Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Memorial Day Top 500 (500-451)

So it is supposed to be the Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 Songs, but this year T-time didn't have his list ready so it was the middle of June Top 500. The idea came from the radio stations that play their top 500 songs over the three day Memorial Day weekend. Me and T-time would listen to these countdowns but not enjoy a lot of the songs. We decided that the next year (2007) we would make our own list and play it. This summer was the second annual Top 500 countdown. We each made our own list of our 500 favorite songs and then combined the two to create our Top 500 songs. 1 point for 500th...2 points for 499th...etc.

Today's installment will be songs 500 through 451.

500. Granny - Cat Stevens (above)
499. Heart of Gold - Neil Young
498. Story of a Life - Harry Chapin
497. Redwood Tree - Van Morrison
496. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
495. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
494. Hard Day's Night - Beatles
493. In A Dis Ya Time - Itals
492. Sooner Or Later - Grass Roots
491. When I Grow Up To Be A Man - Beach Boys
490. If I Ever Fall In Love - Shai
489. Fraulein - Townes Van Zandt
488. I Never Loved A Man - Aretha Franklin
487. Floridays - Jimmy Buffett
486. Let Me Be The One - Blessid Union of Souls
485. I Am That I Am - Peter Tosh
484. Rainy Night In Georgia - Sam Cooke
483. Good Riddance - Green Day
482. Between the Bars - Elliott Smith
481. Son of a Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffett
480. Angry Blues - James Taylor
479. Soul Shakedown Party - Bob Marley
478. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
477. Where Do the Children Play? - Cat Stevens
476. Wishing Well - Terrence Trent Darby
475. Sunny Skies - James Taylor
474. Greensboro Woman - Townes Van Zandt
473. Hey Tonight - Creedence Clearwater Revival
472. 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker
471. Hangin' Around - Counting Crows
470. Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
469. Nowhere Man - Beatles
468. She's Got You - Jimmy Buffett
467. Do You Remember Walter? - Kinks
466. Jumper - Third Eye Blind
465. Quicksilver Dreams of Maria - Townes Van Zandt
464. Space Oddity - David Bowie
463. Blue Monday - Fats Domino
462. FM - Steely Dan
461. She's a Rainbow - Rolling Stones
460. Five Years - David Bowie
459. Turn on Your Radio - Harry Nilsson
458. Someday Never Comes - Creedence Clearwater Revival
457. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
456. Pomps and Pride - Toots and the Maytals
455. Highway Song - Blackfoot
454. Picture Book - Kinks
453. I Wish It Would Rain - Temptations
452. Bring It Home Jerome - Bo Diddley
451. Starman - David Bowie (below)

stay tuned...