What are some essential alternative rock songs to add on my ipod?

Posted in alternative rock | January 11th, 2010

I’m young so I never lived the rock era, when Nirvana was THE band. So yea, just list some songs from any years, I should be having on my ipod as an alternative rock lover.

‘Buttons’ by The Weeks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdmeqfPvypA

‘Where Is My Mind’ by the Pixies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EE59Ex5Px4

‘On Call’ by Kings of Leon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DK_8VZm_Dg

‘1979′ by Smashing Pumpkins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr58WHo2ndM

‘Talk Show Host’ by Radiohead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik48qoAUB4k

‘Come as You Are’ by Nirvana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqN0ZOEO9oI

(not sure I would list The Beatles as "Alternative")

Great tunes. Good luck.

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13 Responses to “What are some essential alternative rock songs to add on my ipod?”

  1. "G" (H-Town) Says:

    The Rock Area was the 70’s. When Led Zeppelin was THE band.

    Four Sticks.
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  2. DOGFOOD Says:

    Unplugged "LAKE OF FIRE"…..
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  3. I Got Soul Says:

    The Beatles
    The Killers
    Weezer
    Pink Floyd
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    The Strokes
    Modest Mouse
    Coldplay
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    and whatever you like, really

  4. Drew Says:

    go onto youtube and checkout some of the old school stuff "say anything" put out years ago.
    here’s a list of their songs you can search for:

    Try to remember, forget
    A walk through hell
    Baseball, but better
    A boston peace
    Colorblind
    Resounding
    My bare hands
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  5. Aidan Michael Says:

    ‘Buttons’ by The Weeks
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdmeqfPvypA

    ‘Where Is My Mind’ by the Pixies
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EE59Ex5Px4

    ‘On Call’ by Kings of Leon
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DK_8VZm_Dg

    ‘1979′ by Smashing Pumpkins
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr58WHo2ndM

    ‘Talk Show Host’ by Radiohead
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik48qoAUB4k

    ‘Come as You Are’ by Nirvana
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqN0ZOEO9oI

    (not sure I would list The Beatles as "Alternative")

    Great tunes. Good luck.

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  6. Tehshi Says:

    Just listen to the Beatles, you’ll get everything you need.
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  7. Angus Says:

    AC-DC: Are You Ready

    The Scorpians- Rock You Liek A hurricane

    and many more if you have a taste of rock
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  8. Cryptogram Cub Says:

    LED ZEPPELIN- Whole Lotta Love, Thank You, Kashmir
    PINK FLOYD- Comfortable Numb, Money, Dogs, Let There Be More Light
    Thin Lizzy- Don’t Believe a Word
    Modest Mouse- Dashboard, World At Large
    Placebo- Special K, This Picture, Space Monkey, Infra-Red
    Muse- Sing for Absolution, Plug in Baby, Unnatural Selection
    Radiohead (post-rock but whatever)- Jigsaw Falling into Place, Airbag, Just
    Stone Temple Pilots- Interstate Love Song, Creep
    Queens of the Stone Age- Little Sister, Do It Again, Go with the Flow
    Kasabian- Underdog, Club Foot, LSF
    David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust, Man Who Sold The World, Five Years
    Cream- Rollin and Tumblin
    The Who- My Generation, Magic Bus
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  9. Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man Says:

    The Smiths – There is a Light That Never Goes Out, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, This Charming Man, How Soon is Now
    REM – Fall On Me, I Am Superman, Losing My Religion, Radio Free Europe, Imitation of Life, Orange Crush
    Captain Beefheart – Big-Eyed Beans from Venus, Ice Cream for Crow, Woe is-a-me, Lick My Decals Off Baby
    David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes, Space Oddity, Speed of Life, Sound and Vision, everything else on the album Low, Look Back in Anger, Fantastic Voyage
    Iggy Pop – The Passenger, Lust for Life, Search and Destroy, I Wanna Be Your Dog
    Morrissey – Suedehead, The First of the Gang to Die, Everyday is Like Sunday, Bengali in Platforms
    Talk Talk – It’s My Life
    The Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way, Pretty in Pink, Ghost in You, Heaven
    Yes – And You And I, Starship Trooper (maybe)
    Blur – Country House, Boys and Girls, Beetlebum, The Universal
    Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger, Live Forever, Supersonic, Champagne Supernova
    The Stone Roses – Fool’s Gold, I Wanna Be Adored, Waterfall, She Bands the Drums
    Talking Heads – Psycho Killer, Once in a Lifetime, Burning Down the House, Life During Wartime
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  10. sheesh Says:

    I think what the OP is asking is for alternative rock of the 90s…anything from when Nirvana was The Band.

    So, to that effect, what she needs is:
    Stone Temple Pilots: Interstate Love Song, Lady Picture Show, Days of the Week, Plush
    Red Hot Chili Peppers: Under the Bridge
    The Toadies: Possum Kingdom, Tyler, I Come From the Water
    Weezer: The Sweater Song, Buddy Holly, Say it Aint So, Holiday
    Pearl Jam: Evenflow
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    I was in Jr. High when Kurt Cobain died

  11. lady Says:

    Relatively new;
    Paralizer- finger 11
    I won’t tell you- lacuna coil
    our truth- lacuna coil
    hate me- blue october
    one step closer- linkin park
    in the end- linkin park

    More classic;
    Stairway to heAven-led zepplin
    smells like teen spirit-nirvana
    Today-smashing pumpkins
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  12. twixette Says:

    Say Hello to Heaven – Temple of the Dog
    Gotta Get Away – The Offspring
    Sober – Tool
    You – Candlebox
    This is a Call – Foo Fighters
    Killing in the Name – Rage Against the Machine
    Soul to Squeeze – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Wicked Garden – Stone Temple Pilots
    Zero – Smashing Pumpkins
    Swallowed – Bush
    Hitchin’ a Ride – Green Day
    Outshined – Soundgarden
    100% – Sonic Youth
    Dig for Fire – Pixies
    Touch, Peel and Stand – Days of the New
    Touch Me, I’m Sick – Mudhoney
    Bound for the Floor – Local H
    Low – Cracker
    Live Forever – Oasis
    Down in a Hole – Alice in Chains
    Hey Man Nice Shot – Filter
    White, Discussion – Live
    Stellar – Incubus
    We Care a Lot – Faith No More
    Save Yourself – Stabbing Westward
    Cumbersome – Seven Mary Three
    Unsung – Helmet
    Tomorrow – Silverchair
    Nearly Lost You – Screaming Trees
    Mudshovel – Staind
    On a Plain – Nirvana
    Superman’s Dead – Our Lady Peace
    Space Lord – Monster Magnet
    Obvious – Jane’s Addiction
    Zombie – The Cranberries
    Jerry Was a Race Car Driver – Primus
    Mother – Danzig
    Go – Pearl Jam
    Cannonball – The Breeders
    Just (You Do It to Yourself) – Radiohead
    Cryin’ – Aerosmith
    Malibu – Hole
    Even Better Than the Real Thing – U2
    Live and Let Die – Guns N’ Roses
    Are You Gonna Go My Way? – Lenny Kravitz
    Time Bomb – Rancid
    In the Meantime – Spacehog
    Song 2 – Blur
    Miserable – Lit
    Down – 311
    Devil’s Haircut – Beck
    Hurt – Nine Inch Nails
    Would? – Alice in Chains
    Bang and Blame – R.E.M.
    Sex and Candy – Marcy Playground
    Father of Mine – Everclear
    Infected – Bad Religion
    Ball and Chain – Social Distortion
    Sure Shot – Beastie Boys
    40 Oz. to Freedom – Sublime
    Little Things – Bush
    Today – Smashing Pumpkins
    Lady Picture Show – Stone Temple Pilots
    Pretend We’re Dead – L7
    Pepper – Butthole Surfers
    My Hero – Foo Fighters
    Volcano Girls – Veruca Salt
    I Choose – The Offspring
    Teen Age Riot – Sonic Youth
    Backwater – Meat Puppets
    Always on the Run – Lenny Kravitz
    Lithium – Nirvana
    Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) – Cracker
    Creep – Radiohead
    The Beautiful People – Marilyn Manson
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  13. GunsNrosesGirl<3 Says:

    Anything from The Beatles, Dave Matthew’s Band, Soundgarden, Velvet Revolver, The Who, etc.
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