This is My Favorite Song

“WPLJ” by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention from Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970).

“Do Right Woman” by The Flying Burrito Brothers from The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969).

“Hit The Road Jack” by Ray Charles (1961).

“Little Ghost” by The White Stripes from Get Behind Me Satan (2005).

“Windowlicker” by Aphex Twin from Windowlicker EP (1999).

“Havalina” by The Pixies from Bossanova (1990).

“Unto Caesar” by Dirty Projectors from Swing Lo Magellan (2012).

NOMINEE: Best song of 2012.

“Transformer Man” by Neil Young from Trans (1983).

“Hey! How Does Everybody Know” by Arthur Russell from Love is Overtaking Me (2008).

Here is my list for Pitchfork’s The People’s List.

“Nightmares” by Jay Reatard from Blood Visions (2006).

“Turiya and Ramakrishna” by Alice Coltrane from Ptah, the El Daoud (1970).

“Scott Pilgrim” by Plumtree from Predicts The Future (1997).

“Harmony in My Head” by The Buzzcocks from Singles Going Steady (1979).

“Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down” by Interpol from Turn On The Bright Lights (2002).

“Mr. Sandman” by The Chordettes (1954).