The Numbers: List of 100 Songs With Numbers In The Title

A while back I was asked...

 “What is your favourite song with a number in the title?”

                “1979, easy.”

For the next few days I couldn’t stop thinking of other songs with numbers in the title, some of them better than 1979, some much worse. Here is a list of them, ordered by number, of course.

0 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero

1 Garbage - #1 Crush

2 Blur - Song 2

3 Courtney Barnett - Three Packs a Day

4 Sharon Van Etten - Jupiter 4

5 Radiohead - 2 + 2 = 5

6 Dune Rats - 6 Pack

7 The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

8 Violent Soho - Eightfold

9 Dolly Parton - 9 to 5

10 The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night

11 La Dispute - Eleven

12 The Strokes - 12:51

13 Garbage - 13x Forever

14 Aphex Twin - Avril 14th

15 Radiohead - 15 Step

16 The National - Conversation 16

17 Ladytron - Seventeen

18 Cherubs - 18 the Number

19 Gorillaz - 19-2000

20 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy

21 Green Day - 21 Guns

22 The Flaming Lips - When Yer Twenty-Two

23 Four Tet - Twenty Three

24 Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People

25 Johnny Cash - 25 Minutes to Go

26 A.B. Original, Dan Sultan - Jan-26

27 IDLES - 26/27

28 Methyl Ethel - No. 28

29 Bon Iver - 29 #Strafford APTS

30 Kanye West - 30 Hours

31 Future - 31 DAYS

32 Ani DiFranco - 32 Flavors

33 The Smashing Pumpkins - Thirty-Three

34 Nine Inch Nails - 34 Ghosts IV

35 La Dispute - 35

36 Placebo - 36 Degrees

37 DMA'S - Feels Like 37

38 High Contrast, Underworld - Two Hundred & Thirty Eight Days

39 The Cure - 39

40 Paul Kelly, The Messengers - Forty Miles To Saturday Night

41 Tame Impala - 41 Mosquitoes Flying In Formation

42 Coldplay - 42

43 The Dillinger Escape Plan - 43% Burnt

44 The Zombies - Care Of Cell 44

45 Mary Lou Williams - Forty-Five Degree Angle

46 TOOL - Forty Six & 2

47 Boards of Canada - Seven Forty Seven

48 Mariachi El Bronx - 48 Roses

49 Missy Higgins - 49 Candles

50 Cocteau Twins - Fifty-fifty Clown

51 Jimi Hendrix - 51st Anniversary

52 The B-52's - 52 Girls

53 Ramones - 53rd & 3rd

54 Jungle - Beat 54 (All Good Now)

55 Tom Waits - Ol' 55

56 Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté - 56

57 Bruce Springsteen - 57 Channels (And Nothin' On)

58 New Order - 586

59 The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

60 New Order - 60 Miles an Hour

61 Liz Phair - 6'1"

62 Doves - M62 Song

63 Sigur Rós - 63º32'43.7N 19º43'46.3"W"

64 The Beatles - When I'm Sixty Four

65 White Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65

66 Chuck Berry - Route 66

67 Chicago - Questions 67 and 68

68 Gorillaz - 68 State

69 Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69

70 Amyl and The Sniffers - 70's Street Munchies

71 Gary Clark Jr. - Highway 71

72 NOFX - 72 Hookers

73 James Lavelle - Seventy Three

74 Giorgio Moroder - 74 Is the New 24

75 Stereolab - Melochord Seventy-Five

76 Ween - Freedom Of '76

77 The Herd - 77%

78 Gomez - 78 Stone Wobble

79 The Magnetic Fields - '79: Rock'n'Roll Will Ruin Your Life

80 Calvin Harris - Acceptable in the 80's

81 Miles Davis - Eighty-One

82 The Shins - Fall Of '82

83 Wafia - 83 Days

84 Boards of Canada - 84 Pontiac Dream

85 Mew - 85 Videos

86 Green Day - 86

87 The Bouncing Souls - '87

88 MØ (feat. Diplo) - XXX 88

89 R.E.M. - Pop Song 89

90 Kimbra - 90s Music

91 Public Enemy - 911 Is A Joke

92 Low Life - 92

93 Souls Of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity

94 As I Lay Dying - 94 Hours

95 Brian Eno - Windows 95 Startup Sound (Slowed 4000%)

96 DJ Shadow - Why Hip-Hop Sucks In '96

97 Eminem - '97 Bonnie & Clyde

98 Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds - Three Lions '98

99 Nena - 99 Luftballons

100 The Cure - One Hundred Years

What is your favourite song with a number in the title? 

 Spotify Playlist: The Numbers

Live Review: The Cure, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, 28/05/2019

I'm so glad you came
I'm so glad you remembered
To see how we're ending our last dance together
Expectant too punctual but
Prettier than ever
I really believed that this time it's forever

…And so it was The Cure and me back at the Opera House for another nostalgia show. Tonight a play though of the classic 1989 album, Disintegration.

But first an introductory set of b-sides and demos taken from the era. These songs are fine and with more exposure some (2 Late, Fear of Ghosts) could have been Cure classics. Unfamiliarity and a general lack of energy however, make it all a little dull. Delaying rather than building anticipation for the main album set.

After a short break the band return to a massive cheer and the opening sounds of Plainsong. The long sweeping intro provides both the moment of anticipation and the release as Robert Smith does a lap of the stage, engaging fans in all corners of the room.

There is no lack of familiarity here. Disintegration has sold close to three million copies and most of the albums tracks have been permanent fixtures in the bands live set in release 30 years ago. Every person knows every word, every guitar strum, every synth line, every circular drum fill. The songs are dark, romantic, practiced and perfectly executed. The intertwined guitars of Pictures of You, the slow burn of Closedown, the sugar hit of Lovesong all perfect.

There is not a lot of movement on the stage, moody projections cover large video screens the only real action coming from Simon Gallop, base hung low he runs from band mate to band mate. There is a touch of light and laughter comes when Robert Smith busts out the dance moves during Lullaby.

The baseline of Fascination Street surges over guitar noise before an absolutely massive version of Prayers for Rain fills the room. The neo metal of Disintegration provides the last lively moments of the main set. We are not finished with the doom and gloom tho, Homesick and Unititled keep things moody.

The end. 30 years on Disintegration has been played in its entirety. Many find this album depressing. Listening to Disintegration leaves them down, defeated, emotionally exhausted. That is not what I experience and not at all tonight. I find the size and romanticism and familiarity of these songs comforting, joyous even. Seeing them played all together live has dialled those feelings up some 1000%.

The band return to finish the show with three songs a little further removed from the 1989 Disintegration era. First Burn from The Crow soundtrack. A banger in any circumstance Burn has an urgency that is not found in much of Disintegration making it stand out as a highlight tonight.

The group’s debut album turns forty this year, they play the title track Three Imaginary Boys. Before finishing with a sea shanty Pirate Ships.


Kyle knows
 

Bawley Easter Playlist

 

 Enjoy the long weekend with this Bawley approved Easter playlist.

The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind

Gossip - Heavy Cross

Jane's Addiction - Moutain Song

Spaceman 3 - Walking With Jesus

Nine Inch Nails - Sanctified

Soundgarden - Jesus Chrst Pose

Led Zeppplin - Misty Moutain Hop

The National - Pink Rabbits

The 1975 - Chocolate

Beastie Boys - Egg Raid On Mojo

The Beatles - I Am The Walrus  (I Am the Eggman)

Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus

Muford & Sons - The Cave

Karen O - I Shall Rise

 
https://open.spotify.com/user/bawley/playlist/1FV7Zkt5lToE5bHTA4E1vZ?si=tCl1sgyRSdiA2WWcaxhAug

The Bawley 100 - New Years Eve 2018/2019

Fortnight:Bawley Royale is the hottest end-of-year list on the internet. In Fortnite:Bawley Royale 100 songs are dropped on an ever shrinking island, with paired goals of claiming Victory Royale (the number one song) and performing fad dance moves. Listening to the list is fast, fun, free and highly addictive. However, some see Bawley Royale as a menace on young minds.

In 2018, young Bawley Royale listeners have been:

• Stealing credit cards to buy new hats, dance moves and positions for their songs.
• Staying up all night so they can find a few extra hours to pick their songs and work on dance moves.
• Pulling out of weekend hobbies and IRL meet-ups because it would be time away from their favourite songs.
• Listening under desks in workplaces and classrooms, in at least one office the list - and even any mention of it - has been banned.
• Screaming like toddlers when family members intervene to ban Bawley Royale on weekdays.

Many music media bodies are at their wits end. All commercial radio stations, one popular government funded youth radio station and the always relevant Video Hits have joined together to blacklist all songs from the Bawley Royale list. The official reason "lack of popularity", off-the record one music director confessed that "the ban is a co-ordinated response [to the Bawley Royale threat]".

Youth culture sceptic and local wowser Mr Con Servative has described Bawley Royale as a cross “between BawleyMon Go and The Bawley Games", Mr Servative says listeners are becoming addicted, suffering genuine withdrawal symptoms including "mood swings, urges, mopiness, middle age, and headaches". Others were also refusing to go to take off headphones because they couldn’t cope without hearing this years Victory Royale.

Meanwhile massive popularity means massive profits for the makers of the free list. So... play on below.

Dab. Dab. Floss. Electro Shuffle.

100 Janelle Monáe - I Like That

99 The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Poison Tree

98 Half Man Half Biscuit - Every Time a Bell Rings

97 Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch

96 Cat Power (feat. Lana Del Rey) - Woman

95 DZ Deathrays - Like People

94 Arctic Monkeys - Four Out Of Five

93 Robyn - Honey

92 Middle Kids - Mistake

91 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Mainland

90 Khruangbin - Evan Finds the Third Room

89 Beak> - When We Fall

88 Cut Chemist, Chali 2na, Hymnal - Work My Mind

87 Kevin Morby and Waxahatchee - Farewell Transmission

86 Low - Always Trying to Work It Out

85 The Breeders - Howl at the Summit

84 Cash Savage and the Last Drinks - Good Citizens

83 Sleep - Marijuanaut's Theme

82 Bec Stevens - They Don't Build Cars Like This Anymore

81 Nine Inch Nails - Ahead of Ourselves

80 Beth Orton and The Chemical Brothers - I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain

79 Matthew E. White - No Future In Our Frontman

78 Mojo Juju - Native Tongue

77 Neko Case - Last Lion of Albion

76 IDLES - Samaritans

75 Moses Sumney - Call-to-Arms

74 The Black Eyed Peas - STREET LIVIN'

73 Typhoon - Unusual

72 The Teskey Brothers - Forever You and Me

71 Julia Jacklin - Body

70 Chino Moreno - Brief Exchange

69 Lily Allen (feat. Giggs) - Trigger Bang

68 Thom Yorke - Suspirium

67 Art Brut - Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!

66 A Place To Bury Strangers - Never Coming Back

65 Gaz Coombes - Deep Pockets

64 A Perfect Circle - By And Down The River

63 Brendan Maclean - Hibernia

62 Lucy And The Rats - Can't Surf

61 Tiny Leaves - The Fullness of Things...

60 Dan Cribb (feat. David Novak) - Union Strike Folk Song

59 Spiritualized - Here It Comes (The Road) Let's Go

58 Billie Eilish (feat. Khalid) - lovely

57 Half Man Half Biscuit - Knobheads on Quiz Shows

56 Cosmic Psychos - Feeling Average

55 Typhoon - Remember

54 Courtney Barnett - Hopefulessness

53 Confidence Man - Out the Window

52 The Breeders - Walking with a Killer

51 Dream Wife (feat. Fever Dream) - F.U.U.

50 Vegedream - Ramenez la coupe à la maison

49 Janelle Monáe - Django Jane

48 Sarah Blasko - A Shot

47 Low - Dancing and Blood

46 Natalie Prass - Sisters

45 City Calm Down - Joan, I'm Disappearing

44 A.B. Original - Blaccout

43 Nine Inch Nails - God Break Down the Door

42 MGMT - Little Dark Age

41 Dinosaur Jr. - Hold Unknown

40 Shame - One Rizla

39 Deafheaven - You Without End

38 Anna Calvi - Don’t Beat the Girl out of My Boy

37 Neko Case - Bad Luck

36 Paul Kelly - With The One I Love

35 Amy Shark - The Idiot

34 Phantastic Ferniture - Fuckin 'n' Rollin

33 St Vincent - Slow Slow Disco

32 First Aid Kit - It's a Shame

31 Courtney Barnett - Charity

30 CHVRCHES (feat. Matt Berninger) - My Enemy

29 The Babe Rainbow - Supermoon

28 Ball Park Music - The End Times

27 At The Drive In - Point Of Demarkation

26 Phantogram - Saturday

25 Wolf Alice - Sadboy - Edit

24 The Decemberists - Once In My Life

23 Ghostface Killah (feat. Snoop Dogg & E-40) - Saigon Velour

22 Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel

21 Nine Inch Nails - Over and Out

20 Django Django - Marble Skies

19 Sebastian Field - Unravel

18 Donny McCaslin - What About The Body

17 Nardean - Pyramids

16 Lambchop - The December-ish You

15 Thom Yorke - Has Ended

14 Sharon Van Etten - Jupiter 4

13 A Perfect Circle - Disillusioned

12 Childish Gambino - This Is America

11 J Mascis - See You At The Movies

10 Young Fathers - In My View

9 Natalie Prass - Short Court Style

8 Hatchie - Sugar & Spice

7 Kurt Vile - Loading Zones

6 Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless

5 Angelique Kidjo - Once in a Lifetime

4 IDLES - Danny Nedelko

3 The Breeders - All Nerve

2 Typhoon - Empiricist

1 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Talking Straight

Find the llama in the Bawley 100 2018 Spotify playlist here.