My Top 100 Favourite Songs 2010-14 Edition: #83

#83. “G.D.F.R." – Flo Rida

Released: 21/10/14

Album: My House

Aw dammit. It happens sometimes. As much as I try not to like certain hip hop or pop songs sometimes they're just so catchy you can't help but like them. That's exactly my feelings on GDFR.

In general I don't like Flo Rida, he's done two or three tracks that I like but otherwise I don't rate him at all. But "G.D.F.R." is just such a catchy song. What can I say? I have a soft spot for saxophone solos when done correctly! "G.D.F.R." is just one of the catchiest hip hop songs in recent years, and credit to Flo Rida for that, he's pulled one out of the bag here.

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The Mercyside 100: #55 to #41

Before I talk about the next part of The Mercyside 100 I had some great news on Thursday. A few weeks ago I made The Metal Hour, and sent it as a demo to a Northern Irish FM radio station to try and get a slot on there. Well, I got the gig! It's only for four weeks in June, but to say I'll be appearing on an FM radio station is amazing. To read more about this amazing news go here.

Okay back to The Mercyside 100. I posted this show o Wednesday and it's the halfway point of the series. I cover from #55 to #41 in counting down the 100 songs I played more than any other on my personal media player.

You can listen to this in DJ show format here:

The Mercyside 100: #55 - #41 (29/1/14) by Johnny Mercyside on Mixcloud

So here is the fourth part of the Mercyside 100, from #55 to #41! I'll also recap from #100 to #51 further down the list!

#55: Gold on the Ceiling

Artist: The Black Keys

Album: El Camino

Released: 2011

#54: Scentless Apprentice

Artist: Nirvana

Album: In Utero

Released: 1993

#53: People = Shit

Artist: Slipknot

Album: Iowa

Released: 2001

#52: Redneck

Artist: Lamb of God

Album: Sacrament

Released: 2006

#51: Sucked In

Artist: Jerk

Album: When Pure is Defiled

Released: 2003

Okay, so here's a recap of the list so far, from #100 to #51:

• #100: Hey, Cruel World… - Marilyn Manson (Born Villain, 2012)
• #99: Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Supertown - Rob Zombie (Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor, 2013)
• #98: My Curse - Killswitch Engage (As Daylight Dies, 2006)
• #97: Babylon - Skindred (Babylon, 2002)
• #96: Supremacy - Muse (The 2nd Law, 2012)
• #95: Ayo Technology - 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland (Curtis, 2007)
• #94: 212 (feat. Lazy Jay) - Azealia Banks (1991, 2012)
• #93: Right Now - PSY (PSYFIVE, 2010)
• #92: YYZ - Rush (Moving Pictures, 1981)
• #91: Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd, 1973)
• #90: Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll - Blue Oyster Cult (Blue Oyster Cult, 1972)
• #89: I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (At Home With, 1956)
• #88: Verta Ja Lihaa - Turmion Katilot (Hoitovirhe, 2004) - Most Played Song November 2013
• #87: Get Up! (feat. Skrillex) - KoRn (The Path of Totality, 2011)
• #86: Low Hangin' Fruit - Tenacious D (Rize of the Fenix, 2012)
• #85: Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath (Master of Reality, 1971)
• #84: Holy Diver - Killswitch Engage (As Daylight Dies, 2006)
• #83: Drivel - The Union Underground (…An Education in Rebellion, 2000)
• #82: The Ritual - Saul Williams (The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, 2007)
• #81: Tarantula (feat. Fresh) - Pendulum (Hold Your Colour, 2005)
• #80: Dracula - Basement Jaxx (2011)
• #79: Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-lot (Mack Daddy, 1992)
• #78: Sax Man (feat. Jack Black) - The Lonely Island (Incredibad, 2009)
• #77: Bom Bom - Sam and the Womp (2012)
• #76: Korea - PSY (2012)
• #75: Pussy Liquor - Rob Zombie (House of 1000 Corpses Soundtrack, 2003)
• #74: Pull Me Under - Dream Theater (Images and Words , 1992)
• #73: Vicarious - Tool (10,000 Days, 2006)
• #72: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Disturbed (Asylum, 2010)
• #71: House of the Rising Sun - The Animals (The Animals, 1964)
• #70: My Wall (feat. Excision and Downlink) - KoRn (The Path of Totality, 2011)
• #69: Closer - Nine Inch Nails (The Downward Spiral, 1994)
• #68: I'm on a Boat (feat. T-Pain) - The Lonely Island (Incredibad, 2009)
• #67: Bad Girls - M.I.A. (Matangi, 2012)
• #66: Last Child - Aerosmith (Rocks, 1976)
• #65: White Limo - Foo Fighters (Wasting Light, 2011)
• #64: Fishfingers - The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster (Horse of the Dog, 2002)
• #63: Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - Megadeth (Rust in Peace, 1990)
• #62: Fukken Über Death Party - Hanzel und Gretyl (2012: Zwanzig Zwölf, 2008)
• #61: Jus' a Rascal - Dizzee Rascal (Boy in da Corner, 2004)
• #60: Death By Diamonds and Pearls - Band of Skulls (Baby Darling Doll Face Honey, 2010)
• #59: Slipping Away - Nine Inch Nails (Things Falling Apart, 2000)
• #58: Fire Like This - Hardknox (Hardknox, 1997)
• #57: Go Kindergarten (feat. Robyn) - The Lonely Island (The Wack Album, 2013)
• #56: Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys (Humbug, 2009)
• #55: Gold on the Ceiling - The Black Keys (El Camino, 2011)
• #54: Scentless Apprentice - Nirvana (In Utero, 1993)
• #53: People = Shit - Slipknot (Iowa, 2001)
• #52: Redneck - Lamb of God (Sacrament, 2006)
• #51: Sucked In - Jerk (When Pure is Defiled, 2003)

Let's start the second half of this listing! At #50 is...

#50: Pass Out

Artist: Tinie Tempah

Album: Disc-Overy

Released: 2009

#49: All Time Low

Artist: Nine Inch Nails

Album: Hesitation Marks

Released: 2013

#48: Low

Artist: Flo Rida (feat. T-Pain)

Album: Mail on Sunday

Released: 2007

#47: If I Had a Tail

Artist: The Queens of the Stone Age

Album: ...Like Clockwork

Released: 2013

#46: Broken Out in Love*

Artist: Mark Crozer and The Rels

Album: None

Released: 2012
*Note: The song is called "Broken Out in Love", but the WWE purchased it, renamed it "Live in Fear", and used it as a theme for their WWE superstar Bray Wyatt.

#45: Talk Dirty

Artist: Jason Derulo (feat. 2 Chainz)

Album: Tattoos

Released: 2010

Most played song of December 2013

#44: Wretches and Kings

Artist: Linkin Park

Album: A Thousand Suns

Released: 2010

#43: Go Right Ahead

Artist: The Hives

Album: Lex Hives

Released: 2012

#42: Enough Space

Artist: Foo Fighters

Album: The Colour and the Shape

Released: 1997

#41: YOLO

Artist: The Lonely Island (feat. Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar)

Album: The Wack Album

Released: 2013

So next week I'll be posting #40 to #26 where the songs start heating up... or at least naturally I think so!

The Mercyside 100: #55 to #41: 29/1/14
Track listing:
Gold on the Ceiling - The Black Keys
Scentless Apprentice - Nirvana
People = Shit - Slipknot
Redneck - Lamb of God
Sucked In - Jerk
Pass Out - Tinie Tempah
All Time Low - Nine Inch Nails
Low (feat. T-Pain) - Flo Rida
If I Had a Tail - The Queens of the Stone Age
Broken out in Love - Mark Crozer and The Rels
Talk Dirty (feat. 2 Chainz) - Jason Derulo
Wretches and Kings - Linkin Park
Go Right Ahead - The Hives
Enough Space - Foo Fighters
YOLO (feat. Adam Levine and Kendrick Lamar) - The Lonely Island
Total running time: 01:06:10

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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Mercy Licks - March 2013

Hey there, and welcome to the third edition of my Mercy Links. This section is basically me revealing to you the ten songs I've been listening to the most every month. I did February last month and naturally that makes March next on the list.

So what are the Ten Mercy Licks of March 2013? Let's find out...

#10: "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
This song was a sleeper with me. My brother told me to listen to it, I didn't like it. My friends started playing it, I still didn't think much of it. But it just kept being played in the background in my presence and eventually I caved in. I do like this song, it's very catchy and it sounds different to a lot of the hip hop around at the moment. It's a great track.

#9: "Elephant" - Tame Impala
I heard this on an advert and immediately sought out the song. Adverts are always a good source for decent songs that aren't immediately mainstream. It turned out this song wasn't a big hit when it came out in the first half of last year, and I seem like a minority in searching for the track beyond the advert, which is a shame, as it's a funky little psychedelic indie track. Give it a listen.

#8: "Figure it Out" - Serj Tankian
Serj's solo career away from System of a Down, while has never lacked in effort or quality, has for me and a lot of people been quite underwhelming. It's always hard for a solo career to outshine or even be just as good as a band career, but to be fair, it's even harder when that band is System of a Down, probably the most popular metal band of the last decade (although Slipknot may also claim that crown). But "Figure It Out" is a cracker of a track, and shows Serj has never left his SOAD roots, despite him changing his music direction quite a lot throughout his solo career. It really deserves a listen if you haven't heard it before, especially if you're a SOAD fan.

#7: "Low (feat. T-Pain)" - Flo Rida
I've always liked "Low", although I've never really liked admitting it. I've found myself playing it a lot recently for some reason, more than likely because it comes on a lot in the local club. It's just a really good RnB track, and man, I can't believe it's five years old now. That's a little weird.


#6: "Church" - T-Pain
Ladies and gentlemen! T-Pain makes the list twice, well, kinda. He wasn't the featured artist on the post above so I don't really consider him a double entry. Besides, this song is better than the one above, but chances are you haven't heard this track. I truly mean it when I say this is one of RnB's really great yet underrated tracks of the last decade. I really think you should give it a listen, if it's a genre of music you like chances are you'll really appreciate it.

#5: "Bangarang (feat. Sirah)" - Skrillex
Last Month: #2
And the first song to be featured in multiple months is "Bangarang" by Skrillex. I don't really know what to add to what I said last month, so all I'll say is that it's definitely not boring to play this track yet. It's still fricking awesome and I have it as my ringtone.

#4: "Linchpin" - Fear Factory

Last Month: #7
I predicted this would be featured in March and I was right. In fact, I played it more in March than I did in February. I do love this song a lot. It's just fantastic, and it's become one of my favourite ever industrial tracks. I don't know why I didn't pay more attention to it earlier; I had heard the song years ago!

#3: "Jus a Rascal" - Dizzee Rascal

It's funny. I also played "Bassline Junkie" a lot too, his newest track, which is pretty great I have to admit, but I recently rediscovered this song from his first album. It's probably my favourite Dizzee Rascal song but I had completely forgot about it, and how good it was too. If you're a fan of Dizzee and haven't heard this song, play it now, it sounds as fresh now as it did when it came out.

#2: "Niggas in Paris" - Jay-Z and Kanye West

For some reason, it took me ages to download this song, and since I have I have played it a shit load. It's just one of the best collaborations ever, but then again, Jay-Z has a habit of making great music with other music artists. And Kanye, musical talent wise, is great, even if he comes across as a total dick as a personality. Anyway, "Niggas in Paris" is just an incredible song, and one of the best songs to come out in 2011.

#1: "Get Low" - Lil Jon

Brrrrr-dum-dum... I love this song so much. And the bass is just so awesome on it when you turn it up. Not that that's the reason I've played it so much. I've just been hearing it a lot recently, and evidently played it even more at home. It was simply one of the best hip-hop songs of the last decade, and hasn't aged a bit. Whatever happened to Lil John anyway? He never stayed at the top for very long. This song is just a classic though. I love it.

So, that's a wrap for today. I hope you've enjoyed this list. Until next time, take care!

If you liked this article you might want to read:

• Mercy Licks - February 2013 - Listing
• Metal is Dead - Music Article
• Best of Industrial - Mixtape

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