# What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter A? See rules in OP \[Final Poll Added\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [December 16, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671 "2023-12-16T01:21:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/141 "2023-12-19T15:38:10Z")
Personally I find “Jealous” by Labrinth (released 2014) to be not just a poignant song but a beautifully well-constructed one, and I say that as someone who doesn’t find most of his oeuvre particularly interesting. Barely got noticed in the poll. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/142 "2023-12-19T19:00:16Z")
According to the world-famous **Ponch8 Music Rating System** , “All Along the Watchtower” is the best song. Whatever crap Pink Floyd puts out is always dead-ass last. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/143 "2023-12-19T19:30:43Z")
Huh? Free Bird wasn’t done by Pink Floyd. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/144 "2023-12-20T03:02:15Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > If you’re only talking pop music, then yes. Pop music has always sucked, including the pop music of your youth Fair points. I agree to an extent. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/145 "2023-12-20T03:03:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > So there are a lot of good songs about that have been made recently, but they may not have been heard by most people or indeed been enjoyed by a majority of people who did hear them because they are niche. True, that’s surely part of it. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/146 "2023-12-20T03:11:20Z")
Without a doubt the finalists are all great songs. But, as specified in the thread title(s), they’re not _favorites_ of mine. In this poll, as with most of the finals I end up voting for the ones I like slightly better than the others. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/147 "2023-12-20T03:35:50Z")
That was rough. I hated to leave out Aquarius and Ain’t No Sunshine. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/148 "2023-12-20T03:36:38Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > If you’re only talking pop music, then yes. Pop music has always sucked, including the pop music of your youth. In 1966 California dreamin was #1. 1968 it was Hey Jude. Never say “always”, as there are _always_ exceptions. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/149 "2023-12-20T04:00:08Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > > [@scabpicker](#): > > > > If you’re only talking pop music, then yes. Pop music has always sucked, including the pop music of your youth > > Fair points. I agree to an extent. Hey, I was completely liberated the day I realized that a lot of what I listened to was crap, and yet I still liked it (I’m a complete prostitute for wild production). Around the same time I realized that I didn’t really enjoy a lot of stuff whether or not I understood its artistic value. Sometimes my perspective might change, but no justification is really necessary for not liking stuff. So I just started to listen to anything anyone suggested. Sometimes I love it and it becomes part of what I listen to all the time, sometimes I don’t listen to it much at all. I started with that mindset before the internet had everything available at your fingertips (and I’ll still surf terrestrial radio), but it has really made that pursuit easier, even though it is its own chore. And yeah, as observed above, time is one hell of a filter. Sometimes our worst is preserved, sometimes historians dig out gems that weren’t appreciated in their time. > [@DrDeth](#): > > In 1966 California dreamin was #1. 1968 it was Hey Jude. > > Never say “always”, as there are _always_ exceptions. 😀 Good god, it’s a suck double feature! 😃 I have a dislike for both of those songs. They’re fine, but I don’t even really see them as good. Heck, I like “Winchester Cathedral”. It went #1. It’s not really good, but I have a yearning for it. Gonna listen to it now. ETA: Ok, twice in a row. I’m a pervert, but I know exactly what kind of pervert I am. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/150 "2023-12-20T04:09:15Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Hey, I was completely liberated… I can dig “Lil Boo Thang,” by Paul Russell — a current hit. So, there’s hope for me yet. 🙂 (Did we already do “L songs”? Kidding…) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/151 "2023-12-20T04:42:17Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I can dig “Lil Boo Thang,” by Paul Russell — a current hit. So, there’s hope for me yet. 🙂 Bwahahaha. Dang, that is pretty groovy. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/152 "2023-12-20T05:02:05Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I have a dislike for both of those songs. _Yeah? Well, you know, that’s just like uh, your opinion, man._ But seriously- the fans, the music crits, the hall of fame, and most importantly- the record sales all disagree with you. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/153 "2023-12-20T05:09:23Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > But seriously- the fans, the music crits, the hall of fame, and most importantly- the record sales all disagree with you. Yep, don’t care in the least little bit. I’m happy for them, happy for myself that I don’t have to listen to them. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671/154 "2023-12-20T12:02:09Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Heck, I like “Winchester Cathedral” So do I. Another consideration for the [also-ran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op/994823/44) poll. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671.md?page=7)