oh yes - i know this is *technically* waaaaaaaay more than 5 songs - but ALL Sigur Ros - definitly

Mister, Won't You Please Help My Pony? - Ween Idiot Wind - Dylan Hey! Student - The Fall When I Get To The Border - Richard Thompson Mother Nature's Son - The Beatles

Oh Yes! Also - what a tune! But Transmission and She's Lost Control were the first ever joy division songs i heard when I was around 14 and completely changed my whole musical.....ness. Haha! So yea that ones pretty close to my heart! I had have to go with Transmission, if only for the "Dance Dance Dance...." but Atmosphere would be a very close second, with New Orders "Perfect Kiss".

Idiot Wind - Bob Dylan (love the original however the hard rain live version is unbeatable) Move on up - Curtis Mayfield (Kanye West can feck off right now) Furry sings the blues - Joni Mitchell (Joni sings 'em too) This is Hardcore - Pulp (underated but I'm overwhelmed) Everybodys gotta learn sometime - The Korgis (It's a pleasure & I'm not guilty)

Hmmmh im posting five more cus im bored My Name is Jonas - weezer Rubys arms - tom waits The Seinfeld music Pale blue eyes - velvet underground Tierd of sex - weezer Ya old school fav's

The B52s - Rock Lobster Cat Power - Sea of Love Britney Spears - Toxic (4 real) New Order - Blue Monday (as loud as possible) Bert Jansch - Angie 5 out of hundreds

1. wilco - the late greats (just can't stop listening to this song at the moment) 2. tom petty - runnin' down a dream (what a riff, simple but very effective!) 3. bob dylan - rainy day woman (not one of his best songs but it just puts me in a good mood every time) 4. the black crowes - remedy (retrorocktastic!!!!!) 5. ben folds - landed (class tune)

1. Handle With Care- Travelling Wilburys 2. Oxygen- Willy Mason 3. The Outdoor Type- Lemonheads 4. Sometimes It Snows In April- Prince 5. The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 'Twill change of course but lovin' all these right now.

5 TO MAKE YE CRY LIKE A BABY Hello in There - John Prine (lifetimes of wisdom in this beautiful but unbearably sad song) He was a friend of mine - Bob Dylan (Bob sings about a friend who has died) Mr.Bojangles - Sammy Davis jr. (J.J.Walkers brilliant song about alchoholic dancer William Robinson) Outside Myself - KD Lang (KD goes soul searching) Gods song - Randy Newman (If this song doesn't put a chill in your soul you don't have one) http://www.myspace.com/theprescriptionsband

Cherry Bomb - Jon Mellencamp Mirror Ball - Emmylou Harris Jane Siberry - Love Is Everything Pretty In Pink - Psychedelic Furs Another Time, Another Planet - The Only Ones

Loads have been mentioned already so, Jape-floating, Pulp-common ppl, Tom Waits-Martha, etc etc so for some newbies . . . Weezer - Island in the Sun Rilo Kiley - My Slumbering Heart Yo La Tengo - Our Way to Fall YYYs - Y Control Blondie - Atomic

What a predicament, that first 'so' wasnt intended to play a part in this message at all, it causes a mighty confusion.