# Your Ten Favorite Songs

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 29, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ten-favorite-songs/840997 "2019-09-29T15:47:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ten-favorite-songs/840997/41 "2019-10-03T02:05:12Z")

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In alphabetical order:

The City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie  
Coyote - Joni Mitchell (live version from The Last Waltz)  
Deacon Blues - Steely Dan  
I Should Have Known Better – The Beatles  
Love Interruption – Jack White  
Searching for a Heart – Warren Zevon  
Southern Cross – Crosby, Stills, and Nash  
Swamp – Talking Heads (live version from Stop Making Sense)  
Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet  
Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further? – Allen Toussaint/Elvis Costello version

(had to bump Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street at the eleventh hour when I thought of Take Five)

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**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ten-favorite-songs/840997/42 "2019-10-03T02:53:07Z")

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For now, and in no order:  
“Terraplane Blues” – Robert Johnson

“So Many Roads” – Otis Rush (_Live in Japan_)

“Red House” – Jimi Hendrix (pretty much any version)

“Stray Cat Blues” or “Sympathy for the Devil” – Rolling Stones (_Get yer Ya-Yas Out_)

“How Many More Times” – Led Zeppelin (_Live at RAH_)

“It’s My Own Fault” – Johnny Winter (_Johnny Winter And Live_)

“Beetin’ Nockin’ Ringin’” – Jimmy Dawkins

“Roy’s Bluz” – Roy Buchanan (_Live Stock_)

“Dance of the Maya” – Mahavishnu Orchestra (_The Inner Mounting Flame_)

“The Life Divine” – John McLaughlin/Carlos Santana (_Love Devotion Surrender_)

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ten-favorite-songs/840997/43 "2019-10-03T12:05:31Z")

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Gah! I can’t believe the songs I overlooked in my top 10. No Dylan? No Neil Young? What is wrong with my head?

May we submit a secondary top 10?

BTW, I just made myself a Spotify playlist of many of the songs cited that I am unfamiliar with. Gotta love Spotify. I have some good listening ahead.

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**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ten-favorite-songs/840997/44 "2019-10-03T15:44:18Z")

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My methodology - I looked through some of the playlists I’ve made recently and noted which songs were added over and over again to multiple lists. So it’s not my list of lifetime favorites, but my favorites at this point in my life:

“First Time” Gryffin remix, Kygo & Ellie Goulding  
“Caravan” Kygo remix, Passenger  
“Snapback” Old Dominion  
“Get Me Some of That” Thomas Rhett  
“Phantom Stranger” Rom Zombie  
“Shotgun Rider” Tim McGraw  
“You’re Alive” CMA  
“You Need to Calm Down” Taylor Swift  
“Said Nobody” Old Dominion  
“Chillin It” Cole Swindell

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