All Time Favorite Songs

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Let's have a little fun headed toward the weekend. Give us 5-10 of your favorite songs of All Time. With the number of music fans on this Forum and age differences this should be interesting. Here are mine.
1. Despersdo - Don Henley/Eagles
2. Running On Empty- Jackson Browne
3. Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For- U2
4. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
5. Layla - Derek & The Dominoes (Some of the greatest Guitar Work of All Time with Eric Clapton
(and Duane Allman)
6. Lying Eyes - The Eagles
7. I Wish It Would Rain - Temptations
8. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (With "Wild Night" a close Second)
9. Shout - Isley Brothers (Who can forget the Toga Party Scene with "Otis Day and the Nights")
10. The Loadout/Stay - Jackson Browne ( The live version as the last cut on The Running On Empty
(Album is the first time they performed it in public).

Obviously heavy on the Eagles/Jackson Browne component, which probably gives away my age.
Let's have your list.

 

[13thman]

Trampled Under Foot - Zeppelin
Baby's on Fire - Sammy Hagar
Screaming in the Night - Krokus
Hypnotized - Fleetwood Mac
Rapture - Blondie
Love Alive - Heart
Balls to the Wall - Accept
Voodoo Child - Hendrix
The End - Doors
Last in Line - Dio

 

[Hank Reardon]

Puff the Magic Dragon. The saddest song ever written. And no it's not about weed, you Fokkers.

 

[MyTeamIsOnTheFloor]

Depends on location, mood, mood adjustments, mood disorders and quality of headphones.

Even trying to think about it hurts my head.

 

[Rockport Zebra]

Like my Brother, it really depends.

 

[Rockport Zebra]

This is obscure.

 

[Rockport Zebra]

Covered by the Beatles.

 

[Rockport Zebra]

Dean Ford.

 

[Rockport Zebra]

Arguably one of the best.

 

[Rockport Zebra]

CCR

 

[Rockport Zebra]

Hank I am with you on this one.

 

[Rockport Zebra]

One hit wonder.

 

[Rockport Zebra]

On of the most covered songs.

 

[Rockport Zebra]

Number ten. I could go on.

 

[Stuffshot]

Let's have a little fun headed toward the weekend. Give us 5-10 of your favorite songs of All Time. With the number of music fans on this Forum and age differences this should be interesting. Here are mine.
1. Despersdo - Don Henley/Eagles
2. Running On Empty- Jackson Browne
3. Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For- U2
4. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
5. Layla - Derek & The Dominoes (Some of the greatest Guitar Work of All Time with Eric Clapton
(and Duane Allman)
6. Lying Eyes - The Eagles
7. I Wish It Would Rain - Temptations
8. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (With "Wild Night" a close Second)
9. Shout - Isley Brothers (Who can forget the Toga Party Scene with "Otis Day and the Nights")
10. The Loadout/Stay - Jackson Browne ( The live version as the last cut on The Running On Empty
(Album is the first time they performed it in public).

Obviously heavy on the Eagles/Jackson Browne component, which probably gives away my age.
Let's have your list.

This song is even better if you've been drinking.

 

[tooold4]

What is your favorite piece of popcorn? Too many to choose one....but

 

[T.M.P.]

 

[VanPastorMan]

Favorite rock song

 

[IUJIM]

Too many to list all, but a few:

One-U2
Black- Pearl Jam
Ramble On- Zep....obscure Zep- In the Light
Shine on Crazy Diamond- Floyd...... obscure Floyd- Fearless or One of These Days off of Meddle
November Rain- GnR
Strawberry Fields- Beatles
Paint it Black- Stones
Purple Rain- Prince....mostly from Colts Super Bowl
Don’t Stop Believing- Journey
Shoot to Thrill- AC/DC or Let There Be Rock, or Whole Lotta Rosie...who knows

 

[Rockport Zebra]

Last Kiss.

 

[MyTeamIsOnTheFloor]

Favorite rock song

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[philliu]

I’ll play.

23 - Jimmy Eat World

Dizzy - Jimmy Eat World

The Follow Through - Blue October

Congratulations - Blue October

Friends - Francis and the Lights

Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

Ants Marching - DMB

Streetlights - Kanye

Supernova - Mr. Hudson

Feathers - Coheed and Cambria

Here We Are Juggernaut - Coheed

Midnight City - M83

The Blowers Daughter - Damien Rice

Crazy Game of Poker - O.A.R.

Hey Girl - O.A.R.

James (Live) - O.A.R.

Why Should I Cry For You - Sting

Desert Rose - Sting

Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet

Hurricane - 30 Seconds to Mars

This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads

Jane Says (Live) - Janes Addiction

Cartel - minstrels prayer

The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

Creepers -Kid Cudi

My morning jacket - Gideon

Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way

The Samples - Indiana

Lincoln Avenue - Train

The 1975 - Robbers

Final song from Gladiator

John Butler Trio - Better Than

Porno for Pyros - Pets

 

[tooold4]

I’ll play. I’m sorry I’m not sorry.

23 - Jimmy Eat World

Dizzy - Jimmy Eat World

The Follow Through - Blue October

Congratulations - Blue October

Friends - Francis and the Lights

Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

Ants Marching - DMB

Streetlights - Kanye

Supernova - Mr. Hudson

Feathers - Coheed and Cambria

Here We Are Juggernaut - Coheed

Midnight City - M83

The Blowers Daughter - Damien Rice

Crazy Game of Poker - O.A.R.

Hey Girl - O.A.R.

James (Live) - O.A.R.

Why Should I Cry For You - Sting

Desert Rose - Sting

Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet

Hurricane - 30 Seconds to Mars

This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads

Jane Says (Live) - Janes Addiction

Cartel - minstrels prayer

The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

Creepers -Kid Cudi

My morning jacket - Gideon

Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way

The Samples - Indiana

Lincoln Avenue - Train

The 1975 - Robbers

Final song from Gladiator

John Butler Trio - Better Than

Porno for Pyros - Pets

Leaves me with a whole bunch to listen to, never heard of a bunch of 'em...thanks.

 

[cosmickid]

Leaves me with a whole bunch to listen to, never heard of a bunch of 'em...thanks.

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When you're 65 and have been listening to music for at least 50 yrs, "favorite songs" can be an elusive concept. But I was blown away when I first heard this song, and it still gives me chills...



The only reason this is my #2, is because he hadn't yet written Racing. According to the NYT, this song was requested/played at more graveside services for victims of 9-11 than any other song. It's definitely one of the songs I want played at whatever final ceremony that awaits me. Probably not this version from No Nukes- although it is one of my personal faves...



This isn't # 3 on my Bruce list. But I did love this song the first time I heard it. And this version contains one of my favorite lyrical references...The sequel to Thunder Road, but left off of the Darkness album and not officially released till decades later...

I followed that dream through the southwestern tracks
The dead ends and the two-bit bars
When The promise was broken, I was far away from home
Sleeping in the back seat of a borrowed car

Thunder Road for the lost lovers and all the fixed games
Thunder Road for the tires rushing by in the rain
Thunder Road remember what me and Billy we'd always say
Thunder Road, we were gonna take it all and throw it all away

 

[cosmickid]

When you're 65 and have been listening to music for at least 50 yrs, "favorite songs" can be an elusive concept. But I was blown away when I first heard this song, and it still gives me chills...

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The only reason this is my #2, is because he hadn't yet written Racing. According to the NYT, this song was requested/played at more graveside services for victims of 9-11 than any other song. It's definitely one of the songs I want played at whatever final ceremony that awaits me. Probably not this version from No Nukes- although it is one of my personal faves...

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This isn't # 3 on my Bruce list. But I did love this song the first time I heard it. And this version contains one of my favorite lyrical references...The sequel to Thunder Road, but left off of the Darkness album and not officially released till decades later...

I followed that dream through the southwestern tracks
The dead ends and the two-bit bars
When The promise was broken, I was far away from home
Sleeping in the back seat of a borrowed car

Thunder Road for the lost lovers and all the fixed games
Thunder Road for the tires rushing by in the rain
Thunder Road remember what me and Billy we'd always say
Thunder Road, we were gonna take it all and throw it all away

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I really love a lot of early (first 3 albums) Jackson Browne. I love some of the covers of this (particularly Gregg Allman), but Jackson wrote it when he was 16 and playing with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. So this is the version that most resonates with me...



So many JB songs to choose from, but I'll go with From Silver Lake because of the lyrics, melody and counter-melody (Crosby/Nash on backing vocals). Same elements that have always caused me to love Father and Son by Cat Stevens...



When Springsteen inducted JB into the RRHOF he specifically used this song as an example of lyrical brilliance and even noted the car doors slamming and the engine revving as the car drives away.This song grabs me lyrically from the outset...

Everyone I've ever known has wished me well
Anyway that's how it seems, it's hard to tell
Maybe people only ask you how you're doing
'Cause that's easier than letting on how little they could care
But when you know that you've got a real friend somewhere
Suddenly all the others are so much easier to bear

Now to see things clear it's hard enough I know
While you're waiting for reality to show
Without dreaming of the perfect love
And holding it so far above
If you stumbled onto someone real, you'd never know
(You'd never know)
You could be with somebody who is lonely too
(Sometimes it doesn't show)
He might be trying to get across to you
(Words can be so slow)

When your own emptiness is all that's getting through
There comes a point when you're not sure why you're still talking
I passed that point long ago
(Long ago)

I'm so tired of all this circling
And all these glimpses of the end
(You know it's useless to pretend)
That's all the voices say:

"You'll go right on circling
Until you've found some kind of friend"

 

[largemouth]

When you're 65 and have been listening to music for at least 50 yrs, "favorite songs" can be an elusive concept. But I was blown away when I first heard this song, and it still gives me chills...

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The only reason this is my #2, is because he hadn't yet written Racing. According to the NYT, this song was requested/played at more graveside services for victims of 9-11 than any other song. It's definitely one of the songs I want played at whatever final ceremony that awaits me. Probably not this version from No Nukes- although it is one of my personal faves...

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This isn't # 3 on my Bruce list. But I did love this song the first time I heard it. And this version contains one of my favorite lyrical references...The sequel to Thunder Road, but left off of the Darkness album and not officially released till decades later...

I followed that dream through the southwestern tracks
The dead ends and the two-bit bars
When The promise was broken, I was far away from home
Sleeping in the back seat of a borrowed car

Thunder Road for the lost lovers and all the fixed games
Thunder Road for the tires rushing by in the rain
Thunder Road remember what me and Billy we'd always say
Thunder Road, we were gonna take it all and throw it all away

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I had a feeling your favorite(s) would be something by Bruce.

 

[sglowrider]

My top 15 singles:

 

[sglowrider]

 

[Warison]

Holy moly these songs suck. Do we have a bunch of love struck women posting here?

Does nobody have any balls. Does nobody here walk around with thier cuck in their hands telling everyone ... look at this. Look at it !?

WTF. I'm I the only one here not 80's yrs old.

Warison's favorite songs: ( A real list from someone that has a pulse and a member.)

- Master of Puppets - Full album
- Appetite - Full Album
- Kind of Blue - Full Album
- Beggers Banquet - Full Album
- Monkey Man
- Exile - Full Album
- Hunky Dory - Full Album
- Breed - Nirvana
- Any Buckethead song
- Just got paid - ZZ top
- Joe Bonamassa - Mountain Time Live at Albert Hall
- Allman Brothers - Fillmore
- DMB - First 2 songs off their real first album
- Dead - a million different versions of Fire on the Mountain
- Hank Williams SR - Any song during the summer
- Kid Rock - Bawitdaba
- NWA - Straight out of Compton - Full Album
- Boots of Spanish Leather - Nanci Griffith version
- Do Re Mi - Julie Andrews ( Actually this is like the saddest song that was ever written. When the kids starts singing in the background and she starts singing... 'when you know the notes'... Ugh heartbreaking)
- REM - Wrong Child- Country Feedback
- Still of the Night - Whitesnake
- War on Drugs - Under the Pressure
- Cliffs over Dover - Eric Johnson
- Metallica - Dyers Eve
- Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
- RUSH - 2112

 

[outside shooter]

Davie Bowie - Changes
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
Elvis Costello- Allison
The Rolling Stones- Wild Horses
John Mellencamp - Scarecrow
John Mellencamp - Paper in Fire
Talking Heads - And She Was
Talking Heads- Girlfriend is Better
Billy Joel- Anthony's Song
Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven
The Beatles- Blackbird
The Beatles- Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles- A Day in the Life
Van Morrison-Brown Eyed Girl
CSN- Ohio
CSN- Southern Cross
Bruce Springsteen- Glory Days
Dire Straights- Sultans of Swing Live version from Alchemy
Joe jackson- Is she really going out with him
The Who - Baba O'reilly
CCR- Fortunate Son
REM- Nightswimming
REM- Losing My Religion
U2- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
The Kinks- Lola

 

[tooold4]

Simple music that makes me smile. By way of "Cool hand Luke"



Then there's ol' Ray Wylie for a sing along.

 

[Hoopsdoc1978]

Hmmm, interesting topic.

1. Red Barchetta-Rush
2. Proudest Monkey-DMB
3. Ride On-AC/DC
4. Stand a little rain-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
5. Telegraph Road-Dire Straits
6. Brothers In Arms-Dire Straits
7. Goodbyes All We Got Left To Say-Steve Earle
8. Shadow Of A Doubt-Earl Thomas Conley
9. Ring Of Fire-Johnny Cash
10. Sacrifice-Elton John
11. Rock And Roll Girls-John Fogerty.

 

[sglowrider]

What's interesting is that almost 98% of the favourite singers/bands are men -- with men singing about loneliness/broken hearts, sex and partying.

What would be really interesting is what the few women here and what their of fav songs are.

 

[T.M.P.]

What's interesting is that almost 98% of the favourite singers/bands are men -- with men singing about loneliness/broken hearts, sex and partying.

What would be really interesting is what the few women here and what their of fav songs are.

Not really ...

 

[sglowrider]

Not really ...

Ok. Can you profile people based on their choices?

 

[T.M.P.]

Ok. Can you profile people based on their choices?

Maybe, but I don' wanna..

 

[sglowrider]

Maybe, but I don' wanna..

Part of the fun.

 

[iubud]

Let's have a little fun headed toward the weekend. Give us 5-10 of your favorite songs of All Time. With the number of music fans on this Forum and age differences this should be interesting. Here are mine.
1. Despersdo - Don Henley/Eagles
2. Running On Empty- Jackson Browne
3. Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For- U2
4. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
5. Layla - Derek & The Dominoes (Some of the greatest Guitar Work of All Time with Eric Clapton
(and Duane Allman)
6. Lying Eyes - The Eagles
7. I Wish It Would Rain - Temptations
8. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (With "Wild Night" a close Second)
9. Shout - Isley Brothers (Who can forget the Toga Party Scene with "Otis Day and the Nights")
10. The Loadout/Stay - Jackson Browne ( The live version as the last cut on The Running On Empty
(Album is the first time they performed it in public).

Obviously heavy on the Eagles/Jackson Browne component, which probably gives away my age.
Let's have your list.

A few in no particular order:

Thunderstruck - AC/DC
It's a Long Way to the Top if You Want t Rock and Roll - AC/DC
Where Eagles Fly - Sammy Hagar
Sound of Silence - Disturbed
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Back in the Saddle - Aerosmith

 

[T.M.P.]

Part of the fun.

I would only offend people .. and even though they deserve it and offending people is fun.. just not into it. Maybe tomorrow..

 

[sglowrider]

I would only offend people .. and even though they deserve it and offending people is fun.. just not into it. Maybe tomorrow..

Surely not? TMP offending people?

saw what you did.