# Songs you're loving right now **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800 "2006-10-25T03:24:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/21 "2006-10-25T15:38:53Z")
“The Have Nots” by X. Also Blue Spark, Adult Books, How I learned mY Lesson. . . I’ma little obsessed with X this week. “The Weeping Song” by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Among others. Also obsessed currently with Nick Cave. “Message to you Rudy”-- Specials “Ice Cold Ice”-- Husker Du. A bit old school this week. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/22 "2006-10-25T15:44:09Z")
I recently downloaded Johnny Cash’s \*\*At Folsom Prison \*\* album after watching _Walk the Line_, so now I’m digging \*Folsom Prison Blues \* and _Cocaine Blues_. I also have Ray Charles’ \*America the Beautiful \* rattling around my head because I got to the end of the playlist on my iPod the other day and that was the last song. I listened to it a few times in a row. Damn, that’s a beautiful song. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/23 "2006-10-25T15:53:24Z")
My personal top 10. [ul] [li]_Time To Say Goodbye_ - Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli[/li][li]_Theme from “The Thorn Birds”_ - Henry Mancini[/li][li]_Polovtsian Dances_ - Alexander Borodin, from _Prince Igor_[/li][li]_Au Fond Du Temple Saint_ - George Bizet, from _The Pearlfishers_[/li][li]_There Was A Time, A Time Forever Gone_ - Gilbert & Sullivan, from _The Gondoliers_[/li][li]_The Green Leaves of Summer_ - Dmitri Tomkin, as performed by The Brothers Four[/li][li]_The Drinking Song_ - Moxy Früvous[/li][li]_In the Steppes of Central Asia_ - Alexander Borodin[/li][li]_Symphony No 3, Op.36_ - Gorecki[/li][li]_She Goes On_ - Crowded House[/li] [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/24 "2006-10-25T15:54:54Z")
“King of the Bongo” - **Robbie Williams** (It’s a Manu Chao cover song and it’s a rump shaker). “Drop of Poison” - **Tom Waits** (Off of his upcoming “Orphans” Trilogy albums which are quite awesome) “I Need More Love”- **Robert Randolph & the Family Band** (Amazing funk bass line) “Sticky Fingers” - **Strays Don’t Sleep** (Mellow song with a meditative phrasing…for some reason, when I bought this album off of iTunes they labelled this as “Spirit Fingers”) “A Chance Counsel”- **Richard Buckner** (I’ve listened to this song higher than I can count with my shoes off and I still have no idea what it’s about. The drums are too intoxicating to let my mind walk a straight line down the lyrics) “Hey Ya”- \*\*Obadiah Parker \*\* (Yup, it’s an Outkast cover and a good one at that. Check out [the video at youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM).) “David”- **Nellie McKay** (“Mister Bushie says/ ‘I’m your president/ I have lots to say’/ Hey hey hey/ And click goes the remote/ There you have my vote/ Catchin’ the next boat out of here”) “I’m Bored”- **Bonzo Dog Band** “Help the Residents” - **Imani Coppola** (“You can put two asses in the nation/ assassination…”) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/25 "2006-10-25T18:06:08Z")
I haven’t been listening to anything but audiobooks lately, but my daughter is going to make me a tape (yes, a cassette tape!) when I have chosen enough songs to fill it. So far, I have only three songs in mind: Love Is Alive - Gary Wright Captain Jack - Billy Joel One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head I’ve never heard of most of the artists in this thread, let alone the songs! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/26 "2006-10-25T18:21:17Z")
This past week I’ve listened to only 3 albums nonstop: Park’s “Building a better \_\_\_\_” album, and the “Dreamboat Annie” album by Heart. The former because I can’t get it out of my head, the latter because while I had it on tape, I just got it on CD. And I made a mix CD that starts full of earnest piano rock, but I play it in the middle in a section full of fun pop punk: Suture Self - The Loved Ones Talk of the Town - Riddlin’ Kids Blame it on the Drugs - As Fast As Red Paint - Promise Ring (okay, not _pop_, but freakin’ catchy.) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/27 "2006-10-25T18:26:19Z")
Can She Excuse My Wrongs - Sting Call Me When You’re Sober - Evanescence ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/28 "2006-10-25T19:09:00Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] “More than a Feeling” - Boston (damn you, Guitar Hero!) [/QUOTE] That’s a fun song to play isn’t it? I’m really digging “Take it off” by The Donnas because of Guitar Hero. I’m also into the new Iron Maiden “Different World”. Other then that I switch too much. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/29 "2006-10-25T21:09:37Z")
currently perseverating over: Head Like a Kite “Noisy At The Circus” ([download here](http://www.headlikeakite.com/)) The Killing Moon “Subject A” ([listen here](http://www.purevolume.com/thekillingmoon)) Placebo “Post Blue” The Raconteurs “Steady, As She Goes” Jack White and Brendan Benson, what’s not to love? Sugarcult “Pretty Girl (The Way)” Omnisoul “Not Giving Up” ([listen here](http://www.purevolume.com/omnisoul)) Faster Tiger “Krakatoa” Material Issue “Valerie Loves Me” Epic Hero “Stars” ([listen here](http://www.myspace.com/epichero)) Cartel “Settle Down” (the band is AKA Cedars, which I didn’t know until just now despite having a Cedars song on my Hard Drive) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/30 "2006-10-26T15:45:28Z")
“It’s 5 o’clock Somewhere” - Alan Jackson (I just can’t get tired of that song) “Satisfaction” - Benny Benassi (Guys have gotta see the video) “Du Hast” - Rammstein (I like the metal/dance/electronica sound) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/31 "2006-10-26T23:33:37Z")
The past couple of days have been … “Goodbye” **Kevin Shields** “Barbarossa” **Cubanate** “Ride a White Horse” **Goldfrapp** “Pure” **Lightning Seeds** “Suffer” **Echoing Green** ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/32 "2006-10-26T23:49:00Z")
**Get Myself Into I** t- The Rapture **Turn It Again** - The Red Hot Chili Peppers **Wolf Like Me** - TV On The Radio **Maps** - Yeah Yeah Yeahs **Face The Promise** - Bob Seger ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/33 "2006-10-27T02:06:19Z")
_Goodbye Yellow Brick Road_ Elton John - since reading the recent thread about the song here. _Nobody’s Baby Now_ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - I was singing this song to myself all day at work today. _Radar Love_ Golden Earring _Vera/Bring the Boys Back Home_ Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/34 "2006-10-27T02:34:09Z")
Lately, on my Myfi playlist… _Haunted (When the Minutes Drag)_ by Love & Rockets (one of the few 80’s bands IMHO who get better with a little age- mine not theirs) and revisiting _Nellie the Elephant_ cover by The Toy Dolls (my favorite dog is named after this song by my ex-drummer/boyfriend) bringing alot of memories back and it totally IS my dog Nellie’s soul in every possible way (except she’s a border collie and not an elephant). Johnny & June’s _Jackson_ is something I will never , ever get tired of and recently I’ve been loving me some Morrissey _Suedehead_ again. Yes, I’m a lame ass loser :)… I’m constantly being made fun of for not liking anyone “new”… although I do like The White Stripes \*Take, Take, Take \* ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/35 "2006-10-27T03:45:43Z")
_God Speaks of Marty Robbins_, on the new Who album. Just Pete singing and playing acoustic guitar. Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/36 "2006-10-27T06:58:53Z")
On a quick count I have never even heard of 90% of the songs here- let alone heard them. \ ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/37 "2006-10-27T07:07:49Z")
[QUOTE=Caprese] **Maps** - Yeah Yeah Yeahs [/QUOTE] That song was in my head for a solid week. I finally rid myself of it. Then someone played me **Ted Leo** ’s cover of _Since U Been Gone_, whose bridge is the chorus from _Maps_. For a few weeks after that, all I could hear in my head was **Ted Leo** singing the chorus from _Maps_. Anyway. _The Hypothesist_ - **Novillero**. If indie pop sold albums, this song would have been #1 on TRL since last June. Wow, is this bugger catchy. I just found this little band by accident, caught their show by accident, and am now accidentally in love with this song. If you have the stomach for pages that autolaunch music, it’s available to listen to on the band’s [MySpace](http://www.myspace.com/novillero) page. _Rock and Roll Rhythm_ - **Fancey**. This man is one of **The New Pornographers**. I happened to get my hands on his setlist from their last show, which made me check out his solo stuff. And this song just enchanted me. It’s free to download from the [What Are Records?](http://www.whatarerecords.com/fancey/discography.html) website. ---
**Author:** ![aclubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aclubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aclubs)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/38 "2006-10-27T07:36:47Z")
“Your Hand in Mine” - **Explosions in the Sky** A nice, melodic postrock song. A wonderful tune. “Sleep: Murray Ostril ‘They Don’t Sleep Anymore on the Beach’, Monheim, Broken Windows/Locks of Love” - **Godspeed You Black Emperor!** Sorry, but that’s actually the title. (It’s a 20 minute song broken into three parts.) A song that puts you to sleep, in a good way. If ever there was an orchestral, high-octane lullaby, this would be it. “Hypnotize” - **The White Stripes** Because I’m a sucker for the standard rock form done well. “This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I’m On This Song” - **System of a Down** The lyrics aren’t much to speak of, but the song gets in your head. “This Love” - **Pantera** A great metal song that makes you want to “throw the horns,” crack a smile, and headbang. I challenge you to walk down the street listening to this song and keep a straight face. 🙂 “Last Living Souls” - **Gorillaz** A fun little hip-hop/electronica ditty. (I don’t even know the genre.) “Nothing Better” - **The Postal Service** The best guy/girl duet song to come along in a while that I’ve seen. Cute and fun. “El Scorcho” - **Weezer** Dude falls for a half-Japanese cellist. What’s not to love? “Fearless” - **The Bravery** Yeah, I know. “Do You Want To” - **Franz Ferdinand** Cocky and over the top. But still the best song I know for getting ready to go out. (Better even than the band’s “Take Me Out.”) “Swallowed In The Sea” - **Coldplay** Coldplay at its best. Whether you like it or not. And finally, the first three tracks from **The Killers** new album. - “Sam’s Town,” “Enterlude.” and “When You Were Young” ---
**Author:** ![aclubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aclubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aclubs)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/39 "2006-10-27T07:43:51Z")
[QUOTE=Cicero] On a quick count I have never even heard of 90% of the songs here- let alone heard them. \ [/QUOTE] Don’t worry. Lots of folks (myself included) often don’t like to list well-known bands/songs because we want to be considered “cultured.” And looking back at my own list, I see that I listed two bands at the outset that almost nobody’s heard of, followed by ten bands that are relatively famous, and even then, I picked some of their more obscure songs. I only listed a song that’s gotten lots of play on the radio as quite literally my final song - “When You Were Young.” It seems I am a hypocrite. :dubious: For penance, I must confess that I also have enjoyed recently: “Toxicity” - **System of a Down** “Welcome to the Jungle” - **Guns and Roses** “Higher” - **Creed** “Good Vibrations” - **The Beach Boys** Of course, I’m obviously not pointing the accusatory snobbery finger at anyone else in this thread. 😉 There seriously are some great obscure bands out there. It’s fun to discover them. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800/40 "2006-10-27T07:53:19Z")
**Red Rain** , Peter Gabriel _So_ was one of my favorite albums as a kid - **Sledgehammer** was my favorite song - and I hadn’t heard this one in years. I actually did hear **In Your Eyes** on the radio the other day, but every so often I’d hear **Red Rain** in my mind. Today, at a very emotional point in my day, I actually heard it. What a moving, majestic song. I already had my last-ever trip to Tower Records scheduled for tonight, so I immediately decided to grab _So_, which opens with **Red Rain**. Like Paul Simon’s _Graceland_, this is one of those albums from my youth that I have almost memorized. Hearing it for the first time in more than a decade was a very cool thing. **Hey Bulldog** , The Beatles A week or two ago, I pulled out the Yellow Submarine soundtrack for the first time in a few years. I already liked this song a lot, but I am totally incapable of tiring of it. The verses are fun and bouncy, and that paranoid chorus with the combination of a surf guitar riff and the James Bond theme is just over the top. It’s a throwaway song, I guess, but it’s one of my favorite Beatles songs nonetheless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youre-loving-right-now/377800.md?page=3)