I'd Whisper My Confession

After David told me how he and his sister used to make tapes every spring of the Best Songs Ever, I sat down at 1.00 am today (yesterday actually) and gave it try. (This is the sort of thing I waste my time on, when I should really be sleeping.) I obviously ended up with too much for a C-90 tape, so I separated it into two lists - one of indiepop and one of garage-psych and northern soul. And rather than an exact length of time, I limited each to 30 songs. This is the result, without any special order but of course, which songs I came up with first says something about their urgency.

Here are the pop songs, all of them from the ten year span of 1982-1992 (except for The Clientele of course):

The Anyways – My Confession
The Rainyard – 1,000 Years
The Springfields – Sunflower
The Desert Wolves – Besotted
The Mayfields – Feels Like Yesterday
14 Iced Bears – Sure to See
Bulldozer Crash – Sarah Said
East Village – Back Between Places
St. Christopher – All of a Tremble
The Hit Parade – You Didn’t Love Me Then
Hurrah! – Around and Around
The Clouds – Tranquil
The Sea Urchins – A Morning Oddyssey
James Dean Driving Experience – Drop Dead Darling
Brighter – Does Love Last Forever?
Another Sunny Day – What’s Happened
The Suede Crocodiles – Paint Yourself a Rainbow
Reserve – The Sun Slid Down the Tower
The Siddeleys – Something Almost Brilliant Almost Happened Last Night
Razorcuts – First Day
The Jaywalkers – (You Can’t Be) Happy All the Time
Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes – This Town Is Falling Down
The Submarines – Take Me Away
Felt – Hours of Darkness Have Changed My Mind
The Clientele – Lacewings
The Visitors – Waking Up to Nothing
The Orchids – Apologies
Sister Rain – Burt Reynolds
Primal Scream – Subterranean
This Poison! – You;- Think!!

Here is the 60s stuff then. I'm not as sure about this as the previous list, cause I haven't listened to this music for as long, so my favourites aren't that well cemented yet and change around quite a bit.

The Dovers – She’s Not Just Anybody
The Squires – Go Ahead
The Rain Parade – What She’s Done to Your Mind
The Nashville Ramblers – The Trains
The Poets – That’s the Way It’s Got to Be
The Flamin’ Groovies – I Can’t Hide
The Vipers – Cheated and Lied
The Music Machine – Double Yellow Line
The Chocolate Watchband – Sweet Young Thing
The Seeds – Evil Hoodoo
The Remains – Why Do I Cry
The Point – All My Life
The Action – In My Lonely Room
The Beau Brummels – Don’t Talk to Strangers
The Sound Magics – Don’t You Remember
The Palace Guard – Falling Sugar
The Del-Vettes – Last Time Around
The Sorrows – Cara-Lin
Dean Parrish – I’m On My Way
Tina Britt – The Real Thing
The Inspirations – Touch Me, Hold Me, Kiss Me
Diane Lewis – Keep a Hold On Me
Patti Young – Head and Shoulders
Cindy Scott – I Love You Baby
Bob & Fred – I’m On My Way
Jimmy Mack – My World Is On Fire
Robby Lawson – Burning Sensation
Ken Williams – Come Back
The Artistics – This Heart of Mine
Amanda Humphrey – Power of Love

It's going to be interesting to look back at this in a year! Many of these songs have been featured here earlier, and the ones that haven't probably will eventually, in one form or another. You're welcome to propose omissions!