I think there are two questions here. For me, my favorite songs may not be the same list of songs I'd call the best songs of all time.

Favorite song is pretty easy. Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl

After that it gets more difficult. It becomes a list of songs I like a lot.

Rural Alberta Advantage - Under The Knife, specifically the Paper Bag Sessions version

The National - Fake Empire is a song I reconnected with recently.

But do I think these are the best songs of all time? No, not really. Radiohead is a good place to start, and I'd probably pick something off The Bends. Maybe Fake Plastic Trees, though Street Spirit is my favorite. The Beatles have to be on the list, and I'd pick Across The Universe.

I think it's easy to get stuck in classics like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin or The Who. To defend my high school years, I'll offer up Nine Inch Nails, probably Closer (though I prefer Hurt) and Nirvana, presumably Smells Like Teen Spirit. And Pearl Jam - Better Man.

It's tough to make a list. The more songs I offer, the more I'm sure I'm forgetting more obvious ones.