Top 50 Songs

Posted by Chris Campbell at Friday, March 13, 2009

These are by no means what I consider to be the "best 50 songs" ever. These are just my favorites. And as I said before, there's no question that I'm forgetting many. Caveats aside, here it goes (no order):

4am : Richard Buckner
Hoquiam : Damien Jurado
Settled Down Like Rain : The Jayhawks
Picking Up the Signal : Son Volt
Catch You Alive : Damnations, TX
Wall of Death : R.E.M.
Front Porch : Slobberbone
Jerusalem : Steve Earle
Random Rules : Silver Jews
Thunder Road : Bruce Springsteen
Blinking Lights (For Me) : Eels
Love Comes To Me : Bonnie "Prince" Billy
The Temptation of Adam : Josh Ritter
Rise : Josh Rouse
Meet Me at Mary's Place : Sam Cooke
Watching the Wheels : John Lennon
Mississippi : Bob Dylan
One of These Things First : Nick Drake
Losering : Whiskeytown
Before the Deluge : Jackson Browne
Goodnight Loser : Scott Miller
This Hard Land : Bruce Springsteen
Bum Leg : Joe Pernice
Song of 27 : Richard Buckner
Sound of Lies : The Jayhawks
So. Central Rain : R.E.M.
God : John Lennon
Oklahoma, USA : The Kinks
Casino Lights : Richmond Fontaine
Our Song : Joe Henry
For Real : Okkervil River
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall : Bob Dylan
Via Chicago : Wilco
Powderfinger : Neil Young
Let's Stick Together : Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
Lost Cause : Beck
Range Life : Pavement
Formula, Cola, Dollar Draft : Marah
In My Hour of Darkness : The Rolling Creekdippers
Chrome : Matthew Ryan
Michigan : Josh Rouse
Laminated Cat : Jeff Tweedy
All the Labor : The Gourds
Bring It On Home To Me : Sam Cooke
Glad It Ain't Me : Kenny Roby
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues : Bob Dylan
These Days : Jackson Browne
Triggers and Trash Heaps : Centro-matic
Old Shoes : Tom Waits
Wrong 'Em Boyo : The Clash