Favorites Among Favorites, Part 2

I put together a list of my favorite bands about a year and a half ago. Probably time to reflect and update.

Here are my current top 17 favorite bands of all time, arranged in reverse chronological order by the approximate date on which I fell in love with each. (17 because that's my favorite number.)

COLDPLAY
first song: yellow
fell in love with: fix you
current favorite: square one

LOS CAMPESINOS!
first song: you! me! dancing!
fell in love with: you! me! dancing!
current favorite:you'll need those fingers for crossing

THE EMBASSY
first song: it never entered my mind
fell in love with: it never entered my mind
current favorite: some indulgence

SHOUT OUT LOUDS
first song: the comeback
fell in love with: shut your eyes
current favorite: hard rain

MEW
first song: the zookeper’s boy
fell in love with: the seething rain weeps for you
current favorite: sometimes life isn't easy

PHOENIX
first song: too young
fell in love with: holdin’ on together
current favorite: 1901

THE RADIO DEPT.
first song: against the tide
fell in love with: strange things will happen
current favorite: ewan

INTERPOL
first song: obstacle 1
fell in love with: obstacle 1
current favorite: obstacle 1

LEONA NAESS
first song: i tried to rock you but you only roll
fell in love with: sunny sunday
current favorite: un-named

MY BLOODY VALENTINE
first song: soon
fell in love with: when you sleep
current favorite: sometimes

SAINT ETIENNE
first song: mario’s cafe
fell in love with: spring
current favorite: method of modern love

COCTEAU TWINS
first song: carolyn’s fingers
fell in love with: cico buff
current favorite: orange appled

THE SMITHS
first song: how soon is now?
fell in love with: there is a light that never goes out
current favorite: there is a light that never goes out

THE CURE
first song: just like heaven
fell in love with: just like heaven
current favorite: just like heaven

ERASURE
first song: oh l’amour
fell in love with: victim of love (vixenvitesse mix)
current favorite: i love saturday

DEPECHE MODE
first song: strangelove
fell in love with: everything counts
current favorite: but not tonight

NEW ORDER
first song: bizarre love triangle
fell in love with: bizarre love triangle
current favorite: bizarre love triangle

Changes

New favorite songs: "Bizarre Love Triangle," New Order; "Method of Modern Love," Saint Etienne; "1901," Phoenix; "Sometimes Life Isn't Easy," Mew; "Some Indulgence," The Embassy

Newly inducted: Leona Naess, The Embassy, Los Campesinos!, Coldplay 

Temporarily surpassed: Club 8, Stars, Broken Social Scene, British Sea Power

U.K.: 10
Sweden: 3
U.S.: 2
Denmark: 1
France: 1