# Your Favourite Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360 "2010-02-10T02:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/1 "2010-02-10T02:08:34Z")
What are your favourite songs? A brief pick: “Battle Hymn of the Republic” “Lili Marlene” “Christmas Waltz” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/2 "2010-02-10T03:02:26Z")
I’m going to assume you’re asking for a Top 3, since that’s how many you listed in the OP. 1. _Free Bird_–Lynyrd Skynyrd 2. _A Pirate Looks at 40_-Jimmy Buffet 3. _Me & Bobby McGee_-as covered by Janis Joplin Numbers 2 & 3 might change if I was asked again tomorrow, but \*Free Bird \*, which isn’t actually AKA “Oak’s Anthem” but should be, is always going to be #1. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/3 "2010-02-10T03:13:37Z")
Feel free to list as many as you wish. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/4 "2010-02-10T03:34:25Z")
\*\*Statesboro Blues. \*\* I have at least five versions, and am partial to the Allman Brothers, but Taj Mahal, Alice Stuart, and, of course, Blind Willie McTell are great. **Rhapsody in Blue**. Maybe technically not a song, but I love it. Favorite versions include the Denver Symphony, accompanied by George Gershwin (via piano roll), Oscar Levant (though I wish it were in stereo) and my Joan Brill’s (my aunt, who was trained at Julliard and plays professionally). **Rosalita** – Bruce Springsteen **The Abbey Road Medley** **My Old Town** – Tom Lehrer **Summer '68** – Pink Floyd **Razzle Dazzle** – Chicago (the musical) **Bride’s Lament** – The Drowsy Chaperone (musical) **They Can’t Take That Away from Me** – by George Gershwin **Sympathy for the Devil** – Rolling Stone **Lola** – the Kinks **Guitar and Pen** – the Who **Killer Queen** – Queen I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![MwNNrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@MwNNrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MwNNrules)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/5 "2010-02-10T05:09:34Z")
“Kid Charlemagne” - Steely Dan. A very bleak, powerful song that speaks to me in a lot of ways. “Stairway to Heaven” - Led Zeppelin. Great song, and I don’t just like it for the solo (although it is my favorite solo… yeah, I’m just another man on the bandwagon). “The End” - The Doors. Many people find this song extremely pretentious and stupid, but I find it poetic. I really like the rhythm as well. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/6 "2010-02-10T05:13:11Z")
Too many. Some off the top of my head: **The Divine Comedy** - Tonight We Fly **Husker Du** - Celebrated Summer **The Replacements** - Unsatisfied **The Beatles** - Strawberry Fields Forever; Tomorrow Never Knows **The Clash** - Complete Control **Gang Of Four** - At Home He’s A Tourist **The Jesus & Mary Chain** - Just Like Honey **Elvis Costello** - (What’s So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding? **R.E.M.** - Nightswimming **New Order** - Ceremony **The Pogues** - Fairytale Of New York **Talking Heads** - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) **XTC** - Mayor Of Simpleton **Bob Mould** - See A Little Light **Pulp** - Common People **Morrissey** - Interesting Drug **The dBs** - Black And White **Otis Redding** - Try A Little Tenderness ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/7 "2010-02-10T16:17:03Z")
Way too many, but here a few that leap to mind: “Pancho and Lefty” - Townes van Zandt “All Along the Watchtower” - Bob Dylan “Copperhead Road” - Steve Earle “Plane Crash at Los Gatos” my favorite Woody Guthrie tune, covered by a zillion people. I like the versions by the Kingston Trio, Judy Collins, and the Byrds “Something in the Air” - Thunderclap Newman ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/8 "2010-02-10T16:18:30Z")
“Everybody’s Everything” - Santana “Whipping Post” - Allman Brothers “Do Your Thing” - Basement Jaxx “Southern Cross” - CSN&Y “Knock On Wood” - Eddie Floyd ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/9 "2010-02-10T16:34:22Z")
Well known… Bad- U2 Walk On - U2 Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream The End - The Doors Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson The Thrill is Gone - BB King Lesser known… '59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem (Actualy this whole album kicks ass) Blue Collar Suicide - The Refreshments Chloroform the One You Love - Flickerstick A Six Pack, a Number and You - My Dad 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/10 "2010-02-10T16:36:32Z")
If I could only listen to one song for the rest of my life, it would be Hoagy Carmichael’s “Lazy River”, all the various incarnations, from the really slow (the Platters) to the really upbeat (Bobby Darin) and everything in between. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/11 "2010-02-10T16:52:08Z")
> [@CircleofWillis](#): > > … > Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream… Fist bump to another wa-wa- psychedelia fan. . “Tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers…” I’ve loved this song since I bought Disraeli Gears when it first came out. A DJ once said, after playing this…“we all went through the 60s, but Jack Bruce went through twice.” ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/12 "2010-02-10T17:03:59Z")
Where to begin, where to begin… _Deacon Blues_–Steely Dan _Midnight Rambler (live)_–Rolling Stones _What Is Life_ and _Wah-Wah_–George Harrison _Follow You, Follow Me_–Genesis _House of Stone and Light_–Martin Page _Blazing Saddles_–Frankie Laine _Comedy Tonight_–B’way cast of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” _Clampdown_–The Clash _Scenes From an Italian Restaurant_–Billy Joel _Learning to Fly_–Pink Floyd …and just about anything by The Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/13 "2010-02-10T17:05:08Z")
I’m a sucker for those overblown extended prog suites, especially: “Xanadu” - Rush “The Friends of Mr. Cairo” - Jon and Vangelis “And You and I” - Yes ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/14 "2010-02-10T17:08:38Z")
Recent favorites: [Dan Auerbach - Heartbroken, In Disrepair](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc5rxu9zCKY) [David Byrne - Dance on Vaseline](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53H_zlsaI5Y) [Lo Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuwWvPGul3o) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/15 "2010-02-10T17:24:11Z")
I can’t even keep my favorite albums straight, let alone songs. IF my iPod is to be believed, the three songs I play most often are: “Panama” by Van Halen “You Wreck Me” by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “Hey Bulldog” by the Beatles But I must add, the songs I play most often aren’t NECESSARILY the songs I like best. I like a lot of lengthy prog-rock songs from the Seventies, but if I’m in my car on a short jaunt, I may well skip past a long song, figuring I’ll never hear it all by the time I get where I’m going. I’ll almost never skip past a SHORT song I like. So, while I like any number of Yes or ELP or King Crimson songs better than “Panama,” I’m less likely to play those songs in their entirety. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/16 "2010-02-10T21:52:12Z")
I’ve got a new favorite song, that’s probably 30 years old and somehow I never heard it before. My local morning djs drug it out of the closet this morning, and I was hooked. It is very catchy. _Saulsalito Summer Nights_ by Diesel. I’m a fairly astute music fan, who was a fairly astute music fan in the actual 70’s, but this one totally slipped past me until this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/17 "2010-02-10T21:58:16Z")
I should note … it is a very banal, poppy song … full of wall-of-sound double-tripe-quadruple tracked vocals and the lyrics are utterly inane … but it’s got this catchy little two-note, then two-note lead hook to it that just works for me. Oh, I shall be i-Tuning tonight. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/18 "2010-02-10T21:59:06Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I should note … it is a very banal, poppy song … full of wall-of-sound double-tripe-quadruple tracked vocals and the lyrics are utterly inane … but it’s got this catchy little two-note, then two-note lead hook to it that just works for me. > > Oh, I shall be i-Tuning tonight. Then you should probably note that it’s Sausalito. Small town in Marin County, just at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/19 "2010-02-10T22:00:03Z")
I’m better at geography than I am at spelling. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360/20 "2010-02-10T22:04:22Z")
Because Paul Revere and the Raiders were mentioned in another thread, my current favorite song is _[Time After Time](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpHDCeti3Uo)_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-songs/528360.md?page=2)