K-MIKE

As abhorrent as blog lists are, you may have wondered what I'm listening to (in my head) when there's bad tunes on the Muzak or you're boring me. ('Kay, you've NEVER wondered that. Nevertheless,) I'm listening to KMIC, my own private radio station...

This (after a great deal of soul-searching and Sophies Choic-ing) is the Hot 100, in alphabetical order of song title. If forced, these are the 100 choices I would make before they fused the IPod to my skull:

Accidents Will Happen─Elvis Costello
Act Naturally─Buck Owens
Alison─Elvis Costello
Atlantic City─Bruce Springsteen
Bad─U2
Before Believing─Emmylou Harris
Big Balls’ in Cowtown─Asleep at the Wheel (live)
The Big Heat─Stan Ridgway
Bird on a Wire─Joe Cocker & Leon Russell
Birdhouse in Your Soul─They Might Be Giants
Bizarre Love Triangle─New Order
The Boxer─Simon & Garfunkel
Brothers in Arms─Dire Straits
California Uber Alles─Dead Kennedys
Church Not Made With Hands─The Waterboys
Cities─Talking Heads
Cloudbusting─Kate Bush
Cold Shot─Stevie Ray Vaughn
Crosstown Traffic─Jimi Hendrix
Daddy Sings─D.G. Flewellyn
Dear God─XTC
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes─Paul Simon
Dirty Mind─Prince
Do You Realize?─Flaming Lips
Finest Worksong─R.E.M.
Fisherman’s Blues─The Waterboys
A Forest─The Cure
Ghost Town─The Specials
Gimme Shelter─The Rolling Stones
Gimme Some Lovin’─Spencer Davis Group
Gloomy Sunday─Billie Holiday
Good Morning Heartache─Billie Holiday
The Great Compromise─John Prine
The Harder the Come─Jimmy Cliff
The Headmaster Ritual─The Smiths
Heaven─Talking Heads
Helena─Nickel Creek
He Stopped Loving Her Today─George Jones
I Can’t Make You Love Me─Bonnie Raitt
I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You─Colin Hay
I’ll Be Doggone─Marvin Gaye
Infected─The The
Invisible Sun─The Police
In the Air Tonight─Phil Collins
Is That Love?─Squeeze
I Zimbra─Talking Heads
The KKK Took My Baby Away─The Ramones
Killing Moon─Echo and the Bunnymen
Layla─Derek and the Dominoes
Left of Center─Suzanne Vega
Let It Be─The Beatles
Little Wing─Jimi Hendrix
London Calling─The Clash
Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Dragged In)─Michael Penn
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance─Gene Pitney
Mercy Street─Peter Gabriel
The Message─Grandmaster Flash
Monkey Gone to Heaven─Pixies
Mortal City─Dar Williams
My Funny Valentine─Chet Baker
Nightswimming─R.E.M.
No Sleep ‘til Brooklyn─Beastie Boys
Past the Mission─Tori Amos
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want─The Smiths
Pontiac─Lyle Lovett
Portions for Foxes─Rilo Kiley
Rain─Patty Griffin
Respect Yourself─The Staple Singers
Run─Snow Patrol
Running to Stand Still─U2
Saint Simon─The Shins
Salt Peanuts─Charlie Parker
Senses Working Overtime─XTC
Silver Tongued Devil─Kris Kristofferson
Smells Like Teen Spirit─Nirvana
So Lonely─The Police
Some Journey─Suzanne Vega
Stay─Allison Krauss
Start of the Breakdown─Tears for Fears
Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank─Barenaked Ladies
Stephanie Says─Velvet Underground
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again─Bob Dylan
Studebaker─Warren Zevon
Sunday Morning Coming Down─Johnny Cash
Synchronicity II─The Police
Take the “A” Train─Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Take the Skinheads Bowling─Camper Van Beethoven
Texas Flood─Stevie Ray Vaughn
Think─Aretha Franklin
This is Not America─David Bowie
Uptight─Jimmy Walker and the All Stars
Velouria─Pixies
Venus de Milo─Miles Davis
Wait─Sarah Mclachlan
Werewolves of London─Warren Zevon
The Weight─The Band
Why Does It Always Rain on Me?─Travis
Winds of Santa Anna─Animal Logic
Winter─Tori Amos
You Never Give Me Your Money/Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window/Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End─The Beatles (Face it, it’s really just one song).

Happy humming!

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