Tammy McBeth's Top 25 Songs

1. Minor Detail - Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down Quartet
My favorite band. Hard to limit myself to two from them. This is from their jazzy album and is one of my favorite songs to start the day with.

2. Sway - Bic Runga

3. Fidelity - Regina Spektor

4. Make It With You - Bread
This song marked the beginning of my venture into more laid-back acoustic music, which led to the discovery of much of the music on this list.

5. More Adventurous - Rilo Kiley

6. Sunnyroad - Emiliana Torrini
Such a sweet, simple song that reminds me of lazy hot days of summer. Also really fun and easy to play.

7. Amame - Juanes
Literally translated, "love me." We listened to this song in Spanish class senior year of high school, and I've been hooked on Juanes since.

8. My Favorite Book - Stars
A really sweet song, made sweeter by being "ours"

9. Crunchy Granola Suite - Neil Diamond
If I could put entire albums on this list, I would have just put "Hot August Night" in this slot. That album was such a big part of my childhood. I will love Neil Diamond til the day I die.

10. Nessun Dorma - Puccini
Heartbreakingly beautiful. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nessun_dorma for more about the opera, if you're interested.

11. Two-Way Monologue - Sondre Lerche

12. Empty Spaces - SR-71

13. Who Needs Shelter - Jason Mraz

Another good song for a morning drive or a rainy day

14. Four-Eyed Girl - Rhett Miller
Yay glasses

15. Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional

16. Harder Better Faster Stronger - Daft Punk
For the techno geek in all of us

17. Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
Hard to pick just one. Probably should be higher on the list.

18. Never My Love - The Association
Beautiful harmonies

19. I'm Stupid - Prime STH

20. Sparks - Coldplay
Love the bass line

21. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

My theme song in 10th grade

22. Rhapsody in Blue - Glenn Miller
Another band we listened to a lot as kids.

23. Naima - John Coltrane

24. Bad Sneakers - Steely Dan

25. I'm Just a Girl - No Doubt

Dave Lighthall's Top 25 Songs

1. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
Favorite song from my favorite group

2. Does Anybody Know What Time It Is - Chicago
Another favorite song from my favorite group

3. No Tell Lover - Chicago
Nice ballad, a dramatic change from the usual Chicago, smooth, mellow

4. My Girl - The Temptations

5. Surfer Girl - Beach Boys
Loved beach and car music in Jr. High

6. Up, Up, and Away - Fifth Dimension
Love most of their stuff-Marilyn McCoo-the best voice

7. Lines and Circles - Fifth Dimension
Marilyn McCoo

8. Celebrate - Kool and the Gang

9. Standing in the Shadows of Love - The Four Tops

10. Bernadette - The Four Tops

11. I Am...I Said - Neil Diamond
College coffee house memories

12. Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond
College coffee house memories

13. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkle
College coffee house memories

14. At the Zoo - Simon and Garfunkle
College coffee house memories

15. Thriller - Michael Jackson
Cool song, cool video- lots to choose from from this artist

16. Windy - The Association
Close harmonies

17. Never My Love - The Association
Close harmonies

18. Conga - Miami Sound Machine
Start the party with this group- Gloria Estefan great vocals

19. September - Earth, Wind, and Fire
Funky!!

20. Superstitious - Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life- One of the best albums ever

21. Close to You - The Carpenters
Karen Carpenter's fabulous voice

22. Tuxedo Junction - Manhattan Transfer
a capella- very smooth, great harmonies

23. Birdland - Manhattan Transfer
a capella- very smooth, great harmonies

24. Susan - The Buckinghams
Music "Lite" but good harmonies and easy to karaoke

25. Little Old Lady from Pasadena - Jan and Dean
Same as Beach boys- sooooo jr. high


OTHERS
Kind of a Drag - The Buckinghams
Music Lite but good harmonies and easy to karaoke

Be True to Your School - Jan and Dean
Same as Beach Boys

National Anthem - Jimi Hendrix
Unbelievable guitar version

I'll Take You There - Pointer Sisters
Start the party with this group

Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf

Pinball Wizard - The Who

Theme from Vegas
Don't know why but always one of my favorites

Theme from MASH
For some reason it sticks in my head and is hard to get rid of

Man, I Feel Like a Woman - Shania Twain
Very sexy song

Think - Aretha Franklin
"Blues Brothers" classic

Silhouettes on the Shade - Herman's Hermits
Classic funny 1950's doo-wop song

NO WAY, JOSE
I wouldn't take a cd from these groups if they were free:
The Rolling Stones
Cher
Elvis
Madonna
Any Heavy Metal

Mike Armstrong's Top 25 Songs

1. Gold Sounds - Pavement
Makes me think of Summers back home, staying up all night into the next day, eating breakfast in a beach chair on the back deck

2. Someday - The Strokes
My favorite Strokes song, a song for dancing

3. Hounds of Love - The Futureheads
I absolutely love singing this song as loud as possible

4. Maps - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5. Hybrid Rainbow - The Pillows
I get chills when it kicks in about a minute in

6. Hey Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal - They Might Be Giants

7. Returning to the Fold - The Thermals

8. Your English is Good - Tokyo Police Club
This song gets me up and going

9. Portions for Foxes - Rilo Kiley
This song was fantastic live

10. Samson - Regina Spektor
I love this story

11. My Favourite Book - The Stars
Our song

12. Parentheses - The Blow

13. The Underdog - Spoon
Maybe my favorite song thematically, never stop learning

14. Rebellion (Lies) - The Arcade Fire
Hard to choose one from this album, but the line "sleeping is giving in" resonates

15. The Crane Wife 3 - The Crane Wife

16. Kc Accidental - Broken Social Scene
The surprise on this list, I did not expect to put this song so high

17. Back When I Was 4 - Jeffrey Lewis

18. Kanske Ar Jag Kar I Dig - Jens Lekman

19. For No One's Better Sake - Little Joy

20. There's a Metalhead in the Parking Lot - Slapstick
This meant a lot when I was in middle/high school

21. Impression That I Get - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Favorite album for a long time

22. I'm a Cuckoo - Belle and Sebastian

23. Those Who Fight Further (Final Fantasy 7) - Black Mages

24. Dandelions - Five Iron Frenzy
It never left me

25. The Sun Lights Strong - Matty Popchart

26. Good Enough - Westbound Train
It could have been any one of their songs

John Armstrong's Top 25 Songs

1. Good Old Accapella - The Nylons
For us high school and college choir types

2. Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
For everyone who loves Chicago

3. No Fair at All - The Association

4. People Get Ready - Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions

5. Sometimes in Winter - Blood Sweat and Tears
First rock concert I ever went to

6. A Summer Song - Chad and Jeremy

7. Canon in D Major - English Chamber Orchestra

8. Come Sail Away - Styx

9. Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland

10. Glad - Traffic
The title is exactly right

11. Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington & Bill Withers

12. Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills, and Nash

13. Never My Love - The Association
Favorite band in college

14. Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts

15. The Sounds of Silence (Live) - Simon and Garfunkel

16. Wasted on the Way - Crosby, Stills, and Nash

17. Angela - Bob James
Makes me think of reverend Jim

18. Centerfield - John Fogerty

19. Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

20. Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot

21. Knights in White Satin - Moody Blues

22. Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren

23. Honey Wind Blows - Glenn Yarbrough
Saw him at Golf Mill with the Limelighters

24. I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan and John Ford Coley

25. Outside of a Small Circle of Friends - Phil Ochs

26. Scotch and Soda - The Kingston Trio

27. Up On the Roof - The Nylons
I'd kill for his voice

28. You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban

29. Children of Sanchez Theme - Chuck Mangione
My brother played the flugelhorn in high school

30. Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Makes me smile

31. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

32. Louisiana 1927 - Randy Newman
Best blues song ever

What is Marshmallow Fight's Deal, Anyway?

"You are loved,
you are missed,
nothing joins our hearts
like lists."
Cornelius "Wendigo" Rumpsack, IV.

Finer words were never written on the subject of lists, especially by this poet, who I just made up. Welcome to Marshmallow Fight, where we're going to make a bunch of lists. For example, we're starting with 25 Favorite Songs, and you, whoever you may be, can peruse the lists we put up, and then send me your own. The rules are loose, you can make your own criteria, and feel free to submit whatever extras you like. That's it, really. For ease of navigation, I will tag all of our posts with a word (song, for instance), and then you can search all of the lists of that type by clicking the links to the right. We'll be tinkering, probably, with the layout and the format, but don't let that stop you from acting like you own the place. Commenting is encouraged, of course. Special thanks are due to Dana C., for giving the site an early makeover and a thorough tidying; before she got here, everything was oatmeal and dirty laundry. If you have any questions, feel free to direct them to me at nathan.a.armstrong@gmail.com, or just cram them in the comments. We can't wait to see your lists, so get to work.
Nate