#26 The needle and the damage done - Neil Young

Many many years ago, when I was about 18, I decided to learn to play the guitar. After a couple of years of ****ing around learning a few chords and not really progressing, I took lessons with a guy called Rick Pronger. Although I never become that proficient, I did learn a lot over the next few years. Ricks musical taste was as varied as mine and it meant that I found out about a lot of new artists. At the very first lesson I was given two songs to learn, The needle and the damage done by Neil Young was one of them. On that day, I became a Neil Young convert.



http://www.neilyoung.com/

#25 Winners Song - Geraldine (Peter Kay)

A few weeks ago on Channel 4 (in the UK), comedian Peter Kay produced a truly classic TV programme that took the **** out of reality TV shows with "Britain's Got the Pop Factor and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice". The winner was transvestite Geraldine from Northern Ireland....brilliant! Here is the "winning song" - so very tongue in cheek.

#24 No More Heroes - The Stranglers

The Stranglers are 'punk with melody' and this is a classic track from 1977. I once saw them play around 1990 in France and they rocked!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranglers

#23 Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack

Across 110th Street is a stylish soul track from the film of the same name. It was used again in the film Jackie Brown by Quentin Tarantino, which is one of my favourites. Rather than see Bobby Womack in action, I decided on the opening credits of Jackie Brown.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Womack

#22 Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne

This is such a fun song (in a true '80s style) and the video is also very witty.



http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/