ferncrestmotel
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posted on March 29, 2003 01:30:38 PM new
"Stairway to Heaven" indeed has attained legendary status. I think it was in "Wayne's World" that a sign in a guitar store greeted customers trying out instuments with the warning "No Stairway To Heaven." Anyone who's been in a guitar store knows why . . .
"Comfortably Numb" is another brilliant rock song, and Dave Gilmour's solo in it is definitely breathtaking.
I've always thought Little River Band's song "Reminiscing" was a timeless song - it has kind of a forties feel to it but it still sounds good.
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neonmania
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posted on March 29, 2003 02:03:49 PM new
::I think it was in "Wayne's World" that a sign in a guitar store greeted customers trying out instuments with the warning "No Stairway To Heaven." Anyone who's been in a guitar store knows why . . . ::
For the same reason that one of my favorite but now defunct clubs had a notice on the stage starirs banning celebrity jams of the other Zeplin Classic Rock n Roll"....... 
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ferncrestmotel
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posted on March 29, 2003 02:52:35 PM new
I have to admit that a month ago yesterday, I played "Stairway" at a party with some other musicians . . . it's one of those songs that everyone knows . . .
As I recall, the first song I ever played in a band was "Gloria" . . .
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fiset
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posted on March 29, 2003 03:34:12 PM new
"As I recall, the first song I ever played in a band was "Gloria" . . ."
Ahh Gloria, G-L-O-R-I-A
I think any of us who have played in a garage band at any point in our lives have played that one. The first song I remember playing in a band was <gulp> Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water. Hard to come up with an easier song that that to play.
By the way I play bass guitar (and still play even though I no longer have a band) which may help to explain why I count several Rush songs among the all-time best. Geddy Lee is one of (if not THE) best bass players in rock, imo.
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ferncrestmotel
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posted on March 29, 2003 04:01:10 PM new
Geddy's a great bassist. It's hard to play Rush stuff becuse no one can sing like him, though . . .
I also think Chris Squire from Yes is an awesome bassist. I've met him backstage and he's a nice guy, too.
Tony Levin's another great bass player (King Crimson/Peter Gabriel/Liquid Tension Experiment).
"Gloria" is like a kindergarten class for all wannabe musicians, I guess . . .
Another great tune I've loved for years is Steppenwolf's "Born To Be Wild" - it's the quintessential rock anthem, imho.
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fiset
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posted on March 29, 2003 04:09:19 PM new
Talking about garage bands got me to go to my guitar case and pull out the set list from the last time I played with my little group. Our band was called Turbulence <rolls eyes> and we used to play parties and small gigs mostly for our friends. We played a few originals but mostly we just played covers. Here's the set list from the last show of Turbulence:
Dear Prudence - Beatles
Under the Milky Way - The Church
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
Twist in My Sobriety - Tanita Tikaram
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Knockin on Heavens Door - Dylan
All Along the Watchtower - Dylan (another all-time classic)
With or Without You - U2
Moondance - Van Morrison
500 Miles - The Proclaimers
Melt - Modern English
The Weight - The Band
Only the Lonely - The Pretenders
<encore>
Dear Prudence (again, we used to do a real up tempo rockin version of the song that our friends just loved so they always made us play it twice)
Jam (we always ended with just a freestyle jam, usually just a blues riff in G so the guitar player could freestyle solo)
And with that, the curtains came down on Turbulence. Never made one cent playing with those guys but I can think of worse ways to spend an evening.
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Helenjw
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posted on March 29, 2003 07:30:13 PM new
Cheryl, you chose one of my favorites too... American Pie....great lyric description site!
Imagine by John Lennon
Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin
Helen
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profe51
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posted on March 29, 2003 07:35:25 PM new
I just have to add:
Walk of Life
Brothers in Arms
Sultans of Swing
all by Dire Straits. Next to Santana, Mark Knoffler sure knows a lot of notes on that gee-tar.
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stusi
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posted on March 29, 2003 11:01:10 PM new
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen recently replaced "Stairway to Heaven" as #1 on some surveys.
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ebayauctionguy
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posted on March 29, 2003 11:06:00 PM new
What ever happened to rock? It seemed to die out when Nirvana and Pearl Jam came out in the 90's. My classic rock radio station doesn't play anything later than the 1980's.
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NearTheSea
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posted on March 29, 2003 11:12:35 PM new
Definitly a 60's and 70's hard rock person, but in late Dec of '99 a radio station wanted callers to call in and name the best song of the century.
I sat for 20 minutes, listening to everyone say Stairway to Heaven, and the big ones...I finally got on the air and told them
The best song is What A Wonderful World... by the one and only Satchmo
(Louie Armstrong  )
Art Bell Retired! George Noory is on late night coasttocoastam.com
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austbounty
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posted on March 29, 2003 11:48:03 PM new
Surely at some stage most of us thought, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
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CBlev65252
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posted on March 30, 2003 03:57:57 AM new
Oh, then I vote for John, Jacob, Jingle Hymer Smith. LOL!
Cheryl
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ferncrestmotel
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posted on March 30, 2003 10:59:15 AM new
That's a cool set list, fiset. Must have been fun for both the players and audience. My band used to play Floyd's "Run Like Hell" and "Young Lust," both from "The Wall."
profe, you're right, Knopfler is a true guitar wizard, and an incredible songwriter. His movie soundtracks are great, too. The first time I heard "Sultans of Swing" I thought it was a new Dylan song . . .
helen, Me and Bobby McGee is one of my favorites, too. It was actually written by Kris Kristofferson, but Janis' version is much better than his. The whole "Pearl" album by Janis was incredible - sadly, it was her last. Even the instrumental stuff on that album is exquisite, thanks to her backing musicians, the Full-Tilt Boogie Band.
"Imagine" is another timeless track.
Imagine if those guys had never broken up . . .
As a Beatles fan, I've always gotten a kick out of a short spoof song by National Lampoon;
"Give Ireland back to the Irish
Give Lapland back to the Laps
Give Taiwan back to the Chinese
And give Yoko back to the Japs"
The contributors to this topic certainly know their music.
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mlecher
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posted on March 30, 2003 11:25:13 AM new
Yeager...You play Burt on the SciFi series "Tremors" don't you?
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both boldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."
- Julius Caesar
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wgm
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posted on March 30, 2003 12:01:50 PM new
Okay, I know a few of you are going to laugh...Circle of Life by Elton John. The lyrics are great...
From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to be seen than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
Some say eat or be eaten
Some say live and let live
But all are agreed as they join the stampede
You should never take more than you give
In the circle of life
It's the wheel of fortune
It's the leap of faith
It's the band of hope
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle, the circle of life
Some of us fall by the wayside
And some of soar to the stars
And some of us sail through our troubles
And some have to live with the scars
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round.
A few more favorite songs of mine are:
A Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffett (my all-time favorite song)
Landslide - Stevie Nicks
Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
and anything else by Buffett
"Be kind. Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Harry Thompson
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stusi
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posted on March 30, 2003 12:39:48 PM new
wgm- I always liked "Into the Mystic" more than "Brown-eyed Girl".
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wgm
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posted on March 30, 2003 02:02:33 PM new
stusi - Into the Mystic is a great song!! I can't believe I left it out, along with These Are the Days...When Will I Ever Learn to Live With God?...heck, anything from Avalon Sunset!
"Be kind. Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Harry Thompson
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profe51
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posted on March 30, 2003 07:15:39 PM new
I see we're still adding, so here's a few more all time favorites:
Everyman
Our Lady of the Well. Jackson Browne
Mystic Traveler. Weather Report
Compared to What. Les McCann
It's All Right. The Traveling Wilburys
Knockin' on Heaven's Door. Dylan
Anything Ever Played by Roy Orbison, B.B.King and Etta James
Desert Rose. Sting
edited to add even more...
[ edited by profe51 on Mar 30, 2003 07:18 PM ]
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profe51
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posted on March 30, 2003 07:25:46 PM new
I like the Dixy Chicks too, and Bela Fleck and The Flektones, and remember Will The Circle Be Unbroken by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and all those old geezer bluegrass greats? Lester Flat and Earl Scruggs, Mother Maybelle Carter...oh ok I'll stop.
Trying to pick the best song is like chasing your tail...
Concerto in D Major for Violin. Vivaldi.....
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stusi
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posted on March 31, 2003 05:07:11 AM new
profe51- The Dixie Chicks???? Are you sure?
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profe51
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posted on March 31, 2003 05:19:30 AM new
I reluctantly(crowds give me the willies) saw them in concert a while back and was frankly blow away. Their political stuff is embarassing but doesn't change their talent IMO.
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colin
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posted on March 31, 2003 05:30:19 AM new
Anything by Hendrix, Santana, the Doors.
My favorite at the moment is:
"Who's in the White House... Bush,Bush,Bush,Bush, Bush.
Sung to "who let the dogs out".
Amen,
Reverend Colin
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