Beyond the Sea, although Take Five and At Last could easily take the lead depending on my mood.
So many to choose from…I’ll pick blind and go with “Lonesome Crow” by the Scorpions.
1970s: I’ll go with “American Girl” by my second-favorite singer, Tom Petty.
1970s - My Life by Billy Joel
Silence of the Lambs ruined that one for me.
Another 50’s Dave Brubeck fan here, but I’d go with Blue Rondo A La Turk. Blue Rondo A La Turk - YouTube
While there are many great songs from the 1970’s my favorite song of all time is also from the 70’s, so it’s an easy pick for me.
1972 - Top of the World, The Carpenters.
I changed my mind.
I will pick “Shake Rattle and Roll”. It’s early rock n’ roll, and it’s a great example of what got the kids energized and up and dancing.
There were other, earlier favorites but the one that got me “hopped up” was Great Balls of Fire.
Wow. I was born in 1948, didn’t really start paying attention to music until the mid-50s.
However, I remember that my grandmother hadthis old record and would occasionally play it. So, I guess this is my choice by default.
Wargamer b. 1964 Gotta go with the greatest opening chord in music history.
Sounds of Silence, which I believe was late '65 or '66.
- Sometime in my single-digit years I heard* Four Strong Winds* and loved it. Something about the haunting melody, the simple wistful lyrics, definitely struck a chord - so to speak. I still love that song; in my (admittedly biased) opinion it is as fine a folk song as has ever been written. I believe it will be played and enjoyed for a long time to come. And I’m not even Canadian…
I can’t imagine any song that represents the 1940s like Moonlight Serenade, by Glenn Miller. Especially the war years 1941-45. After that…eh!
Born in 1974.
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights.
I usually get bored with songs pretty quickly. This one haunts me to this day.
I probably qualify barely or not at all, to take part in this thread – am at least borderline tone-deaf, and music has never played a big part in my life. I nevertheless like some songs-and-tunes, which are sufficiently blatant and in-your-face, to appeal even to tin-eared me.
I was born in the 1940s (just – ’48) – so there’s one associated with that decade, which I will nominate – and I’m sure some smart-arse will promptly inform that said song / tune originated in the 1930s, so I’m talking out of the back of my neck. However – that having not yet happened, as I type: nominated, “Lili Marlene”. A very poignant and catchy tune – and although it originated in World War II’s number-one villain nation, it caught on with pretty well all the nations participating in that conflict – with words-wise, numerous parodies, according to the parody-makers’ stance in that war – and very much emotional baggage going therewith, whatever the allegiances. Not with the Japanese, perhaps – I get the impression that their tastes in music are, or were, different from Western ones.
I forgot about Lili Marlene, and yes, it was popular with allied troops as well. One of Bill Mauldin’s cartoons from the European theater showed an American GI saying to his buddy:“Th’ Krauts ain’t followin’ ya too good on Lili Marlene tonight, Joe. Ya suppose somethin’ happened to their tenor?”
There’s always “Stuck in the Middle with You”.
Glad I wasn’t born in the 60s! You folks have majorly tough choices.
‘Rock Around the Clock’ for me. Still a favorite.
A parody of the song, using the haunting tune, became popular among British troops fighting in the horrible and bloody campaign in Italy, 1943 – 45, against stubborn and murderous German opposition. Various ignorant and self-opinionated dorks in Britain, got it into their heads that the war in Italy was a picnic, and that the Allied forces there were having an easy and pleasant time, compared to what faced their counterparts on other fronts (as if most guys in the armed forces had any control over where they were sent to) – and said dorks mouthed-off about it. If I had the linking skill, I’d use it; but I’ll just say, if interested, Google “D-Day Dodgers”.