2001-05-31 - 11:14 p.m.

Uberhamster's Top 100

Here, from my database, are my top 100 songs (out of over 6,800). I'm not entirely happy with this list - but then again I never am. I don't really think it reflects my current tastes. I don't think I've really gone through it thoroughly for a couple years. Probably with the help of my MP3 player I'll be revising it soon.

Some of the songs here I like because of how they song, others because of what they say, or what they mean to me, or what memories I associate with them. And some of them make chills go up my spine, and I don't know why.

But enough excuses! Here is your chance to decide: either I am utterly cool, or just a musical retard!

1. Amy Grant - Like I Love You (1997)

2. Shawn Colvin - Round Of Blues (1992)

3. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home (1997)

4. Gerry Rafferty - Time's Caught Up On You (1992)

5. Alanis Morissette - Joining You (1998)

6. Alan Parsons Project - Doctor Tarr & Professor Fether (1976)

7. Til Tuesday - (Believed You Were) Lucky (1989)

8. Everything But The Girl - You Lift Me Up (1991)

9. Til Tuesday - Crash And Burn (1988)

10. Duran Duran - Ordinary World (1993)

11. Simon & Garfunkel - My Little Town (1975)

12. Mark Knopfler - Are We In Trouble Now (1996)

13. Jen Trynin - Under The Knife (1997)

14. Korgis - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime (1980)

15. Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite (1993)

16. Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake (1998)

17. Chris Rea - Every Time I See You Smile (1980)

18. Doobie Brothers - I Cheat the Hangman (1976)

19. Warren Zevon - Suzie Lightning (1991)

20. R.E.M. - The Great Beyond (1999)

21. Stealers Wheel - Right Or Wrong (1975)

22. Gordon Lightfoot - The Watchman's Gone (1974)

23. Squeeze - Hourglass (1987)

24. Elton John - Burn Down The Mission (1971)

25. Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night (1989)

26. Four Tops - Just Seven Numbers (1971)

27. Dream Academy - Ballad In 4/4 (1987)

28. George Harrison - What Is Life (1971)

29. Supertramp - Crime Of The Century (1974)

30. Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (1973)

31. Friends of Distinction - Love or Let Me Be Lonely (1970)

32. Pet Shop Boys - Go West (1993)

33. Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (1982)

34. Eurythmics - Never Gonna Cry Again (1983)

35. Carpenters - Goodbye To Love (1972)

36. Dada - Time Is Your Friend (1996)

37. Four Seasons - Silver Star (1976)

38. Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good (12" Version)(1984)

39. Elton John - Crazy Water (1976)

40. Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (1973)

41. Paul Davis - Love or Let Me Be Lonely (1982)

42. Motels - Slow Town (1980)

43. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - Take It Inside (1978)

44. Nanci Griffith - Not My Way Home (1997)

45. Oingo Boingo - We Close Our Eyes (1987)

46. Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway (1974)

47. Al Stewart - Modern Times (1975)

48. Toto - Africa (1983)

49. Warren Zevon - Transverse City (1989)

50. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (1978)

51. Til Tuesday - How Can You Give Up? (1988)

52. William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got (1974)

53. Shawn Colvin - If These Walls Could Speak (1994)

54. Steely Dan - Midnite Cruiser (1972)

55. Gary Brooker - Say It Ain't So, Joe (1979)

56. Van Morrison - Venice U.S.A. (1978)

57. Don Dixon - Praying Mantis (1987)

58. Pretenders - Mystery Achievement (1980)

59. Anne Murray - You Won't See Me (1974)

60. Van Morrison - Take It Where You Find It (1978)

61. Love Spit Love - How Soon Is Now? (1996)

62. Rolling Stones - Rocks Off (1972)

63. Elaine Page (Chess Soundtrack) - Nobody's Side (1985)

64. Jethro Tull - Chequered Flag (Dead Or Alive) (1976)

65. Katrina & the Waves - Walking On Sunshine (1985)

66. Carpenters - Only Yesterday (1975)

67. Van Morrison - Real, Real Gone (1990)

68. Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams (1986)

69. BoyKrazy - That's What Love Can Do (1993)

70. Elton John - Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance!) (1977)

71. Elton John - Bitter Fingers (1975)

72. Robert Palmer - Johnny & Mary (1980)

73. Celine Dion - To Love You More (1998)

74. Alan Parsons Project - Old and Wise (1982)

75. Carole King - Corazon/Believe In Humanity (1973)

76. T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (1972)

77. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Let It Ride (1974)

78. Pink Floyd - Not Now John (1983)

79. Petula Clark - You're The One (1965)

80. Madonna - Til Death Do Us Part (1989)

81. Belinda Carlisle - Listen To Love (1997)

82. Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (1971)

83. Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues (1984)

84. Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (1983)

85. Jefferson Starship - Freedom At Point Zero (1979)

86. Duprees - You Belong To Me (1962)

87. Chris Rea - Fool (if You Think It's Over) (1978)

88. Argent - Hold Your Head Up (1972)

89. Hall & Oates - Heavy Rain (1990)

90. Elton John - We All Fall In Love Sometime/Curtains (1975)

91. Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (1975)

92. Aimee Mann - That's Just What You Are (1995)

93. Genesis - Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea (1983)

94. Billy Joel - Until The Night (1978)

95. Murray Head - Say It Ain't So Joe (1976)

96. Aimee Mann - Put Me On Top (1993)

97. R.E.M. - Fall On Me (1986)

98. Manfred Mann Earth Band - Hollywood Town (1979)

99. Enigma - Return To Innocence (1994)

100. Beck - Loser (1994)