The Best Songs

[carsonshepherd]

We've had the worst, now what about the best?

"Imagine" ~ John Lennon, gets my vote.

 

[minsue]

Far too many to list.

 

[rikaaim]

We've had the worst, now what about the best?

"Imagine" ~ John Lennon, gets my vote.

Absolutley, but I like the cover by A Perfect Circle better.

Hotel California by The Eagles is always a favortie of mine and truly a timeless classic.

 

[cloudy]

She Says She Talks to Angels, the Black Crowes - rarely fails to make me cry.

 

[Liar]

many many... Here's one that you might have heard:

U2's "One" shivers me timbers.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

We've had the worst, now what about the best?

"Imagine" ~ John Lennon, gets my vote.

Hmm.

Toss up between "American Pie" by Don McLean and "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkle.

 

[rgraham666]

For me, a toss up between two Bob Marely songs, No Woman, No Cry and Redemption Song.

The closest thing I can have to a religious experience.

 

[Kassiana]

Too many. It's like the "Pick Your Favorite Movie" question. I need to have at least ten, and then I need to qualify it by saying that I like tons of others too and that the list can shift based on my mood and desires from day to day.

I'll list some consistent favorites below, though.

Boses Erwachen and Wenn Engel Hassen by Subway to Sally
Sweetwater and Deep As Your Pocket by Tres Chicas
Anywhere and Haunted by Evanescence
King of Spain and Spiderman by Moxy Fruvous
Carrot Juice is Murder and History Is Made By Stupid People by *****************Arrogant Worms
Ebay and Ode to a Superhero by Weird Al Yankovic
You Owe Me Nothing by Alanis Morissette
The Root of All Evil by Abney Park
Walpurgisnacht by Schandmaul
Satyr and Zingt Alleluia by Letzte Instanz
God Thinks by Voltaire
Party In Your Head by Rev. Horton Heat
The Johnny Cash cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt

And last but not least, Queen of Argyll by the Blarney Brothers.

 

[yui]

Like others, I don't think I could pick a single favorite song (or book, or movie).

Right now, I really like "Volcano" and "Hornblower's Daughter" by Damien Rice. "For My Lover" and "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman always make my list, too.

 

[English Lady]

I really can't pick just one. (Icannot stand "Imagine" though.)

For me I love these songs :

More than Words -Extreme
Eternal Flame-Bangles
I don't want to miss a thing -Aerosmith


and more but those jump to mind immediately

 

[TheEarl]

The Kids Aren't Alright - by The Offspring. I have lots of favourite songs, but that one is the one that I have the most fun with: volume up, drums thumping, guitars thrumming out the intro and Dexter Holland being accompanied on vocals by myself at the top of my voice.

The Earl

 

[minsue]

The Edge of the Deep Green Sea - the Cure

 

[carsonshepherd]

I really can't pick just one. (Icannot stand "Imagine" though.)

That's okay, 'cause "More than words" isn't on my faves list either

 

[English Lady]

That's okay, 'cause "More than words" isn't on my faves list either

Tit for tat then. Or something like that

 

[LadyJeanne]

Hard to choose favorites, but these are great.

Talking Heads - Naiive Melody
Dave Matthews - Two Step

 

[Lovepotion69]

There are definitely too many songs that are very good out there.

The ones I can come up with right now that are favs:

Stand by me
If you don't know me by now
Truly madly deeply - Savage Garden
Angels - Robbie Williams

 

[English Lady]

Lovepotion -Truely madly deeply is beautiful. I adore it. I just have some bad memories connected to it. I wish I didn't but it kinda stabs me inthe heart when I hear those first few bars.

 

[NoJo]

I have actually used linear algebra, combined with a neural network, to prove that "So Long, Adieu, Auf Wiedersehen Goodbye" is the best song ever.

Quod Erat Demonstandum

 

[Liar]

Waterboys - Too Close To Heaven

 

[cloudy]

Calling All Angels, by Train. *sigh*

 

[minsue]

Anna Begins, Sullivan Street, A Murder of One, Perfect Blue Buildings, and far more than I feel like naming. Counting Crows. (I do love my crybaby rock )

 

[dr.bong]

a few contenders

"Starless" by King Crimson from the album "Red"
"Song of Sheherezade" by Renaissance any version
"The Last One HOme" by QANGO from their only album
"Fanfare for the Common Man/Blue Rondo a la Turk" by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer from the album "Then aand Now" Disc 2

 

[she_is_my_addiction]

Only Time - Enya

 

[she_is_my_addiction]

Eve of Destruction ....can't remember who it's by

and

Megan - Smoking Popes

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Hmm, it depends on mood and a lot of other things.

Overall, but specifically sadness: "Yesterday" by The Beatles (the most powerful of the non-memory attached broken heart songs I know)

Metal: "The Ripper" by Judas Priest (say what you like about the group or the genre, but no one else has come close to capturing the voice of a serial killer than Rob Halford when he's singing it)

Instrumental Favorite: "Not Tomorrow" by Akira Yamaoka (Too bad due to intense stupidity you can only get the full version through serious effort and not at CD quality, fuckin' CD manufacturers)

Oldtime favorite: Call me a sucker for "Eye in the Sky" or "Games People Play" by Alan Parson's Project

Techno: "Honour" by VNV Nation or "Finished Symphony" by Hybrid (truly uncommon specimens of their genre and worth a listen by even the most staunch anti-synthesizer people out there)

Sacrilege: "My God" by Jethro Tull (always play when a Holier Than Thou asshole pisses me off)

Anti-War Song: "Wargasm" by L7, "Angel's Punishment" by Lacuna Coil, or "10th Man Down" by Nightwish

Popular Favorites: "Down in a Hole" Alice in Chains, "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd, "Have You Ever" by The Offspring, "Infinite Dreams" by Iron Maiden, "Orange Crush" by R.E.M., "Subdivisions" by Rush, "Unreal" by SoiL, "Alice" by Sisters of Mercy, "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath, and "Genius" by Warren Zevon