From ed@das.llnl.gov (Edward Suranyi) Fri Jun 22 14:10:52 1990
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From: ed@das.llnl.gov (Edward Suranyi)
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Subject: KITS list: Top 300 Mod. Rock songs
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Well, not a single person told me not to post this, and I got
lots of requests *to* post it, so here it is:

Here is the KITS Memorial Day 1990 Countdown, as voted by the listeners.
(Note that #300 is missing because of an error in the printing):

1. THE SMITHS                   HOW SOON IS NOW?
2. NEW ORDER                    BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE
3. MODERN ENGLISH               I MELT WITH YOU
4. ALPHAVILLE                   FOREVER YOUNG
5. THE CURE                     PICTURES OF YOU
6. NEW ORDER                    BLUE MONDAY
7. THE CURE                     JUST LIKE HEAVEN
8. SOFT CELL                    TAINTED LOVE
9. DEPECHE MODE                 JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH
10. ERASURE                     OH L'AMOUR
11. CUBE                        LOVE'S TABOO
12. MINISTRY                    EVERY DAY IS HALLOWEEN
13. NEW ORDER                   TRUE FAITH
14. JOY DIVISION                LOVE WILL TEAR US APART
15. SINEAD O'CONNOR             NOTHING COMPARES 2 U
16. SECESSION                   THE MAGICIAN
17. THE CURE                    IN BETWEEN DAYS
18. U2                          PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
19. DEPECHE MODE                ENJOY THE SILENCE
20. YAZ                         SITUATION
21. THE B-52'S                  ROCK LOBSTER
22. STEPHEN "TIN TIN" DUFFY     KISS ME
23. WHEN IN ROME                THE PROMISE
24. THE CURE                    BOYS DON'T CRY
25. TALK TALK                   IT'S MY LIFE
26. OINGO BOINGO                DEAD MAN'S PARTY
27. TIME ZONE                   WORLD DESTRUCTION
28. DEPECHE MODE                STRANGELOVE
29. YAZ                         ONLY YOU
30. DRAMARAMA                   ANYTHING ANYTHING
31. THE SMITHS                  THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT
32. R.E.M.                      THE ONE I LOVE
33. ROXY MUSIC                  AVALON
34. GENERAL PUBLIC              TENDERNESS
35. EBN OZN                     A E I O U SOMETIMES Y
36. DEPECHE MODE                PERSONAL JESUS
37. THE SEX PISTOLS             ANARCHY IN THE U.K.
38. THE CLASH                   SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?
39. PSYCHEDELIC FURS            THE GHOST IN YOU
40. THE CURE                    LOVE SONG
41. ELECTRONIC                  GETTING AWAY WITH IT
42. THE B-52'S                  LOVE SHACK
43. THE LIGHTNING SEEDS         PURE
44. THE CURE                    CLOSE TO ME
45. R.E.M.                      IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
46. PET SHP BOYS                ALWAYS ON MY MIND
47. THE STONE ROSES             I WANNA BE ADORED
48. THE SMITHS                  GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA
49. THE PLIMSOULS               A MILLION MILES AWAY
50. U2                          SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
51. THE CURE                    A FOREST
52. ERASURE                     CHAINS OF LOVE
53. THE SUNDAYS                 HERE'S WHERE THE STORY ENDS
54. THE ROMANTICS               WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU
55. CANDY FLIP                  STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
56. PETER SCHILLING             THE DIFFERENT STORY
57. VIOLENT FEMMES              BLISTER IN THE SUN
58. DEPECHE MODE                PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
59. THE CURE                    LOVE CATS
60. HEAVEN 17                   LET ME GO
61. TALKING HEADS               ONCE IN A LIFETIME
62. THE ENGLISH BEAT            I CONFESS
63. THE CURE                    LULLABY
64. THE CLASH                   ROCK THE CASBAH
65. ANYTHING BOX                LIVING IN OBLIVION
66. ERASURE                     A LITTLE RESPECT
67. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES     CITIES IN DUST
68. KATE BUSH                   WUTHERING HEIGHTS
69. U2                          NEW YEAR'S DAY
70. B-MOVIE                     NOWHERE GIRL
71. DEPECHE MODE                EVERYTHING COUNTS
72. SINEAD O'CONNOR             MANDINKA
73. THE CLASH                   TRAIN IN VAIN
74. PET SHOP BOYS               WEST END GIRLS
75. TONES ON TAIL               GO!
76. GRANDMASTER FLASH           WHITE LINES
77. SIMPLE MINDS                DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME)
78. DEPECHE MODE                BLASPHEMOUS RUMOURS
79. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS        BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL
80. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN         LIPS LIKE SUGAR
81. U2                          BAD
82. UNTIL DECEMBER              UNTIL DECEMBER
83. THE SEX PISTOLS             GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
84. ERASURE                     STAR
85. THE CURE                    FASCINATION STREET
86. JANE'S ADDICTION            JANE SAYS
87. XTC                         DEAR GOD
88. FRONT 242                   HEADHUNTER
89. THE CURE                    LET'S GO TO BED
90. NEW ORDER                   FINE TIME
91. EURYTHMICS                  SWEET DREAMS
92. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD   RELAX
93. DEPECHE MODE                SOMEBODY
94. MALCOLM MCCLAREN            MADAME BUTTERFLY
95. NEW ORDER                   PERFECT KISS
96. PETER MURPHY                CUTS YOU UP
97. THE B-52'S                  ROAM
98. CETU JAVU                   HAVE IN MIND
99. THE THE                     KINGDOM OF RAIN
100. THE SMITHS                 BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN
101. THE ENGLISH BEAT           SAVE IT FOR LATER
102. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS       SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY
103. UB40                       RED RED WINE
104. THE BELOVED                HELLO
105. TEARS FOR FEARS            MAD WORLD
106. TALKING HEADS              BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
107. SPLIT ENZ                  I GOT YOU
108. U2                         WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
109. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS      SHOW ME YOUR SOUL
110. R.E.M.                     ORANGE CRUSH
111. OINGO BOINGO               WE CLOSE OUR EYES
112. MINISTRY                   WORK FOR LOVE
113. MARTIN L. GORE             COMPULSION
114. THE BOLLOCK BROTHERS       HARLEY DAVID
115. INXS                       THE ONE THING
116. FREUR                      DOOT DOOT
117. NEW ORDER                  1963
118. THE STONE ROSES            FOOL'S GOLD
119. ELVIS COSTELLO             OLIVER'S ARMY
120. INXS                       DON'T CHANGE
121. NEW ORDER                  ROUND & ROUND
122. TALKING HEADS              AND SHE WAS
123. CONSOLIDATED               CONSOLIDATED
124. ELVIS COSTELLO             ALISON
125. CROWDED HOUSE              DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
126. SINEAD O'CONNOR            EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
127. THE GO-GO'S                WE GOT THE BEAT
128. PETER GODWIN               IMAGES OF HEAVEN
129. THE B-52'S                 PRIVATE IDAHO
130. TALKING HEADS              PSYCHO KILLER
131. WESTWORLD                  PAINKILLER
132. THE SLICKEE BOYS           THIS PARTY SUCKS
133. BERLIN                     SEX (I'M A...)
134. DEPECHE MODE               MASTER % SERVANT
135. DEAD OR ALIVE              YOU SPIN ME AROUND
136. THE CLASH                  LONDON CALLING
137. ABC                        THE LOOK OF LOVE
138. DEPECHE MODE               A QUESTION OF LUST
139. UB40                       KINGSTON TOWN
140. THE RAMONES                I WANNA BE SEDATED
141. THE POLICE                 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
142. OMD                        ENOLA GAY
143. ULTRAVOX                   VIENNA
144. THE CURE                   WHY CAN'T I BE YOU?
145. THE CREATURES              FURY EYES
146. THE B-52'S                 DEADBEAT CLUB
147. THE ALARM                  ABSOLUTE REALITY
148. TEARS FOR FEARS            SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE
149. THE THE                    UNCERTAIN SMILE
150. DEPECHE MODE               BUT NOT TONIGHT
151. PETER MURPHY               INDIGO EYES
152. THE PRETENDERS             BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
153. TEARS FOR FEARS            CHANGE
154. RED FLAG                   RUSSIAN RADIO
155. PETER GABRIEL              IN YOUR EYES
156. OMD                        TESLA GIRLS
157. NEW ORDER                  TEMPTATION
158. MORRISSEY                  EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
159. LOVE & ROCKETS             SO ALIVE
160. THE ENGLISH BEAT           MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM
161. U2                         WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
162. INXS                       NEED YOU TONIGHT
163. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS       GOOD THING
164. THE B-52'S                 PLANET CLAIRE
165. THE NAILS                  88 LINES ABOUT 44 WOMEN
166. DURAN DURAN                PLANET EARTH
167. NEW ORDER                  THIEVES LIKE US
168. DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS    COME ON EILEEN
169. DOMINATRIX                 DOMINATRIX SLEEPS TONIGHT
170. DEPECHE MODE               ROUTE 66
171. THE WATERBOYS              THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
172. ERASURE                    BLUE SAVANNAH
173. NENA                       99 LUFTBALLONS
174. SQUEEZE                    TEMPTED
175. XYMOX                      OBSESSION
176. XTC                        MAYOR OF SIMPLETON
177. VOICE FARM                 JOHNNY BELINDA
178. VISAGE                     FADE TO GREY
179. TRANSLATOR                 EVERYWHERE THAT I'M NOT
180. THOMPSON TWINS             IF YOU WERE HERE
181. NEW ORDER                  DREAM ATTACK
182. THE STRANGLERS             GOLDEN BROWN
183. SIMPLE MINDS               BELFAST CHILD
184. THE SMITHS                 THE BOY WITH THE THORN . . .
185. DEPECHE MODE               STRIPPED
186. THE MISSION U.K.           BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL
187. THE HUMAN LEAGUE           DON'T YOU WANT ME
188. GANGWAY                    MY GIRL & ME
189. LOU REED                   WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
190. U2                         DESIRE
191. DEAD OR ALIVE              BRAND NEW LOVER
192. DAVID BOWIE                CHANGES
193. THE B-52'S                 LEGAL TENDER
194. CETU JAVU                  A DONDE
195. INXS                       ORIGINAL SIN
196. GEORGE KRANTZ              DIN DA DA
197. THE FIXX                   STAND OR FALL
198. DURAN DURAN                HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
199. THE DAMNED                 IN DULCE DECORUM
200. TEARS FOR FEARS            EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD
201. U2                         EVERLASTING LOVE
202. 10,000 MANIACS             LIKE THE WEATHER
203. SOFT CELL                  IT'S A MUGS GAME
204. MIDNIGHT OIL               BEDS ARE BURNING
205. SIMPLE MINDS               NEW GOLD DREAM
206. TALKING HEADS              THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
207. HITHOUSE                   MOVE YOUR FEET
208. THE SMITHS                 ASK
209. SHONA LAING                SOVIET SNOW
210. R.E.M.                     STAND
211. OMD                        SO IN LOVE
212. OINGO BOINGO               SKIN
213. KING                       LOVE & PRIDE
214. NINA HAGEN                 NEW YORK NEW YORK
215. NEW ORDER                  SUBCULTURE
216. MORRISSEY                  SUEDEHEAD
217. THE DAMNED                 ALONE AGAIN OR
218. DEVO                       WHIP IT
219. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES    PEEK-A-BOO
220. MADNESS                    OUR HOUSE
221. THE POGUES                 YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
222. MOMUS                      HAIRSTYLE OF THE DEVIL
223. JOE JACKSON                IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM?
224. KILLING JOKE               LOVE LIKE BLOOD
225. BOW WOW WOW                DO YOU WANNA HOLD ME?
226. NINE INCH NAILS            DOWN IN IT
227. 10,000 MANIACS             WHAT'S THE MATTER HERE?
228. THE POLICE                 ROXANNE
229. GANG OF FOUR               MAN IN A UNIFORM
230. FLESH FOR LULU             I GO CRAZY
231. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS       SUSPICIOUS MINDS
232. THE WATERBOYS              FISHERMAN'S BLUES
233. ERASURE                    SOMETIMES
234. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN        THE KILLING MOON
235. KATE BUSH                  RUNNING UP THAT HILL
236. DRAMARAMA                  LAST CIGARETTE
237. SOFT CELL                  SEX DWARF
238. DEPECHE MODE               DANGEROUS
239. BURNING SENSATIONS         BELLY OF THE WHALE
240. NEW ORDER                  CEREMONY
241. EURYTHMICS                 YOU HAVE PUT A CHILL IN MY . . .
242. JOY DIVISION               ATMOSPHERE
243. COLOUR SCREAM              ACROSS THE SKY
244. CHRIS ISAAK                YOU OWE ME SOME KIND OF LOVE
245. CELEBRATE THE NUN          WILL YOU BE THERE?
246. THE STABILIZERS            ONE SIMPLE THING
247. BRONSKI BEAT               SMALL TOWN BOY
248. DAF                        SEX
249. BLACK                      WONDERFUL LIFE
250. BERLIN                     THE METRO
251. THE SEX PISTOLS            MY WAY
252. BAUHAUS                    BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD
253. ADAM ANT                   ROOM AT THE TOP
254. ERASURE                    DRAMA
255. U2                         THE SWEETEST THING
256. THE SPECIALS               A MESSAGE TO YOU RUDY
257. THE STONE ROSES            ELEPHANT STONE
258. EURYTHMICS                 LOVE IS A STRANGER
259. EDDIE GRANT                GIMME HOPE JOANNA
260. BIG COUNTRY                IN A BIG COUNTRY
261. THE CURE                   THE WALK
262. YAZ                        DON'T GO
263. YELLO                      I LOVE YOU
264. XTC                        SENSES WORKING OVERTIME
265. VITAMIN Z                  BURNING FLAME
266. U2                         TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE
267. THE B-52'S                 DANCE THIS MESS AROUND
268. FIGURES ON A BEACH         ACCIDENTALLY 4TH STREET
269. TOM TOM CLUB               GENIUS OF LOVE
270. THE TOY DOLLS              NELLIE THE ELEPHANT
271. THE THE                    THIS IS THE DAY
272. THE STRANGLERS             SKIN DEEP
273. THE SMITHS                 HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE
274. DEPECHE MODE               SHAKE THE DISEASE
275. THE WILD SWANS             BIBLE DREAMS
276. THE PAYOLAS                EYES OF A STRANGER
277. THE FIXX                   RED SKIES
278. THE CULT                   SHE SELLS SANCTUARY
279. THE CHURCH                 UNDER THE MILKY WAY
280. BILLY IDOL                 EYES WITHOUT A FACE
281. THE ALARM                  THE STAND
282. TEARS FOR FEARS            SHOUT
283. KATE BUSH                  LOVE AND ANGER
284. TALK TALK                  TALK TALK
285. SQUEEZE                    PULLING MUSSELS FROM A SHELL
286. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES    DEAR PRUDENCE
287. SINEAD O'CONNOR/THE EDGE   HEROINE
288. ROMEO VOID                 NEVER SAY NEVER
289. REFLEX                     THE POLITICS OF DANCING
290. DEVO                       BABY DOLL
291. PSYCHEDELIC FURS           LOVE MY WAY
292. PiL                        SEATTLE
293. PETER GABRIEL              GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS
294. OMD                        IF YOU LEAVE
295. NIK KERSHAW                WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD
296. NAKED EYES                 ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME
297. R.E.M.                     SOUTH CENTRAL RAIN
298. MIDNIGHT OIL               BLUE SKY MINE
299. MICHAEL PENN               NO MYTH

Ed Suranyi
ed@das.llnl.gov

I finally received this countdown list in today's mail.  These are
the top 105 albums of all time, as voted on by the listeners.

KITS San Francisco Labor Day 1990 Album Countdown  
(Asterisk [*] indicates tie.)

1. NEW ORDER	 	SUBSTANCE
2. THE SMITHS		THE QUEEN IS DEAD
3. DEPECHE MODE		VIOLATOR
4. U2			THE JOSHUA TREE
5. THE CURE		DISINTEGRATION
6. THE CLASH		LONDON CALLING
7. YAZ			UPSTAIRS AT ERIC'S
8. SEX PISTOLS		NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS
9. DEPECHE MODE		BLACK CELEBRATION
10. THE CURE		STANDING ON A BEACH -- THE SINGLES
11. ROXY MUSIC		AVALON
12. U2			WAR
13. THE B-52'S		THE B-52'S
14. ERASURE		THE INNOCENTS
15. DURAN DURAN		RIO
16. THE SMITHS		LOUDER THAN BOMBS
17. DEPECHE MODE	MUSIC FOR THE MASSES
18. PETER GABRIEL	SO
19. THE CURE		KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME
*20. SINEAD O'CONNOR	THE LION & THE COBRA
*20. THE ENGLISH BEAT	WHAT IS BEAT?
21. THE B-52'S		COSMIC THING
22. R.E.M. 		GREEN
23. VIOLENT FEMMES	VIOLENT FEMMES
24. NEW ORDER		TECHNIQUE
25. ERASURE		WONDERLAND
26. OINGO BOINGO	DEAD MAN'S PARTY
27. ELVIS COSTELLO	MY AIM IS TRUE
28. TEARS FOR FEARS	SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR
29. U2			THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
30. THE CLASH		COMBAT ROCK
31. TALKING HEADS	STOP MAKING SENSE
32. UB40		LABOUR OF LOVE
33. INXS		THE SWING
34. NEW ORDER		LOW LIFE
35. R.E.M.		LIFES RICH PAGEANT
36. THE CURE		THE HEAD ON THE DOOR
37. THE STONE ROSES	THE STONE ROSES
*38. ALPHAVILLE		FOREVER YOUNG
*38. THE PRETENDERS	THE PRETENDERS
39. DAVID BOWIE		THE RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST
40. THE SMITHS		HATFUL OF HOLLOW
41. DEPECHE MODE	SOME GREAT REWARD
42. THE B-52'S 		WILD PLANET
43. LIGHTNING SEEDS	CLOUDCUCKOOLAND
44. DEVO		Q: ARE WE NOT MEN?  A: WE ARE DEVO!
45. MIDNIGHT OIL	BLUE SKY MINING
46. BLONDIE		PARALLEL LINES
47. THE CURE		BOYS DON'T CRY
48. THEY MIGHT BE 
       GIANTS		FLOOD
49. U2			RATTLE & HUM
50. TEARS FOR FEARS	THE HURTING
51. R.E.M.		DOCUMENT
52. BILLY IDOL		REBEL YELL
53. THE POLICE		SYNCHRONICITY
54. MORISSEY		VIVA HATE
55. THE THE		SOUL MINING
56. ERASURE		THE CIRCUS
*57. DAVID BOWIE	LET'S DANCE
*57. INXS		KICK
58. BOOK OF LOVE	BOOK OF LOVE
59. DEPECHE MODE	A BROKEN FRAME
60. THE ENGLISH BEAT	SPECIAL BEAT SERVICE
61. HOWARD JONES	HUMAN'S LIB
62. JANE'S ADDICTION	NOTHING'S SHOCKING
63. CROWDED HOUSE	CROWDED HOUSE
64. XYMOX		TWIST OF SHADOWS
65. MIDNIGHT OIL	DIESEL AND DUST
66. O.M.D.		CRUSH
67. TALKING HEADS	SPEAKING IN TONGUES
68. THE SMITHS		STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME
69. PET SHOP BOYS	PLEASE
70. SIOUXSIE & THE
       BANSHEES		PEEPSHOW
71. U2			BOY
*72. ERASURE		WILD
*72. RED HOT CHILI 
       PEPPERS		MOTHER'S MILK
73. THOMAS DOLBY	THE GOLDEN AGE OF WIRELESS
74. GENERAL PUBLIC	ALL THE RAGE
75. SINEAD O'CONNOR	I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT
76. ECHO & THE 
       BUNNYMEN		SONGS TO LEARN AND SING
77. NINE INCH NAILS	PRETTY HATE MACHINE
78. THE RAMONES		MANIA
79. FINE YOUNG
       CANNIBALS	THE RAW AND THE COOKED
80. PSYCHEDELIC FURS	MIRROR MOVES
81. THE SUNDAYS		READING, WRITING & ARITHMETIC
82. FRANKIE GOES TO
       HOLLYWOOD	WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME
83. THE POLICE		ZENYATTA MONDATA
84. RED FLAG		NAIVE ART
85. ELVIS COSTELLO	THIS YEAR'S MODEL
86. SISTERS OF MERCY	FLOODLAND
87. BERLIN		PLEASURE VICTIM
88. INXS		SHABOOH SHOOBAH
89. THE GO-GO'S		BEAUTY AND THE BEAT
90. JOE JACKSON		LOOK SHARP!
91. 10,000 MANIACS	IN MY TRIBE
*92. THE REPLACEMENTS	TIM
*92. ABC		THE LEXICON OF LOVE
93. THE ALARM		DECLARATION
94. JOY DIVISION	SUBSTANCE 1977-1980
95. EURYTHMICS		SWEET DREAMS
96. PETER MURPHY	LOVE HYSTERIA
97. SQUEEZE		SINGLES -- 45'S AND UNDER
98. SIMPLE MINDS	SPARKLE IN THE RAIN
99. KATE BUSH		THE SENSUAL WORLD
100. THE CULT		LOVE
101. THE HUMAN LEAGUE	DARE
102. WILD SWANS		BRINGING HOME THE ASHES
103. ADAM AND THE ANTS	KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER
104. BOB MARLEY		LEGEND
105. LOVE & ROCKETS	EARTH SUN MOON

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Ed Suranyi
ed@das.llnl.gov
