# Help me pick the most "definitive" songs by each of these bands...

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> \*Originally posted by I Love Me, Vol. I \ ***You’d be commiting a musical crime if you gave your friend only one Genesis song and it was “Invisible Touch” or “In Too Deep” or some other pablum.**

What about “Hold on My Heart”? Is that okay? 😃

Seriously, **Genesis** is turning into the big roadblock here, and it’s only 2 letters away before I have to deal with it. And it’s not just the Gabriel/Collins split. I’ve been a lifelong fan since “Abacab” (when I was 14), and I know every single one of their songs by heart, except of course for the last two crap albums. And I know better than anyone else that NO individual song comes close to being their “definitive” one.

But I never thought about the “Cinema Show” medley. That has _got_ to be the ticket. I’ll have to check through all my medleys (there’s lots of them, hehe) and see which one works best!

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> \*\*I mean, would you select “Radio Ga-Ga” for Queen? \*\*

Oh! I was stuck on what to pick, but that’s PERFECT! Thank you!!  
: insert tongue-stuck-in-cheek smiley here :

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Great list, **AchimbaProphet**!

But these two are better, methinks:

**Adam Ant** - “Friend or Foe”  
**Berlin** - “The Metro”

And Britney Spears on the list? Yikes!

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> \*Originally posted by AchimbaProphet \*  
> \*\*A-Ha - Take On Me  
> Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes  
> Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing at All  
> Alanis Morrisette - Head Over Feet  
> Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider  
> Alphaville - Forever Young  
> America - Horse With No Name  
> Animals - House Of The Rising Sun  
> Arch Enemy - Ravenous  
> Barenaked Ladies - One Week  
> Bauhaus - Bela Lugosis Dead  
> Beck - Loser  
> Berlin - Take My Breath Away  
> Big Country - In A Big Country  
> Billy Idol - White Wedding  
> Billy Joel - It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me  
> Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart  
> Booker T And The MG’s - Green Onion  
> Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 GO  
> Brian Adams - Summer 0f '69  
> Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again  
> Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is  
> Buffalo Springfield - For What It’s Worth  
> Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star  
> Cake - The Distance  
> Cars - Just What I Needed  
> Chris Issack - Wicked Game  
> Clannad - Theme From Harry’s Game  
> Commodores - Brick House  
> Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night  
> Counting Crows - Mr. Jones  
> Creed - With Arms Wide Open  
> Crowded House - Don’t Dream Its Over  
> Cypress Hill - Insane in the Membrane  
> \*\*

Believe it or not, every one of those is on my Need-It List, on mp3, on a compilation of some sort (boy did THOSE get useless after P2P went mainstream…), or already slated for inclusion (Adam Ant, Buggles, Morisette, and I might toss in Britney, too. LOL.)

As for all you guys posting your own lists…geez, you’re making me wish I could afford to run out and buy them all right now. :mad: My brother’s already coming over tomorrow to lend me his Jimi Hendrix, Dread Zeppelin, N.W.A. and Public Enemy discs…

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**Darth** – not to hijack again, but I could have sworn that “Physical” was originally a Gary Newman song… I’ve been wrong before, however. 🙂

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If you’re going to use “A Day In the Life” for the Beatles, try to use the mix that’s on the _Imagine_ soundtrack (it’s about 5:07). It doesn’t fade in from the “Sgt. Pepper’s” reprise or have the weird stuff at the end.

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> \*Originally posted by RawkStah \*  
> \*\ ***Darth** – not to hijack again, but I could have sworn that “Physical” was originally a Gary Newman song… I’ve been wrong before, however. 🙂 \*\*

I said:

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> Trent did two covers on the “Broken” EP. The other one was “Physical”

I didn’t mean that it was a Pigface song, just that it was the other cover tune.  
IIRC, “Physical” was an Adam Ant tune.

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> **Eurythmics** - something from their best-of (all I got) - any ideas?

How can this be anything but “Sweet Dreams”?

A few other suggestions:

Alice Cooper: Personally I’d go for “I’m Eighteen” myself.

ELP: “Karn Evil 9” for it’s lyrical kick assery alone.

And for I still think “Riders on the Storm” is classic Doors if you want to stay away from “Light My Fire.”

And if Queen’s big three are out have you considered “Bicycle”?

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Well, “Karn Evil 9” is kinda long, unless I just use the “hit single” part, in which case it’s too short. 🙂 I’m still on D though (amazing how many thrash/death/speed/kill/doom metal bands there are that start wtih D!) so I’ve got time left to worry about it.

Alice Cooper’s “Welcome to my Nightmare” is a tactical necessity since it’s the only album I own by him, but like I said earlier, I would have chosen it no matter what.

Everyone keeps saying “Riders on the Storm” for the Doors (on the other board, too) but I just don’t see it as their “signature” song – I’m highly tempted to use the full-length “Lizard King”, which shows off Morrison’s poetry better than most other songs. Either that, or “The End”. Or the wonderful post-Morrison classic, “I’m Horny I’m Stoned” 🙂 j/k

Queen’s definitely gonna “Bohemian Rhapsody” On closer inspecition, it’s got ALL the Queen trademarks: piano ballad beginning, totally whacked-out center, and a kick-ass rock finale.

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Back to the Beatles: Earlier, you mentioned that you only had the White album, and you were going pick “Why Don’t We Do it in the Road” to mess with his head. Why not go all out? Why not “Revolution #9”?

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**lookninjas** – I’m sinister, but not downright EVIL! 😃

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Offspring - “All I Want”

Pink Floyd - “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”

Dire Straits - “Telegraph Road”

Eagles - “Desperado”

Golden Earring - “Radar Love”

Peter Gabriel - “Red Rain”

Garbage - “Only Happy When It Rains”

Enya - “China Roses”

Tool - “The Grudge”

The Corrs - “Only When I Sleep” - This song gives me a hard-on every time I hear it.

Alan Parsons Project - “Turn Of A Friendly Card”

Metallica - “One”

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Just got some donations from my brother…

**Journey** “Wheel in the Sky” (Good thing, I only had the sucky live version.)

**N.W.A.** “Straight Outta Compton” – no, not “Fuck the Police”, that’s pratically a comedy song now, esp. after Cop Killer…

**Public Enemy** “Fight the Power” - Far and away the greatest AND most definitive rap song. Ever.

**Dread Zeppelin** - heh, I’ve been twisting his arm for this one (“5,000,000”) for years. 'Course, now I gotta pick one somehow…

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**Author:** ![AchimbaProphet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@AchimbaProphet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AchimbaProphet)\
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> \*Originally posted by KGS \*  
> **Dread Zeppelin** - heh, I’ve been twisting his arm for this one (“5,000,000”) for years. 'Course, now I gotta pick one somehow… \*\*

Whole Lotta Love! Led Zepplin in an Elvis reggae kinda way. Great stuff.

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Hmm, thread’s starting to die, better kickstart it with the F-G’s I picked:

Faith No More - Epic  
Falco - Zuviel Hitze (or Der Kommissar?)  
Fates Warning - At Fates Hands  
Fear Factory - Zero Signal  
Fields of the Nephilim - Preacher Man  
Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot  
The Firm - Radioactive (or Midnight Moonlight)  
The Fixx - Deeper and Deeper, or One Thing Leads to Another, or Stand or Fall, or…  
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain  
A Flock of Seagulls - You Can Run (although Space Age Love Song is a more popular choice)  
Flotsam & Jetsam - No Place for Disgrace  
Foghat - Slow Ride  
Foo Fighters - Everlong (or Monkey Wrench)  
Foreigner - Juke Box Hero  
Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way  
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax, or Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Two Tribes isn’t really their “definitive” style)  
Fudge Tunnel - any suggestions? (I have them all)

Peter Gabriel - tossup between Biko or Solsbury Hill  
The Gap Band - Burn Rubber  
The J. Geils Band - Flamethrower  
Genesis - In the Cage/Cinema Show/Slippermen/Afterglow medley from “3 Sides live”  
David Gilmour - Murder  
Godflesh - Devastator/Mighty Trust Krusher (still considering others)  
Golden Earring - Radar Love  
Grand Funk Railroad - Closer to Home/I’m Your Captain  
Grateful Dead - Truckin’  
Great White - Once Bitten Twice Shy (yeah it’s a cover, but my other choice was “Face the Day” which is ALSO a cover…)  
Keith Green - How Can They Live Without Jesus?  
Green Day - still considering, but I like **RawkStah** ’s suggestion of “Brain Stew/Jaded”  
Grim Reaper - See You in Hell  
GTR - Jekyll and Hyde  
Guns n Roses - November Rain (this is a lock)

**AchimbaProphet** , the CD my brother gave me didn’t have “Whole Lotta Love”, so I downloaded it but really wasn’t impressed with it. However the AMG suggested “Heartbreaker (Down at the end of Lonely Street)” so now I’m waiting to d/l that one (gee I hope no mods are reading this!!)

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I love all of Dread Zepplins stuff, even their original works. I always felt that Whole Lotta Love really personified who they are. You really can’t go wrong with any track 🙂

Some missed recommendations.

Face To Face - Disappointed  
Failure - Stuck On You  
Faithless - Take The Long Way Home  
Far - Mother Mary  
Fastbacks - Swallow My Pride  
Fastball - The Way  
FatBoy Slim - The Rockefeller Skank  
Feeder - High  
Fenix TX - All My Fault  
Finch - Letters To You  
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy  
Finger Eleven - Drag You Down  
Fiona Apple - Fast As You Can  
Flaming Lips - She Don’t Use Jelly  
Flaw - Payback  
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies  
Fluke - Atom Bomb  
Folk Implosion - Natural One  
Frankie Valli - Grease  
Fuel - Shimmer  
Fugazi - Waiting Room  
Fugees - Fu Gee La  
Full Devil Jacket - Stain  
Fun Lovin’ Criminals - Scooby Snacks

Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains  
Gary Lewis & The Playboys - This Diamond Ring  
Gavin Rossdale - Adrenaline  
Geggy Tahh - Whoever You Are  
Gene Loves Jezebel - Jealous  
George Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue  
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord  
George Michael - Faith  
George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone  
Ghetto Boys - Gangster Of Love  
Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy  
Girl Trouble - Gonna Find a Cave  
Glass Tiger - Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone  
Gloria Gayner - I Will Survive  
Go-Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed  
God Lives Underwater - From Your Mouth  
Godsmack - Awake  
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris  
Goodness - Superwise  
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood  
Gravity Kills - Guilty  
Green Apple Quick Step - Stars  
Green Day - Prosthetic Head  
Green Day - The Grouch  
Green River - Hangin’ Tree  
Greyboy Allstars - Grey Royale  
Groove Armada - I See You Baby  
Grotus - Clean  
Guadalcanal Diary - Cattle Prod  
Guess Who - American Woman

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Hammerbox - When 3 is 2  
Handsome Devil - Makin’ Money  
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta  
Haste - Confessions Of A Lesser Known Saint  
Hatebreed - I Will Be Heard  
Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny  
Heart - Crazy On You  
Helmet - Unsung  
Henry Mancini - Pink Panther Theme  
Henry Rollins Band - Low Self Opinion  
Heptones - Book Of Rules  
Hive - Ultrasonic Sound  
Hole - Violet  
Home Grown - We Are Dumb  
Hoobastank - Pieces  
Hooverphonic - Battersea  
House Martins - Happy Hour  
House Of Pain - Jump Around  
Howard Jones - No One Is To Blame  
Huey Lewis And The News - Heart Of Rock N Roll  
Human League - Don’t You Want Me  
I Mother Earth - Rain Will Fall  
Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day  
Icicle Works - Whisper To A Scream  
If Hope Dies - Winter Of Our Discontent  
Iggy Pop And The Stooges - Search And Destroy  
Ill Nino - What Comes Around  
Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness  
Imperial Teen - Yoo Hoo  
In Pieces - Reasons Held Within  
Incubus - Pardon Me  
Indigo Girls - Closer To Fine  
Information Society - Think  
Insolence - Natural High  
INXS - Need You Tonight  
Irish Rovers - Donald Where’s Your Trousers  
Isis - The Other  
Isley Brothers - Its Your Thing

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Rancid – Tough call. “Olympia, WA”, “Brad Logan” or “Roots Radicals”

Rollins Band – “Low Self Opinion”. No question.

Ween – “LMLYP”, anything off of _The Mollusk_, “The Homo Rainbow” or “The HIV Song”

Rocket From The Crypt – “Born In '69” or “Glazed”

Rev. Horton Heat – “Liquor, Beer and Wine” or any song about Jimbo

Atari Teenage Riot – “Sick To Death”, the only song that has ever scared the hell out of me

They Might Be Giants – “Dr. Worm”, “The End of The Tour”, “I Palindrome I”, “See The Constellation” or the entire _Flood_ album

Daniel Johnston – “Casper”, “Casper the Friendly Ghost” or “Lousy Weekend”

Frank Black – “Los Angeles” or “Headache”

The Pixies – I’d go with “Debaser”, but anything would be good.

The Beetles – “Letter B” (trust me on this one)

NWA – “Fuck Tha Police”

Belle and Sebastian – “This Is Just a Modern Rock Song” or “The Boy with the Arab Strap”. Fans more hardcore than I will disagree.

Beatallica – “The Thing That Should Not Let It Be”

Operation Ivy – “Knowledge”. Maybe “No More Bad Times”. Nah. “Knowledge” is the one.

Tom Waits – “Innocent When You Dream”

Public Enemy – “Fight The Power”

Public Enemy and Anthrax – “Bring The Noise” 🙂

The Dixie Cups – “Iko Iko”. AFAIK, the only minimalist song to hit the Top 40

The Shangri-Las – “(Remember) Walking in The Sand”

The Jaynettes – “Sally Go 'Round the Roses”. Good GOD, what a great song.

Ike and Tina Turner – “River Deep, Mountain High”. Phil Spector’s Best. Work. Ever.

Radiohead – Pre-_OK Computer_: “Fake Plastic Trees” or “Just”. Post-_OK Computer_: “Paranoid Android”, or “No Surprises”

Strong Bad – “Everybody To The Limit” or “Techno”

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> \*Originally posted by AchimbaProphet \*  
> \*\*Imperial Teen - Yoo Hoo  
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Gotta disagree. I’d go with “You’re One”

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Uh, guys? Re-read the part of my OP about not hijacking this thread into generic “favorite songs by favorite bands” lists. I’m making this compilation for a friend based on my personal collection, so I wish to be Lord And Master of this thread. 😃

Your lists are interesting, though (and helpful for keeping this thread bumped.) For instance:

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> George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone  
> Helmet - Unsung  
> Human League - Don’t You Want Me  
> Public Enemy – “Fight The Power”

I’ve got these, and your choices are the same as mine. (I was even thinking of using the PE/Anthrax track as a bonus, lol.)

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> Ghetto Boys - Gangster Of Love  
> Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day

My brother had these, but unfortunately they were stolen by his crooked ex-roommate. ☹ (And yes, “Gangster of Love” was the Steve Miller version, which got banned for copyright reasons…) If I had any Ice Cube solo, though, I’d go for “We Had to Tear This Muthafucka Up”

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> Heart - Crazy On You

I’m going with “Barracuda” here.

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> NWA – “Fuck Tha Police”

Good choice, and you’d _think_ it’s their signature song, but I disagree; “Straight Outta Compton” is the one. It’s practically the theme song for gangsta rap in general. (And after “Cop Killer”, “Fuck the Police” seems downright tame.)

“Low Self Opinion” is the Rollins Band’s best song? Thanks for telling me, now I know _never_ to buy any of their albums. 😉 Bleh.

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-the-most-definitive-songs-by-each-of-these-bands/179554/80 "2003-06-07T14:56:04Z")

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Nice choices for F and G. I especially like Filter with “Hey Man Nice Shot.”

I know people like to be different, but how can the Green Day choice not be from Dookie? “Brain Stew/Jaded” is nice, but what about “Welcome to Paradise”, “Basketcase”, “Longview”, or “The Secret Song (I Was All By Myself)” 😉 ?

And in the Peter Gabriel toss up I’d say “Solsbury Hill”

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