Marcel Winatschek

The Ten That Stayed

Sat down to compile what I’m calling my personal My Generation Charts—the ten tracks that have carved themselves deepest into my brain over the course of my life so far. No objective ranking, no defense of the choices. Just the songs that are there when I reach for them.

They go: t.A.T.u.’s All The Things She Said, Phantom Planet’s California, Avril Lavigne’s I’m With You, Silbermond’s Durch die Nacht, Sum 41’s Fat Lip, the brilliant green’s Rainy Days Never Stay, Johnny Cash’s Hurt, Imogen Heap’s Hide And Seek, Green Day’s Time Of Your Life, Evanescence’s My Immortal.

Looking at that list, something becomes obvious. The best rock songs are always the ballads.