# Favorite song from musician who died in 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169 "2017-01-02T20:06:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/21 "2017-01-03T02:03:53Z")
“Wooden Ships” - Paul Kantner (with some help) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/22 "2017-01-03T02:07:08Z")
Bowie “Sound and Vision” ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/23 "2017-01-03T02:24:55Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first one to say Leonard Cohen’s\* Hallelujah\*. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/24 "2017-01-03T02:35:13Z")
Guy Clark [Watermelon Dream studio version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgEc3yvFnQU) [Watermelon Dream live](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLm1QeZ5yAk) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/25 "2017-01-03T02:37:52Z")
Glenn Frey - Hotel California. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/26 "2017-01-03T03:22:24Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > “Life on Mars,” by David Bowie. Tomorrow, it might be different! Mine too. ---
**Author:** ![Donpeyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Donpeyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donpeyote)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/27 "2017-01-03T03:35:15Z")
“Winter Lady” Leonard Cohen ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/28 "2017-01-03T03:39:25Z")
Bowie: Jean Genie ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/29 "2017-01-03T03:45:08Z")
[Leonard, by Merle Haggard.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZUkzcJoqUI) An absolutely amazing reflection on art, friendship, and knowing what your life’s calling is. (IIRC, the “Leonard” was noted country songwriter Tommy Collins). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/30 "2017-01-03T03:46:32Z")
Merle Haggard. Today I Started Loving You Again Easily one of the top ten country songs ever written. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aILGaYsv_bc/hqdefault.jpg "Merle Haggard - Today I Started Loving You Again") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aILGaYsv_bc) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/31 "2017-01-03T04:23:03Z")
Just to be different, I’m going with [Estupenda Graca (Amazing Grace)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccuv0Tx0c8s), featuring vocals and backing instruments by Nana Vasconcelos. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/32 "2017-01-03T04:33:50Z")
“[Everybody Cryin’ Mercy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSTtT-MBvoU)”–Mose Allison… Lots of other choices, but I had to pick one. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/33 "2017-01-03T10:40:51Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > “[Everybody Cryin’ Mercy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSTtT-MBvoU)”–Mose Allison… > > Lots of other choices, but I had to pick one. I only knew the Elvis Costello version. Thanks for posting that. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/34 "2017-01-03T10:49:05Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > “Life on Mars,” by David Bowie. Tomorrow, it might be different! Agreed with the first part for me, not with the second. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/35 "2017-01-03T13:58:05Z")
_[Mr Somewhere](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nELGwMfBt4)_ by This Mortal Coil, sung by Caroline Crawley of Shelleyan Orphan (that is Deirdre Rutkowski, not her in the album cover on youtube, [this](http://67.media.tumblr.com/48090bfdcd8063b4f85355f0706074db/tumblr_o7e2ztmcRu1r3fksvo1_500.jpg) was her) ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/36 "2017-01-03T14:17:02Z")
Argh, why must you make me choose? Alright then. Bowie: ‘Always crashing in the same car’. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/37 "2017-01-03T14:23:07Z")
It’s my opinion that Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah is simply beyond the ability of one person’s talent to write. Absolute perfection. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/38 "2017-01-03T14:47:57Z")
Too many to choose from but the one I keep coming back to this year is “it’s gonna be lonely” from “Prince”…by…er…“Prince” Utterly beautiful, tragically apt and the part where he finally starts to let loose (around 3:30) always raises goosebumps. Can’t find any link to it but if you don’t know the song and do have a passing liking for Prince then please do your eardrums a favour and get hold of it (the song or the album) ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/39 "2017-01-03T14:48:22Z")
_No Voices in the Sky_ - Motorhead ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/40 "2017-01-03T15:07:17Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > “[Everybody Cryin’ Mercy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSTtT-MBvoU)”–Mose Allison… > > Lots of other choices, but I had to pick one. I had forgotten Mose. I was going to pick Bowie’s “Suffragette City,” but I’ll switch to Allison’s “[Parchman Farm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aJjUDD1o2M).” The final line is chilling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169.md?page=3)