I’m trying to make a best of cd with one song from a whole bunch of different artists. I have eclectic tastes so this cd will have a whole bunch of different songs.
I’ve managed to decide on some, like Stairway to Heaven by Led Zepplin, Dust in the Wind by Kansas, Clocks by Coldplay, Scarbourough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel, Schism by Tool, and City of Angels by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
I can’t quite decide what the best song for the Beatles, Nickelback, Pink Floyd or the Rolling Stones is, so I’m asking -
What song do you think is the best by these artists?
Beatles - My Guitar Gently Weeps (Unsure of actual title) or perhaps Because the World is Round (ditto)
Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Rolling Stones - Factory Girl
And you got the wrong Led Zeppelin song - it’s The Battle of Evermore
The best Stones song IMHO is “Stray Cat Blues”. The Stones took rock and roll to new depths of sleaze with this song, and nothing else came close until The New York Dolls a few years later.
I’m not a Beatles fan, far from it, but I really like Revolver, and my favorite song from that would have to be “And Your Bird Can Sing”. In fact, thats one of my favorite songs of all time.
As far as Floyd goes…“Astronomy Domine” gets my vote. I’m kind of biased against the post Ummagumma stuff though.
I like Shine on you Crazy Diamond a lot, but if he is making a cd, he may not want a 13 minute song on it. What about Comfortably Numb or Have a Cigar or Wish You Were Here.
As for the Rolling Stones I would vote for either Tumbling Dice or Sympathy For the Devil.
And for the Beatles, if not While My Guitar… I would say Something or You Never Gave Me Your Money.
Stones - damn, there’s a lot to choose from - how about Gimme Shelter, Wild Horses, King Bee, Satisfaction, Beast of Burden, eh, I’ll be here all night…
Zep’ might also include Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You, The Lemon Song, When the Levee Breaks, gah, I’ll get stuck here, too.
Methinks this is off to CS as soon as Czarcasm ferrets it out.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Also, might I suggest that you consider a different Tool song? I’d go for Lateralus or 46 & 2 personally. Or you could get really out there and go for Tool’s remake of No Quarter (originally by the aformentioned Led Zepplin)
Led Zepplin: Kashmir or The Crunge
Kansas: Carry On Wayward Sun or What’s On My Mind
Simon and Garfunkel: A Simple Desultory Philippic or America
Tool: Ænema or The Patient
Red Hot Chili Peppers Suck My Kiss or Give It Away
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Beatles: Rain or Within Without You
Nickelback: Never Again or Hangnail
Pink Floyd: Sheep or One Of These Days
Rolling Stones: Stray Cat Blues or Shattered
