Pluto's Awesome 100 Songs
Just one song per band. Alphabetical. Check them all out! |
1 | 65daysofstatic Fix The Sky A Little
Super band - math rock, electronics, beats, fabulous, see them live |
2 | Abba Dancing Queen
Guilty pleasure. Brilliant composition, Bach would have liked it. |
3 | Amy Winehouse We're still friends
Great jazz singer, live on Holland festival, Donny Hathaway song. |
4 | Animals As Leaders Soraya
No.1 guitarist. Tosin Abasi. So brilliant. |
5 | Antony & The Johnsons Bird Girl
That voice. |
6 | Arcade Fire Cold wind
Not only because of Six foot under |
7 | As Cities Burn Timothy
Dramatic - burning |
8 | Beck Lost cause
So sad |
9 | Big Star Holocaust
In the car at night |
10 | Bill Callahan Jim Cain
Incredible deep voice - beautiful |
11 | Bill Fay I Thought I Heard Someone
Genius, this is Bill at old age. |
12 | Brand New Jesus Christ
So cool |
13 | Bruce Springsteen Meeting Across The River
Don't really like his regular stuff. This song is incredible. |
14 | Cream N.S.U. Live
Blues rock at its peak. Wait till they are in trance - pure intuition + some help |
15 | Crowded House Don't dream it's over
NZ's best - just great music |
16 | Cursive Art Is Hard
Cult band - check |
17 | David Bowie Lazarus
Stellar song from Black Star |
18 | Deftones Be Quiet And Drive
Rock - pure |
19 | Depeche mode Enjoy the silence
addictive song. The Failure cover is even better |
20 | dEUS Bad Timing
From our friends from Belgium. Super outro |
21 | Donny Hathaway A song for you
One of the greatest voices / musicians of all time. Steve Wonder's hero - says it all |
22 | Dredg Ode to the sun
The opening chords !! |
23 | Editors When Anger Shows
Weak spot - poppy, but great. |
24 | Elliott Smith King's Crossing
Sad Mozart on dope |
25 | Elo Mr. Blue Sky
Jeff Lynne - so creative |
26 | Elvis Costello I Want You
In trance |
27 | Failure Another Space Song
Hidden gem |
28 | Father John Misty The ideal hisband live
Live - much better |
29 | Felt The Stagnant Pool
Unknown, still loved |
30 | Fink Berlin Sunrise
Repeat |
31 | Fleetwood Mac I'm So afraid (Live from Boston)
Anger |
32 | Foo Fighters I Should Have Known
To Kurt |
33 | Frank Zappa The Orange county lumber
eccentric - jazz - rhythm |
34 | Gary Moore Parisienne Walkways
Guitar blues hero |
35 | Interpol Obstacle 1
Weak spot |
36 | Jaga Jazzist Swedenborgske Rom
Brilliant Jazz rock from Norway. Play loud. Ecstatic |
37 | James Blake Choose Me
original, quircky |
38 | Jeff Buckley Lover, You Should've Come Over
Wish you were here |
39 | Johnny Cash Hurt
Johnny lived - it's all in the song |
40 | Joy Division Decades
What a band - whatch the movie "Control" |
41 | Justin Vernon If It's True
Haunting |
42 | King Crimson Starless and Bible Black
The early 70s - what a band |
43 | Led Zeppelin Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
That riff !! |
44 | Lift To Experience Falling From Cloud 9
Preacher, but what a good one |
45 | Love Alone Again Or
Beauty |
46 | Manic Street Preachers 4st 7lb
From the Holy Bible |
47 | Mark Eitzel In my role as professional singer and ham
Morrissey as crooner - better |
48 | Mark Hollis A Life (1895 - 1915)
Genius. Recluse. Come back to us |
49 | Marvin Gaye What's going on
Soul at its best |
50 | Mercury Rev The Funny Bird
Psychedelic |
51 | Mewithoutyou January 1979
Screamy in your face |
52 | Modest Mouse Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset
Intelligence |
53 | Mogwai We're No Here
Play loud |
54 | Morphine The Night
Film Noir, big loss |
55 | Motorpsycho Ratcatcher
Fantastic band. From 7:00 - 11:00 - centerpiece of the composition, guitar & rhythm section |
56 | Mudvaine Happy
Rock pure |
57 | Nick Cave Push the sky away
Beyond categorization |
58 | Nick Drake Fruit Tree
Sing a song at its pinacle |
59 | Nirvana Smells like teen spirit
Milestone |
60 | No-Man Only Rain
Steven Wilson with Tim Bowness. Play Together We're Stranger |
61 | Phil Lynott Old town
So catchy |
62 | Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
The classic |
63 | Porcupine Tree Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Steven Wilson at his best |
64 | Portishead Roads
Mesmerizing |
65 | Pulp This Is Hardcore
Britbrilliance |
66 | Radiohead Where I End and You Begin
No. 1 band |
67 | Red Hot Chili Peppers Dani California
Funk gods |
68 | Rhubarb Brick By Brick
Keep writing |
69 | Richard Hawley Tuesday PM
Music pure |
70 | Robert Wyatt Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road
From #1 album all time. Acquired taste, but what a taste... |
71 | Sampha Plastic 100 C
What a promise |
72 | Sean Rowe Long way home
Deserves so much more - major league songwriting |
73 | Sigur Ros Heima
This song must be in the top 3 of all time, beauty at its purist |
74 | Slint Good Morning Captain
Defined a category |
75 | Spiritualized Broken heart
Floating in space |
76 | Stevie Wonder The Secret Life Of Plants
Gets me every time |
77 | Talk Talk New Grass
Unique |
78 | The Beach Boys God Only Knows
There you have it. Total songwriting perfection. My #1 (in rock/pop) |
79 | The Blue Nile Stay close
Buy Hats, their masterpiece - these guys deserve to make some money |
80 | The Clash London calling
Punk anthem |
81 | The Cure From the Edge of The Deep Green Sea
This is what Wagner would call "Unendliche Melodie". |
82 | The Dears Lights Off
Canadian Indie stars |
83 | The Divine Comedy To the Rescue
Lovely |
84 | The Durutti Column Sketch For Summer
You can't stop playing it |
85 | The Gloaming Pilgrim's song
Ireland's best |
86 | The Gospel A golden dawn
Epic - the rhythm section is superb |
87 | The Hat ft. Father John Misty The Angry River
Dark, dark |
88 | The Jam Town Called Malice
Try not to move |
89 | The Jezabels Hurt Me
Aussies - great voice and drums |
90 | The National Baby We'll Be Fine
Quintessential The National. They easily have 20 more songs at this level |
91 | The Stranglers No More Heroes
Stays relevant - forever |
92 | The Smiths Please, please, please, let me get what I want
Unique band - voice |
93 | The War on Drugs Under the Pressure
Hard to explain why it is that good |
94 | Thomas Feiner Yonderhead
Hiddem gem from Sweden - the Opiates ! |
95 | Tindersticks Another Night In
Haunting melody and voice |
96 | TV on the Radio Stork And Owl
Just a great song |
97 | U2 Every Breaking Wave - Later... with Jools Holland - BBC Two
Never liked U2, until I heard this |
98 | Wende Snijders Black Feather
From the Netherlands. On trompet Jazz legend Eric Vloeimans. |
99 | Wilco Impossible Germany
The typical Wilco sound. Impossible to copy |
100 | Therapy? Bowels of Love
Damned good song |
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