeche Mode - People Are People

87. The Shins - New Slang

86. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust

85. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights

84. Blondie - Rapture

83. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

82. The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl

81. The Replacements - The Ledge

80. Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling

79. Pixies - Gigantic

78. Pearl Jam - Alive

77. XTC - Dear God

76. Radiohead - Just

75. The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes

74. The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog

73. Joy Division - She’s Lost Control

72. The Cure - Love Song

71. The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored

70. Modest Mouse - Float On

69. Nirvana - In Bloom

68. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

67. The Clash - Train In Vain

66. Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar

65. Beck - Where It’s At

64. Violent Femmes - Kiss Off

63. Blur - Song 2

62. Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right

61. The B-52’s - Rock Lobster

60. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead

59. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

58. Pearl Jam - Jeremy

57. U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)

56. Pixies - Here Comes Your Man

55. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life

54. The Police - Roxanne

53. Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All

52. Pavement - Cut Your Hair

51. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

50. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

49. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion

48. Nirvana - All Apologies

47. Bjork - Human Behaviour

46. The Police - Message In A Bottle

45. Elvis Costello - (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding

44. The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

43. Beastie Boys - Sabotage

42. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye

41. James - Laid

40. Jane’s Addiction - Been Caught Stealing

39. R.E.M. - It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

38. David Bowie - Changes

37. The Breeders - Cannonball

36. U2 - New Year’s Day

35. Patti Smith - Gloria

34. Nirvana - Come As You Are

33. The Cure - Just Like Heaven

32. Radiohead - Karma Police

31. Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

30. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey

29. Talking Heads - Burning Down The House

28. Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK

27. The Clash - Rock The Casbah

26. Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot

25. Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven

24. Jane’s Addiction - Jane Says

23. New Order - Blue Monday

22. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

21. My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow

20. David Bowie - Space Oddity

19. Television - Marquee Moon

18. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

17. The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated

16. Fugazi - Waiting Room

15. Beck - Loser

14. The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry

13. The Replacements - Alex Chilton

12. Elvis Costello - Radio Radio

11. Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen

10. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

9. Radiohead - Paranoid Android

8. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

7. The Clash - London Calling

6. Pixies - Where Is My Mind?

5. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe

4. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?

3. Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun

2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

1. Radiohead - Creep

[destroyingthescene]

I'd hate to be a part of the committee that devised this, that's a lot of songs...

[scottheisel]

CTRL-F "hold steady"

No Results Found!

FAIL.

[slymer]

that's a lot of songs...

[kirbypuckett]

CTRL-F "hold steady"

No Results Found!

FAIL.

That's the first thing I did too, haha!

[flicker]

pretty solid list.

although not all that surprising.

[heavyheavylowlow]

Pretty much NMH is the only thoroughly decent entry, most of the rest is just the usual 'playing it safe' stuff

[kirbypuckett]

Pretty much NMH is the only thoroughly decent entry, most of the rest is just the usual 'playing it safe' stuff

Woxy has been making these lists for years. It started out (I'm not sure if it still is) as the most requested songs for their radio program.

So, not exactly "safe" as it is "popular demand."

[mediocore]

Here's a breakdown of the top vote getters (any band appearing 5 times or more, with their highest rank in parentheses):

9

REM (5)

Radiohead (1)

7

The Clash (7)

The Cure (14)

Nirvana (8)

Pixies (6)

Taling Heads (18)

U2 (10)

6

Depeche Mode (22)

Elvis Costello (12)

The Smiths (4)

5

David Bowie (20)

The Jam (90)

Modest Mouse (70)

The Replacements (13)

The White Stripes (68)

XTC (77)

[mattramone]

CTRL-F "hold steady"

No Results Found!

FAIL.

[destroyingthescene]

I'm a little surprised Fugazi was that high up on the list, and I was at a record store that had My Blood Valentine's Only Shallow 7" for the super cheap price of $100.

[dynamitekid]

Did anyone else notice smoking popes was on the list?

[controlthebleeding]

Did anyone else notice smoking popes was on the list?

yes i did.. and i was excited... but quite confused, how they of all bands could be on it...i didnt realize they were that popular

[dante3000]

Did anyone else notice smoking popes was on the list?

Did you find it the same way I did? Ctrl+F "king Missile"...

No detachable Penis?weak

[jhulud]

From what I can guess from that list, bands that shaped "alternative" music...all the way from the beginning to now...

Quite a few bands I'm into in there...

[vivsavage]

Pretty cool list. I would take any of the other songs in the top ten over "Creep", though.

[skumbucket]

creep sucks. why do people like that song so much? it's so annoying.

[scottheisel]

creep sucks. why do people like that song so much? it's so annoying.

I like it because it has the best use of a distorted-guitar "cha-chink" ever.

[kurtz]

I love a good list, but lists this big are stupid. It doesn't take too much narrowing down when you're listing 500 songs. 100 should be the maximum number for any list.