Redemption (1a)

Ok. so this was harder than i thought. But first, before i list out my 25 (sorry, i ended up with 26, because it was hard enough to get down from the 150 with which i started) favorite singles of all time (or at least what i think of as singles), i have to list out a couple bonus tracks that provided my essential single education.

• Rose Garden-Lynn Anderson (no idea why i love/loved this song, but i did and i still do)
• Sing-Carpenters (make it simple to last your whole life long--second grade music class)
• Both Sides Now-Joni Mitchell (we sang this in music class in first grade, even had to print out the lyrics in class, i still really don't know clouds.  at all.)
• Joy to the World-Three Dog Night (my performance solo in the back seat of our red car, i belted out that "Jeremiah was a bull frog, he was a good friend of mine" at full volume, shocking my parents and annoying my older brother and sister to no end. win and win. can't necessarily say i remember if i remembered any of the other lyrics, but i had that bull frog part down pat)

1. Pop Muzik-M (naturally, my manifesto and a perfect song.  do you read me?  loud and clear.)
2. We Can Get Together-Icehouse (i recorded this from the radio on a little cassette player to share with Shelley Christianson-my fellow top 40 fan--before catchecism.  I don't think she was too impressed.  but i still am)
3. Easy Come, Easy Go-Grant (could have been cattle and cane, streets of your town, right here, trapeze boy or practically anything, but this one gives me the most goosebumps per surface area)
4. Undercover Angel-Alan O’Day (alllll-right)
5. D.W. Suite-Lindsey Buckingham (if we go,, go insane, we will all go together)
6. Video Killed the Radio Star-The Buggles (oh, oh, oh oh oh)
7. Bloodbuzz, Ohio-The National (abel, mr. november, apartment song, fake empire; there are so many, but this is the one i go back to the most)
8. Speed of Sound-Chris Bell (i liked it better when this was just my little secret song, but i guess it's nice to hear it unexpectedly, so let the masses enjoy)
9. Beds are Burning-Midnight Oil
10. Sir Duke-Stevie Wonder (music is a world within its self, with a language we all understand)
11. Cars and Girls-Prefab Sprout (something hurt more, much more than cars and girls)
12. Perfect-Fairground Attraction
13. Follow You All Over the World-Marti Jones
14. The Whole of the Moon-Waterboys (I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon)
15. Blue and Grey Shirt-AMC (so why didn't you call?)
16. Running Up the Hill-Kate Bush
17. Hey, Jack Kerouac-10,000 Maniacs (have the boys all grown up, there beauty faded)
18. Biggest Fool of All-Cock Robin
19. Never in my Life-Babyface (pretty hokey and maudlin i know, and nobody else knows it.but they were from Eau Claire and it was such an ear worm for me)
20. Everyday, I write the Book-Elvis Costello (even in a perfect world, where everyone was equal, i'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel)
21. Bring on the Dancing Horses-Echo and the Bunnymen
22. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want-the Smiths
23. True Faith-New Order
24. Throw Your Arm Around Me-Hunters and Collectors
25. Better Be Home Soon-Crowded House
26. Brother Sport-Animal Collective (open up your throat)

*I reserve the right to add/subtract to the this list as whim and weather strike me.