skip to main |
skip to sidebar
My selection of 55 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 141
- Windowsill (Arcade Fire, 2007)
- I Am the Walrus (The Beatles, 1967)
- Revolution (The Beatles, 1968)
- War Pigs (Black Sabbath, 1971)
- And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle, 1971)
- Straight to Hell (The Clash, 1982)
- White Riot (The Clash, 1977)
- California Über Alles (Dead Kennedys, 1979)
- Television: The Drug of the Nation (The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, 1991)
- Hurricane (Bob Dylan, 1975)
- Maggie’s Farm (Bob Dylan, 1965)
- The Times They Are a-Changin’ (Bob Dylan, 1964)
- We Care a Lot (Faith No More, 1985)
- Two Tribes (Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 1984)
- Respect (Aretha Franklin, 1967)
- Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (Marvin Gaye, 1971)
- What’s Going On? (Marvin Gaye, 1971)
- American Idiot (Green Day, 2004)
- 19 (Paul Hardcastle, 1985)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (Jimi Hendrix, 1969)
- Strange Fruit (Billie Holliday, 1939)
- The Eton Rifles (The Jam, 1979)
- Going Underground (The Jam, 1980)
- Give Peace a Chance (John Lennon, 1969)
- Material Girl (Madonna, 1985)
- Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H) (Johnny Mandel, 1970)
- Redemption Song (Bob Marley, 1980)
- Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell, 1970)
- Trouble Every Day (The Mothers of Invention, 1966)
- Short People (Randy Newman, 1977)
- Monkey Gone to Heaven (Pixies, 1989)
- In the Ghetto (Elvis Presley, 1969)
- Come Together (Primal Scream, 1990)
- Sign o’ the Times (Prince, 1987)
- Bring the Noise (Public Enemy, 1987)
- Fight the Power (Public Enemy, 1989)
- Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine, 1992)
- Fall On Me (REM, 1986)
- Whitey On the Moon (Gil Scott-Heron, 1970)
- Anarchy in the UK (Sex Pistols, 1976)
- God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols, 1977)
- Swimsuit Issue (Sonic Youth, 1992)
- Ghost Town (The Specials, 1981)
- Free Nelson Mandela (The Special AKA, 1984)
- Born in the USA (Bruce Springsteen, 1984)
- War (Edwin Starr, 1970)
- Suspect Device (Stiff Little Fingers, 1978)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2, 1983)
- We Are the World (USA for Africa, 1985)
- Get Up, Stand Up (The Wailers, 1973)
- The Day After Tomorrow (Tom Waits, 2004)
- My Generation (The Who, 1965)
- Shipbuilding (Robert Wyatt, 1982)
- Rockin’ in the Free World (Neil Young, 1989)
- Southern Man (Neil Young, 1970)
My selection of 47 from the Guardian.co.uk list of 131
- What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong, 1968)
- In My Room (The Beach Boys, 1963)
- Yer Blues (The Beatles, 1968)
- Yesterday (The Beatles, 1965)
- Paranoid (Black Sabbath, 1970)
- (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult, 1976)
- This Is a Low (Blur, 1994)
- The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 1988)
- If I Could Turn Back Time (Cher, 1989)
- C’mon Everybody (Eddie Cochran, 1958)
- School’s Out (Alice Cooper, 1972)
- That’ll Be the Day (The Crickets, 1957)
- Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode, 1989)
- Sunshine Superman (Donovan, 1966)
- Black Eyed Dog (Nick Drake, 1986)
- Forever Young (Bob Dylan, 1974)
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan, 1973)
- Summertime (Ella Fitzgerald, 1959)
- Hey Joe (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1966)
- These Important Years (Hüsker Dü, 1987)
- The Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden, 1982)
- Gallows Pole (Led Zeppelin, 1970)
- Alone Again Or (Love, 1967)
- Baggy Trousers (Madness, 1980)
- La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) (Manic Street Preachers, 1993)
- Fade to Black (Metallica, 1984)
- Lithium (Nirvana, 1991)
- Alone Again (Naturally) (Gilbert O’Sullivan, 1972)
- Live Forever (Oasis, 1994)
- Ms Jackson (OutKast, 2000)
- 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton, 1980)
- Another Brick in the Wall, Part II (Pink Floyd, 1979)
- Message in a Bottle (The Police, 1979)
- Glory Box (Portishead, 1994)
- Sour Times (Portishead, 1994)
- Paranoid Android (Radiohead, 1997)
- (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding, 1968)
- Paint it Black (The Rolling Stones, 1966)
- Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard (Paul Simon, 1972)
- Feeling Good (Nina Simone, 1965)
- It Was a Very Good Year (Frank Sinatra, 1965)
- 100% (Sonic Youth, 1992)
- Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads, 1980)
- Psycho Killer (Talking Heads, 1977)
- One (U2, 1992)
- Jesus (The Velvet Underground, 1969)
- Martha (Tom Waits, 1973)
