Well, it's not so 'random' anymore. I'll start from 1979 (with reference to the British charts, so most songs will be in the top 20 :]) beacuse that's the first year I really start liking a lot of music from and slowly move through each year. Rate form a scale of 1-5 or just comment. I'll post mine later :)

Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Olivers Army
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Cars - Just What I Needed
Squeeze - Cool For Cats
M - Pop Muzik
Blondie - Sunday Girl
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
Chic - Good Times
Knack - My Sharona
Police - Cant Stand Losing You
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
Flying Lizards - Money
Gary Numan - Cars
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star
Police - Message In A Bottle
Blondie - Dreaming
Specials - Message To You Rudy
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
Ploice - Walking on the Moon
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
The (English) Beat - Tears Of A Clown
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers Delight
Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing

Modified to add 'London Calling' to the list - can't belive I missed such a great track off!

Blondie - Heart Of Glass  4.5
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive  4
Cars - Just What I Needed  3.5
M - Pop Muzik  3.5
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell  1 :P
Chic - Good Times  5 8)
Knack - My Sharona  1.5 (This song really irritates me!)
Police - Cant Stand Losing You  3
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays  4
Flying Lizards - Money  3
Gary Numan - Cars  4
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough  4
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star  2 (I always thought this song was way overrated!)
Police - Message In A Bottle  3
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket  4 (In the U.S., this song didn't make the charts until 1980)
Ploice - Walking on the Moon  3
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall  5! 8)
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers Delight  3.5


Not a bad list overall, Criz!  :D

Blondie - Heart Of Glass  4
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive  5
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Olivers Army  4
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now  3.75
Cars - Just What I Needed  5
Squeeze - Cool For Cats  3.75   weird song....
M - Pop Muzik  2
Blondie - Sunday Girl  4
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric:???
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell  1.5
Chic - Good Times  2.75
Knack - My Sharona  2   I cant stand this song
Police - Cant Stand Losing You  3
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays  3.75   great song
Flying Lizards - Money:???  a cover of the Barrett Strong tune I presume
Gary Numan - Cars  3.75
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough  3.75
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star  3.75
Police - Message In A Bottle  3.75
Blondie - Dreaming  3.75
Specials - Message To You Rudy:???
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket  4
Ploice - Walking on the Moon  3.5
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall   3.5
The (English) Beat - Tears Of A Clown:??/ a cover of the Miracles I presume?
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers Delight  3
Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing :???

Blondie - Heart Of Glass  They were better as a punk band.  2.5
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive  Now here's a song that really needs to die.  2
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Olivers Army  5
Cars - Just What I Needed  If I ever have a band, it will probably be a cheap ripoff of the Cars.  5
M - Pop Muzik  Much too techno-y for me.  2
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell  Not my type of disco.  2
Chic - Good Times  Aptly titled.  5
Knack - My Sharona  I'm kinda torn on this one.  I'll give it a 3
Police - Cant Stand Losing You  4
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays  Some of the lyrics are a little too obvious and overwrought, but for the most part a decent song.  4
Flying Lizards - Money  Gimmicky but okay.  3.5
Gary Numan - Cars  
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough  The King of Pop, at a time when he truly deserved the title.  5
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star  Wonderful pop song.  5
Police - Message In A Bottle  Perhaps their best?  5
Specials - Message To You Rudy  Never really got the Specials.  2
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket  Classic, and sexy!  5
Ploice - Walking on the Moon  Bouncy, but not their best.  3.5
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall  Painfully overrated, and just plain bad.  2
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers Delight  I said a hip, a hop.  4
Clash - London Calling That's a nice song there. 4

Quite a mix of good and bad songs here!

Blondie - Heart Of Glass 3
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 4
M - Pop Muzik Egggh... 2.
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell 2
Chic - Good Times 4
Knack - My Sharona 2
Police - Cant Stand Losing You 3.5
Flying Lizards - Money 2.5
Gary Numan - Cars 4
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough 5 +
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star 1.5
Police - Message In A Bottle Probably my least favorite from the Police!  Just annoys me! 2
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket 5 +
Ploice - Walking on the Moon 3.5 Not bad, but I don't think it's their best)
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 4.5
Sugarhill Gang - Rappers Delight 3

Ah! '79! Remember it well...sort-of...!

Well, at least I should have have no trouble with these...!

Blondie - Heart Of Glass 4 - effortless merging of new-wave and disco...
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 3 - great performance but (and this is no fault of Gloria's) soooo overplayed, and that's not including the karaoke slaughters...!
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army 4 - amongst his best, and a very clever lyric to boot...
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 4 - noisy racket which rattles along alarmingly - puts a lot of their stuff to shame...!
Cars - Just What I Needed 3 - not their best, but okay...
Squeeze - Cool For Cats 4 - heh! And I can still recite this song word for word...great!
M - Pop Musik 4 - off-the-wall sort-of thing...was obviously going to be a one-hit wonder, but that's better than being remembered for nothing...
Blondie - Sunday Girl 2 - a bit ho-hum...
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric 2 - which, for those unaware, was Gary Numan's previous record (before 'Cars') - a bit of a dirge, truth be told...
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell 3 - okay piece of disco-fluff...horribly dated now, with those syn-drums...!
Chic - Good Times 5 - the real McCoy! Nothing else to be added here...
Knack - My Sharona 4 - fun song! Disappeared soon after, but well remembered...
Police - Can't Stand Losing You 3 - the 'big league' hit, but lacks a certain something...I had this on lurid blue vinyl...!
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 4 - probably their best work...
Flying Lizards - Money 2 - different, I suppose, but apart from novelty value, not much else...yes, Billy F - that is the Barrett Strong original being mauled...!
Gary Numan - Cars 3 - a bit more accessible than Tubeway Army, still a bit dirge-like...
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 5 - (just to prove to Kenny that I'm not evil...!) awesome stuff, still sounds that way today...
Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star 4 - a bit clumsy in places, but still a good 'un...
Police - Message In A Bottle 3 - still not quite there for the boys, but slightly more palatable than the last...had this on lurid green vinyl...!
Blondie - Dreaming 5 - back on form! A killer pop song, quite possibly their finest...
Specials - A Message To You Rudy 2 - Ah! The Two-Tone revolution just gathering speed...okay (just), but I still head for Dandy (Livingstone's) version...
Pretenders - Brass In Pocket 4 - a cool song in many aspects...
Police - Walking On The Moon 4 - now we're getting there...! Fabulous dub-type rhythm...works well...had this on boring black vinyl...!
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 3 - was okay at the time, but became a bit tedious after a while...
The Beat - Tears Of A Clown 2 - rattled along with no sense of emotion like the original...yes, Billy - the Miracles' original...
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight 2 - went on for a week and a half...done nothing for me...
Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing 4 - corny as they come, but appealed to many...the sort of thing your mother would happily shake a leg to...!
Clash - London Calling 4 - I wasn't really much into the Clash, but this was powerful...

Phew!

...hey Criz! No 'Banana Splits' by The Dickies...??!! (I had this on lurid yellow vinyl... - okay, that's enough..!)

blondie - 3.5
Gloria   - 2.5
Elvis     -2.5
Cars    -5.0  lovetheCars
M        4.0
Anita   1.0
Chic    2.0
Knack  3.0  I've always felt this song could be shorter
Police  3.0  not their best
Boomtown 2.5
Flying   2.0
Gary    4.0
Michael   2.5
Buggles   3.0  so true
police  3.5
Specials  5.0 can't resist any thing by this group
pretenders   2.75
police    3.0
pink floyd  2.5  Not tryingto start a fight, but i think Pink Floyd is boring

Sugarhill    5.0 classic, funny, catchy

Clash   4.0

Blondie - Heart Of Glass 4, Good tune, not their best
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive Overplayed but stil a classic 3.5
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Olivers Army 4.5 fantastic
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now not a major Queen fan, but this gets a 3.5
Cars - Just What I Needed ahh this is just great, another 4.5
Squeeze - Cool For Cats Not exactly 'Tempted' but still good, 3.5
M - Pop Muzik Very kitch, if you can call a record that, 3
Blondie - Sunday Girl 4, always loved this song
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric Not fantastic, not too bad either, 3.5
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell 2.5, not really my cuppa tea
Chic - Good Times better disco 4
Knack - My Sharona bit annoying! 3
Police - Cant Stand Losing You Not one of their finest, but stila 3
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays their best, 4
Flying Lizards - Money She can't sing but I still like it, 3.5
Gary Numan - Cars Classic, 4.5
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Have no idea what he says til the title kicks in, but great stuff :] 4.5
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star Another classic, 4
Police - Message In A Bottle My favourite Police track, 5
Blondie - Dreaming Possibly my favourite Blondie track, 5
Specials - Message To You Rudy Catchy as hell! 3.5
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket A grower - 3.5
Ploice - Walking on the Moon Hmm, pretty good - 4
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Their only song I Like 4
The (English) Beat - Tears Of A Clown I kinda really like this cover! 4
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers Delight 'Now what you hear is not a test'...3.5
Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing Cheesy! 2.5
Clash - London Calling 5, that's all I gotta say. I wish I could find someone to clear up the ambiguity of the final line in the chorus for me!!

since London Calling Was added after I posted, ill do that one now........5! 5! 5! 5!  

Hi Criz

This is a great list that brings back a lot of memories for me as a 16 year old. I don't have enough time (here at work ;)) to rate them all but I do have a confession to make.

I purchased "I'm In The Mood For Dancing" by The Nolans (still have it actually, with picture sleeve) and I *gulp* saw them perform live around the 1979 era. I have to admit I enjoyed the show, mainly 'cos I thought Colleen Nolan was a total babe. I've seen her recently on TV - "Celebrity Fat Club" or something - and I still think she's attractive. I don't think she really qualifies as "fat".

OK, you can all laugh, but I'm opening up to you guys here. And in my defence, I also saw The Clash perform live 3 times and "London Calling" is my favourite track on your list!

Blondie - Heart Of Glass 3
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 2.5 Too overplayed, so it's gotten very annoying
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 4. Great piano and guitar work, and it's a really fun song
Knack - My Sharona 3.80
Police - Cant Stand Losing You 3 I Don't like the Police stuff
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 5  I Love this one!
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough 2. Hate Jacko!
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star 3.80
Police - Message In A Bottle 3
Police - Walking on the Moon 2.5
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 5. A pure classic. Used to be my ultimate hymn when I was still in highschool
The (English) Beat - Tears Of A Clown 5
The Clash - London Calling 5

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 1+ this was one song that used be good but now PLEASE no
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 3
Cars - Just What I Needed 3
Blondie - Sunday Girl  3
Police - Cant Stand Losing You 3
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 5 I worship this song and the rats and the fine art of surfacing
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough 3
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star 4 everyone thinks its overplayed well not here for sure I heard it twice in my entire life on the radio
Police - Message In A Bottle 4
Ploice - Walking on the Moon 3
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall  4+

Blondie - Heart Of Glass 3
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 0
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Olivers Army ???
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now ???
Cars - Just What I Needed 1
Squeeze - Cool For Cats 2
M - Pop Muzik 3
Blondie - Sunday Girl ???
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric ???
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell ???
Chic - Good Times ???
Knack - My Sharona 3
Police - Cant Stand Losing You 2
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 5
Flying Lizards - Money 1
Gary Numan - Cars 4
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough ???
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star 2
Police - Message In A Bottle 2
Blondie - Dreaming ???
Specials - Message To You Rudy 2
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket 1
Ploice - Walking on the Moon 2
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 3
The (English) Beat - Tears Of A Clown ???
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers Delight ???
Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing ???

Modified to add 'London Calling' to the list - can't belive I missed such a great track off! 4

I was in my early/mid teens so all of these songs have a vivid memory attached. 8)

Blondie - Heart Of Glass  5
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive  5
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Olivers Army  5
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now  ???
Cars - Just What I Needed  4
Squeeze - Cool For Cats  5
M - Pop Muzik  5
Blondie - Sunday Girl  5
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric  4
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell  5
Chic - Good Times  3
Knack - My Sharona  5  
Police - Cant Stand Losing You  5
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays  5
Flying Lizards - Money  4
Gary Numan - Cars  1....this became annoying to me at the time, so I still dislike it.
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough  5
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star  5
Police - Message In A Bottle  5
Blondie - Dreaming   ???
Specials - Message To You Rudy  4
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket  4
Ploice - Walking on the Moon  3
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall   4
The (English) Beat - Tears Of A Clown   ???
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers Delight   ???
Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing   ???

Blondie - Heart Of Glass  3
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive  --0
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Olivers Army
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now  4
Cars - Just What I Needed  3.5
Squeeze - Cool For Cats
M - Pop Muzik  2
Blondie - Sunday Girl
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric  
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell  -0
Chic - Good Times 0
Knack - My Sharona  0
Police - Cant Stand Losing You  3
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 3.5
Flying Lizards - Money  3
Gary Numan - Cars  3
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough  1
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star  3.5
Police - Message In A Bottle  4
Blondie - Dreaming  3
Specials - Message To You Rudy
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket 4
Ploice - Walking on the Moon
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall  5
The (English) Beat - Tears Of A Clown  
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers Delight
Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing  1

I don't recall hearing most if these songs, but here's the ones I have:

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive -------------4
Police - Cant Stand Losing You -----------3
Gary Numan - Cars ----------------------4
M. Jackson - Don't...You Get Enough ----3.5
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star ------5!!!!
Police - Message In A Bottle -------------4

"I'm gonna party like it's 1979" - Doesn't have the same ring does it?

Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Debbie Harry's voice was too screechy in this song. Nah! Don't like it much - 2
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Oh dear! Listening to my mum sing this is enough to put anyone off - 2
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Olivers Army
A cracking song. I love it to bits - 4
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Quite a good song - 3
Cars - Just What I Needed
Not bad, not their best - 3
Squeeze - Cool For Cats
This seemed to have a different singer to the bloke in the 80s. Not bad - 3
M - Pop Muzik
Novelty record with a rubbish video - 3
Blondie - Sunday Girl
A better Blondie song IMO - 3
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric
A bit boring - 2
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
Absolute rubbish - 1
Chic - Good Times
Knack - My Sharona
Has a nice thumping beat - 3
Police - Cant Stand Losing You
It's allright. Police had a tendency to bore me - 3
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
Great song with a bizzare topic - 4
Flying Lizards - Money
Novelty record alert - 3
Gary Numan - Cars
O.K Gary Numan song - 3
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
A better song than his later stuff (esp. after Thriller) - 3
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star
Great song - The first video of MTV? 4
Police - Message In A Bottle
Hey! I like this Police song - 3
Blondie - Dreaming
Specials - Message To You Rudy
Nice reggae number - 4
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
Hmm . . . boring - 1
Ploice - Walking on the Moon
This is alright - 3
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
A little overplayed - 3
The (English) Beat - Tears Of A Clown
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers Delight
The first commercial rap song! At least you can hear what these guys are saying - 3
Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing
I like this song - 4

Blondie - Heart Of Glass   4
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive    2
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Olivers Army    ???
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now     5.5
Cars - Just What I Needed   2
Squeeze - Cool For Cats       5.5
M - Pop Muzik     5.5
Blondie - Sunday Girl    ???
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric     4
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell    1
Chic - Good Times       ???
Knack - My Sharona   4
Police - Cant Stand Losing You     ???
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays     4
Flying Lizards - Money    3
Gary Numan - Cars      4
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough     2
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star     4
Police - Message In A Bottle     5
Blondie - Dreaming      ???
Specials - Message To You Rudy      ???
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket      4
Ploice - Walking on the Moon      4
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall       3
The (English) Beat - Tears Of A Clown       3
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers Delight      3
Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing       1

Ah ... the year I met my husband :o

Blondie - Heart Of Glass ... 4
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive ... 3
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Olivers Army ... 4.75
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now ... 4
Cars - Just What I Needed ... 3.5
Squeeze - Cool For Cats ... 4
M - Pop Muzik ... 3
Blondie - Sunday Girl ... unknown
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric ... 3
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell ... 2
Chic - Good Times ... unknown
Knack - My Sharona ... 2
Police - Can't Stand Losing You ... can't remember this one
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays ... 4.5
Flying Lizards - Money ... 4
Gary Numan - Cars ... 2.5
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough ... 4.5
Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star ... 2
Police - Message In A Bottle ... 4
Blondie - Dreaming ... unknown
Specials - Message To You Rudy ... unknown
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket ... 4.5
Police - Walking on the Moon 4
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall ... 5
The (English) Beat - Tears Of A Clown ... 3
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers Delight ... unknown
Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing ... 3

Modified to add 'London Calling' to the list - can't believe I missed such a great track off! ... 4