1000 songs everyone must hear

Politics and protest: part five of 1000 songs everyone must hear

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)

1000 songs everyone must hear

Politics and protest: part five of 1000 songs everyone must hear

1000 songs everyone must hear

Life and death: 1000 songs everyone must hear

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)

1000 songs everyone must hear

Life and death: 1000 songs everyone must hear

php skillz and more

This site is interesting. Lets you upload pdfs which can be browsed like a real book/magazine.

Overdue

You know that feeling when you were supposed to do something a month ago and you haven't got around to it yet? Well that's how I feel about this blog. I have a small problem. My girlfriend calls it the P-word. Yes, I'm Mr Procrastination. It's the story of my life I'm afraid. If something needs to be done but the consequences of not doing it right this minute are not severe, in other words, if I can get away with it, I will invariably put it on the long finger. It's a character flaw that I've come to recognise. We all have them. I'm sure back in my parents' house there are a couple of library books (I think they're Franny and Zooey and Bonfire of the Vanities) that were supposed to be returned some time in the early 90s. That's what happens when the P-word gets out of hand.

So what can I do about it? A while ago I came upon some sites about personal organisation and time management, some of which are kind of interesting, and I even bought a book that's supposed to be the bible for this sort of thing. Guess how much of the book I've read. Well actually yes I did read (some of) it, and I started making a few lists and ticking boxes. You'd think being a geek would help me with this kind of thing. But no, it didn't last. Still, it's coming up to a new year and that's the traditional time for making resolutions. So one of mine will be to finish that book and start fighting the P-word. I'm not sure about those library books though.

Watch the dosage

I suppose I should take this as a warning: a teenage girl was hospitalised after drinking seven double espressos straight. Mind you I don't work on an espresso counter so I'm not in as much danger. What I especially like about this is that we now know what the effects of caffeine poisoning are:

"She apparently started laughing and crying for no reason while serving."

So I'll be sure to warn those around me if I start doing this (more than is usual).

Normal life has resumed after the holidays. We're back to looking for apartments without any luck so far. But I was lucky enough to score tickets for Arcade Fire in the Phoenix Park in October - this time they took 5 minutes to sell out instead of 5 seconds, which I can only take to mean that this time next year they'll be all washed up and performing on celebrity You're a Star. (Or the non-union Canadian equivalent of same). As I write I'm sure unscrupulous people are auctioning their tickets for ridiculous amounts on eBay. Cue Homer voice: "Damn you eBay!"

Back again

Been a busy old month and a bit what with starting a new job and all. I'll be back with something more in depth at a later stage but for now check out this.

Nearly there

Well somehow I managed to let all of April go by without posting. Shame on me. Wish I could say major things have happened but it's not the case. 21 working days to go before I get the boot and things are awful quiet around here. Canteen is down to soup and sandwiches and the weather is warm and sunny so the temptation is always there to knock off early and sit on the grass for the afternoon. After this week I'll be almost on my own on the corridor.

Things to look forward to: new Dinosaur Jr. album; holidays in Germany; Bank holiday weekend ahead. It ain't all doom and gloom.