# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/21 "1999-08-26T01:25:00Z")
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 * * * To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/22 "1999-08-26T01:54:00Z")
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… ---
**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, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/23 "1999-08-26T02:10:00Z")
Next Tuesday afternoon is open, Cristi 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/24 "1999-08-26T03:38:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/25 "1999-08-26T04:19:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/26 "1999-08-26T04:46:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/27 "1999-08-26T15:10:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![StStella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@StStella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StStella)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/28 "1999-08-26T19:02:00Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/29 "1999-08-26T19:14:00Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/30 "1999-08-26T19:15:00Z")
STStella, i think you mean Teenage Lobotomy * * * To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. ---
**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, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/31 "1999-08-26T19:20:00Z")
Bit eclectic aren’t we, Melanie? Cristi: you bring the CDs, I’ll bring the player and…we’ll make beautiful music together 😃 You _do_ realize I’ve been dying to say this all along, right? LOL ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/32 "1999-08-27T09:11:00Z")
A partial list: ## [ul][li]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)[/ul][/li] -Ryan " ‘Ideas on Earth were badges of friendship or enmity. Their content did not matter.’ " -Kurt Vonnegut, \* Breakfast of Champions \* ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/33 "1999-08-27T13:20:00Z")
Ryan: Perhaps _Prism_ in the first case and _Robson and Jerome_ in the second? ---
**Author:** ![kanashimi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kanashimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanashimi)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/34 "1999-08-27T21:34:00Z")
How can I think of any other song now that Santana’s “Smooth” is constantly playing in the back of my mind?? * * * “With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.” - Rhett Butler ---
**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:** [August 27, 1999, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/35 "1999-08-27T21:58:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![SoxFan59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@SoxFan59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoxFan59)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/36 "1999-08-27T22:24:00Z")
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. * * * SoxFan59 “Its fiction, but all the facts are true!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/37 "1999-08-27T22:31:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 1999, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/38 "1999-08-28T05:03:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 1999, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/39 "1999-08-28T16:12:00Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 1999, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535/40 "1999-08-28T21:09:00Z")
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. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs/10535.md?page=3)