edder: Why "Out of Time" instead of any other Blur song that isn't there? I can think of several singles of these that charted higher, sold more, were more influential and were more acclaimed. Namely "Popscene" (often considered one of the first real "Britpop" singles) and "Beetlebum".

Piper, I like the way how you do the questions and is a pleasure to answer.

I am human being and make mistakes like everyone, I made the list very quickly, currently in a week, and that is why I do not consider it perfect. In fact that detail escaped to me, but I think that's why I upload it to the forum in oreder that other people review it and tell me those weak spots that the list has and correct them.

As for "Out Of Time", I will keep the song but also I will add "Beetlebum", I think it is a major omission I made in the list, thanks for letting me notice.

I would definitely add "Makes No Sense At All." It was one of their most popular tunes and certainly their most acclaimed.

Definitely agree on "Makes No Sense At All." The blueprint for everything that the Foo Fighters ever did, for example, is right there.

Rather than include "She Drives Me Crazy", which was much more of a pop record, I'd go with something from the English Beat, probably "Mirror In The Bathroom".

Not sure I see anything alternative about "All I Wanna Do".

Something by XTC? "Dear God", "Generals & Majors"?

I'm sure I'll think of other things that belong, but overall I think it's a good list.

Edder's list isn't the official list, its just a list Avery and I are apparently constructing the real one out of.

XTC certainly belong on here. "Dear God" is definitely the one song of theirs that should be here. I think "Senses Working Overtime" is a better candidate if we should have a second XTC song instead of "Generals and Majors"

"All I Wanna Do" is not an alternative song.

i just think it looks weird for Hurt to be over Closer.

Agreed.

Uh big yes on "West End Girls." It should be mega-high. Or not but it's still the shit beyond the shit. Also Chameleons "Second Skin" maybezzzz.

Oh cha and uh what about oh Squeeze and Tempted.

The new list, based on the rules for the artist page:

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
3. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
4. Blue Monday - New Order
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
6. How Soon is Now? - The Smiths
7. Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth
8. Paranoid Android - Radiohead
9. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
10. Jeremy - Pearl Jam
11. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
12. Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
13. Monkey Gone to Heaven - Pixies
14. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
15. Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
16. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
17. I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses
18. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
19. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
20. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
21. Waiting Room - Fugazi
22. Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
23. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
24. There is a Light that Never Goes Out - The Smiths
25. Creep - Radiohead
26. Going Underground - The Jam
27. Tonight, Tonight - The Smashing Pumpkins
28. Closer - Nine Inch Nails
29. Common People - Pulp
30. Last Nite - The Strokes
31. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
32. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
33. Wonderwall - Oasis
34. Atmosphere - Joy Division
35. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
36. Loser - Beck
37. All Apologies - Nirvana
38. Under the Milky Way - The Church
39. Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain
40. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
41. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
42. Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
43. Song for the Siren - This Mortal Coil
44. Do You Realize?? - The Flaming Lips
45. Come as You Are - Nirvana
46. Cut Your Hair - Pavement
47. I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses
48. Clocks - Coldplay
49. Song 2 - Blur
50. 1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins
51. There She Goes - The La's
52. Linger - The Cranberries
53. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
54. She's Lost Control - Joy Division
55. Alison - Elvis Costello
56. This Charming Man - The Smiths
57. Bull in the Heather - Sonic Youth
58. The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
59. Live Forever - Oasis
60. Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction
61. Totaly Wired - The Fall
62. Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr.
63. Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney
64. Higher than the Sun - Primal Scream
65. New Year's Day - U2
66. Mr. Brightside - The Killers
67. Today - The Smashing Pumpkins
68. Better Man - Pearl Jam
69. Tempted - Squeeze
70. This is Not a Love Song - Public Image Ltd.
71. Karma Police - Radiohead
72. 100% - Sonic Youth
73. Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones
74. Lovesong - The Cure
75. Only Shallow - My Bloody Valentine
76. The One I Love - R.E.M.
77. Peek-a-Boo - Siouxsie & the Banshees
78. Where Is My Mind? - Pixies
79. I Will Follow - U2
80. It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
81. Everlong - Foo Fighters
82. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
83. Celebrated Summer - Husker Du
84. Outdoor Miner - Wire
85. Hyperballad - Bjork
86. That's Entertainment - The Jam
87. Bastards of Young - The Replacements
88. Heaven Beside You - Alice in Chains
89. At Home, He's A Tourist - Gang of Four
90. Buddy Holly - Weezer
91. So Alive - Love and Rockets
92. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
93. True Faith - New Order
94. Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
95. When I Come Around - Green Day
96. Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
97. Senses Working Overtime - XTC
98. The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
99. Ghost Town - The Specials
100. Float On - Modest Mouse

101. Idioteque - Radiohead
102. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
103. Fell in Love with a Girl - The White Stripes
104. Cattle and Cane - The Go-Betweens
105. Beetlebum - Blur
106. Debaser - Pixies
107. Left of the Dial - The Replacements
108. What the World is Waiting For - The Stone Roses
109. Sour Times - Portishead
110. Champagne Supernova - Oasis
111. Faster - Manic Street Preachers
112. Indian Summer - Beat Happening
113. Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
114. Think for a Minute - The Housemartins
115. You Get What You Give - New Radicals
116. The Drowners - Suede
117. Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
118. Don't Speak - No Doubt
119. Don't Let's Start - They Might Be Giants
120. Academy Fight Song - Mission of Burma
121. About A Girl - Nirvana
122. The Cutter - Echo and the Bunnymen
123. Mr. Brightside - The Killers
124. Ship of Fools - World Party
125. Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley

Everything below 80 is new except I replaced "Champagne Supernova" with "Live Forever" and I replaced "Cherub Rock" with "Today", both of with are far more influential, acclaimed and popular than what they replaced. I also replaced "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" by Arctic Monkeys with "Tempted" by Squeeze, and it and "Fools Gold" by The Stone Roses are the only songs that have been completely dropped from Skullkid's list.

I could use quite a bit of help with this list. Aside from shearing the songs by artists now on the Influences list, I didn't do much in terms of moving stuff up or down, and quite a few songs look too low or too high.

I have updated the list. You can view the latest version here (it differs from the version you see above): http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/b ... ative.html

Why do you have "Celebrated Summer" instead of "Makes No Sense at All"? The latter is greater.

influence. "Celebrated Summer" is listed by several artists in the lo-fi subgenre as a key influence on their sound. To be honest with you, both songs seemed to have about the same amount of popularity, with "Sense" only having a slight edge due to airplay on 120 Minutes.

If I ever expand the list to 200, "Makes No Sense At All" (and maybe "Could You Be the One?" as well) will definitely make it.

Hmm, I remember making a list exactly like this a few years ago and everyone said it sucked.

Piper, why is "Tonight, Tonight" highest ranked Pumpkins song? Maybe I am missing something, could you explain that to me?

I actually have a new revision coming up in the summer. The changes include "1979" switching with "Tonight, Tonight" as the highest rated Pumpkins song.

These are songs i'm adding in to this revision:
Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye and Kimbra (#1 hit, massive acclaim, popularity, possible influence)
Tighten Up - The Black Keys (breakthrough hit for one of the most popular alternative rock bands of the 2010's)
Madness - Muse (longest run at #1 of any song in the history of the Billboard Alternative chart)
among others
Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons (which brought the "indie folk" subgenre into mainstream conciousness, helping it become one of the most popular genres of alternative music today)
among others

Here's what's in danger of being dropped for those songs:
180. Shot by Both Sides - Magazine
190. Hoppípolla - Sigur Ros
191. That's When I Reach for My Revolver - Mission of Burma
192. U-Mass - Pixies
197. She's In Parties - Bauhaus
200. Starlight - Muse