# favorite songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 1999, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535 "1999-08-25T04:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/1 "1999-08-25T04:56:00Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Contestant\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Contestant\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contestant_3)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/2 "1999-08-25T05:07:00Z")
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… Contestant #3 ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/3 "1999-08-25T06:50:00Z")
…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…” ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/4 "1999-08-25T07:12:00Z")
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… * * * Brian O’Neill CMC International Records [rockuniverse.com/cmc/cmc.html](http://rockuniverse.com/cmc/cmc.html) ICQ 35294890 AIM Scrabble1 Yahoo Messenger Brian\_ONeill ---
**Author:** ![middsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@middsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middsy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/5 "1999-08-25T07:51:00Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/6 "1999-08-25T08:48:00Z")
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” ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/7 "1999-08-25T16:19:00Z")
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…? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/8 "1999-08-25T16:29:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/9 "1999-08-25T16:33:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/10 "1999-08-25T16:36:00Z")
Dave Matthews Band - “I’ll Back You Up” Rush - “2112” Sarah McLachlan - “Dear God” Moxy Fruvous - “King of Spain” Mary Chapin Carpenter - “Jubilee” ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/11 "1999-08-25T16:41:00Z")
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 * * * The moon looks on many flowers, the flowers on but one moon. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/12 "1999-08-25T20:49:00Z")
“Big Electic Cat” by Adrian Belew * * * Saint Eutychus [www.disneyshorts.org](http://www.disneyshorts.org) ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/13 "1999-08-25T20:58:00Z")
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! * * * I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest. Alexandre Dumas the Younger (1824-1895) ---
**Author:** ![kknick34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kknick34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kknick34)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/14 "1999-08-25T21:13:00Z")
The Doors - Light My Fire Led Zeppelin - Since I Been Loving You Frank Sinatra - The way you look tonite ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/15 "1999-08-25T21:42:00Z")
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 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/16 "1999-08-25T21:47:00Z")
Why, I think it’s sly and the SDMB singers! 😉 * * * “You have to laugh at yourself, because you’d cry your eyes out if you didn’t.” -Emily Saliers ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/17 "1999-08-25T21:51:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/18 "1999-08-25T23:58:00Z")
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. * * * 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 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/19 "1999-08-26T00:43:00Z")
“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 ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/20 "1999-08-26T00:54:00Z")
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 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535.md?page=2)