- John Hansen
- August 2, 2010
John’s 300 favorite songs: 30-21
30. Sarah McLachlan — “Full of Grace” — This song was not written for the sequence in “Becoming Part 2” that follows Buffy’s painful choice to send
30. Sarah McLachlan — “Full of Grace” — This song was not written for the sequence in “Becoming Part 2” that follows Buffy’s painful choice to send
40. Camera Obscura — “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken” — I was a few albums late to the party, but I loved Camera Obscura the moment
50. The Bee Gees — “Alone” — I never cared for most the Bee Gees catalogue, but on this tune, the voices and instruments blend beautifully to
2010 finally has its first great movie, and it’s Christopher Nolan’s “Inception.” That shouldn’t be surprising since — now that I think about it — I’ve liked
60. Keane — “Everybody’s Changing” — Listening to this song, you feel like you could climb those piano notes straight up to heaven. 59. Buffalo Tom — “Scottish
70. Hall & Oates — “You Make My Dreams Come True” — I admit it: It’s on my list totally because of how it was used in
80. The Beach Boys — “Kokomo” — This was such a ubiquitous hit in 1988 that fourth-grade classmates of mine knew all the words. Overplayed or not,
90. Sheryl Crow — “I Shall Believe” — I think this song was played during romantic moments on every WB show in the late-’90s. But to me,
100. The Corrs — “Breathless” — A hook you can’t get out of your head + Three-part Irish sister harmonies = Pure pop bliss. 99. Rehab — “Bartender
After a slight delay for technical difficulties with my Internet connection, let us resume the countdown … 110. Joey Ramone — cover of “What a Wonderful