前回の続き。
後半の50曲。
51 Van Halen, Top of the World
52 Def Leppard, Pour Some Sugar on Me
53 Randy Van Warmer, Just When I Needed You Most
54 Black Crows, Only a Fool
55 Weezer, Say It Ain't So
56 Frank Sinatra, The Way You Look Tonight
57 Jason Mraz, I'm Yours
58 Boo Hewerdine, Swimming in Mercury
59 The Chieftains, Changing Your Demeanour
60 Guns N' Roses, You Could be Mine
61 Cole Porter, Love for Sale
62 The Cure, Friday I'm in Love
63 New Order, Regret
64 The Rembrandts, I'll be There for You
65 Todd Rundgren, It Would't Have Made Any Difference
66 Nelly Furtado, Powerless
67 Fountains of Wayne, Denise
68 Bryan Adams, Not Guilty
69 Prince, If I was Your Girlfriend
70 Beck, Lord Only Knows
71 Matchbox Twenty, All Your Reasons
72 Fleetwood Mac, Second Hand News
73 Robert Palmer, Know by Now
74 The Wildhearts, 29 X the Pain
75 Alabama Shakes, Don't Wanna Fight
76 Alanis Morissette, Hand in My Pocket
77 The Beach Boys, Kokomo
78 Bjork, Hyperballad
79 Bon Jovi, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
80 Cheap Trick, You're All I Wanna Do
81 George Harrison, All Things Must Pass
82 John Lennon, Glow Old With Me
83 Gin Blossoms, Follow You Down
84 Hound Dog Taylor, Give Me Back My Wig
85 Led Zeppelin, Black Dog
86 John Denver, Take Me Home, Country Road
87 Mika, Origin of Love
88 Paul McCartney, Off the Ground
89 Paula Cole, I Don't Want to Wait
90 The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be
91 R.E.M., (Untitled)
92 Robert Wyatt, Heaps of Sheeps
93 Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
94 The Smiths, Ask
95 Squeeze, Another Nail in My Heart
96 The Stone Roses, Begging You
97 The Tokens, The Lion Sleeps Tonight
98 The End, Juri Tok
99 The Offspring, Come Out and Play
100 Billy Joel, The River of Dreams
どの曲も思い出深いですね。
そしてこうして書き出してみると、ほんとうに寸暇を惜しんで音楽を聴いて、それを周囲の友人たちとシェアしていた中高生から大学時代にかけての曲は、やはり印象に残っているものが多いですです。
73 Robert Palmer, Know by Now
なんて高校時代にでたアルバムに入っていた曲です。当時人気があったハードロックバンド・エクストリームの超絶技巧ギタリスト・ヌーノ・ベッテンコートが参加したアルバムで……などと書いたところで、わかる人は少ないのだろうけれど。