The Futurist » modern rock 500

Modern Rock 500 Redux

joe — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:26:11 +0000

How about ending the summer the way we started it?

Beginning August 31st, join us for the 20th annual MODERN ROCK 500, this time on the main WOXY channel. Starting at 9a EDT each day, we’ll count down some of the greatest music in the history of modern rock, alternative and indie music until we get to #1. We’ll repeat each day’s segment of the 500 at 7p EDT.

Mon., Aug. 31: #500 – #376
Tues., Sept. 1: #375 – #251
Wed., Sept. 2: #250 – #126
Thur., Sept. 3: #125 – #1

Want more 500 action? How about a Labor Day race? It’ll air at the same times, beginning at 9a and repeating at 7p EDT, over the Holiday.

Fri., Sept. 4: #500 – #376
Sat., Sept. 5: #375 – #251
Sun., Sept. 6: #250 – #126
Mon., Sept. 7: #125 – #1

All other WOXY specialty programming will be pre-empted during this time.

The 2009 Modern Rock 500 Final Song Listing

joe — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:10:44 +0000

Another year of the Modern Rock 500 is in the books, this time the 20th annual. Have a peek below at the full listing of our countdown this year, always fun to debate. Also, if you missed out on any part of the countdown, you can listen to it on demand right here!

500 Cut Copy Hearts On Fire
499 Fishbone Party At Ground Zero
498 They Might Be Giants Ana Ng
497 The Cloud Room Hey Now Now
496 Spiritualized Come Together
495 Tears For Fears Mad World
494 Big Country In A Big Country
493 The Twilight Singers Teenage Wristband
492 Lenny Kravitz Are You Gonna Go My Way?
491 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Dig! Lazarus! Dig!!!
490 Luna IHOP
489 Lo-Fidelity Allstars Battle Flag
488 Garbage Only Happy When It Rains
487 The Cure The Lovecats
486 Buffalo Tom Taillights Fade
485 Muse New Born
484 World Party Ship Of Fools
483 Death Cab For Cutie The New Year
482 The Specials Ghost Town
481 Feist My Moon, My Man
480 Joe Jackson I’m The Man
479 Paul Westerberg Dyslexic Heart
478 New York Dolls Personality Crisis
477 Sonic Youth Incinerate
476 Harvey Danger Flagpole Sitta
475 Rogue Wave Endless Shovel
474 Smoking Popes Need You Around
473 Pinback Fortress
472 Cat Power Cross Bones Style
471 Bob Marley Could You Be Loved
470 Ra Ra Riot Dying Is Fine
469 Kate Bush Hounds Of Love
468 Suzanne Vega Luka
467 Coldplay Yellow
466 Morrissey Suedehead
465 Franz Ferdinand Do You Want To
464 XTC The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
463 Portishead All Mine
462 INXS Don’t Change
461 Arcade Fire No Cars Go
460 Ride Vapour Trail
459 The Verve Lucky Man
458 Elvis Costello Less Than Zero
457 Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers Dodge Veg-O-Matic
456 The Nails 88 Lines About 44 Women
455 Social Distortion Bad Luck
454 Ted Leo / Pharmacists Me And Mia
453 Santogold L.E.S. Artistes
452 Afrika Bambaataa Don’t Stop…Planet Rock
451 Cake The Distance
450 Elbow Forget Myself
449 Placebo Pure Morning
448 X-Ray Spex Oh Bondage, Up Yours!
447 Gnarls Barkley Crazy
446 The Sugarcubes Hit
445 Modest Mouse Dashboard
444 Roxy Music More Than This
443 Echo & The Bunnymen Bring On The Dancing Horses
442 Deerhunter Nothing Ever Happened
441 The Wrens Hopeless
440 Lou Reed Dirty Blvd.
439 The Vapors Turning Japanese
438 Meat Puppets Backwater
437 Papas Fritas Way You Walk
436 Bloc Party Helicopter
435 Suzanne Vega Tom’s Diner (DNA mix)
434 Fatboy Slim The Rockafeller Skank
433 Soul Coughing Super Bon Bon
432 Bjork Joga
431 Julian Cope World Shut Your Mouth
430 Smashing Pumpkins Cherub Rock
429 Firehose Flyin’ The Flannel
428 Fleet Foxes Ragged Wood
427 Beck Devil’s Haircut
426 The White Stripes My Doorbell
425 The Jim Carroll Band People Who Died
424 Ned’s Atomic Dustbin Grey Cell Green
423 Brian Eno Baby’s On Fire
422 Stereolab Miss Modular
421 Radiohead There There
420 Doves Black And White Town
419 Split Enz I Got You
418 Thomas Dolby She Blinded Me With Science
417 Primal Scream Movin’ On Up
416 Junior Boys In The Morning
415 Talking Heads Stay Up Late
414 Iggy Pop The Passenger
413 X 4th Of July
412 Dada Dizz Knee Land
411 TV On The Radio Golden Age

410 Black Flag T.V. Party
409 L7 Pretend We’re Dead
408 Sleater-Kinney Entertain
407 Guided By Voices My Valuable Hunting Knife
406 Tori Amos God
405 The Bears Fear Is Never Boring
404 The Decemberists 16 Military Wives
403 Smashing Pumpkins 1979
402 LCD Soundsystem Someone Great
401 The The This Is The Day
400 MGMT Time To Pretend
399 Spoon I Turn My Camera On
398 The National Mistaken For Strangers
397 Forget Cassettes Instruments Of Action
396 Ted Leo / Pharmacists Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?
395 My Morning Jacket I’m Amazed
394 Bob Marley Redemption Song
393 Rilo Kiley Portions For Foxes
392 The Buggles Video Killed The Radio Star
391 Eels Novocaine For The Soul
390 Arcade Fire Rebellion (Lies)
389 R.E.M. Finest Worksong
388 Peter Gabriel Games Without Frontiers
387 Sinead O’Connor The Emperor’s New Clothes
386 The B-52s Love Shack
385 Stereo MC’s Connected
384 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Red Right Hand
383 Liz Phair Stratford-On-Guy
382 TV On The Radio Wolf Like Me
381 The Charlatans UK Weirdo
380 Shriekback Nemesis
379 Sleater-Kinney You’re No Rock N’ Roll Fun
378 Bloc Party Banquet
377 The Jesus And Mary Chain Sometimes Always
376 Bettie Serveert Tom Boy
375 Radiohead High And Dry
374 Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World
373 Manic Street Preachers If You Tolerate This ….
372 Band Of Horses The Funeral
371 Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
370 Broken Social Scene 7/4 (Shoreline)
369 The Postal Service The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
368 Massive Attack Angel
367 Art Of Noise Close (To The Edit)
366 The Cure Fascination Street
365 Weezer Say It Ain’t So
364 Belly Feed The Tree
363 The Pretenders Middle Of The Road
362 Belle & Sebastian The Boy With The Arab Strap
361 Modest Mouse Ocean Breathes Salty
360 Squeeze Pulling Mussels From The Shell
359 Wire Strange
358 Oingo Boingo Dead Man’s Party
357 Pulp Disco 2000
356 M.I.A. Paper Planes
355 Yaz Situation
354 !!! (Chk Chk Chk) Me And Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard
353 Nine Inch Nails Down In It
352 Social Distortion Ring Of Fire
351 Lemonheads Into Your Arms
350 Doves There Goes The Fear
349 The Waterboys The Whole Of The Moon
348 XTC The Mayor Of Simpleton
347 Air Sexy Boy
346 The Stone Roses Waterfall
345 Ministry Everyday Is Halloween
344 Tom Tom Club Genius Of Love
343 Public Enemy Bring The Noise
342 Royal Crescent Mob Get On The Bus
341 They Might Be Giants Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
340 PJ Harvey Good Fortune
339 Dinosaur Jr. Start Choppin’
338 The Cardigans My Favourite Game
337 Peter Gabriel Shock The Monkey
336 Front 242 Welcome To Paradise
335 Killing Joke Eighties
334 Pixies Velouria
333 The Breeders Divine Hammer
332 R.E.M. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
331 The Specials A Message To You Rudy
330 Depeche Mode Never Let Me Down Again
329 The Dandy Warhols Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
328 Ryan Adams To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
327 Pavement Rattled By The Rush
326 Bright Eyes Lover I Don’t Have To Love
325 Massive Attack Protection
324 The Sundays Here’s Where The Story Ends
323 Morphine Cure For Pain
322 Muse Time Is Running Out
321 The Undertones Teenage Kicks
320 The Black Keys 10 A.M. Automatic
319 Eels Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues
318 Vampire Weekend A-Punk
317 They Might Be Giants Don’t Let’s Start
316 New Order Regret
315 Weezer Buddy Holly
314 Supergrass Caught By The Fuzz
313 Suicidal Tendencies Institutionalized
312 Ministry Stigmata
311 The Chemical Brothers Let Forever Be
310 The Jam Start!
309 Midnight Oil Beds Are Burning
308 Tegan & Sara Walking With A Ghost
307 Simple Minds Don’t You (Forget About Me)
306 Nirvana Lithium
305 Hum Stars
304 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
303 The New Pornographers The Laws Have Changed
302 Juliana Hatfield My Sister
301 Superdrag Sucked Out
300 Grandaddy The Crystal Lake
299 The National Secret Meeting
298 Mclusky To Hell With Good Intentions
297 Silversun Pickups Lazy Eye
296 The Velvet Underground What Goes On
295 Elliott Smith Waltz #2
294 Interpol Slow Hands
293 The Jam That’s Entertainment
292 LCD Soundsystem Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
291 Grandmaster Flash The Message
290 Tones On Tail Go (Club Mix)
289 The Orb Little Fluffy Clouds
288 MC 900 FT Jesus The City Sleeps
287 Nine Inch Nails Closer
286 Bjork Big Time Sensuality
285 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Talk About The Blues
284 Doves Catch The Sun
283 U2 Where The Streets Have No Name
282 The Decemberists The Bachelor And The Bride
281 Blur Coffee and TV
280 R.E.M. Driver 8
279 TV On The Radio Staring At The Sun
278 Hot Chip Over And Over
277 Depeche Mode Route 66 (Beatmasters mix)
276 The B-52s Private Idaho
275 Beck The New Pollution
274 Soul Coughing Screenwriter’s Blues
273 Wilco I’m The Man Who Loves You
272 Big Star When My Baby’s Beside Me
271 Robyn Hitchcock My Wife And My Dead Wife
270 The Catherine Wheel Black Metallic
269 Radiohead Street Spirit (Fade Out)
268 Smashing Pumpkins Disarm
267 Pearl Jam Even Flow
266 Red Hot Chili Peppers Higher Ground
265 Sebadoh Skull
264 Elastica Connection
263 The Charlatans UK The Only One I Know
262 My Morning Jacket Off The Record
261 Joe Jackson Is She Really Going Out With Him?
260 The Walkmen The Rat
259 Urge Overkill Sister Havana
258 Pavement Shady Lane
257 David Bowie Rebel Rebel
256 The Pogues Fairytale Of New York
255 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax
254 Suede Metal Mickey
253 Guided By Voices Glad Girls
252 Built To Spill Goin’ Against Your Mind
251 R.E.M. Stand
250 U2 One
249 Tori Amos Silent All These Years
248 Tricky Black Steel
247 The Rapture House Of Jealous Lovers
246 Blur There’s No Other Way
245 Devo (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
244 The Chemical Brothers Block Rockin’ Beats
243 Depeche Mode Policy Of Truth
242 Peter Bjorn & John Young Folks
241 The Police Can’t Stand Losing You
240 Frank Black Headache
239 Concrete Blonde God Is A Bullet
238 Beastie Boys Intergalactic
237 The Pretenders My City Was Gone
236 Happy Mondays Step On
235 Yo La Tengo Autumn Sweater
234 Arcade Fire Wake Up
233 Screaming Trees Nearly Lost You
232 Silversun Pickups Kissing Families
231 The Cult She Sells Sanctuary
230 Modern English I Melt With You
229 Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer
228 Talking Heads Crosseyed And Painless
227 The Jam In The City
226 The Clash Lost In The Supermarket
225 Bob Mould Sunspots / Wishing Well
224 The Strokes Last Nite
223 Romeo Void Never Say Never
222 Veruca Salt Seether
221 The Smiths Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
220 Guided By Voices Teenage FBI
219 Faith No More Epic
218 Public Enemy Fight The Power
217 Modest Mouse Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
216 Oasis Supersonic
215 Blondie One Way Or Another
214 Wall Of Voodoo Mexican Radio
213 Mission Of Burma That’s When I Reach For My Revolver
212 The Replacements I’ll Be You
211 Nirvana About A Girl
210 The Psychedelic Furs Pretty In Pink
209 Bob Marley Jamming
208 Beastie Boys So What’cha Want
207 Living Colour Cult Of Personality
206 Wilco Monday
205 The Smiths Girlfriend In A Coma
204 Belle & Sebastian Your Cover’s Blown
203 The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
202 Blur Girls and Boys
201 Dramarama Anything, Anything
200 The Jam Going Underground
199 Liz Phair Supernova
198 Guided By Voices I Am A Scientist
197 Daft Punk Da Funk
196 The English Beat Save It For Later
195 Social Distortion Ball And Chain
194 Dinosaur Jr. Feel The Pain
193 Folk Implosion Natural One
192 Jeff Buckley So Real
191 Built To Spill Big Dipper
190 Spoon Everything Hits At Once
189 Cracker Teen Angst
188 Love & Rockets So Alive
187 Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes
186 Radiohead Optimistic
185 Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
184 The White Stripes The Hardest Button To Button
183 Oasis Live Forever
182 The Ramones Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
181 Sonic Youth 100%
180 Talking Heads Life During Wartime
179 Elvis Costello Watching The Detectives
178 R.E.M. Orange Crush
177 Peter Murphy Cuts You Up
176 Elliott Smith Miss Misery
175 The Shins So Says I
174 The Smiths Bigmouth Strikes Again
173 Violent Femmes Gone Daddy Gone
172 Pixies Debaser
171 The La’s There She Goes
170 Talk Talk It’s My Life
169 The Sugarcubes Birthday
168 Interpol Obstacle 1
167 Red Hot Chili Peppers Give It Away
166 The Cure Pictures Of You
165 Gorillaz Clint Eastwood
164 Siouxsie & The Banshees Peek-A-Boo
163 The Afghan Whigs Debonair
162 Public Image Limited Rise
161 XTC Senses Working Overtime
160 Nirvana Heart Shaped Box
159 Gary Numan Cars
158 The Stone Roses Fools Gold
157 The English Beat Mirror In The Bathroom
156 Talking Heads Take Me To The River
155 Devo Girl U Want
154 The Replacements I Will Dare
153 Massive Attack Safe From Harm
152 Mazzy Star Fade Into You
151 Neutral Milk Hotel In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
150 Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
149 The Ramones Do You Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Radio?
148 The Dead Milkmen Punk Rock Girl
147 Nine Inch Nails Head Like A Hole
146 Smashing Pumpkins Today
145 The Flaming Lips She Don’t Use Jelly
144 PJ Harvey Down By The Water
143 Roxy Music Love Is The Drug
142 Elvis Costello Alison
141 U2 With Or Without You
140 Red Hot Chili Peppers Under The Bridge
139 The Cure Close To Me
138 The Psychedelic Furs Love My Way
137 The Dandy Warhols Bohemian Like You
136 DJ Shadow Midnight In A Perfect World
135 The Smiths There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
134 The Boomtown Rats I Don’t Like Mondays
133 The Clash This Is Radio Clash
132 Pavement Stereo
131 Cracker Low
130 The Shins Caring Is Creepy
129 Squeeze Tempted
128 XTC Making Plans For Nigel
127 Depeche Mode Enjoy The Silence
126 The Jesus And Mary Chain Head On
125 Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime
124 David Bowie Ziggy Stardust
123 Dead Kennedys Holiday In Cambodia
122 Sonic Youth Kool Thing
121 The Velvet Underground Rock & Roll
120 The Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop
119 Matthew Sweet Girlfriend
118 New Order True Faith
117 Bob Marley Get Up, Stand Up
116 The Police Every Breath You Take
115 Oasis Wonderwall
114 Devo Whip It
113 U2 I Will Follow
112 Pulp Common People
111 Blondie Heart Of Glass
110 Interpol PDA
109 Nirvana In Bloom
108 Weezer Undone – The Sweater Song
107 Modest Mouse Polar Opposites
106 The Church Under The Milky Way
105 The Clash The Magnificent Seven
104 Patti Smith Group Dancing Barefoot
103 Siouxsie & The Banshees Cities In Dust
102 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Maps
101 Arcade Fire Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
100 The Afghan Whigs Rebirth Of The Cool
99 David Bowie Suffragette City
98 Wilco Heavy Metal Drummer
97 Portishead Sour Times
96 Elvis Costello Pump It Up
95 The Verve Bittersweet Symphony
94 The Shins New Slang
93 The Smiths Panic
92 Depeche Mode People Are People
91 Gang Of Four I Love A Man In A Uniform
90 Franz Ferdinand Take Me Out
89 The Dead Milkmen Bitchin’ Camaro
88 R.E.M. Pretty Persuasion
87 Pearl Jam Alive
86 The White Stripes Fell In Love With A Girl
85 Beastie Boys Fight For Your Right
84 The Replacements The Ledge
83 Buzzcocks Ever Fallen In Love?
82 The Flaming Lips Do You Realize??
81 Blondie Rapture
80 The B-52’s Rock Lobster
79 The Clash Train In Vain
78 Camper Van Beethoven Take The Skinheads Bowling
77 The Postal Service Such Great Heights
76 Modest Mouse Float On
75 Pearl Jam Jeremy
74 The Police Message In A Bottle
73 Blur Song 2
72 The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog
71 The Jam Town Called Malice
70 XTC Dear God
69 Beck Where It’s At
68 Radiohead Just
67 The Cure Love Song
66 Joy Division She’s Lost Control
65 The Replacements Bastards Of Young
64 The White Stripes Seven Nation Army
63 U2 Pride (In The Name Of Love)
62 Pixies Here Comes Your Man
61 The Velvet Underground Pale Blue Eyes
60 Iggy Pop Lust For Life
59 The Stone Roses I Wanna Be Adored
58 Nirvana All Apologies
57 Bauhaus Bela Lugosi’s Dead
56 The Police Roxanne
55 Elvis Costello (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
54 Jane’s Addiction Been Caught Stealing
53 Bjork Human Behaviour
52 Violent Femmes Kiss Off
51 U2 New Year’s Day
50 Beastie Boys Sabotage
49 Pavement Cut Your Hair
48 Pixies Gigantic
47 R.E.M. Losing My Religion
46 Echo & The Bunnymen Lips Like Sugar
45 Radiohead Karma Police
44 Jeff Buckley Last Goodbye
43 Kate Bush Running Up That Hill
42 Lou Reed Walk On The Wild Side
41 James Laid
40 Nirvana Come As You Are
39 The Clash Should I Stay Or Should I Go
38 Patti Smith Gloria
37 New Order Bizarre Love Triangle
36 The Cure Boys Don’t Cry
35 Husker Du Makes No Sense At All
34 R.E.M. It’s The End Of The World…
33 Jane’s Addiction Jane Says
32 Beck Loser
31 David Bowie Changes
30 The Breeders Cannonball
29 Sex Pistols Anarchy In The U.K.
28 The Jesus And Mary Chain Just Like Honey
27 Radiohead Fake Plastic Trees
26 Talking Heads Psycho Killer
25 The Clash Rock The Casbah
24 New Order Blue Monday (12″ mix)
23 My Bloody Valentine Only Shallow
22 Sonic Youth Teen Age Riot
21 Pixies Monkey Gone To Heaven
20 The Cure Just Like Heaven
19 The Ramones I Wanna Be Sedated
18 Sex Pistols God Save The Queen
17 The Replacements Alex Chilton
16 Television Marquee Moon
15 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
14 Fugazi Waiting Room
13 Talking Heads Burning Down The House
12 Radiohead Creep
11 David Bowie Space Oddity
10 Elvis Costello Radio, Radio
9 R.E.M. Radio Free Europe
8 U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday
7 Violent Femmes Blister In The Sun
6 Radiohead Paranoid Android
5 Depeche Mode Personal Jesus
4 Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
3 The Clash London Calling
2 The Smiths How Soon Is Now?
1 Pixies Where Is My Mind?

Modern Rock 500 – 2009 – Day 3 Recapped

joe — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:08:26 +0000

The 20th annual Modern Rock 500 is in it’s last day today over on the WOXY Vintage Channel right now, and we hope you are enjoying the countdown again this year. If you missed out yesterday, or just were not quick enough to jot down the full listing, here are the songs that we played yesterday.

On tap for today, its laps #125 – #1!. Enjoy!

Listen to the Modern Rock 500 right now!

250 U2 One
249 Tori Amos Silent All These Years
248 Tricky Black Steel
247 The Rapture House Of Jealous Lovers
246 Blur There’s No Other Way
245 Devo (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
244 The Chemical Brothers Block Rockin’ Beats
243 Depeche Mode Policy Of Truth
242 Peter Bjorn & John Young Folks
241 The Police Can’t Stand Losing You
240 Frank Black Headache
239 Concrete Blonde God Is A Bullet
238 Beastie Boys Intergalactic
237 The Pretenders My City Was Gone
236 Happy Mondays Step On
235 Yo La Tengo Autumn Sweater
234 Arcade Fire Wake Up
233 Screaming Trees Nearly Lost You
232 Silversun Pickups Kissing Families
231 The Cult She Sells Sanctuary
230 Modern English I Melt With You
229 Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer
228 Talking Heads Crosseyed And Painless
227 The Jam In The City
226 The Clash Lost In The Supermarket
225 Bob Mould Sunspots / Wishing Well
224 The Strokes Last Nite
223 Romeo Void Never Say Never
222 Veruca Salt Seether
221 The Smiths Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
220 Guided By Voices Teenage FBI
219 Faith No More Epic
218 Public Enemy Fight The Power
217 Modest Mouse Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
216 Oasis Supersonic
215 Blondie One Way Or Another
214 Wall Of Voodoo Mexican Radio
213 Mission Of Burma That’s When I Reach For My Revolver
212 The Replacements I’ll Be You
211 Nirvana About A Girl
210 The Psychedelic Furs Pretty In Pink
209 Bob Marley Jamming
208 Beastie Boys So What’cha Want
207 Living Colour Cult Of Personality
206 Wilco Monday

205 The Smiths Girlfriend In A Coma
204 Belle & Sebastian Your Cover’s Blown
203 The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen
202 Blur Girls and Boys
201 Dramarama Anything, Anything
200 The Jam Going Underground
199 Liz Phair Supernova
198 Guided By Voices I Am A Scientist
197 Daft Punk Da Funk
196 The English Beat Save It For Later
195 Social Distortion Ball And Chain
194 Dinosaur Jr. Feel The Pain
193 Folk Implosion Natural One
192 Jeff Buckley So Real
191 Built To Spill Big Dipper
190 Spoon Everything Hits At Once
189 Cracker Teen Angst
188 Love & Rockets So Alive
187 Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes
186 Radiohead Optimistic
185 Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
184 The White Stripes The Hardest Button To Button
183 Oasis Live Forever
182 The Ramones Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
181 Sonic Youth 100%
180 Talking Heads Life During Wartime
179 Elvis Costello Watching The Detectives
178 R.E.M. Orange Crush
177 Peter Murphy Cuts You Up
176 Elliott Smith Miss Misery
175 The Shins So Says I
174 The Smiths Bigmouth Strikes Again
173 Violent Femmes Gone Daddy Gone
172 Pixies Debaser
171 The La’s There She Goes
170 Talk Talk It’s My Life
169 The Sugarcubes Birthday
168 Interpol Obstacle 1
167 Red Hot Chili Peppers Give It Away
166 The Cure Pictures Of You
165 Gorillaz Clint Eastwood
164 Siouxsie & The Banshees Peek-A-Boo
163 The Afghan Whigs Debonair
162 Public Image Limited Rise
161 XTC Senses Working Overtime
160 Nirvana Heart Shaped Box
159 Gary Numan Cars
158 The Stone Roses Fools Gold
157 The English Beat Mirror In The Bathroom
156 Talking Heads Take Me To The River
155 Devo Girl U Want
154 The Replacements I Will Dare
153 Massive Attack Safe From Harm
152 Mazzy Star Fade Into You
151 Neutral Milk Hotel In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
150 Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
149 The Ramones Do You Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Radio?
148 The Dead Milkmen Punk Rock Girl
147 Nine Inch Nails Head Like A Hole
146 Smashing Pumpkins Today
145 The Flaming Lips She Don’t Use Jelly
144 PJ Harvey Down By The Water
143 Roxy Music Love Is The Drug
142 Elvis Costello Alison
141 U2 With Or Without You
140 Red Hot Chili Peppers Under The Bridge
139 The Cure Close To Me
138 The Psychedelic Furs Love My Way
137 The Dandy Warhols Bohemian Like You
136 DJ Shadow Midnight In A Perfect World
135 The Smiths There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
134 The Boomtown Rats I Don’t Like Mondays
133 The Clash This Is Radio Clash
132 Pavement Stereo
131 Cracker Low
130 The Shins Caring Is Creepy
129 Squeeze Tempted
128 XTC Making Plans For Nigel
127 Depeche Mode Enjoy The Silence
126 The Jesus And Mary Chain Head On

Modern Rock 500 Flashback – 2000

joe — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:42:01 +0000

With the 20th Annual Modern Rock 500 Underway over on WOXY Vintage, I thought it would be fun to have a look back at some old 500 countdowns of interest. Today we take a peek at 1994, and while I would love to list the entire thing here, I will just snag a few of the more interesting laps from that year. For the Modern Rock statistician in all of us…

#500 – Blur – Girls And Boys

#250 – The Offspring – Gotta Get Away

#100 – Concrete Blonde – Joey

#97 – Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen

#10 – The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go?

#1 – Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the U.K.

Band with the most songs in the 2000 Modern Rock 500

R.E.M. – (11)

Other bands with 10 or more songs in the countdown…
–none–

Previous #1’s placement

The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry (#1 in 1996, #45 in 2000)
The Smiths – How Soon Is Now (#1 in 1989, #3 in 2000)
New Order – Love Vigilanties – (#1 in 1991, #417 in 2000)
R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe – (#1 in 1994, #2 in 2000)

The Top 10 of 2000

1. Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the U.K.

2. R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe

3. The Smiths – How Soon is Now?

4. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit

5. The Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated

6. The Cure – Just Like Heaven

7. Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun

8. U2 – New Year’s Day

9. Pearl Jam – Alive

10. The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Modern Rock 500 – 2009 – Halfway Home, Day 2’s Songs

joe — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:10:39 +0000

The 20th annual Modern Rock 500 is in full swing over on the WOXY Vintage Channel right now, and we hope you are enjoying the countdown again this year. If you missed out yesterday, or just were not quick enough to jot down the full listing, here are the songs that we played yesterday.

On tap for today, its laps #250 – 126. Enjoy!

So, listen to the Modern Rock 500 right now via this link……

375 Radiohead High And Dry
374 Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World
373 Manic Street Preachers If You Tolerate This ….
372 Band Of Horses The Funeral
371 Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
370 Broken Social Scene 7/4 (Shoreline)
369 The Postal Service The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
368 Massive Attack Angel
367 Art Of Noise Close (To The Edit)
366 The Cure Fascination Street
365 Weezer Say It Ain’t So
364 Belly Feed The Tree
363 The Pretenders Middle Of The Road
362 Belle & Sebastian The Boy With The Arab Strap
361 Modest Mouse Ocean Breathes Salty
360 Squeeze Pulling Mussels From The Shell
359 Wire Strange
358 Oingo Boingo Dead Man’s Party
357 Pulp Disco 2000
356 M.I.A. Paper Planes
355 Yaz Situation
354 !!! (Chk Chk Chk) Me And Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard
353 Nine Inch Nails Down In It
352 Social Distortion Ring Of Fire
351 Lemonheads Into Your Arms
350 Doves There Goes The Fear
349 The Waterboys The Whole Of The Moon
348 XTC The Mayor Of Simpleton
347 Air Sexy Boy
346 The Stone Roses Waterfall
345 Ministry Everyday Is Halloween
344 Tom Tom Club Genius Of Love
343 Public Enemy Bring The Noise
342 Royal Crescent Mob Get On The Bus
341 They Might Be Giants Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

340 PJ Harvey Good Fortune
339 Dinosaur Jr. Start Choppin’
338 The Cardigans My Favourite Game
337 Peter Gabriel Shock The Monkey
336 Front 242 Welcome To Paradise
335 Killing Joke Eighties
334 Pixies Velouria
333 The Breeders Divine Hammer
332 R.E.M. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
331 The Specials A Message To You Rudy
330 Depeche Mode Never Let Me Down Again
329 The Dandy Warhols Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth
328 Ryan Adams To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
327 Pavement Rattled By The Rush
326 Bright Eyes Lover I Don’t Have To Love
325 Massive Attack Protection
324 The Sundays Here’s Where The Story Ends
323 Morphine Cure For Pain
322 Muse Time Is Running Out
321 The Undertones Teenage Kicks
320 The Black Keys 10 A.M. Automatic
319 Eels Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues
318 Vampire Weekend A-Punk
317 They Might Be Giants Don’t Let’s Start
316 New Order Regret
315 Weezer Buddy Holly
314 Supergrass Caught By The Fuzz
313 Suicidal Tendencies Institutionalized
312 Ministry Stigmata
311 The Chemical Brothers Let Forever Be
310 The Jam Start!
309 Midnight Oil Beds Are Burning
308 Tegan & Sara Walking With A Ghost
307 Simple Minds Don’t You (Forget About Me)
306 Nirvana Lithium
305 Hum Stars
304 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
303 The New Pornographers The Laws Have Changed
302 Juliana Hatfield My Sister
301 Superdrag Sucked Out
300 Grandaddy The Crystal Lake
299 The National Secret Meeting
298 Mclusky To Hell With Good Intentions
297 Silversun Pickups Lazy Eye
296 The Velvet Underground What Goes On
295 Elliott Smith Waltz #2
294 Interpol Slow Hands
293 The Jam That’s Entertainment
292 LCD Soundsystem Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
291 Grandmaster Flash The Message
290 Tones On Tail Go (Club Mix)
289 The Orb Little Fluffy Clouds
288 MC 900 FT Jesus The City Sleeps
287 Nine Inch Nails Closer
286 Bjork Big Time Sensuality
285 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Talk About The Blues
284 Doves Catch The Sun
283 U2 Where The Streets Have No Name
282 The Decemberists The Bachelor And The Bride
281 Blur Coffee and TV
280 R.E.M. Driver 8
279 TV On The Radio Staring At The Sun
278 Hot Chip Over And Over
277 Depeche Mode Route 66 (Beatmasters mix)
276 The B-52s Private Idaho
275 Beck The New Pollution
274 Soul Coughing Screenwriter’s Blues
273 Wilco I’m The Man Who Loves You
272 Big Star When My Baby’s Beside Me
271 Robyn Hitchcock My Wife And My Dead Wife
270 The Catherine Wheel Black Metallic
269 Radiohead Street Spirit (Fade Out)
268 Smashing Pumpkins Disarm
267 Pearl Jam Even Flow
266 Red Hot Chili Peppers Higher Ground
265 Sebadoh Skull
264 Elastica Connection
263 The Charlatans UK The Only One I Know
262 My Morning Jacket Off The Record
261 Joe Jackson Is She Really Going Out With Him?
260 The Walkmen The Rat
259 Urge Overkill Sister Havana
258 Pavement Shady Lane
257 David Bowie Rebel Rebel
256 The Pogues Fairytale Of New York
255 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax
254 Suede Metal Mickey
253 Guided By Voices Glad Girls
252 Built To Spill Goin’ Against Your Mind
251 R.E.M. Stand

Modern Rock 500 Flashback – 1994

joe — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:50:20 +0000

Lap #250 10,000 Maniacs – Trouble Me

Lap #100 Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science

Lap #97 Talk Talk – Talk Talk

Lap #10 New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle

Lap #1 R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe

Band with the most songs in the 1994 Modern Rock 500 – R.E.M. (13)

The Top 10 from 1994

1. R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe

2. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit

3. The Cure – Just Like Heaven

4. The Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated

5. Depeche Mode – Route 66

6. Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun

7. The Nails – 88 Lines About 44 Women

8. The Smiths – How Soon is Now?

9. Psychedelic Furs – Pretty In Pink

10. New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle

Modern Rock 500 – 2009 – Day 1 In The Books, Day 2 Underway

joe — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:35:18 +0000

On tap for today, its laps #375 – 251. Enjoy!

So, listen to the Modern Rock 500 right now via this link……

Modern Rock 500 Flashback – 1989

joe — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:19:55 +0000

With the 20th Annual Modern Rock 500 Underway over on WOXY Vintage, I thought it would be fun to have a look back at some old 500 countdowns of interest. Today we take a peek at 1989, and while I would love to list the entire thing here, I will just snag a few of the more interesting laps from that year. For the Modern Rock statistician in all of us…

Lap #500 – The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)

Lap #250 – INXS – Don’t Change

Lap #100 – Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug

Lap #97 – Sisters of Mercy – This Corrosion

Lap #10 – Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart

Lap #1 – The Smiths – How Soon is Now?

Band with the most songs in the 1989 Modern Rock 500 – The Smiths (13)

Other bands with 10 songs or more….
The Cure (11)
U2 (10)
Elvis Costello (10)
Depeche Mode (10)

Most Top 100 Songs –
The Cure (8)

The Top 10 from 1989

1. The Smiths – How Soon is Now?

2. R.E.M. – It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

3. Modern English – I Melt With You

4. New Order – Blue Monday

5. The Cult -She Sells Sanctuary

6. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities in Dust

7. New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle

8. Romeo Void – Never Say Never

9. The Cure – Let’s Go To Bed

10. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart

The 2009 Modern Rock 500 Underway!

joe — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:44:36 +0000

Hey everyone, just want to draw your attention to our annual tradition of counting down the top 500 songs in Modern Rock history again this year. It is special every year, but this year is another milestone, as we count down the best of the best for the 20th time. At the end of each day, I will list the songs that we have counted down so far here on The Futurist, and you can listen to them as they are counted down over on WOXY Vintage all week long, starting each day at 9am ET.

Tues, May 26 @ 9am #500 – 376
Weds, May 27 @ 9am #375 – 251
Thurs, May 28 @ 9am #250 – 126
Friday, May 29 @ 9am #125 – 1

So, listen to the Modern Rock 500 right now via this link……

The 2008 Modern Rock 500

If you are on Twitter, and listening to the 500 this year, tweet with the #MR500 hashtag at the end and follow your fellow listeners as well.

The Last Word On The 19th Annual Modern Rock 500

joe — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:44:21 +0000

At this point, you have to either have just come here for the first time, or have possibly been ignoring all things music and internet over the past two months NOT to know about this years Modern Rock 500. So, just in case you fall into either of those categories, or several others (i.e. pure laziness), this post is for you.

We archived all 37 hours of our annual Memorial Day classic, and you can grab the full listing of all 500 songs and listen to the complete streaming audio by visiting this link. So check it out and enjoy it!

Also see- 2008 Modern Rock 500 Song Listing , Previous Modern Rock 500 Posts