At this point, you have to either have just come here for the first time, or have possibly been ignoring all things music and internet over the past two months NOT to know about this years Modern Rock 500. So, just in case you fall into either of those categories, or several others (i.e. pure laziness), this post is for you.

We archived all 37 hours of our annual Memorial Day classic, and you can grab the full listing of all 500 songs and listen to the complete streaming audio by visiting this link. So check it out and enjoy it!

Also see- 2008 Modern Rock 500 Song Listing , Previous Modern Rock 500 Posts

Ladies and gentlemen, re-start your engines! If you missed this year’s countdown of the greatest songs in the history of modern rock, alternative and indie music, get ready for the 19th annual Modern Rock 500. Over and over and over again…..

Starting at 6am on Monday the 16th, we’ll play back the entire 37-hour Memorial Day classic - on repeat and uninterrupted - for a solid week. This way, if you happen to miss the songs at laps 415, 262 or 103, you’ll have a few other chances to catch it again. (Our calculations have us looping the 500 5 times from Monday to Monday but hey, we’re in radio so accountants we ain’t).

It all starts on June 16th on the Vintage channel of WOXY.com….

We all hope you enjoyed our Memorial Day weekend countdown again this year, for those that wanna take a peek at the entire list, you can see it below. Our thanks to everyone that listened and enjoyed another great countdown, see ya next year!

By the way, all songs that are bolded below are either new to the countdown, or were not on last years listing…..

500. Feist - My Moon My Man
499. The Twilight Singers - Teenage Wristband
498. Big Country - In A Big Country
497. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
496. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
495. Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains
494. Joe Jackson - I’m The Man
493. Cat Power - Cross Bones Style
492. XTC - The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
491. Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
490. Sonic Youth - Incinerate
489. Matthew Sweet - Sick Of Myself
488. X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!
487. Ride - Vapour Trail
486. Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Elvis Is Everywhere
485. Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade
484. Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
483. Morrissey - Suedehead
482. Pinback - Fortress
481. They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
480. Lo Fidelity All Stars - Battle Flag
479. Rogue Wave - Endless Shovel
478. Tears For Fears - Shout
477. DNA / Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
476. Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero
475. Elbow - Forget Myself
474. Placebo - Pure Morning
473. Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
472. Portishead - All Mine
471. The The - This Is The Day
470. Roxy Music - More Than This
469. The Cure - The Lovecats
468. Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
467. Junior Boys - In the Morning
466. Muse - New Born
465. The Wrens - Hopeless
464. Smoking Popes - Need You Around
463. The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground
462. Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
461. Doves - Black And White Town
460. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
459. Bjork - Joga
458. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
457. X - 4th Of July
456. Firehose - Flyin’ The Flannel
455. Sleater-Kinney - Entertain
454. Suzanne Vega - Luka
453. Concrete Blonde - Joey
452. The National - Mistaken for Strangers
451. The Verve - Lucky Man
450. Modest Mouse - Dashboard
(more…)

With green flag coverage of this years Modern Rock 500 starting tomorrow morning, I thought I would slip one more flashback onto The Futurist here to get your Memorial Day weekend started right. So join me as we take a closer look at our Modern Rock 500 from 2003…….

#500 - The Vines - Get Free

#1 - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Band with the most songs in the 2003 Modern Rock 500

U2 - 14

Other bands with 10 or more songs in the countdown…

R.E.M. - 13

(more…)

Today we flashback 8 years to the year 2000 for a closer look at our top 500 songs in Modern Rock. Of course this years countdown kicks off this Saturday, so be sure to tune in all weekend.

#500 - Blur - Girls And Boys

#10 - The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go?

#1 - Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K.

Band with the most songs in the 2000 Modern Rock 500

R.E.M. - (11)

Other bands with 10 or more songs in the countdown…
–none–

Previous #1’s placement

The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry (#1 in 1996, #45 in 2000)
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now (#1 in 1989, #3 in 2000)
New Order - Love Vigilanties - (#1 in 1991, #417 in 2000)
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe - (#1 in 1994, #2 in 2000)

(more…)

Today we flashback to 1996 as we prepare for this weekend’s Modern Rock 500 at WOXY.com. Just in case you are not aware, this year’s countdown starts Saturday, May 24th at 10am & runs through Midnight, continuing Sunday from 10am to Midnight & Memorial Day, it airs Monday from 10am until we reach the #1 song.

But back to our flashback now, to 1996, twelve years ago…..

#500 - The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another

#1 - The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry

Band with the most songs in the 1996 Modern Rock 500

U2 - (12)
R.E.M. - (12)

Other bands with 10 or more songs in the 1996 MR 500

The Cure - (10)

(more…)

With the 19th annual Modern Rock 500 just around the corner this weekend, I thought it would be fun to have a look back at some old 500 countdowns of interest. Today we take a peek at 1989, and while I would love to list the entire thing here, I will just snag a few of the more interesting laps from that year. For the Modern Rock statistician in all of us…

Lap #500 - The Proclaimers - I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)

Lap #1 - The Smiths - How Soon is Now?

Band with the most songs in the 1989 Modern Rock 500 - The Smiths (13)

Other bands with 10 songs or more….
The Cure (11)
U2 (10)
Elvis Costello (10)
Depeche Mode (10)

Most Top 100 Songs -
The Cure (8)

(more…)

For the 19th year, one of our signature events, the Modern Rock 500, returns like clockwork this Memorial Day weekend. 500 songs, over 30 hours of some of the greatest modern rock, alternative and indie music ever recorded.

To long time listeners, you know what this is about. For newcomers, enjoy an entire weekend of counting down some of the best of the best that the radio station has had to offer in our 25 years as The Future of Rock and Roll.

We’ll throw the green flag and start with #500 on Saturday, May 24th at 10am & run thru Midnight, continuing Sunday from 10am to Midnight & Memorial Day Monday from 10am until we reach the #1 song. Shiv, Joe, Bryan Jay and Mike are excited to continue this annual tradition for music lovers everywhere, so please join us for the countdown Memorial Day weekend on the main WOXY.com stream.

If you won’t be able to hear the “live coverage”, we’ll replay the entire 500 countdown on the WOXY Vintage channel sometime in June.

What will top the list this year?