iPod Top 100: 2017

Because the unexamined musical taste is not worth indulging.

And yes, a lot of stuff off of soundtracks this year, along with stuff I was listening to on KROQ when I moved to Los Angeles 20 years ago this past August. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

I hope there will be more looking forward musically in 2018, rather than looking back.

1. “Love Is” – Dude York
2. “You’ll Never Walk Alone” – Dropkick Murphys
3. “I Love Rock ‘N Roll” – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
4. “Talk to Me” – Run the Jewels
5. “I Love Seattle” – Tacocat
6. “Nowhere to Run” – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
7. “Big Time” – Peter Gabriel
8. “Fight the Power” – Public Enemy
9. “The Power” – Sweet Spirit
10. “Love” – Lana Del Rey
11. “Add It Up” – Violent Femmes
12. “Little Blue World” – Jeremy Messersmith
13. “Morning Glory (iTunes Live: London Festival)” – Oasis
14. “Everywhere” – Ex Hex
15. “Gamma Knife” – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
16. “Cigarettes & Alcohol” – Oasis
17. “Fox on the Run” – The Sweet
18. “Blister in the Sun” – Violent Femmes
19. “Der Kommissar” – After the Fire
20. “Immigrant Song” – Led Zeppelin
21. “Don’t Look Back in Anger” – Oasis
22. “Baby Driver” – Simon & Garfunkel
23. “Hazy Shade of Winter” – The Bangles
24. “The End of Things” – Bob Mould
25. “Nightmare” – Bruise Violet

26. “Change for the World” – Charles Bradley
27. “Should I Stay or Should I Go” – The Clash
28. “Baby in Blue Jeans” – L.A. Witch
29. “Desperation” – Bread & Butter
30. “Sunglasses at Night” – Corey Hart
31. “Silver Velvet” – The Courtneys
32. “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim” – Jim Croce
33. “I Wanna Be Sedated” – Nouvelle Vague
34. “Supersonic” – Oasis
35. “By the Time I Get to Arizona” – Public Enemy
36. “Talking in Your Sleep” – The Romantics
37. “Shut Up Kiss Me” – Angel Olsen
38. “Mr. Blue Sky” – Electric Light Orchestra
39. “Ain’t No Grave” – Johnny Cash
40. “Wonderwall” – Oasis
41. “Goody Two Shoes” – Adam Ant
42. “Blood Sandwich” – Aesop Rock
43. “The New Pollution” – Beck
44. “Hey Devil!” CeCe Winans
45. “Surrender” – Cheap Trick
46. “Easy” – The Commodores
47. “Boneyard” – Fink
48. “Freedom! ’90” – George Michael
49. “Out of My Mind” – Kabul Dreams
50. “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (iTunes Live: London Festival)” – Oasis

51. “Rebel without a Pause” – Public Enemy
52. “Know How” – Young MC
53. “London Calling” – The Clash
54. “My Sweet Lord” – George Harrison
55. “The Outsiders” – Kweku Collins
56. “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” – Looking Glass
57. “99 Luftballons” – Nena
58. “Champagne Supernova” – Oasis
59. “Heroes” – Peter Gabriel
60. “A Life Worth Living” – Quantic
61. “Kiss Off” – Violent Femmes
62. “Debra” – Beck
63. “Song 2” – Blur
64. “Criminal” – Fiona Apple
65. “The Chain” – Fleetwood Mac
66. “Southern Nights” – Glen Campbell
67. “Radar Love” – Golden Earring
68. “Memories are Now” – Jesca Hoop
69. “Freeze” – Manu Delago
70. “Some Might Say” – Oasis
71. “Karma Police” – Radiohead
72. “Bitter Sweet Symphony” – The Verve
73. “Beautiful Disaster” – 311
74. “Let’s Go Away for Awhile” – The Beach Boys
75. “Tequila” – Button Down Brass

76. “B-A-B-Y” – Carla Thomas
77. “Girls on Film” – Duran Duran
78. “Come a Little Bit Closer” – Jay & The Americans
79. “Hace Falta” – Los Cafres
80. “Sex and Candy” – Marcy Playground
81. “Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)” – Peter Schilling
82. “Smack My Bitch Up” – The Prodigy
83. “911 is a Joke” – Public Enemy
84. “Cool Kids” – Shana Falana
85. “Island” – Surfer Blood
86. “Semi-Charmed Life” – Third Eye Blind
87. “The Freshmen” – Verve Pipe
88. “Harlem Shuffle” – Bob & Earl
89. “Father and Son” – Cat Stevens
90. “Neat Neat Neat” – The Damned
91. “Unsquare Dance” – The Dave Brubeck Quartet
92. “Cat People (Putting Out the Fire)” – David Bowie
93. “I Ran (So Far Away)” – Flock of Seagulls
94. “Everlong” – Foo Fighters
95. “Father Figure” – George Michael
96. “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” – Green Day
97. “Blue Monday” – HEALTH
98. “Bongolia” – Incredible Bongo Band
99. “Bellbottoms” – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
100. “Live Forever” – Oasis

Previous top 100 lists can be found here: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

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