Mississippi Queen- Mountain
Train Kept A Runnin’- Aerosmith
Green Grass & high Tides- The Outlaws
Magic Carpet Ride- Steppenwolf
(I Just Wanna) Celebrate- Rare Earth
Gimme Some Lovin’- Spencer Davis Group
Just off the top of my head.
Plenty of songs I never get tired of listening to but unfortunately they tend to not be the ones that make it on the air, with the exception of nearly anything by Pink Floyd.
But in the past 10 years the only song that’s made it on the radio and was well-played that I didn’t get totally sick of is Voodoo by Godsmack. Which is one of the few instances of a band I originally thought sucked coming out later with a great song.
Graceland - the whole Paul Simon album
Passion - the whole Peter Gabriel album
The Hymn of Ordinary Motion Edgar Meyer, Russ Barenberg & Jerry Douglas
Slow Turning, Circle Back, Woman Sawed In Half and many more John Hiatt
Cold Hands, Warm Heart Brendon Benson
** Beyond Belief** Elvis Costello
Skateaway Dire Straits
standing in the shower… thinkin’ Jane’s Addiction
most of acoustic Leo Kottke
and many, many more, including lots of seconds from above
Nine Inch Nails: Right Where It Belongs and Hurt (although the Johnny Cash cover is even better.)
Tool: Lateralis, Third Eye and Parabol/Parabola
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here, and Us And Them
Pearl Jam: Rearviewmirror and Yellow Ledbetter
Led Zepplin: Over The Hills And Far Away
A Perfect Circle: Passive
Just a few that I can listen to almost every single day…
Love Will Tear Us Apart- Joy Division
Roads- Portishead
Whispering Grass- The Ink Spots
Some Kind of Wonderful- The Drifters
The Wind- Cat Stevens
Lovely Rita- The Beatles
Maybe Not- Cat Power
Too many Led Zeppelin songs to mention
Jackson - Johnny & June Cash
Bad - U2
The Passenger - Iggy Pop or Siouxsie Sioux- both versions are great.
*Born Slippery * - Underworld
This Is Not A Love Song - Public Image, LTD
Rushholme Ruffians - The Smiths
Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline
*Ball & Chain * , Try , Trouble in Mind - Janis Joplin
Add it Up - Violent Femmes
Cecilia - Paul Simon
Jellyfish Heaven - The Dead Milkmen
Nellie The Elephant - The Toy Dolls (my favorite dog’s name is Nellie the Elephant)
Sweet Dreams - The Eurothymics
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
RESPECT - Aretha Franklin
“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” by CSN
“My Man Is Gone” by Miles Davis
thats about it.
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Al Last - Etta James
Guys and Dolls - Bobby Darin
Makin’ Whoopee - Dr. John
Iko Iko - Cindy Lauper
Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
I thought About You - Frank Sinatra
Magic Man - Heart
String of Pearls - Glenn Miller
Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp
,among others
Caravan Van Morrison from The Band’s Last Waltz album
Wild Horses Rolling Stones from Stripped
Brownsville Girl, Visions of Johanna, Desolation Row Bob Dylan. The latter two from the 1966 concert from Albert Hall.
Music of the Night Michael Crawford from the Phantom of the Opera
The Wall of Death, Richard and Linda Thompson
oops, posted before I was finished…
The 4th of July, X
Already In A Daydream (live version), Freddy Jones Band
What It Is, Mark Knopfler
Anna Begins, Counting Crows
She Don’t Love Nobody, Nick Lowe
Sun On The Moon, James Taylor
The Real One, Marti Jones
No Rain by Blind Melon
Add It Up by Violent Femmes
Creep by radiohead
Hurt from Johnny Cash
and for some reason, Birdhouse in your Soul by They Might Be Giants
Inside Out - Eve 6
Bikage - Decendents
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
This Is Radio Clash - The Clash
Anything, Anything - Dramarama
Surrender - Cheap Trick
It’s Tricky - Run-DMC
Stand And Deliver - Adam & the Ants
Leave The Biker - Fountains Of Wayne
Don’t Beat My Ass With A Baseball Bat - Goo Goo Dolls
Supernova - Liz Phair
Police Truck - The Dead Kennedys
Party At Ground Zero - Fishbone
Bring The Noise - Public Enemy
American Girl - Tom Petty
Write It On Your Hand - Marvelous 3
Tommy the Cat - Primus
Goodbye For Now - Suicide Machines
Geez…that was a much longer list than I thought it would be.
Let Go by Frou Frou
Bluebeard by Cocteau Twins
Sail Away by David Gray
Crystal Village 2 by Pete Yorn
High Roller by The Crystal Method
Saints & Angels by Sara Evans
“All I Know”–Art Garfunkel
“I Honestly Love You”–Olivia Newton-John
“Magic”–Olivia Newton-John
“Vincent”–Don McLean
“Wonderful Tonight”–Eric Clapton
“South City Midnight Lady”–The Doobie Brothers
“Another Park, Another Sunday”–The Doobie Brothers
“You Are So Beautiful”–Joe Cocker
“The Rose”–Bette Midler
“The Last Resort”–The Eagles
“Desperado”–The Eagles
“I Can’t Tell You Why”–The Eagles
“Bargain”–The Who"
“Song is Over”–The Who
“Wild Horses”–The Rolling Stones
“Angie”–The Rolling Stones
“Stairway to Heaven”–Led Zeppelin
I forgot Ana ng by TMBG. When I bought the best of a couple months back, mainly for that song, I don’t think it’s an overestimation to say that I played it more than 100 times that weekend.
Genesis Hall - Fairport Convention
Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
The New St. George - Richard Thompson
Long, Long Time - Linda Ronstadt
When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Goin’ Down - Bruce Springsteen
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
American Pie - Don McLean
Gaudete - Steeleye Span
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
The Wind - Cat Stevens
Lay Down - The Strawbs
Time After Time - Cindi Lauper
I Can See for Miles - The Who
“Slave to Love” Bryan Ferry
“Love Resurrection” Alison Moyet
“Preacher Man” Dusty Springfield
Entire “New Gold Dreams” album, Simple Minds
“She Blinded Me with Science” Thomas Dolby
90% of Annie Lennox’s catalog
89% of Talk Talk’s catalog
“Time (Clock of the Heart)” Culture Clash
Yup, New Waver from the '80s, dude!
Hmmm, Stoney End by Babs is a definite, and I haven’t heard it in ages. Plus I’m not a huge Babs fan to begin with, but that one’s an amazing slice of white girl soul.
Yeah. So others:
Equinox – John Coltrane
Mas y Mas – Los Lobos
Suavecito – Malo
Moonchild – Cibo Matto
Summertime – Artie Shaw
Spoonful – Howlin’ Wolf
Reasons – Earth, Wind & Fire
Cruisin’ – Smokey Robinson
Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
The Way You Dream – 1 Giant Leap
To rephrase the OP…although all the songs ony m iTunes playlist are favorites, there are some songs that pop up (when on “random”) that make me say “Yay! I love this song!”
Here I Am Baby - Al Green
Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King
Whipping Post – Allman Bros.
Do Your Thing – Basement Jaxx
You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Mack the Knife – Bobby Darrin
B-A-B-Y – Carla Thomas
Knock on Wood – Eddie Floyd
What Is and What Should Never Be – Led Zeppelin
Dear Prudence – Beatles
Late in the Evening – Paul Simon
Everybody’s Everything – Santana
Don’t Leave Me This Way – Thelma Houston
Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon. (I always sing the "awwwrooooooo"s)