Artist	Song
Gram Parsons	Return of the Grievous Angel
Everly Brothers	Love hurts
Neil Young	Only Love can break your heart
The Clash	Janie Jones
Otis Redding	You left the water running
Solomon Burke	Got to get you off of my mind
Donna Hathaway	The Ghetto
Nirvana	Smells like teen spirit
Katrina and the Waves	Walking on sunshine
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels	Little Latin Lupe Lu
Elvis Costello	Allison
Charlie Rich	Behind closed doors
Steely Dan	Barrytown
Bruce Springsteen	Thunder Road
Madness	One step beyond
Jimmy Cliff	Many Rivers to Cross
Gladys Knight	Best thing that ever happened to me
Marvin Gaye	Let's get it on
Emmylou Harris	Boulder to Birmingham
O'Jays	Backstabber
The Specials	Free Nelson Mandela

Comment:

OK, I can't take credit for any of this, except arrangement. All are songs mentioned or prominent in High Fidelity (a companion mix includes the 19 or so songs mentioned by Rob as his all-time Top 5...those aren't included in this). Inspired by "Nick Hornby's Songbook"...get it, its incredible. I don't have the book on hand, so my memory might be sketchy on some contexts. Correct me if you care:

Track 1 is on his top 5 side one, track ones.
Tracks 2 and 3 are mentioned early, when he's figuring the connection between his own state of mind and the pop music he loves.
Track 4, also a track one, side one
Track 5, a rarity offered to him by a woman miffed at her cheating husband.
Track 6 and 7 favorite spins for DJ Rob.
Track 8, Side one, track one
Track 9 and 10, On Barry's Monday mix tape (Dick prefers the mitch ryder version of lupe lu, though barry used the everly bros)
Track 11, Rob's top 5 Costello songs
Track 12, Rob is discrete about how far he got w/ marie ("you know that Charlie Rich song, behind closed doors...I'm a firm believer in that")
Track 13, Barry's bands name, at one point
Track 14, Side one, track one
Track 15, 16 and 17, Rob wants played at his funeral
Track 18, You've seen the movie, right? Plus, side one, track one.
Track 19, Marie covers it (i think)
Track 20 and 21, played at Robs triumphant return as a DJ.

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