What's YOUR favorite song?

[celestenadia]

Isn't it ironic, don't ya think? "Like A Rolling Stone" is Rolling Stone's #1??? It's great, sure...but???
Forget Rolling Stone. (Rolling Boulder)
What's YOUR favorite song?
I know. It's tough, but what's the FIRST thing that pops into your mind?
Mine is "Gimme Some Lovin'" Spencer Davis Group.
And ya wanna know something..."Go Your Own Way" is WAY up there for me too! :)

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

I have too many to pick just one!

[greatdarkwing]

I have too many to pick just one!

Im in your same boat! I'll give it some thought today during my classes, (cause heaven forbid I'd pay attention to those, LOL :laugh: )

~Alex

[dissention]

My all-time favorite song is Forgive and Forget from Blondie.

Runners-up:

-Storms
-Union City Blue: Blondie
-Chant of the Ever-Circling Skeletal Family: Bowie
-Got Love To Kill: Juliette and the Licks
-Say Goodbye
-Crystal
-Hot Fun In the Summertime: Sly and the Family Stone
-Shayla: Blondie
-You Can't Always Get What You Want/I Shall Be Released: Bette Midler
-Across 110th Street: Bobby Womack
-We Don't Need Another Hero: Tina Turner

[DeadliestPoison]

My all-time favorite song is Forgive and Forget from Blondie.
Aw, that's a fun one. Not my favorite song of all time evah!1!, but a good Blondie song.

I can't really decide a favorite song over all, but I have favorite songs from certain artists.

Stevie - I Can't Wait
FM - Oh Daddy
Blondie - Rules For Living, Forgive & Forget
Portishead - Cowboys
Nelly Furtado - Explode, Ondé Estas
Spice Girls - Viva Forever :P
My Ruin - Bravenet, Do You Love Me
Kittie - Burning Bridges, Until The End

[dissention]

Aw, that's a fun one. Not my favorite song of all time evah!1!, but a good Blondie song.

I looove that song. It doesn't matter which version, live or studio. She sounds heavenly on it and the lyrics are to die for. I especially love these parts:

Night recalls tranquillity
A curtain falls and sets it free
Darkness calls eternity
Down silent halls the shadows flee

If you forgive me my ferocity
I won't forget your sweetness
Pull down the night
Lay it before me
Ratify my head with curses

I love when she does the spoken intro live and screams it out ("In the beginning, in the days before time, the light was alive with the essence of power").

Blondie - Hello Joe, Rules For Living


Rules For Living is another favorite. One of the best Curse songs. That and Songs of Love. I prefer Hello Joe live.

[Lisa1769]

A few of my # 1's:

Crazy Train- Ozzy
Dreams- Van Halen
All Fired Up- Pat Benatar
Never Been to Spain- 3 Dog Night
Blue on Black- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Drift Away- Dobie Gray

[ontheEdgeof17]

Out Here On My Own -Irene Cara. No question about it. :nod:

[DeadliestPoison]

Ratify my head with curses
I. Love. That. Line. daskjdhasjdhas <3333 Chris. I think I might have to call it my faybrit Blondie song evah!1!11

I prefer Hello Joe live.
Yeah, me too. I think I'm gonna have to edit my post. :T

[Vianna]

Couldn't stop with just one...

Sara - FM
Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy)-Roger Hodgson
Us and Them-Pink Floyd
For What It's Worth-Buffalo Springfield
Eye in the Sky-Alan Parsons Project
No More I Love Yous - Annie Lennox
Ventura Highway - America
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes

Just a beginning..

[Dreammms]

As of right now these are my favorite songs...

Here Comes The Sun- The Beatles
Across The Universe- The Beatles
Woman- John Lennon
One- U2
The Tide Is High-Blondie
Into The Mystic- Van Morrison
She Talks To Angels- Black Crowes
Hands Clean- Alanis Morissette
Hold On- Sarah McLachlan

I could keep going and going... :)

[DrummerDeanna]

Well - I'm going to leave off Beatle and FM songs - because those are just impossible for me to chose between - and those two bands do hold most of the space in my music loving heart :D

Sooo...

Oridinary World - Duran Duran
Ring of Fire-Johnny Cash

[Merf]

"In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel.

That has always always always been my favorite song. Ever. :)

[wondergirl9847]

FM:

ISA is my favorite song of all time.
Red Rover is second.

Non-FM:

Supernatural - DC Talk

Recently, I wrote down some of my favorite songs of all time, so I could try to make a compilation someday.

[chiliD]

Oh Well by-y-y-y....um....oh...what's that group's name? :shrug:

[cliffdweller]

There's no way this can be answered.

My favorite song of the moment, however, is Pigs on the Wing Pts. I and II by Pink Floyd. I heard it again after a long hiatus the other day, and that song just reduces me to tears! It's beautiful.

[amber]

I'm simple, i know i have a lot of favorites, But Edge just popped right into my head. followed closely by Insider. Now, wasn't that easy? :) good thing i'm less complex than i thought. :p

[markolas]

I don't think I can pick just one, but any of these would qualify:

Jackson - Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
Fist City - Loretta Lynn
Love Has No Pride - Bonnie Raitt
Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
River - Joni Mitchell
Lover Man - Billie Holiday
Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams

[GypsySorcerer]

Landslide, GYOW, Oh Daddy, numerous others -- FM

[hayley]

Top 3, ever, and it's clear I love angst:
Thirteen- Big Star
Side of the Road- Lucinda Williams
If I Could Write- Sam Phillips

Other angsty songs (at least to me) that don't make it in the top 3:
The Horses- Rickie Lee Jones
So Says I- The Shins
Black Books- Nils Lofgren
Time Will Do The Talking- Patty Griffin

I love everything about these songs and will never, ever get tired of them:
Enjoy the Silence- Depeche Mode
Anything, Anything- Dramarama
Strange Condition- Pete Yorn (I am really ambivalent about everything else he's ever done besides this song. It goes on every mix tape I've made since it came out.)
Smile- Grant Lee Phillips
Always On My Mind- J.C.
Last Goodbye- Jeff Buckley

For a rollicking good time:
Guns of Brixton- The Clash
You Got To Me- Neil Diamond
Twist the Knife- Neko Case
Fujiyama Mama- Wanda Jackson
Tumblin' Dice- Rolling Stones
Clear Spot- Pernice Brothers

[cliffdweller]

Top 3, ever, and it's clear I love angst:
The Horses- Rickie Lee Jones

Oh man, I love this song. I also love "We Belong Together" an earlier one of hers.

[Mari]

Heroes and Villains - Beach Boys / Brian Wilson

well, that's my favorite NOW. ;)

[sparky]

What a dilemma. Never just one.

My opinion today

Chinese Cafe - Joni Mitchell
I Will Always Love You - Dolly
Cowboys and Angels - George Michael
Gimme Shelter - Stones

[BTFLCHLD]

September - EWF
November Rain - GNR

FM...list goes on...and on...and on...

First to mind: No Questions Asked

[Serrart]

What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong. No doubt about it. :nod:

Romy

[BTFLCHLD]

now youve me thinking :shocked:

Rain Song - LZ
Annie's Song - JD

Logging off prior to aneurysm ;)

[David]

Oh man, I love this song. I also love "We Belong Together" an earlier one of hers.
That woman waylaid her career more cruelly than any record company could have done. But she still managed to write some great material (I even put one of her songs on my favorites list). She heads up a valuable Web site, too; you can buy PDF files of accurately arranged sheet music (including We Belong Together & dozens of others) for a small fee. The sheet music is delivered electronically within seconds. I ordered a large batch a few months ago & have been enjoying them all -- a lot of this stuff was never published, or published only in typically simplified "songbook" arrangements.

[David]

A lot of you have such bad taste, bless your hearts!

I thought, "What's my favorite song?" I can't think of one -- you know, one. Maybe it's I Love You Goodbye but maybe not. So I had to list a few dozen -- sticking only to the rock era -- that have all probably been my favorite at one time or another.

I Love You Goodbye - Thomas Dolby
The World Is a Ghetto - War
Come & Get Your Love - Redbone
Mothership Connection (Star Child) - Parliament
This Is Not America - Bowie & Metheny
My Back Pages - Dylan
Revolution - Beatles
Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
Glory Bound - Pigeonhed
Leave It Open - Kate Bush
Traces of the Western Slopes - Rickie Lee Jones
Ain't No Woman - Four Tops
Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison
All Saints Day - Van Morrison
Somebody to Love - Queen
Sax & Violins - Talking Heads
Biko - Peter Gabriel
For the Love of Money - O'Jays
Atlantic City - Springsteen
Young Americans - Bowie
Aladdin Sane - Bowie
The Working Hour - Tears for Fears
So Lonely - Police

And just for good measure:
Bwana

[madformac]

I can't narrow it down to one but my top three are

Comfortably Numb
I'm So Afraid
Sultans Of Swing

:wavey:

[Hawkeye]

I would say my top 50 or so Fleetwood Mac songs would take up #2-51. Buit there is one non Mac song that claims my #1 all time favorite song it's Green Grass and High Tides by The Outlaws

[face of glass]

Right now, at this very moment, it's "Your Silent Face" by those despicable Nazistic pigs New Order:

A thought that never changes
Remains a stupid lie
It's never been quite the same
No hearing or breathing
No movement, no colour
Just silence

Rise and fall of shame
A search that shall remain
We asked you what you'd seen
You said you didn't care

Sound formed in a vacuum
May seem a waste of time
It's always been just the same
No hearing or breathing
No movement, no lyrics
Just nothing

The sign that leads the way
The path we can not take
You caught me at a bad time
So why don't you piss off

[Hawkeye]

My all-time favorite song is Forgive and Forget from Blondie.

Runners-up:

-Storms
-Union City Blue: Blondie
-Chant of the Ever-Circling Skeletal Family: Bowie
-Got Love To Kill: Juliette and the Licks
-Say Goodbye
-Crystal
-Hot Fun In the Summertime: Sly and the Family Stone
-Shayla: Blondie
-You Can't Always Get What You Want/I Shall Be Released: Bette Midler
-Across 110th Street: Bobby Womack
-We Don't Need Another Hero: Tina Turner

Where is Save Me a Place? We didn't fight on opposite ends over that song on 4 seperate Survior threads over 2 months for it to not be on that list :laugh:

[chiliD]

IBuit there is one non Mac song that claims my #1 all time favorite song it's Green Grass and High Tides by The Outlaws


Ok, so how do you feel about Free Bird?? :shrug:

[GateandGarden]

It seems like a slam on other great songs for me to say these are my favorites, but I guess I have to pick a few for the sake of this thread. And I won't put my username on the list because that's obvious. ;)

"She Says" Ani DiFranco
"Slide" Ani DiFranco
"Falling" Donna Lewis
"Sara" Fleetwood Mac"
"There's a Place" The Beatles
"Outside the Rain" Stevie Nicks
"Nightswimming" R.E.M.
"All I Want" Toad the Wet Sprocket
"That's Exactly What I Mean" Kim Richey
"Les Derniers Seront Les Premiers" Celine Dion
"Farther" Third Eye Blind
"Seven Seas" Sarah Brightman
"History Will Teach Us Nothing" Sting

Hillary

[dissention]

Where is Save Me a Place? We didn't fight on opposite ends over that song on 4 seperate Survior threads over 2 months for it to not be on that list :laugh:

I tried not to put many Mac songs in there because it's obvious that I love them. But SMAP is my favorite Lindsey song. :)

[ryan8472]

I have a lot of favorites....

Not in order (expect for the first four (which are not in order) ) :

Pink Floyd - Time
U2 - Pride (in the name of love)
Fleetwood Mac - Gold Dust Woman
Tom Petty - Running Down A Dream
REM - Losing My Religion
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Van Halen - Unchained
U2 - New Year's Day
Blondie - Atomic
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell
The Beatles - Get Back
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Stevie Nicks - Stand Back
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Aerosmith - Dream On
Derek & The Dominoes - Layla
Heart - Crazy On You
The Eagles - Take It Easy
Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen
The Beatles - Hey Jude
U2 - Beautiful Day
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
The Who - Baba O-'Reily
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders (especially live)
Talking Heads - Crosseyed And Painless
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
David Bowie - Fame
Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
A-ha - The Living Daylights
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

...and so many more songs. I could list forever.

[GateandGarden]

U2 - Pride (in the name of love):nod: One of my faves, too.

Hillary

[Hawkeye]

Ok, so how do you feel about Free Bird?? :shrug:

Definitely like it a lot.

[amber]

...off the top of my head...

Wild Horses-Rolling Stones
Good Vibrations -Beach Boys
Silver Springs -FM
Hallelujah -Rufus Wainwright
You Know You're Right -Nirvana
Sleeping Angel -SN
Insider -Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Where the Streets Have No Name -U2
With Or Without You -U2 (couldn't pick just one - pretty much all of Joshua Tree)
The First Time -U2
Son of a Preacher Man -Dusty Springfield

...I'm sure there are tons more but this is a tough as hell question!
Insider. Woot.

[amber]

Damn straight! this is one of my favorite songs to sing - I of course do Stevie's parts - they're so much better LOL
You totally figured out her harmony? That's my hardest song to practice. And yes, of course, Stevie all the way. I have never heard a more beautiful or intersting harmony. i'd like to add i'm speaking of Insider, Live.

[jadegypsy]

Hmmm it would be sooo much easier to just not list The Beatles, FMac, Madonna and S. Nicks b/c I could pick TEN songs for each, but I'll try...

The Beatles: Yellow Submarine, ADITL, In My Life, Norwegian Wood, Let it Be...
FMac: Gypsy, Rhiannon, Sweet Girl, SMAP, SYHA, MLD, Songbird, Never make Me Cry...
Madonna: Used to be My playground, Material Girl, Cherish, Express Yourself...
S.Nicks: EO17, Highwayman, ATGF, WH, RAL, HAEWAFY, Bombay Saphires...

Okay, now the slightly easier ones:
White Rabbit, Lather:JA
Brown Eyed Girl: Van Morrison
LA Woman and Riders on the Storm: The Doors
Little Queen, Cry to Me, Magic Man: Heart
Free Fallin' Last Dance with Mary Jane: T. Petty
Going to California, That's the Way, Black Dog: Zepp
Vienna: Billy Joel
Tiny Dancer: Elton John
Winter: Tori Amos
Iris: Goo Goo Dolls
Dante's Prayer: Lorenna McKennitt
Wind Cries Mary: Jimi
Paint it Black and Ruby Tuesday: Stones and Coors Cover
I'm on Fire: Springsteen
Me and Bobby McGee: Janis
Learn to be Still, Hotel CA, and End of the Innocence: Eagles/Don
Maybe I'm Amazed, Band on the Run: Paul McCartney
Imagine: John Lennon
All Things Must Pass: George Harrison
Whiter Shade of Pale: Procal Harem
And sooo many that I am just going to stop hear, of course ask me next week and I'll have a different set...

[TheBlueLamp]

My absolute favourite is Private Dancer (album version) by Tina Turner but there's a few more that closely follow PD:

Boys In The Trees: Carly Simon
In Pain: Carly Simon
(Can I) Find The Right Words (To Say): Blondie
Doing The Best I Can (Escape From Berlin): Stevie Nicks
If I Were You: Stevie Nicks
Sister Honey: Stevie Nicks
Home: Sheryl Crow
Big Love: Fleetwood Mac
Moving: Kate Bush
Wow: Kate Bush
Mood Ring: Deborah Harry
Brite Side: Deborah Harry

Nick

[ryan8472]

Berlin - The Metro
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Led Zeppelin - Rock & Roll
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Duran Duran - Rio
Tom Petty - Won't Back Down
Pink Floyd - The Happiest Days of Our Lives -> Another Brick In The Wall pt. 2
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business
The Eagles - Hotel California
Heart - Barracuda
The Grateful Dead - Dark Star
REM - It's The End of the World As We Know It
Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
David Bowie - Space Oddity
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna

[GateandGarden]

You totally figured out her harmony? That's my hardest song to practice. And yes, of course, Stevie all the way. I have never heard a more beautiful or intersting harmony. i'd like to add i'm speaking of Insider, Live.Same here. I have a hard time with the harmony. It's SO fun to sing the song but I don't have the ears for it. :shrug:

Hillary

[estranged4life]

this would be hard for me to say since trying to list favorite songs (Which change depending on what mood I am currently in) would be like trying to list which of my toes/fingers is my favorite digit :nod:

Brian j.

[dissention]

this would be hard for me to say since trying to list favorite songs (Which change depending on what mood I am currently in) would be like trying to list which of my toes/fingers is my favorite digit :nod:

Brian j.

I don't know about you, but my middle finger is my favorite. :cool:

[estranged4life]

I don't know about you, but my middle finger is my favorite. :cool:

mine would probably be the "double shot of Rock N Roll" too (IE-the "F.U." fingers)

Brian j.

[hayley]

You cannot say anything about bad taste :laugh:
Ugh I HATE KATE blech blech blech
;) Sorry, just had to add that. :wavey:

Kate Bush is a goddess! Davy there was the one to get me to listen to Hounds of Love and I never turned back.

Kate!!!

[Serrart]

Kate Bush is a goddess!

Ditto, everytime I listen to songs like Cloudbusting ( that also has one of the best videos ever made IMO) and Wuthering Heights, my day becomes brighter. :)

Romy

[heyjupiter678]

There are too many FM songs to name, so I'll just leave those out.

Putting the Damage On - Tori Amos
Hey Jupiter - Tori Amos
Tear in Your Hand - Tori Amos
Top of the World - Patty Griffin
Wishing Well - Patty Griffin
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Northern Sky - Nick Drake
Oh My Sweet Carolina - Ryan Adams
Winding Wheel - Ryan Adams
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Comfortable - John Mayer
Ariel Ramirez - Richard Buckner
Walls - Tom Petty
Insider - Tom Petty
Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
These Arms of Mine - Otis Redding
I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl - Nina Simone
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Hey Jude - Beatles
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Angel from Montgomery - John Prine

I know I'm forgetting a ton . . .

[amber]

Well, I wouldn't say I have it TOTALLY figured out, but I think I pretty much got it down. I really think it's one of Stevie's best vocals ever!

I've never heard the live version...I've been looking for Pack Up the Plantation forever! Guess I'll have to go Amazon.
the live version is sooo excellent. if you tell me how to send it to you, i will..
the harmony is more erratic and beautiful. Dare is say...otherworldly? :laugh:

[heyjupiter678]

Well, I wouldn't say I have it TOTALLY figured out, but I think I pretty much got it down. I really think it's one of Stevie's best vocals ever!
I agree. :nod: I only sing Stevie's harmony, too. I don't think I could even sing Tom's part because I'm so used to Stevie's.

I've never heard the live version...I've been looking for Pack Up the Plantation forever! Guess I'll have to go Amazon.
I could send you the live version, if you'd like. I think it's much better than the studio track.

[celestenadia]

I have too many to pick just one!
Oh, cmon' Gypsy-Rhiannon & Darkwing...This IS easy!!! What is the VERY first song that pops into your head? Inquiring minds wanna know! :)

[celestenadia]

Out Here On My Own -Irene Cara. No question about it. :nod:
Wild Curtis! My mom used to be very good friend's with Irene's mom Louise back in the very early 80's! :)

[celestenadia]

"In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel.

That has always always always been my favorite song. Ever. :)
Love it Merf. That song has very deep, significant meaning to me...

[Brad]

Wow, really hard to pick one...so here's a few:

1) Shine on You Crazy Diamond -- Pink Floyd
2) Achilles Last Stand -- Led Zeppelin
3) Looking for Love (in All the Wrong Places) -- Johnny Lee...I LOVE Urban Cowboy..."I'm gonna ride it again and again as much as I want to" "No, you're not. You think you are, but you ain't." Classic!
4) Venus in Furs -- Velvet Underground
5) Velouria -- The Pixies
6) A Saucerful of Secrets (Live) -- Pink Floyd

It appears that I have a thing for ridiculously long songs...guess that explains why I like Sara and BatB.

Going to listen to some of these now,

Brad

[madformac]

Wow, really hard to pick one...so here's a few:

1) Shine on You Crazy Diamond -- Pink Floyd
2) Achilles Last Stand -- Led Zeppelin
3) Looking for Love (in All the Wrong Places) -- Johnny Lee...I LOVE Urban Cowboy..."I'm gonna ride it again and again as much as I want to" "No, you're not. You think you are, but you ain't." Classic!
4) Venus in Furs -- Velvet Underground
5) Velouria -- The Pixies
6) A Saucerful of Secrets (Live) -- Pink Floyd

It appears that I have a thing for ridiculously long songs...guess that explains why I like Sara and BatB.

Going to listen to some of these now,

Brad

You can't really go wrong with any Pink Floyd... :nod: :nod:

[amber]

You can't really go wrong with any Pink Floyd... :nod: :nod:
:shocked:
I can. Way to slow and depressive for me. Great Lyrics. yes, i know, i'm the only person in the world who doesn't love floyd. sue me.

[ontheEdgeof17]

:shocked:
I can. Way to slow and depressive for me. Great Lyrics. yes, i know, i'm the only person in the world who doesn't love floyd. sue me.

At least you have listened to them. I have no idea what they even sing. :shrug:

[madformac]

:shocked:
I can. Way to slow and depressive for me. Great Lyrics. yes, i know, i'm the only person in the world who doesn't love floyd. sue me.

It's a guitar and guitarists thing... ;) :D Gilmour is an amazing player..

:wavey:

[wondergirl9847]

Love the Floyd....thanks to a Ledgie who got me hooked. :) I love dark music, as I sit here listening to Linkin Park's The End. Heh. They just played a few PF songs on the classic rock station. :thumbsup:

Looking For Love (aka Wookin' Pa Nub ;) )...LOVE that song!!! I love classic country music...mostly from the late 70's and all the 80's.

[Brad]

At least you have listened to them. I have no idea what they even sing. :shrug:

Wow! I suggest you get ahold of someone's copy of Dark Side of the Moon or Echoes (best of set). I'm SURE you've heard "Another Brick in the Wall" ("we don't need no education, we don't need no thought control...")
I didn't really discover them until about '99 or so, and I'm kicking myself for missing what might have been their last tour in '94. I did see Roger solo though in 2000 and that kicked ass! Plus there's always the laser shows to tide me over...

Putting on my Animals CD now...

Brad

[amber]

It's a guitar and guitarists thing... ;) :D Gilmour is an amazing player..

:wavey:
If i become a guitar player, does that mean i'll like it? Probably not. I already know they're all amazing, i just don't like it much. "Isn't that weird?"

[Brad]

It's a guitar and guitarists thing... ;) :D Gilmour is an amazing player..

:wavey:

I've seen some old videos from The Wall shows where Dave does his solo for Comfortably Numb while standing on the top of the wall. AMAZING! Goosebumps every time!

Brad

[madformac]

If i become a guitar player, does that mean i'll like it? Probably not. I already know they're all amazing, i just don't like it much.

Well I don't know... I think they are an acquired taste. They can be a bit depressing, Roger Waters lyrics always were. Some of Gilmours later stuff is a bit more optimistic. Coming Back To Life is a wonderful song..


The same person that informed Christy of Pink Floyd informed me too... :cool: Pissed I missed the '94 tour due to my lateness in discovering them however I did see Gilmour play Marooned, Coming Back To Life and Sorrow in London back in September with the same friend and I met Nick Mason in London in October with yet again the same friend.... :cool:


"Isn't that weird?"

Yeah that is pretty weird. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Hawkeye]

:shocked:
I can. Way to slow and depressive for me. Great Lyrics. yes, i know, i'm the only person in the world who doesn't love floyd. sue me.

I don't like them at all. Bu I do love Led Zepplin, which is weird because those 2 bands are like cousins of eachother supposedly.

[amber]

I don't like them at all. Bu I do love Led Zepplin, which is weird because those 2 bands are like cousins of eachother supposedly.
maybe, but cousins where one rocks, and one moans and groans slowly to a dismal end...except money, and another brick in the wall. I really like the lyrics, though, i just don't like the music.

[Johnny Stew]

Avoiding anything Mac-related (because otherwise my entire list would be Mac-related!), some of my favorites are....

"In Walks The Night" - Heart
"Ain't Even Done With The Night" - John Mellencamp
"Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd
"Total Eclipse Of The Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
"This Used To Be My Playground" - Madonna
"Somebody's Baby" - Jackson Browne
"We Live For Love" - Pat Benatar
"Dancing In The Dark" - Bruce Springsteen
"Battle Of Evermore" - Led Zeppelin
"Joey" - Concrete Blonde
"Even The Losers" - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
"Voices Carry" - Til Tuesday
"So Far Away" - Dire Straits
"Go Walking Down There" - Chris Isaak
"Happy Together" - The Turtles

[Johnny Stew]

My absolute favourite is Private Dancer (album version) by Tina Turner but there's a few more that closely follow PD:

I have much love for "Private Dancer"... one of Tina's best songs ever, IMO. :D

[celestenadia]

[QUOTE=Johnny Stew]Avoiding anything Mac-related (because otherwise my entire list would be Mac-related!), some of my favorites are....


"Joey" - Concrete Blonde

Love it.

[celestenadia]

:shocked:
I can. Way to slow and depressive for me. Great Lyrics. yes, i know, i'm the only person in the world who doesn't love floyd. sue me.
Too funny. Pink Floyd is like my FATHER'S favorite band. He's always like, "Poor Sid...Whatever happened to Sid?" :):):)

[madformac]

I have much love for "Private Dancer"... one of Tina's best songs ever, IMO. :D

Private Dancer was written for her by Mark Knopfler. He was too busy to play on it at the time but the rest of Dire Straits performed on the album version...

:nod:

[xdreamsunwindx]

I have too many to list... All in no particular order except number one.

U2 – Bad
311 – Love Song
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Blind Mellon - No Rain
Blondie – 11:59
Blondie - Accidents Never Happen
Blondie – Angels on the Balcony
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
Bob Dylan – All Along the Watchtower
Bono and Clannad - In a Lifetime
Fleetwood Mac – Gold Dust Woman
Fleetwood Mac – I’m So Afraid
Fleetwood Mac - Oh Daddy
Garbage – The World is Not Enough
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Guns N Roses – November Rain
Joe Walsh – Help Me through the Night
Journey - Lights
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
Lou Reed - Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Matchbox Twenty - Bright Lights
Neil Young - The Needle and the Damage Done
Nirvana – All Apologies
No Doubt - Artificial Sweetener
Pearl Jam – Black
Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
Portishead - Strangers
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hall of Mirrors
Stevie Nicks – No Spoken Word
The Beatles - A Day in the Life
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Black Crowes - She Talks to Angels
The Clash - Train in Vain
The Counting Crowes - A Long December
The Eagles - Pretty Maids all in a Row
The Kinks – Lola
The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket
The Pretenders – Dragway 42
The Pretenders - Mystery Achievement
The Strokes - Last Nite
The Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Swingin'
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Wild One, Forever
Traffic – The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
T'Pau - Heart and Soul
U2 – A Sort of Homecoming
U2 – New Years Day
U2 - One
UB40 and Chrissie Hynde – Breakfast in Bed
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and Money
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps

Basically my Winamp playlist, copied and pasted. Whew.

-Kate, with too much time on her hands.

[DeadliestPoison]

Blondie – Angels on the Balcony
OMFG HOW COULD I FORGET ANGELS. <3<3<3

Also?
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Arabian Knights, Israel
The Pretenders - Samurai

[AliceLover]

It would come between Gypsy and Alice for me. Alice I love live, but not so much on the record. Gypsy I love on the record but not so much live.

Jimmy

[Lala]

Sara - Fleetwood Mac

The song seems to apply to every aspect of my life. 'Nuff said!

[golddustwoman77]

I couldn't possibly pick just one song. Therefore, here comes the list. :p
In no particular order:

(1) "Whiter Shade of Pale" Procol Harum
(2) "Sound of Silence" Simon and Garfunkel
(3) "The End" The Doors
(4) "Somebody to Love" Jefferson Airplane
(5) "Maybe" Janis Joplin
(6) "Up Around the Bend" CCR
(7) "Time Has Come Today" The Chambers Brothers
(8) "Strawberry Fields Forever" The Beatles
(9) "Imagine" John Lennon
(10) "Watching the Wheels" John Lennon
(11) "Mr. Soul" Buffalo Springfield
(12) "Take It to the Limit" The Eagles
(13) "Dreams" Fleetwood Mac
(14) "The Chain" Fleetwood Mac
(15) "Man of the World" Fleetwood Mac
(16) "Oh Well" Fleetwood Mac
(17) "I Don't Want to Know" Fleetwood Mac
(18) "Nutbush City Limits" Ike and Tina Turner
(19) "Nights in White Satin" Moody Blues
(20) "Wish You Were Here" Pink Floyd
(21) "When Doves Cry" Prince
(22) "Purple Rain" Prince
(23) "Little Red Corvette" Prince
(24) "Paint It Black" Rolling Stones
(25) "Insider" Tom Petty w/ Stevie Nicks
(26) "The Waiting" Tom Petty
(27) "And It Stoned Me" Van Morrison
(28) "The Seeker" The Who
(29) "Baby, Can I Hold You Tonight" Tracy Chapman
(30) "Won't Get Fooled Again" The Who
(31) "Just Like A Woman" Bob Dylan
(32) "Tangled Up in Blue" Bob Dylan
(33) "Positively Fourth Street" Bob Dylan
(34) "Without a Leg to Stand On" Buckingham Nicks
(35) "St. Stephen" Grateful Dead


I'm sure that I'll leaving out some of my favorites even after that long list. If I think of more, I will add them on later. :cool:

[celestenadia]

(19) "Nights in White Satin" Moody Blues

Love it. The Moody Blues have some GREAT songs. Others ones I love are "Tuesday Afternoon","Question","The Story In Your Eyes", and "Isn't Life Strange?"
I remember not too long ago in Chit Chat, we were all musing about them not being in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. WTF?!

[sparky]

(19) "Nights in White Satin" Moody Blues

Love it. The Moody Blues have some GREAT songs. Others ones I love are "Tuesday Afternoon","Question","The Story In Your Eyes", and "Isn't Life Strange?"
I remember not too long ago in Chit Chat, we were all musing about them not being in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. WTF?!

I love the sweeping melodrama of Nights In White Satin. It is definitely a guilty pleasure. My mother's favorite band was The Moody Blues.

[hayley]

I forgot two big ones- "Just Like Honey"- Jesus & Mary Chain and "I Wish I Had an Evil Twin" by the Magnetic Fields.

I Wish I Had An Evil Twin
I wish I had an evil twin
Running round doing people in
I wish I had a very bad
And evil twin to do my will
To cull and conquer, cut and kill
Just like I would if I weren't good
And if I knew where to begin
Down and down he'd go
How low, no would know
Sometimes the good life wears thin
I wish I had an evil twin
My evil twin would lie and steal
And he would stink of sex appeal
All men would writhe
Beneath his scythe
He'd send the pretty ones to me
And they would think that I was he
I'd hurt them, and I'd go scot-free
I'd get no blame and feel no shame
Cause evil's not my cup of tea
Down and down he'd go
How low, I would not need to know
All my life there should have been
An evil twin.

Hurrah!

[seteca]

Well I don't know... I think they are an acquired taste. They can be a bit depressing, Roger Waters lyrics always were. Some of Gilmours later stuff is a bit more optimistic. Coming Back To Life is a wonderful song..


The same person that informed Christy of Pink Floyd informed me too... :cool: Pissed I missed the '94 tour due to my lateness in discovering them however I did see Gilmour play Marooned, Coming Back To Life and Sorrow in London back in September with the same friend and I met Nick Mason in London in October with yet again the same friend.... :cool:



Glad I got you into the Floydian world dude...I think you were always a member anyway, just didn't know it!;)

Roger Waters' lyrics are sometimes "depressing" only because they speak the truth about life, and unfortunately in the case of living on this planet in modern times, the truth often hurts.

[wondergirl9847]

Heck yeah!!! I adore that song!! :nod:

[amber]

Glad I got you into the Floydian world dude...I think you were always a member anyway, just didn't know it!;)

Roger Waters' lyrics are sometimes "depressing" only because they speak the truth about life, and unfortunately in the case of living on this planet in modern times, the truth often hurts.
My friend played me a solo album, I really like his lyrics.

[tuigirl]

I think you'll find Amber.... that the Floyd is all about testosterone and lots of it....big guitar sounds, big meaningful lyrics, lots of lights and flashing things onstage with a suitable waiting period inbetween to keep the fans guessing :] ..all great entertainment :nod:
Case in point-I was there at the Nick Mason meeting with MFM and our :cool: friend..I was definately in the minority as far as my sex goes...and I am quite partial to a bit of Floyd madness and genius on the odd occasion myself

[amber]

I think you'll find Amber.... that the Floyd is all about testosterone and lots of it....big guitar sounds, big meaningful lyrics, lots of lights and flashing things onstage with a suitable waiting period inbetween to keep the fans guessing :] ..all great entertainment :nod:
Case in point-I was there at the Nick Mason meeting with MFM and our :cool: friend..I was definately in the minority as far as my sex goes...and I am quite partial to a bit of Floyd madness and genius on the odd occasion myself
:laugh:
I don't know who :cool: is, but...of course i grew up with Floyd, and yes, most men i know like it. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. Wouldn't be a bad thing to be with a giant flock of men, that's for sure :p :woohoo: . A lot of people try to convince me or defend Floyd, but i already know they are good, i just really don't like slow, droning, depressed sounding music. And by depressed sounding, i'm not talking about the lyrics, but the music. I like faster, lighter music, for the most part. Their sound is (usually) very dirge like for me. It brings me down real fast. There are exceptions, of course, but it's a very dark SOUND to me. Like, music to kill yourself by :laugh: . okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but still :) :wavey: I like lights and flashing things, though...

[Moony]

Avoiding anything Mac-related (because otherwise my entire list would be Mac-related!), some of my favorites are....

"Total Eclipse Of The Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
"Voices Carry" - Til Tuesday


I love both of those songs! Can't believe I left them off my list. Btwy, I really like the version of TEOTH in the movie Old School. :laugh:

[amber]

I love both of those songs! Can't believe I left them off my list. Btwy, I really like the version of TEOTH in the movie Old School. :laugh:
That album was the first tape I got. :D I love TEOTH, but I like FTTSON better. That was the funniest sh** in Old School.

[hayley]

I literally cannot hear "Total Eclipse of the Heart" without adding dirty words like in Old School.

"I need you now- I ****in' need you more than ever!"...

[skcin]

I literally cannot hear "Total Eclipse of the Heart" without adding dirty words like in Old School.

"I need you now- I ****in' need you more than ever!"...

Every now & then I get a little bit terrified, I see that ****in' look in your eye...

ROTFLMAO! Every time I see it!

Paula

[estranged4life]

Glad I got you into the Floydian world dude...I think you were always a member anyway, just didn't know it!;)

Roger Waters' lyrics are sometimes "depressing" only because they speak the truth about life, and unfortunately in the case of living on this planet in modern times, the truth often hurts.

all this Pink Floyd talk has me wanting to purchase the "Dark Side of Oz" (The syncing of the music of DSOTM to the Wizard Of Oz movie) & "Alice In The Wall" (Syncing The Wall to Disney's "Alice In Wonderland") DVD's off of eBay.

Brian j.

[skcin]

I'm not including any Mac, there's too many.

Reflections - Supremes
American Pie - Don McLean
Take It To The Limit - Eagles
With or Without You - U2
Thunder Road - Bruce
Rosalita - Bruce
Sister Golden Hair - America
Silent All These Years - Tori Amos
Son of Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
Oh Father - Madonna
I Drove All Night - Cyndi Lauper
Mrs. Robinson - S&G
Home - Dixie Chicks
Maybe I'm Amazed - Wings (or is it just Paul?)
In My Life - Beatles
Hey Jude - Beatles
Suspicious Minds - Elvis
Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis
Where Would You Be? - Martina McBride
O Holy Night - Martina McBride

I'm sure more will come to me as the day goes on...

Paula

[Lisa1769]

Where Would You Be? - Martina McBride

Love that song! :nod: Love Martina McBride, she's my favorite country artist.

[The Tower]

That woman waylaid her career more cruelly than any record company could have done. But she still managed to write some great material (I even put one of her songs on my favorites list). She heads up a valuable Web site, too; you can buy PDF files of accurately arranged sheet music (including We Belong Together & dozens of others) for a small fee. The sheet music is delivered electronically within seconds. I ordered a large batch a few months ago & have been enjoying them all -- a lot of this stuff was never published, or published only in typically simplified "songbook" arrangements.

This is soooooo freaky.

I am a Rickie Lee Jones fanatic!! I have the Flying Cowboys songbook, but I've never been able to source any of the earlier sheet music. Well, what do I find whilst browsing through RLJ's site but downloadable sheet music!! I seriously freeeeeked out because I was extremely skeptical about the quality of the sheet music. But.....

I downloaded the songs. Printed them out. HOLY ****!!!! I was floored. I printed:

"Company"
"After Hours"
"On Saturday Afternoons in 1963"

:blob1: :blob1: :blob1:

Literally- tears welled up as I played "Company" (my favorite RLJ song of all time). The chords and keys are exactly as performed.

JUST GREAT!!!! Happy, happy..... joy, joy.......

[seteca]

:laugh:
I don't know who :cool: is, but...

Pleasure to meet you, m'am.:cool:

[clb0013]

"In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel.

That has always always always been my favorite song. Ever. :)

That is such an awesome romantic song....

[Blue Lamp 64]

OMG!!! :eek: You just had to ask:shocked:

I love way too many songs to make a list for ;)

[Peestie]

Hmmm, this is hard. Like everyone else any of these are subject to change without prior notice :lol: In fact, I don't think I really have a favourite song at all. These ones are just songs I really like by some of my favourite bands.


(in no order)
Grass - Animal Collective (one of the single most fantastic bands I've come across recently. They go from super tribal noise to gloriously quirky pop music. Recommended)
Master of the Moon - DIO
Over and Over - Black Sabbath
Down on Rodeo - Liddy Buck
Blindman - Whitesnake
Dream On - Aerosmith
Sosong (non-backwards version) - Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan
A Place for Me - Carl Verheyen
Overkill - Men At Work / Colin Hay
Mistreated - Deep Purple
Boy with a Coin - Iron & Wine
Thick as a Brick (parts I & II) - Jethro Tull
Objects In The Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are - Meat Loaf
Green Grass of Tunnel - múm
Trap Door - Ozzy
Bros - Panda Bear
Stargazer - Rainbow
I Go Insane - Tony Iommi & Glenn Hughes
Handle Me With Care - Traveling Wilburys

[TrueFaith77]

I started to make a list, but it was impossible. Here's my number one though:

1. True Faith by New Order

[Villavic]

Did this threat really start in 2004?? that's amazing

[estranged4life]

My current favorite, from Opeth:

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[Brwn_eyes0511]

That's All (Bob Haymes, Alan Brandt)
If Love Were All (Noel Coward)
Sail Away (Noel Coward)
Why (Christine McVie)
1974 (Amy Grant, Gary Chapman, Jerry McPherson)
Waltz Across Texas Tonight (Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris)
Songbird (Christine McVie)
The Long Defeat (Sara Groves)
I Loved Him (Cole Porter)

Not really in any order.. Asking me to pick my favorite song is like asking a mother to pick her favorite child! These are just the first songs that came to me, so I figured they must be pretty important to me.

[LiamMcConville]

My all time:

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Turrell

[DavidMn]

Just to name a few:

Vincent- Don McLean
Keep It Comin' Love- KC And The Sunshine Band
Right Back Where We Started From- Maxine Nightingale
Lonely Boy- Andrew Gold
Castles In The Air- Don McLean
Lotta Love- Nicolette Larson
Everybody's Talkin- Nilsson
Cruel To Be Kind- Nick Lowe
Lost In Love- Air Supply
Send In The Clowns- Judy Collins
So Far Away- Carole King

[Phoenix]

Just to name a few:

Vincent- Don McLean
Keep It Comin' Love- KC And The Sunshine Band
Right Back Where We Started From- Maxine Nightingale
Lonely Boy- Andrew Gold
Castles In The Air- Don McLean
Lotta Love- Nicolette Larson
Everybody's Talkin- Nilsson
Cruel To Be Kind- Nick Lowe
Lost In Love- Air Supply
Send In The Clowns- Judy Collins
So Far Away- Carole King

Thats a cool song. She updated that a coupple years ago with a sort of remixed version that is way cool.

[dnightshade]

God, it's so difficult to pin point one (or 20). I guess it depends on my mood. A few that are ALWAYS in the running would be:

Sara (all released and boot versions) Fleetwood Mac
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Straight On - Heart
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darrin
Green Grass & High Tides - The Outlaws
Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
Fire on High - ELO
Sister of the Moon (all released and boot versions) Fleetwood Mac
Dark Lady - Cher
Hooked on a Feeling - Suede Blue

[dnightshade]

Thats a cool song. She updated that a coupple years ago with a sort of remixed version that is way cool.
Isn't she (Nicolette Larson) dead? I thought she died several years ago.

[gretchen]

Thats a cool song. She updated that a coupple years ago with a sort of remixed version that is way cool.
I love Lotta Love!!!!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

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[gretchen]

I love this song too: INTO THE NIGHT by BENNY MARDONES

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[DavidMn]

Keep It Comin' Love by KC And The Sunshine Band is probably my favorite non-Fleetwood Mac song. I dont know how anybody can listen to that song and not be happy.:)

[JWS]

On! On! U of K

On, on, U of K, we are right for the fight today,
Hold that ball and hit that line;
Ev'ry Wildcat star will shine;
We'll fight, fight, fight, for the blue and white
As we roll to that goal, Varsity,
And we'll kick, pass and run, 'till the battle is won,
And we'll bring home the victory.

http://www.ukalumni.net/cool%20cats/on-on.mp3

[JWS]

This is very appropriate since the Kentucky Derby is this Saturday.

My Old Kentucky Home

The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home,
'Tis summer, the people are gay;
The corntop's ripe and the meadows in the bloom,
While the birds make music all the day.
The young folks roll on the little cabin floor,
All merry, all happy, and bright;
By-n-by hard times come a-knocking at the door,
Then, my old Kentucky home, good-night!
(CHORUS)
Weep no more, my lady,
Oh! Weep no more, today!
We will sing one song for my old Kentucky home,
For my old Kentucky home far away.

http://www.ukalumni.net/cool%20cats/oldkyhome.mp3

[Brad]

Wow! This thread was a blast from the past! I couldn't believe all the names that I hadn't seen on here for a long time. I was interested to see what my answers were back in 2004. Some of them still hold up (Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond) where others (Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand) don't get as much listen anymore.

Nice thread to resurrect - pretty interesting. I find it hard to name my *favorite* or top *favorites* of all time, so I'll just list 10 that I've been digging the most for, say, the past year or two. Not quite the intention of the thread, but I'll post nevertheless...

1. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (still holding out the #1 spot with me for 10+ years now)

The rest are more contemporary.

2. The Bravery- An Honest Mistake
3. Louis XIV - There's A Traitor in This Room
4. The Shins - Phantom Limb
5. The Killers - Move Away
6. Scissor Sisters - Music is the Victim
7. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
8. Band of Horses - Is There A Ghost
9. G. Love & Special Sauce - Baby's Got Sauce
10. Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To

[David]

Keep It Comin' Love by KC And The Sunshine Band is probably my favorite non-Fleetwood Mac song. I dont know how anybody can listen to that song and not be happy.:)I feel the same way about GET DOWN ON IT by Kool & the Gang.

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Or to go back to more authenticity:

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[celestenadia]

WOW!I decided2trip down"Memory Lane"&c what my virgin Ledge start-thread post was&I was AMAZED2discover that my humble"Hi,I'd like2get2know u" thread remained"active"for 4FREAKN!YEARS!:)&David,u never cease2amaze me wit ur input.U guys r 2 much!

[StreetAngel95]

hehe....i shall post as well!

OF ALL-TIME: FROZEN LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (getting lyrics painted on the wall in my room)

Non-FM: either: "The Pretender" - Foo Fighters, or "Haitian Divorce" - Steely Dan

FM: Rhiannon (i have over 150 versions!!!!)~~~~~or Miranda

SN:.....you're kidding right?! pick one??????

LB: Bel-Air Rain

CM: Friend (YMLF's cousin)

[bluefox4000]

This one's easy for me

For Crying Out Loud-Meat Loaf

I think it's the most emotional love song ever written.....I love it for personal reasons as well.

Mick

[jaycee]

I love this song too: INTO THE NIGHT by BENNY MARDONES

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Damn that is such a good choice! :blob2: I remember hearing this song years ago, and I never heard it again until I was in California, December 2007. :distress: But then I started listening to 1377 3MP (which effectively died on Sunday, becoming a talk show), and they played it a few times for me... :D
I've got quite a few songs jesting for higher spots on my favourites list, but at the moment I'd say my absolute favourite is a toss up between "Wild West Hero" by ELO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcSjCDxoBPY), and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd (as noted by Brad). "(The System Of) Doctor Tarr & Professor Fether" by The Alan Parson Project (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHNxBheFAt4) is also a candidate.
Once upon a time "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf was my favourite, and "Sultans Of Swing" by Dire Straits was second. :D
Other favourites include "Africa" by Toto, "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve, and "Message To My Girl" by Split Enz. I think I'd better stop there - this could go on for pages! :laugh:

[jaycee]

(19) "Nights in White Satin" Moody Blues

Love it. The Moody Blues have some GREAT songs. Others ones I love are "Tuesday Afternoon","Question","The Story In Your Eyes", and "Isn't Life Strange?"
I remember not too long ago in Chit Chat, we were all musing about them not being in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. WTF?!

They're obviously too good for that! :lol: Although if that's the case, then why were FM inducted? :shrug: Conundrums, conundrums... :lol:
Damn, there's been so many posts with excellent songs! :nod: I'll choose a few of the more notable ones Ledgies have sent in, from my perspective:
"Imagine" - John Lennon (nothing short of the greatest song ever written)
("Sirius" &) "Eye In The Sky" - The Alan Parsons Project
"Bwana" - Lindsey Buckingham (more because it's such an unexpected choice, but I loved "Bwana" the moment I heard it myself! :laugh:)
"Heart Of Glass" - Blondie
"I'm On Fire" - Bruce Springsteen
"Ain't No Sunshine" - Bill Withers (my second favourite song on the station Magic 1278, after "Only Love Can Break A Heart" by Gene Pitney)
"So Far Away" - Dire Straits
"Don't You Forget About Me" - Simple Minds ("Promised You A Miracle" is my favourite of theirs)
"Baby Can I Hold You" - Tracy Chapman
"Sister Golden Hair" - America
"Castles In The Air" - Don McLean (he did so many wonderful songs, but my favourite of his is "Everybody Loves Me Baby")

[tilthefirefades]

I love this kind of stuff, and reading what everyone else puts :thumbsup:

1.Fleetwood Mac-Fireflies
Just wow. I can't even describe how much I love this song.
2.Brand New-Soco Amaretto Lime
The lyrics mean so much to me, love this band.
3.Fleetwood Mac-Thrown Down
Again, just wow.
4.Utada Hikaru-Simple & Clean
Ever since I first beat Kingdom Hearts 1 years ago, this song has always gave me chills.
5.The Smiths-There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Morrissey is a legend. The Smiths are even better, and this is their best song. I first heard them in a Brand New song a few years ago, and have loved them ever since.
6.Stevie Nicks-Outside The Rain
"It's just one more link in the chain"---next tattoo :thumbsup:
7.Playradioplay!-Even Fairy Tale Characters Would Be Jealous
Takes me back to an amazing relationship.
8.Random Thoughts-The One That Got Away
Takes me back to that same relationship.
9.Garbage-Parade
Love Garbage, and this song is an amazing take on life.
10.Chiodos-A Letter From Janelle
Again, love, love, love this band. They are legends imo. They helped shape what is modern day "screamo", and they were very groundbreaking in the beginning. Sad to see them break up after such a short time together.

Honorable mentions:
Tracy Chapman-Fast Car
Placebo-Hemoglobin
Placebo-Peeping Tom
FM-Beautiful Child
Marilyn Manson-15

[jaycee]

Honorable mentions:
Tracy Chapman-Fast Car
Placebo-Hemoglobin
Placebo-Peeping Tom
FM-Beautiful Child
Marilyn Manson-15

:blob2: :blob2: :blob2:

[tilthefirefades]

:blob2: :blob2: :blob2:

My thoughts exactly! Such a good song.

[LikeAWillow]

Okay, definitive top five-and-a-half list:

1. Fleetwood Mac- Rhiannon. Always. She's the undying love whose name I'd tattoo across my chest. Or did tattoo across my hip. Same difference.


2. Bruce Springsteen- Thunder Road. It's my absolute favorite love song. I'm not quite sure I want to know what that says about me, but I love the way he managed to make realism romantic.


3. Tori Amos- Playboy Mommy. "Those angels can't ever take my place" was runner-up to my "taken by the sky" tattoo.


4. The Beatles- While My Guitar Gently Weeps. This one keeps me grounded when I've gone off the the histrionic deep end on the last three.


5. Damien Rice- 9 Crimes. Gorgeous, heart-breaking, relevant in more ways than I want it to be.


and 1/2- Jewel- Hands- The other songs make the list because I think the music and lyrics combine to express a feeling perfectly. With Hands, I'm in love with the lyrics, but the music leaves me wanting more.

[RockAlot]

Next to "The Chain" I'd say Thank You, Led Zepplin:

[JWS]

Stephen Foster - "My Ole Kentucky Home"

[Sleepless-Child]

Fleetwood Mac-Dreams.

[ButterCookie]

Detroit 442 - Blondie :)

[Jupiter]

Here are my top 15 favorite songs of all times (in no particular order):

Natalie Merchant - Golden Boy
Blondie - Susie and Jeffrey
Heart - There's the Girl
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Norah Jones - Light As a Feather
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Pink Floyd - Us and Them
Marco Antonio Solis - Mas que tu amigo
Elida Reyna y Avante - Una despedida y una flor
Fleetwood Mac - Storms
Stevie Nicks - How Still My Love
Natalie Merchant - Sally Ann
Madonna - Live to Tell
Carole King - It's Too Late
Sarah McLachlan - River

[tilthefirefades]

Here are my top 15 favorite songs of all times (in no particular order):

Natalie Merchant - Golden Boy
Blondie - Susie and Jeffrey
Heart - There's the Girl
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Norah Jones - Light As a Feather
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Pink Floyd - Us and Them
Marco Antonio Solis - Mas que tu amigo
Elida Reyna y Avante - Una despedida y una flor
Fleetwood Mac - Storms
Stevie Nicks - How Still My Love
Natalie Merchant - Sally Ann
Madonna - Live to Tell
Carole King - It's Too Late
Sarah McLachlan - River

LOVE this song :thumbsup: