I’m currently reading High Fidelity, that mixed with intense boredom today, i thought i’d make a couple of lists.

(I’m wondering wether anyone else thinks the Tears for Fears song – Everybody Wants To Rule The World, sounds like the Fireman Sam tune.  No?  Is it just me then?  I cant hear it without thinking of that god awful crappy kids programme.)

TOP FIVE SONG OPENERS:

1) Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana (now thats a shocker.)

2) Whole Lotta Love – Led Zep.

3) Ace of Spades – Motorhead.

4) Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult (sans cow bell.)

5) Satisfaction – Rolling Stones.

TOP FIVE SONGS TO LISTEN TO WHEN YOUR SAD:

1) Hurt – Johnny Cash.

2)  Wicked Game – Chris Isaac.

3)  The Love You Save – Joe Tex.

4)  You Do Something To Me – Paul Weller.

5)  Everybody Hurts – R.E.M.

TOP FIVE TUNES TV HAS RUINED:

1)  Albatross – Fleetwood Mac (That tossing M&S advert which really grinds my gears.)

(I need not list anymore.)

 TOP FIVE SONGS THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE DONE (or sentimental clap trap as i like to call it):

1) Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison.

2)  Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker.

3)  Wake Me Up Before September Comes – Greenday (I could kill when I hear this song. Fuckwits.)

4)  Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison (Ok, I can actually stomach it when I’m off my tits, sitting in a pub with my mates having a giggle, but the general idea is this should never have seen the light of day…..pappy pap pap.)

5)  Songbird – Fleetwood Mac.

TOP FIVE SONGS ABOUT DRUGS:

1) Junkhead – Alice in Chains.

2) White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane.

3)  Cocaine – Eric Clapton (nothing quite beats hearing this blasting out one summer night at Hampton Court Palace in front of thousands of snotty Surrey folk.  Especially since we (the student collective i was with) wasnt meant to be there and were singing quite wildly and looking quite keen on hearing this song.)

4)  Heroin – Velvet Underground.

5)  Ebeneezer Good – The Shamen (hahaha…)

TOP FIVE FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS:

1) Never Going Back Again.

2)  The Chain.

3)  Little Lies.

4)  I Dont Want To Know.

5)  Dont Stop.

TOP FIVE ALBUMS:  (This is a tricky one, im well aware there are too many to choose from so im listing the ones that mean something to me and not just based on their musical genius.)

1)   Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (epic album by all accounts.)

2)  Performance and Cocktails – The Stereophonics.

3)  Sing Sing Death House – The Distillers.

4)  Ten – Pearl Jam.

5)  Metallica – Reload.

TOP FIVE PENDULUM SONGS:

 1)  Remember Me.

2)  Slam.

3)  Blood Sugar.

4) Granite.

5)  Sounds of Life.