# Favorite song right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 1999, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076 "1999-12-13T10:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/1 "1999-12-13T10:55:00Z")
I’m wondering, what is your favorite song right now? For me, it is “Sleepwalk” by Santo and Johnny. It’s actually one of my all time favorites, but I recently heard it on an oldies show on the radio, and was able to tape it. ---
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/2 "1999-12-13T13:14:00Z")
“No Leaf Clover” by Metallica is stuck in my head, which is about as close to a favorite song as I get… save that “La Vida Loca” would qualify as a favorite song by that criteria. Other common stuck songs are “The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove” by Dead Can Dance, and “Close My Eyes Forever” by Ozzy and Lita. * * * [http://www.madpoet.com](http://www.madpoet.com) Computers have let mankind make mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exception of tequila and handguns. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/3 "1999-12-13T13:46:00Z")
My girls just got the Brittney Spears album from their aunt. Therefore, I’d say my favorite song is anything BUT “Hit Me Baby One More Time.” ---
**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:** [December 13, 1999, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/4 "1999-12-13T14:26:00Z")
Probably Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. I especially like Oscar Levant’s version. * * * “East is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.” – Marx Read “Sundials” in the new issue of Aboriginal Science Fiction. [www.sff.net/people/rothman](http://www.sff.net/people/rothman) ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/5 "1999-12-13T14:45:00Z")
Lodi by Creedence Clearwater Revival. But then again, that one is pretty tough to knock off in my book. * * * Well, shut my mouth. It’s also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/6 "1999-12-13T15:32:00Z")
Suddenly it’s the theme from “Shaft”… ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/7 "1999-12-13T15:53:00Z")
Song-of-the-moment: Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters. ## Song-of-all-time: Got a minute ? I could name 200 songs here… I’ll just go with this then: Rush - Red Barchetta Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/8 "1999-12-13T16:39:00Z")
Song for right now: “Why Walk When You Can Fly,” by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Song of All Time: “Show Must Go On,” by Queen. And MadPoet…I _love_ that Dead Can Dance song. Good choice! * * * “There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.” - William James ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/9 "1999-12-13T17:07:00Z")
Of current (pop) songs: Mambo #5 Of rock songs: almost anything from Rush (instrumentals like YYZ, La Villa Strangiato, and parts of Fountain of Lamneth most of all) Of classical music: Mozart ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/10 "1999-12-13T17:48:00Z")
Mary’s Little Boy Chile by Kathleen Battle/Frederica von Stade. I’ve been listening to my christmas albums! * * * Quand les talons claquent, l’esprit se vide. Maréchal Lyautey ---
**Author:** ![Derf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Derf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derf)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/11 "1999-12-13T19:58:00Z")
Santana’s “Primavera” I love it and I don’t understand a thing they’re saying. I love the whole album, Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty) & he do a kickus tune, “Smooth”. * * * “To be great is to be misunderstood” – Ralph Waldo Emerson ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/12 "1999-12-13T21:25:00Z")
At the moment, it’s “Paperbag” by Fiona Apple. * * * “…all the prettiest girls live in Des Moines…” –Jack Kerouac, _On the Road_ ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/13 "1999-12-13T21:41:00Z")
I have 3 right now: Lyin Ass Bitch by Fishbone Underwater Boys by Shriekback Dig Up Her Bones but The Misfits * * * Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph. ---
**Author:** ![Stevie\_Rave\_On](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Stevie\_Rave\_On](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stevie_Rave_On)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/14 "1999-12-13T22:16:00Z")
I recently got BB King Live at the Regal and I probably listen to the whole thing 5 times a day. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/15 "1999-12-13T22:58:00Z")
“I Burn” by The Toadies ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 1999, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/16 "1999-12-14T00:19:00Z")
Right now at this very second? _I Take My Chances_ Do I get to add a new post every time it changes? * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. “I get along well with everybody.” --I.M.F. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 1999, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/17 "1999-12-14T00:33:00Z")
ooh ooh I forgot to add “Vultures” by Oingo Boingo * * * Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph. ---
**Author:** ![\_LiZa\_JaNe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/bbce88/32.png) [@\_LiZa\_JaNe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_LiZa_JaNe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 1999, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/18 "1999-12-14T00:33:00Z")
My favorite song right now is “Two-Step 'Round the Christmas Tree” I don’t know who sings it…and if you do let me know…cuz I would really really like to find a CD that has it on…cuz I almost never get to hear it…everytime I request it…the DJ says that it was already played…and I missed hearing it ;( -'LiZa JaNe ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 1999, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/19 "1999-12-14T00:38:00Z")
Hey Derf! I love the new Santana cd album too. I have the advantage though. I actually understand what they’re saying. As for my favorite song right now, I’d have to say Jim Croce’s “Photographs and Memories.” I have 3 cd’s that I play all the time lately…Jim Croce’s Greatest Hits, Chely Wright’s _Single White Female_, and Santana’s _Supernatural_. * * * “Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 1999, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076/20 "1999-12-14T01:08:00Z")
“They’ll Need A Crane” by They Might Be Giants. Bummer: my TMBG CDs were in my changer, which is in my truck, which is in the shop following the accident. Since the radio came a-flyin’ out of my dash after the accident, there’s no power to the changer, so I can’t even eject the CD magazine. Argh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-right-now/12076.md?page=2)