Saturday, October 24, 2015

BONUS: Live 105's top 105 of 2008

Yeah, I won't be getting to 2008 for a while (Likely before the next Ice Age. I promise!), but I stumbled across this on Archive.org and wanted to post it here.

Live 105's year-end countdown had been a tradition since the station started, but it looks like they stopped doing them after this.

It always annoyed me that half of the list would be comprised of songs from previous years. I don't mean songs that came out the previous year but became bigger that year. I mean songs that came out in the previous year but were barely played that year. Sometimes it was even songs from two to four years earlier. It just seems like they're pushing out a lot of smaller songs that still had somewhat of an impact.

But I digress. Here's the list.



1COLDPLAYviva la vida
2FOO FIGHTERSthe pretender
3BRAVERYbelieve
4WEEZERpork & beans
5OFFSPRINGhammerhead
6VAMPIRE WEEKENDa-punk
7DEATH CAB FOR CUTIEI will possess your heart
8WHITE STRIPESicky thump
9LINKIN PARKshadow of the day
10SERJ TANKIANempty walls
11KILLERSshadowplay
12OFFSPRINGyou're gonna go far kid
13FINGER ELEVENparalyzer
14FOO FIGHTERSlet it die
15ATREYUfalling down
16LINKIN PARKleave out all the rest
17RISE AGAINSTthe good left undone
18MGMTkids
19MUSEknights of cydonia
20KILLERShuman
21M.I.A.paper planes
22LINKIN PARKwhat I've done
23WEEZERtroublemaker
24RISE AGAINSTprayer of the refugee
25THREE DAYS GRACEnever too late
26FOO FIGHTERSlong road to ruin
27PARAMOREcrush crush crush
28RACONTEURSsalute your solution
2930 SECONDS TO MARSthe kill
30NINE INCH NAILSdiscipline
31JACK JOHNSONif I had eyes
32KILLERSwhen you were young
33FLOBOTShandlebars
34INCUBUSlove hurts
35ANGELS & AIRWAVESthe adventure
36MUSEstarlight
37BECKgamma ray
38MGMTtime to pretend
39PENNYWISEthe western world
40CAROLINA LIARI'm not over
41METALLICAthe day that never comes
42ATMOSPHEREyou 
43DEATH CAB FOR CUTIEcath
44RISE AGAINSTre-eduction through labor
45ALKALINE TRIOhelp me
46KILLERSread my mind
47RADIOHEADbodysnatchers
48JIMMY EAT WORLDbig casino
49APOCALYPTICAI don't care
50ONE DAY AS A LIONwild international
51SERJ TANKIANsky is over
52KINGS OF LEONsex on fire
53THE KOOKSalways where I need to be
54MY CHEMICAL ROMANCEwelcome to the black parade
55FOXBORO HUT TUBSmother mary
56MUSEsupermassive black hole
57COLDPLAYlost!
58DISTURBEDinside the fire
59PARAMOREmisery business
60RISE AGAINSTready to fall
61SCARS ON BROADWAYthey say
62LUDOlove me dead
63STAINDbelieve
64SLIGHTLY STOOPID2am
65JACK JOHNSONhope
66SOCIAL DISTORTIONfar behind
67SHINY TOY GUNSricochet
68BLOC PARTYone month off
69OASISthe shock of the lightning
70DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAHwe are rockstars
71SEETHERrise above this
72HOLLYWOOD UNDEADundead
73FLOBOTSrise 
74LINKIN PARKgiven up
75MUSEmap of the problematique 
76PARAMOREdecode
77THE CUREthe only one
78FRANZ FERDINANDulysses
79JACK'S MANNEQUINthe resolution
80COLD WAR KIDSsomething is not right with me
81GUNS & ROSESchinese democracy
82AVENGED SEVENFOLDalmost easy
83SHINY TOY GUNSghost town
84LOW VS. DIAMONDheart attack
85PENDULUMpropane nightmares
86AGAINST ME!thrash unreal
87THE TING TINGSthat's not my name
88ANGELS & AIRWAVESeverything's magic
89REBELUTIONsafe and sound
90SEETHERfake it
91RISE AGAINSTaudience of one
92OFFSPRINGkristy, are you doing okay
93KILLERSspaceman
94SHINEDOWNsecond chance
95WHITE STRIPESyou don't know what love is
96INCUBUSanna molly
97LINKIN PARKbleed it out
98COLDPLAYviolet hill
99PETER BJORN AND JOHN young folks
100PANIC AT THE DISCO9 in the afternoon
101MODEST MOUSEdashboard
102RADIOHEADjigsaw falling into place
103AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENTsometime around midnight
104BRAVERYtime won't let me go
105BAD RELIGIONhonest goodbye

Live 105 playlist May 26, 2006

This weekend was a Memorial Day 500 weekend (or as they called it "The Co-op Countdown." Ugh.) where they counted down what they considered the 500 biggest alternative songs of all time. Live 105 has done many of these over the years, and they're always updated to accommodate the big recent hits. They started this on Friday evening and continued it until Monday, so this will take up the next four entries.

For the entire list, go here.

1. Staind- Outside (#479)

2. Cranberries- Dreams (#478)

3. U2- Vertigo (#477)

4. Keane- Somewhere Only We Know (#476)

5. Reel Big Fish- Sell Out (#475)

6. Arctic Monkeys- I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor (#474)

7. Audioslave- I am the Highway (#473)

8. Cardigans- My Favorite Game (#472)

9. U2- Desire (#471)

10. Jane's Addiction- Stop (#470)

Saturday, October 17, 2015

BONUS: KOME's top 98.5 of 1997

1THIRD EYE BLINDSEMI-CHARMED LIFE
2MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONESTHE IMPRESSION THAT I GET
3SUBLIMEWRONG WAY
4SMASHMOUTHWALKING ON THE SUN
5SUBLIMESANTERIA
6SMASHING PUMPKINSEYE
7BECKNEW POLLUTION
8FOO FIGHTERSEVERLONG
9TONICIF YOU COULD ONLY SEE
10SUGAR RAYFLY
11GARBAGE# 1 CRUSH
12SNEAKER PIMPS6 UNDERGROUND
13MATCHBOX 20PUSH
14311ALL MIXED UP
15BLURSONG 2
16WALLFLOWERSONE HEADLIGHT
17OFFSPRINGGONE AWAY
18REEL BIG FISHSELL OUT
19SUBLIMEDOIN’ TIME
20BUSHGREEDY FLY
21BECKJACK ASS
22EVERCLEAREVERYTHING TO EVERYONE
23VERVE PIPETHE FRESHMEN
24CHUMBAWAMBATUBTHUMPING
25FOO FIGHTERSMONKEY WRENCH
26FIONA APPLECRIMINAL
27DAVE MATTHEWSCRASH INTO ME
28WHITE TOWNYOUR WOMAN
29DEPECHE MODEIT’S NO GOOD
30FIONA APPLESLEEP TO DREAM
31NO DOUBTSUNDAY MORNING
32SUBLIMEWHAT I GOT
33MARCY PLAYGROUNDSEX & CANDY
34SOUNDGARDENBLOW UP THE OUTSIDE WORLD
35GREEN DAYHITCHIN’ A RIDE
36BLINK 182DAMMIT
37PRODIGYBREATHE
38OASISD’YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
39THE CUREWRONG NUMBER
40THIRD EYE BLINDGRADUATE
41BUSHMOUTH
42SMASHING PUMPKINS33
43SMASHING PUMPKINSTHE END IS THE BEGINNING
44U2STARING AT THE SUN
45THE VERVEBITTER SWEET SYMPHONY
46SARAH McLACHLANBUILDING A MYSTERY
47SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERSHELL
48MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONESTHE RASCAL KING
49LIVELAKINI’S JUICE
50OASISDON’T GO AWAY
51LOCAL HBOUND FOR THE FLOOR
52BECKDEADWEIGHT
53CARDIGANSLOVEFOOL
54THIRD EYE BLINDHOW’S IT GONNA BE
55VERUCA SALTVOLCANO GIRLS
56DAYS OF THE NEWTOUCH, PEEL & STAND
57NO DOUBTEXCUSE ME MR.
58THE WALLFLOWERSTHE DIFFERENCE
59SILVERCHAIRABUSE ME
60LIVETURN MY HEAD
61K’S CHOICENOT AN ADDICT
62OUR LADY PEACESUPERMAN’S DEAD
63BUCK O NINEMY TOWN
64COUNTING CROWSA LONG DECEMBER
65GREEN DAYTIME OF YOUR LIFE
66SPACEFEMALE OF THE SPECIES
67OUR LADY PEACECLUMSY
68FOO FIGHTERSMY HERO
69MATCHBOX 203AM
70LUSCIOUS JACKSONNAKED EYE
71LIVEFREAKS
72U2DISCOTHEQUE
73MEREDITH BROOKSBITCH
74FOREST FOR THE TREESDREAM
75SUMMERCAMPDRAWER
76CHEMICAL BROTHERSBLOCK ROCKIN’ BEATS
77311PRISONER
78LIVERATTLESNAKE
79PORNO FOR PYROSHARD CHARGER
80BLACK LABWASH IT AWAY
81DANCE HALL CRASHERSLOST AGAIN
82OFFSPRINGALL I WANT
83NINE INCH NAILSPERFECT DRUG
84SNEAKER PIMPSSPIN SPIN SUGAR
85BEN FOLDS FIVEBRICK
86OFFSPRINGI CHOOSE
87PRODIGYFIRESTARTER
88THE SUNDAYSSUMMERTIME
89COLLECTIVE SOULPRECIOUS DECLARATION
90311TRANSISTOR
91STONE TEMPLE PILOTSLADY PICTURE SHOW
92CAKETHE DISTANCE
93311BEAUTIFUL DISASTER
94TONICOPEN UP YOUR EYES
95TOAD THE WET SPROCKETCOME DOWN
96BUSHCOLD CONTAGIOUS
97LONGPIGSON & ON
98THIRD EYE BLINDLOSING A WHOLE YEAR
98.5U2LAST NIGHT ON EARTH

Live 105 playlist May 24, 2006

1. Linkin Park- Somewhere I Belong

2. Sublime- What I Got

3. H.I.M.- Wings of a Butterfly

4. Depeche Mode- Personal Jesus

5. Weezer- Perfect Situation

6. Puddle of Mudd- Blurry

7. Every Move a Picture- Signs of Life

8. Smashing Pumpkins- Rhinoceros 

9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Gold Lion

10. Alien Ant Farm- Smooth Criminal