Selections:
31.
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Manic Street Preachers
30.
Hear The Drummer Get Wicked - Chad Jackson
29.
Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band
28.
Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
27.
Another Chance - Roger Sanchez
26.
Living On My Own - Freddie Mercury
25.
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
24.
Better Off Alone - Alice Deejay
23.
Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music
22.
By The Time I Get To Arizona - Public Enemy
21.
I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry
20.
Goddess On A Hiway - Mercury Rev
19.
Dark Therapy – Echobelly
18.
Run To You - Bryan Adams
17.
Inside Out – Anthrax
16.
There's Nothing I Won't Do – JX
15.
You - Bad Religion
14.
Don't Stop Me Now – Queen
13.
Moving – Supergrass
12.
The Time Is Now – Moloko
11.
Ms Jackson – Outkast
10.
Ray of Light - Madonna
Incorrect guesses:
Songs that give advice
Bands That Have Never Been in My Kitchen
Songs by artists who have headlined Glastonbury
Songs featuring the Mellotron
Fear mongering
Song titles that could be part of geometry proofs
Bands who have a member whose first or last name is a James Bond reference
Bands with family members
Songs that reference a location in another country
Songs that have nine or more words in the title
Songs that mention famous streets
Bands who had a member mysteriously disappear, get declared dead, but no body has ever been found
Songs that reference footballguys user names
Songs without a guitar
Song titles that are commands
First two words of song titles in order of lyrics from The Youngbloods’ Get Together
Songs about resilience in the face of adversity
Songs about the importance of progress
Songs to make people overthink and speculate about an imaginary theme that doesn't really exist
31 songs that MADs submitted in prior MAD rounds, but judge disqualified because the submitting MAD failed to get the long-form birth certificate of all band members before submitting
Songs NOT produced by Todd Rundgren
Artists without umlauts
Songs Sam Rockwell has danced to in a movie
Songs about navigating and adapting to a constantly changing world
Songs credited to more than one songwriter
UK top ten singles
Singles released by UK artist/bands
31 British Isles Songs That Did Not Appear in the MAD British Isles Countdown
Non-guitar driven songs
Songs in 4/4 time
Broadway shows
Songs that all charted in the same six countries:
UK
Australia
Germany
France
Ireland
Netherlands
Songs under 5 minutes
Songs where artists let out excessive vocalizations of the “ahh,” “ooh,” “dee,” etc. variety
A break up and starting over
Things that will drive a bunch of middle aged dummies who are trying to find a pattern go crazy
Stages in Rustoleum’s marriage
Guinness World Records
Songs that can qualify for other people’s themes
Songs by people with facial hair
All songs use an instrument with keys
Songs that are the narrative arc of a divorce
Addiction
Songs with 125 BPM or more
Songs that sample other songs on the list
Songs representing different Nicholas Cage movies / characters
Songs
This is your life, Krista
Something to do with Tina Turner/abused women
Jimi Hendrix
Detailing Britney Spears’ descent into madness
Addiction ... to love
Songs in A Minor
The plot to Thelma and Louise
Kourtney Kardashian
Songs about a major change in someone's life
Midlife crisis
Songs with a subject you should see a therapist about
Mental illness
Songs about the world's worst super heros
Mania
Things you do impulsively
Songs that use the word “The” at some stage in the lyrics
The Ballad of
@krista4 and OH
Songs the were on the UK official singles chart for the week ending on Aug 16, 2008
Songs from multiple decades
Songs about exploration of identity
Dancing
Each of these songs holds a special place in the hearts of listeners, and they remain influential in the genres they represent
krista's iconic playlist
struggle, rebellion, and survival
songs that have no connection to each other whatsoever - y'all are just wasting your time - ha ha ha suckers
Id, ego, and superego
Each song is somehow connected to one of the first 31 themes submitted for this countdown
Songs that qualify for more than one of the MAD31 themes submitted
Obscure chess strategies
All of these songs tie into the movie Thelma and Louise
history repeating itself
Songs for which there exists another song with the exact same title
Songs that implicate the seven deadly sins
The plot of a movie
the arc of Pink Floyd’s The Wall
Being in an oppressive relationship, and the journey to take back control of your life
the arc of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
trapped in a continuous cycle and finding a release that feels like freedom
Moving on through suicide
Things that require immediate action
Determining your own destiny
the life and tribulations of
Pamela Anderson
I also linked the song I posted in the 2024 song draft.
