ferncrestmotel
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posted on March 28, 2003 03:29:07 PM new
A friend challenged me to guess his favorite top 10 songs recently. It took me 4 tries because he was a bit eclectic in his choices.
I'd love to see what people say is their number-one favorite song, be it rock, classical, country, rap, or whatever.
All things considered, I'd have to say my favorite is Yes' "Gates of Delirium." (Yeah, I know, that's pretty eclectic, too . . .)
Thanks for taking the time to jot something down, folks.
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yeager
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posted on March 28, 2003 04:18:51 PM new
These have to be tied for NUMBER ONE!
1. America the Beautiful.
1. Star Spangled Banner.
1. The Battle of the Green Beret.
1. US Marines Corp Hymn.
1. God Bless America.
1. You're a Grand Old Flag.
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bear1949
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posted on March 28, 2003 04:31:08 PM new
Iron Butterfly's "In A Gadda Da Vida"....loooonnnnnggggggg version.
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ferncrestmotel
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posted on March 28, 2003 04:53:58 PM new
yeager- That's a longer list of patriotic songs than I could have come up with! I especially like hearing the National Anthem at Charger games here in San Diego. With all the military in town, it is very stirring, with lots of Navy fly-overs and Navy Seal parachutist flag fly-ins.
Bear - that's a classic that makes me think you must be about as old as I am. My rock band used to do part of in-A-Gadda-da-Vida in a medley when we played nightclubs in the eighties.
Thanks for the input, folks!
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bear1949
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posted on March 28, 2003 05:23:10 PM new
And don't forget most anything sung by Jim Kroche (sp) or Donavan or how about Jimmi Hendrix (Purple Rain)
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baylor45
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posted on March 28, 2003 05:31:17 PM new
All you need is love....all you need is loooooooove. All you need is love. Love is all you need.
Needed to repeat it lots of times because the entire audience had a short term memory span of .5 seconds.
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stusi
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posted on March 28, 2003 05:38:01 PM new
"Unchained Melody" -originally by Al Hibbler then later recorded by the Righteous Brothers. Ironically, this is one of the only well known songs in which the title is not mentioned.
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neonmania
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posted on March 28, 2003 05:45:41 PM new
I'm not sure about best of all time, but in terms of personal favorits:
I'm Feelin Good - Nina Simone -
The Load Out - Jackson Browne
Both of which make me seem much old than I am
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CBlev65252
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posted on March 28, 2003 06:07:43 PM new
It's just got to be: American Pie! It's one of the most complex songs I've ever heard. Just in case you are interested in knowing what each verse refers to:
Understanding American Pie
http://americanpie.smithcraft.org/
Cheryl
[ edited by CBlev65252 on Mar 28, 2003 06:13 PM ]
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fiset
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posted on March 28, 2003 06:10:26 PM new
I'm a Rock guy and a few of my favorites of all-time include:
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Limelight - Rush
Alive - Pearl Jam
Likini's Juice - Live
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ferncrestmotel
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posted on March 28, 2003 06:53:23 PM new
bear - Croce was a great storyteller. His wife runs a restaurant here in San Diego and his son A.J. is a great musician himself. I'm working on a new novel and Donovan's "Season Of The Witch" (which was also covered by Vanilla Fudge) has been going through my mind while I write it. And Jimi - what kind of stuff would he be doing today? The possibilities are endless . . .
baylor - that's a great one. And even though they repeated it a zillion times, it still sounded great . . .
stusi - that's a Righteous classic, too.
neon - I don't know the Nina Simone song, but The Load Out is the perfect ode to roadies. It makes me think you're a musician . . .
cblev - I presume you've seen the recent tv ad with that song where the guy won't get out of his car until the whole song is over . . . another classic.
fiset - I like the Rush tracks, but I'll have to check out PJ's "Alive" and the Live song.
Thanks for the input, people. There's so much great music in the world it's easy to forget some of it . . .
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neonmania
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posted on March 28, 2003 07:09:03 PM new
neon - I don't know the Nina Simone song, but The Load Out is the perfect ode to roadies. It makes me think you're a musician . . .
The Nina song is just flat out, down and dirty, grinding, sexy blues.
As for the Load Out, I'm musically retarded, but I played home base "info, directions and last minute advance and hotel reservation god" to a tour manager for a few years  .
BTW Fiset - Live's first album is among my all time favs for across the board quality, right beside Ten for that matter.
[ edited by neonmania on Mar 28, 2003 07:11 PM ]
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neonmania
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posted on March 28, 2003 07:22:10 PM new
::Ironically, this is one of the only well known songs in which the title is not mentioned. ::
Stusi - don't forget one of probably the most recognizable songs still played today that neither the name, nor the artisit is well known. Rock n Roll pt 2 by Gary Gliitter.
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ferncrestmotel
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posted on March 28, 2003 07:23:50 PM new
neon - I'm sure that was "glamourous" work - managing things for a rock band can be like what a Cub Scout Den Mother goes through.
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neonmania
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posted on March 28, 2003 07:31:58 PM new
I never minded the bands that much, they were harmless. The roadies on the otherhand....take a group of guys that see home four weeks a year, spend the rest of the time playing wallpaper to the public eye and let them loose in a bar on a thursday night with no show to set or tear down and you have a trip to Western Union for bail just waiting to happen
[ edited by neonmania on Mar 28, 2003 07:32 PM ]
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profe51
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posted on March 28, 2003 07:38:16 PM new
In no particular order:
1. What does it take?(to win your love for me)
Junior Walker and the All-Stars
2. Come on and let the good times roll.
Sam Cook
3. Smooth
Carlos Santana
4. Samba Para Ti
Carlos Santana
5. Crazy
Patsy Cline
6. Hallelujah Chorus/For Unto us a Child is Born Handel
7. Wond'ring Aloud
Jethro Tull
8. Teacher
Jethro Tull
9. I Want to be seduced.
Leon Redbone
10. Saint behind the glass
Los Lobos
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neonmania
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posted on March 28, 2003 07:46:29 PM new
::4. Samba Para Ti
Carlos Santana ::
The most recognized song no one knows the words to
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profe51
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posted on March 28, 2003 08:14:42 PM new
...pretty sure it doesn't have lyrics. It's an old Samba, not written by Santana I don't believe. I just like his version best.
edited to add: the crappy part about burning all your music onto disks is you lose all that liner notes stuff like authors, dates etc., unless of course you're really anal and include it all....
[ edited by profe51 on Mar 28, 2003 08:18 PM ]
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neonmania
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posted on March 28, 2003 08:29:35 PM new
Prof - welcome to my brain death..... I was thinking of Oye Como Va.
[ edited by neonmania on Mar 28, 2003 08:30 PM ]
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profe51
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posted on March 28, 2003 08:39:59 PM new
welcome to my brain death
It's not YOURS, lots of us get to share it
Oye como va?/Mi ritmo/bueno pa'gozar/mulatta/oye como va?/mi ritmo/bueno pa' gozar...
loose translation: What's going on?/my rhythm/it's good to enjoy/pretty dark skinned or mixed blood girl etc...it really doesn't translate well.
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ebayauctionguy
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posted on March 28, 2003 09:37:30 PM new
Without a doubt, the best song of all time is the Star Spangled Banner (sung by Whitney Houston).
Amazing Grace is a close second.
Other favorites but not even close to the two above:
Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppellin
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
Red Barchetta - Rush
Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
Night Moves - Bob Seger
Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
Bolero - Ravel
Also, the theme song from the old Charlie Brown cartoons. The one where Schroeder plays the piano. Anyone know the name of it? I need to add it to my cd collection.
No identity crisis here, just like lots of different music!
[ edited by ebayauctionguy on Mar 28, 2003 09:42 PM ]
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keiichem
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posted on March 28, 2003 11:07:30 PM new
i cant believe nobody likes
hotel california - the eagles
geeeeezzzz
max
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CBlev65252
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posted on March 29, 2003 04:13:02 AM new
I like Hotel California! In fact, I like almost every song by the Eagles. My feeling is that American Pie, aside from being entertaining, is a history lesson done to music. I was in high school when it came out and didn't really care what the lyrics meant. It wasn't until I got older that curiosity got the better of me and I had to "look it up."
Great songs from everybody! There were songs mentioned that I had forgotten about and now I have to run to the CD collection to hear them again. Santana is a brilliant guitarist! I think it's hillarious that he was (fairly recently) told he was all washed up. Ya, right!
Cheryl
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ferncrestmotel
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posted on March 29, 2003 07:39:22 AM new
ebayauctionguy - It's just called "Schroeder's Theme."
neon - you were lucky to have a "harmless" band to look after. Our roadies were more good than trouble . . . all I ever heard out of them was "Where's the beer and when do we get paid?" which is what the band was always asking as well.
Profe & neon - your words to Oye Como Va were very enlightening . . . I've been singing them wrong for years. Now if I can just remember them ...
I got to see Carlos and Eric Clapton together at the San Diego Sports Aroma, front row center. Their duet of "Little Wing" I will never forget.
Sam Cooke - what an awesome songwriter. His songs will still be around when there's nothing but cockroaches and Spam left on Earth.
ebayauctionguy has a great list - I remember seeing the Nuge do "Stranglehold" at the Long Beach Arena, and I've seen BOC six times, the Who three times, Aerosmith and Zeppelin once apiece.
keiichem & cblev - Hotel California is another classic I just referred to in my new novel. Man, did Joe Walsh fit right in when he joined? The guitar solo on that song is one of the slickest I've ever heard.
Cool suggestions from everybody.
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stusi
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posted on March 29, 2003 10:15:31 AM new
ebayauctionguy- That's quite an ecletic list of music. I saw Led Zep's first performance in this country when they appeared as second bill to Woody Herman(yes) at the Fillmore East. I don't know what Bill Graham was thinking. I was sitting on the stage at the Pavilion at Flushing Meadow Park in NY(I worked security) when John Bonham threw up and left the stage in the middle of a song while the other guys finished it without drums. I saw the Who and Cream on the same bill at the Brooklyn Paramount theater. When Pete Townsend started smashing his guitar the audience was speechless. Jackson Browne's "Before the Deluge" is also an excellent song. James Brown's "Try Me" was always my favorite of his songs. BTW-Bolero is a great piece of music.
[ edited by stusi on Mar 29, 2003 10:16 AM ]
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antiquary
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posted on March 29, 2003 11:01:58 AM new
It's difficult to narrow it down, but for me, and mainly because of its personal associations from long ago, The Eagle's Take It Easy.
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tomyou
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posted on March 29, 2003 11:39:42 AM new
ROLL ME AWAY Bob Seager
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dadofstickboy
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posted on March 29, 2003 12:21:51 PM new
Anything by: Roseanne Barr!
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fiset
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posted on March 29, 2003 12:22:43 PM new
No mention of Pink Floyd yet so I thought I'd also throw in:
Comfortably Numb (one of the great guitar solos in rock, imo)
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stusi
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posted on March 29, 2003 01:21:24 PM new
Over the past 30 years Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" has been voted #1 rock song of all time on hundreds of polls.
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