#REMTop30 1. I Believe 5 years of music challenges, first #1 with a banjo intro. Thanks as always to Mr @tansleyjames.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbUS...

#REMTop30 2. Radio Free Europe Silver medal to the song that launched them on college radio - let’s go with the original Hib-tone version www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sUD...

#REMTop30 3. Can't Get There from Here Having read the lyrics for the first time in the video, I now know why I was never able to sing along to anything but the chorus www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD3c...

#REMTop30 4. Begin the Begin Another instantly recognizable intro. Hope I had this listed in the top openers challenge www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DEL...

#REMTop30 5. Time After Time (Annelise) Forgot how much I loved this one, esp Peter Buck’s relentless guitar progressions www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd3a...

#REMTop30 6. Fall on Me Admittedly 4 of my final 7 are off LRP, so seems Like a good time to post the lead single www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf6v...

#REMTop30 7. Superman LRP’s hidden track never really fit in with the album either musically or thematically, but to me it just sounds like they’re having a blast with Mike Mills taking on lead vocals www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQDN...

#REMTop30 8. Pretty Persuasion Instantly recognizable from the first notes www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPSn...

#REMTop30 9. What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? Lead single from Monster first performed on SNL vimeo.com/114270458

#REMTop30 10. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville For their second album, REM maintained a strict policy of only releasing song titles containing parentheses as singles www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nzl...

#REMTop30 11. Harborcoat Fortunately those luscious harmonies are enough for me to forgive the crowd for clapping completely out of sync www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK_5...

#REMTop30 Oof I’m way behind 15. Swan Swan H 14. South Central Rain (I’m Sorry) 13. Carnival of Sorts 12. Photograph

#REMTop30 16. 7 Chinese Brothers Gonna be a struggle not to put the whole “Left” side of Reckoning in my countdown www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed31...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 1. I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ Finished #7 in last month‘s 00’s top 30, and an easy gold medalist here Thanks as always to @geodrew.bsky.social & @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H5I...

#REMTop30 17. You are the Everything And apologies to Talk About the Passion, which I realized I hashtagged as remtop20. A good reminder not to post after a day of wine tasting in Fredericksburg www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2BC...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 2. Take Your Mama The most elton johnian of Elton John-inspired songs www.youtube.com/watch?v=od7-...

#REMTop20 18. Talk About the Passion www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCMy...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 3. Laura Taking home the bronze, but still have room for one more from the debut www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qon...

#REMTop30 19. Driver 8 The bridge here has to be one of REM’s musical highlights www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuFI...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 4. Lights If Earth, Wind & Fire had a baby with The Bee Gees, this would undoubtedly be the result www.youtube.com/watch?v=os0X...

#REMTop30 20. Catapult Something something catapulting into the top 20 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHki...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 5. Let’s Have A Kiki As brought to you by The Institute of Mental Instability www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGCD...

#REMTop30 21. Turn You Inside Out Because vocals always sound better through a bullhorn www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBS6...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 6. Filthy/Gorgeous Fifth single from the debut and the first to get US airplay www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS5H...

Hey there #TheTwen2ie5 participants, can someone offer a little advice? I noticed a couple bands on my list were formed before 2000, but their first album was post-2000. WIl they be subject to the Ice Spice Clause, or is it based on release date? Thanks!

#REMTop30 22. Ages of You Who am I to question the great Mitch Easter, but it's hard to believe they couldn't squeeze this on to Murmur www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRDz...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 7. Do the Strand If Roxy re-recorded their classic for The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack, it would sound something like this www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4it...

#REMTop30 23. Bang & Blame First of 2 from Monster, which admittedly was about when I stopped paying attention to their releases www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cdZ...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 8. Any Which Way Featuring an uncredited Kylie Minogue on backing vocals www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHv0...

#REMTop30 24. Welcome to the Occupation Written about US intervention in S. America, but feels pretty relevant today www.youtube.com/watch?v=XARq...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 9. Kiss You Off Perhaps the most suggestive song title since, ummmm, yesterday's pick www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Lt...

#REMTop30 25. World Leader Pretend 🎵This is my mistake Let me make it good I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down🎵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGMe...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 10. Rock My Spot (Crevice Canyon) Previously unreleased track from the debut recording sessions, fortunately included on the 20th anniversary edition www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPIn...

#REMTop30 26. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight A little bit of fresh air on an otherwise pretty heavy album www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgiC...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 11. F*** Yeah The F*** Yeah Remix takes the original F*** Yeah, and dials it up a few F***s www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecqu...

#REMTop30 27. Finest Worksong As heard on The Bear this past season www.youtube.com/watch?v=559e...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 12. Baby Come Home Opens their album like it was shot out of a cannon www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM2d...

#REMTop30 28. Green Grow the Rushes Peter Buck putting the jangle in jangle pop www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJp2...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 13. Comfortably Numb This cover shouldn’t work but totally does www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQfA...

#REMTop30 29. Orange Crush Inescapable in the late 80s www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mSm...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 14. I Can’t Decide A song so over the top I can easily believe it was featured in Doctor Who www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Hj...

#REMTop30 30. Radio Song One of the more challenging challenges - lets get started with Radio Song, as introduced by KRS-One www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XhY...

#ArtistFave15 Scissor Sisters 15. Music is the Victim Counting down the recently-reunited Scissor Sisters and starting off with this slamming tune off the debut www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNgx...

#00sTop30 30-1 countdown 1. Destroy Everything You Touch - Ladytron Well, I just posted this tune a month ago, but here we are - still number one in my heart. Thanks as always to Mr JT @tansleyjames.bsky.social and I'll see ya at the REM countdown www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTTw...

#00sTop30 30-1 countdown 2. Electric Feel - MGMT A stunner of a song, jury may still be out on the video www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmZe...

#00sTop30 30-1 countdown 3. Hung Up - Madonna If I were in on the Madonna challenge this would be my easy #1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwb...

#00sTop30 30-1 countdown 4. Integral - Pet Shop Boys Sure there’s a single, but have you heard the album version? www.youtube.com/watch?v=61oc...

#00sTop30 30-1 countdown 5. Strict Machine - Goldfrapp I could totally hit those notes www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeaw...

#00sTop30 30-1 countdown 6. I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab for Cutie Top 10 for the intro alone www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq-y...

#ALL50RTS Top 50 album tracks/b sides 80% - 100% - No doubters Day 50 BONUS 11 points Paninaro - Pet Shop Boys (1986) Could’ve happily picked 50 PSB songs (and 5 hm’s), but I’ll settle for this. 🎵What I do like, I love passionately🎵 Thanks as always Arron! www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9eE...