I hope you enjoy this list
1) The Ramones – Blitkrieg Bop
2 minutes of sublime noise. Perhaps I like it so much because it has that 60s garage spirit floating through it. Also a band of great presence. They changed the face of Rock music by giving it a gentle tweak.2) Fórmula V – Eva María
As promised, prime Franco-era bubblegum pop. Formula V.
3) The Who – Amazing Journey
From Tommy, the greatest Rock Opera/Concept album ever written. Amazing Journey tells of a trip to inner space where a young boy escapes his life’s trauma. Awesome drumming by Mr Moon as usual.
4) Lou Reed – Vicious
The whole Transformer album is a joy. A dirty, New York, heroin-addled blow job delivered by Andy Warhol’s most talented man-whore. Oh honey you so vicious…
5) Stiff Little Fingers – Wasted Life
Jake Burns is probably the best vocalist ever. A voice so raw it can scrape the paint off your skirting boards (don’t point your speakers downwards). Here we get pure punk mingled with Northern Irish politics. Fucking A.
6) Hawkwind – Spirit of the Age
Here Hawkwind invent Rap music (probably) after bringing a melding of Moorcockian SF, acid, noise generators and a tenor sax to a boil and adding Bob Calvert’s lyrical genius. If I could I would have included 50 Hawkwind tunes here, but that would break the rules (one song per band only).
7) Blondie – (I’m Always Touched by your) Presence (Dear)
Debbie, Debbie, Debbie… What a perfect little pop song this is.
8) Eater – Outside View
Can’t get this song out of my head. Just a great punk record.
9) Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
George Clinton, Dr Funkenstein from the planet Funk… A radical political agitator bringing revolution to the dance floors of a segregated, racist nation. I’m a late convert to the delights of Funk, this is one of the tracks that sucked me in.
10) Janette – Por Qué Te Vas
The Song title (translation: Why are you leaving?) A great little ballad too. Featured in Carlos Saura’ s great allegorical film ‘Raise Ravens’ about the evils of military dictatorship (the film was released while Franco was still alive. A brave move).
11) Jethro Tull – Jack-In-The-Green
12) Soft Machine – Etika
13) Magazine – Shot By Both Sides
14) David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
15) Bob Marley & The Wailers – Three Little Birds
16) The Stranglers – Ugly
17) Alice Cooper – School’s Out
18) The Sweet – Teenage Rampage
19) Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
20) John Lennon – Imagine
21) The Special AKA – Gangsters
22) The Runaways – Dean and Justice
23) Pink Floyd – Money
24) Thin Lizzy – Whisky in the Jar
25) The New York Dolls – You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory
26) Patrik Fitzgerald – Trendy
27) Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe 4
28) Los Diablos – Acalorado
29) The Jam – In a Strange Town
30) The Angelic Upstarts – Murder of Liddle Towers
31) Uriah Heep – Blind Eye
32) 20/20 – Yellow Pills
33) KC & the Sunshine Band – That’s the Way (I Like It)
34) The Dickies – Paranoid
35) Wishbone Ash – The King Will Come
36) Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – The Floppy Boot Stomp
37) Television – Venus
38) Kirsty McColl – They Don’t Know
39) The Damned – Smash it up
40) Tubeway Army – Are Friends Electric?
41) Fernando Esteso – La Ramona
42) The Rolling Stones – 100 Years Ago
43) Wizard – See My Baby Jive
44) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – American Girl
45) The Notsensibles – I’m in Love With Margaret Thatcher
46) The Undertones – Get Over You
47) Silvio Rodriguez – Ojalá
48) Iggy & the Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog
49) Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
50) Steve Hillage – Electrik Gypsies
51) Gil Scott Heron – The Bottle
52) Can – Vitamin C
53) The Ruts – Babylon Burning
54) Spizz Energi – Where’s Captain Kirk?
55) Secret Affair – Time For Action
56) The Buzzcocks – Orgasm Addict
57) Black Sabbath – War Pigs
58) The Hawklords – Psy Power
59) Sham 69 – Borstal Breakout
60) The Pink Fairies – The Pigs of Uranus
61) Saxon – Backs To The Wall
62) Abba – Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)
63) Tyrannosaurus Rex – Ride A White Swan
64) Devo – Mongoloid
65) Ian Dury & the Blockheads – Reasons to be Cheerful (Part 3)
66) Rush – 2112
67) Ten Pole Tudor – Who Killed Bambi?
68) The Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen
69) Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
70) Vangelis – Dervish D
71) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Woodstock
72) Wire – Mannekin
73) The Doors – LA Woman
74) Wayne County & the Electric Chairs – Fuck Off
75) X Ray Spex – Up Bondage Up Yours
76) John Cooper Clarke – Beasley Street
77) Siouxie & the Banshees – Staircase
78) P.I.L. – This Is Not A Love Song
79) Melanie – Ruby Tuesday
80) Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
81) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Come Up and See Me
82) Gang of Four – At Home He’s a Tourist
83) Hot Chocolate – Everyone’s a Winner
84) Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky
85) The Adverts – One Chord Wonders
86 Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World
87) Slaughter & the Dogs – Where Have All the Boot Boys Gone?
88) The Dead Kennedys – Chemical Warfare
89) Triana – Luminosa Mañana
90) The Mekons – Where We You?
91) The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet
92) Motorhead – No Class
93) Lluis Llach – L’Estaca
94) Metal Urbain – Lady Coca Cola
95) Steve Miller Band – Jet Airliner
96) Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
97) The Rocky Horror Show – Sweet Transvestite
98) Badfinger – Day After Day
99) Elton John – Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
100) Throbbing Gristle – Something Came Over Me
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