The Jokermen 100: JOHN CALE

John Cale's 50 greatest songs, as selected by the Jokermen

Well, we made it.

After 150 episodes over the last 20 months, we’ve hit every song on every record from friends, foes, haters, lovers, and legends, Lou Reed & John Cale.

As we did with Bob Dylan, we’re capping off this era of Jokermen with a new Jokermen 100. Unlike our time with Bob, however, this series has been a shared story—two men, two lives, two wildly inspiring bodies of work. With that in mind, it’s only right that we assemble two lists.

So here it is, the new Jokermen 100: half Lou, half John, all Good Music.

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50. “Bicycle” (Hobosapiens, 2003)

49. “Villa Albani” (Caribbean Sunset, 1984)

48. “Only Time Will Tell” (Sabotage, 1979)

47. “The Hall of Mirrors in The Palace at Versailles” (Church of Anthrax, 1971)

46. “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” (Words For The Dying, 1989)

45. “Hanky Panky Nohow” (Paris 1919, 1973)

44. “Changes Made” (Music For a New Society, 1982)

43. “Living With You” (Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood, 2012)

42. “Mr. Wilson” (Slow Dazzle, 1975)

41. “Satisfied” (blackAcetate, 2005)

40. “Jack The Ripper” (Single, 1978)

39. “Antarctica Starts Here” (Paris 1919, 1973)

38. “Cordoba” (Wrong Way Up, 1990)

37. “Things” (Hobosapiens, 2003)

36. “Child’s Christmas In Wales” (Paris 1919, 1973)

35. “Amsterdam” (Vintage Violence, 1970)

34. “Cable Hogue” (Helen of Troy, 1975)

33. “Hallelujah” (Fragments of a Rainy Season, 1992)

32. “Heartbreak Hotel” (Slow Dazzle, 1975)

31. “Captain Hook” (Sabotage, 1979)

30. “Spinning Away” (Wrong Way Up, 1990)

29. “If You Were Still Around” (Music For a New Society, 1982)

28. “Style It Takes” (Songs For Drella, 1990)

27. “Dr. Mudd” (Sabotage, 1979)

26. “Tell Me Why” (Walking On Locusts, 1996)

25. “I’m Not The Loving Kind” (Slow Dazzle, 1975)

24. “Paris 1919” (Paris 1919, 1973)

23. “You Know More Than I Know” (Fear, 1974)

22. “Ski Patrol” (Slow Dazzle, 1975)

21. “If You Were Still Around (Reprise)” (M:FANS, 2016)

20. “Set Me Free” (Walking On Locusts, 1996)

19. “Thoughtless Kind” (Music For a New Society, 1982)

18. “Forever Changes” (Songs For Drella, 1990)

17. “Big White Cloud” (Vintage Violence, 1970)

16. “Ship of Fools” (Fear, 1974)

15. “Dead or Alive” (Honi Soit, 1981)

14. “Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend” (Fear, 1974)

13. “Gideon’s Bible” (Vintage Violence, 1970)

12. “Chorale” (Sabotage, 1979)

11. “Guts” (Slow Dazzle, 1975)

10. “Caribbean Sunset” (Caribbean Sunset, 1984)

9. “Gun” (Fear, 1974)

8. “Andalucia” (Paris 1919, 1973)

7. “Entre Nous” (Walking On Locusts, 1996)

6. “Hedda Gabler” (Animal Justice, 1977)

5. “Dying On The Vine” (Artificial Intelligence, 1985)

4. “(I Keep a) Close Watch” (Music For a New Society, 1982)

3. “Leaving It Up To You” (Helen of Troy, 1975)

2. “Buffalo Ballet” (Fear, 1974)

1. “Riverbank” (Honi Soit, 1981)