Do Not Read This (Top 10 Singles)

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Product:	Top 10 Singles
Date:	16/08/02 (16 review reads)
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Top 10 singles. Man, I thought it would be easy but this has come out much harder than I expected it to be. I mean, choosing from such an array of golden oldies and modern cult favourites was just plain hard. So here goes:

10. Coldplay, Don't Panic (Parachutes)

Probably their finest moment to date, Don't Panic was the shining moment on surprise cult hit Parachutes. It's blend of pounding but slow drums and acoustic guitars meld into a beautiful psychedelic chorus that screams to be heard. The sound of the song is sad, Chris Martin sounds sad but this song is anything but bad.

9. The Ramones, Blitzkrieg Bop (The Ramones)

Probably the essential bubblegum rock track and the song that brought them to worldwide fame. The addictive bassline is the key, morping into an anthemic (albeit meaningless) chant of "hey-ho, let's go". The chorus incorporates typical 1970s synthesisers underneath all those fuzzy guitars that distort their way through the song.

8. Beach Boys, Good Vibrations (Smiley Smile)

Ok, it was a tough choice between this and God Only Knows but although nobody can deny allthe heartbreaking emotion filling the latter, Good Vibrations makes the bigger impact with its catchy vocal melodies and a memorably vocal orientated chorus. All instruments are unusually understated with the focus being on the vocals. A great song with a real upbeat feel.

7. Nirvana, About A Girl (Bleach)

Originally thought to be a Beatles-cover at early Nirvana shows, this was actually an original song penned by the late Kurt Cobain. It remains the second best song they ever wrote, the first coming a bit higher up on this list. The song's toned down pop riff showed the world what was to come on massive success Nevermind, while also bearing some of the funniest lyrics Kurt ever wrote. The song's about someone falling for a stripper who dumps him but then he can still "watch her ever
y night for free". Essentially tongue in cheek with a great mixture of upbeat melodies and deadbeat lyrics. It's a funny and infectious cocktail.

6. Blink-182, Adam's Song (Enema of The State)

Undoubtedly the most serious, heartfelt and downright emotional song any punk band has made. While Blink-182 essentially excel at a fun cocktail of dumbass behaviour and Ramones-esque melodies, this really gave us a glimpse of the more serious band they could become. The riff is unexplicably depressing while the lyrics, based on an e-mail bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus received from a suicidal fan as a suicide not, have the ability to melt the coldest of hearts with their deadbeat realistic look on the grim reality of life.

5. Weezer, Buddy Holly (Weezer, 1994)

Other than Nirvana, Weezer have been the freshest band of the last ten years, resorting to no cliches and continually making perfectional pop songs. This, their breakthrough hit is probably more famous for its Happy Days set video by Spike Jonz but unlike other bad songs covered by excellent videos (everything Eminem has done) Buddy Holly is an original, fresh and downright hilarious romp of a hit. It's actually the first single released in the geek rock genre that Weezer created so can be classed up there as one of "those" songs like Smells Like Teen Spirit. The song features impeccably fun air guitar solos and another fun chorus to boot.

4. Nirvana, Lithium (Nevermind)

Nirvana's greatest moment is another schizophrenic song, mixing a high adrenaline distorted guitar drenched chorus with low-key, bass guitar led verses. The schizophrenic feel fits the melancholic lyrics of the song that deal with depression and loneliness. High energy.

3. Green Day, Stuck With Me (Insomniac)

Everybody cites their favourite Green Day song as Brain Stew or more commonly Basket Case but Stuck With Me is criminally underrated in these stak
es. It boasts the catchiest, most melodic guitar hook Green Day ever created while retaining the sense of hopelessness that littered all their previous hits. Lyrics dealing with manic depressiveness and severe loneliness meld into yet another anthemic chorus with memorable lines such as "I'm not subservient to you, I'm just alright" littered throughout the song. The track deserves full kudos from everybody- simple, enjoyable, offensive stuff with all the punk attitude that critics say Green Day never had.

2. Weezer, The Good Life (Pinkerton)

The second single from my favourite album of all time (see comprehensive, eight-paged, crown winning opinion) isn't Weezer's finest moment (Pink Triangle from the same album is) but is undoubtedly their best single mixing a harmonic chorus with deadbeat lyrics that spew anger and emotion from everywhere. The Good Life is a tour de force and a tour de force of grim realism with Rivers Cuomo's biting lyrics making this more of a social satire than a pop song, "Excuse the bitching, I shouldn't complain, I should have more feeling, because feeling's pain". The guitar riff is more infectious than anything you've ever heard, yes, anything you've ever heard. The guitar solo is decidely convoluted in the spirit of Pinkerton. Not a big hit, but a big song at over four minutes long.

1. Pulp Fiction Theme Tune (Pulp Fiction)

Ok, controversial choice, I know but one cannot deny the sense of cool, charisma and downright catchiness this theme tune emits. The film is fantastic and so is the delicious soundtrack, but nothing ever comes up to this classic. Mandolins, guitars, bass guitars all contribute to the best theme tune ever made- putting such favourites as Mission:Impossible and James Bond 007 to shame. At only two minutes, this instrumental never gest boring and who can forget the classic scene in the film where it's incorporated. Excellent. <
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Well, it's up to your comments now to justify this list so go ahead.

Thanks everybody for the two crowns and the support.

Drop me a line on the message boards, I always reply- let's make this crown number three baby, yeh!

Chow

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