With the amount of music talk that goes on here I thought it would be interesting to get a west coast perspective on this list. A local radio station here in Halifax did an East Coast Top 104 "rock" songs. They took a very liberal definition of rock, from soft rock, to the song is 'rocking' even if it is not a Rock & Roll song. Then they put selections up on the web for people to vote (while I like the idea, voting skews to newer stuff, and people's more current favourites, as opposed to the actual Top 104)
The only real criteria was that the songs had to be from the era of the radio station (so basically 30 years or so).
Here's a link to the list as well as the rationelle of the songs on the ballot:
http://www.q104.ca/index.asp?ObjID=9541
And of course, your East Coast Top 104:
1. Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Cocaine Cowgirl
2. The Joel Plaskett Emergency - Nowhere With You
3. The Trews - Not Ready To Go
4. The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin’
5. Matt Mays - City Of Lakes
6. INXS - Pretty Vegas
7. April Wine - You Could Have Been A Lady
8. Bubbles & the ****rockers - Liquor & Whores
9. The Joel Plaskett Emergency - True Patriot Love
10. The Trews - So She’s Leaving
11. Joel Plaskett - Love This Town
12. April Wine - Bad Side Of The Moon
13. The Trews - Poor Ol’ Broken Hearted Me
14. Sloan - The Other Man
15. The Joel Plaskett Emergency - Come On Teacher
16. Sloan - Money City Maniacs
17. Matt Mays & El Torpedo - On The Hood
18. Wintersleep - Orca
19. Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
20. The Trews - Tired Of Waiting
21. The Joel Plaskett Emergency - Work Out Fine
22. Matt Mays featuring Buck 65 - When The Angels Make Contact
23. Minglewood Band - Can’t You See
24. April Wine - Tonight Is A Wonderful Time To Fall In Love
25. Sloan - Losing California
26. Joel Plaskett - Happen Now
27. Great Big Sea - When I’m Up
28. Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Time Of Your Life
29. Sloan - The Rest Of My Life
30. Sarah McLachlan - Building A Mystery
31. The Joel Plaskett Emergency - Maybe We Should Just Go Home
32. Sloan - Who Taught You To Live Like That
33. Sloan - If It Feels Good Do It
34. Rawlins Cross - Reel ‘N’ Roll
35. April Wine - Just Between You and Me
36. The Mamas and The Papas - Monday, Monday
37. April Wine - Rock & Roll Is A Vicious Game
38. Sloan - The Good In Everyone
39. INXS - Devil’s Party
40. April Wine - Roller
41. Matt Mays - Where Am I Going
42. Great Big Sea - End Of The World
43. Sloan - Underwhelmed
44. Great Big Sea - Run Runaway
45. Great Big Sea - Ordinary Day
46. April Wine - I Wouldn’t Want To Lose Your Love
47. The Trews - Yearning
48. INXS - Afterglow
49. John Campbelljohn - Sydney Steel
50. Joydrop - Sometimes Wanna Die
51. Sloan - Coax Me
52. April Wine - I Like To Rock
53. Tara Slone - My Little Secret
54. April Wine - Drop Your Guns
55. Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender
56. Crush - King For A Day
57. Sarah McLachlan - Adia
58. In-Flight Safety - Coast Is Clear
59. Wintersleep - Jaws Of Life
60. Great Big Sea - Sea Of No Cares
61. Sandbox - Curious
62. The Trews - Every Inambition
63. Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie
64. Sarah McLachlan - Into The Fire
65. April Wine - You Won’t Dance With Me
66. Matt Minglewood - How High Is High Enough
67. Sloan - The Lines You Amend
68. Sloan - Everything You’ve Done Wrong
69. Cool Blue Halo - Too Much Kathleen
70. Haywire - Dance Desire
71. Sloan - She Says What She Means
72. Matt Minglewood - Me and the Boys
73. Ashley MacIsaac - The Devil In The Kitchen
74. The Trews - Fleeting Trust
75. Melanie Doane - Adam’s Rib
76. Haywire - Black and Blue
77. April Wine - Like A Lover, Like A Song
78. Minglewood Band - East Coast Blues
79. April Wine - Fast Train
80. Minglewood - Rockin’ The Blues
81. Great Big Sea - Consequence Free
82. Haywire - Bad Bad Boy
83. Crush - Live
84. In-Flight Safety - Surround
85. Thrush Hermit - From The Back Of The Film
86. Sloan - Ill Placed Trust
87. April Wine - Cum Hear The Band
88. The Trews - I Can’t Say
89. Kim Stockwood - Jerk
90. Minglewood Band - Caledonia
91. Sloan - The N.S.
92. Minglewood Band - Dorchester
93. Thrush Hermit - The Day We Hit The Coast
94. The Trews - Confessions
95. Charlie A’Court - You’ve Got A Friend In Me
96. Oakley - Rock & Roll Gypsies
97. The Novaks - Doesn’t Anybody Hear It
98. Garrett Mason - Remedy
99. Charlie A’Court - Big Dark Canyon
100. Carson Downey Band - Burnin’ Up
101. The Jimmy Swift Band - Drive By
102. Mir - Invisible Science
103. Buddy & The Boys - Workin’ At The Woolco (Management Trainee Blues)
104. The Super Friendz - Karate Man