You shut your mouth!

Better late than never, right?

#1 R.E.M., Radio Free Europe – 17 votes
defeats
#16 Squeeze, Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) – 1 vote

Analysis:
"REM - Didya know that the Univ. of AL has a local music festival each fall called Radio Free Tuscaloosa. Dunno if predates REM or not, though." - Bunoich

#8 Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams – 13 votes
defeats
#24 King Missile, Jesus Was Way Cool – 3 votes
(2 abstentions)

Analysis:
"Sweet Dreams. I vividly remember dancing when this song came on the radio at a very young age. Don't tell anyone." - JZ

#5 Public Enemy, Bring the Noise – 11 votes
defeats
#12 X, Los Angeles – 7 votes

Analysis:
"Public Enemy, this is probably somewhere around Public Enemy's 27th best track but it will do." - WBF

#4 Blondie, Heart of Glass – 11 votes
defeats
#13 Pet Shop Boys, What Have I Done to Deserve This? – 6 votes
(1 abstention)

Analysis:
"What Have I Done to have to choose between these two? Believe it or not, I really like the Pet Shop Boys. All the same, 'Heart of Glass' has more staying power with me. I hate that Paris Hilton covered it, and I hate that I even know that dirty fact." - Tri-Elle

#3 Pixies, Here Comes Your Man – 15 votes
defeats
#14 Cowboy Junkies, Sweet Jane – 2 votes

Analysis:
"Here Comes Your Man - I had an entire relationship in college that was pretty much based around getting kinda buzzed and singing this as "Here Comes Your Dan." Good times." - Danimal
#6 Portishead, Sour Times - 11 votes
defeats
#11 Billy Bragg, A New England – 7 votes

Analysis:
"#6 Portishead, Sour Times. Just out of curiosity, can anyone else think of a song so exemplar of a sub-genre (in this case, trip-hop), that it's the song everyone points to when they want to discuss it?" - CDB

#7 Pavement, Summer Babe – 10 votes
defeats
#10 Replacements, Left of the Dial – 8 votes

Analysis:
""Pretty girl keep growin' up, playin' makeup, wearin' guitar" That must be some sorta magic cassette tape, because it should've snapped or been eaten in the 20 years I overplayed it..." - Cranky Uncle Greg, in search of lost time


#15 Wilco, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart – 12 votes
defeats
#2 Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Roadrunner - 6 votes

Analysis:
"Modern Lovers. As much as I love Wilco, this song is too good. Driving through the middle of nowhere with something turned up loud; it's a perfect evocation of what I do all the time. Radio ON! Even if it's playing a CD." - The GZA

Voting for this round will end at 9:00pm CST Wednesday, or whenever I wake up on Thursday. Comment or email me. We'll post and tally the results then.

#1 Sex Pistols, Anarchy in the UK (video)
vs.
#16 Gil Scott–Heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (iTunes)

#9 Pixies, Debaser (video)
vs.
#8 Depeche Mode, Just Can't Get Enough (video)

#5 White Stripes, Fell In Love With a Girl (video)
vs.
#12 Velvet Underground, Rock 'n' Roll (video)

#13 Tori Amos, Silent All These Years (video)
vs.
#4 Cure, Close to Me (video)

#3 Massive Attack, Unfinished Sympathy (video)
vs.
#14 Blondie, Rip Her to Shreds (iTunes)

#11 New Pornographers, Letter from an Occupant (iTunes)
vs.
#6 Jeff Buckley, Last Goodbye (iTunes)

#7 Roxy Music, Love Is the Drug (video)
vs.
#10 New Order, Bizarre Love Triangle (video)

#18 Belle & Sebastian, Lazy Line Painter Jane (video)
vs.
#2 Smiths, How Soon Is Now? (video)
So here's the thing. #18 is one of my top five favorite songs by one of my top five favorite bands. I will be voting for it. But I feel the need to say this about #2... please, please, please, let Morrissey get what he wants. Lord knows, it would be the first time.