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post 6 bands, you lose. post 6 songs, you lose even worse. no "honorable mentions." show some conviction with your picks. they can be in order 1-5, or just random. let's go.

alkaline trio

- nose over tail

- message from kathlene

- jaked on green beers

- old school reasons

- angel alcohol

against me!

- the disco before the breakdown

- pints of guinness make you strong

- walking is still honest

- we laugh at danger (and break all the rules)

- eight full hours of sleep

jawbreaker

- do you still hate me?

- accident prone

- chesterfield king

- sluttering (may 4th)

- want

smoking popes

- off my mind

- pretty pathetic

- megan

- brand new hairstyle

- that's where i come in

slapstick

- nate b.

- what i learned

- cheat to win

- broken down

- the park

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no order to any of this.

grateful dead

black-throated wind

wharf rat

weather report suite

bertha

ramble on rose

suicide file

cold snap

things fall apart

song for tonight

november in brookline

laramie

texas is the reason

blue boy

antique

a jack with one eye

there's no way...

dressing cold

my morning jacket

steam engine

honest man

the bear

run thru

anytime

neil young

on the beach

ambulance blues

motion pictures

the needle and the damage done

don't let it bring you down

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These tend to change every week or so due to these being my favorite bands but just off the top of my head I thought of these.

(IN NO ORDER)

ATDI

-Arcarsenal

-Enfilade

-198d

-Proxima Centauri

-Chanbara

Smiths

-Back to the old house

-Last night I dreamt somebody loved me

-Shakesphere sister

-How Soon Is Now

-Still ill

Descendents

-Thank You

-Anchor Grill

-I Dont Want To Grow Up

-Cheer

-Kabuki Girl

Pixies

-The Thing

-Vamos

-Isla de Encanta

-Digging For Fire

-Gouge Away

Against Me!

-I still love you Julie

-Walking is still honest

-We did it all for Don

-Tonight we're gonna give it 35%

-You Must Be Willing

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After much consideration, I'm ammending my Top 5 Bands. Bands and songs are in no order.

Rolling Stones

Gimme Shelter

Midnight Mile

Sway

Tumbling Dice

Sweet Virginia

Ted Leo

The High Party

Little Dawn

Biomusicology

Shake the Sheets

La Costa Brava

Modest Mouse

3rd Planet

Doin' The Cockroach

Neverending Math Equation

Alone Down There

Cowboy Dan

Spoon

Everything Hits at Once

Metal Detektor

Black Like Me

Jonathon Fisk

My Mathematical Mind

Propagandhi

The State Lottery

Iteration

Albright Monument, Baghdad

I Was a Pre-Teen McCarthyist

Die Jugend Marschiert

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Not in order, but the content is pretty much correct:

Shotmaker:

- Now and Then

- Satellite Screens

- In Motion

- Fine Day

- Public Eye Opinion

Sloan

- 500 Up

- Loosens

- Coax Me

- Everything You've Done Wrong

- She Says What She Means

Eric's Trip

- My Bed Is Red

- Anytime You Want

- Universal Dawn

- Behind The Garage

- Listen

Sebadoh

- Not Too Amused

- Sister

- Gimme Indie Rock

- Sickles and Hammers

- License to Amuse

Sonic Youth

- Teen Age Riot

- Theresa's Sound World

- Shadow of a Doubt

- Dirty Boots

- Silver Rocket

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Alkaline Trio

- Nose Over Tail

- My Friend Peter

- All On Black

- You're Dead

- Goodbye Forever

Against Me!

- Pints Of Guinness...

- Burn

- We Laugh At Danger..

- Walking Is Still Honest

- What We Worked For

Lawrence Arms

- A Toast

- Intransit

- 100 Resolutions

- Like A Record Player

- Faintly Falling Ashes

The Gaslight Anthem

- Boomboxes And Dictionaries

- I could'a Been A Contender

- Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis

- 1930

- Blue Jeans and White T-Shirts

Blink 182

- Going Away To College

- Carousel

- What's My Age Again?

- Josie

- Damnit

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so hard to not add that sixth song/band...

bomb the music industry

big plans of sleeping in

the last party (foul)

never trust a man without a horribly embarrassing secret

i'm terrorfied!!!

25!

the broadways

upton

i hear things are just as bad in lake erie

2nd grade cells

the nautical mile

lake michigan

teenage bottlerocket

wasting time

stupid games

repeat offender

on my own

warning device

andrew jackson jihad

brave as a noun

sense, sensibility

people

little prince

jesus saves

kid dynamite

heart-a-tact

shiner

never met the gooch

got a minute?

wrist rocket

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damn. good thread. No particular order to any of the lists.

The Beatles

- A Day In the Life

- Help!

- Eleanor Rigby

- In My Life

- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Alkaline Trio

- This Could Be Love

- Queen of Pain

- Jaked on Green Beans

- Private Eye

- Radio

Braid

- Please Drive Faster

- Never Will Come For Us

- New Nathan Detroits

- Grace Car

- Killing a Camera

New Found Glory

- Understatement

- Better Off Dead

- 2's and 3's

- Sincerely Me

- Singled Out

Saves The Day

- Sell My Clothes, I'm Off to Heaven

- You Vandal

- Firefly

- Holly Hox, Forget me Nots

- See You

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No order...not including jazz tunes for "simplicity"...

Minor Threat

- Look Back and Laugh

- In My Eyes

- Salad Days

- Minor Threat

- Screaming At A Wall

The Vindictives

- La-La Land

- In Pursuit

- Dummyroom

- This Is My Face

- Assembly Line

The Underground Railroad To Candyland

- Jimmy V.

- Paint Thin Walls

- Livin' In A Straw (In The Summer Of Fraud)

- Suey (Ex-Fat Kid Blues)

- Body Of The Bird

Screeching Weasel

- My Brain Hurts

- Good Morning

- The Science of Myth

- A New Tomorrow

- What We Hate

The Clash

- White Man In Hammersmith Palais

- London Calling

- Straight To Hell

- Complete Control

- Clampdown

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Audrye sessions

-Conatagious

-Elliot

-New Year's Day

-Paper Face

-Perfect Sometimes

Biffy Clyro

-All The Way Down

-Eradicate the Doubt

-Living Is A Problem...

-Toys Toys Toys Choke Toys Toys Toys

-That Golden Rule

The Matches

-The Barber's Unhappiness

-My Doe, pt. 1

-A Girl I Know

-Studio 5866

-Audio Blood

Street to Nowhere/Dave Smallen

-Parkman's Ghost

-Miss Rolling Eyes

-Georgia, Can You Hear Me?

-Dead Cliche

-Underneath the Flood

Weezer

-Mansion of Cardboard

-Tired of Sex

-You Won't Get With Me Tonight

-The World Has Turned and Left Me Here

-Pig (demo)

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Pedro The Lion

Options

The Poison

A Mind Of Her Own

Secret Of The Easy Yoke

June 18, 1976

Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters)

Carry Me Ohio

Have You Forgotten

Moorestown

Drop

Down Colorful Hill

Starflyer 59

The Hearttaker

Underneath

Monterey

I Win

Fell In Love At 22

Damien Jurado

Ohio

Medication

Trampoline

Denton, TX

The Killer

Owen

Skin And Bones

Breaking Away

Bed Abuse

Put Your Hands On Me, My Love

The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi

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no particular order

Afghan Whigs

Fountain and Fairfax

Going to Town

Neglekted

Debonair

John the Baptist

Bad Religion

No Control

Cease

Better off Dead

Skyscraper

Generator

The Twilight Singers

King Only

I'm Ready

Black is the Clor of my True Love's Hair

Candy Cane Crawl

The Killer

Flogging Molly

Drunken Lullabies

What's Left of the Flag

Laura

Don't Let Me Die Still Wondering

Devil's Dance Floor

Murder By Death

Until Morale Improves, the Beatings Will Continue

I'm Afraid of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Fuego

Brother

Comin' Home

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NOFX

-The Decline

-Linoleum

-El Lay

-Stickin In My Eye

-Freedom Like A Shopping Cart

Strung Out

-Too Close To See

-Matchbook

-Radio Suicide

-Savant

-Barfly

Blink-182

-Carousel

-Dammit

-Toast & Bananas

-Lemmings

-Does My Breath Smell?

Lagwagon

-Bury The Hatchet

-Sick

-May 16

-Bad Scene

-Island Of Shame

Paint It Black

-Memorial Day

-Atticus Finch

-Womb Envy

-The Beekeeper

-Exit Wounds

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Lifetime

- Knives, Bats, New tats

- 25 Cent Giraffes

- Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey

- All Night Long

- Young Loud and Scotty

Jawbreaker

- Want

- Condition Oakland

- Kiss The Bottle

- sluttering (may 4th)

- Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault

Hot Water Music

- Moments Pass

- End of a Gun

- Just Don't Say You Lost It

- Our Own Way

- Rooftops

Screeching Weasel

- Science of Myth

- Anthem for a new Tomorrow

- Crying in my Beer

- Every Night

- The Girl Next Door

Alkaline Trio

- Trouble Breathing

- My Friend Peter

- Jaked on Green Beers

- Love Love Kiss Kiss

- Warbrain

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Beach Boys

- Girl Don't Tell Me

- Caroline No

- The Trader

- This Whole World

- Feel Flows

Buzzcocks

- I don't Mind

- Sixteen Again

- What Do I get

- Love You More

- Boredom

Lemonheads

- The Outdoor Type (I know its a cover, but I prefer this version to Smudges!)

- It's About Time

- Alison's Starting To Happen

- It's All True

- Down About It

The Jesus And Mary Chain

- The Hardest Walk

- Never Understand

- You Trip Me Up

- Some Candy Talking

- Cherry Came Too

R.E.M

- So. Central Rain

- Losing My Religion

- Leave

- The One I Love

- At My Most Beautiful

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ok, this was way harder than I thought it would be.

descendents

cheer

catalina

hope

silly girl

'merican

bouncing souls

joe lies (when he cries)

the freaks, nerds, and romantics

quick chek girl

kate is great

true believers

elvis costello

(i don't want to go to) chelsea

lipstick vogue

new amsterdam

i stand accused

from a whisper to a scream (w/ glenn tilbrook of squeeze)

the ergs

bike shoppe

extra medium

books about miles davis

it's like i say, y'know

anthem for a new amanda

nirvana

about a girl

verse chorus verse (from the box set)

lounge act

aneurysm

serve the servants

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The Gaslight Anthem

- The Patient Ferris Wheel

- I'da Called You Woody, Joe

- We Came To Dance

- Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts

- Great Expectations

Alkaline Trio

- Nose Over Tail

- We've Had Enough

- You've Got So Far To Go

- Radio

- Bleeder

Against Me!

- We Did It All For Don

- Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong

- Reinventing Axl Rose

- Walking Is Still Honest

- Borne On The FM Waves Of The Heart

Lucero

- Slow Dancing

- Tears Don't Matter Much

- Nights Like These

- What Are You Willing To Lose

- Tonight Ain't Gonna Be Good

The Bouncing Souls

- Night Train

- Hopeless Romantic

- The Gold Song

- Born To Lose

- Manthem

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Alkaline Trio~

Keep Em' Coming

Good Fucking Bye

While You're Waiting

Dead and Buried

Cringe

Billy Joel~

All for Leyna

Sleeping w/ the television on

I don’t want to be alone anymore

Downeaster Alexa

Zanzibar

Converge~

Locust Reign (Live in California)

Eagles Become Vultures

Grim hearts/Black Rose

Thaw

Homewrecker

Dire Straights~

Brothers in Arms

Once Upon a Time in the West

Sultans of Swing

Tunnel of Love

Skateaway

Against Me!~

Untitled (on acoustic EP)

Pints of Guinness...

TSR

You Look Like I need a Drink (acoustic cavalier eternal 7" version)

Turn Those Clapping Hands into Angry Balled Fists

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NOFX

The Decline

What's The Matter With Parent's Today

It's My Job To Keep Punk Rock Elite

Stickin In My Eye

Separation of Church and Skate

The Lillingtons

Phantom Maggot

Mindcontrol

Don't Trust The Humanoids

Stay Tuned

Smart Ass

Less Than Jake

Losing Streak

Al's War

One Last Cigarette

Sugar In Your Gas Tank

Gainesville Rock City

Groovie Ghoulies

Zombie Crush

Sleeping Beauty

Let's Go To the Moon

Messed Me Up

50,000 Space Ships

Blink 182

Dick Lips

Anthem

Time To Break Up

Peggy Sue

Enthused

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It'd probably look something like this:

NOFX

We Threw Gasoline On The Fire...

The Decline

What's The Matter With Parents Today?

Kids Of The K-Hole

Freedom Like A Shopping Cart

Archers of Loaf

Web In Front

Harnessed In Slums

Wrong

Audiowhore

Greatest Of All Time

Pavement

Gold Soundz

Grounded

Father To A Sister Of Thought

Range Life

Transport Is Arranged

The Replacements

Can't Hardly Wait ["Tim" version]

Hold My Life

Left Of The Dial

I Will Dare

Bastards Of Young

The Beatles

I'm Only Sleeping

Got To Get You Into My Life

A Day In The Life

Here Comes The Sun

My Guitar Gently Weeps

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The Ramones:

Chainsaw

Loudmouth

Havana Affair

You're Gonna Kill That Girl

California Sun

The Exploding Hearts:

Sleeping Aids and Razor Blades

Throwaway Style

We don't have to worry anymore

(Making) Teenage Faces

Your Shaddow

Johnny Thunders (and the heartbreakers for some songs):

Born To Lose

Leave Me Alone (Chatter Box)

Pirate Love

I Wanna Be Loved

Get Off the Phone

The Jam:

In The City

Slow Down

I Got By in Time

Down In the Tube Station at Midnight

Art School

The Clash:

Janie Jones

Clampdown

Death or Glory

I'm Not Down

Train In Vain

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Converge

Jane Doe

Last Light

Thaw

Drop Out

Dead Beat

The Mars Volta

Tetragrammaton

Day of the Baphomets

Cassandra Geminni

Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore

Roulette Dares (The Haunt of)

Ride

Polar Bear

Vapour Trail

Seagull

Leave Them All Behind

Today

Nomeansno

What Slayde Says

Rags and Bones

Joyful Reunion

The River

Long Days

Motorpsycho

Demon Box

Plan #1

Greener

Grindstone

Starmelt/Lovelight

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