Brian's List of 241 songs that he likes.

Brian: "Why so many? Well, this was the master list. MP3 CDs can "only" hold about 210 three-minute songs. So, I had to cut many out. Some I just didn't have on CD nor did anyone. Some I forgot about until afterwards.

Some I added while I was transposing the list. Hee hee. Because I'm sneaky. And because I've gained new favorite songs in the last couple weeks.

Anyway this wasn't a truly serious endeavor . So who cares? It was a source of fun and examining what it is that makes me love a song. I realize many are tied to events and moods, i.e. "I was doing laundry in Amherst on a perfect July day the first time I heard "Rowboat". Or "I got this girl's phone number then turned on the radio and heard this Depeche Mode song". It's all tied to life, which for me, is what music is a huge part of. Don't end sentences with prepositions."

1) Beck -Rowboat

2) Astrud Gilberto-How Insensitive

3)13th Floor Elevators-Splash One

4)Badly Drawn Boy- You Were Right

5)Beau Brummels-Laugh Laugh

6)Beck-We Live Again

7)Bee Gees-Kilburn Towers

8)Bee Gees-Jive Talkin’

9)Belly-Feed the Tree

10)Big Star-Nightime

11)Big Star-You Get What You Deserve

12)Bjork-Isobel

13)Blondie-Sunday Girl

14)Blur-To the End

15)Blur-This is a Low

16)Bob Dylan-Positively Fourth Street

17)Bob Dylan-Lay Down Your Weary Tune

18)Bob Welch-Sentimental Lady

19)Breeders-Safari

20)Breeders-Hellbound

21)Bryan MacLean-People

22)Buddy Holly-Wishing

23)Buffalo Springfield-Expecting to Fly

23)Buffalo Springfield-Pretty Girl Why

24)Buzzcocks-Lipstick

25)Buzzcocks-Love You More

26)Camper Van Beethoven-She Divines Water

27)Camper Van Beethoven-Sweethearts

28)Cavedogs-Leave Me Alone

29)Chris Bell-I Am the Cosmos

30)Chris Isaak-Wicked Game

31)Harry Nilsson-All I Think About is You

32)Count Five-Psychotic Reaction

33)Cream-SWLABR

34)Cream-Badge

35)Culture Club-Do You Really Wanna Hurt Me

36)Cure-Catch

37)Cure-Let’s Go to Bed

38)Cure-Love Song

39)David Bowie-Always Crashing in the Same Car

40)David Bowie-Heroes

41)David Bowie-Rock and Roll Suicide

42)David Bowie-Man Who Sold the World

43)Dennis Crommett-My Darling

44)Depeche Mode-Enjoy the Silence

45)Derek and the Dominoes-Keep on Growing

46)Donovan-Breezes of Patchulie

47)Eagles-I Can’t Tell You Why

48)Echo and the Bunnymen-The Killing Moon

49)Eddy Grant-Electric Avenue

50)Electric Prunes-Bangles

51)Elvis Costello-Riot Act

52)Elvis Costello-This Year’s Girl

53)Elvis Costello-Clubland

54)Elvis Presley-If I Can Dream

55)Figments-Was

56)Fountains of Wayne-Sick Day

57)Frank Sinatra/A.C Jobim-Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars

58)Galaxie 500-Another Day

59)George Harrison-All things Must Pass

60)Grant Lee Buffalo-Fuzzy

61)-Grateful Dead-Brokedown Palace

62)Guided By Voices-Echoes Myron

63)Fawns-This Time

64)Harry Nilsson-Sleep Late My Lady Friend

65)Hollies-Look Through Any Window

66)Honeybus-I Can’t Let Maggie Go

67)Human League-Fascination

68)Humbert-The Freezer

69)Iggy Pop-Lust For Life

70)Jefferson Airplane-DCBA 25

71)Gerry Rafferty-Baker Street

72)Jimi Hendrix Experience-1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)

73)Joe Jackson-Breaking Us in Two

74)Journey-Don’t Stop Believing

75)Joy Divison-Decades

76)Joy Division-Shadowplay

77)Joy Division-Love Will Tear Us Apart

78)kd lang-Miss Chatelaine

79)KISS-King of the Nighttime World

80)KISS-Sure Know Something

81)Led Zeppelin-10 Years Gone

82)Led Zeppelin-That’s the Way

83)Lee Hazelwood/Nancy Sinatra-Summer Wine

84)Leonard Cohen-So Long, Marianne

85)Lou Reed-The Blue Mask

86)Love-You Set the Scene

87)Love-Que Vida

88)Love-The Daily Planet

89)Lovin’ Spoonful-Darlin Be Home Soon

90)Lovin’ Spoonful-Rain on the Roof

91)Lovin’ Spoonful- Six O’Clock

92)Mark Mulcahy-I Woke Up on the Mayflower

93)Marshall Crenshaw-Someday Someway

94)Mazzy Star-Fade into You

95)Men At Work-Overkill

96)Michael Nesmith-Nevada Fighter

97)Michael Nesmith-Rio

98)Michael Penn-No Myth

99)Morrissey-Girl Least Likely To

100)Neil Diamond-Shilo

101)Neil Diamond-Longfellow Serenade

102)New Order-Age of Consent

103)Nick Drake-At the Chime of a City Clock

104)Nick Drake-Northern Sky

105)Nick Lowe-Cruel to be Kind

106)Nick Lowe-American Squirm

107)Nico-Fairest of the Seasons

108)NRBQ-Yes Yes Yes

109)Pavement-Father to a Sister of Thought

110)Pink Floyd-Fearless

111)Pink Floyd-See Emily Play

112)Pixies-Where is My Mind

113)Pixies-Velouria

114)Prince-Take Me With You

115)Queen-Under Pressure

116)Quicksilver Messenger Service-Fresh Air

117)REM-Pretty Persuasion

118)REM-You Are the Everything

119)REM-Cuyahoga

120)Radiohead-High and Dry

121)Ringo Starr-Photograph

122)Robyn Hitchcock-One Long Pair of Eyes

123)Robyn Hitchcock-Driving Aloud

124)Rod Stewart-Mandolin Wind

125)Rolling Stone-Under My Thumb

126)Rolling Stones-Moonlight Mile

127)Rolling Stones-Dandilion

128)Rolling Stones-Rocks Off

129)Sam Phillips-Five Colors

130)Serge Gainsbourg-Initials B.B.

131)Simon and Garfunkel-Fakin’ It

132)Simon and Garfunkel-I Am a Rock

133)Sonic Youth-Candle

134)Split Enz-I Got You

135)Spouse-Wonder Woman

136)Steely Dan-Bad Sneakers

137)Steely Dan-Hey Nineteen

138)Stereolab-The Flower Called Nowhere

139)Stone Roses-I Am the Resurrection

140)Stone Roses-Sugar Spun Sister

141)Husker Du-She Floated Away

142)Jesus and Mary Chain- The Hardest Walk

143)Jesus and Mary Chain-Darklands

144)Supergrass-Alright

145)Supergrass-Late in the Day

146)Syd Barrett-Late Night

147)Syd Barrett-Wined and Dined

148)Talking Heads-Heaven

149)Tappan Zee-The Only Ones

150)Television-Venus

151)Terrence Trent D’Arby-Delicate

152)The Animals-It’s My Life

153)The Association-Along Comes Mary

154)The Beach Boys-Don’t Worry Baby

155)The Beach Boys-Warmth of the Sun

156)Th eBeach Boys-God Only Knows

157)The Beach Boys-Busy Doin’ Nothing

158)The Beach Boys-Surf’s Up

159)The Beatles-Every Little Thing

160)The Beatles-And Your Bird Can Sing

161)The Beatles-For No One

162)The Beatles-A Day in the Life

163)The Beatles-Strawberry Fields Forever

164)The Blues Magoos-One By One

165)The Byrds-Goin’ Back

166)The Byrds-I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better

167)The Church-Under the Milky Way

168)The Clash-Safe European Home

169)The Clientele-Five Day Morning

170)The Doors-Moonlight Drive

171)Dukes of Stratosphere-Pale and Precious

172)Easybeats-Friday on My Mind

173)The Fall-Hexen Difinitive

174)The Fall-Totally Wired

175)The Fall-Hotel Bloedel

176)Flying Burrito Brothers-Sin City

177)The Jam-Monday

178)The Kinks-Animal Farm

179)The Kinks-Days

180)The Kinks-Waterloo Sunset

181)Th eKinks-This is Where I Belong

182)The Kinks-Wonderboy

183)The La’s-There She Goes

184)Left Banke-Walk Away Renee

185)The Maggies-Dead Jones

186)The Magnetic Fields-I Think I Need a New Heart

187)The Millennium-It’s You

188)Bob Dylan-Desolation Row

189)Bob Dylan-Simple Twist of Fate

190)The Vejitables-I Still Love You

191)The Monkees-Pleasant Valley Sunday

192)The Monkees-Randy Scouse Git

193)The Monkees-While I Cry

194)The Monkees-The Girl I Knew Somewhere

195)The Monkees-The Door into Summer

196)The Move-This Time Tomorrow

197)The Move-(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree

198)The Ocean Blue-Between Something and Nothing

199)The Pernice Brothers-Overcome By Happiness

200)The Police-Walking On the Moon

201)The Pretenders-Talk of the Town

202)The Pretty Things-Walking Through My Dreams

203)The Primitives-Summer Rain

204)The Small Faces-Afterglow

205)The Smithereens-In a Lonely Place

206)The Lonesome Brothers-Made of Stone

207)The Smiths-There is a Light That Never Goes Out

208)The Smiths-William It Was Really Nothing

209)The Smiths-Reel Around the Fountain

210)The Turtles-Love in the City

211)Throwing Muses-Green

212)Todd Rundgren-Hello It’s Me

213)Tom Petty-The Waiting

214)Tommy James and the Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion

215)Traffic-Paper Sun

216)Travis-All I Want to Do Is Rock

217)Tribe-Tied

218)U2-The Three Sunrises

219)U2-Unforgettable Fire

220)Ultra Vivid Scene-Special One

221)Van Morrison-The Way Young Lovers Do

222)Velvet Underground-Here She Comes Now

223)Velvet Underground-Stephanie Says

224)Velvet Underground-What Goes On

225)Wedding Present-Go Out and Get ‘em Boy

226)Wedding Present-Dalliance

227)Ween-Ocean Man

228)The Who-I Can’t Reach You

229)The Who-Won’t Get Fooled Again

230)They Might Be Giants-Birdhouse in Your Soul

231)World Party-Is it Like Today

232)XTC-Ladybird

233)XTC-Jason and the Argonauts

234)XTC-Respectable St.

235)XTC-Then She Appeared

236)XTC-Are You Receiving Me

237)Yann Tiersen-L’autre Valse d’Amelie

238)Yardbirds-Happenings 10 Years Time Ago

239)Yo La Tengo-Autumn Sweater

240)The Zombies-I Know She Will

241)The Zombies-Beechwood Park