Song Poll

It's time for the Norm Blog Song Poll. Do enter. Here's my list:

Surf's Up - David Thomas and Two Pale Boys (an amazing version of the Beach Boys song)

It's Alright Ma - Bob Dylan

Sign O' The Times - Prince

Transmission - Joy Division

This Charming Man - The Smiths

Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris (an excellent version of the Neil Young song)

Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

Monkey's Gone to Heaven - Pixies

Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have) - The Buzzcocks

Never Stop - Echo and the Bunnymen

Perfect Day - Lou Reed

RoadRunner - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones

The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Reward - Teardrop Explodes

Once In a Lifetime - Talking Heads

A New England - Billy Bragg

London Calling - The Clash

I Kill Therefore I Am - Phil Ochs

American Without Tears - Elvis Costello

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones

Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield

Holiday In Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys

Miss Otis Regrets - Ella Fitzgerald

That's a list that can be expanded. Songs that should go on but didn't (because I didn't think of them until now) include:

Hurt - Johnny Cash (Wow!)

Fairy Tale In New York - The Pogues and Kirsty McColl

You Really Got Me - The Kinks

Just do it. You know you want to.