The 15th Anniversary Party 1/8/05

So to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Top 20 List, I threw a little shindig at my friend’s bar (and home of my part-time job) Vegas in Brooklyn, with me spinning for three hours. The night before I picked out three songs from each list to play, and decided to do it in chronological order. And I did that...until three hours become four on that night. After I was done with my initial 45 songs, I just played a bunch of stuff I liked, and closed with a healthy dose of ’80s hard rock. For those that couldn’t make it, here’s what you missed:

10:00 p.m.
“Suspicious Minds” - Elvis Presley (I had to start with this song -- It was The King’s 70th you know)
“The Days that Used to Be” - Neil Young and Crazy Horse (1990)
“When It Began” - The Replacements (1990)
"Deeper Shade of Soul” - Urban Dance Squad (1990)
“Gett Off” - Prince and the New Power Generation (1991)
“My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style” - Dream Warriors (1991)
“So You Think You’re in Love” - Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians (1991)
“Teen Angst” - Cracker (1992)
“Rockin’ Stroll” - Lemonheads (1992)
“Waiting for Somebody” - Paul Westerberg (1992)
“Feed the Tree” - Belly (1993)
“Sister Havana” - Urge Overkill (1993)
“Easy” - Faith No More (1993)
“Cut Your Hair” - Pavement (1994)
“Star 69” - R.E.M. (1994)
“My Wave” - Soundgarden (1994)
“California” - Wax (1995)

11:00 p.m.
“Sick of Myself” - Matthew Sweet (1995)
“Just” - Radiohead (1995)
“New York City” - They Might Be Giants (1996)
“Only Happy When It Rains” - Garbage (1996)
“Outta Mind (Outta Site)” - Wilco (1996)
“Song 2” - Blur (1997)
“Volcano Girls” - Veruca Salt (1997)
“Staring at the Sun” - U2 (1997)
“Circles” - Soul Coughing (1998)
“Satan Is My Motor” - Cake (1998)
“The Way” - Fastball (1998)
“Utopia Parkway” - Fountains of Wayne (1999)
“Nineteen” - Old 97’s (1999)
“Debra” - Beck (1999)
“Even If You Don’t” - Ween (2000)
“The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret” - Queens of the Stone Age (2000)
“Meltdown” - AC/DC (2000)
“Why Do I Need a Job?” - Bare Jr. (2001)

12:00 a.m.
“Sing” - Travis (2001)
“Island in the Sun” - Weezer (2001)
“What a Wonderful World” - Joey Ramone (2002)
“Hate to Say I Told You So” - The Hives (2002)
“Fell In Love With a Girl” - The White Stripes (2002)
“I Believe in a Thing Called Love” - The Darkness (2003)
“Gay Bar” - Electric Six (2003)
“Bright Future in Sales” - Fountains of Wayne (2003)
“Somebody Told Me” - The Killers (2004)
“Holiday” - Green Day (2004)
“Pain” - Jimmy Eat World (2004)
“Asshole” - Dennis Leary
“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” - The Beach Boys
“Don’t Cry No Tears” - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
“Jeepster” - T. Rex
“Live Forever” - Oasis “Faithful” - Pearl Jam “Under Pressure” - Queen and David Bowie

1:00 a.m.
“Vicious” - Lou Reed
“Toxic” - Local H
“We Are Family” - Babes in Toyland
“Gentlemen” - Afghan Whigs
“Good Fortune” - PJ Harvey “U Mass” - The Pixies
“Glad Girls” - Guided By Voices
“Ginger” - The Figgs
“Top Heavy” - The Gentlemen “Breaking the Law” - Judas Priest
“Shout It Out Loud” - KISS “Godzilla” - Blue Oyster Cult
“Photograph” - Def Leppard “Here I Go Again” - Whitesnake
“Yesterdays” - Guns n’ Roses
“Home Sweet Home” - Motley Crue