Method

Foreword


I apologise ahead for all the spelling and grammatical mistakes - the online version is completely unedited. I also wish to apologise for any infringements on the copyright of any images used in the following posts. I in no way claim authorship of the images (unless specified otherwise). Otherwise I claim complete copyright to all texts on this blog.

Now I hope you enjoy the blog version of METHOD. The writing of which started at the beginning of 2005 and was published online at the end of 2006.  Method is a six part series so bare with me... here we go!

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23.6.07

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0710-0701


0710 - The Bee Gees : Tragedy


0709 - Band Aid : Do They Know It's Christmas?


0708 - The Pursuit of Happiness : I'm An Adult Now


0707 - Bo Diddley : Bo Diddley


0706 - Jeff Buckley : Lover, You Should've Come Over


0705 - Linkin Park : Somewhere I Belong


0704 - Duran Duran : The Reflex


0703 - Australian Crawl : The Boys Light Up


0702 - UB40 : Red Red Wine


0701 - Stevie Wright : Evie (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0720-0711


0720 - Belle & Sebastian : You're Just A Baby


0719 - This Mortal Coil : Song To The Siren


0718 - The Isley Brothers : Shout (Parts 1 and 2)


0717 - Los Del Rio : Macarena


0716 - Red Rider : Lunatic Fringe


0715 - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes : (I've Had) The Time Of My Life


0714 - Primal Scream : Loaded


0713 - Jimmy Barnes : Working Class Man


0712 - Hanson : Mmmbop


0711 - Cypress Hill : Insane In The Brain

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0730-0721


0730 - Berlin : Take My Breath Away


0729 - Ten Years After : I’d Love To Change The World


0728 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club : Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll?


0727 - Fats Domino : Blueberry Hill


0726 - Divinyls : Pleasure & Pain


0725 - Pete Townsend : Let My Love Open The Door


0724 - Collective Soul : December


0723 - The Sugarhill Gang : Rapper's Delight


0722 - Chicago : If You Leave Me Now


0721 - Katrina & The Waves : Walking On Sunshine

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0740-0731


0740 - Dave Edmunds : I Hear You Knocking


0739 - Kenny Wayne Sheppard : Blue On Black


0738 - N.W.A. : Straight Outta Compton


0737 - Missy Elliott : Work It


0736 - Culture Club : Do You Really Want to Hurt Me


0735 - Alice In Chains : Would?


0734 - Björk : Hyperballad


0733 - Wire : Outdoor Miner


0732 - Audioslave : Like A Stone


0731 - Magazine : Shot By Both Sides

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0750-0741


0750 - The Sugarcubes : Birthday


0749 - Kenny Loggins : Footloose


0748 - Faith No More : Ashes To Ashes


0747 - Mission Of Burma : That's When I Reach For My Revolver


0746 - Johnny Nash : I Can See Clearly Now


0745 - Bobby McFerrin : Don't Worry, Be Happy


0744 - The Replacements : I Will Dare


0743 - The Living End : Prisoner Of Society


0742 - Cameo : Word Up


0741 - AFI : Girl's Not Grey

21.6.07

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0760-0751


0760 - Iron Maiden : The Number of The Beast


0759 - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force : Planet Rock


0758 - Traffic : Dear Mr. Fantasy


0757 - Mike & The Mechanics : The Living Years


0756 - Tori Amos : Cornflake Girl


0755 - James Brown : Papa's Got A Brand New Bag


0754 - System Of A Down : Aerials


0753 - Natalie Imbruglia : Torn


0752 - The Crystals : Da Doo Ron Ron


0751 - Aphex Twin : Windowlicker

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0770-0761


0770 - Presidents Of The USA : Lump


0769 - Skyhooks : Living In The 70's


0768 - The Chemical Brothers : Block Rockin' Beats


0767 - Junior Murvin : Police And Thieves


0766 - Alien Ant Farm : Smooth Criminal


0765 - Ram Jam : Black Betty


0764 - The Flamingos : I Only Have Eyes For You


0763 - The Jesus and Mary Chain : Just Like Honey


0762 - Ray Charles : I Can't Stop Loving You


0761 - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl : Fairytale of New York

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0780-0771


0780 - 2Pac & Dr. Dre : California Love


0779 - Ben Folds Five : Brick


0778 - Travis : Why Does It Always Rain On Me?


0777 - Mudhoney : Touch Me, I'm Sick


0776 - Glen Campbell : Wichita Lineman


0775 - Lemonheads : It's A Shame About Ray


0774 - Crosby, Stills & Nash : Suite: Judy Blue Eyes


0773 - The Coasters : Yakety Yak


0772 - Goanna : Solid Rock


0771 - Chubby Checker : The Twist

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0790-0781


0790 - The Archies : Sugar, Sugar


0789 - Elliott Smith : Speed Trials


0788 - Fairport Convention : Who Knows Where The Time Goes


0787 - Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five : White Lines (Don't Do It)


0786 - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers : Why Do Fools Fall in Love


0785 - Dragon : Are You Old Enough?

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0784 - Big Audio Dynamite : Rush


0783 - Bauhaus : Bela Lugosi's Dead


0782 - Rick Astley : Never Gonna Give You Up


0781 - Whitney Houston : I Will Always Love You

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0800-0791


0800 - KC & The Sunshine Band : That's The Way (I Like It)


0799 - The Drifters : Save the Last Dance for Me


0798 - The Shirelles : Will You Love Me Tomorrow?


0797 - James Gang : Walk Away


0796 - Hüsker Dü : Makes No Sense at All


0795 - Everlast : What It's Like


0794 - Stardust : Music Sounds Better With You


0793 - Roxette : The Look


0792 - XTC : Dear God


0791 - Pilot : January

20.6.07

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0810-0801


0810 - Wheatus : Teenage Dirtbag


0809 - Tricky : Black Steel


0808 - Jay-Z : 99 Problems


0807 - The Platters : The Great Pretender


0806 - Mike Watt : Against the 70's


0805 - Dolly Parton : Jolene


0804 - The Shangri-La's : Leader of the Pack


0803 - Cowboy Junkies : Sweet Jane


0802 - Gangajang : Sounds Of Then


0801 - The Undertones : Teenage Kicks

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0820-0811


0820 - Wilson Pickett : In the Midnight Hour


0819 - Barry White : Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe


0818 - James : Laid


0817 - Bonnie Tyler : Total Eclipse Of The Heart


0816 - Foghat : Slow Ride


0815 - The Yardbirds : For Your Love


0814 - Grateful Dead : Truckin'


0813 - Gene Vincent : Be-Bop-a-Lula


0812 - Eddie Cochran : Summertime Blues


0811 - Mazzy Star : Fade Into You

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0830-0821


0830 - Muddy Waters : Mannish Boy


0829 - Echo & The Bunnymen : The Killing Moon


0828 - Edwin Starr : War


0827 - The Spice Girls : Say You'll Be There


0826 - Lipps Inc. : Funkytown



0825 - Funkadelic : One Nation Under A Groove


0824 - LL Cool J : Mama Said Knock You Out


0823 - John Farnham : You're The Voice


0822 - Happy Mondays : Kinky Afro


0821 - Nazareth : Love Hurts

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0840-0831


0840 - Diesel : Tip Of My Tongue


0839 - Gang of Four : Damaged Goods


0838 - The Young Rascals : Groovin'


0837 - Kurtis Blow : The Breaks


0836 - Robert Johnson : Crossroad Blues


0835 - Muse : New Born


0834 - The Turtles : So Happy Together


0833 - M/A/R/R/S : Pump Up the Volume


0832 - The Shadows & Cliff Richard : Move It


0831 - Fuel : Shimmer

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0850-0841


0850 - Everything But The Girl : Missing (Todd Terry Remix)


0849 - Steve Earle : Copperhead Road


0848 - Bloc Party : Banquet


0847 - Jackie Wilson : (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher


0846 - Nena : 99 Luft Balloons


0845 - Cat Stevens : Peace Train


0844 - Mighty Mighty Bosstones : The Impression That I Get


0843 - Kim Wilde : Keep Me Hangin' On


0842 - George McRae : Rock Your Baby


0841 - Toni Basil : Mickey

19.6.07

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0860-0851


0860 - Everclear : Santa Monica


0859 - The Waterboys : The Whole of the Moon


0858 - Paul Kelly : Dumb Things


0857 - Howlin' Wolf : Smokestack Lightnin'


0856 - Carl Douglas : Kung Fu Fighting


0855 - Melissa Etheridge : Bring Me Some Water


0854 - Phantom Planet : California


0853 - The Go-Go's : Our Lips Are Sealed


0852 - Frankie Valli : Grease Is The Word


0851 - Mary Wells : My Guy

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0870-0861


0870 - Dennis Waterman : I Could Be So Good For You


0869 - Barenaked Ladies : One Week


0868 - Catherine Wheel : Crank


0867 - Geto Boys : Mind Playing Tricks On Me


0866 - Johnny Horton : The Battle of New Orleans


0865 - Veruca Salt : Seether


0864 - Pink : Get The Party Started


0863 - Musical Youth : Pass The Dutchie


0862 - Arcade Fire : Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)


0861 - Ann Peebles : I Can't Stand the Rain

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0880-0871


0880 - Lauryn Hill : Doo Wop (That Thing)


0879 - Tommy James & The Shondells : Mony Mony


0878 - Nick Drake : Pink Moon


0877 - Sheryl Crow : If It Makes You Happy


0876 - Macy Gray : I Try


0875 - Tenacious D : Tribute


0874 - Rocky Horror Picture Show : Time Warp


0873 - Carole King : I Feel The Earth Move


0872 - Count Five : Psychotic Reaction


0871 - The Staple Singers : Respect Yourself

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0890-0881


0890 - Sam And Dave : Soul Man


0889 - John Lee Hooker : Boogie Chillen


0888 - Neneh Cherry : Buffalo Stance


0887 - Allman Brothers : Ramblin' Man


0886 - Gladys Knight and The Pips : Midnight Train to Georgia


0885 - Pat Benatar : All Fired Up


0884 - The Saints : (I'm) Stranded


0883 - Boney M : Rivers Of Babylon


0882 - Warren G feat. Nate Dogg : Regulate


0881 - Benny Goodman : Sing, Sing, Sing

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0900-0891


0900 - Right Said Fred : I'm Too Sexy


0899 - Dion & Belmonts : Runaround Sue


0898 - Toné Loc : Wild Thing


0897 - The Penguins : Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)


0896 - Eels : Novocaine For The Soul


0895 - Danny and The Juniors : At the Hop


0894 - Ray Parker Jr : Ghostbusters


0893 - OMC : How Bizarre


0892 - The Faces : Stay With Me


0891 - Hum : Stars

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0910-0901


0910 - Dick Dale And His Del-Tones : Misirlou


0909 - Tom Jones : She's A Lady


0908 - Electric Six : Danger! High Voltage!


0907 - Grand Funk Railroad : We're An American Band


0906 - English Beat : Save It For Later


0905 - The Modern Lovers : Roadrunner


0904 - Boomtown Rats : I Don't Like Mondays


0903 - Basement Jaxx : Where's Your Head At?


0902 - Elmore James : Dust My Broom


0901 - Chris Isaak : Wicked Game

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0920-0911


0920 - Randy Newman : Sail Away


0919 - Rancid : Ruby Soho


0918 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark : Enola Gay


0917 - Suzi Quatro : Devil Gate Drive


0916 - Nelly Furtado : I'm Like A Bird


0915 - The Emotions : Best Of My Love


0914 - The Darkness : I Believe In A Thing Called Love


0913 - The Searchers : When You Walk In The Room


0912 - Badfinger : No Matter What


0911 - Psychedelic Furs : Pretty in Pink

18.6.07

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0930-0921


0930 - Spandau Ballet : To Cut A Long Story Short


0929 - Janet Jackson : Together Again


0928 - The Avalanches : Since I Left You


0927 - Salt-N-Pepa : Push It


0926 - Justin Timberlake : Cry Me a River


0925 - Leonard Cohen : Suzanne


0924 - Counting Crows feat. Vanessa Carlton : Big Yellow Taxi


0923 - Aaliyah : Try Again


0922 - ABC : The Look of Love


0921 - Siouxsie and The Banshees : Hong Kong Garden

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0940-0931


0940 - Hoodoo Gurus : What's My Scene?


0939 - Styx : Come Sail Away


0938 - The Ventures : Walk, Don't Run


0937 - Robert Wyatt : Shipbuilding


0936 - Judy Garland : Over The Rainbow


0935 - Gene Chandler : Duke of Earl


0934 - Mountain : Mississippi Queen


0933 - Antony and The Johnsons : Hope There's Someone


0932 - Judas Priest : You've Got Another Thing Coming


0931 - Des'ree : You've Gotta Be

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0950-0941


0950 - Soup Dragons feat. Junior Reid : I'm Free


0949 - Cutting Crew : (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight


0948 - Al Stewart : The Year Of The Cat


0947 - J.J. Cale : Cocaine


0946 - Miles Davis : So What


0945 - Focus : Hocus Pocus


0944 - Merril Bainbridge : Mouth


0943 - James Carr : The Dark End of the Street


0942 - !!! : Me And Giuliani Down the Schoolyard (A True Story)


0941 - 808 State : Pacific State

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0960-0951


0960 - Arctic Monkeys : I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor


0959 - Placebo : Every You Every Me


0958 - The Postal Service : Such Great Heights



0957 - Iron Butterfly : In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida


0956 - Kool & The Gang : Celebration


0955 - Daft Punk : Da Funk


0954 - The Carpenters : We've Only Just Begun


0953 - The Libertines : Can't Stand Me Now


0952 - Lloyd Price : Stagger Lee


0951 - Nina Simone : My Baby Just Cares For Me

Top 1000 Songs of Popular Culture: 0970-0961


0970 - The Future Sound of London : Papua New Guinea


0969 - Kaiser Chiefs : I Predict A Riot


0968 - Bobby Fuller Four : I Fought The Law


0967 - Mondo Rock : Come Said The Boy


0966 - Curtis Mayfield : Move On Up


0965 - Mental As Anything : Nips Are Getting Bigger


0964 - Wall of Voodoo : Mexican Radio


0963 - Canned Heat : On The Road Again


0962 - Third Eye Blind : Semi-Charmed Life


0961 - At The Drive-In : One Armed Scissor