10 Favourite Songs

[Orb]

I like lists. Lists make me happy. Fairly self-explanatory title.

1. One For the Vine - Genesis
2. Pictures of a City - King Crimson
3. Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
4. The Musical Box - Genesis
5. Tarkus - ELP
6. Old Wild Men - 10cc
7. Epitaph - King Crimson
8. Without You - Asia
9. Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
10. Anyway - Genesis

A few other close candidates - The opening of 'Dancing With the Moonlit Knight' by Genesis (along with The Light Dies Down on Broadway and maybe Firth of Frith)
Two by Steve Hackett - Ace of Wands and Lost in Time in Cordoba.
Wall Street Shuffle would be on there if it stayed at the level of the opening.
Something by Pink Floyd, but I haven't listened to it enough to decide which is my favourite.
Moonchild (the most stunningly beautiful opening to any song. ever.) and 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson.
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
Break on Through - The Doors

I don't expect everyone else to have this weird a list.:inquisitive:

[I of the Storm]

Just as they come to mind, not a top ten really:

1. Van Morrison - It's all over now baby blue
2. R.E.M. - The one I love
3. U2 - The hands that built America
4. Bruce Springsteen - Born to run
5. Billy Joel - Piano man
6. Rolling Stones - Wild horses
7. Die Ärzte - Zu spät
8. David Bowie - Absolute Beginners
9. Dead Can Dance - Severance
10. is a placeholder for all the others that come to mind now and I can't decide which one to put here. Aargh... I'll have to spend the night with my CD collection... it's all coming back...

[Stig]

I don't really have a top 10, I just got loads of songs that I like, but when I need a top 10 it will be something like this, I made it 15, as those are just the best songs imo, and I know I forget loads.

1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
3. Prince - Purple Rain
4. Boston - More Than a Feeling
5. Eagles - Hotel California
6. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
7. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
8. Vangelis - Conquest of Paradise
9. John Lennon - Imagine
10. Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
11.The Who - My Generation
12. Bruce Springsteen - The River
13. Duran Duran - Ordinary World
14. Marillion - Kayleigh
15. Ultravox - Vienna

[Duke Malcolm]

God Save the Queen
Rule, Britannia
Scotland the Brave
Bonnie Dundee
British Grenadiers
Preussens Gloria
Warbird - Annihilator
Les Patineurs - Waldteufel
When I was a lad, HMS Pinafore - G&S
The Boxer - S&G

[naut]

Really hard question!

1. Swan Song - Led Zeppelin
2. Fat Old Sun - Pink Floyd
3. 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be) - Jimi Hendrix
4. In My Time Of Dying - Led Zeppelin
5. Super Stupid - Funkadelic
6. Ramble Tamble - Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
8. Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
9. Knocking On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
10. Waiting For The Sun - Powderfinger

Honourable Mentions To:
11. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
12. Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
13. The Boss - James Brown
14. Roulette Dares (This Is The Haunt Of) - The Mars Volta
15. Bring It On Home - Led Zeppelin
16. Terrapin Station - The Grateful Dead
17. 3's and 7's - Queens of the Stone Age
18. Hey Hey What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin
19. Black - Pearl Jam
20. Travelling Riverside Blues - Led Zeppelin
21. The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
22. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) - Jimi Hendrix
23. Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin
24. What Is and What Should Never Be - Led Zeppelin
25. Concertina - The Mars Volta

[Conradus]

1. La Solitudine - Laura Pausini
2. Vivo per lei - Laura Pausini & Andrea Boccelli
3. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
4. Het is een nacht - Guus Meeuws
5. Jillian -Within Temptation
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
7. The Queen and soldier -Suzanne Vega
8. Let it be - The Beatles
9. Everything I do, I do it for you - Bryan Adams
10. Heaven - Bryan Adams

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Why dont we just bring back the old thread on this ? The problem is which one ?:laugh4:

It could be fun to see how some peoples lists have changed


Ill just give my favorite for now

Comfortably Numb

The band needs no mention :laugh4:

[Proletariat]

No particular order, but some of my favs include;

Scotland the Brave
Soviet Anthem (or whatever it's called)
Rocket Man - Elton John
Time is on my side - Rolling Stones
Adam's Song - Blink 182 (otherwise basically hate this sort of music, and yes I know this is a cheesy selection)
Amazing Grace
Purple Rain - Prince
Train in Vain - Forget the artist right now
Perfect Day - Lou Reed (prolly my favorite on this list)
Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash

[Tristuskhan]

No particular order, also:

The Clash, "London Calling"
John Coltrane: "my favourite things"
Toumani Diabate, "kandjoura"
"Djelem, djelem", whatever version
the Afghan Whigs, "Fountain and fairfax"
A song from Robert Johnson, do not remember the title
"StNicodème's trip", Ar Re Yaouank
"Ya Rahya", whatever version
Jimy Hendrix, "all along the watchtower"
The Dead Kennedy's, "dog bites"
The last one beeing very short, I add everything by Oum Kalthoum, ok it's 11 now, I apologise!

[Togakure]

How about a list of songs that come to mind that I like for a variety of reasons:

Classical:
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D - JS Bach
Waldstein Sonata - Beethoven
Waterfall and Torrent Etudes (Opus 10, 1 & 4) - Chopin
Hungarian Rhapsody #6 in D-flat - Liszt
Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber

Rock, etc.:
Killer Queen - Queen
The Great Gig In the Sky - Floyd
Your Song - Elton
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Shining Star - Earth, Wind and Fire
Magnum Opus - Kansas
There and Back - Jeff Beck (w/Jan Hammer)
Rhythm of the Heat - Peter Gabriel
Bad Motor Scooter- Montrose
Egypt - Kate Bush
Firecracker - Yellow Magic Orchestra
Visions in Blue - Ultravox
Bad - U2
Wasted Time - The Eagles
Opinions - The Fixx
Ethnicolor - Jean Michel Jarre
Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
Oh L'Amour - Erasure
If Only For a Moment - Missing Persons
Still They Ride - Journey
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Miryea's Death - Soundtrack, Revenge, Tommy Tedesco, Bradford Ellis
Budapest by Blimp - Thomas Dolby
Something i can never have - NiN

Sorry, but only ten songs out of over 1200 LPs/CDs over 30+ years ... just can't seem to do it.

[naut]

Soviet Anthem (or whatever it's called)
A version of L'Internationale

[doc_bean]

1. Jimi Hendrix - All along the Watchtower

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

A version of L'Internationale

Didn't they change it to something else after the war? The Hymn of the Soviet Union, something like that?

[doc_bean]

1. Jimi Hendrix - All along the Watchtower
2.Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb
3. Led Zep - Whole lotta love
4. U2 - Mysterious ways
5. Nick Cave - The Ship Song
6. Queen - Too much love will kill you
7. Bob Dylan - How does it feel
8. Smashing pumpkins - Bullet with butterfly wings
9. Tool -Aenima
10. Radiohead - Fake plastic trees

[Proletariat]

The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra

[Orb]

A few more worth mentioning

Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda) - Rod Stewart
Close to the Edge and Siberian Khatru - Yes
Starless and Larks' Tongues in Aspic (parts 1 and 2) - King Crimson
Rock 'n' Roll Kids - Paul Harrington
Pictures at an Exhibition - Mussourgsky (albeit technically not a song)
Jerusalem - ELP

[I of the Storm]

Didn't they change it to something else after the war? The Hymn of the Soviet Union, something like that?


They did. It's the most beautiful anthem ever.

Listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLcc19mt4eA

Proletarians around the world, unite!!:beam:

Edit: Correction. The most beautiful anthem is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnrkBDkHJwQ

I'm very nostalgic now...

[Craterus]

God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols
Not Now - Blink 182
Carousel - Blink 182
Bite To Break Skin - Senses Fail
Cute Without The 'E' (Cut From The Team) - Taking Back Sunday
Seventy Times 7 - Brand New
Wonderwall - Oasis
Champagne Supernova - Oasis
I Don't Wanna Grow Up - The Ramones
I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance
Konstantine - Something Corporate
Reptilia - The Strokes

I can't count :sad:

[drone]

In no particular order, I guess. Really just songs that still get regular rotation, you can't really keep track of which ones you like at any given time.


Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer
Hooker with a Penis - Tool
Hey Man Nice Shot - Filter
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Just One Fix - Ministry
Landfill - Pitchshifter
Black Sunshine - White Zombie
Rude Awakening - Prong
Lysergia - Velvet Acid Christ
Big Man With a Gun - Nine Inch Nails

Yeah, they are old songs. It's a shame the music industry is such a shambles these days. Back in myyyyy day, we had to walk uphill, both ways, in 3 feet of snow to a record store to get the music we liked. And we did it because the music was good!

[Drisos]

Such a hard question... really hard. Especially because I love so many songs in such different kinds of music.. I'll give it a try though. about making a specific order - way too hard. I'll just put the first that comes to mind on top.

Genesis - Follow You Follow Me
Metallica - Nothings Else Matters
Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
Muse - Map Of The Problematique
Deep Purple - Burn
Culture Beat - Mr Vain (Just had to have one of the true classic 90's dance in the list, sorry)
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Genesis - Entangeled
Genesis - The Cinema Show
Linkin Park - In The End

More come to mind, lots of Linkin Park, lots of Genesis, a couple by muse, a couple by phil collins, dozens of great 90''s dance songs, dozens of trance songs (DJ tiesto, delerium etc) but I shall stick to only 10. :balloon2:

[Reverend Joe]

Why dont we just bring back the old thread on this ? The problem is which one ?:laugh4:

It could be fun to see how some peoples lists have changed


Ill just give my favorite for now

Comfortably Numb

The band needs no mention :laugh4:
Eugh... Waters/Gilmour? So tacky...

My top 10 shifts almost daily, but I guarantee you that Gilmour and Waters are never anywhere near the top.

Syd Barrett, on the other hand, is my favorite artist. And I apologize if I offend your age and taste, Gawain, but the other members of The Pink Floyd were musical buffoons (aside from Wright; and granted, Atom Heart Mother has some great psych-folk, and Saucer, More and Umma-Gumma weren't bad... well, basically, in general, anything after AHM blows, in my opinion.) But, in general, my favorite songs are written by/ originate from:

Syd/ old Floyd (nothing past '70)
the Jefferson Airplane
a myriad of modern psychedelic bands (might I suggest The Black Angels and The Dolly Rocker Movement?)
The Mamas and The Papas
Creedence
old folk/country/bluegrass
BLUES
and some Frank Zappa I have been recently exploring.

[Strike For The South]

1. Freebird-Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. The devil Went down to Georiga-Charlie Dainels Band
3. 100% Texan- Kevn Fowler
4. Smells like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
5. Bohemain Rahpsody- Queen
6. I've Got friends in low places- Garth Brooks
7. Folsom Prison Blues- Cash
8. I guess thats why they call it the blues- Elton John
9. The Greatest Country and Wersten song- David Allen Coe
10. Simple Man- Lynynrd Skynyrd

I would like to point out that if I was forced to listen to freebird 24/7 I'd be happy

[JimBob]

Could only cut it down to 12. In no order:

Kerosene-The Bottle Rockets
Jungleland-Bruce Springsteen
Bang Bang-Dispatch
Zip City-Drive-By Truckers
Outfit-Drive-By Truckers
Fat Man in the Bat Tub-Little Feat
Nada-The Refreshments
On a Rope-Rocket from the Crypt
Leaky Little Boat-Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
Noisy Head-Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
Hard Rain Coming Down on Me-Tom Waits
Women Wine and Song-Umphrey's McGee

[naut]

... The Black Angels ...
They're good.


... Drive-By Truckers ...
Also good.

[Subedei]

1. Jump around- House of Pain
2. I don´t wanna grow up - The Ramones
3. 13 - Johnny Cash
4. Full Clip - Gangstarr
5. Downtown - Petulia Clark
6. South of Heaven - Slayer
7. Guns of Brixton - The Clash
8. I am the Upsetter - Lee "Scratch" Perry
9. Negasonic Teenage Warhead - Monster Magnet
10. So whatch want? - Beastie Boys

...no part. order...+ hundreds of others

[English assassin]

1 Ace of Spades: Motorhead
2 The Trooper: Iron maiden (Playing at Brixton in a few weeks time and I have tickets woot)
3 Aces High: Iron Maiden again
4 Trailblazers: Hammerfall
5 Wuthering Heights: Kate Bush. Ha. You didn't see THAT coming.

[Ronin]

1-Queens of the Stone Age - Better Living Through Chemistry
2-Queens of the Stone Age - You think I ain't worth a dollar but I feel like a Millionaire
3-Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
4-Hendrix - Voodoo Child(slight return)
5-Eric Clapton - Leyla *Unplugged*
6-The Police - Every Breath you Take
7-Eagles - Hotel California
8-Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
9-Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born in the Bayou
10-The Doors - The End

[General-Winter]

1) Reign of the Hammer -Hammerfall
2)Paranoid -Black Sabbath
3)Heeding the Call -Hammerfall
4)IronMan -Black Sabbath
5)Hellrider -Judas Priest
6)Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner -Warren Zevon
7)My Generation -The Who
8)Riverdance -Bill Whalen
9)Unser Rommel -The Afrika Korps
10)Iron Maiden -Iron Maiden

[Stuperman]

1. Hybrid - Finished Symphony
2. Overseer - Stompbox
3. Freeland - We want your Soul
4. The Crystal Method - Keep Hope Alive
5. Fatboy Slim - Micheal Jackson (the entire better living through chemistry album really)
6. Billy Tallent - River Below
7. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
8. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
9. SOAD - Violent Pornography
10. Prodigy - Jericho (a remix, don;t remember which one)



as a start...10 seems like so few.

[Auxilia]

as a start...10 seems like so few.

You said it! I've had my i-Pod for 3 months and I'm still about a tenth away from filling the 1000 song quota, but oh well here goes:

1. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
2. The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
3. Gangsters - The Special AKA
4. Step On - The Happy Mondays
5. Diamond Day - Vashti Bunyan
6. A Thousand Trees - Stereophonics
7. Can't Stop - Chilli Peppers
8. In These Shoes - Kirsty McColl
9. That's Alright Momma - Elvis Presley
10. Baby let me Take you Home - The Animals

[Ianofsmeg16]

1. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
2. Meet you there - Insite
3. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
4. Walking in Memphis- Marc Cohn
5. Take it Easy - The Eagles
6. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd
7. Can't Get enough - Bad Company
8. Hammer to Fall - Queen
9. Collide - Howie Day
10. Too Late - Back door Slam

there are so many to choose from!

[Beirut]

In no particular order, except the first.

Fat Old Sun - Pink Floyd
Epitaph - King Crimson
Stars fell on Alabama - Frank Sinatra
Child in Time - Deep Purple
You Keep Me Hanging On - Vanilla Fudge
Green is the Colour - Pink Floyd
Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot

So many to chose from...

[Reverend Joe]

Half the people here mention Pink Floyd and no one but me mentions Jefferson Airplane.

:stare: You people have no taste:

Young Girl Sunday Blues
The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil
Volunteers
We Can Be Together
White Rabbit
Somebody to Love
Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon
Bear Melt
Blues From An Airplane
Let's Get Together
Plastic Fantastic Lover
Martha
Good Shepherd
Wild Tyme
The Farm
Won't You Ride

In other words, some of the best music ever written.

[Beirut]

Half the people here mention Pink Floyd and no one but me mentions Jefferson Airplane.

:stare: You people have no taste:

[/B]

I beg to differ. I am a great fan of Jefferson Airplane. I merely forgot to mention them in all the hubbub of songs being catalogued in my limited brain space.

For my part:

Fat Angel
White Rabbit
Coming Back To Me (almost makes me cry when I hear it)
Lather

[naut]

Half the people here mention Pink Floyd and no one but me mentions Jefferson Airplane.
I love the songs Eat Starch Mom and Wooden Ships.


In no particular order, except the first.

Fat Old Sun - Pink Floyd
That song brings tears to my eyes.

[Reverend Joe]

Coming Back To Me (almost makes me cry when I hear it)
Oh, hell, I forgot "Comin' Back To Me"... and "Today" as well! :wall:

Speaking of "Today", I just recently discovered that my "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" has a REALLY good live version of "Today" on it. The Airplane was a really underrated live band.

[Quietus]

Current Top 10:

1) "Sun is Shining" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLtl1X8l5os (rehearsal with a sucky stand-in bassist).

2) "Forever Loving Jah" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd1CQEtrQMY

3) "Guiltiness"

4) "Natural Mystic" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqD8DL3S34A

5) "Africa Unite" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnqGyzWPpp4

6) "One Drop" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SubLDBjAMiw

7) "So Much Trouble In the World" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Vr_o96lnM (again with the horrible bassist).

8) "Redemption Song" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW9JsLHXafE

I'll add some non-Marley:

9) "Liesense Fi Kill" - LKJ

10) "Reggae Fi Radni" LKJ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1sub8_lkj-reggae-fi-radni

[Motep]

Dude, that question is mean and unethical. How are you possibly expected to choose? That is cruel and unusual punishment. I refuse to answer...

[Orb]

It's hideously cruel, I agree, but the results are interesting.

Heck, I can barely get it down to ten. In fact, mine probably changes depending on which I remember at the time. Don't know how I forgot C'est La Vie in my original list.