From ed@das.llnl.gov (Edward Suranyi) Fri Jun 22 14:10:52 1990 Path: aramis.rutgers.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!lll-winken!das!ed From: ed@das.llnl.gov (Edward Suranyi) Newsgroups: rec.music.misc Subject: KITS list: Top 300 Mod. Rock songs Summary: Here it is. Message-ID: <62527@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> Date: 22 Jun 90 18:10:52 GMT Sender: usenet@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV Reply-To: ed@das.UUCP (Edward Suranyi) Organization: Dept. of Applied Science, UC Davis at LLNL Lines: 308 Well, not a single person told me not to post this, and I got lots of requests *to* post it, so here it is: Here is the KITS Memorial Day 1990 Countdown, as voted by the listeners. (Note that #300 is missing because of an error in the printing): 1. THE SMITHS HOW SOON IS NOW? 2. NEW ORDER BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE 3. MODERN ENGLISH I MELT WITH YOU 4. ALPHAVILLE FOREVER YOUNG 5. THE CURE PICTURES OF YOU 6. NEW ORDER BLUE MONDAY 7. THE CURE JUST LIKE HEAVEN 8. SOFT CELL TAINTED LOVE 9. DEPECHE MODE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH 10. ERASURE OH L'AMOUR 11. CUBE LOVE'S TABOO 12. MINISTRY EVERY DAY IS HALLOWEEN 13. NEW ORDER TRUE FAITH 14. JOY DIVISION LOVE WILL TEAR US APART 15. SINEAD O'CONNOR NOTHING COMPARES 2 U 16. SECESSION THE MAGICIAN 17. THE CURE IN BETWEEN DAYS 18. U2 PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) 19. DEPECHE MODE ENJOY THE SILENCE 20. YAZ SITUATION 21. THE B-52'S ROCK LOBSTER 22. STEPHEN "TIN TIN" DUFFY KISS ME 23. WHEN IN ROME THE PROMISE 24. THE CURE BOYS DON'T CRY 25. TALK TALK IT'S MY LIFE 26. OINGO BOINGO DEAD MAN'S PARTY 27. TIME ZONE WORLD DESTRUCTION 28. DEPECHE MODE STRANGELOVE 29. YAZ ONLY YOU 30. DRAMARAMA ANYTHING ANYTHING 31. THE SMITHS THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT 32. R.E.M. THE ONE I LOVE 33. ROXY MUSIC AVALON 34. GENERAL PUBLIC TENDERNESS 35. EBN OZN A E I O U SOMETIMES Y 36. DEPECHE MODE PERSONAL JESUS 37. THE SEX PISTOLS ANARCHY IN THE U.K. 38. THE CLASH SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? 39. PSYCHEDELIC FURS THE GHOST IN YOU 40. THE CURE LOVE SONG 41. ELECTRONIC GETTING AWAY WITH IT 42. THE B-52'S LOVE SHACK 43. THE LIGHTNING SEEDS PURE 44. THE CURE CLOSE TO ME 45. R.E.M. IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT 46. PET SHP BOYS ALWAYS ON MY MIND 47. THE STONE ROSES I WANNA BE ADORED 48. THE SMITHS GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA 49. THE PLIMSOULS A MILLION MILES AWAY 50. U2 SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY 51. THE CURE A FOREST 52. ERASURE CHAINS OF LOVE 53. THE SUNDAYS HERE'S WHERE THE STORY ENDS 54. THE ROMANTICS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU 55. CANDY FLIP STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER 56. PETER SCHILLING THE DIFFERENT STORY 57. VIOLENT FEMMES BLISTER IN THE SUN 58. DEPECHE MODE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE 59. THE CURE LOVE CATS 60. HEAVEN 17 LET ME GO 61. TALKING HEADS ONCE IN A LIFETIME 62. THE ENGLISH BEAT I CONFESS 63. THE CURE LULLABY 64. THE CLASH ROCK THE CASBAH 65. ANYTHING BOX LIVING IN OBLIVION 66. ERASURE A LITTLE RESPECT 67. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES CITIES IN DUST 68. KATE BUSH WUTHERING HEIGHTS 69. U2 NEW YEAR'S DAY 70. B-MOVIE NOWHERE GIRL 71. DEPECHE MODE EVERYTHING COUNTS 72. SINEAD O'CONNOR MANDINKA 73. THE CLASH TRAIN IN VAIN 74. PET SHOP BOYS WEST END GIRLS 75. TONES ON TAIL GO! 76. GRANDMASTER FLASH WHITE LINES 77. SIMPLE MINDS DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) 78. DEPECHE MODE BLASPHEMOUS RUMOURS 79. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL 80. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN LIPS LIKE SUGAR 81. U2 BAD 82. UNTIL DECEMBER UNTIL DECEMBER 83. THE SEX PISTOLS GOD SAVE THE QUEEN 84. ERASURE STAR 85. THE CURE FASCINATION STREET 86. JANE'S ADDICTION JANE SAYS 87. XTC DEAR GOD 88. FRONT 242 HEADHUNTER 89. THE CURE LET'S GO TO BED 90. NEW ORDER FINE TIME 91. EURYTHMICS SWEET DREAMS 92. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD RELAX 93. DEPECHE MODE SOMEBODY 94. MALCOLM MCCLAREN MADAME BUTTERFLY 95. NEW ORDER PERFECT KISS 96. PETER MURPHY CUTS YOU UP 97. THE B-52'S ROAM 98. CETU JAVU HAVE IN MIND 99. THE THE KINGDOM OF RAIN 100. THE SMITHS BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN 101. THE ENGLISH BEAT SAVE IT FOR LATER 102. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY 103. UB40 RED RED WINE 104. THE BELOVED HELLO 105. TEARS FOR FEARS MAD WORLD 106. TALKING HEADS BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE 107. SPLIT ENZ I GOT YOU 108. U2 WITH OR WITHOUT YOU 109. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SHOW ME YOUR SOUL 110. R.E.M. ORANGE CRUSH 111. OINGO BOINGO WE CLOSE OUR EYES 112. MINISTRY WORK FOR LOVE 113. MARTIN L. GORE COMPULSION 114. THE BOLLOCK BROTHERS HARLEY DAVID 115. INXS THE ONE THING 116. FREUR DOOT DOOT 117. NEW ORDER 1963 118. THE STONE ROSES FOOL'S GOLD 119. ELVIS COSTELLO OLIVER'S ARMY 120. INXS DON'T CHANGE 121. NEW ORDER ROUND & ROUND 122. TALKING HEADS AND SHE WAS 123. CONSOLIDATED CONSOLIDATED 124. ELVIS COSTELLO ALISON 125. CROWDED HOUSE DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER 126. SINEAD O'CONNOR EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES 127. THE GO-GO'S WE GOT THE BEAT 128. PETER GODWIN IMAGES OF HEAVEN 129. THE B-52'S PRIVATE IDAHO 130. TALKING HEADS PSYCHO KILLER 131. WESTWORLD PAINKILLER 132. THE SLICKEE BOYS THIS PARTY SUCKS 133. BERLIN SEX (I'M A...) 134. DEPECHE MODE MASTER % SERVANT 135. DEAD OR ALIVE YOU SPIN ME AROUND 136. THE CLASH LONDON CALLING 137. ABC THE LOOK OF LOVE 138. DEPECHE MODE A QUESTION OF LUST 139. UB40 KINGSTON TOWN 140. THE RAMONES I WANNA BE SEDATED 141. THE POLICE EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE 142. OMD ENOLA GAY 143. ULTRAVOX VIENNA 144. THE CURE WHY CAN'T I BE YOU? 145. THE CREATURES FURY EYES 146. THE B-52'S DEADBEAT CLUB 147. THE ALARM ABSOLUTE REALITY 148. TEARS FOR FEARS SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE 149. THE THE UNCERTAIN SMILE 150. DEPECHE MODE BUT NOT TONIGHT 151. PETER MURPHY INDIGO EYES 152. THE PRETENDERS BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG 153. TEARS FOR FEARS CHANGE 154. RED FLAG RUSSIAN RADIO 155. PETER GABRIEL IN YOUR EYES 156. OMD TESLA GIRLS 157. NEW ORDER TEMPTATION 158. MORRISSEY EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY 159. LOVE & ROCKETS SO ALIVE 160. THE ENGLISH BEAT MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM 161. U2 WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME 162. INXS NEED YOU TONIGHT 163. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS GOOD THING 164. THE B-52'S PLANET CLAIRE 165. THE NAILS 88 LINES ABOUT 44 WOMEN 166. DURAN DURAN PLANET EARTH 167. NEW ORDER THIEVES LIKE US 168. DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS COME ON EILEEN 169. DOMINATRIX DOMINATRIX SLEEPS TONIGHT 170. DEPECHE MODE ROUTE 66 171. THE WATERBOYS THE WHOLE OF THE MOON 172. ERASURE BLUE SAVANNAH 173. NENA 99 LUFTBALLONS 174. SQUEEZE TEMPTED 175. XYMOX OBSESSION 176. XTC MAYOR OF SIMPLETON 177. VOICE FARM JOHNNY BELINDA 178. VISAGE FADE TO GREY 179. TRANSLATOR EVERYWHERE THAT I'M NOT 180. THOMPSON TWINS IF YOU WERE HERE 181. NEW ORDER DREAM ATTACK 182. THE STRANGLERS GOLDEN BROWN 183. SIMPLE MINDS BELFAST CHILD 184. THE SMITHS THE BOY WITH THE THORN . . . 185. DEPECHE MODE STRIPPED 186. THE MISSION U.K. BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL 187. THE HUMAN LEAGUE DON'T YOU WANT ME 188. GANGWAY MY GIRL & ME 189. LOU REED WALK ON THE WILD SIDE 190. U2 DESIRE 191. DEAD OR ALIVE BRAND NEW LOVER 192. DAVID BOWIE CHANGES 193. THE B-52'S LEGAL TENDER 194. CETU JAVU A DONDE 195. INXS ORIGINAL SIN 196. GEORGE KRANTZ DIN DA DA 197. THE FIXX STAND OR FALL 198. DURAN DURAN HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF 199. THE DAMNED IN DULCE DECORUM 200. TEARS FOR FEARS EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD 201. U2 EVERLASTING LOVE 202. 10,000 MANIACS LIKE THE WEATHER 203. SOFT CELL IT'S A MUGS GAME 204. MIDNIGHT OIL BEDS ARE BURNING 205. SIMPLE MINDS NEW GOLD DREAM 206. TALKING HEADS THIS MUST BE THE PLACE 207. HITHOUSE MOVE YOUR FEET 208. THE SMITHS ASK 209. SHONA LAING SOVIET SNOW 210. R.E.M. STAND 211. OMD SO IN LOVE 212. OINGO BOINGO SKIN 213. KING LOVE & PRIDE 214. NINA HAGEN NEW YORK NEW YORK 215. NEW ORDER SUBCULTURE 216. MORRISSEY SUEDEHEAD 217. THE DAMNED ALONE AGAIN OR 218. DEVO WHIP IT 219. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES PEEK-A-BOO 220. MADNESS OUR HOUSE 221. THE POGUES YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH 222. MOMUS HAIRSTYLE OF THE DEVIL 223. JOE JACKSON IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM? 224. KILLING JOKE LOVE LIKE BLOOD 225. BOW WOW WOW DO YOU WANNA HOLD ME? 226. NINE INCH NAILS DOWN IN IT 227. 10,000 MANIACS WHAT'S THE MATTER HERE? 228. THE POLICE ROXANNE 229. GANG OF FOUR MAN IN A UNIFORM 230. FLESH FOR LULU I GO CRAZY 231. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS SUSPICIOUS MINDS 232. THE WATERBOYS FISHERMAN'S BLUES 233. ERASURE SOMETIMES 234. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN THE KILLING MOON 235. KATE BUSH RUNNING UP THAT HILL 236. DRAMARAMA LAST CIGARETTE 237. SOFT CELL SEX DWARF 238. DEPECHE MODE DANGEROUS 239. BURNING SENSATIONS BELLY OF THE WHALE 240. NEW ORDER CEREMONY 241. EURYTHMICS YOU HAVE PUT A CHILL IN MY . . . 242. JOY DIVISION ATMOSPHERE 243. COLOUR SCREAM ACROSS THE SKY 244. CHRIS ISAAK YOU OWE ME SOME KIND OF LOVE 245. CELEBRATE THE NUN WILL YOU BE THERE? 246. THE STABILIZERS ONE SIMPLE THING 247. BRONSKI BEAT SMALL TOWN BOY 248. DAF SEX 249. BLACK WONDERFUL LIFE 250. BERLIN THE METRO 251. THE SEX PISTOLS MY WAY 252. BAUHAUS BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD 253. ADAM ANT ROOM AT THE TOP 254. ERASURE DRAMA 255. U2 THE SWEETEST THING 256. THE SPECIALS A MESSAGE TO YOU RUDY 257. THE STONE ROSES ELEPHANT STONE 258. EURYTHMICS LOVE IS A STRANGER 259. EDDIE GRANT GIMME HOPE JOANNA 260. BIG COUNTRY IN A BIG COUNTRY 261. THE CURE THE WALK 262. YAZ DON'T GO 263. YELLO I LOVE YOU 264. XTC SENSES WORKING OVERTIME 265. VITAMIN Z BURNING FLAME 266. U2 TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE 267. THE B-52'S DANCE THIS MESS AROUND 268. FIGURES ON A BEACH ACCIDENTALLY 4TH STREET 269. TOM TOM CLUB GENIUS OF LOVE 270. THE TOY DOLLS NELLIE THE ELEPHANT 271. THE THE THIS IS THE DAY 272. THE STRANGLERS SKIN DEEP 273. THE SMITHS HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE 274. DEPECHE MODE SHAKE THE DISEASE 275. THE WILD SWANS BIBLE DREAMS 276. THE PAYOLAS EYES OF A STRANGER 277. THE FIXX RED SKIES 278. THE CULT SHE SELLS SANCTUARY 279. THE CHURCH UNDER THE MILKY WAY 280. BILLY IDOL EYES WITHOUT A FACE 281. THE ALARM THE STAND 282. TEARS FOR FEARS SHOUT 283. KATE BUSH LOVE AND ANGER 284. TALK TALK TALK TALK 285. SQUEEZE PULLING MUSSELS FROM A SHELL 286. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES DEAR PRUDENCE 287. SINEAD O'CONNOR/THE EDGE HEROINE 288. ROMEO VOID NEVER SAY NEVER 289. REFLEX THE POLITICS OF DANCING 290. DEVO BABY DOLL 291. PSYCHEDELIC FURS LOVE MY WAY 292. PiL SEATTLE 293. PETER GABRIEL GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS 294. OMD IF YOU LEAVE 295. NIK KERSHAW WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD 296. NAKED EYES ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME 297. R.E.M. SOUTH CENTRAL RAIN 298. MIDNIGHT OIL BLUE SKY MINE 299. MICHAEL PENN NO MYTH Ed Suranyi ed@das.llnl.gov I finally received this countdown list in today's mail. These are the top 105 albums of all time, as voted on by the listeners. KITS San Francisco Labor Day 1990 Album Countdown (Asterisk [*] indicates tie.) 1. NEW ORDER SUBSTANCE 2. THE SMITHS THE QUEEN IS DEAD 3. DEPECHE MODE VIOLATOR 4. U2 THE JOSHUA TREE 5. THE CURE DISINTEGRATION 6. THE CLASH LONDON CALLING 7. YAZ UPSTAIRS AT ERIC'S 8. SEX PISTOLS NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS 9. DEPECHE MODE BLACK CELEBRATION 10. THE CURE STANDING ON A BEACH -- THE SINGLES 11. ROXY MUSIC AVALON 12. U2 WAR 13. THE B-52'S THE B-52'S 14. ERASURE THE INNOCENTS 15. DURAN DURAN RIO 16. THE SMITHS LOUDER THAN BOMBS 17. DEPECHE MODE MUSIC FOR THE MASSES 18. PETER GABRIEL SO 19. THE CURE KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME *20. SINEAD O'CONNOR THE LION & THE COBRA *20. THE ENGLISH BEAT WHAT IS BEAT? 21. THE B-52'S COSMIC THING 22. R.E.M. GREEN 23. VIOLENT FEMMES VIOLENT FEMMES 24. NEW ORDER TECHNIQUE 25. ERASURE WONDERLAND 26. OINGO BOINGO DEAD MAN'S PARTY 27. ELVIS COSTELLO MY AIM IS TRUE 28. TEARS FOR FEARS SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR 29. U2 THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE 30. THE CLASH COMBAT ROCK 31. TALKING HEADS STOP MAKING SENSE 32. UB40 LABOUR OF LOVE 33. INXS THE SWING 34. NEW ORDER LOW LIFE 35. R.E.M. LIFES RICH PAGEANT 36. THE CURE THE HEAD ON THE DOOR 37. THE STONE ROSES THE STONE ROSES *38. ALPHAVILLE FOREVER YOUNG *38. THE PRETENDERS THE PRETENDERS 39. DAVID BOWIE THE RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST 40. THE SMITHS HATFUL OF HOLLOW 41. DEPECHE MODE SOME GREAT REWARD 42. THE B-52'S WILD PLANET 43. LIGHTNING SEEDS CLOUDCUCKOOLAND 44. DEVO Q: ARE WE NOT MEN? A: WE ARE DEVO! 45. MIDNIGHT OIL BLUE SKY MINING 46. BLONDIE PARALLEL LINES 47. THE CURE BOYS DON'T CRY 48. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS FLOOD 49. U2 RATTLE & HUM 50. TEARS FOR FEARS THE HURTING 51. R.E.M. DOCUMENT 52. BILLY IDOL REBEL YELL 53. THE POLICE SYNCHRONICITY 54. MORISSEY VIVA HATE 55. THE THE SOUL MINING 56. ERASURE THE CIRCUS *57. DAVID BOWIE LET'S DANCE *57. INXS KICK 58. BOOK OF LOVE BOOK OF LOVE 59. DEPECHE MODE A BROKEN FRAME 60. THE ENGLISH BEAT SPECIAL BEAT SERVICE 61. HOWARD JONES HUMAN'S LIB 62. JANE'S ADDICTION NOTHING'S SHOCKING 63. CROWDED HOUSE CROWDED HOUSE 64. XYMOX TWIST OF SHADOWS 65. MIDNIGHT OIL DIESEL AND DUST 66. O.M.D. CRUSH 67. TALKING HEADS SPEAKING IN TONGUES 68. THE SMITHS STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME 69. PET SHOP BOYS PLEASE 70. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES PEEPSHOW 71. U2 BOY *72. ERASURE WILD *72. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS MOTHER'S MILK 73. THOMAS DOLBY THE GOLDEN AGE OF WIRELESS 74. GENERAL PUBLIC ALL THE RAGE 75. SINEAD O'CONNOR I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT 76. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN SONGS TO LEARN AND SING 77. NINE INCH NAILS PRETTY HATE MACHINE 78. THE RAMONES MANIA 79. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS THE RAW AND THE COOKED 80. PSYCHEDELIC FURS MIRROR MOVES 81. THE SUNDAYS READING, WRITING & ARITHMETIC 82. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME 83. THE POLICE ZENYATTA MONDATA 84. RED FLAG NAIVE ART 85. ELVIS COSTELLO THIS YEAR'S MODEL 86. SISTERS OF MERCY FLOODLAND 87. BERLIN PLEASURE VICTIM 88. INXS SHABOOH SHOOBAH 89. THE GO-GO'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAT 90. JOE JACKSON LOOK SHARP! 91. 10,000 MANIACS IN MY TRIBE *92. THE REPLACEMENTS TIM *92. ABC THE LEXICON OF LOVE 93. THE ALARM DECLARATION 94. JOY DIVISION SUBSTANCE 1977-1980 95. EURYTHMICS SWEET DREAMS 96. PETER MURPHY LOVE HYSTERIA 97. SQUEEZE SINGLES -- 45'S AND UNDER 98. SIMPLE MINDS SPARKLE IN THE RAIN 99. KATE BUSH THE SENSUAL WORLD 100. THE CULT LOVE 101. THE HUMAN LEAGUE DARE 102. WILD SWANS BRINGING HOME THE ASHES 103. ADAM AND THE ANTS KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER 104. BOB MARLEY LEGEND 105. LOVE & ROCKETS EARTH SUN MOON ------------------------------------------------------------ Ed Suranyi ed@das.llnl.gov