mine are:
- Nirvana- Rape Me
- From Autumn To Ashes- Chloroform Perfume
- Glassjaw- Vermont Connection
- Taproot- I
- Metallica- Master Of Puppets
Well, currently they are probably -
Hunters & Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
Paul Kelly - Love Never Runs on Time
Paul Simon - Late in the Evening
Ben Folds - Losing Lisa
U2 - With or Without You.
- Bubba.
Rammstein - Spieluhr
Nickelback - Never Again
Sheryl Crow - Tomorrow Never Dies
Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel the Noize
The Romantics - What I Like About You
My Funny Valentine - Rodgers and Hart (Ella Fitzgerald, vocals)
Body and Soul - Hayman, Sour, Eyton, and Green (Billie Holiday, vocals)
I Get A Kick Out Of You - Cole Porter (Frank Sinatra, vocals)
I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Cole Porter (Frank Sinatra, vocals)
Moonlight In Vermont - Sussedorf and Blackburn (Billie Holiday, vocals)
All the songs are timeless and will be around long after what passes for music today.
Billy Joel - And So it Goes
U2 - Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Collective Soul - December
Elton John (I think - from Lion King, the musical) - Endless Night
Lifehouse - Beautiful
This is current, but ask me the same question in a week, and it will be different.
Megadeth - Holy Wars…The Punishment Due
Entombed - To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth
Dio - Don’t Talk to Strangers
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Judas Priest - The Sentinel
Of course, this changes day-to-day…
Today…
- Sound System - Operation Ivy
- Prayer Position - AFI
- Deadbolt - Thrice
- Riot of Words - Strike Anywhere
- Heresy, Hypocrisy, & Revenge - GOod Riddance
In no particular order…(and subject to change at the drop of a fast-falling hat.)
*System of a Down - Sugar.
*The Dillinger Escape plan - Come to Daddy (cover of Aphex Twin).
*Rage Against The Machine - Freedom (actually, the entire of their first album. And of Evil Empire).
*Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit.
*(Its getting difficult now to narrow it down. So I’ll just list what I’m listening to right now - (hed)pe - The Meadow.)
Lo Boob Oscillator Stereolab (awesome song, stupid title)
Airplane Pizzicato Five (how many song lyrics dis Holden Coulfield?)
The Truth Handsome Boy Modeling School (Beautiful jazzy trip hop)
Too Drunk to Fuck Dead Kennedys (best hardcore song ever)
Add It Up Violent Femmes (everyone knows this song…)
I know there are some major clichés here, but that’s how they become clichés–from overuse:
- Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
- Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- American Woman - Guess Who
- See the Light - The Jeff Healy Band
- 7 - Prince
This is an easy call:
- Birthday - The Sugarcubes
- Hey You - Pink Floyd
- Plowed - Sponge
- Messages - OMD
- Tart - Elvis Costello
In no particular order:
Billy Joel - For the Longest Time
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
The Rolling Stones - I am Waiting
Prodigy - Firestarter
Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra
Oh gosh, while writing this, I realized I have so many favorite songs.
(Just posting to say that I reversed the artist and title in my last entry, in case that mattered to anyone.)
Well, I love almost all the songs from Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”.
And Sir Edgar Elgar had some wonderful songs.
The two songs in Jerry Goldsmith’s “Wild Rovers” score (sung by his daughter) will always remain a favorite.
In no particular order
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
With or without you - U2
When the levee breaks - Led Zeppelin
Cherry oh Baby - Rolling Stones
N.I.B. - Black Sabbath
OK, these change from month to month, but at the mo:
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Flaming Lips - Waiting for a Superman
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Big Star - September Gurls
Buzzcocks - Ever Fall in Love
My top Five songs are:
- crawling-linkin park
- sober-tool
- Any Slayer Song
- aint no sunshine
5)Damn it feels good to be a gangster
I always find it incredibly difficult to narrow down to a list of anything, be it movies, music, TV, whatever. But I’ll give it a damn good shot, eh?
Primal Scream - Blood Money
Air - All I Need
Doves - Pounding
Flaming Lips - Do You Realise
Gomez - Detroit Swing 66
These are gonna change the moment I click “submit”, I can tell.
At this present moment;
- Sittin’ on the dock of the bay - Otis Reading
- 911 is a joke - Public Enemy
- Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
- Ms Jackson - Outkast
- Karma Hotel - Spooks