Your favorite songs

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Muse - New Born
Who - Wont Get Fooled Again
Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely

I'm warning you now before you go any further! I'm a classic rock fan. I'm probably correct in my assumption that that's a crime here, but who cares?

Here they are:

Southern Cross- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Moonage Daydream/Ziggy Stardust/Young Americans/Golden Years- All by David Bowie
Dream On- Aerosmith
That Smell- Lynnrd Skynnrd
Hotel California- The Eagles
All along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix
(there's alot more than that but you guys really care).

And more contemporary stuff:

Buddy Holly- Weezer
Plush- Stone Temple Pilots
Pepper- Butthole Surfers
Breaking the girl- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Radiohead- Karma Police

Okay. The shooting gallery is now open and i have a huge bullseye on my chest. Do your worst.

"Sexual Healing" Marvin Gaye (I kid you not. Make fun, I don't care.)
off the top of my head:
"Blasphemous Rumours" Depeche Mode
"Million Miles Away" Plimsouls

More current:
tie b/w "Chocolate" or "Run" Snow Patrol
"Everlong" Foo Fighters
"Easier" or "Comes A Time" Glen Phillips

smashing pumpkins- in the arms of sleep
neutral milk hotel- two headed boy
david garza- i know
ryan adams- come pick me up
bright eyes- nothing gets crossed out
bright eyes- tereza and tomas
get up kids- long goodnight
smashing pumpkins- cherry
smashing pumpkins- set the ray to jerry
smashing pumpkins- medellia of the grey skies
afghan whigs- the slide song
radiohead- black star
stratford 4- rebecca
prince- the beautiful ones

-favorite love/sad songs, the mood that is most common i'd say.

these are 3 OF my favorite songs. not my three favorite. it'd take me all week to narrow that down…

1. "we rule the school" - BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
2. "the living end" - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
3. "trouble loves me" - MORRISSEY

here's 7 more just to even it out ;o)…

4. "minor threat" - MINOR THREAT
5. "starfish and coffee" - PRINCE
6. "end on end" - RITES OF SPRING
7. "i'm waking up to us" - BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
8. "24 hours" - JOY DIVISION
9. "1970" - IGGY AND THE STOOGES
10. "forever" - GOVERNMENT ISSUE

Originally posted by stereofaith:

6. "end on end" - RITES OF SPRING

Nice

this was quite the challenge…i have a running list of "perfect" songs, most of which end up toward the top of my favorites list. in fact, grotty's suggestion of "rocket queen" and tiny gee's "two-headed boy" just missed the cut for top three as did a couple of bowie tracks (rock and roll suicide or lady stardust), radiohead (no surprises), "lonely soul" by u.n.k.l.e. and richard ashcroft and, sadly enough, "superstar" by the carpenters. i'll probably regret this all day, but here they are:

/1/ Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane

/2/ Tom Waits - Ruby's Arms

/3/ Built to Spill - Carry the Zero

Barcelona,
I've never heard that band but those lyrics are powerful stuff.

speaking of powerful I heard NWA's "F*ck the Police" the other night and for the first time in a long time really listened to the lyrics… that is one angry, powerful song… and sooo much more compelling than the usual contrived hip-hop bitches/hos/gangstas crap.

1. bob dylan - "boots of spanish leather"
2. stan getz/joao gilberto - "p'ra machucar meu coracao"
3. bob marley - "rebel music (3 o'clock road block)"

Happy to see that someone else likes Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto. I too was quite fond of Boots of Spanish Leather until I heard Stuck Inside of Mobile. Two very different songs, but both are well written.

Originally posted by SalParadise:
1. bob dylan - "boots of spanish leather"
2. stan getz/joao gilberto - "p'ra machucar meu coracao"
3. bob marley - "rebel music (3 o'clock road block)"

1) Where'd you dig this oldie up from Doctor?!

I had the strangest out-of-body experience perusing the topic - reading a list - liking it - & then realizing it was mine. From 1.5 years ago. Weird

2) I feel compelled to acknowledge these very fine & brave choices:

by Sugartastic Tee Flava:
"Sexual Healing" Marvin Gaye.

One of the GREATEST songs ever in my opinion. I even love all the cheesy covers that you routinely hear.

by dtran9:
Ryan Adams - To Be Young…
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

All favorites of mine at one time.

3) I can't believe that I didn't put any Afghan Whigs on my original list. Or any Catherine Wheel. Or possibly what has become my favorite song: Zip City by DBT.

I did coincidentally, make a mix cd last evening - fueled by an over indulgence in Pinot Noir. It started as a full 80 min CDR of many of my favorite songs of the moment. I cut it down to about 45 minutes worth of tunes similar in tone: Dark - Moody - Weird. Perfect for late night listening. It's short, but o so sweet.

So here are my favorites songs - on Sunday 8/29/04 - all together on one record for my eternal listening pleasure:

At Least That's What You Said ~ Wilco
Esta Noche ~ Twilight Singers
Hey ~ the Pixies
Young Liars ~ TVOTR
Leif Erickson ~ Interpol
All The Wine ~ the National
Hyperballad ~ Twilight Singers
Switching Off ~ Elbow
Hoover ~ Holopaw
Goddamn Lonely Love ~ Drive-by Truckers

I'd be happy to share the love if anyone would like to hear it.

it was weird to see that back in February '03 I listed "Crystal" by New Order as my favorite song. Yes it's catchy but I hadn't thought about it since then… although now I'm thinking about it again.

you are Doomed.

spent half a life deciding what went wrong
trying to find out what took you so long
until you feel its all part of some crazy scheme
that conjures in your memories til
you discover whats behind that hill.

you picked me up and we went for a ride
into the stained glass cavern of the nite
you turned to say, your eyes fixed on the rows,
take me from this place i know
the ruined landscape that i once called home..

-trail of dead- "sources tags & codes"

..song of the moment.

Originally posted by grotty:

"Sexual Healing" Marvin Gaye.

One of the GREATEST songs ever in my opinion. I even love all the cheesy covers that you routinely hear.

I've read some good selections here.
Some of my mellower or guilty pleasure choices: "Life in A Northern Town" Dream Academy. Can't help it, I do. And "Circle of Friends" Edie Brickell. "Imagine" John Lennon.
On my initial list, the latter two could be replaced by The Kinks, Elvis Costello, Weezer or Prince, The Ramones, the list goes on. I went w/ what first came to mind. "Sexual Healing" is my #1 hands down.

This question is easy.

1. The Flame by Cheap Trick
2. Gloria by Laura Branigan

Nothing else comes close.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
This question is easy.

1. The Flame by Cheap Trick
2. Gloria by Laura Branigan
3. Too Legit To Quit by MC Hammer

Nothing else comes close.

You only make fun of these songs because deep down you love them.

What do you think of this?
Goddamn Lonely Love ~ Drive-by Truckers

I think it's brilliant. Up there with the best they've done. I hadn't been a big Isbell fan until the latest. He steals the show though. They really captured magic on that tune.

I would agree that Isbell is the top Trucker on this album. All four of his songs are outstanding. Though I think "Never Gonna Change" is my current favorite.

Gotta give credit to Cooley for singing a song about stock car racing, and to Patterson for rhyming two great lines that take me back to my rural youth; "lying sack of shit" and "sucking left hind tit".

Originally posted by grotty:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
This question is easy.

1. The Flame by Cheap Trick
2. Gloria by Laura Branigan
3. Too Legit To Quit by MC Hammer

Nothing else comes close.

You only make fun of these songs because deep down you love them.

What do you think of this?
Goddamn Lonely Love ~ Drive-by Truckers

I think it's brilliant. Up there with the best they've done. I hadn't been a big Isbell fan until the latest. He steals the show though. They really captured magic on that tune.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
2. Gloria by Laura Branigan

was this already discussed here? (I have been moving and not read much here) but she just died recently

I don't know if it had been discussed here yet, but I do remember having an argument with my brother when I was a teenager, and I was arguing the Laura Branigan was truly a musical talent.

Originally posted by pollard:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
2. Gloria by Laura Branigan

was this already discussed here? (I have been moving and not read much here) but she just died recently