Like most people I have a lot of tracks that I consider to be my favourite song of all time. Essentially I am greedy and fickle, and I really cannot just limit myself to one favourite song forever. Even my top ten list mutates and changes; some tracks get dropped out forever, some tracks dip in and out of favour, and some always remain in my top ten, perhaps because they are just that god-damn good. I haven’t done a comprehensive top ten list for a few years, so here is my top ten favourite tracks of all-time, as it stands January 2011. The reasons for many of these tracks being in my top ten is inexplicable, and as such, in these cases I have just left them blank of explanation. Sometimes there is just simply something about the track in question that deeply resonates with me and just makes me fall in love with it. Love at first listen I guess.
1. Boston – “More than a Feeling”
I have an inexplicable soft spot for 70s rock, and this track by Boston is both the epitome and the ultimate example of this style of music.
2. Thirst – “Make a Choice”
This track has been in my top ten favourite songs list for about eight years now. Loved it from the minute I heard it. The speed, the melody progression, and the general feel of this track is perfect.
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Midnight”
Again, immediately and inexplicably my favourite track from my favourite Chili’s album.
4. Bow Wow Wow – “Lonesome Tonight”
The beautiful vocal melody progression in this track literally gives me goose bumps.
5. Au Revoir Simone – “Fallen Snow”
A pretty little ditty, filled with gentle, soft positivity.
6. CSS – “Lets Make Love and Listen to Death From Above”
This song just ignites me with excitement. The track itself is exciting and curious, and emerged at a parallel time in my life.
7. The Jam – “Ghosts”
8. The Misfits – “Hybrid Moments”
I love The Misfits, and this is my favourite song of theirs.
9. The Wombats – “Moving to New York”
10. The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
An immense song, probably the best of a whole catalogue of excellence from The White Stripes. Perfectly composed, perfectly executed.
See this playlist at HCE: http://t.co/uUv5cSC
