# Your Favourite Song(s) Of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224 "2002-06-15T14:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ukbanshee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@ukbanshee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ukbanshee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/1 "2002-06-15T14:58:21Z")
In keeping with the recent themes… Sorry if this has recently been done, but we can revive it right. Pink Floyd - Echoes - Wish You Were Here - The Great Gig in The Sky Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing - Castles Made of Sand Sarah Mclaughlin - Angel Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight - Tears in Heaven 2 pac - changes Aerosmith - i dont wanna miss a thing Baz Luhrmann - Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Carlos Santana - Samba Pa Ti Bach - Air on a G String David Gray - This Years Love Dire Straits - Brothers in arms - Sultans of swing Elthon John - your song Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird - Simple man - Tuesdays Gone Ozzy Osbourne (with Randy Rhoads !!) - I dont know Puff Daddy - Ill Be Missing You Queen - who wants to live forever - These are the days of our lives U2 - with or without you van halen - hot for teacher Yngwie Malmsteen - Like an angel well, thats me ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/2 "2002-06-15T15:05:25Z")
Jackopierce - Vineyard The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/3 "2002-06-15T15:47:57Z")
**Green Day** - Good Riddance **Holly McNarland** - Beautiful Blue **Eric Clapton** - Cocaine **Collective Soul** - Goodnight Good Guy **Collective Soul** - The World I know **Blink 182** - Story of a lonely guy **Blink 182** - going away to college (track four on enema of the state) **Garrison Starr** - Superhero **Madonna** - Like a Prayer There’s about 5 other Collective Soul songs and about 6 other Blink 182 songs that I can listen to over and over again but my cd’s are packed away. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/4 "2002-06-16T03:15:26Z")
My alltime-hands-down-no-arguments-favorite song ever is Don Henley-The Boys Of Summer Led Zeppelin-Stairway To Heaven Guns N’ Roses-Sweet Child O’ Mine Crosby, Stills & Nash-Southern Cross U2-Beautiful Day The Beatles-Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End Ozzy Osbourne-Mama I’m Comin’ Home Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/5 "2002-06-16T04:05:51Z")
I can’t imagine anything at all helpful coming out of a thread like this, people won’t even read the replies just make their own. I doubt anyone is reading these words, so why am I bothering? Well, in case the Original Poster reads this, I just wanted him to know that on his list with so many really good songs, he had to pick one of the WORST Aerosmith songs ever. There are so many better songs in every sense of the word “better” just within that band’s library. Try any of these in roughly chronilogical order, all far better than “Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” (which was also flawed before I even heard it for being in a crappy movie) Dream On Back in the Saddle Mama Kin Kings and Queens Sweet Emotion (original, not the 1991 version) Let the Music Do the Talkin’ And even songs from the recent albums… Permanent Vaction (1987)– Rag Doll I’m Down Pump (1989)– Young Lust Other Side What it Takes Get a Grip(1993)– Eat the Rich Livin’ On the Edge The Power Ballad Trilogy –Cryin’ –Crazy –Amazing Anything they did after that was pretty much worthless. I’d take ANY of those songs over “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”, which was just the sort of unoriginal, overplayed nonsense you’d expect considering it was featured in a Jerry Bruckheimer movie. Unless the Summer of '98 is somehow _really_ sentimental to you, I suggest you listen to a little more Aerosmith. If that was the song you picked to put on your favorites list, you obviously haven’t listened to much. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/6 "2002-06-16T05:30:43Z")
Our Lady Peace: 4am Clumsy Mafia In Repair Made of Steel Green Day: Time of Your Life Outkast: Bombs Over Baghdad Lifehouse: Breathing Everything Yeah theres more but I’m to tired to write em all. Wearia ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/7 "2002-06-16T05:49:56Z")
“Feels Like Home” by Bonnie Raitt “Displaced” by Azure Ray “Goodbye” by Alicia Keys “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” by Israel Kamakawakawiwo’ole “Everything” by Lauryn Hill “Lover’s Rock” by Sade “Expression” by Salt N Pepa “Let It Be” by the Beatles “Video” by India.Arie “What About” by Janet Jackson Yup, my taste is sort of eclectic, but I love music with soul. (I love women performers more than men, as well. Whatever that means.) ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/8 "2002-06-16T06:08:29Z")
I read the responses… **Paul Simon** _Graceland_ _Slip Sliding Away_ **Sting** _Fields of Gold_ _When We Dance_ _Ghost Story_ _Why Should I Cry For You?_ **John Lennon** _Beautiful Boy_ _Watchin’ The Wheels_ _Just Like (Starting Over)_ **Paul McCartney** _Band On The Run_ _Jett!_ _Another Day_ **The Beatles** _Yesterday_ _I Want You (She’s So Heavy)_ _Blackbird_ _I Should Have Known Better_ That’s all for now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/9 "2002-06-16T06:09:58Z")
Aside: Jeez, **RexDart** , do you have to be a dick about others musical taste? The thread title is **Favorite song** - purely a matter of personal taste, there is no “right” or “wrong” answer. And the thread does serve a purpose, some of us are interested in what others think [sub]although obviously you aren’t[/sub] and may be turned on to something we hadn’t considered because someone we respect on the board posted it. My personal favorites are Lo Boob Oscillator by **Stereolab** , Computer Blue by **Prince** , and Profondo Rosso by **Goblin**. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/10 "2002-06-16T06:25:55Z")
The greatest Brian Wilson song he never wrote for the Beach Boys… The greatest Sonny and Cher song they never sang together… The greatest Patridge Family song they never got a groove on… Rufus Wainwright’s _April Fool_. ---
**Author:** ![todd33rpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/11 "2002-06-17T08:02:35Z")
**The Waterboys** “When Ye Go Away”…God, that’s a sad, sad song. It pretty much only comes out during Bailey’s Irish Cream night, when thinking about old romances. **Geggy Tah** “Sweat”…if there were any justice in the world, it _should_ have been as big as “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.” **Los Lobos** ’ live version of “Tomorrow Never Knows”…I was there. Wow. **The Beatles** “Another Girl” or “The Night Before.” **The Who** “Love Ain’t For Keeping” (the version from the reissued _Odds And Sods_)…This one’s an electric take I much prefer to the acoustic one on _Who’s Next_. **Dire Straits** “Portobello Belle”…you know how there’s that _one_ song that finally connects on a summer midnight drive when your windows are down? This one’s mine, as well as **Frank Sinatra** ’s “Only The Lonely.” **Soul Coughing** “Soft Serve”…I didn’t _really_ internalize beat poetry until I heard how vocalist M. Doughty speak/sings the words “day undone” at the end of this. When I heard that, the light bulb went on. But wait…don’t go away…I’ve got a whole sheaf of other ones… ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/12 "2002-06-17T08:12:05Z")
There are so many by the Beatles, but let’s see if I can pick just a few. Across the Universe Tomorrow Never Knows I Am the Walrus I’m Looking Through You Love You To If I had to pick my two favorite songs of all time, they would be “Across the Universe” by the Beatles and “Watermelon in Easter Hay” by Frank Zappa. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/13 "2002-06-17T15:57:40Z")
Observations:[ul] [li]I assumed Pepperlandgirl would have posted Butthole Surfers as opposed to Sting[/li]Speaking of Soul Coughing: Screenwriter’s Blues still blows me away[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/14 "2002-06-17T16:03:20Z")
**Linger** - The Cranberries **To Sir With Love** - LuLu **Bohemian Rhapsody** - Queen **Comfortably Numb** - Pink Floyd **Layla (The Original)** - Eric Clapton **The Theme to Peter and The Wolf** - Prokofiev **Your Love** - The Outfield **Sister Goldenhair** - America ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/15 "2002-06-18T00:21:19Z")
“Love Is Stronger Than Death” & “Slow Emotion Replay” – The The (Matt Johnson) [orig. LP versions] “Penny Lane” – The Beatles “Lay Lady Lay” – Bob Dylan “Crosseyed and Painless” – Talking Heads “Thela Hun Ginjeet” – King Crimson “Burning With Optimism’s Flames” – XTC [live]; “Yacht Dance” [LP] “Strong, Simple Silences” – The Golden Palominos ['80’s]; “Anything” [‘90’s] “Lonely Is (As Lonely Does)” – The dB’s “I Want You” – Elvis Costello "Buggin’" – The Flaming Lips and just for fun, “Beep” – Pylon _List subject to changes by mood…_ ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/16 "2002-06-18T01:03:07Z")
From my homepage: 1 Mad man moon (Genesis) 2 Ghosts (Japan) 2 Jesse (Janis Ian) 3 Kayleigh (Marillion) 4 Shine on you crazy diamond (Pink Floyd) 5 Carpet crawlers (Genesis) 5 Private investigations (Dire Straits) 6 Desperado (Eagles) 7 Killer queen (Queen) 8 Forbidden colours (David Sylvian) 8 Vincent (Don McLean) 9 San Jacinto - live (Peter Gabriel) 10 I’m not in love (10 CC) 10 Merlin - the legend (Kayak) 11 The sound of silence (Simon and Garfunkel) 12 The man with the child in his eyes (Kate Bush) 12 Family snapshot - live (Peter Gabriel) 13 Cinema show-aisle of plenty (Genesis) 14 Baker street (Gerry Rafferty) 15 This masquerade (Carpenters) 15 Where or when (Bryan Ferry) 16 Don’t give up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush) 17 The first time ever I saw your face (R.Flack) 18 Brothers in arms (Dire Straits) 18 The winner takes it all (ABBA) 19 Wallflower (Peter Gabriel) 20 Stars (Janis Ian) 20 Tequila sunrise (Eagles) 21 Samba pa ti (Santana) 22 The lamia (Genesis) 22 Night porter (Japan) 23 Old and wise (Alan Parsons Project) 24 Hou me vast (Volumia!) 25 Through the barricades (Spandau Ballet) 25 Lying eyes (Eagles) 26 White rabbit (Jefferson Airplane) 27 Dancing with the moonlit knight (Genesis) 28 Bat out of hell (Meatloaf) 28 Homeless (Paul Simon) 29 Love of my life (Queen) 30 Perfect day (Lou Reed) 30 Under your thumb (Godley and Creme) 31 One day in Paris (Martha and the Muffins) 32 Kathy’s song (Simon and Garfunkel) 32 At seventeen (Janis Ian) 33 For Emily…(Simon and Garfunkel) 34 American pie (Don McLean) 35 Routine day (Klaatu) 35 Telegraph road (Dire Straits) 36 I hear you now (Jon and Vangelis) 37 Con te partiro (Andrea Bocelli) 38 The ninth wave (Kate Bush) 38 Breaking us in two (Joe Jackson) 39 Wildflower (Skylark) 40 Song to the siren (This Mortal Coil) 40 Cup of coffee (Garbage) 41 Cloudbusting (Kate Bush) 42 Firth of fifth (Genesis) 42 I’m in the mood for love (Bryan Ferry) 43 Mother stands for comfort (Kate Bush) 44 The year of the cat (Al Stewart) 45 Testament (Boudewijn de Groot) 45 Time in a bottle (Jim Croce) 46 Promises (Cranberries) 47 Biko (Peter Gabriel) 48 Afscheid (Robert Long) 48 Julie with … (Brian Eno) 49 Vienna (Ultravox) 50 New year’s day (U2) 50 Scarborough fair (Simon and Garfunkel) 51 Uncertain smile (The The) 52 The rhythm of the heat (Peter Gabriel) 52 Life on Mars (David Bowie) 53 July morning (Uriah Heep) 54 Oh yeah (Roxy Music) 55 Tian tang - paradise (Tengger) 55 Give up your guns (Buoys) 56 Torn (Natalie Imbruglia) 57 Belfast child (Simple Minds) 58 Goodnight Saigon (Billy Joel) 58 Real men (Joe Jackson) 59 China (Tori Amos) 60 Diamonds on the soles of her shoes (P.Simon) 60 Julia dream (Pink Floyd) 61 Take a chance with me (Roxy Music) 62 With or without you (U2) 62 Anne (Kayak) 63 On the border (Al Stewart) 64 Visions of China (Japan) 65 Dead birds fly forever (Kayak) 65 Stimmen im Wind (Juliane Werding) 66 Northern lights (Renaissance) 67 Easy living (Uriah Heep) 68 Do it again (Steely Dan) 68 Ripples (Genesis) 69 Empty chairs (Don McLean) 70 They dance alone (Sting) 70 Steppin’ out (Joe Jackson) 71 You’re my best friend (Queen) 72 Silent all these years (Tori Amos) 72 Hey little girl (Icehouse) 73 Tell me (Camel) 74 Listening wind (Talking Heads) 75 Starlight dancer (Kayak) 75 Brilliant trees (David Sylvian) 76 Suzanne (Peter Gabriel) 77 Under African skies (Paul Simon) 78 I’m Mandy fly me (10 CC) 78 Fragile (Sting) 79 Zombie (Cranberries) 80 Virginia plain (Roxy Music) 80 Blinded by the light (MMEB) 81 American tune (Paul Simon) 82 Time (Tori Amos) 82 Not here not now (Joe Jackson) 83 Marlene on the wall (Suzanne Vega) 84 Tears in heaven (Eric Clapton) 85 Time of the season (Zombies) 85 Het is over (Volumia!) 86 Adia (Sarah McLachlan) 87 Space Oddity - Ashes to ashes (David Bowie) 88 Nothing compares 2U (Sinnead O’Connor) 88 Don’t look back in anger (Oasis) 89 Heaven can wait (Meatloaf) 90 Blood of Eden (Peter Gabriel) 90 By this river (Brian Eno) 91 Miss Serajevo (Passengers) 92 Renee (Talk Talk) 92 Michelle (Gerard Lenorman) 93 I’ve been high (REM) 94 You needed me (Anne Murray) 95 Riders on a storm (Doors) 95 Afscheid (Volumia!) 96 Entangled (Genesis) 97 Hotel California (Eagles) 98 Red skies over paradise (Fischer Z) 98 She’s leaving home (Beatles) 99 Angie (Rolling Stones) 99 Pride - in the name of love (U2) 100 That ole devil called love (Alison Moyet) ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/17 "2002-06-18T01:40:19Z")
Rexdart, sometimes people’s favorite songs have nothing to do with the song per se, but of the memories associated with the song. For instance, one of my favorite songs is the Moody Blues’ “Wildest Dreams,” but not because I like the melody/lyrics. Rather the song conjures up a certain summer night with a certain man…🙂 \<—lascivious grin ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/18 "2002-06-18T04:41:21Z")
I like Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box”, not really because of the lyrics, but as **PunditLisa** said, the memories. The same memories are triggered by most of the Beatles’ _Help!_ album and Einstürzende Neubauten’s _Ende Neu_, but that one isolated Nirvana song… I can never listen to the song without getting at least a little wistful. As for the moment, I’m really liking “Ray” by Gry. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/19 "2002-06-18T04:58:22Z")
No particular order, except that I saved the very best for last: [ul] [li]“White Man in Hammersmith Palais”, **The Clash** [/li][li]“96 Tears”, **? and the Mysterians** [/li][li]“Dreaming”, **Blondie** [/li][li]“Watch Your Step”, **Elvis Costello and the Attractions** [/li][li]“My Affair” and “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby”, **Kirsty MacColl** [/li][li]“Fairytale of New York”, The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl[/li][li]“Knock On Wood”, **Eddie Floyd** [/li][li]“Seven Days Too Long”, Dexy’s Midnight Runners[/li][li]“Feel a Whole Lot Better”, **The Byrds** [/li][li]“Someone I Care About”, **The Modern Lovers** [/li][li]“Dodge Veg-o-matic”, **Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers** [/li][li]“Something Else”, **Eddie Cochran** [/li][li]“When My Baby’s Beside Me”, **Big Star** [/li][li]“September Gurls”, **Big Star** [/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224/20 "2002-06-18T12:42:38Z")
Our Kind of Love (Beautiful Game) When You Want to Fall in Love (Song&Dance) Buenos Aires (Evita) The Lady’s Got Potential (Evita) Peron’s Latest Flame (Evita) It’s A Pig (By Jeeves) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-song-s-of-all-time/114224.md?page=2)