# What are some of your favorite songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405 "2014-04-05T12:20:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/1 "2014-04-05T12:20:55Z")
I’d eager to discover some songs I haven’t heard about. For my benefit and that of others, it’d be nice if it weren’t very well know. For example, if one of your favorite song is Hey Jude, we can safely presume that it will not be a discovery to most people. That doesn’t mean we have to go obscure for its sake. If you could provide a link to said song, preferably on Youtube, that’d be great. I’ll start with some of my own: Hydrogen: Moon [M.O.O.N. - 'Hydrogen' [Hotline Miami Soundtrack] - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNE2oCZH_4k) Skrillex: Make it bun dem: [Skrillex & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley - Make It Bun Dem [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGpzGu9Yp6Y) Daft punk : Get Lucky [Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Official Audio) ft. Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NV6Rdv1a3I) Benny Goodman: Sing sing sing ["SING, SING, SING" BY BENNY GOODMAN - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2S1I_ien6A) Carlos Gardel: Por una cabeza [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaDXkKtHr3w) ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/2 "2014-04-05T13:09:00Z")
Anita Baker - Sweet Love [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEHdYngIDuY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEHdYngIDuY) The Besnard Lakes - People of the Sticks [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRf1qIK1jhU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRf1qIK1jhU) Blackstreet - No Diggity [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KL9mRus19o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KL9mRus19o) Bob Marley - Get Up, Stand Up [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg97JiBn1kE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg97JiBn1kE) Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye - Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHQ6BW7oIvo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHQ6BW7oIvo) The Gap Band - Party Train [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFLyjyqdJVQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFLyjyqdJVQ) Stanley Clarke and George Duke - Sweet Baby [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW3OtRzBdMo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW3OtRzBdMo) The Jackson 5 - I Am Love [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C2PmYY0xDc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C2PmYY0xDc) Kool and the Gang - Summer Madness [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SFt7JHwJeg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SFt7JHwJeg) Kenny Burke - Risin’ to the Top [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xunC\_R\_TRRU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xunC_R_TRRU) Marvin Gaye - Turn on Some Music [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNlJJxjgZJQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNlJJxjgZJQ) The Miracles - Do It Baby [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J5\_X47yMoQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J5_X47yMoQ) Nujables - Arurian Dance [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9hwjQBQFIo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9hwjQBQFIo) The O’Jays - Cry Together [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsAhO8VtSIs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsAhO8VtSIs) Quincy Jones - The Secret Garden [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL77gA\_x7lE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL77gA_x7lE) Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGYpc7AuQjQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGYpc7AuQjQ) Seal - Killer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSKv2PSXfaY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSKv2PSXfaY) Dwight David - The Last Dragon [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLNBqPiPB0Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLNBqPiPB0Q) Steely Dan - Don’t Take Me Alive [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gV1sxB8TxI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gV1sxB8TxI) Stevie Wonder - That Girl [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kNEdgguxDM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kNEdgguxDM) The Temptations - (I Know) I’m Losing You [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWr\_F4Gg8sY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWr_F4Gg8sY) ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/3 "2014-04-05T13:14:52Z")
Thanks for Skrillex and Gardel. I had not heard those before and found them pretty good. These are not unknown, but perhaps little known: Sleigh bells - [Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill (Official Video) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmFgejWZjtg) Gillian Welch - [Look At Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings -BBC4 Sessions - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NPEj63d0jY) ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/4 "2014-04-05T13:35:17Z")
> [@Roundabout](#): > > [lots of funky goodness] You ninja’d me, but I have to make a suggestion. If there’s going to be a useful thread here, how about we all keep it to just our one or three best songs that we think nobody else ever heard? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/5 "2014-04-05T13:37:50Z")
2 or 3 might be too restrictive but yes, I’m afraid that if many people post 20 songs each, most people’s eyes will glaze over. Say, half a dozen? ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/6 "2014-04-05T13:53:18Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > 2 or 3 might be too restrictive but yes, I’m afraid that if many people post 20 songs each, most people’s eyes will glaze over. > > Say, half a dozen? That sounds fair. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/7 "2014-04-05T13:54:22Z")
> [@nachtmusick](#): > > You ninja’d me, but I have to make a suggestion. > > If there’s going to be a useful thread here, how about we all keep it to just our one or three best songs that we think nobody else ever heard? Yeah, I kinda went overboard. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/8 "2014-04-05T13:56:36Z")
I’ll just do one. It’s one of my all time favorites: [Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DRZLg50-vQ) by **Townes Van Zandt**. mmm ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/9 "2014-04-05T14:08:10Z")
> [@Roundabout](#): > > Yeah, I kinda went overboard. My bad. No problem. I had to click on Gap Band first, but I really like the Quincy Jones. Never heard most of those songs before. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/10 "2014-04-05T14:28:02Z")
[A Rainy Night in Georgia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDRbF80NKDU), Brook Benton [Magalenha](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stYJkLlNmsY), Sergio Mendes [Uma Casa Portuguesa](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU-Z0SiQKgU), Amalia Rodrigues [Ai Du](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTIp-KARF14), Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/11 "2014-04-05T14:41:04Z")
_Sally Go Round the Roses_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PePXnXxRGE&feature=kp](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PePXnXxRGE&feature=kp) _Lebanese Blonde_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04bg9IC9N6w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04bg9IC9N6w) _Hari Krishna_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bd5jh3SLAc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bd5jh3SLAc) _Golden_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPnWLIBO2Fo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPnWLIBO2Fo) _White Winter Hymnal_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQRS40OKNE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQRS40OKNE) _Righteously_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx1ffuDoy6I&feature=kp](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx1ffuDoy6I&feature=kp) _I’m In the Mood_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT-FoZt95D4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT-FoZt95D4) _Lila My Love_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKcxdme0UQc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKcxdme0UQc) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/12 "2014-04-05T18:08:22Z")
I tried to jump-start links to Youtube videos over in the [song lyric thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=691117), but it never caught on. Anything you Google from most any line of lyrics there will give you my faves. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/13 "2014-04-05T21:23:54Z")
So many Kesha songs that I can’t pick just one favorite. Here’s one that’s quite different from what you hear on the radio, featuring Iggy Pop: [Dirty Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lclp63qEjfE) [Learning to Fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BJXwNeKsQ) - Tom Petty (I know it’s well-known, but still it’s my favorite one of his songs.) [Kim](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4EItD1aOCI)- Eminem (warning: very violent lyrics) [No Myth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BGebtVHzM) - Michael Penn [Get Off This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbbYp7dcYFo) - Cracker [The Man Who Sold the World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8)- Nirvana’s cover of David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/14 "2014-04-06T03:46:25Z")
Warren Zevon-“Desperados Under the Eaves” The Clash-"(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais R.E.M.-“Star Me Kitten” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BMziG-rkIQ8/hqdefault.jpg "R.E.M. - Star Me Kitten | Lyrics") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMziG-rkIQ8) Pylon-“Stop It” The Velvet Underground-“The Black Angel’s Death Song” Bauhaus-“Antonin Artaud” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GsuKDoAt9dA/hqdefault.jpg "Bauhaus - Antonin Artaud") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsuKDoAt9dA) ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/15 "2014-04-06T07:01:43Z")
Pendulum - [Propane Nightmares](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04QpInkz9so) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - [Refugee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFnOfpIJL0M) Glenn Miller - [Moonlight Serenade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZQQ0vUBceM) The Tragically Hip - [Gift Shop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R7VChN-jKc) Subsonica [Istrice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-emA0Fu1Sc) Pearl Jam - [Whipping](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-b2YsGsWDw) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/16 "2014-04-06T08:58:28Z")
Since the OP included a jazz instrumental, I thought I’d throw in some more: [Feelin’ the Spirit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z85VmB0kwM) by the Luis Russell Orchestra [Back Beats](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCwQpBgkoXI) by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band [Shake It and Break It](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I-Fo_JtvtQ) by Sidney Bechet [Bucktown Stomp](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzoCoN4d4fA) by Johnny Dodds Washboard Six [I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTQHsO6N7NU) by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra [Johnny Come Lately](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkA2Fa55xXA) by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/17 "2014-04-06T09:32:12Z")
Difficult to pick only six but here goes: **Maybe I’m Amazed** -\*Jem \*version \*\*Please Please Let Me Have What I Want \*\*_The Smiths_ \*\*Corazon Espinado \*\*- _Santana with Mana_ \*\*Into the Mystic \*\*- _Van Morrison_ **The A Team** - _Ed Sheerhan_ \*\*\*\*Bobcaygeon \*\*\*\* _The Tragically Hip_ ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/18 "2014-04-06T12:10:30Z")
Woodchopper’s Ball by Woody Herman. Not done only by Woody Herman, it’s a real peppy big band song. They used to play it on The Gong Show years ago! ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/19 "2014-04-06T12:18:50Z")
This is probably too well-known a song (then again, I’m _really_ bad at judging the popularity of music) but I’ll throw in [“Fly Me to the Moon”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtFBRJFN3p8&feature=kp). Even if you’re not a Sinatra fan, something about the beginning intro and first few notes is just awesome. ETA: Oh, and I have to mention the two Paul Simon songs that contain my favorite lyrics of all time: [“Train in the Distance”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCFTHhcvRT0&feature=kp) and [“America.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCbOEZ8c8dM) ---
**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405/20 "2014-04-06T15:01:27Z")
Muma The Nightare - Buck Tick https://www.youtube.com/embed/-1wzNp0v9cU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL14EA2B14A86CFC7A Dress - Buck Tick https://www.youtube.com/embed/emVyxzM0TNE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL14EA2B14A86CFC7A Mr Darkness and Mrs. Moonlight - Buck Tick https://www.youtube.com/embed/jGwkrVLOMLE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL14EA2B14A86CFC7A Fair warning these are in Japanese [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-songs/685405.md?page=2)