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My best friend and I have a "favorite songs" list...we call it our top 10 but actually there are many more than that in it. I want to know the songs that "do it" for you...whether it be because they remind you of a great moment, or just because they cause you to feel on a deeper level.
Mine include:
One Part Be My Lover - Bonnie Raitt
Bittersweet - Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Much Too Young to Feel This Damn Old - Garth Brooks
Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful - Jimmy Buffett
Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac
This is just the beginning!
Contestant #3
08-25-1999, 12:07 AM
Do you feel like I do? - Peter Frampton (live)
Desparado - Eagles
SuzyQ - Credence Clearwater Revival
Purple Rain - Prince
Stealin' - Uriah Heep
Family Tradition - Hank Williams Jr.
He stopped loving her today - George Jones
I want you back - Jackson 5
Brick House - Comadores
American Pie - Don McClean
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
...just a start...
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Contestant #3
Babar714
08-25-1999, 01:50 AM
...My, My, Miss American Pie...
I have to say I love Weird Al's "The Saga Begins" to the tune of American Pie. "..My, my, this Anakin Guy. Maybe Vader someday later but he's just a small fry..."
Satan
08-25-1999, 02:12 AM
A few off the top of my head:
The Buzzcocks - "Orgasm Addict"
Jane's Addiction - "Ted... Just Admit It"
Judas Priest - "Victim Of Changes"
Bad Religion - "21st Century Digital Boy"
King Crimson - "21st Century Schitzoid Man"
Wall Of Voodoo - "Mexican Radio"
Celtic Frost - "Mexican Radio"
Fugazi - "Waiting Room"
Dag Nasty - "Values Here"
XTC - "Mayor of Simpleton"
Ram Jam - "Black Betty"
Black Sabbath - "Children Of The Grave"
Metallica - "The Four Horseman"
Boogie Down Productions - "The Message"
Frank Black - "The Men In Black"
Motorhead - "Ace Of Spades"
Slayer - "Angel Of Death"
Heavy Pettin' - "Love On The Run"
Blur - "Song #2"
Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Anthrax - "A.I.R."
Velvet Underground - "Waiting For My Man"
Bob Marley - "One Love"
AC/DC - "Back In Black"
Okay, I'll stop now...
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middsy
08-25-1999, 02:51 AM
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in your soul
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Ash - Girl from Mars
Blur - Country House
Bush - Swallowed
Radiohead - Creep
Yomanda - Synth & Strings
Counting Crows - Round Here
O.M.D. - Walking On the Milky Way
Ocean Colour Scene - The Day we Caught the Train.
If anyone can name 10 better songs than that I'll be shocked!
Sam Stone
08-25-1999, 03:48 AM
Warren Zevon - "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
Warren Zevon - "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner"
John Prine - "Hello in There"
John Prine & Bonnie Raitt - "Angel from Montgomery"
Guns N' Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine"
The Doors - "Roadhouse Blues"
The Doors - "LA Woman"
The Beatles - Just about everything they wrote
Eric Clapton - Just about everything he played
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Ditto
Booker T. and the MG's - "Green Onions"
Allman Brothers - "Jessica"
CCR - Just about all of their Stuff
The Band - "The Weight"
kellibelli
08-25-1999, 11:19 AM
metallica - fade to black
stones- mothers little helper
G n R- patience
keith whitley- dont close your eyes
green day- good riddance
eagles - hotel california
Steve miller band - ? pompitice of love? song
luba- every time I see your picture i cry
NakedEyes-always something there to remind me
the love song from top gun...?
I like all kinds of music, and my tastes change with my mood, but one that ALWAYS makes it to my top 10 is
Unchained Melody (Time Goes By)
Originally by the Righteous Brothers (definitive version)
Excellent rendition by LeAnn Rimes, too
You can't go wrong with:
anything by John Prine
anything by The Beatles
anything by CCR
anything by Janis Joplin
anything by Jimi Hendrix
anything by Patsy Cline
Falcon
08-25-1999, 11:36 AM
Dave Matthews Band - "I'll Back You Up"
Rush - "2112"
Sarah McLachlan - "Dear God"
Moxy Fruvous - "King of Spain"
Mary Chapin Carpenter - "Jubilee"
Byzantine
08-25-1999, 11:41 AM
RUSH - Witch Hunt
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
" " - Kiss that Frog
Queensryche - Revolution
Def Leppard - Stagefright
Weird Al Yankovic - This is the Life
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Yellow - Oh yeah
The Tubes - Talk to ya Later
Dream Theater - Surrounded
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Eutychus
08-25-1999, 03:49 PM
"Big Electic Cat" by Adrian Belew
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Globe-trotter
08-25-1999, 03:58 PM
How soon is now? - The Smiths
Pictures of you - The Cure
Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen
The Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen
Bad - U2
Games without frontiers - Peter Gabriel
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Anything by the Beatles
Supper's Ready - Genesis
and much, much more!
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I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
Alexandre Dumas the Younger (1824-1895)
kknick34
08-25-1999, 04:13 PM
The Doors - Light My Fire
Led Zeppelin - Since I Been Loving You
Frank Sinatra - The way you look tonite
According to Pliny
08-25-1999, 04:42 PM
Here's my latest favorite song:
Don't be afraid to care.
Don't be alarmed by my vacant stare.
Please don't ever leave me
Huh?
Damn hippies!
Leave but don't leave me...
(ah, finally a thread I can think of something to say on!
Heave, heave at the fair.
Look around...
choose your own ground.
Balanced on the biggest wave,
Race toward an early grave.
Coarse and violent nudity. Occasional language.
Run rabbit, run.
dig that hole; forget the sun
when atlast the work is done
dont sit down its time to dig another one
for long you live and high you fly
but only if you ride the tide
and balanced on the biggest wave
you race towards an early grave
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
Careful with that axe, Eugene.
Please, Please, Baby Lemonade...
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant tide
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And will I take you by the hand, and lead you to a land ...
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip...
I've got a bike
Listen.
Wave upon wave of demented avengers march cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.
Trudge behind death trough an ugly void
The winter sky could crush a shadow
The moon screams like music over iron-black seas
Cool whispery language rusts my blood
Several species of small furry animals living together in a cave and grooving with a pict
In Flanders fields the poppies grow......
One of these days I'm gonna' cut you into little pieces.
He was fitted with collar and chain.
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
...I dunno I was really drunk at the time
Doo Dah! Doo Dah!
Anybody know who sings this one :)
Falcon
08-25-1999, 04:47 PM
Why, I think it's sly and the SDMB singers! ;)
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"You have to laugh at yourself, because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't."
-Emily Saliers
funneefarmer
08-25-1999, 04:51 PM
Yello- Oh Yeah (gotta agree with that choice)
Sarah McLachlan-Possession
The Cramps-Surfin' Dead
Dan Baird-Seriously Gone
The Cranberries-Zombie
INXS-Spy of Love
ZZ Top-La Grange
Headstones- It's All Over
Georgia Satellites-Red Light
Selling the Drama by Live
Tenderness: General Public
Church of the Poison Mind: The Culture Club
Jumper: 3rd Eye Blind
Back 2 Good: Matchbox 20 (?)
Dr. Robert: The Beatles
Wedding Bell Blues: The 5th Dimension
Hot Fun in the Summer: Sly and Family Stone
Reeling in the Years: Steely Dan
Haitian Divorce: "" ""
I'm sure I could think of more.
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Gail
"Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you, my friend--
Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again...."
-Steely Dan
dougie_monty
08-25-1999, 07:43 PM
"Seattle"--Perry Como
"City of New Orleans"--Arlo Guthrie
"The Vatican Rag"--Tom Lehrer
"Tammy"--Debbie Reynolds :)
"Angeltown"--Bob Thomas
"The Big Hurt"--Miss Toni Fisher
"He'll Have to Go"--Homer & Jethro
"Crazy Downtown"--Allan Sherman
"Honey Have You Seen the Highway"--Ina T & the RVs
"Take Me Home, Country Roads"--John Denver
"Save the Best for Last"--Vanessa Williams
"Fer the Good Times"--Homer & Jethro
omniscientnot
08-25-1999, 07:54 PM
In no particular order:
"Layla" - Derek and the Dominoes
"Gimme some lovin'" - Steve Winwood and the Spencer Davis Trio
"A Day in the Life" - Beatles
"In My Life" - Beatles
"Here, There and Everywhere" - Beatles
"House of the Rising Sun" - Eric Burdon and the Animals
"Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd
"Echoes" - Pink Floyd
"Yer Blues" - Rolling Stones
"Damn Right I Got the Blues" - Buddy Guy
BurnMeUp
08-25-1999, 08:25 PM
Water - Oingo Boingo
Wrapped in Grey - XTC
Good - Morphine
Cheryl Dodds is Pregnant - Toy Dolls
Some Kind of Love - Misfits
Booker - Harry Connick Jr
Kick in the Head - Dean Martin
I'm Mad - Reverend Horton Heat
Big Time Sensuality - Bjork
Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - Ramones
Silent Hedges - Bauhaus
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Persephone
08-25-1999, 08:54 PM
Before I start my list, I must say...Omniscientnot, we must get together sometime. :)
"American Pie," by Don McLean
Every freaking instrumental by the Allman Brothers, including "Mountain Jam."
Everything Eric Clapton ever thought of, except his version of "I Shot the Sherriff"
Pretty much everything by Danny Gatton (my husband the guitar player turned me on to his genius)
I am a sucker for anything with good guitar work. B.B King, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker, Clapton, Hendrix, Dicky & Duane...oh my, I could go on forever...
omniscientnot
08-25-1999, 09:10 PM
Next Tuesday afternoon is open, Cristi ;)
Off the top of my head:
The Change, Ireland, The Red Strokes - all 3 by Garth Brooks
Daddy's Hands - Holly Dunn
The Greatest Man I Never Knew, She Thinks His Name was John(?) - both by Reba
I'm Alright - Jo Dee Messina
Wanting It and Having It All - Sawyer Brown
It's All in Your Head - Diamond Rio
Feed Jake - I forget
I'll probably add more.
Lissa
08-25-1999, 11:19 PM
Hole: Twenty Years in the Dakota
Hole: Old Age
R.E.M I Don't Sleep, I Dream
Nirvana: Something in the Way
Bjork: Army of Me
Tori Amos: Chains
Doors: The End
Don McLean: American Pie
"Mother, Mother" Tracy Bonham
Anything by the eels
Shirley Ujest
08-25-1999, 11:46 PM
Anything by Sinatra.
Anything by Garth Brooks. ( I will not apologize either)
Old time Rock and Roll, Bob Segar
Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
Big Band Music
Irish fiddle music.
All Classical ( One in particular that goes " Bum bum bah da da bump bump... :)
Not a moment too soon - Tim McGraw
Anything by the Judds and most of Wynonna's stuff.
I will have to say that I do not know 1/10 of the bands/songs done in the 90s that anyone has listed here.
BunnyGirl
08-26-1999, 10:10 AM
Sheryl Crow: Mississippi
Bruce Hornsby: Down With That (I think that's the name; off "Spirit Trail", disc 2)
Don McClean: Vincent ("Starry, starry night")
Diana Krall: Peel Me a Grape
Kathleen Battle: Ave Maria
Ricky Martin: Por Abajo (can't remember full name of song. First song on "Vuelve" album)
Andrews Sisters: Bie Mier Bisch Du Schein (horrible German spelling)
Anita Baker-anything by her
Christina Aguilero (??)-Genie in a Bottle
and, I hate to admit this one:
Limp Bizkit: Nookie. Couldn't understand the attraction until I saw the video and heard the song the whole way through.
StStella
08-26-1999, 02:02 PM
Right off the top of my head these come to mind:
"Pepper"- Butthole Surfers
"Riders on the Storm"- Doors
"Walking after Midnight"- Patsy Cline
"Labatomy"- Ramones (anyone remember the movie Rock n Roll Highschool?)
"Feed the Tree"- Belly
"Waking the Witch"- Kate Bush
and my all time favorite: "Ring of Fire"- I think Johnny Cash did this song originally and my favorite version is by Social Distortion, but I've also heard a Reggae version (strange, but cool) and a version by a woman (excellent, wish I new her name).
I like this thread because it's interesting to see what people find appealing. Too numerous to name songs, wrote bands.
Genius:
Frank Zappa, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus
Vocals:
Yma Sumac, Ella/Bessie/Billie/Sassy, Johnny Hartman, Nina Hagen
Heavy:
Slayer, Gorefest, Bad Brains, Unsane, Plasmatics
Fun:
Toledo, Morphine, Love Jones, Fall-Outs (or anything on Estrus)
BurnMeUp
08-26-1999, 02:15 PM
STStella, i think you mean Teenage Lobotomy
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omniscientnot
08-26-1999, 02:20 PM
Bit eclectic aren't we, Melanie?
Cristi: you bring the CDs, I'll bring the player and...we'll make beautiful music together :D
You do realize I've been dying to say this all along, right? LOL
The Ryan
08-27-1999, 04:11 AM
A partial list:
Depeche Mode- "Somebody" (easily the best love song I've ever heard), etc. The Cure- "This Is A Lie", etc. Savage Garden- "Truly, Madly, Deeply", etc. Pink Floyd- "Learning to Fly", etc. The Beatles- "And I Love Her", etc. Metallica- "Unforgiven II", etc. The Offspring- "Self-Esteem" and a few others Counting Crows- "Raining", etc. Goo-Goo Dolls- "Iris", etc. Dire Straits- "Money for Nothing" Madonna- "La Isla Bonita", etc. ABBA- "The Winner Takes It All", etc. U2- "Sunday Bloody Sunday", etc. Foreigner- "That Was Yesterday", etc. Pat Benatar- "Love is a Battlefield", etc. Tom Petty- "Free-falling", etc. ?- "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" ?- "You're Like the Wind" (let me know if you know what I'm talking about with these two)
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-Ryan
" 'Ideas on Earth were badges of friendship or enmity. Their content did not matter.' " -Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions
omniscientnot
08-27-1999, 08:20 AM
Ryan: Perhaps Prism in the first case and Robson and Jerome in the second?
kanashimi
08-27-1999, 04:34 PM
How can I think of any other song now that Santana's "Smooth" is constantly playing in the back of my mind??
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RealityChuck
08-27-1999, 04:58 PM
Off the top of my head: HAIR.
Seriously:
Rosalita -- Bruce Springsteen
Paradise by the Dashboard Light -- Meatloaf
The Intro and the Outro -- Bonzo Dog Band
Monster Mash -- Bonzo Dog Band version
(Oh, heck -- any song by the Bonzo Dog Band)
Rhapsody in Blue -- Gershwin
Won't Get Fooled Again -- The Who
Anything Goes -- Cole Porter
Rocky Mountain Way -- Joe Walsh
Nothing to Hide -- Spirit (or anything from the Dr. Sardonicus album).
Any song written by Harry Warren
Good Times Bad Times -- Led Zeppelin
A Whiter Shade of Pale -- Procol Harum
Abbey Road Medley -- Beatles
Sympathy for the Devil -- Rolling Stones
Cool for Cats -- Squeeze
Statesboro Blues -- Allmen Brothers
I should stop now. I can go on forever.
SoxFan59
08-27-1999, 05:24 PM
I find it interesting that the question is asked about a "favorite song," and everyone responds not just with song titles, but the artist who sings them.
There was a time when it didn't matter who performed the song, but the song stood on its own. Of course, there are classic performances of a song, but if a song is a classic, most anyone should be able to record it, and interpret it.
For me, when I think of "favorite song," I think of things that have endured because the songs themselves are works of art, great poems or wonderfully crafted lyrics combined with a beautiful melody and harmonic flow.
There are sacred standards that have endured: Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art, and some enduring sacred choruses that are simple, yet convey an eternal message.
There are classic standards of the american musical theater and jazz that have endured: some of my favorites include "My Heart Stood Still," "All the Things You Are," "My Romance," etc.
A "song" should be something that I can perform and interpret myself. It should be more than a vicarious experience. And, IMHO, it should stand on its own, without concern about who performs it.
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The_Peyote_Coyote
08-27-1999, 05:31 PM
Off the top of my head:
"Just my Imagination (Running Away With Me) -- the Temptations
"My Favorite Things" -- John Coltrane Quartet
"Waiting for a Star to Fall" -- Boy Meets Girl
"Men and Women" -- Uncle Bonzai
"Beginnings" -- Chicago
Just about anything by Jimi Hendix, the Allman Brothers and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Doobieous
08-28-1999, 12:03 AM
Here's my list, with artists too. These are in categories.
Lovesongs:
-Wishing on a Star - Rose Royce
-Seasons Change - Expose
-Let Me Be The One - Expose
-Take Me In Your Arms - Lil' Suzy
-Where does that leave love - George Lamond
-I Wanna Get Next To You - Rose Royce
-I'm Goin Down - Rose Royce
-Purple Rain - Prince
-Always and Forever - Heatwave
-Out On A Limb - Teena Marie
-Love You Down - Ready For The World
-Love On A Two Way Street - Stacy Lattisaw
-Love will never do - Janet Jackson
-That's the way love goes - Janet Jackson
Songs that put me in that special mood:
-Entra Mi Casa - Armand Van Helden
-Body - Funky Green Dogs
-Skin - Charlotte
-How Can We Be Wrong? - Trinere
That's just a few of the many favorite songs i have.
Persephone
08-28-1999, 11:12 AM
Sorry Omniscientnot...been away from this thread for a couple of days. My husband says I can meet you, if he can come along, and bring his vinyl. And Tuesday is fine. :)
sunbear
08-28-1999, 04:09 PM
Back to songs:
Favorite John Lennon song :Don't Let me Down. When it came out, I didn't like it much.Get Back was OK back then.
From the Let it Be sessions, the Billie Preston backed songs are my favorites. I've even come to like them better than Abbey Road.
Misha77
08-28-1999, 10:47 PM
In no particular order:
Anything by Mazzy Star
Anything by Portishead
Faded by Afghan Whigs
Side of the Road by Concrete Blonde
Let Down by Radiohead
Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan
Clair De Lune by Debussy
Ol' 55 by Tom Waits
Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley(but I like Cohen's version, too)
Head On by the Pixies
Tear in Your Hand by Tori Amos
Learning to Fly by Pink Floyd
100% by Sonic Youth
Sweet Jane by Velvet Underground
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Just a few
chief
08-28-1999, 11:07 PM
Guns N' Roses - Patience (and i love any of their others)
Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand (any everything else..)
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Black Crowes - Descending
Allman Brothers - Melissa
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Yardbirds - Train Kept A Rollin
Hendrix - Voodoo Chile
Beatles - Let it Be
John Lennon - Cold Turkey
Metallica - Fade to Black
Jayhawks - Take me with you
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
probably a lot im forgetting...
and lots more...
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where to start...
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
Don McLean - Vincent
Elton John - Candle in the Wind BEFORE the Australia tour!
Harry Chapin - Sniper
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Jubilee
Air Supply - Making Love Out of Nothing At All
Eagles - Last Resort
Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
Fleetwood Mac - Silver Spring
Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon
CSN - Cathedral
Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust
CCR - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Steppenwolf - Snowblind Friend
John Denver - Follow Me (sung at my wedding)
Alan Jackson - Midnight in Montgomery
ELO - Boy Blue
Bob Dylan - Shelter from the Storm
David Allan Coe - Dakota the Dancin' Bear
Trisha Yearwood - The Song Remembers When
Garth Brooks - The Cowboy Song
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
Coven - One Tin Soldier
??? - Avenging Annie
Edelweiss (Sound of Music)
I Don't Know How To Love Him (JC Superstar)
(Actually, I don't think that some of these are necessarily the artist's best song; mostly they're ones I really like that no one else ever asks for...I'll count on every one else to get the greatest hits ;) )
more, but I can't think of them right now...
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Feed Jake - I forget
-Kat
Pirates of the Mississippi, I think...
?- "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?"
?- "You're Like the Wind" (let me know if you know what I'm talking about with these two)
- the ryan
guesses here:
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" - Whitney Houston
"She's like the Wind", IIRC, is a song from Dirty Dancing, by Eric Carmen.
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Sue from El Paso
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OK, the broken-hearted one bugged me...
I found this on a lyrics site:
Now what's become of the broken-hearted
Who had love that's now departed?
I know I've got to find
Some kind of peace of mind
I'll be searching everywhere
Just to find someone to care.
I'll be looking everyday
I know I'm gonna find a way
Nothings gonna stop me now
I'll find a way somehow
I'll be searching everywhere
"What's Become of the Broken-Hearted" - Jimmy Ruffin
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Sue from El Paso
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sunbear
08-29-1999, 06:55 AM
BunnyGirl: Mississippi/Crow, good choice. I wonder if Dylan wrote it for her. I don't remember if he recorded it himself.
the first supraliminal
08-29-1999, 08:20 AM
Great list so far.
I think nobody mentioned CRAZY TRAIN, by Ozzy Osborne.
All aboard?
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the first supraliminal
08-29-1999, 08:25 AM
Almost forgot, George Thoroughgood's, "One bourbon, one scotch, one beer."
It's my theme song.
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vanillanice
08-29-1999, 02:37 PM
Yes, Ice Ice Baby is number one. Also, I wanna Be sedated by the Ramones. Don't Fear the Reaper by BOC. Somebody to Love by Queen.
Misha77
08-30-1999, 12:03 AM
I thought "She's Like the Wind" was by Patrick Swayze. (I could be mistaken. It wouldn't be the 1st time.) And Paul Young did a remake of "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" that was kind of popular.
vanillanice
08-30-1999, 09:05 AM
I also forgot;;;I'm No Angel by Gregg Allman, and Honky Tonk Woman by the Stones.
Almost forgot, George Thoroughgood's, "One bourbon, one scotch, one beer."
It's my theme song.
Not I Like Beer (Tom T. Hall)?
Pickman's Model
08-31-1999, 10:28 PM
"You Turned the Tables On Me"----Benny Goodman AHO (or anything else by the for that matter)
"Wenn Wir Marschieren" (A German Army marching tune that is constantly in my head)
"There Is a Flower That Bloometh", "I Hear You Calling Me", "Kathleen Mavourneen", "Roses of Picardy"----all by John McCormack
Mozart, Beethoven, Hadyn, Bach----'nuff said
Gilbert and Sullivan, Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli----ditto
Messiah----Georg Friedrich Handel
Any ragtime by Scott Joplin
The national anthems of Canada, Germany, France, Israel, Turkey, and the Soviet Union, with "L'Internationale" thrown in for good measure
Civil War music played on period instruments
Rogers and Hammerstein; Lerner and Lowe---anything by
And for light listening, Phil Harris, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, and anything country and western so long as it was recorded prior to 1968. Nonsense songs from the 1940's like "Bongo Bongo Bongo" and "Open the Door, Richard" are good, too.
SoxFan59
08-31-1999, 10:42 PM
Pickman: "Bongo,Bongo, Bongo?" Don't you mean "Abba Dabba Honeymoon?"
Pickman's Model
08-31-1999, 11:59 PM
Nope. The tune that I'm thinking of is all about the natives in the jungle and how happy they are that they don't live in our so-called "civilization". Part of the lyrics go:
"Bongo, bongo, bongo
I don't wanna leave the Congo
No, no, no, no, no, no!
You have things like the atom bomb
So I think I'll stay where I om;
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!"
And so on. It's a hoot.
sunbear
10-25-1999, 09:55 PM
10 songs..I can't name any top 10, so I'll go with 5 current favorite CD titles:
1. Concrete Blonde-Still in Hollywood
2. Iggy pop best of. I only listen to the last half. Favorite song: The Passenger
3. Jethro Tull Live at BBC
4. Laika and the Cosmonauts.Surf.
5. Rhino Box set of Progressive era. I won't actually get it till Christmas. Large investment. It tells how you would have experienced if you had used dope. Now you just have to listen to music inspired by dope. Only 1 american track out of 54 in the set.
Coldfire
10-26-1999, 06:12 AM
Oh, this is cool. Here are some of my faves:
1. Rush - Red Barchetta;
2. Twelfth Night - The Collector;
3. Rush - Cygnus X1;
4. Savatage - Believe;
5. Rush - Hemispheres;
6. Dream Theater - Learning to Live;
7. Queensryche - Suite Sister Mary;
8. Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight;
9. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road;
10.Guns 'n' Roses - November Rain.
And 20 million others, of course....
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Coldfire
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"You know how complex women are"
- Neil Peart, Rush (1993)
saraam
10-26-1999, 03:58 PM
Sara - Bob Dylan
Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
Instant Karma - John Lennon
2nd movement of Pathetique Sonata (not really a song, but....)
I Love to See You Smile - when Dr. John sings it.
Changes in Lattitudes - Jimmy Buffett
When I'm Sixty - Four - Beatles
You Better, You Bet - Who
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Ahead by a Century - Tragically Hip
Narile
10-26-1999, 04:50 PM
Favorite Songs: Hrm....
Pirate looks at 40 - Jimmy Buffett
Jolly Mon - Jimmy Buffett
Heck, pret near anything by Buffett. :)
In your Eyes and Solsbury hill, - Peter Gabriel
I Can see for Miles, Won't get fooled again, I Can't Explain - The Who.
Your Move/All good People - Yes. (Again, most of old Yes is great.)
And two I'm not sure many here would know of, since they are filks... ( I love a good Filk. )
A boy and his frog (An very moving tribute to Jim Henson) And Return of the King, UhHuh. (Elvis meets Tolkien, enough said. ;P ) both by Tom Smith. (307 Ale is also a great one by him.)
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>>Being Chaotic Evil means never having to say your sorry....unless the other guy is bigger than you.<<
---The dragon observes
The_Peyote_Coyote
10-26-1999, 05:01 PM
"Just My Imagination (Runnin' Away With Me)" -- the Temptations
PunditLisa
10-27-1999, 07:02 AM
Here's some of my favorites:
"End of the Innocence" by Don Henley
"Uninvited" by Alanis Morrisette
"I Still Believe in You" by Vince Gill
"The Last Resort" by the Eagles
"Veni,Veni,Emmanuel" by Manheim Steamroller
"Crash of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot (I know, I know but the melody is beautiful)
"Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
"Dream On" by Aerosmith
"Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables
"The Boxer" by Simon & Garfunkel, live
"The Beautiful Ones" live version by Prince
"Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd
"Someone Saved my Life Tonight" by Elton John
"Losing my Religion" by REM
"Heaven and Hell" by Vangelis (the whole thing, but esp. the instrumental that they play in the beginning of "Cosmos")
"Father Figure" by George Michael
"Beth" by Kiss
"Greensleeves" ("What Child is This?" melody) instrumental
"Red, Red Wine" by UB40
"Killing Me Softly" by Luther Vandross
"Amazing Grace" by anyone who can carry a tune
Just to clear some stuff up:
She's like the wind is by Patrick Swayze (yes, he sings!!!)
Some favorites:
Black Balloon : Goo Goo Dolls
Name: Goo Goo Dolls
The Last Stop: Dave Matthews Band
Jimi Thing : Dave Matthews Band
Landslide: Fleetwood Mac
Lost in Your Eyes: Debbie Gibson
Sweet Child of Mine: Guns N Roses
In the Mood: Glenn Miller
Counterfeit: Limp Bizkit
I Love You: Sarah McLachlan
Kissing You: "From Romeo and Juliet"
High Enough: Damn Yankees
Is This Love: Whitesnake
Love Comes Walking In: Van Halen
That's about it!
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Vada
I can't believe I forgot:
Callin Baton Rouge: Garth Brooks
What you Own : Rent
Please: Miss Saigon
It's Your Love: Tim McGraw, Faith Hill
Now I am done!
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Vada
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