# Songs I Never, Ever Get Tired Of

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [August 15, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130 "2005-08-15T19:05:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/1 "2005-08-15T19:05:21Z")

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_Alison_, by Elvis Costello

_Moonlight Mile_, by the Stones

_I Am Yours_, by Derek and the Dominoes

_Soul Sacrifice_, by Santana

_Sing Sing Sing_, by Benny Goodman

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/2 "2005-08-15T19:14:24Z")

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_Children Of The Revolution_, by T. Rex  
_Hurt Bird Bath_, by Umphrey’s McGee  
_Juke Box Hero_, by Foreigner  
_Nights On Broadway_, by The Bee Gees  
_Raspberry Beret_, by Prince  
_Blackened_, by Metallica  
_Baker Street_, by Gerry Rafferty  
_Goodbye Seventies_, by Yaz  
_More Than Human_, by White Zombie

… And so many more

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_Free Ride_, by Edgar Winter  
_Tell Me Something Good_, by Chaka Khan and Rufus

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/4 "2005-08-15T19:26:57Z")

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Cry if you want to - by the Holly Cole Trio.

And, while this is not a _song_, it is music related:

Pachabel’s Cannon in D minor

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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/5 "2005-08-15T19:51:45Z")

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_On Broadway_, George Benson  
_Fields of Gold_, Eva Cassidy  
_I’ve Got You Under My Skin_, Frank Sinatra  
_Better Not Look Down_, B B King  
_Late in the Evening_, Paul Simon  
_Sir Duke_, Stevie Wonder  
_Take Five_, Dave Brubeck  
_While Sheep May Safely Graze_, Bach

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/6 "2005-08-15T20:01:28Z")

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> [@DeVena](#):
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> _On Broadway_, George Benson

Ooh, excellent one!

And another I need to add:

_'Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers_, by Jeff Beck

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/7 "2005-08-15T20:17:06Z")

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_I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry_, by Hank Williams

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/8 "2005-08-15T20:29:37Z")

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_Stormy Monday_ – Allman Brothers Band Live at Fillmore East

_Summer Wind_ – Sinatra

_Rainin’ in My Heart_ – Buddy Holly

_No More Blues_ – **Dizzy Gillespie on the French Riviera**

Plus some already mentioned by **DeVena** and **F. U. Shakespeare**

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/9 "2005-08-15T20:53:49Z")

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\*Asimbonanga (Mandela)- \* Johnnie Clegg and Savuka  
_Moonlight Mile-_ Rolling Stones **Twickster** we may be soulmates!  
_Landslide_ and _Gold Dust Woman_- Fleetwood Mac  
\*The Thrill Is Gone \* - B.B. King  
_The Boys of Summer_- Don Henley  
_Suzanne_ and _Dance Me to the of Love_- Leonard Cohen  
_Jersey Girl_- Tom Waits  
_Just Another Morning_ and _Once In A Blue Moon_- Nanci Griffith  
_Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner_- Warren Zevon  
_I Wasn’t Born To Follow_- The Byrds  
_Mr. Tambourine Man_ and _Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues_- Bob Dylan  
_The End_- The Doors

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/10 "2005-08-15T21:52:58Z")

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Come Together - The Beatles  
I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide - ZZ Top  
Downtown Lucy (aka Downtown Suzie) - The Rolling Stones  
I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds  
Game Of Love - The Mindbenders  
Got My Mojo Workin’ - Muddy Waters  
I’ve Got The Sun In The Morning - Les Brown Orchestra, Doris Day vocal  
Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley  
No Matter What - Badfinger  
One Hell Of A Woman - Mac Davis  
Venus - The Shocking Blue  
Dreidel - Don McLean  
This One - Paul McCartney  
Walk That Walk - David Clayton Thomas  
Randy Scouse Git - The Monkees  
She’s Electric - Oasis  
The Swingin’ Shepherd Blues - Moe Koffman  
Emotional Weather Report - Tom Waits  
I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth  
Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin - Sly & The Family Stone  
The WASP (Texas Radio & The Big Beat) - The Doors  
Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold  
Ka Ding Dong - The Diamonds  
Everything Works If You Let It - Cheap Trick  
Pulling Mussels From The Shell - Squeeze  
Another Nail In My Heart - Squeeze  
Cry - Godley & Creme  
Heartbroken Bopper - The Guess Who  
(You Need Meat) Don’t Go No Further - The Doors  
Cheap Sunglasses - ZZ Top  
Stoney End - Barbra Streisand  
Baby Strange - T. Rex  
Elephant Talk - King Crimson  
Battlescar - Max Webster & Rush  
Molina - Creedence Clearwater Revival  
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf  
(Make Me Do) Anything You Want - A Foot In Coldwater  
I Gotta Sing Away These Blues - Doris Day  
Shambala - Three Dog Night

etcetera

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The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

Ballroom Blitz - Sweet

Still Haven’t Found What I’m Lookin’ For - U2

Jeans On - Keith Urban

Nah ! - Shania Twain

Mony Mony - Billy Idol

Me And You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo

The Night Chicago Dies - Paper Lace

American Pie - Don McLean

Never Been To Spain - Three Dog Night

Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor

I Can’t Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt

Matthew - John Denver

Heart of the Matter - Don Henley

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

I Need A Hero - Bonnie Tyler

Save a Horse , Ride a Cowboy - Big N Rich

Tube Snake Boogie - ZZ Top

Song For The Lonely - Cher

We Will Rock You - Queen

My taste in music is widely varied . 😃

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/12 "2005-08-15T23:26:04Z")

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“September Gurls”, Big Star  
“(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais”, The Clash  
“Knock on Wood”, Eddie Floyd  
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered”, Stevie Wonder  
“Start”, The Jam  
“You Just Haven’t Earned it Yet Baby”, Kirsty MacColl  
“Feel a Whole Lot Better”, Flamin’ Groovies  
“Cath”, The Bluebells  
“Suspicious Minds”, Elvis Presley  
“When Lightning Starts”, The Three O’Clock  
“Watch Your Step”, Elvis Costello  
“But It’s Alright”, J.J. Jackson  
“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”, The Temptations  
“Starry Eyes”, The Records  
“Surrender to the Rhythm”, Brinsley Schwarz  
“96 Tears”, ? and the Mysterians

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/13 "2005-08-15T23:31:18Z")

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_Desperado_ and _Take It to the Limit_, The Eagles.

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what becomes of the broken-hearted - Jimmy Ruffin  
If you could read my mind - Gordon Lightfoot  
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra  
to sir with love - Lulu  
midnight train to georgia - Gladys Knight & the pips  
Annabelle - Gillian welch  
Heroes - Bowie  
train in vain - Clash  
who the cap fit - bob marley  
la jolie blonde - by anyone…Zachary Richard is my fav though  
preacher man - Dusty Springfield  
Angry all the time - Bruce Robison  
Please come to Boston - David Loggins  
Canadian Sunset - Dean Martin  
Never Gonna Fall in Love again - Eric Carmen  
Alone Again (Naturaly) - Gilbert O’Sullivan  
So many rivers to cross, sitting in limbo - Jimmy Cliff  
latest version of ‘Both sides Now’ off the “Love Actually” soundtrack - Judy Collins  
Mirror in the Bathroom - English Beat  
Nashville - Indigo Girls  
Baltimore - Tamlins  
This Can’t be Life - Wild Colonials

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A few additions to some of the above off the top of my head…

_A Day in the Life_ - Beatles

_So What?_ - Miles Davis

_Eyes of the World_ - Grateful Dead

_Icy Blue Heart_ - John Hiatt

_Comfortably Numb_ - Pink Floyd

_Jammin’_ - Bob Marley

_Industrial Disease_ - Dire Straits

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/16 "2005-08-16T00:25:54Z")

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John Lennon- **Imagine**  
**Battle Evermore** & \*\*Stairway to heaven \*\* together.  
\*\*Kashmir \*\*  
**Wish You were here** (Floyd) and many others  
\*\*Sing Sing Sing \*\*  
\*\*Rhaspody in Blue \*\* (Gershwin)  
\*\*Guinnevere \*\* (CSN)  
**Wooden Ships** (CSN)  
Louis Armstrong’s \*\*What a Wonderful World \*\* ( I don’t know why but his version is special)  
\*\*So This is Christmas \*\* (Lennon)  
\*\*John Barleycorn \*\* (Traffic)  
Abbot & Costello - **Who’s on first**  
\*\*Peter Gunn Theme \*\* (ELP or Blues Brothers) god I was addicted to spy hunter  
Bob Dylan - **Tangled up in Blue** & **The Times They Are A-Changin’**  
Bob Marley - **Redemption Song**  
Bobby Darin - **Beyond the Sea**  
Frank Sinatra - **New York, New York**  
Crosby Stills Nash and Young - **Deja Vu**  
Dexy’s Midnight Runners - **Come On Eileen \*\* (even I don’t know why)  
 Cathedral \*\* (graham nash)  
Indigo Girls - Uncle Johns Band  
jefferson airplane - Volunteers & White Rabbit  
yes - Close to the Edge  
Yes - I’ve Seen All Good People  
Metallica-Enter Sandman  
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley  
Black Sabbath Iron\_Man  
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody  
Queen - We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions  
Beatles - Here Comes the Sun  
Glenn Miller - In the Mood**  
**Whipping Post** Allmans  
**Story Of Bo Diddley** Animals  
**House of the Rising Sun** Animals  
\*\*Minnie The Moocher \*\* Cab Calloway  
**All Along The Watchtower** Jimi  
**Space Oddity** Bowie  
\*\*Hush \*\* Deep Purple  
**american pie** Don McLean  
\*\*Across The Universe \*\* Fiona Apple or Beatles  
**The Light Dies Down On Broadway** Genesis  
**One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer** George Thorogood  
**Day By Day** Godspell  
**Jump in The Line** Harry Belafonte  
**Dream A Little Dream For Me** Mamas And The Papas  
peter gabriel - **solsbury hill**  
**All Star** Smash Mouth (My son calls this the Shrek Song)  
Stevie Ray Vaughn **The House Is A Rockin’**  **sky is crying**  
Talking Heads - **Psycho Killer**  
\*\*Hobbit On The Rocks \*\* Toad the Wet Sprocket  
Zz Top - **La Grange**  
**In The Year 2525** Zager & Evans  
The Who - **Won’t Get Fooled Again** and many others

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**Reach Out** and **Bernadette** – The Four Tops

**The Lady and the Unicorn** – John Renbourn

**Room to Move** – John Mayall

**Think** – Aretha Franklin

**Come All Ye** – Fairport Convention

**John Barleycorn Must Die** – Traffic

**Windy and Warm** – Doc Watson

**Uncle John’s Band** – The Grateful Dead

**Hallelujah** – Leonard Cohen

**Coming Back to Me** – Jefferson Airplane

**Rainy Night House** – Joni Mitchell

**Mary** – Patty Griffin

and of course **Koeeoaddi There** by The Incredible String Band 🙂  
Cool thread, **twicks**.

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**Desperadoes Under the Eaves** - Warren Zevon

Actually, the entire first two albums Warren Zevon put out, **Warren Zevon** and **Excitable Boy**. I’d guess I’ve listened to each one at least 500 times.

**Sam Stone** - John Prine  
**Hello in There** - John Prine

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_Tiny Dancer_ - **Elton John**

_Firewoman_ - **The Cult**

_You’ve got another think comin’_ - **Judas Priest**

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-never-ever-get-tired-of/317130/20 "2005-08-16T01:17:22Z")

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> [@The Big Cheese](#):
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> If you could read my mind - Gordon Lightfoot  
> many rivers to cross, - Jimmy Cliff

And lots of other seconds from some of the other lists, too!

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