My Top 100 Favourite Songs 2010-14 Edition: #50

So here we are at the halfway point. If you've been following my list this far I thank you. Before we start the second half here's a recap from #100 to #51...

#100 - "Madness" - Muse

#99 - "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" - Skrillex

#98 - "Neat Little Rows" - Elbow

#97 - "No Reflection" - Marilyn Manson

#96 - "Explain My Heart" - Saul Williams

#95 - "I'm in the Mood... For Beards" - The Beards

#94 - "She's Not Gone Yet But She's Leaving" - The Fratellis

#93 - "Shotgun" - Limp Bizkit

#92 - "Can't Rely on You" - Paloma Faith

#91 - "Blue Blood Blues" - The Dead Weather

#90 - "Rebellion" - Linkin Park

#89 - "Paradise" - Coldplay

#88 - "Sing" - Ed Sheeran

#87 - "Mein Land" - Rammstein

#86 - "Elephant" - Tame Impala

#85 - "Love Turns to Hate" - The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster

#84 - "On Top of the World" - Imagine Dragons

#83 - "G.D.F.R." - Flo Rida

#82 - "Evil Eye" - Franz Ferdinand

#81 - "Little Monster" - Royal Blood

#80 - "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke

#79 - "Brendan's Death Song" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

#78 - "Go Kindergarten" - The Lonely Island

#77 - "The Negative One" - Slipknot

#76 - "Royals" - Lorde

#75 - "Government Trash" - Death From Above 1979

#74 - "Survival" - Eminem

#73 - "Sick Bubblegum" - Rob Zombie

#72 - "Gentleman" - PSY

#71 - "Go Right Ahead" - The Hives

#70 - "These Days" - Foo Fighters

#69 - "Word Crimes" - Weird Al Yankovic

#68 - "One for the Road" - Arctic Monkeys

#67 - "Nightmare" - Avenged Sevenfold

#66 - "Princess of China" - Coldplay

#65 - "Kill the Power" - Skindred

#64 - "Where's Your Car Debbie?" - Slaves

#63 - "Suit and Tie" - Justin Timberlake

#62 - "stevie" - Kasabian

#61 - "Narcissistic Cannibal" - KoRn

#60 - "Bad Girls" - M.I.A.

#59 - "Devil in I" - Slipknot

#58 - "Tighten Up" - The Black Keys

#57 - "QWERTY" - Mushroomhead

#56 - "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons

#55 - "Dibby Dibby Sound" - DJ Fresh vs Jay Fay feat. Ms Dynamite

#54 - "Came Back Haunted" - Nine Inch Nails

#53 - "Gangnam Style" - PSY

#52 - "Warning" - Skindred

#51 - "Bassline Junkie" - Dizzee Rascal

So here we go! In at no. 50...

#50. “Fat Around the Heart" – King 810

Released: 3/7/14

Album: Memoirs of a Murderer

King 810 are a band that I discovered last year when I found out they were supporting Slipknot, who I was about to see live. In my opinion, they're the best new(ish) metal band around, as discussed on this site before, I believe metal as a genre is a dying art form but King 810 are really keeping it alive. King 810, I've promoted a few times before on this site but also on my radio shows, are a band from Flint, Michigan, which is known as the "murder capital" of the US. King 810 sing songs about life there, the struggle, the death and violence, and despite all that, their pride for their home. "Fat Around the Heart" is a song about these struggles, about life in Flint. The first verse says it all - "I grew up in the church on Sunday/Back again bury friends on Monday/They don't just die they are killed from the gun play or the heroin or a prison stay/It's a shame that we gotta live this way/Your nightmares ain't got nothin' on this place/So stay down stay away stay safe/Cuz you aren't built that way". "Fat Around the Heart" is a great song, lyrically and also as a metal track. If you like Slipknot, have not heard King 810 and want to get into some new music, definitely give this band a listen.

Here's the music video if you want to hear it!

If you missed #51 go here.

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My Top 100 Favourite Songs 2010-14 Edition: #51

#51. “Bassline Junkie" – Dizzee Rascal

Released: 1/1/13

Album: The Fifth

This song was also featured in my Top 100 Favourite Music Videos of All Time list, getting to #96. Dizzee Rascal has been an artist I've been fond of for sometime. I'm very happy for his success, even if this last album didn't quite do as well as the previous one, where he was probably bigger in the charts as he had ever been. "Bassline Junkie" is a silly yet funny song. And, with a song with bassline in the title, you'd expect it to be full of bass, and it is indeed full of BASS. Big, dirty, stinky bass in fact. And that's basically what the song is about, it's very cool, very much British grime as a genre at its silly finest, and I'd rather be addicted to bass like our friend Dizzee here than to other drugs! It's just a great song this, very much worth your attention if you like hip hop.

Here's the music video if you want to hear it!

If you missed #52 go here.

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My Top 100 Favourite Music Videos: #96

#96: "Bassline Junkie" - Dizzie Rascal
Release Date: 2013
Director: Megaforce
Fun Fact: Dizzie's friend in the video is comedian Eric Lampaert, and the taxi they get into is actually a 1965 Ford Zodiac MkIII!

What a video! Dizzie Rascal, a huge fan of the "bass", uses his super powers to preach "the way of the bassline". It's simple, be a fan of bass and stay away from drugs! It's a great message!


It goes without saying really that the highlight of the video is right at the beginning when he preaches to the little boy, who proceeds to turn off his speakers, and Dizzie Rascal tells the kid "I'm going to fucking kill you!" It's just hilarious!

 

Here's the video for your enjoyment!

 

Click here to see #95 on the list or here for #97!

The Mercyside 100: #40 to #26

Welcome to Part 5 of 7 of The Mercyside 100. I posted this show on Thursday and it felt a little low key, but it was fun to do as always. I cover from #40 to #26 in counting down the 100 songs I played more than any other on my personal media player. Next week's show is the last 15 track set, and after that I'll reveal The Top 10.

You can listen to this in DJ show format here:

The Mercyside 100: #40 - #26 (6/2/14) by Johnny Mercyside on Mixcloud

So here is Part 5 of the Mercyside 100, from #40 to #26!

#40: Bodies

Artist: Drowning Pool

Album: Sinner

Released: 2001

#39: The Great Destroyer

Artist: Nine Inch Nails

Album: Year Zero

Released: 2007
Most played song of August 2013

#38: Figure it Out

Artist: Serj Tankian

Album: Harakiri

Released: 2012

#37: Elephant

Artist: Tame Impala

Album: Lonerism

Released: 2012

#36: Given Up

Artist: Linkin Park

Album: Minutes to Midnight

Released: 2007

#35: Salt in the Wounds

Artist: Pendulum

Album: Immersion

Released: 2010

#34: Gangnam Style

Artist: PSY

Album: PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1

Released: 2012

#33: I am the Warlock

Artist: Probot (with Jack Black)

Album: Probot

Released: 2004

#32: Hot Monkey Hot Ass (Remix)

Artist: Black Moustache

Album: Unmade Beds Soundtrack

Released: 2009

#31: Electric Worry

Artist: Clutch

Album: From Beale Street to Oblivion

Released: 2007

#30: Suit and Tie

Artist: Justin Timberlake (feat. Jay-Z)

Album: The 20/20 Experience

Released: 2013

#29: Radioactive

Artist: Imagine Dragons

Album: Night Visions

Released: 2012
Most played song of May 2013

#28: The Vulture

 
Artist: Pendulum

Album: Immersion

Released: 2010

#27: Bassline Junkie

Artist: Dizzee Rascal

Album: The Fifth

Released: 2013

#26: Niggas in Paris

Artist: Jay-Z and Kanye West

Album: Watch the Throne

Released: 2011

So next week I'll be posting the last 15 track part of the listing, which is from #25 to #11 before revealing the 10 most played songs on my media player in 2013!

The Mercyside 100: #40 to #26: 6/2/14
Track listing:
Bodies - Drowning Pool
The Great Destroyer - Nine Inch Nails
Figure it Out - Serj Tankian
Elephant - Tame Impala
Given Up - Linkin Park
Salt in the Wounds - Pendulum
Gangnam Style - PSY
I am the Warlock (with Jack Black) - Probot
Hot Monkey Hot Ass (Remix) - Black Moustache
Electric Worry - Clutch
Suit and Tie (feat. Jay-Z) - Justin Timberlake
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
The Vulture - Pendulum
Bassline Junkie - Dizzee Rascal
Niggas in Paris - Jay-Z and Kanye West
Total running time: 01:11:37

See other parts of this listing!

#100 to #86 | #85 to #71 | #70 to #56 | #55 to #41 | #40 to #26 | #25 to #11 | #10 to #1

Other entries you might want to read:
Big News Regarding My DJing - Personal Blog
The Metal Hour Show (20/1/14) - DJ Show
My Top 50 Favourite Video Game Villains - Listing

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The Mercyside 100: #70 to #56

On Thursday I posted the third of seven parts of the Mercyside 100, counting down the 100 songs I played more than any other on my personal media player. This show is the first time we have an artist appear more than once on a show. It happened twice; we had two Nine Inch Nails tracks and two songs by The Lonely Island.

Don't forget you can hear this list of songs as part of a DJ show here:

The Mercyside 100: #70 - #56 (23/1/14) by Johnny Mercyside on Mixcloud

So here is the third part of the Mercyside 100, from #70 to #56!

#70: My Wall

Artist: Korn (feat. Excision and Downlink)

Album: The Path of Totality

Released: 2011

#69: Closer

Artist: Nine Inch Nails

Album: The Downward Spiral

Released: 1994

#68: I'm on a Boat

Artist: The Lonely Island (feat. T-Pain)

Album: Incredibad

Released: 2009

#67: Bad Girls

Artist: M.I.A.

Album: Matangi

Released: 2012

#66: Last Child

Artist: Aerosmith

Album: Rocks

Released: 1976

#65: White Limo

Artist: Foo Fighters

Album: Wasting Light

Released: 2011

#64: Fishfingers

Artist: The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster

Album: Horse of the Dog

Released: 2002

#63: Holy Wars... The Punishment Due

Artist: Megadeth

Album: Rust in Peace

Released: 1990

#62: Fukken Über Death Party

Artist: Hanzel und Gretyl

Album: 2012: Zwanzig Zwolf

Released: 2008

#61: Jus' a Rascal

Artist: Dizzee Rascal

Album: Boy in da Corner

Released: 2003

#60: Death by Diamonds and Pearls

Artist: Band of Skulls

Album: Baby Darling Doll Face Honey

Released: 2010

#59: Slipping Away

Artist: Nine Inch Nails

Album: Things Falling Apart

Released: 2000

#58: Fire Like This

Artist: Hardknox

Album: Hardknox

Released: 1997

#57: Go Kindergarten

Artist: The Lonely Island (feat. Robyn)

Album: The Wack Album

Released: 2013

#56: Crying Lightning

Artist: Arctic Monkeys

Album: Humbug

Released: 2009

...next week I'll be posting #55 to #41 so passing the half way mark so stay tuned, either here or directly at Mixcloud!

The Mercyside 100: #70 to #56: 23/1/14
Track listing:
My Wall (feat. Excision and Downlink) - KoRn
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
I'm on a Boat (feat. T-Pain) - The Lonely Island
Bad Girls - M.I.A.
Last Child - Aerosmith
White Limo - Foo Fighters
Fishfingers - The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - Megadeth
Fukken Über Death Party - Hanzel und Gretyl
Jus' a Rascal - Dizzee Rascal
Death By Diamonds and Pearls - Band of Skulls
Slipping Away - Nine Inch Nails
Fire Like This - Hardknox
Go Kindergarten (feat. Robyn) - The Lonely Island
Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys
Total running time: 01:05:43

See other parts of this listing!

#100 to #86 | #85 to #71 | #70 to #56 | #55 to #41 | #40 to #26 | #25 to #11 | #10 to #1

Other entries you might want to read:
The Metal Hour Show (20/1/14) - DJ Show
My Top 50 Favourite Video Game Villains - Listing
2013 Special Show (3/1/14) - DJ Show

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